Megan Morant

Correct.

Wir haben sie interagiert. Es sah aus, als würde ich lieben.

But you're a little jealous.

Und es ist schwer, weil du dich fast schuldig fühlst, weil es stinkt. Weil sie dein Freund sind.

Du willst nicht diese negativen Gedanken denken. Du willst nicht schuldig sein. Sie sind dein Freund. Aber die Wahrheit ist, dass es passiert.

Right? When you brought up, you know, our kids play together. I made a phone call to you when my daughter was born and you gave me the greatest advice I've ever been given in my life. And this is what I'm going to do to you? Everybody else watching knows how dangerous they are.

Well, you know, some people just work their entire career to earn a world heavyweight title opportunity.

Well, he did call you a punk-ass YouTuber. What's your reaction to that?

I thought you said you were a full-timer.

Wenn du jetzt der Welt-Heavyweight-Champion wirst, wie würde Logan Pauls Titel-Reign aussehen?

Keine Sorge. Ich denke, du bist sehr pompös.

Sam started to like him.

He was pretty cool. He was on a private jet. He was eating your favorite type of food.

Es geht nicht nur darum, den Titel zu gewinnen und den Moment bei WrestleMania zu haben, den Jay hatte und wir gesehen haben, aber ich dachte heute Abend bei Monday Night Raw war es eine der besten Performen von Jay, die wir jemals gesehen haben, auf dem Mikrofon. Fühlt ihr euch in der gleichen Weise?

Und fühlt ihr euch, als hätte er ein bisschen mehr Aufmerksamkeit, jetzt, dass er der Weltmeister ist?

So glad you brought up that moment, because when we were watching, I loved it. You're right, that is what it's about. And then also how you brought up, you know, how he motioned to the fans to not yeet. And that was something we saw him do in the build to WrestleMania. He didn't have total control over the audience today. It seemed like he really did.

And that was interesting. I mean, Seth Rollins was dressed like a messiah tonight. Bro.

He told us he's got a green room. He's not worried about the locker room.

I want to know how much the glasses were.

Yes, the gold glasses with the green eyeballs that he handed to Paul Heyman. I'm wondering, is this his version of the Ula Fala?

Maybe he can see into the future?

What did you think? Or that Gunther has to take over Pat McAfee's show because he cannot show up.

I don't know.

Aber ich fühle mich auch so, als ob Pat alle uns im Broadcast verteidigen würde. Ich meine, wir sind alle auf Risiko. Wir sahen, was passiert ist, als Michael Cole nur versucht hat, seinen Job zu machen, richtig? Ich meine, Big E, du bist ein Broadcaster in WWE. Sam, du bist ein WWE-Analyst. Ich bin sehr liebenswert.

Nein, aber du hast so viel... You brought up such a good question. It's like, why is it different when it's Pat versus when it's Logan Paul? And Pat has just been so likable and he's, it feels like he's done it the right way, right? He's, he's come up, he's shown his respect in the industry, um, his time down in NXT and, um, I said this to you, Sam, while we were watching the show.

And Braun Breaker coming out in the black on black suit.

He's such a good guy that watching him live out his dream is truly a pleasure. And I think that's why everybody always gets behind Pat. So to me, that's why it's different than Logan Paul.

Things felt very different tonight.

unnerving when people go now it's time for the thing you knew was eventually going to happen now it's time for that thing to happen well and it's interesting because you know seth rollins and the build to wrestlemania he was such a master manipulator throughout yes and seth continues to make valid points but then when he's having all of these interactions with sammy Was macht Seth hier?

Killed it tonight.

This is not the Roxanne Perez that was so excited on Total Divas. This is a totally different Roxanne Perez. And I love it. Ever since the Royal Rumble, which she was the long, I mean, she broke a record for the longest time in the Royal Rumble, finished as the runner-up. I just think the sky is the limit for her. And seeing her tonight on Monday Night Raw was amazing.

Manipuliert er sich? Schaut er nach seinem ehemaligen Freund, seinem aktuellen Freund, einem Mann, mit dem er so eine tiefe Beziehung hat, mit dem er so eine tiefe Beziehung hat? Seine Kinder sind Freunde, aber das Wort Freude bleibt in Seth Rollins Vokabular. Hast du einen?

I know.

Oh, you love tank tops.

Jey Uso is big tank top guy tonight.

Yes, Sam?

I am.

Du hast das erwartet.

Yeah, she said, you know, she left Lyra. She had so much hope for Lyra. And what did she see? Lyra cozying up.

Becky didn't like that.

No, attacked Bayley.

Yes.

Because Lyra made a mistake. Becky Lynch has high standards.

Yeah, and the crowd kept egging her on. Listen, last week I was very upset because it was hard for me to watch Becky do this to Lyra because before the show, as we mentioned, I was so excited for Lyra. I wanted to be Lyra. Because Lyra was living out her dream.

But then I really thought about it over the week and I realized how high of standards Becky Lynch has. She's the man.

I don't think she needs an excuse to be made.

Well, listen.

People are wondering, right?

Becky wanted to come back and make a statement. This is how she was going to do it.

I did go down a social media rabbit hole.

Yeah. I was on all the Photoshop with the Becky Lynch with the Hulk Hogan mustache.

No, I think there's a lot of haters out there. When you're at the top, it's tough.

That's exactly what I'm saying. But I do have to say, I think we saw the fiercest version of Lyra Valkyria that we've ever seen tonight on Monday Night Raw.

Du bekommst, wer sie ist.

Ja. Das ist, was ich sage. Das ist genau, was du sagst. Ja.

Nicht nur die Match, für den Womens Intercontinental Titel.

Nun, es ist schwierig, weil ich auf dem Rekord bin, dass Becky mein Lieblingswettbewerber ist. Und du willst nie deinen Lieblingswettbewerber verlieren. Aber die Leute verändern sich. Sure, they change.

I just don't know if I'm ready to change.

But after seeing this fired up version of Lyra, I could get behind it.

I mean, I haven't been hit with a manhandle slam yet.

So, I don't know if my illusion is, I think my illusion is still alive.

Of course.

You think she'll get cheered at Backlash?

I know.

Aber Dominik muss ein bisschen Zeit brauchen. Weil er der Champion ist.

Es geht nicht darum, den Titel zu gewinnen. Die Arbeit beginnt, wenn du den Titel gewinnst. Dominik ist bereit, ihn zu einkaufen.

It's a smart way.

According to all the commercials, then yes.

Ich verzeihe Liv.

Well, Becky Lynch is back. And...

Because it's Rusev Day next Monday.

That's right.

Favors are choices.

The music gets you on your feet.

And he almost always seems to be right.

I mean, Sammy speaks for all of us.

Sammy stands for what's right and just. And doing things the right way.

I fell for this before. I'm not falling for it again.

That's like, no, this is nothing like the bloodline.

Es kommt alles zusammen. Natürlich.

Yes, and he looks at him and he's like, look, Seth wouldn't give this opportunity to just anyone.

Nicht den echten Schuh! Und du denkst dir, für mich?

Und Braun Breaker ist wirklich wichtig.

Ich meine, du hast letzte Woche gesehen, was er mit Roman gemacht hat.

And here he is pulling at the heartstrings of Sami Zayn because he knows just how badly Sami Zayn wants to hold.

Don't just hand those out.

No.

And those aren't matches either. Those are just appearances.

Wir müssen von dem Vergangenen weitergehen.

Yeah, and Sammy's got to be thinking, you know, this is what I've always wanted, right? To hold that championship. And as we mentioned, 26, 24, however many days are left, they're not handing out opportunities. So he really put Sammy in a pickle.

And he has to make a choice. Also, like... And then he's also presenting it, this is a big favor.

Yeah, I think the last show we did with Big E, he was talking about how underrated Seth Rollins is, even despite all that he's accomplished. And it's like now that Seth is saying he's the future, it's almost like we don't look at Seth the same way. We don't say that he's the workhorse, that he's underrated in the same way now that he's this leader.

In einem Moment.

In einem Moment.

Und jetzt ist er rausgegangen in was? 13.000 Dollar? 13.000 Dollar Schuhe.

Und wirklich coole goldene Gläser.

Du willst nicht Roman Reigns sein, oder? Nein, du kannst nicht Roman Reigns sein. Du willst nicht Punk sein, oder?

Yes.

He did. He did.

He is the trial.

He did.

You nailed that.

This is an intervention.

Es ist viel zu behandeln als ein Break-up. Und ich weiß, du machst es, du handelst es. Es ist schwer für alle, aber es ist wie blindseitige Leute.

Es ist wie wenn wir plötzlich in dieser Beziehung waren. Ich dachte, alles war gut.

Wenn du einen Power-Rank-Break-up hättest, wäre das Nummer eins.

Because...

You have three of them already.

We have to get him on the show.

Du hast über meine Toys gesprochen.

I love that he wore the kilt with the short sleeve t-shirt.

Wie es sein sollte.

Es ist gut dokumentiert, dass Dominic Mysterio dein Lieblingswettbewerber ist. Ich denke, du hast letztens gesagt, dass Jacob Fatu dein Lieblingswettbewerber ist. Ich denke, du hast auch gesagt, dass Penta dein Lieblingswettbewerber ist. Also als du diese beiden sahst,

Das sage ich dir, Uso.

Jay, sorry to cut you off there, but I just had to ask, you said you have your brother by your side and that is exactly what we saw tonight on Monday Night Raw. The Uso Brothers together again as a tag team. It's been so long since we've seen you guys work together. You've been one of the greatest tag teams in the history of the business, but what was it like for you?

WrestleMania ist auf dem Horizont, wir gehen immer näher und näher, aber um in den Ring zu kommen und es mit deinem Bruder zu vermischen.

