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Sam Roberts
Roman Reigns and Jacob Fatu seem to have reached an understanding at the expense of both La Knight and Eric. Andre Obafemi advances in the King of the Ring Tournament. Iyo sky advances in the Queen of the Ring Tournament. Seth Rollins and Bron Breakker is official for Night of Champions and so Much more. This is the Raw recap on WWE now on WWE and Fanatics original production. Well, here we are again. So much to talk about. It's not even digested all the way. Monday Night Raw is not even fully digested in my intestinal tracts. And yet still here we are to unpack. I think it's important to do. Megan Morant, are you ready?
Megan Morant
I was, I was ready when you said not fully digested. When you started to bring up your intestines. That's when I said, okay, chill, Sam. We may have gone a little too far. I don't need to hear about your intestines.
Sam Roberts
Well, I didn't bring up my loins. But listen, tonight to me was about two things. Obafemi, who we will get into.
Peter Rosenberg
Yeah.
Sam Roberts
And the bloodline. The bloodline running throughout Monday Night Raw. And I'm telling you, Roman Reigns brought it up. He says he hears everybody and it's the locker room, but it's out there, you know, in, in WWE fandom, people with different opinions on this idea that
Peter Rosenberg
the bloodline story is back.
Sam Roberts
It's one of those things that, that a lot of people, we all, some of us experienced it, some of us dealt with it. It depends on perspective. But for three and a half years, the bloodline run rough shot over the wwe. Roman took his foot off the gas for two years and now he's back. And he appears to be pushing that pedal harder than he has ever pushed it.
Megan Morant
And no one can say anything. This is not Roman who is missing days of work. This is not Roman who's rolling up just for the main of the event of Monday Night Raw. This is Roman Reigns who's opening the show. He's doing some things in the middle of the show and he's appearing later on in the show. This is not the same Roman Reigns that all the haters are talking about on the Internet.
Sam Roberts
He gave the evening to Baltimore Tonight. Gave him the evening. And I mean, I mean many story beats I found throughout this evening. So first of all, it's all in the details. Everything counts. Roman Reigns and Jay Uso. Roman Reigns and the Usos all show up. But I thought it was interesting that Roman and jay Both had SUVs. Jay Uso, make no mistake about it. And it's really interesting to me because from the beginning of the bloodline, people watched sort of the progression and the career of Jay uso. And the bloodline, while it used different methods, was always expressly designed to create stars from throughout the family, not just one. So the idea that two SUVs are pulling up, we are witnessing Jey Uso kind of step into his place as a potential leader of this bloodline. And I think the growing pains that might come along with it.
Megan Morant
Yeah. And we've experienced all those growing pains. Right. And that's the reason why a lot of people said when Jey USO won a World championship in wwe that maybe the bloodline story was about Jay USO all along.
Carvana Ad Voice
Yeah.
Megan Morant
Here he is rolling up to Monday Night Raw in his own suv.
Sam Roberts
But this is what Roman Reigns made
Peter Rosenberg
so clear, that the bloodline and people
Sam Roberts
and you know my rule about a lot of factions, I've said it, they're forever. They just stay, they never break up. And so I love the fact that Roman Reigns said straight up the bloodline is forever. Like he had to break down. What this actually really is, that this isn't some made up storyline. This isn't some like, oh, I don't know, let's group these wrestlers together and see what we get out of it.
Megan Morant
The bloodline's always been here.
Sam Roberts
It's always been here and it always will be here. And like there's fact to back all of that up. When the WWE first began that sort of national expansion, the Wild Samoans were a key component of it. When you talk to wrestling fans from the east coast who watched wrestling in the late 1970s, going into the 1980s, every one of them have something to say about AFA and Sika, the Wild Samoans, they were one of the very early draws of, of of the WWE at that time. But before we get there, Roman is already in the spirit as they walk to the ring and they meet up with Jacob, who's not been traveling with Roman and he's not been traveling with the USO's. Based on how the show ended, I think that might be changing.
Megan Morant
I agree with you.
Sam Roberts
But Jacob is a man of his word and Jacob has shown respect to Roman Reigns since acknowledging Roman Reigns. I don't think there's anything phony about the acknowledgment on Jacob's part.
Megan Morant
No, I don't think so either. Especially in the way that he continues
Sam Roberts
to say my otc Roman Reigns. And they all go to the, you know, they embrace, go to the ring together. And Roman Reigns not only receives some acknowledgement from Baltimore, but then tells Baltimore to acknowledge Jey uso, who he himself a former World Heavyweight champion, who he himself just on Friday advanced in the King of the Ring tournament to the semifinals.
Megan Morant
And Roman calls Jey uso, his right hand man.
Sam Roberts
The right hand man, Jey. Uso. And then he turns over to Jimmy. And this is, by the way, this is one of the things that makes modern Roman a little bit different from the Roman that we saw, you know, with the bloodline three years, two years ago, is that he's so established in who he is that he's allowing everybody around him to shine.
Megan Morant
Yeah.
Sam Roberts
You know that, that he's taking time out to be like, no, no, no, everybody.
Megan Morant
Roman of two years ago wasn't doing that.
Sam Roberts
No, he's going, everybody look at Jay. And then he turns around to Jimmy and he goes, people think that I don't show enough love to Jimmy. Don't you know that without Jimmy, there'd be no Jay? Without Jay, there'd be no bloodline. Like the, the, the Jimmy is responsible for all of this.
Megan Morant
You said without Jay, there'd be no otc.
Sam Roberts
Without Jimmy, there'd be no.
Megan Morant
Yeah, exactly. Without Jimmy, There'd be no OTC, there'd
Sam Roberts
be no OTC, there'D be no bloodline, there'd be none of this. And he is right. I mean, you go back and you look at how this whole thing started and Jimmy was the one that kind of realized what was going on here and got Jay together for it. Jimmy has always been the cooler heads, intellectual one of the group.
