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The Dan Le Batard Show

Previewing Noche De Los Grandes | Postgame Show

27 May 2026

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Chapter 1: What injuries are affecting the Knicks' performance?

2.242 - 27.372 Zachary Zaslow (Zaz)

Harper is not healthy, correct? This is breaking the way that the Knicks need this to break, by having these teams physically break before they get to the Knicks. After this particular season, when we've spent this much time talking about injuries, load management, guys being out, billions of dollars in salary being on the bench and not able to play, the Knicks are remarkably healthy.

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27.352 - 48.567 Zachary Zaslow (Zaz)

remarkably healthy for this time of year and harper hasn't reached double digits since game two and he's wildly important to that basketball team obviously trista how is your spanish it depends who's asking noche de los grandes do you want to try and translate that do you know what that means

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Chapter 2: What does 'Noche de los Grandes' mean and why is it significant?

48.698 - 55.07 Trista Crick

Noche de los Grandes. Grand, so big. Noche, is that night?

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55.41 - 56.352 Zachary Zaslow (Zaz)

Yes, very good.

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56.412 - 57.414 Trista Crick

The big night.

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57.915 - 59.958 Zachary Zaslow (Zaz)

Well, no, you botched it at the end.

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Chapter 3: What are the unique aspects of Mexican wrestling culture?

60.219 - 61.682 Zachary Zaslow (Zaz)

The night of the Giants.

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61.702 - 66.37 Trista Crick

Oh, the night of? Oh, yes, de los. Yeah, of the. There we go.

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66.35 - 79.567 Zachary Zaslow (Zaz)

Yes, you lost confidence there while getting everything right. It's a strange thing to have happen. But Zaz, do you know what Zaz and Mike are excited about when I say Noche de los Grandes? Do you have any idea?

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80.328 - 80.808 Trista Crick

Not at all.

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Chapter 4: Who is El Grande Americano and what is his story?

82.21 - 86.516 Dan Le Batard

What a night it's going to be. Can't wait to teach everybody about this, Zaz.

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86.536 - 90.661 Mike Ryan

Oh, this is going to be a lot. Me and my son, we can't wait for AAA on Saturday nights.

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91.522 - 110.582 Dan Le Batard

I haven't been this excited for a wrestling card before. Ever. Ever. Ever. And I think part of the reason why I didn't like wrestling going into baseball was because if wrestling goes everywhere else, then it dilutes what wrestling is for me. Because when done right, wrestling can be something so special.

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Chapter 5: How did Chad Gable's injury impact the wrestling storyline?

110.602 - 119.273 Mike Ryan

This is so unique what's going on in Mexico, Dan, with this wrestler, El Grande Americano.

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119.253 - 126.765 Dan Le Batard

Now there is a lot going on because, Dan, there are two Grande Americanos. Yep. An OG and El Grande Americano.

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126.805 - 127.365 Trista Crick

And a coffee.

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127.906 - 141.447 Dan Le Batard

So in America, these wrestlers are not even mid-carders. In WWE. Yeah, they are curtain jerkers. They do not register with the audience. Doesn't get a ton of crowd reactions.

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Chapter 6: What makes a mask versus mask match so important in lucha libre?

141.427 - 163.502 Dan Le Batard

But the WWE recently purchased AAA, which is a huge promotion in Mexico. That's where the luchadores wrestle. All of this was born. And I'm going to try to do this so you can all be bought in because this is airing this weekend. And what I'm telling you, you will never see a more passionate wrestling crowd than you are going to see in Monterey during La Noche de los Grandes.

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163.482 - 172.092 Zachary Zaslow (Zaz)

Mexico does wrestling better than us, correct? I mean, we do wrestling pretty well. I'm not saying we don't, but Mexico does it better, does it not?

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172.212 - 182.304 Mike Ryan

It's a major part of their culture. They all wear, or most of them, they wear masks, and the masks are a very, very big deal.

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Chapter 7: How has El Grande Americano become a hero in Mexico?

182.645 - 184.427 Dan Le Batard

I didn't say something racist right now, though.

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184.407 - 209.449 Mike Ryan

Don't take taco. The masks are a very big deal when it comes to their wrestlers. And the biggest match, Dan, that you could possibly have in Mexico is a mask versus mask match. And what happens is the loser gets his mask removed, which is the ultimate challenge. If you have to lose your mask.

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209.469 - 212.554 Unknown

I still remember seeing Rey Mysterio's face for the first time.

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212.594 - 220.326 Mike Ryan

It's the ultimate insult. You lose the mask and you can never put it back on. It's almost like a death sentence for your career.

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Chapter 8: What can we expect from La Noche de los Grandes event?

220.507 - 246.477 Dan Le Batard

So the question has to be asked. Who are Los Grandes? Well, neither of them is actually Mexican. But one of them is super Mexican. All right, so this all started when a wrestler by the name of Chad Gable, a former Olympian, by the way, a decorated amateur wrestler, came up with this new gimmick to play both Chad Gable and, according to the rumors and innuendo and the body type and all...

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246.457 - 268.172 Dan Le Batard

all circumstantial evidence he was also all grande americano he wanted to learn the secrets of luta libre that's right but he would keep kayfabe uh he they would often be seen in the same room together he the whole secret was chad gable can't be el grande americano But as this angle was getting super over, Chad Gable sustained a serious injury.

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268.473 - 282.657 Dan Le Batard

And it seemed as though this was going to stop all the momentum of El Grande Americano. Nope, you'd be wrong. However, a new Grande Americano showed up. Out of nowhere. A week later, pretending to be the same Grande Americano. And we were like, what's going on here?

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282.677 - 285.381 Mike Ryan

Even though this El Grande Americano is like a foot taller.

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285.682 - 286.403 Dan Le Batard

And...

286.383 - 290.449 Trista Crick

Like when you lose your goldfish and they try to give you a new goldfish?

290.469 - 313.48 Dan Le Batard

Yes, but only this goldfish is German, clearly. He's a German man who speaks a lot of languages, including Spanish. And so he took this gimmick over to Mexico and was beloved. When I tell you he's beloved, he's their Hulk Hogan. Show the video of El Grande Americano, not the original Grande Americano.

313.5 - 314.841 Mike Ryan

We'll get to him in a second. We don't like him.

314.941 - 330.136 Dan Le Batard

Look, a hero's welcome after his true persona, allegedly, got arrested a day before for beating up a dude in an elevator who said something to him while he was making out with his girlfriend. Now, on the surface, that already seems pretty awesome.

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