No one knows you quite like your brother, especially your twin brother. And we saw you guys exchange in that moment backstage where he said, hey, this Jey Uso is not going to be the one to beat Gunter, but I need the old Uso. I need the Royal Rumble winner. How do you find that within you and bring it out and take it with you to WrestleMania?

It wouldn't be as fun to boo Penta during that amazing entrance.

But then he comes out with Dom and you would have to boo. Not me.

Jay, du hattest einige der coolsten Einträge, die wir je gesehen haben. Iconic, bei WrestleMania mit Lil Wayne und dann bei Raw mit Travis Scott. Hast du einen Gedanken gemacht, ob du deine Einträge mit jemandem speziell machen wirst? Oder besonders für WrestleMania?

Not a female, but we're Kendrick fans here.

Ja, Liv Morgan hat das vorhin auf Raw erwähnt. Finn Balor, es scheint, er ist natürlich in Judgment Day, es scheint einfach so, dass er nicht mag, wie es gerade läuft in Judgment Day und er hat sicherlich ein Problem mit Dominic Mysterio.

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Zuerst einmal war das Publikum elektrisch. Es fühlte sich an, als ob wir immer wieder zurückblicken würden. Und es wird immer wieder so sein. Es war das erste Mal, dass wir John Cena als Heel sehen. Aber das Publikum intensifizierte das noch mehr. Ich dachte, es war unglaublich. Aber zu sehen, wie er auf seinem Gesicht schlägt, zu sehen, wie er geht, So deliberately to the ring.

Rhea has a problem that Bianca was sitting ringside to watch the championship match between Io and Rhea. Bianca wasn't doing anything wrong. She just wanted again to know who her opponent was going to be. Big E, do you see Rhea Ripley as in the wrong at all in this situation? Because I kind of do.

Those things were the... Oh, this is different. This is different. And the fact that he's not changing his music. He's not changing his outfit. And why is he not doing it? Because that would make all of us so happy. And tonight on Raw, I was like, who is he going to call out in Glasgow? Because last week we saw him call out the little... Little Belgium Kid.

Yes, but before we can get to that, I've been dying to ask you, your life has been unbelievable lately. Mine? Yes. I mean, I thought you peaked at the press conference when The Rock admitted that he listens to your podcast, but then I'm on social media and I see you're doing a box break with Triple H. What were you... What was going on?

Okay.

You were.

It is a little bit, but I'm glad you're getting started. What did you find?

Little Belgium Kid, which I'm really, you know, I do love the Internet. I'm so thankful sometimes that Twitter is free. And I was really proud of people on Twitter this past week because they didn't dig up his old tweets. Usually when we get someone, yeah, usually when we get someone to go viral, all the old tweets come up. So thank you, Internet, for not canceling our Belgium King.

Are we going with Hunter now? My friend Hunter is not here. I didn't know that you guys were on that level.

Oh, this is so nice. Thank you.

Oh, okay.

Thank you so much, Fanatics. These are beautiful. Oh, thank you. I won't be able to see you.

I always clean.

This guy is... When is he gonna start being like the old CM Punk?

Und er war besonders überrascht über das Pissbaby von Seth Rollins. Das wusste ich nicht.

Don't call my girlfriend. His baby, Seth freaking Rollins, who screwed him over.

Seth did screw over CM Punk in the Chamber. Seth was like, I'm not going to win, but now I'm going to make sure that Punk doesn't win either.

I mean, technically you're right.

But I also think that Seth did screw over. And I think Seth would proudly say that he did.

He's at least my Belgium King.

And he said with Roman, there's still a little bit of love.

Thank you. I'm glad. But Sina wasn't going to do it because why, Sam? That would make us too happy. Yeah, I mean... If he called out a Glasgow kid, we would have had fun with that.

And we saw that on Raw at the Garden.

He's in Italy. Come on. He was tanned. He's in Italy. The hair was together.

You don't.

I hear you on that, but it seems to me that, like, you know, Roman is upset with Seth for obvious reasons, because what Seth did to him after the Royal Rumble and in years.

Exactly. We know that Seth hates CM Punk.

And I feel like CM Punk is like, I just, I need to get to the main event of WrestleMania. Okay, that's another thing. I don't believe it. No, no, I think... Look...

Nicht heute Abend. Nicht heute Abend.

Aber was ist er going to do? Er hat gesagt, er wird durch den feinen Print und den Kontrakt schauen. Ja. Will er es in der Schrift?

No, for personal reasons.

I know. If you were Paul Heyman and you're dealing with, I mean, I already know your answer, because you're Us, you are part of the bloodline. Okay, what's the question? Well, I was just going to ask if you're Paul Heyman, like, it's your original guy.

Yeah.

Roman Reigns. Are you talking about...

I knew the answer. I just had to ask the question. Because it seems like Paul Heyman is more torn than you.

She always does.

You never know.

Yeah, I've been seeing all the posts on social media. He's not done yet.

He did. He did.

Which means another Cena shirt.

Gotta be here.

Unpacking is a really good word because the entire promo today and last week, I kept thinking, God, he sounds like he's in therapy. Because he's unpacking all of this trauma that's been built up for 25 years.

Du sagst, ich kann es haben. Du sagst, ich kann es haben. Ich werde euch alle T-Shirts geben, jeden Stopp auf dem Weg. Ich mache dieses Retirement-Tour für alle von euch. Und nicht nur hat er nicht erklärt, wann all das passiert ist, aber wir haben nicht mal in die Selling-your-Soul-Portionen gekommen.

Das ganze Wohnzimmer ist voll von Spielzeugen. Aber sie sind nicht Champions.

I don't understand. He has a lot of pent-up feelings. Yeah. A lot of pent-up energy. Yeah. And, I mean, the first time we ever saw any inklings of any change with John Cena was the press conference right after the Royal Rumble.

I could not. I mean, my dear friend Sam Roberts was going through a breakup. And last week I was trying to console you over a text message. And I just said, I have to be there in the flesh. I'm sorry, baby girl. I will be back. But my friend's going through something right now.

Er ist der Einzige, der uns von diesem Verhalten retten kann.

Was nennen wir sie?

And John Cena saw it all.

And Cody said, you know better than anybody else. Yes. How long it took me to get this.

And Cody's not letting it go.

Yes, you made a big mistake saying this while I was in the building. And then we get to see my favorite version of Cody Rhodes. And that is fired up Cody Rhodes. He rips the tie off. He rips his shirt open.

John Cena. Er ist mit uns alle verbreitet. Ich weiß. Aber besonders du.

You need the snaps. I do.

No running. Well, it's scary, too, because, like, you know, you like consistency with people, right? Like, people show up in character. You know what to expect. When I come over to your house, I know exactly what I'm gonna get. Right? Because you show up in character. Everything's the same. And... John Cena for 25 years, we've known him as one thing.

And now suddenly, expect the unexpected, we have no idea what we're going to get each and every week.

Du warst.

Well, and the, Pandemic era really was what made Roman reigns Roman reigns, right? And you talk about that moment with Paul Heyman. You talk about the bloodline and what it became and what it meant not just to Roman and the people in the bloodline, but everyone in the locker room and everything that we see happening today.

But there was a time before the bloodline where people didn't want Roman reigns. When Roman Reigns won the Royal Rumble in Philadelphia, people did not want it. And that was when Roman was alone. So do you think it's important for Roman to do this alone by himself and have something different come out of it?

He showed up after a loss, which Roman Reigns, after losses recently, what has happened? We don't see him.

You're gonna need to get more pants.

Well, and I think we're also attached to the relationship between Jay, Sami, and Jimmy Uso. Because, I mean, I'll speak for myself. That was my favorite part of the bloodline. I mean, that match at Elimination Chamber in Montreal. Like, to me, that was the best bloodline. And I loved when Sami was in it. And so, when you see those three go together and we get the mind.

It's like, oh, we are so back. So to see Sammy standing there, I think my heart actually stopped beating for several seconds. Please don't do this to us. I can't take this right now. No. Not yet. We do, we do.

Yeah, the Bloodline story elevated so many more people on the roster. I mean, it brought Sami Zayn to a whole new level. We talked about earlier that Elimination Chamber match in Montreal, an all-timer. It elevated Jimmy. It elevated Jay. I mean... It continues, and I think that's a moment that was illustrated, as you mentioned, Sam, when we saw them as they were exiting on the entryway.

You talking Big Jim?

Here it is. Oh, come on. The arm's a little high. A little high on the toss.

Look, it matches the outfit. Yes.

Isn't it great?

Acknowledging, I mean, ooh, ah.

No, he made it clear. I mean, he's literally counting down the days. But when you talk about being robbed of Dwayne The Rock Johnson, I just want to know how he fits into all this. Because Cody had the opportunity. Yes, I understand he's the final boss. He fits into everything because he's the final boss. But Cody had an opportunity to sell his soul to The Rock.

And Cody passed on that opportunity. And then we all saw what happened with John Cena.

Not a zip. But I just want to know where it all comes together.

I thought Sam was going to spear somebody. I mean, he was fired up. Because you go, right?

Eggs are expensive.

He's looking better than ever. Honestly.

I'd like to talk about somebody else's body. This is wrestling.

Yeah. That was a lot of fun. It was a great moment.

One of the all time RKOs though.

Yeah, and the reaction that Stephanie Vaquer got?

I mean, the women of NXT, and Sam, you and I saw it firsthand at Stand and Deliver on Saturday. They are dominating. They're the best women's division in the industry. Stephanie Vaquer is at the top of the mountain. She relinquished her women's North American title to help build the rest of the roster, is what she said. And then she comes out.

has the amazing reaction here in Las Vegas and puts on a show with EO Sky, but it wasn't just Stephanie Vaquer.