Megan Morant
I would say he's an integral part of the bloodline.
Sam Roberts
And then before the conversation could move to Jacob, Jay piped up, and you know how I feel about Crash out Jay.
Megan Morant
Well, also, Baltimore was chanting FATU at the top of their lungs, of course. And because Roman's going through, he gives Jay some shine. He gives Jimmy some shine in Baltimore. And echoes far too far too. And you can see Crash out Jay, he's acting some kind of way.
Peter Rosenberg
And there's nothing cooler than no sell
Sam Roberts
Jacob, when he's just sitting there, just standing straight ahead, looking straight ahead, like none of it's affecting him, none of it's bothering him. He's there for one reason and one reason only. That's exactly who I'm talking about. Roman looking right at him and Jacob just all business straight ahead. I'm doing exactly what I said I was going to do. You're the otc. This is what I'm here to do. And then you get, you get, you get Jay, who's saying, you know, kind of ratting him out a little bit. Jacob's not falling in line.
Megan Morant
There's one person we haven't talked about yet.
Sam Roberts
Right. He's not listening. Right?
Peter Rosenberg
And then Jacob responds to it by.
Sam Roberts
And then Roman says, you know, is this. Is this. Is this the pro? Is. Is this a problem? And Jacob says, do I acknowledge the twins?
Peter Rosenberg
Hell no.
Sam Roberts
Hell, no. I don't acknowledge the twins. He's like, what part of this are you guys not understanding? I'm not doing that. Like, there's no.
Peter Rosenberg
There's no. I'm not listening. There's no. I don't understand.
Megan Morant
I don't do that.
Sam Roberts
I'm not doing it at all. You don't have to further clarify it. It's not a. That's not the issue here.
Megan Morant
We have a problem.
Shopify Ad Voice
I'm listening.
Megan Morant
I'm not doing it.
Sam Roberts
I'm not gonna do it.
Megan Morant
Done right.
Sam Roberts
I thought I made that clear.
Carvana Ad Voice
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Grainger Ad Voice
Nah.
Peter Rosenberg
And that's what he said. The only person he acknowledges is who
Megan Morant
the by otc Roman reign.
Grainger Ad Voice 2
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Sam Roberts
When you get Jacob on your side
Peter Rosenberg
and there's only a handful of people that know how that feels, it's got to feel like a million bucks.
Sam Roberts
Because when he decides it's like, no,
Peter Rosenberg
that's my dude, he'll put it all. All the energy goes in.
Sam Roberts
But when that's not the dude.
Megan Morant
Hell no.
Mistplay Ad Voice
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Sam Roberts
Like, like, like, like.
Peter Rosenberg
I mean, just looking at him like, you got to be crazy.
Sam Roberts
I told you, I'm not doing it.
Megan Morant
Oh. When Jacob hits the Hell nah.
Sam Roberts
Hell, no.
Megan Morant
There are few things better.
Peter Rosenberg
No, it's the best.
Sam Roberts
And that's when.
Peter Rosenberg
That's when Roman reigns starts getting into
Sam Roberts
the bloodline being forever.
Megan Morant
And this is where you start to.
Sam Roberts
Oh, I know.
Megan Morant
Goosebumps.
Peter Rosenberg
Bloodline goosebumps.
Progressive Ad Voice
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Sam Roberts
That's what he's going like.
Peter Rosenberg
Oh, please.
Sam Roberts
And he starts naming them. You know what I'm saying?
Megan Morant
Because I thought that you were going to go take some time to yourself. I knew Roman was doing this.
Peter Rosenberg
I needed to.
Sam Roberts
Because that fan. Because he started. He started making. He talked about the wild samoans, and he talked about Rikishi when he said when rikishi was out. And it's true. When the wild samoans were out there in the golden era. And don't even forget, by the way, that during the new generation, here come the head shrinkers out here to entertain everybody. And then comes the attitude era. And here comes Rikishi here to dance and entertain. Everybody's talking about umaga.
Peter Rosenberg
Oh, God.
Sam Roberts
Every single era. What about the fact that. That. That a young. A young Samoan comes in portraying a Japanese sumo wrestler and shows up and within. What was it? I want to say October November, December, January. Within five months of his debut, he wins the WWE Championship at WrestleMania. What about Yokozuna? What about Battle of the billionaires? Main eventing WrestleMania Umaga? Like, he's saying, we've always been here.
Megan Morant
And then he looks at Jacob and he talks about how they always will be here. Because 20 years from now, when my kids are tagging with your kids, the bloodline will still be here and I'll still be dry.
Peter Rosenberg
I'll still be turning the siren on
Sam Roberts
and dropping those podcasts. You see Roman Reigns Jr. And Jacob Fatu Jr. Out there.
Peter Rosenberg
That was amazing.
Sam Roberts
Amazing. Blah, blah, blah.
Peter Rosenberg
I'll still be here doing the same
Sam Roberts
thing, compelled by all of it, with
Megan Morant
the same level of enthusiasm.
Peter Rosenberg
Oh, I mean, that's not higher.
Megan Morant
Has to be.
Sam Roberts
Because I felt it tonight when. When Roman, who's now bringing the belt boy with him everywhere, that belt boy has more responsibilities than just about.
Megan Morant
I was gonna say, I think he got a little promotion.
Peter Rosenberg
It feels like it, doesn't it?
Megan Morant
Because he very involved.
Sam Roberts
Very involved in all of it.
Megan Morant
I was worried you were going to start to get jealous of Bell boy. Yeah.
Peter Rosenberg
No, no, no, no, no. That's for him. That's for him.
Sam Roberts
You know, that's not my lane.
Peter Rosenberg
I'm not.
Sam Roberts
That's not. That needs 100 full, complete and utter dedication because he showed up with that, like, cigar box is what it looked like, that nice polished wood box. And they opened it up and Roman
Peter Rosenberg
takes out this version of the Ulafala.
