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Chapter 1: What were Mark Henry's initial thoughts on GUNTHER's promo?
What's going on, guys? This is World's Strongest Man, Mark Henry, and SmackDown is in Spain, and I'm gonna break it down right now. This is the Busted Open Podcast. What Gunther said was very, it was true, for lack of a better term. Gunther is not lying. What he's saying is there is no lies. The promo that he had in the ring tonight, was basically him saying Cody was handed everything.
That he was one phone call away from going and getting wrestling training. That he was one call away From getting a job with WWE that he was one call away from title matches and the success that he achieved. But Cody, there was no lies. There was no lies. But Cody did not.
rebuttal the way that i would have you you have some of that sound andre from uh gunther play that please and i promised your big role model and hero john cena that i would make him tap out and i did and now i'm promising you That on Sunday, I'm going to choke you out. I'm going to drop you like a wet towel. I'm going to take this precious prize with me.
Whoa. Okay, I think the star of the promo was the little kid in the background that was so loud that he was able to sneak in exactly what he thought. That Gunther, you suck. And that was not in Spanish because, of course, I don't speak Spanish. But I thought it was pretty damn cool that that kid was able to get his little two cents in.
That kid got bleeped out, by the way. Because in the middle of that promo, he said, STFU, straight to Gunther, clear as day. Wow, I'm glad they edited it. It wasn't just a one, like, shut the F up. It was shut the F up, clap, clap, clap, clap. So they had to bleep the kid.
Oh, so they edited it out. Nice, nice. Well, Cody rebuttaled. And I was not satisfied. with what Cody said. But let's hear from Cody, and then I'll get to that.
I know that you want it. Otherwise, I'd be talking to a 330-pound version of yourself in front of a couple hundred people at an indie show. But instead, I'm talking to the most refined, most dangerous, the peak form of an athlete that you have made yourself.
Yeah, I get it. It's a little sensationalism on the end right there. Um, but he may reference to Gunther being, uh, big Gunther. I, in my opinion, I think Cody should have been, he shouldn't not worried about Gunther being refined and him losing the weight. And now, um, w w what's wrong with, with wrestling the Indies. What's wrong with wrestling in front of 250 people?
You've gotten so refined that you're above working in front of 250 people now? It made him sound like a heel to me. I've been saying this for months, almost a year. The stuff that Cody says is very arrogant and offsetting. Now, if he wanted to really, really, oh, he's Homelander. He is 100% Homelander now.
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Chapter 2: How did Cody Rhodes respond to GUNTHER's accusations?
Not troublesome in order to be able to make that phone call. And even then, I got fired. I got told to hit the road. And then I had to reinvent myself. There was nobody to call then. I had to do it. And I did. I started another company. which is now our competition, by the way. And then I said, you know what? I need to go home. And I didn't make a phone call, but they called me.
I'm beyond making calls. I'm Cody damn Rose. He should have went into that. The crowd would have came along with him, Andre, for the ride. Put Gunther in his place. Man, I guarantee you, Andre, at some point, I'd be like, hell, I don't know what to call you, Gunther or Walter. I said you're refined. Maybe I'm better talking out to Gunther. He had ambition in class.
He didn't sneak up behind anybody. He never tried to choke me from behind. He would have stepped to my face. Maybe you need to go look in the mirror. Maybe you need to make a phone call to the past. That's the Cody that I wanted to hear. But you know what? It's all over with now. It's all over but the crime.
Tomorrow, we will see if all of this is gonna be able to be played out in a way that is man to man. I don't think Paul Heyman is gonna interfere with this match. But I do think that Paul Heyman can be a distraction. I think that Cody Rhodes should lean more into not worrying about what Paul Heyman said, but what he has learned in his journey to get to that mountaintop.
Cody deserves to be on that mountaintop. but just like everybody's always said, Andre, and I know you've heard this and didn't have to be in the ring to hear it. It's harder to stay on the mountain than it is to get there. And Cody has done a unbelievable job of staying on the mountain over these last five years. A lot of people don't even have five year careers. Nevertheless,
five years on top, being the elite of the elite, everything revolving around you. And then he told Gunther, he said, you're addicted to the spotlight just like I am. Don't act like it's something that I'm doing that you're not willing to do. So, But I was very into it. Coming back, we'll be reacting to the go home show for Clash in Italy.
Guys, you don't wanna miss it.
We had an announcement tonight. Trick Williams came out, you know, had his moment with Lil Yachty. And Andre, play that sound, please.
Over the past six months, there hasn't been a better superstar to prove himself to be the future of the business like Trick Williams. And with King of the Ring being around the corner. And with Barcelona knowing a little something about royalty. I figured it's only right if Trick Williams declares himself for the King of the Ring tournament.
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Chapter 3: What did Mark Henry think about Cody's rebuttal?
and you get that match all over again, and it becomes a 20-minute, like, barn burner of a match between them two, and Trick just gets the upper hand. Just one move, it's all, it takes a trick shot out of nowhere when they're both gassed out and exhausted, and he gets the three. It's validated.
It puts Trick in the same spotlight as Cody Rhodes, puts him in that main event, and I am super excited for that.
Yeah, that'd be awesome. Either one, uh, You know, Carmelo Hayes being one of those guys. But when it comes to the King of the Ring, it's going to be some dogs in that tournament. It's not going to be an easy win, not even for Trick Williams. Trick is just making the announcement that he wants to be in the tournament. Let's wait and see who all the other combatants are.
I really did think that the matches that we had were solid matches. There was no point in a match where I felt sleepy or I felt like, this is just a popcorn match. And for y'all that don't know, popcorn matches, when you take a break, you go potty, you go to the bathroom, or you go to the kitchen and you get your glass of water or Coke or drink Pepsi, whatever flows your boat.
Some of y'all drink that hard stuff like Andre. Andre, he's probably four Red Bulls in today. Are you still on Red Bull? Are you a monster? What you doing now? One team only, Mark. Red Bull. Team Red Bull, look at it. Bless his heart. His poor heart is just hanging on by a thread. But I thought that it was real cool to see Axiom get to wrestle in his home country.
And man, y'all gonna miss Miz when he's gone. Miz, he said in his promo with Nick Aldis that he was in his prime. And I truly believe that. I truly believe that right now Miz is as good as he ever was. The only thing is that a lot of times when the companies don't see it like that. And I think right now they are showing him the respect that he deserves as a Triple Crown.
Not only do they bring it up all the time. which is a bonus for Miz because of his accomplishment, but he can still get in there and go with anybody. And he's proved that this year and last year. We saw Miz have some unbelievable matches. The MFTs, Damon Priest and Royce Keyes, I thought was a pretty damn good tag team match. Didn't end particularly well.
with all of the extracurricular activities. But it was cool to see R-Truth Jedi mind trick both of them into going out there and working together. Even though R-Truth, he ended up hurting the team more than helping the team. And that's something that he's going to have to work out with them guys.
but backstage to see matt cardona uh get in sammy zane's face and sammy is still trying to revive johnny wrestling and i thought that was pretty damn interesting i'm waiting to see what's going to happen with it they got me on the string andre every week i'm thinking something's going to happen and it's yet to happen but i know it's coming
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Chapter 4: Why does Mark Henry believe Cody Rhodes needs to change his approach?
They did a good job of Joe Tessitore, Wade Barrett carried the show tonight as far as the way that they called all of the matches. It's always good to see Chelsea Green back in the ring again. And we got to see Jade Cargill and Alexa Bliss. It was a full show. Full show.
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