And we've seen Roxanne, you know, be on the main roster here and there a little bit, not as a mainstay, but she's had her appearances. She's had her matches. And then, you know, we see Julia come out. We see Roxanne Perez. We see, obviously, Stephanie Vaquer. And then Rhea Ripley's music hits. And here comes Mommy to the ring.

And what really stood out to me about these women who are still in NXT and they're not on the main roster yet, but they are stars. They... They looked like they belonged. They did belong. And this is Rhea Ripley, and this is Io Sky, and the future is just so bright for women's wrestling.

Well, I love that you bring that up because I think this is going to be a moment when Braun Breaker becomes whoever Braun Breaker is going to become. We'll look back on tonight. We'll look back at the Raw after WrestleMania 41 and say, remember when that hooded figure ran out and delivered a spear that broke somebody in half? It was brawn breaker. I feel like...

What did we get, Sami Zayn, one of 10?

Yeah, that must make you feel good.

No. Sam, no.

You're going to see him hit the caterpillar?

We will look back on tonight in a lot of ways. And it almost felt like WrestleMania 41 just set the stage for a lot of change, right? We saw titles change hands almost everywhere across the roster. And then we head into tonight and we have this main event moment with Paul Heyman, with Seth Rollins, Braun Breaker, CM Punk, Roman Reigns. And it's just, wow, we have a lot to look forward to.

I didn't think he was very smart of what he said.

I'm not the one who tapped out. Why would you say that to Gunter of all people?

Yeah, he said that after the Royal Rumble.

I'm retired. He's retired. He's a kid now. He's not getting back in the ring. And to get in the ring with...

Gunter?

What?

Well, because, look, Gunter's always dangerous, but I feel like now that he lost his title and he has something to prove and he is angry, this may be the most dangerous version of Gunter that we've ever seen.

McAfee seems like a lover, not a fighter too, right?

Yeah, of course.

There's no chance. Not after what happened. You can't undo that. It's a tough spot.

I don't know, Boston Connor looks really fired up. Yeah, they can look as fired up as they want.

But that's their boy. Yeah, I know. That's their guy.

I'd have to say that.

If I'm Pat and my toxic table doesn't come out to help me, I'm...

I do hope we get to see, we get to hear Pat do his ring-a-la-la. You know when he does that thing?

Oh, we're going to have to go here now?

And she's living out my dream, right? It's like, she's tagging with her hero. She's a double champion. She got to have a WrestleMania moment with Becky Lynch, the woman who got her into wrestling. I'm like, wow. Wow, if I could be anybody right now, it's definitely Lyra because she's living out her dream.

And Becky said that Lyra was her hope for the future of the women's division. And she told Lyra that when she left. And it was just this wonderful moment. And this is the Becky Lynch that I know, that you know, that everybody knows. That she takes the elevator up. And you know what she does when she gets to the top?

She hits the button, and she sends it right back down because she wants to help the next in line. She changed the whole industry, and now she wants to help the youngers, the younger wrestlers, and she wants them to be better.

And then Lyra makes one mistake, and Becky says, screw you. I'm going to beat you up. That's not the Becky Lynch I know.

This is true. She doesn't.

Yeah.

Look, I get it. Becky has a high standard, but did she have to continuously attack Lyra? I mean, people pulled her off.

I wonder if Lyra's thinking maybe I should have called someone else to help me out at WrestleMania. Because she's the one who called Becky Lynch to bring her back.

I mean, can you imagine how Lyra-Valkyria is feeling right now? You go from the highest of highs of literally living out your dreams You're a tag team champion. You're a double champion with your hero. And 24 hours later. Oof. I would imagine we're going to see something come out of Lyra. Whatever that something is, I'm looking forward to it.

We love the internet. Sam's New Year's resolution was more screen time.

Well, I won't believe it.

You're always speaking of Dominic.

I just am bummed that I love when the crowd boos so loud that Dom can't even speak. That is my favorite.

But it's awesome. It's not awesome.

It's just fun. But I think to your point where you're talking about Dom is like, He is right in front of our eyes, completely transformed as a WWE superstar. And he's at the point now where I think he's, I mean, he's an intercontinental champion. But Dom before was someone who was often overlooked. And now he's so good.

I love the Latino cheat T-shirt that he had on.

Capri. A child.

You really call it Capri?

But today we saw him tie Penta's mask to the ropes and the crowd just cheered.

I give Dom all the respect in the world because he has developed and grown in front of our eyes. I just do think he is very fun to boo.

I thought we were going to see the Judgment Day fall apart. But then Finn said what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.

I mean, I thought that they were going to break up.

Well, it was because Dominic pinned Finn.

Everyone was thrilled to see J.D. McDonough come back.

It's the best, Sam.

That's a very accurate statement. I mean, we say oftentimes in WWE the entire landscape has shifted, but we really mean it this time. Everything has changed in just about three hours since you recorded that initial cold open.

Biggie, I needed you after WrestleMania Night One because I tried to tell Sam exactly what you just said. Seth Rollins is underrated. Seth Rollins deserved this. He's the MVP of WrestleMania 40. And all he did was cry about his tribal chief. Not one tear.

He had nowhere to put the Ulefa.

Forever. Forever.

I mean, that was the start of the Bloodline era. A thousand percent.

And that's the interesting part. There's no title talked about right now. Right. I mean, we saw Seth raise the hands of Paul Heyman and Braun Breaker. There's no title.

Are you okay?

You should have seen, Sam. We saw the copyright comes up. We see the credits come up. And then all of a sudden, Roman Reigns' music hits.

No, you don't say.

Ich meine, er hält den Rekord.

I mean, look.

Roger Uso, richtig? Er hat endlich seinen Welt-Heavyweight-Titel gewonnen. Und es ist eine der meisten kompetitiven Titelbilder, die wir je gesehen haben.

Tyrese, I actually just happened to be wearing this today. I didn't even know that you were going to be joining us. But Sam is a New Yorker. I'm a New Yorker. And you also don't really roll out the red carpet for our guests. Becky Lynch had some problems with you last time. I mean, Penta, he had some issues with you. So I'm just trying to make Tyrese feel welcome.

You know, timing is everything.

That was probably... Well, Tim, you brought up the 90s, and we're all familiar with the Pacers and the Knicks rivalry back in the 90s. I mean, I haven't stopped watching that clip of Spike Lee and Reggie Miller, but now that this is... Oh, okay.

Ich meine, es ist nicht nur, ich weiß, wenn du einen Titel hast, und besonders den Welt-Heavyweight-Titel, kommt jeder nach dir, aber es ist nicht nur jemand. Das ist Seth Rollins, das ist Braun Breaker, das ist Logan Paul, das ist Gunter in allen Kappen.

Ich bin alle für es. Ich bin alle für es.

Well, you did a Puma collab with WWE, right? I saw you had some DX shoes on.

I'm from the Midwest. And listen, I came dressed for the occasion. You didn't.

Yeah, it was great.

Oh, you're a we guy now?

You're part of the team.

I get tied up in it every time he makes an entrance.

Yeah, it's awesome.

Ja, er geht voll nach hinten.

But I know there's going to be people out there... No, there's a lot of people saying that analytics are actually ruining the game of basketball. So I think that... And then also, I mean, you are a real diehard WWE fan and that shows. So I think you should give yourself more credit because people connect with authenticity and you're an authentic fan.

Oh mein Gott.

Ich liebe, dass du mit deinem Kindheitsbelt herumgehst. Ja. You never know. The opportunity is going to come up.

I can see it right now. You, John Cena, the Larry O'Brien and your childhood belt, the spinner belt side. I can just see that.

Thank you very much.

He's the best.

That was rude.

It was so nice. Tyrese is doing this on his own. He's flying the fan out. The whole team is going to meet him. A dream come true.

Welche, übrigens, warum haben wir nicht ein Zukunftsbild darauf gelegt? Ich weiß. Ich dachte, was waren die Chancen darauf?

Ich wundere mich, ob er während der Serie seinen kleinen Schuss in die Arena-Serie machen wird. In irgendeiner Art von Wrestling-Geräte.

Already.

Roxanne Perez, who is having a better year than just about anyone.

Setting a record in the Royal Rumble. Finishing the runner-up. Signing with Raw.

Oh, und was ist mit CM Punk?

Roxanne Perez going up against Natalia and Becky Lynch. I mean... I mean, we all saw the clip of total divas. Roxanne Perez standing outside telling Natalia that she wants to be a diva and it's the only thing she ever sees herself doing. And here she is. She's, you know, going toe to toe with Natalia and the man.

Exactly.

And didn't look like, oh, I'm just happy to be there.

Not anymore.

And I love that.

Sie könnten noch nicht einen Tag haben.

I mean, she saw what Becky Lynch, I mean, she experienced what Becky Lynch did to her firsthand.

She had a broken nose. Oh. Oh.

She's messing with the man. It's not a good spot to be.

For now.

And then she got beat up.

I don't know.

She didn't look thrilled.

I mean, she just keeps up in the ante.

Yeah, but she's getting fierier and fierier every single week.

I just think you're disrespectful to Becky Lynch. That's all.

Und vielleicht ist es Strategie.

Crazy what I do? Nuts!

They should be afraid of Becky Lynch.

Yeah, because of Lyra.

Lyra hat es verletzt. Also, achtet auf Lyra. Ihr werdet es wieder bekommen. Was? Wieder? Lyra ist noch... Ein weiterer gebrochener Nuss? Lyra ist noch der Champion. Vielleicht werden ihre Wangen gebrochen. Ich weiß es nicht.

People are putting their wings up.

It's funny because I feel like you did this with Dominic Mysterio for a while.

And then you eventually willed him to becoming a champion. That's not how... I mean, listen, Becky is... I mean, she's held so many titles. I don't need to will her to win another. But all I'm saying is, I think... I think she's going to come up big here.