Sam Roberts
And he says to Jacob, you've always said you were the outsider. You've always said you were on the outside looking in. That's over now. You're on the inside. Welcome to the family business. Welcome to the bloodline. And he puts it around Jacob's neck. And I think to some degree, you know, this is what Jacob has always strived for. This is what he talks about when he said he was running the Indies while the bloodline was controlling things in the wwe, that this can be the family business and this can be. But it's not like every single member of this family is part of the business or has been able to make it to the top of the business. There's plenty of members of this family that have gone in with the best of intentions and aren't on. That's how big this family is. There's just as many members of this family that have tried their hand at it and not made it to the top and not been in that elite conversation of people that do control this thing. And for Roman to be front and center, saying, in the midst of all this, when the USO's, who Roman just described as rising up the ranks to be the greatest tag team that ever lived, which is big words from Roman Reigns coming from the direction blood of the wild Samoans that Roman then looks at Jacob and says, welcome to the bloodline. Welcome to the family business.
Peter Rosenberg
To the point that the USO's are like, wait, what? I thought we were voicing our complaints with Jacob.
Sam Roberts
Talk about a promotion.
Megan Morant
They're like, we're stuck with him.
Sam Roberts
Listen, Roman is one of the great examples of a leader that's ever existed because he doesn't just lead in one style. He looks at who's in front of him and he goes, how do I get through to this person? What does this person need? And how do I get through? It's not like, if you're gonna run things like that and you want the best out of your people, it's not a matter of going, okay, this is how I lead. Just here are the orders. Just follow them.
Megan Morant
Well, I think this is a difference in the Roman Reigns that we saw two years ago. I think Roman is leading in a different way. Now.
Sam Roberts
There might be, and it's gonna be crazy to hear a degree of empathy.
Megan Morant
Wow.
Sam Roberts
That exists in our tribal chief.
Megan Morant
Wow.
Sam Roberts
And it's on display from our. A degree. A degree. Now, don't miss. Don't mistake empathy or kindness for weakness. But there could be that there.
Megan Morant
And I think a level of appreciation as well for the people around him.
Sam Roberts
Yes. Yes. And I think that. Yes. And I think that that comes through in the acknowledgment of what they've done, that you have done this. You do deserve credit for this. And so then, you know, as they leave.
Peter Rosenberg
Right. And. And. And.
Sam Roberts
And the USO's are kind of feeling a certain type of way.
Megan Morant
Well, all the ones were in the air, right? Well, Roman had the one.
Sam Roberts
Good call.
Megan Morant
Jacob puts his one up right there.
Sam Roberts
And then the USOS have to figure out what to do.
Megan Morant
Yeah. Jimmy is reluctant, but he goes over like, come on. And Jay is like, really, man?
Sam Roberts
But what are we doing here? What are we doing?
Megan Morant
I'll put my one up, too.
Sam Roberts
So they leave. Jay's in a little bit of a huff. He blows right past Eric Andre, who's sitting in that nice corner seat.
Megan Morant
It wasn't Carlito.
Peter Rosenberg
No.
Sam Roberts
It was Eric Andre. No, Eric Andre is cool, too. But then Jimmy walks by, and Jimmy is a. He doesn't let his emotions get away from him. Shakes his hand, good to see you. Blah, blah, blah. Roman Reigns kind of walks by him
Peter Rosenberg
like, oh, yeah, I see, I see.
Sam Roberts
And then Jacob doesn't want anything to do with him.
Megan Morant
No.
Sam Roberts
But it's. It's fun being a fan, you know.
Megan Morant
But he also touched the ulafala. It was just bestowed upon Jacob Fatu by Roman Reigns as he was welcomed to the family business and welcomed to the bloodline.
Sam Roberts
Eric Andre is a little bit of a wild card. I don't know if you know this about Eric Andre. He's not overly known for taking things especially seriously. You know, he became very, very famous for having what he. And this is not a criticism. He set out with one goal, and that's to have the worst talk show that's ever existed. And that was the Eric Andre show. And it's beloved. Beloved by many. But it's a show where he just. I mean, the whole opening of the show is he destroys his set every single week. It's the greatest thing you've ever seen. But it's not to be taken seriously.
Megan Morant
But Jacob was having a pretty serious moment.
Sam Roberts
Yeah, Jacob's not in the mood to celebrate Bird up right now. He's not sitting there.
Megan Morant
He's not joking around right now.
Sam Roberts
No. He's not trying to legalize ranch.
Peter Rosenberg
He's not even thinking about that. He's having a big moment with his family.
Sam Roberts
And so when Eric Andre thinks that it's appropriate thing, he's done investigating 3:11. So he starts to mess with Jacob Fatu's oola fala. Jacob is not.
Peter Rosenberg
He's not going like, oh, we have
Sam Roberts
to treat our celebrity guests a certain way.
Megan Morant
Nah, nah, nah, nah. Hell nah.
Peter Rosenberg
Hell nah. He grabs Eric Andre.
Megan Morant
What do you think Jacob Fatu thought of Eric Andre touching the whole situation?
Shopify Ad Voice 2
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Sam Roberts
He thought it was ass.
Peter Rosenberg
I think that's what I think he thought it was ass. So that's a great question, by the way he pulled because. No, it's good. He pulls Eric Andre over the rail and throws him in the ring.
Sam Roberts
And it's like, I mean, listen, you put your. I mean. And he wasn't just like. He was like bouncing up and down the ula father, like, yay.
Megan Morant
And to think people have been saying on the Internet that Jacob Fatu has been neutered.
Sam Roberts
Oh, Michael Cole said it. That's why he had the night off. Because Michael Cole went on ple and said it.
Peter Rosenberg
Yeah, neutered. That looks like neutered to you.
Megan Morant
Not to me.
