The Speculation Game with Randy Orton
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What is the speculation game and why is it important for Randy Orton’s 15th championship?
Welcome to the Busted Open Podcast. This is Dave LaGrecka. On today's episode, myself and Bully Ray get ready for SmackDown. And are we gonna find out who's on the other end of that phone call? And if we do, who is it? We discuss right now on the Busted Open Podcast. This is the Busted Open Podcast. I got a list. I have a list of possibilities. Then it's just my less bully you. May have your own list? Uh the nation may have their own list. I I think This has gotta be big. A lot of anticipation. This isn't something silly like a gimmick box that's being passed around from general manager to general manager. You're talking about one of the main events for WrestleMania. High stakes. For this announcement coming tonight.
But if you're gonna be silly in a gimmick box, you're gonna wanna be as over As the guy who is in the silly gimmick box as Danhausen is.
And by the way, the actual unveiling didn't work. It flopped. Now Dan Housen is talented enough and strong enough that he's that's a distant memory and nobody even remembers it or cares. But the moment itself is Got booze from the crowd at Elimination Chamber. They're in Saint Louis tonight. There's only a handful of SmackDown and Raw's. I think between SmackDown and Raw, five shows before we get to WrestleMania combined for Raw and SmackDown. This has to be big, I would think. Now I'm gonna give you my list of possibilities. Now some of these are likely, some of these are unlikely. So feel free to be like, eh, or huh.
Wait, what were my two choices again? Eh or ha Uh
uh huh. Okay. Somebody that we just learned is the Host of WrestleMania forty two, John Cena. Mm. I I I think you have to, right? There's a history with Randy, there's a history with Cody. And If he's the host
of WrestleMania forty
two.
Which wrestlers are on Dave and Bully’s initial list of possible phone‑call advisers?
But would John Cena really be encouraging Randy Orton, knowing that Randy Orton could possibly break his record, or is John Cena just a consummate babyface where he's like, All records were made to be broken. Go, Randy, go. I think it's the latter.
I think it's the latter. Okay. The rock.
Absolutely.
Yeah, I think you have to and maybe, you know, he's looking at his father the picture of his father and his grandfather and saying, you know, appreciation of family, the family ties that really b really probably more than ever in company history, Bully, the family ties are all over the WWE right now.
And it goes back to the original phone call of you're right, there is more than one royal family. So what what Randy is doing is looking at his royal family, which is his dad and his grandfather in the picture.
Yes. S a name that kinda doesn't fit that narrative, but that's been bantered about, Kevin Owens.
Just give me the reason why it would be Kevin Owens, 'cause of Kevin and Cody's
Kevin and Cody Cody have a history. There's speculation that maybe Kevin Owens is ready to come back. Maybe this is a way to bring Kevin Owens back. And Kevin Kevin Owens was definitely a thorn in Cody Rhodes's side.
Do we agree that whoever the reveal is, whether we get the reveal tonight or whenever we get the reveal, has to Devastate Cody emotionally? Or does this person need to distract Cody and make him think like, Oh, you're back to to you know, to make my life miserable?
I I think I think it has to be If if let's just say He comes back t this is revealed tonight. Let's just say we get the reveal tonight, which it seems like from that from that video we are, right? It feels like it. Yeah. I think it has to be somebody that hits Cody emotionally more than physically. It's it's not about a fear of a person, it's more about really? This Randy's been talking to him. So I in in that respect, I don't think Kevin Owens works.
I agree that it has to be an emotional gut punch. I'm gonna I'm gonna cross out Kevin Owens. Fair enough. Okay. Dave, do you really think we're getting the reveal tonight?
Listening back to that video just now. I think there's a I thought for sure we were. Now I have some doubt. Just because he says, Hey, I'll see you in Saint Louis doesn't necessarily mean that's gonna that person's gonna come out on T V.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What is the speculation game and why is it important for Randy Orton’s 15th championship?
0:00–2:20
2
Which wrestlers are on Dave and Bully’s initial list of possible phone‑call advisers?
2:20–7:06
3
Why do Dave and Bully think John Cena could be the mysterious advisor?
7:06–10:28
4
How does the family‑ties storyline influence the choice of Randy’s mystery caller?
10:28–14:46
5
What arguments lead them to eliminate Kevin Owens and Ted DiBiase Jr. from the list?
14:46–20:38
6
Why do they consider Triple H and The Rock as the most logical reveal?
20:38–26:15
7
How could a surprise appearance by The Rock or Triple H impact WrestleMania 42’s ticket sales?
26:15–28:20