Nun, du hast alle auf der Bühne und das ist der Grund, warum Leute ihn jetzt schreien und ihn nicht schreien. Ich meine, das ist einfach so, schau, das ist das, was großartig an Wrestling ist. Die Fans zählen. Die Fans kaufen und tragen sein T-Shirt. Die Fans schreien für Dominic.

That's it. That's exactly it.

I mean, you were the first person on the Dominic Mysterio fan bus.

No, not me at all. You rub a lot of our guests the wrong way.

Well, I'm just saying I don't think this was smart of Lyra.

Yeah, he did.

Oh, without a doubt.

Yeah.

No, they made fun of you.

Yeah, yeah, definitely. But I think he might actually like Roxanne Perez better than both of us. Because we were just talking about Roxanne Perez.

Yeah, we've been seeing her, you know, her finagling with Finn Balor.

Not Sam Stradamus. I do like that Roxanne Perez showed up with presents for everybody. You never walk into someone's house empty handed. So she wasn't going to walk into the Judgment Day Clubhouse empty handed. She had a box of chicken tendies. And I think there may have been a little sparkle in Dominic's eye.

Different than tendies?

Well, he told us right here in the Raw Recap that he's a full-timer.

Oh, meine Entschuldigung.

Well, if another woman gave my husband a gift, I would be very... Upset? Yeah. So Liv Morgan has to be very upset watching this happen.

Dominic is a beautiful man.

Dom Rocks. Ja.

Oh nein.

Ja. Sein ganzer Gesicht war aufgelöst, als er diese Sachen gesehen hat.

Capri.

I think Finn may be stirring the pot here.

Egal wie, er bekommt Nugs, Tendies und schöne Frauen.

Und ein Wettbewerb.

No, I didn't.

Ich glaube nicht, er hat seitdem einen Show verpasst.

Rhea Ripley.

Du hast alle Nachtmärchen. Jede Nacht. Ich esse, ich schlafe. Du hörst die Eintrittsmusik, richtig?

Oh, what a terrible feeling, right? To be defending your title and knowing that that music could hit at any moment.

It is.

Ich weiß nicht, ich denke, Truth und Dom müssen zusammenkommen und die Zeitzonen herausfinden. Okay, ja. Es scheint ein bisschen ein Problem für beide von ihnen zu sein. J.D. könnte helfen. Aber das ist nicht der John Cena, den R-Truth kennt. Das ist nicht der John Cena, den ich kenne, oder den du kennst, oder den jeder im WWE-Universum kennt. Hör auf. Ich liebe R-Truth.

Well, I don't like this John Cena at all.

And when he destroys truth, I'm going to hate him even more.

Because truth is ours.

You gotta think about that as a guy who's vying for the World Heavyweight Championship. Is he gonna be around and what does that look like?

He belongs to us.

Ist Drew der Beste?

Und es ist nicht nur seine Fähigkeiten auf dem Mikrofon, sondern wir alle sahen diesen dreckigen Bump, den er genommen hat.

Ich war so, ich weiß nicht, ob wir ihn für ein bisschen Zeit sehen werden.

Like what? Okay, Drew, sign me up. I want it. I want all of it injected into my veins. That said, I'll take Drew McIntyre.

I'm gonna go with Seth Rollins and Braun Breaker.

Too much power. A lot of power. And then they have Paul Heyman by their side.

And we saw how instrumental Paul Heyman was tonight on Raw.

I love it.

Es gibt einen Teil von mir, und das ist nur meine Gefühle, es gibt einen Teil von mir, der sagt, es gibt keinen Weg, dass Jey Uso die Weltmeisterschaft verlieren kann. Besonders diese Version von Jey. So traurig, wie er ist. Er geht den Weg, er zeigt, dass er gehört. Aber dann denke ich, Logan Paul will ein Statement machen. Es gab all diese kleinen... Little things going on. Yes.

Whether it's Triple H saying at the press conference that he doesn't believe that Logan Paul is a celebrity superstar anymore.

He's just a straight up wrestler. And what a statement it would be on national television.

Jey Uso.

Ich bin froh, dass du das gemacht hast. Wenn ich das gemacht hätte, würde Kofi sagen, wir haben wirklich Meg, die das macht? Ja.

It's overplayed.

Listen, I was rocking out to Pink Pony Club for a while.

It's overplayed.

You know every note. I jammed out to it for a while.

Good song.

I've moved on.

It's not getting to him the way it was before.

I mean, you said this a lot in the build to Cody becoming the undisputed WWE Champion. What happened to the boy who got everything he ever wanted?

And that's what we're seeing with Jey Uso. What happened? I mean, he's delivering. He's stepping up to the plate.

He's showing that he belongs.

He's always trying to attack someone's weaknesses.

And Gunther's like, look, I get this is business for you, Logan.

But for me, this is personal. Yeah.

Ask Pat.

I still see him as an outsider, though.

Yeah. Right? That's exactly right.

And I'm gonna make you watch me wrestle.

Because that is the thing I do better than anybody else.

Ich glaube. Wenn Logan Paul den Welt-Heavyweight-Champion sein will, dann wäre das ein Konflikt. Wir müssen Tyrese fragen. Es gibt nur einen Ball. Das ist richtig. Es gibt nur einen Belt.

Das ist genau das, was er jetzt tut. Braun? Ja. Paul Heyman und Seth Rollins helfen, ihn in eine bessere Zukunft zu bewegen.

I do.

I get that.

No.

I have a lot of questions about what the future is going to look like for Logan Paul. If he really is a full-timer, what does that look like? If he becomes World Heavyweight Champion, what does it look like? All of these things that you're sort of talking about. I don't know. What does the future look like for Logan Paul?

You could talk about the brass knuckles.

At the right time.

Aber das ist nicht, was du über diesen Match denkst. Denn es gibt einen totalen Ripple-Effekt.

And then we get Jay Gunther again?

I mean, he's one in three. He tapped him out.

I don't know.

Me either. But then is Logan Paul really gonna beat Jay?

And then are we going to run back?

I did like how when we saw Gunter and Seth backstage, Seth approached Gunter with respect and was sort of like, look, I admire your work. I'm a fan of what you did with my title.

So for me, it's different than it is for you because I'm newer to, so for me, the intercontinental title is Gunter.

Weil er am längsten gespielt hat.

Genau.

Und für mich ist das World Heavyweight Championship Seth Rollins, weil er das World Heavyweight Championship vorgestellt hat. Und Seth Rollins war der erste World Heavyweight Champion.

Ja, und ich, ja, sicher, verabschiede ich Gunter mit einem Weltmeisterkampf? Ja, weil er Gunter ist und er so dominant ist. Aber wenn ich sagen muss, welcher Titel Gunter bezeichnet, sage ich Interkontinental.

No, no, no. I didn't ask who you want. That's a different question. I will ask. I do want it because I want to know. But my point is, who's going to win? You have no idea.

I have no idea.

Which is why he's more mixed up than he's ever been. Because Paul Heyman's been on Roman Reigns' side this whole time, because there's never been a match that Roman Reigns walks into, that there hasn't been at least a very good chance that Roman Reigns is going to win. Now, we're looking at this going, any of us could have a conversation for days about who might win this match.

All three of them.

And maybe in the beginning you'd go, it's either going to be Punk or Reigns, right? Not in the last two weeks. No. All three are now.

I'm putting this one at 1A. This is my promo. This Seth Rollins promo for me. Because even when he said, he goes, this is about the future of the business. I went, is it? And then he explained it. I go, I guess it is. I guess it is. You sold me on it. And he said this to Paul Heyman. And this gave me chills. You have a choice to make. I don't know what the choice is.

Because I'm sitting there going, just because you threaten to kick somebody in the head doesn't mean they owe you a favor.

It's a choice.

Right, right. Does he not want to grant the favor? Does he want to grant a favor to CM Punk? Or now, did Seth convince him that maybe Seth should be the one who gets the favor?

Which is nuts, dude. That's Roman Reigns.

Roman Reigns has not gone into a fight by himself, really, since pre-pandemic.

I mean, Roman Reigns has not gone into a fight completely alone this decade.

Always. And you know, you know. Because I'm sitting there going like, oh, where I'd like the story to go, where this one would be really interesting. If that one win, you could do this.

What happened in Philly? You were next to me. And the whole room was saying, Cody's probably going to win the title, right?

What did I say to you? You know, I remember exactly what I said to you. As Roman was walking to the ring, I looked at you and said, I'm not ready for this to be over. I still don't think you're right. And Lars Fredriksson from Rancid was sitting right next to me. Remember?

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And both of us were like, we're cheering for Roman, right?

And you joined us.

I mean, I want Roman Reigns to win. Seth hitting him with that chair. shades of the shield all over again shades of wrestlemania 42 made me say what if who do i want to win in my little little heart roman yeah when i get my action figures out later and i get my floaty ring and i play with them in the bathtub you're going to do that later of course i gotta take a bath roman reigns is gonna win

But when I put my little fantasy booker hat on, Seth gave me a big, what if, tonight.

Really?

Insbesondere Paul Hamer.

Okay, well, on the other side of things, the World Heavyweight Championship side of things, we had two very different stars, I think, on Raw. You had Gunther coming out there. Okay. And Gunther was scheduled for an interview with Michael Cole. Comes out early. Cole isn't even ready for him. But he comes out early. And I should have told him. Cole should have texted me.

I would have told him, interviewing Gunther is not easy right now. We found that out the hard way.

I mean, listen. Gavin's over there going, let's get Gunther on the show tonight. I go, thanks a lot, Gavin. Great idea.

He was in a horrible mood.

No, but this is different, okay? Because Gunther, he was full of it, okay? He said, I was in control the whole time. This is the first, I believe, I want to say that we've really seen Gunther in an emotional state. When he was beating up Jimmy Uso and making him bleed, Gunther was letting his emotions lead.