Peter Rosenberg
It's one of the worst calls he's ever made, so. So he throws Eric Andre in the ring, and he's about. I mean, any. And Eric Andre is down for the count.
Megan Morant
Oh, yeah.
Sam Roberts
The Samoan werewolf is about to splash him. He's up on the top rope. Here comes the hurricane. Here comes Petey Williams. Here comes Adam Pierce. Everybody's out there going, stop, stop, stop. And Roman gets up on the apron, and he goes, jacob, stop, stop. And Jacob listens to Roman.
Megan Morant
He has to listen to his tribal chief.
Peter Rosenberg
Yes. And then Roman had a change of heart. He goes, you know what? Do it.
Megan Morant
Go ahead. Why not?
Peter Rosenberg
And then he does it, and he flattens Eric Andre.
Sam Roberts
And Adam Pearce is like, why would you do that? What are you doing?
Megan Morant
Roman's got those pearly whites.
Peter Rosenberg
He's smiling at him. Why would you do that, Roman and
Sam Roberts
I looked at that, and I was thinking about that. What's the psychology behind this?
Peter Rosenberg
Why would Roman do that?
Sam Roberts
And I believe that the reason this was done is because Roman doesn't want anyone to mistake what's happening. Like you said, he's leading a little bit differently. Maybe he has a little bit more patience, more empathy, more whatever. But in this moment, I think he's realized, like, Jacob's locked into this. Of course I need to show everybody what a weapon I have. I need to show everybody the degree of control that I have. Right. Because sometimes. Sometimes when you're in a position like Roman reigns, the authority figures will say, hey, can you please make sure this happens? And you do, because you have the ability to make sure that it happens.
Megan Morant
No problem.
Sam Roberts
But then these authority figures think that they're the ones in charge. That's how I took it.
Megan Morant
So Roman needed to remind everybody that while he's leading a little differently, while he may have a bit of empathy, he's still. And notches him. The bloodline is more dangerous than ever.
Sam Roberts
Yeah, I'm in charge.
Peter Rosenberg
I'm the one calling the shots.
Sam Roberts
Just so you know, it can go
Peter Rosenberg
your way, but I like it to go my way.
Sam Roberts
And then the crowd's chanting, one more time.
Peter Rosenberg
And Roman goes, no, no, not one more. You know what? Fine.
Sam Roberts
One more time. Jacob, go ahead.
Peter Rosenberg
Back in there.
Megan Morant
I run this whole place.
Sam Roberts
And Jacob goes right back in there, knocks the hurricane over, goes right back to the top rope, flattens Eric Andre again.
Carvana Ad Voice
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Sam Roberts
It's a good thing he already shot this movie with John Cena, because there's no way he was going to be in any condition after what he went through. But I think the whole thing was an absolute Exercise in the kind of power that Roman Reigns has right now.
Megan Morant
And psychology, right?
Sam Roberts
Absolute psychology. Now, before we get to the LA Knight of it.
Megan Morant
Oh, because that's a big part.
Sam Roberts
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Megan Morant
Yeah. I got a prosphere Jacob Fatou jersey with the name on the front. Just the way Jacob reps it. Because I'm repping it the exact same way as the Samoan Werewolf. If you ask me to do it any differently, you know what I'm going to say?
Sam Roberts
What?
Megan Morant
Hell, nah.
Carvana Ad Voice
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Sam Roberts
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Peter Rosenberg
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Sam Roberts
And a lot of fans have been making a lot of noise for La Knight. Yo, La Knight. Very dismayed, disappointed in how the King of the Ring first round match went for him on Smackdown. He said that there would be other people involved. There were other people involved. It looked like he had the match in hand. Solo SOA showed up at ringside.
Megan Morant
This family once again interfering in La Knight's life.
Sam Roberts
Yes, but I think that Solo Sikoa was interfering on behalf of.
Megan Morant
Well, that's what the keys. Yeah, that's what the USO said, that Solo wasn't involved with them.
Sam Roberts
That's right. And Jimmy said it flat out Solo wasn't involved. And it was. I mean, if you look at what was happening, it appeared he was trying to save Roy's keys. And Jay just happened to take advantage of it. Yes, which if you're in a Fatal Four way, is completely fine. But Roman said to the Usos, who were still complaining about Jacob, there's other business to take care of like, Ellie Knight's still running his mouth, taking care of La Knight. Maybe I need to send the werewolf out there.
Megan Morant
They said, nope. Jimmy says, you know what? I got this.
Sam Roberts
Jimmy says, I got this.
Megan Morant
Jay was about to crash out, but Jimmy stepped up.
Sam Roberts
Right. So La Knight goes out there and he's cutting a promo about losing in this King of the Ring match, talking about solo soa, talking about it going exactly how he thought it was going to go. And Jimmy USO comes out and I gotta tell you, man, this cooler heads prevail. Jimmy uso, man, I don't think we're in a period of time anymore where Jimmy's desire to be friends with everybody is effective.
Megan Morant
No, I don't think it's effective anymore
Sam Roberts
either because I think everybody's threatened by the bloodline. So the idea that Jimmy thinks he's going to be able to maintain friendships, it's kind of one or the other. The idea that Jimmy thinks he's going to be able to maintain friendships while this other thing is happening, it's. It kind of comes across as naive.
Megan Morant
Yeah. It's sort of like you're with the bloodline or you're against the bloodline.
Sam Roberts
Yeah. And you. And, and by the way, I fully understand the other side. I fully understand anybody that's been around that lived this thing that, that is wanting a WWE where the opportunities are wide open. That was Seth Rollins's whole mission at WrestleMania 40.
Megan Morant
Yeah.
Sam Roberts
Trying to make sure that the bloodline didn't just get their stranglehold over. Over everything.
Megan Morant
That's why he was Cody Shield.
