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What injuries are affecting the Knicks' performance?
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. 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
What does 'Noche de los Grandes' mean and why is it significant?
Noche de los Grandes. Grand, so big. Noche, is that night?
Yes, very good.
The big night.
Well, no, you botched it at the end.
What are the unique aspects of Mexican wrestling culture?
The night of the Giants.
Oh, the night of? Oh, yes, de los. Yeah, of the. There we go.
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?
Not at all.
Who is El Grande Americano and what is his story?
What a night it's going to be. Can't wait to teach everybody about this, Zaz.
Oh, this is going to be a lot. Me and my son, we can't wait for AAA on Saturday nights.
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.
How did Chad Gable's injury impact the wrestling storyline?
This is so unique what's going on in Mexico, Dan, with this wrestler, El Grande Americano.
Now there is a lot going on because, Dan, there are two Grande Americanos. Yep. An OG and El Grande Americano.
And a coffee.
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.
What makes a mask versus mask match so important in lucha libre?
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.
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?
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.
How has El Grande Americano become a hero in Mexico?
I didn't say something racist right now, though.
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.
I still remember seeing Rey Mysterio's face for the first time.
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.
What can we expect from La Noche de los Grandes event?
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... 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.
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.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What injuries are affecting the Knicks' performance?
0:02–0:48
2
What does 'Noche de los Grandes' mean and why is it significant?
0:48–1:00
3
What are the unique aspects of Mexican wrestling culture?
1:00–1:22
4
Who is El Grande Americano and what is his story?
1:22–1:50
5
How did Chad Gable's injury impact the wrestling storyline?
1:50–2:21
6
What makes a mask versus mask match so important in lucha libre?
2:21–3:02
7
How has El Grande Americano become a hero in Mexico?
3:02–3:40
8
What can we expect from La Noche de los Grandes event?
3:40–14:06
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