And those emotions were hate-filled and those emotions were violent, but they were still emotions. What's always made Gunther the Ring General... was that he simply came to the ring with a specific mission in mind and did whatever he had to do to simply win the match. No frills, no nothing. And that's what made him so unstoppable, was that there was no passion. It was just a matter of winning.

And now we see a different Gunther. We see an emotional Gunther. We see a Gunther that does not want to answer Michael Cole's questions. We see a guy that's taking the microphone away from Cole and saying, screw your questions. And then he wants to tell me he's in control. That seems like a guy who's unhinged.

Right.

What?

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You really think so? Because every time I see Gunther talk in any of these interviews, and he said it even on Raw Recap last week, that he seemed... He didn't even talk about Jey Uso. He didn't. But he seemed annoyed. Like when we were trying to talk about previous WrestleManias, he seems annoyed that this is even his WrestleMania match. He seems like this is... He has since the beginning. Yeah.

Like, are you kidding me? Like, he really sees himself as the best World Heavyweight Champion and certainly an argument can be made for that. Right. I don't even think that's hyperbole. It's either him or Seth and it might be him. But he's going like, we finally get to WrestleMania and... And I gotta fight Mr. Yeet? Okay?

No, I agree with you. I'm saying, I think that that's Gunther's perspective. And look, okay, we're talking about the look in Jay's eyes. We're talking about the spirit. We're talking about emotions. We're talking about everything. I think the most important thing that Gunther said on Raw... was on Saturday, the bell's gonna ring. The bell has to ring. And then what happens?

Because if you remember, go back to WrestleMania last year. Okay, people have talked about it. Jay's talked about it. People were like, I don't know if that Usos match lived up to what the expectations were. Jay said, I don't know if that Usos match lived up to the expectations that I had. I'm telling you right now. Gunther is not going to let that happen.

And if he starts to even sniff that maybe physically this isn't living up to people's expectations, he's going to beat the stuffing out of Jey Uso to make sure that people get a show and he will leave as the champion. It's not enough. To want it. It's not enough to could be.

Jay's got to find a totally different way of being and go in there and transfer all this energy and transfer all this goodwill and this spirit that he's got now and transfer it into something that's in ring. I'm not saying he can't.

Which I like.

Nobody did play his music twice.

It's hard not to.

It seems like there's a bug inside of him. He wants to do it so bad, but he doesn't have it in him. Like his instinct is to go like, you know what, I'm feeling this vibe. I'm gonna go for it. All of a sudden that thing that's been plaguing his brain goes, no, you're not. And Jay goes, no, I'm not. Like, all right, let's play it again.

Yeah, well, we're not yeeting. And he goes, no, I guess we're not yeeting.

For Gunther now.

Yep.

Big time. Gunther wore Jays blood, brothers blood. Like an outfit. And Gunther's over here on the mic saying, I'm going to destroy Jey Uso, I'm going to call my mom. She's going to be proud of me. I don't think, as much as I don't want to mess with Gunther, I think I'd like even less to mess with Gunthers mom. Jey admitted to the fact that he's crashing out. I think, again, this is good.

Jey's been having a great time for the last year and Jey's been doing amazing things, okay? Jay war für mich der Star von Wargames. Jay hat das Intercontinental-Championship gewonnen, sein erstes Singles-Titel. Jay hat eine Revolution geschaffen. Jay verkauft überall Merch. Jay bringt das Haus überall, wo er geht. Jay hat Gunther nicht gewonnen. Es ist 0-3 jetzt.

100% richtig.

Ich denke, er wird es. Ich denke, wir werden einen interessanten Jay bekommen. Okay. Weil alles, was wir in Jay Uso sehen, ist fast so, als wäre er bereit, zu poppen. Ich habe ihn auf Sneakershopping geschaut und er sah aufregend aus. Also, alles sieht aufregend aus, weil ich denke, weil Jay letztendlich weiß, ob es zu tun oder zu sterben ist.

Und Gunther hat seine Augen auf eine dieser beiden Dinge. Und es ist nicht zu tun. Es ist zu tun. Ja, das ist die eine. Das ist die eine. Du hast es herausgefunden. Ein einfaches Equation.

Jey Uso and Gunther show completely different sides of themselves. Everybody in the women's triple threat is talking and a whole lot more. Welcome to the WWE Raw Recap brought to you by Fanatics. Oh, Baby. Morant. Megan Morant. We have so much to discuss. The final Monday Night Raw before WrestleMania 41.

Well, look. It's a big Raw Recap. Very, very special show. Because we have a very special guest. It is time to be joined by our incredibly giving guest on Raw Recap. I told you this was going to be special. I say this with the utmost professionalism. Here we are. With my favorite professional wrestler on the planet.

Dominic, Mysterio und Dom, ich habe gesagt, dass ich das mit dem höchsten Professionalismus sage. Ich werde euch die Fragen stellen, die jeder wissen möchte. Erstens, bist du okay? Bist du okay?

Ja, das sind Lektionen, die Sie wahrscheinlich lernen sollten. Sie haben jetzt gefühlt, wie es ist, von Braun Breaker zu werden. Und Sie haben herausgefunden, dass ich meine, es ist ein guter Zeitpunkt, um herauszufinden, dass Penta top heavy ist, bevor Sie in eine interkontinentale Champions-League Fatal 4-Way in WrestleMania gehen. Das ist ein guter Zeitpunkt.

As long as Dom's okay, I'm okay.

But that's generally just how I live my life. Yeah. I'm great. Okay, good.

Yeah, he's way less shooketh, I think. I mean, let's not forget the fact that this is WrestleMania, okay? This is a place where, I mean, records aside, I'm not a statistics guy. Let's talk about entrances, okay? Let's talk about spectacles that you've made at WrestleMania. I still say, you go back two years ago.

WrestleMania 39, der Dominik Mysterio-Entranz, ist einer der besten WrestleMania-Entranz, wie jemals. Und du kannst das ohne Ironie sagen. Du kannst das ohne mich, mein Dominik Mysterio-Ding zu machen. Es ist nur einer von denen, wie jeder sich an den einen erinnert. Triple H war auf dem Flavor-Podcast diese Woche. Und er sprach über Momente zu machen und Minuten zu maximieren.

Und ich fühle mich... Like you did that with that entrance. You made a forever moment at WrestleMania. Is that something that as you go into a WrestleMania like this year, you think, okay, how am I going to make this one? How am I going to take a second of time like that and make this one special?

Und es ist auch so eine tolle Kulmination von dem, Ja, genau. Ja, aber was ist danach? Was ist danach? Und ich fühle mich so, als hätte dein Vater nichts mehr damit zu tun, was jetzt passiert. Du gehst in die WrestleMania in einem Intercontinental-Championship-Spiel und es fühlt sich immer noch so an, Dom, als wärst du nicht mal so nah an deinem Peak.

I can't believe we're here.

I don't know how I'm going to get through this show, the week, the day. I don't know how I'm going to get through any of it.

Weil das auch wild ist, weil dein Vaters Onkel ein Mysterium war. Das ist auch ein Schritt höher. Ich habe noch nie gesehen, dass du einen Blick auf deinen Onkel nimmst.

I'm excited.

I'm taking full advantage of it. A lot of the WWE staff has already headed out to Las Vegas. So they said, we don't have any guests on the show. I said, why don't you let me take over talent booking duties? They said, okay, Bob's your uncle. Dominic Mysterio is on the show.

Sie, who will not be named. And I thought we weren't going to name her, but okay.

Just because you are a mommy, you know.

But listen, coming off of Monday Night Raw, we're going to talk about everything we saw, but coming off of Monday Night Raw, they said the Tribal Chief was returning to Raw. So I kind of knew. We're gonna have something to discuss. I just didn't know what it was. There is so much manipulation, so much gameplay, so much...

Nein, nein, nein. Hör auf. Hast du das gedacht? Ich weiß, es geht um den Judgment-Tag. Ich weiß, es geht um den Intercontinental-Championship zurück zum Judgment-Tag. Aber du bist jetzt in einem WrestleMania-Match für den Intercontinental-Championship. Ich habe viel von deinem Move-Set gesehen. Deinem Ästhetik. Inspiriert von jemandem, der vielleicht nicht dein natürlicher Vater ist.

Der late, great, Latino-Heat, Eddie Guerrero. Eddie Guerrero, einer der großen Intercontinental-Champions auch. Hast du darüber nachgedacht, dass... that coming out of WrestleMania, you can continue on that lineage even further and be part of that club that Eddie was a part of.

Verstehst du mich? Mann, und schau dir das an. Ich würde stressiert werden. Du siehst aus wie ein Million Dollar. Ja, ich bin mehr als ein Million Dollar. Ja, ich dachte nur daran. Ich dachte nur daran. Ich meine, was denkst du von dem Pentastrut? Okay, weil du ein Lucha-Historiker bist.

Wenn du durch die Easter Eggs auf deinem Kleid alleine gehst, gibt es immer so viele Referenzen zu den großen Luchadores, mit denen so viele von uns aufgewachsen sind. Du hast dich, denke ich, von Leparca inspiriert. Vorher mit, mit, mit, mit einigen deiner Schuhe, die du geworfen hast. Ich denke klar, Penta hat ein bisschen eine Leparca-Vibe. Was passiert, wenn er in den Ring kommt mit dem Strut?

Fühlst du dich, als wäre er auf deinem Territorium ein bisschen?

Being said and so much not being said when it comes to Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins, CM Punk and of course Paul Heyman. You know, we're gearing up for the main event of WrestleMania Saturday. Which, by the way, we'll be doing a raw recap after WrestleMania Saturday and after WrestleMania Sunday.