Sam Roberts
Roman Reigns has made no secret about the fact that this is the. He organizes the bloodline in a way to hold power over the entire industry so that their family for generations upon generations can prosper because their family has been around and they. And had. Didn't have the ability to organize the way they're organized now. So L.A. knight and Jimmy are talking, but LA Knight's not taking Jimmy seriously at all.
Megan Morant
No.
Sam Roberts
And Jimmy's trying to be cool. Trying to be cool. Here comes Jay. Jay USO interrupts.
Megan Morant
Everybody in Baltimore is on their feet.
Sam Roberts
Of course they are.
Megan Morant
Jay USO makes his way to the ring and Sam, I have to tell you, there was a moment when Jay USO standing in the ring with his twin brother Jimmy, looking at La Knight and I'm like, oh my gosh, is he going to run it back right now with all of Baltimore just to flex on La Knight?
Sam Roberts
It'd be very insulting. But instead he did not. Instead, he looked right at La Knight
Peter Rosenberg
and said, let me talk to you. Which also very insulting.
Megan Morant
Salt in the wound.
Peter Rosenberg
Yes, Pouring some salt in the wound.
Sam Roberts
And La Knight said, stop, stop, stop. Let me guess.
Peter Rosenberg
You want me to acknowledge the tribal chief.
Sam Roberts
Now listen, LA Knight talks about the different members of this family way more than the members of this family talk about the different members of this family. Jimmy USO comes out and tries to have a one on one conversation with La Knight. Jay USO comes out, tries to have a one on one conversation with La Knight. All La Knight wants to do is bring up every member of the family every single time. He is obsessed with bringing up all the different members of the family. So it's not shocking to me that somebody like Jay USO gets frustrated with it and says, flat out, no, no, that ain't it. I want you to acknowledge me. I'm better than you.
Peter Rosenberg
I loved it when he just looked
Sam Roberts
at La Knight flat out, and Jay said, I'm better than you. I was like, that's what you want to somebody to just own it. Whether that's true or not, you want Jay and you've wanted Jay for so long to be able to own it. Because when he said it, I believed every word.
Megan Morant
And it's crazy because I'm sitting there thinking, not long ago, Jimmy and Jay teamed up with La Knight at WrestleMania.
Sam Roberts
It really wasn't long ago at all.
Peter Rosenberg
It was two months maybe.
Megan Morant
And they were together to the point where I said, okay, maybe this is all right.
Sam Roberts
Yeah, yeah.
Megan Morant
And then tonight, La Knight says, I acknowledge you to kiss my ass.
Sam Roberts
He did say that too. Listen, the whole world changed when Roman Reigns won the world heavyweight title.
Megan Morant
It did.
Sam Roberts
It was inevitable.
Megan Morant
It did.
Sam Roberts
People didn't see it coming, but he did. He put his finger up in the air and he said, I acknowledge that. When? That's what he said, what you just said? Yeah. And of course, that didn't sit too well. And, and, and Jay and La Knight are going at it and Jimmy's goes and kicks La Knight and he says, I had to, I had to, I'm sorry. Jay goes and gets the chair for whatever reason. Again, Jimmy stops Jay from going after La Knight and it's like, what are you doing, Jimmy? Why are you stopping him? Like, this is a guy who doesn't want to hear anything. Like, how many times did they tell him we didn't have anything to do with Solo? He didn't want to hear it. He wasn't interested in hearing that. At that point, you go okay, I've tried the diplomatic approach. It's not going to work.
Megan Morant
Tried to be reasonable, but now you
Sam Roberts
got Jimmy and Jay completely fractured, trying two different things.
Peter Rosenberg
And who's going to come out and
Sam Roberts
be the great equalizer? The Samoan werewolf, Jacob Fatu. He comes out, handles La Knight. La Knight goes down to that Tongan death grip. And Jacob Fatu solves the problem, says, what are we doing here? Done solves the problem. It's done, finished. And then goes back there in front of the OTC and lets them all know Jimmy's way was ass, Jay's way was ass. So he's, this is the way we
Peter Rosenberg
had to do it.
Sam Roberts
And notice that Jacob didn't say, Jacob never said, I did it my way.
Megan Morant
He said, got his ass.
Sam Roberts
He did say that, but he said he did it the OTC's way.
Peter Rosenberg
And you go, huh? And you wonder, too.
Sam Roberts
You're right.
Peter Rosenberg
Roman Reigns is running things differently.
Sam Roberts
But when was the last time Roman
Peter Rosenberg
Reigns had a loyal soldier like that? I mean, don't you.
Megan Morant
Probably Solo, right? When Solo was the enforcer, that was
Sam Roberts
probably the last one.
Megan Morant
Yeah.
Sam Roberts
I mean, don't you think that he's gonna end. Wasn't he showing favoritism towards Solo towards
Peter Rosenberg
the end of the bloodline?
Megan Morant
Sure.
Sam Roberts
Don't you think that this is the
Peter Rosenberg
guy that Roman wants?
Sam Roberts
Because at the end of the night, when it was just Roman and Jacob, Roman told Jacob, like, I understand you.
Megan Morant
And no one's understood you before.
Peter Rosenberg
No one's understood you, but I understand you.
Sam Roberts
And Jacob believed that. It seemed like he did.
Megan Morant
And it's crazy because just a couple weeks ago, Roman said to Jacob, you don't understand this now, but you will love me or I do love you, you know?
Peter Rosenberg
Yeah, yeah, right.
Sam Roberts
About both things. And we're kind of there, dude. Were kind of there already because they embraced him.
Peter Rosenberg
Roman whispered something to Jacob, but it was just Roman and Jacob. And you go, oh, boy, oh, boy. When you see those two together and they are lined up, I mean, this is.
Sam Roberts
I love this, dude.
Megan Morant
We went on quite the ride with Roman and Jacob tonight.
Sam Roberts
It's getting juicy.
Megan Morant
Starting when? When Jacob was officially welcomed into the family business. And look at the backstage over the
Sam Roberts
course of a couple hours. Unbelievable. I mean, talk about a ride. How about the ride we've been on for the last couple weeks? Danhausen.
Megan Morant
Oh, yeah.
Sam Roberts
Was on Monday Night Raw.
Megan Morant
And NBA champion Danhausen, well, he proclaimed
Peter Rosenberg
himself an NBA champion.
Megan Morant
I think he's right. He's an NBA champion.
Sam Roberts
I didn't see Him.
Megan Morant
I think he's on the Knicks.
Peter Rosenberg
You do?
Megan Morant
Yes.
Sam Roberts
I. I mean, he was given a jersey. I didn't see him.
Peter Rosenberg
I saw him at game three.
Megan Morant
Yes. That's when they lost.
Peter Rosenberg
I know.
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Megan Morant
That's not great.
Peter Rosenberg
No, no.
Megan Morant
But he rides with them through the highs and the lows.
Peter Rosenberg
Yeah. I didn't see him in San Ant you.
Sam Roberts
But regardless, you know, I don't know. Okay, there he is. There he is. He does have a jersey. He is on the court.
Megan Morant
I think he's on the team.
Sam Roberts
I guess he is. Yeah. I saw a speech that James Dolan gave to the Knicks that said.
Megan Morant
Oh, I saw that one.
Sam Roberts
That everybody's getting two rings. You're not getting one ring. You're getting two rings because you got it. You have a spouse, you have a girlfriend, somebody that's been riding with you.
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Sam Roberts
Who knows? Maybe one of them will choose Dan
Peter Rosenberg
Housing as their second ring.
Megan Morant
Amazing. Wouldn't you, if you were on the team?
Sam Roberts
Would I? I would, yeah.
Peter Rosenberg
And then explain it to my wife. I go, you got to understand Stanhausen, you know, and she's like, I've known you the whole time. I thought we were doing this together, not Danhausen. You know, he uncursed the Knicks.
Sam Roberts
I mean, Danhausen being everywhere was an absolute treat. And, of course, now Danhausen is in very, very high demand. He was back there.
Peter Rosenberg
He brought his entire laboratory to Monday Night Raw, working on whatever concoctions he was working on. Working on the computer.
Megan Morant
Very busy.
Sam Roberts
Very busy, focused.
Peter Rosenberg
And in comes Liv Morgan.
Megan Morant
Oh, Olivia Morgan.
Peter Rosenberg
Olivia Morgan. And Liv Morgan decided that she wanted
Sam Roberts
to go in and try to get Danhausen to help her.
Megan Morant
I have a question for you about this.
Peter Rosenberg
Okay.
Megan Morant
Do you think that Liv Morgan was trying to seduce Danhausen? I mean, you're better at reading. Reading the body language than I am, but it seemed.
Peter Rosenberg
I think Liv was up to her tricks. I think there might have been a little bit of seduction games going on for Liv Morgan.
Sam Roberts
I do.
Peter Rosenberg
I do.
Megan Morant
I mean, do you think Daddy Dom would be okay with that?
Sam Roberts
Listen, I think Daddy Dom's got to
Peter Rosenberg
realize that some things are done for the greater good. You know what I mean?
Sam Roberts
This business, you know, like, luckily, I don't think he has anything to worry
Peter Rosenberg
about, because Danhausen is.
Sam Roberts
He's too strong for that.
Peter Rosenberg
He's not. He clearly wasn't vulnerable. He's.
Sam Roberts
You know, Liv has had really good luck using her feminine wiles and charms.
Megan Morant
This one was still gonna cost her human monies.
Sam Roberts
Yeah, it was really tough because she Even showed off. Like, she, you know, she takes her jacket off. There's that, you know, whatever cut Danhausen
Peter Rosenberg
T shirt that Liv Morgan is wearing. And, you know, when I knew it wasn't gonna go Liv's way.
Megan Morant
When's that?
Sam Roberts
Did you hear what Danhausen mumbled?
Peter Rosenberg
The minute Liv Morgan revealed what she was wearing, he mumbled, I hope you paid for that. He wanted to collect. Make sure that he collected a royalty on the Danhausen shirt. Danhausen is well known as selling many,
Sam Roberts
many, many T shirts. But the fact that he's looking at
Peter Rosenberg
individual ones and wants to make sure that he got the royalty on that one, that really. That's gotta let you know, if you're Liv Morgan, this is not the vibe that you're looking for.
Megan Morant
Maybe you have to switch your strategy a little bit.
Sam Roberts
A little bit. Because Liv then asked for a cursing to occur.
Megan Morant
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Peter Rosenberg
And Danhausen was willing to do that.
Sam Roberts
But I believe he said, let me see. I tried to write this down.
Peter Rosenberg
He wanted, obviously, human monies.
Sam Roberts
He wanted to have a part in
Peter Rosenberg
Liv Morgan's next music. Olivia Morgan's next music video.
Megan Morant
I think that would be perfect.
Peter Rosenberg
He wanted more human monies.
Sam Roberts
He wanted his own song.
Peter Rosenberg
His own pop song.
Megan Morant
Okay.
Peter Rosenberg
That she would help him with and then even some more human monies because he's in very demand right now.
Megan Morant
So song, music video and a lot of money.
Peter Rosenberg
And then also more human.
Megan Morant
More money.
Peter Rosenberg
Yes, yes, yes. So, unfortunately, I do not think that
Sam Roberts
Liv was able to capitalize the way
Peter Rosenberg
she thought she might be able to.
Megan Morant
Although I really would like to see Trouble, the remix with Danhausen in the music video.
Sam Roberts
Well, look, that's going to be the thing.
Peter Rosenberg
Like, I mean, the.
Sam Roberts
The fun of Danhausen was always. These curses are ridiculous.
Peter Rosenberg
You know what I mean?