You're in the ring. It's WrestleMania 41. Las Vegas is going absolutely wild. Braun Breaker is outside of the ring. Penta is outside of the ring. They're both laid out. You get in the ring. You see Finn Balor is lying motionless in the ring. Do you finish the match there? Do you pin Finn Balor in that scenario?

She's not negative like Megan, is she?

Do you like apples?

Well, Dominic Mysterio, thank you so much for making some time for us on Raw Recap. I cannot wait for the spectacle that will be the fatal four-way for the Intercontinental Championship at WrestleMania. I hope you avoid any spears. I hope you avoid the top-heavy offense of Penta and that you walk out of WrestleMania not only with you in one piece, but the Judgment Day fully intact.

So I can only imagine, if I'm feeling these feelings now, how I'm going to be feeling a few days from now. But we see, it starts with CM Punk. And he's got his arm around Paul Heyman. And he's like, whatever, they're singing songs together. That's as far as we can go, we don't have the rights. So, there's no way that you can tell me that CM Punk doesn't know.

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I mean, you were really hostile. And I wasn't going to bring that up, but you were very negative. Very hostile. And that's not like you.

Okay, well I thought I pretty much covered the questions that needed to be asked. I kind of felt like I covered the journalistic part, but look, it's your show too. I'm not going to tell you to do your job, I'm just going to tell you you came across hostile.

Wie oft siehst du Paul Heyman getötet werden?

Wow, he has great eyes. But are his eyes going to be reflecting back at him? with the Intercontinental Championship on the other side. You hope so. I do. I was taken aback. I was taken aback many times in that interview. His Penta take, I mean, ridiculously took me aback. I thought we were going to take a trip down memory lane of Lucha history, like legit.

I really thought, I was like, oh, I'm just going to tell you. I thought this will make a great clip. Dom seriously talking about Lucha history. And then he's talking about Penta having, well, sweaty butt cheeks. But... Aber ich wurde auch von der Idee genommen, dass er dachte, dass ich Feuerwehrtraining wusste.

Ich weiß das nicht. Ich mache das. Das ist alles, was ich tue. Aber wenn ein Feuer bricht, sind wir kaputt.

Aber du kannst mir nicht erzählen, dass CM Punk nicht wusste, dass Roman Reigns' Fahrrad hochgezogen wurde.

Ja, es ist vorbei. Wenn da der kleinste Feuer da ist, gehe ich, Megan.

Was kann ich dir sagen? Starte dein Violin zu spielen. Wir gehen runter. You're coming with us. I do find it difficult to believe that Dominic would pull Finn Balor on top of him. I don't know. Do you think... He said it himself. Every time I think this is Dominic's moment. Let's start seriously. Every time I think this is Dominic's moment, I look at Braun Breaker and I go, how?

First of all, last week. Last week he didn't spear, he pole vaulted his body into Carlito. He did it again today, but this time into Dominic and... Into Carlito. I mean, his... He goes so high up in the air.

Well, I'm not gonna sit here. I mean, we just saw our tribal chief, Spear, CM Punk, you know.

There's no reason to compare. Comparison is the thief of joy. And I won't allow you to steal my joy any longer. So... So... Also, aber ich meine, es ist ein ziemlich erstaunlicher Speer. Es ist unglaublich. Als ich ihn zu Speer Penta gegründet habe, schaue ich nur an seinen Gesicht. Ich sage, wie denke ich, dass er nicht gewinnen wird?

Wie denke ich, dass er nichts, außer dass er den Intercontinental-Titel verlässt? Penta hat den Speer verhindert und hatte, ich meine, eine erstaunliche Offense von seinem eigenen. Aber ich weiß nicht, ich glaube, du denkst in aller Ernsthaftigkeit, Tracking, as you were talking about. And we were taking it seriously. Tracking the career of Dominic Mysterio.

Das ist Mean Girls-Stuff. Das ist wie, ich werde mit deinem Freund reden und ich werde wissen, dass du mich sehen wirst, wenn ich mit deinem Freund reden werde. Aber er wird nicht wissen, dass du mich sehen wirst.

He's, I want to say, 0-4 at WrestleMania right now. Yeah, including last year, the tag match. 0-4 at WrestleMania. Do you think that streak continues? Or do you think that I could get what I want? Do you think, because like I said, we're going to be doing recaps after both nights at WrestleMania. And we're getting the Intercontinental Title match on Sunday.

Do you think Sunday, who are you going to have to put up with? The gloating, celebratory, energetic Sam or the sullen, depressed, sad Sam?

Okay, meine einzige Sache ist Fatal 4-Way. Er muss nicht Teil der Entscheidung sein.

Part of that makes me go like, okay, maybe I could pin somebody else, but then do I want to leave WrestleMania with Braun Breaker mad at me? Not really.

Was ist mit dem? Was ist mit dem ersten Universal-Champion? Was ist mit dem Mann, den ich glaube, ich habe viel zu viel vergessen? Jemand, der auch auf Raw-Recap war. Was ist mit Finn Balor? Was ist mit dem Fakt, dass das ein... World Champion Level Superstar. This is a guy who was made in professional wrestling before he even stepped foot in WWE. And then he just raised the stakes.

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Natürlich ist es so. Und dann realisiert Paul Heyman, dass er mit seinem besten Freund, CM Punk, gefangen worden ist. Und Paul Heyman ist in diesem seltsamen Spot, weil Roman Reigns dieses Umfeld geschaffen hat, wo du, wenn du loyal zu dem Tribalchef bist, du loyal zu dem Tribalchef und dem Tribalchef allein bist, was bedeutet, dass du nicht mehr mit deinem besten Freund sprechen kannst.

And who's to say he doesn't pick this weekend as the instant?

Right?

Wow. I think that another match that I'm looking forward to, we kind of saw it sprinkled into Monday Night Raw, was of course Logan Paul and AJ Styles.

It is awesome. But you know what? The Phenomenal Forearm is great. The Styles Clash is revolutionary. Alright? I thought that, first of all, big shout out to Karrion Kross. Karrion Kross spent a good amount of time on Raw, absolutely dominating AJ Styles. The tricks up this guy's sleeve. Showing up to Raw, not only with his AJ Styles hair.

But with his gear. He doesn't wear long boys.

He wears trunks. He showed up with the dark side of AJ Styles type of Karrion Kross tights on. He's got, he... has this so interesting cult leader-like manipulation where he mirrors you, but in a negative way trying to, I think, slowly get into the crevices of your brain and influencing you without you knowing into becoming the worst version of yourself. I don't know why a person would do that.

Yeah. I mean, he's amazing. He's a wizard.

You're probably right.

And dominating most of the match. Of course, AJ Styles is AJ Styles seven days a week. I mean, this is a wrestler that we're going to He's like, I accomplish more in a week than any of you do in a lifetime. Doing what?

But they're wrestlers. They don't do all the things. They wrestle. They wrestle more in a week than he does in a year. So what difference does it make?

People who are really doing amazing things generally don't have to tell you. because you're already aware, they certainly don't have to make video resumes before they show up on Raw, okay? They don't have to sit there and go like, hey, I'm Logan Paul, look how much I've done, and here's my video resume. No! If they were that great, we would know. We wouldn't have to see a video resume.

And then he gets it and there's almost no wrestling on the video resume.

Listen, listen. He hydrates with the best of them. I can't believe the way this guy hydrates.

This prime. It's in my house all the time. That doesn't mean he can beat AJ Styles in a wrestling match. Now look, there were some distractions. Karrion Kross was there, distracting. Logan does have the ability to land that punch. Knocks out AJ Styles, holds him up like nubbins in the Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2. That's a deep cut.

Of all weeks.

And then Paul Verizer, which to your point Megan, you're right again, it's a fabulous finishing move.

So, so, Roman just goes towards the ring by himself. Paul Heyman is running along with him. I think Michael Cole described him as a puppy dog. And it was accurate. Once again, the goat is right.

I'm going to be furious if he beats AJ Styles.

Well, then we're all going to be very mad.

WrestleMania after dark that night is going to be a bummer. Because me and all my friends, we're not going to feel like partying. We'll be there, because it's cool. But we'll be really angry.

It makes you angry.

But I do hate watch. I'm sitting here, let me watch this reality show. Oh, I can't stand this guy. Okay, I'll watch another episode.

Oh my God.

We gotta stop clicking. No. Make him go away. These video resumes are driving me crazy. Wir haben von Rhea Ripley, Bianca Belair, Io Sky gehört.

Io.

Alle verschiedenen Perspektiven. Okay. Bianca kommt aus einem Ort, wo sie fühlte, als ob sie es gewonnen hat. Und sie hat es gewonnen. Sie hat die Elimination Chamber gewonnen. Aber sehr konzentriert auf Rhea Ripley. Ich meine, sie hat über Io gesprochen, aber sehr konzentriert auf ihre Grudge, die sie mit Rhea Ripley hat.

Interesting perspective that I like your take on from Rhea Ripley, because you've been a little bit critical of Rhea's behavior leading up to this match. I have. And Rhea basically saying that, look, Io kind of, you know, was a little manipulative getting herself a Women's Championship match. Rhea made the mistake of saying yes.

But... EO hat sie getötet, EO hat sich überrascht.

Wow, also, Rhea hat gesagt, okay, ich habe das Fehler gemacht, ich werde es nicht wieder machen. Wie gesagt, warum nicht aus deinem eigenen Spielbuch spielen und Adam Pearce in der gleichen Position wiederholen, wo er mich jetzt in den Match bringen muss. Und sie hat es gemacht. Ich meine, man könnte sagen, Sie qualifizierte nicht für das Spiel.

Du könntest auch sagen, du solltest smarter, nicht hart arbeiten. Und vielleicht ist es Zeit, dass Rhea das herausfindet.

Ja.

He was. And he knew, by the way. He knew. dass er Paul so fühlte, wie Paul es fühlte. Der störende Blick auf Romans Gesicht, der schämevolle, fast schmerzhafte Blick auf Paul Hamans Gesicht. Ich meine, es sind die kleinen Dinge, richtig? Roman weiß, wie man Menschen schmerzt. Weißt du, warum? Weil Menschen schmerzen. Menschen schmerzen. Das ist richtig. Und Roman wurde schmerzt.

Ich weiß nicht, es gibt keinen Weg. They both overlook her every single week. Every week. There's nothing that's told me that either Bianca or Rhea has learned that lesson. No. It's a terrible thing to not have learned. But Io came on, confident as ever, and I thought Io made maybe the best point of all.

But I think she's also got this awareness that in order for her reign to be taken as seriously as it should be, she has to win. It's her title to lose now. Everybody has been making it all about Bianca and Rhea and the match and all this stuff. We haven't sat there and allowed Io's title reign to just exist. I think Io is in the position, which a lot of times champions aren't.

I think Io finds herself in a must-win position. I think if Io loses the title at WrestleMania, it's almost like, was that a dream or did it really happen?

Wenn Rhea Ripley das Women's Championship in WrestleMania gewinnt, hat sie es jemals verloren? Weißt du, was ich meine? Sie hat es gewonnen, aber hat sie es gewonnen? Das ist ein guter Punkt. Weißt du? Und das ist schwer.

Wild, weil sie der Champ ist. Aber ich denke, es ist Io. Weil ich denke, wenn du Bianca und Rhea siehst, ist es so, dass jeder an jeder gewissen Nacht verlieren kann. Und Bianca und Rhea sind zwei der besten Frauen, die jemals in einem WWE-Ring kämpfen. Io ist zwei.

That's fair.

Now, Bianca is in an interesting spot, too, because she's finally getting out of wrestling as a tag and wants to remind people how good she is as a singles. So there is that to gain. But I do think you're right. I think Io gains more. Io is your pick for this one.

She is? I mean... Brain or heart? Yours. Yours.

Wer glaubst du, dass die Fans für EO und Rhea schreien?

Wow, das ist wild. Ich weiß. Unglaublich. Ich meine, hör mal.

Sie schreien für EO.

It's not going to happen. They have to boo some... And by the way, they should kind of.

But you can't. I know. You're just so happy to see her.

It really is.

Of course. She's somehow relatable, even though she's more athletic than all of us in that stadium combined.

But she's cool. But she's... And Io's cool. And Bianca's pretty cool too. We're all cool. Well, we can look cool at least. I'm gonna look cool.

I got some cool outfits. I got my WrestleMania 41 gear already.

I already got the gear. I'm not waiting till I get there. I'm getting it now. You can get WrestleMania 41 gear right now on WWE Shop. They've got it all. They're coming out with new t-shirts all the time. They just put out, I saw on WWE Shop, the match, specific match t-shirts for each of the big matches at WrestleMania. Not only that, you can get all the new John Cena Las Vegas merch.

Not yet. I want to get it in person. Because that's... It's almost ceremonial.

Roman hat von literally everybody getötet. Und was tut er? Er sagt, okay, wenn du mich schmerzen wirst, warte, bis du siehst, wie schlimm ich mich schmerzen kann. Weißt du, was Paul Heyman schmerzt? Es sind nicht die Worte, es sind nicht die Ansichten. Es ist Paul Heyman, der das Mikrofon Roman Reigns schickt. And Roman Reigns going over to the timekeeper and asking for his own microphone.

Should the store sell out or something like that, I'll be right on WWE Shop. They have the Last Time Is Now T-Shirt. These are in black. They're Vegas-themed. They got the shirt, the hat. They got the wristbands. If you were quick, you could have gotten the championship.

I don't know if that's still up, but you got to go check all the John Cena Las Vegas Last Time Is Now Merch, as well as all the WrestleMania 41 Merch and, you know, See you next time. In Las Vegas, Nevada. If I could tear Megan Morant away from the slot machines, she will be there.

Yeah, that's right. Analyzing everything. Saturday night we'll be in the stadium. Coming off a Saturday night, we'll have a recap podcast. Coming off a Sunday night, we'll have a recap podcast. Next Monday, Raw after WrestleMania, we'll have a Raw recap podcast. So Saturday...

We've got the Triple Threat Match, we've got Jay and Gunther, we've got Tiffany and Charlotte, we have LA Knight and Jacob Fatu, a ton of matches. Sunday. Not only do we have AJ and Logan, not only do we have the Fatal 4-Way for the Intercontinental title, not only do we have our Triple Threat that we just talked about with Rhea, Io and Bianca, John Cena and Cody Rhodes.

Which, I mean, if we were doing a SmackDown recap, we could do 20 minutes easy on Cody's breakdown of the championship titles that were in the ring with him. Spinner Belt included, by the way. Cody showed love to the Spinner.

I was there for the Spinner Belt hate. And as I said on my Not Sam podcast, I think there are kids that grew up with the spinner belt. That's their belt.

Yeah, I respect it for the era that it represents. But I'm not going to pretend that when the spinner belt came out, I wasn't like, what?

Und ich liebe... Und das Wettbewerb und wie... Ja.

Ja.

Was auch so toll ist, weil es eine Zeit-Honor-Tradition ist. that when it's time to go, you go out on your back. And you give everything you can to the business, you go out on your back, and you fade away. What if John Cena was the one guy that was like, nah, I'm not gonna go out on my back, and I'm gonna take it with me. Of all people.

Right, right. Jetzt, die Nacht bevor WrestleMania, haben wir den Hall of Fame bekommen. Die großen Announcements kamen runter. Es ist immer spannend, zu finden, wer die verschiedenen Leute, die in den Hall of Fame gehen, entdeckt.

Thank you very much.

Natürlich, in dem Hall of Fame bekommen wir die Natural Disasters, wir bekommen Lex Luger, wir bekommen Michelle McCool, wir bekommen Bret Hart vs. Steve Austin, wir bekommen Triple H. Aber die Induktoren wurden entdeckt. Nicht eine Überraschung für mich, denke ich nicht. But a pleasant announcement. Shawn Michaels inducting Triple H. It could not be more perfect.

Yeah. Yeah. I mean, it really is. I mean, you talk about history.

And like going through the history of the business and everything like Triple H and Shawn Michaels are cosmically linked. in Wrestling and together are so responsible for the show that we see today. I love seeing that.

That they were the ones to do it. Sean and The Undertaker. And The Undertaker will be there as well. The Undertaker is inducting Michelle McCool. Of course The Undertaker is married, IRL, to Michelle McCool. And he'll be inducting her Which I love, I mean, just any sort of... You love romance. I love love.

I love love. What can I tell you? I love love and I love wrestling. And I love love in wrestling. And we get to see this at the Hall of Fame. Plus I love The Undertaker. So that's all three things. All combined. Perfect. Perfect.

We have Diamond Dallas Page inducting Lex Luger, which I think is really great, not only because of the shared history that they have together in WCW, but because Diamond Dallas Page through his DDPY, formerly known as DDP Yoga, has helped Lex in so countless ways.

other wrestlers over the years but but has been he's been such a big part of kind of the rebuilding of of lex luger and lex getting this second wind where not only can he be appreciated but lex can be in a place where he can appreciate it back

Alles ist okay.

Ja.

Ja.

Wunderbarer Kerl, wunderbarer Kerl. Und dann, natürlich, das war wirklich lustig für mich. The announcement that Bret Hart versus Stone Cold Steve Austin going into the Hall of Fame, one of the best matches of all time, the very first immortal moment going into the Hall of Fame. And it's CM Punk that's inducting Bret Hart versus Steve Austin of all the things for CM Punk to get to do.

Weil das war Paul Heymans Karriere.

I mean, you would think that at a certain point, the idea of you being a kid living out your dreams is over. Like everything is still exciting, but you've done everything you wanted to do as a kid. Am selben Wochenende... ...kommt CM Punk zum Main Event WrestleMania. Für das erste Mal jemals.

So lange ich meinen Weg durch diesen Weg sprechen kann, wenn ich sage, dass nichts falsch ist und du nichts falsch sagst, Nothing's wrong.

Und... ...kommt Stone Cold Steve Austin... und Bret the Hip Man Hart in die Hall of Fame in dem Kontext dieses Matches bei WrestleMania 13, welches jeder, der ein Wrestling-Fan auf dem Niveau von CM Punk ist, weiß, den Einfluss und die Bedeutung dieses Matches. Ich meine, es ist kein Geheimnis, dass die Einfluss, die Stone Cold Steve Austin auf CM Punk hatte, ein

ein Bild, das die Runden online macht, je nach sechs Monaten oder so, von CM Punk als Kind, ein Bild mit Stone Cold, es ist der Fantasie-Match, den jeder immer hatte, Austin vs. Punk, der Einfluss, den Bret, der Hitman Hart, auf CM Punk hatte, ich meine, mehrere Male. CM Punk trägt Wrestling-Geräte, die von Bret the Hitman Hardy inspiriert sind. Er trägt Bret-Hart-Hoodies.

Ich meine, alles, was er tun kann, um Wunsch zu zahlen. Er hat Matches designt, in Bezug auf spezifische Bret-the-Hitman-Hart-Matches. Also, um zu sehen, wie Punk Hart und Austin entdeckt werden, denke ich, es wird ein echter Thrill sein. Ich kann nicht warten, den Hall of Fame zu sehen.

Ja, ich kann nicht warten, um nach Vegas zu kommen. Ich kann nicht warten, um da zu sein, um alles für euch zu rekapseln. Vergesst nicht, dass ihr euch auf allen Audio-Plattformen abonniert. Vergesst nicht, dass ihr uns auf YouTube schaut und uns Likes schickt und Kommentare schickt und all euren Freunden erzählt, wie das ist, nur der größte Wrestling-Podcast, den ihr je gehört habt.