Sam Roberts
This is just a maniac running around in face paint, talking about cursing people. Except then the Knicks, after, you know, not doing exactly 15 and 1. They were 15 and 1 from the uncursing. 15 and 1. And they just had to get that one because it's the Knicks.
Peter Rosenberg
They had to remind everybody we're still the Knicks.
Megan Morant
And it also was the one that Dan hasn't.
Peter Rosenberg
Yeah, yeah. Maybe Dan, as it was, was ignoring,
Sam Roberts
you know, the energy they needed to put in.
Megan Morant
I think they do better when he's in his laboratory.
Sam Roberts
He's. Yeah, I think he's better there because he's not so distracted meeting Ben Stiller and Cardi B and all the people.
Megan Morant
Those are his friends.
Sam Roberts
Well, yeah, I know.
Peter Rosenberg
He took photos with them.
Megan Morant
No, they're his friends, though.
Peter Rosenberg
Oh, okay.
Megan Morant
That's what he said. They're friends. He's friends with Cardi B. So maybe he'll be in Liv Morgan's music video and a Cardi B music video. Can you imagine?
Sam Roberts
I could now. Yes, Two weeks ago.
Peter Rosenberg
No, now he's a darling of celebrity life in New York.
Megan Morant
Yeah, I could imagine Cardi B housing.
Sam Roberts
Absolutely. I mean, I'm.
Peter Rosenberg
I'm.
Sam Roberts
I'm very like. It's going to be a jolt to
Peter Rosenberg
the system depending on whether or not he gets involved on Thursday's parade.
Sam Roberts
I don't know what we're going to see, but congratulations to Dan.
Peter Rosenberg
How's it unfortunate for Liv Morgan and
Sam Roberts
bad luck, I would say. Trouble. Trouble followed the judgment day everywhere they went tonight, especially in the main event of the show.
Megan Morant
Oh, this is tough for you. Are you all right?
Peter Rosenberg
No, no, not well.
Megan Morant
You did ask me last week if there was a greater than 0% chance that Dominic wins. And I got to tell you, Sam, when Dominic was able to take that ring bell, hammer, sneak it in his boot, somehow or another find a way to hit the 619 on Oba Femi and deliver the low blow, I thought it was that Dominic goes up for the frog splash.
Peter Rosenberg
My gonna go ahead.
Megan Morant
I go greater than zero.
Peter Rosenberg
Okay.
Megan Morant
I Oba kicked out in one, so it was tough.
Peter Rosenberg
I ask you now, is there a
Sam Roberts
greater than zero chance that Dominic wins
Peter Rosenberg
the king of the ring?
Megan Morant
There's not. There's not.
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That's.
Megan Morant
It is over.
Peter Rosenberg
Yeah. No, look, I mean, I feel like
Sam Roberts
Dominic, I don't know that he came in with much of a plan.
Peter Rosenberg
It felt like he thought he was gonna wing it once he got there.
Sam Roberts
Yeah, I don't know if he was expecting, like, immediately slid out of the ring help or.
Peter Rosenberg
Or what was going on, but he and J.D.
Sam Roberts
i don't think was the team that needed to be. He did once the match began, slid out of the ring. He tried to frustrate Obafemi. He nailed over with a drop kick. Unfortunately, I think that just got Obafemi more angry as Obafemi then shot putted Dominic Mysterio across a commentary table. Not good. Just the moment that Dom needed, though, he ended up getting that hammer. So JD Distracts the ref. Dominic hits a low blow. Then he hits oboe with a 61 9. But I don't know if I've ever seen a 619 hit to an abdomen.
Peter Rosenberg
That's how big Obafemi is.
Megan Morant
He's a big boy.
Peter Rosenberg
He hit Obafemi in the Abdomen with a six. 1 9.
Sam Roberts
Got Obafemi down, like you said, went for the splash. And I was. I was out of my seat. I was like, he's got it.
Megan Morant
This is it.
Sam Roberts
This is it.
Peter Rosenberg
Oba kicked out at one. And I went, oh, it's over. You remember when I said.
Megan Morant
I said, yeah. I was like, if he nails this. And at that point when he was up about to hit the frog splash, I said, greater than zero. And when Oba kicked out in one, I said, less than zero.
Sam Roberts
And then.
Peter Rosenberg
And then when Oba started taking out both of them at the same time,
Megan Morant
and then at the. And then the hammer fell out of the boot, and you knew he was really in trouble.
Sam Roberts
He picked it up and then he dropped it.
Peter Rosenberg
He dropped. He didn't have the opportunity to use it. Once Oba started going like this, that's when I said. I said, this is my game three.
Megan Morant
It's over.
Peter Rosenberg
This is my game three right here. This is not. This is not good at powerbomb. And did it.
Sam Roberts
I mean, I spent the last week
Peter Rosenberg
going on every platform that I have advocating for this Dominic Mysterio to win the whole King of the Ring. He's out.
Megan Morant
You had me sold.
Peter Rosenberg
I look like a fool.
Megan Morant
You had me sold.
Peter Rosenberg
I know. I tried to sell as many people as I could.
Megan Morant
Yeah.
Peter Rosenberg
I was wrong. Obafemi. Of course Obafemi won.
Megan Morant
I was ready for Dominic to become a world champion at SummerSlam.
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Megan Morant
I was ready for it.
Peter Rosenberg
Of course Obafemi won.
Sam Roberts
What did you think?
Megan Morant
Who sold me that? I know you did.
Peter Rosenberg
I know. I know I should have sold snake oil. That's what I was built to do. The fact that I made anybody believe that Dominik Mysterio was ever going to
Sam Roberts
beat Obafemi, and then Oba, you're just
Megan Morant
like, what do I want to happen? Let me manifest this.
Peter Rosenberg
I'm going to manifest it. Manifesting doesn't work. Everybody talks about manifesting. It's. It's.
Megan Morant
Well, you know why it doesn't work? It doesn't work because it's Obafemi.