Wir sehen uns später diese Woche, nach Nacht 1 und dann Nacht 2 von WrestleMania in Las Vegas. Danke, alle.

But for maybe the first time in Paul Heyman's career, somebody else is in control of the perception. Paul is not in control of the perception. And he has always been in control of the perception. And when Roman gets the microphone from somebody else... That's sending a message loud and clear that you cannot convince people that there isn't a problem here.

Because I'm going to let everybody know that we have a major problem here and Roman Reigns will swim in it. Roman Reigns isn't trying to avoid it at all. Roman Reigns is punishing. Paul Heyman für die Situation, die er glaubt, Paul Heyman hat sie in und er bringt relevante Punkte, richtig? Zuerst einmal, hast du das Video gesehen, das WWE Social vor Raw von Roman Reigns gesprochen hat?

that I'm using my internet the way I want to use it and not having anybody else kind of hacking in or following me or just being aware of anything that I'm doing. We do everything on the internet. It's not just about what videos are you watching, it's about doing your banking. Information on the Internet. It's about doing all your shopping on the Internet.

Wahnsinnig, wo er gesagt hat, er hat es bemerkt, er ist in diesem Ort gekommen, wo er bemerkt hat, es ist Zeit, wieder zu arbeiten und niemandem zu vertrauen. Es gibt einen bestimmten Hall of Famer, der das auch gesagt hat, aber wir lassen das da. I got excited. Again, I'm getting all excited. Every day it's going to be something. It's a big week. Yeah, yeah.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

And what a great tactic. What a great arguing tactic that is.

He's talking to Sacramento, though. Yes. Oh, I guess you're here, Paul.

I was talking to Sacramento. We didn't notice you. And then he says, look, favor, no favor. You're talking about this favor you've been talking about since November. How come the favor that you owe is costing me? How come I'm the one feeling the brunt?

Er hat alles gemacht, was er heute gemacht hat. Er hat die Kontrolle über alles genommen. Nicht nur die komplette Kontrolle, sondern auch die 100%-Loyalität. Sobald all das wahr ist, hat er auch immer ein Anbieter. Und ich denke, das ist, wie er sich sieht. Er hat es in den sozialen Videos gesprochen. Er sieht die Billion-Dollar-Versuche. Er sieht die Netflix-Versuche.

Er sieht Raw Recap Cozy und Up with Fanatics. Und er hat gesagt, wer hat all das möglich gemacht,

And I think wrestling storyline or no wrestling storyline. If you asked him straight up, hey dude, what do you mean? He's like, what do you think I mean? Ask anybody if the Bloodline story did this or didn't do this. And so all he wants in return, that's the acknowledgement ultimately, that he is playing a completely different game and playing on a level that we haven't seen before.

This is the Chicago Bulls in the last dance trying to keep up with the level of greatness that Michael Jordan is insisting that they keep up with. And it's like, yeah, Roman's willing to provide, but you have to do it to Roman's liking and to Roman's standards. And Paul Heyman was fine with that up until this favor.

Well, I don't think that... So Seth Rollins cut the promo of a lifetime to me.

And in this world where, let's be honest, there are a lot of fans that were like, Roman and Punk, where did Seth even fit into this? By the way, they were saying the same thing last year. Last year, they were treating Seth like he wasn't... He's the MVP of WrestleMania. And he ended up being the MVP this year again.

He cuts this promo of a lifetime where... I don't think that he's taking away Roman's accomplishments. I think that It's all a matter, again, of not perception, but perspective. I think that for Roman, he's saying, I'm the greatest attraction that he believes the sport's ever seen.

And because I am that big of an attraction and have attracted that many eyeballs and that many dollars, that I'm the one that has taken this business to where it needs to be. Seth is saying the other thing. Seth is saying, what makes this business what it is, is not... Die Statue, die außerhalb des Gebäudes ist. Es ist die Grundlage, auf der das Gebäude gebaut wird.

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Und er ist es. Das ist das Ding. Es geht um die Perspektive von dem, was du denkst, was WWE füllt. Denn Roman schreibt, wie er sich beschreibt. Aber Seth schreibt auch, wie er sich beschreibt. Roman ist nicht hier immer. Roman hat zwei Spiele im Jahr. Und einer war der Royal Rumble. Seth ist der. ...that puts in all the work. Seth is the one who's there for every show.

Seth is the one that's getting injured. Seth is the one doing everything... ...that is needed to be done to make sure... ...that day to day... the company maintains. And I think that's what Seth values. And Seth seems like he is truly worried about the idea of a big star coming in and kind of crafting the business around themselves.

Nein, ich glaube nicht, dass es ihn anstrengt, weil das die Magie des Schildes war. Die Magie des Schildes war, dass du drei verschiedene Sterne hattest, die drei sehr verschiedene Dinge bieten. Aber wenn sie zusammengebracht wurden, war es alles. Es war so, dass es egal war, wer du bist, da war etwas drin.

Und ich glaube, dass die Summe größer war als die Teile, zumindest an dieser Stelle in ihren Karrieren. Aber du hattest das immer noch. Roman Reigns hatte immer noch diese Attraktion. You know what I mean? Every member. You had an attraction, you had a lunatic, and you had an architect. And that's what you needed for The Shield to be The Shield.

Now, to prove the impact of The Shield, we're seeing that any one member of this group could hold the business up, but they're going to hold it up to their terms. And those terms are now clashing. Then you have CM Punk. who is a little bit more like Roman, but even more irksome, I think, to Seth Rollins, because CM Punk is gone for 10 years.

And in that 10 years, so much work has to be done within the WWE to build it back up to where it is. And CM Punk returns. And by the way, CM Punk's return has, without question, elevated everything around the WWE.

But it was already good. CM Punk absolutely came back when business was great. Yeah. And Seth is sitting there going, cool, you went from great to greater. Okay. Who made it great?

And that's what we need so that when times get tough again, Seth is saying... Ultimately, that this match is about who is going to be that industry leader.

Right. And when times get tough, what are we going to need? Are we going to need somebody that's there to go like, okay, whatever we've got, I'm going to make this work. Or are we going to need somebody that's going to go home? This is Seth's perspective. Roman's perspective is, you know what we need? It's a multi-billion dollar Netflix deal. CM Punk's perspective is, you know what we need?

We need the guy in the ring that fans have been chanting for for 10 years. And all three of them are right. Now here's the thing with Paul Heyman. Paul Heyman is looking at the three of them, right? You know whose side Paul Heyman has always been on from the very beginning?

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Even better. The winner's side. Paul Heyman. Whose side is Paul Heyman on? No matter what match.

No.

No. No matter what match Paul Heyman is a part of. The side that he's on is always going to be the winner's side. It's always been who Paul Heyman is. Who's going to win the triple threat? Right now?

Und ich weiß nicht, Braun Breaker schlägt mich nicht als einen Mann, der gerne erzählt wird, was er tun soll.

And Seth has proven that.

Yes, he did.

I can't say it. Kofi got mad at me.

Was me saying Yadada mean cringe?

I mean, Kofi was giving me some heat about it.

He is.

Yeah, I mean, I thought it was a little funny when he was making fun of you for being bald.

But then when he came at me, I was like, hey...

And they're terrified.

You think so? Yeah, they're dodging them. Come on.

Well, the New Day may see some holes in the Creed Brothers.

No, he's the best.

Ich war überrascht, als Jey in den Ring war und wir Gunthers Musik hörten. Warst du das?

Aber ich habe etwas anderes aus Jey gesehen, was Jey ist, der so verändert ist, seit er den Royal Rumble gewonnen hat.

Right? This is, I mean, we talk every week, I feel like we come on and we're like, Jey Uso's confidence is higher than ever. Jey Uso's confidence is higher than ever. But the way you looked at Gunter holding that title, I mean, you felt it. The crowd felt it. I wonder, after going backstage and being attacked by Braun Breaker, how is his confidence next week on Raw?

Mr. Poppers?

I hope that some... This would be his first month as World Heavyweight Champion. Yes.

Well, and that's also up to interpretation. I mean, we heard last week Paul Heymans Perspective.

It doesn't end.

I mean, that moment lasts for what? 12 hours? 24 hours?

And then this week we got to hear CM Punk's perspective.

Und...

If you wanna be, if you wanna stay champion.

Oh, die Momente.

You're smart. That is smart. That's very smart.

Penta, when you arrived on Raw at the Netflix debut, I mean, people who weren't familiar with you were immediately captivated by your entrance. I think, for one, it is the best entrance in all of professional wrestling. But you've talked a lot about how Triple H was involved in coming up with that entrance. What was it like for you to watch that come to life?

Because I feel like every week it gets cooler and cooler, if that's even possible.

Yes. Deine Interaktion mit den Fans...

Ja.

Pento, auf deinem Raw-Debut auf Netflix, als du mit WWE eingestiegen bist, war deine Tochter vorne im Match. Es ist klar, dass deine Familie so viel für dich bedeutet. Hat deine Tochter dir jemals irgendwelche Tipps gegeben?

Ja, das Zeichen der Bewegung.

Du hast ihn gerade mitgebracht, den Hall of Famer Rey Mysterio. Du hast den Royal Rumble in den Ring mit Rey Mysterio begonnen. Ist das ein Singles-Match, das du in WWE sehen möchtest?

Have you ever fully trusted Paul Heyman?

Come on.

Hast du ihn nach WrestleMania getextet? Ja. Sorry. Sorry.

The amount of times I've watched the Paul Heyman clip from last week's promo, when he was explaining his perspective on everything.

Well, not every, not every, like most of it. Every member.