Sam Roberts
He is. He. He is the Manifest Destroyer.
Peter Rosenberg
Absolutely.
Sam Roberts
And then he starts calling out Brock
Megan Morant
Lesnar, which is nuts.
Sam Roberts
It's like, bro, you're in the King. You're about to go to the King
Peter Rosenberg
of the Ring final.
Sam Roberts
You're going to like. Like, what are you.
Peter Rosenberg
What are you doing?
Megan Morant
He had a lot of things to say about Brock Lesnar. He said he didn't know if he was a man at all.
Sam Roberts
Why are you saying this.
Peter Rosenberg
He wants Brock Lesnar.
Megan Morant
This is the man who delivered 7F5.
Sam Roberts
7F5.
Megan Morant
He's like, I don't know if he's a man.
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What?
Sam Roberts
Right.
Peter Rosenberg
I'm.
Sam Roberts
He said, I'm going to be the king of the ring and you're always going to be the one who ran away from me.
Megan Morant
Then he started talking about legacies.
Peter Rosenberg
Oh, my gosh. Oh, my gosh.
Sam Roberts
I'm sitting there and I'm looking and we'll talk about Javon Evans in a little bit. But on Friday, it's Jay USO versus Javon Evans.
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Yes.
Sam Roberts
Does it matter?
Peter Rosenberg
It's Obafemi.
Sam Roberts
The winner of that match fights Obafemi
Peter Rosenberg
in the king of the ring finals.
Megan Morant
No. It doesn't matter. It doesn't. It doesn't.
Peter Rosenberg
It's a foregone conclusion.
Megan Morant
You're saying yes.
Peter Rosenberg
Oh my gosh.
Sam Roberts
But give him the crown now.
Megan Morant
You're saying that's what I would do.
Sam Roberts
Well, you know what they're going to say in the. In the bloodline. In the bloodline hangout room ass. Because Jey USO didn't win the.
Peter Rosenberg
I mean, it's going to be tough.
Sam Roberts
Listen, I'll tell you this.
Peter Rosenberg
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Sam Roberts
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Megan Morant
Q and A. Oh, wow. I wonder. Nope, you're busy. We are doing judging.
Sam Roberts
Who could moderate that.
Peter Rosenberg
We could take a break from that. Who could moderate that Q and A? Hmm. Somebody to make John Cena's life.
Sam Roberts
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Peter Rosenberg
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Megan Morant
I think Peter Rosenberg's available.
Peter Rosenberg
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Sam Roberts
And I cannot wait to go to Fanatics Fest and be joined by my co host Kathy Kelly for WWE now podcast.
Peter Rosenberg
Now I will say, I will say
Sam Roberts
that we also got an advance in the queen of the ring. And this is a woman who you every chance that you've gotten, and rightfully so, you have pointed out that to you she is the best wrestler on the planet right now.
Megan Morant
It's crazy because when this bracket came out, you see Iyo and you know, we're all filling out our brackets and you like to come up with a couple of different scenarios. But when you just say, let's simplify all of this. How does EOS guy not make the finals?
Sam Roberts
That's what it is. That's such a good point because we did it with Dominic. We do it all the time.
Peter Rosenberg
It's like Obafemi.
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Like.
Sam Roberts
Like you go and you go. What's the simplest route?
Megan Morant
We love to. To fantasize about an upset, right?
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Megan Morant
And what if and. And this and that and we make up these scenarios and you go like
Sam Roberts
this because it's a tournament. Yeah, you go. A lot of different things could happen Fatal four ways.
Megan Morant
There's a lot of different rules.
Sam Roberts
And you end up in a scenario where somebody goes to SummerSlam, though you would have. Have never thought would go to SummerSlam.
Megan Morant
But when we just apply logic and you look at that bracket, you go, there's no way EO's not going to the finals.
Sam Roberts
Yeah. We romanticize the idea of like, oh, this is like the. Just a total, you know, somebody you never considered would all of a sudden. But no, I mean, the same thing is happening with Obafemi. But you're right, like Iyo sky, by the way, amazing that she is compared to Obafemi.
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Yeah.
Sam Roberts
Because they couldn't.
Megan Morant
This is a different, totally different way.
Sam Roberts
They couldn't carry themselves more differently.
Peter Rosenberg
But the reality is that, yeah, I
Sam Roberts
come up with every reason in the world that Raquel would beat Iyo sky. And if we're anybody other than Iyo sky, this would be big Mommy.
Peter Rosenberg
Cool.
Megan Morant
All over in Raquel. Oh, my goodness. The power on display at the beginning of the match.
Sam Roberts
Incredible.
Megan Morant
I thought Iyo was down and out
Sam Roberts
for, but it was.
Megan Morant
But then I remembered this is IO Sky.
Sam Roberts
This is IO Sky. And it's the classic story. At some point, the genius is going to take to the sky. And once she does, it's over. It's game over. And Raquel is. Is. Is out. Raquel out of this Queen of the Ring tournament. And now you've got Iyo sky, who's going to face the winner of the match on smackdown between Liv Morgan and Charlotte Flair. Which, by the way, the fact that at Night of Champions, we either get EO versus Charlotte or EO versus Live, that's massive. Now, okay, okay. If IO if Liv Morgan makes it to the finals, okay, and EOS guy, do you think Eos guy is going to win the Queen of the Ring regardless? Right now, I'm not asking you if I'm asking you between these two, do you. You said he was the best.
Megan Morant
Yeah.
Sam Roberts
You said eo, I think right when
Megan Morant
this bracket came out, I said EO's got to be the favorite of the whole tournament. So. Yes, yes.
Sam Roberts
So when. So let's say Live Morgan goes to the finals and EO beats her.
Megan Morant
Okay.
Sam Roberts
If you're IO sky, do you go? Why? No, but. Well, I mean, I know I can
Megan Morant
beat Live because I already did it. Do I go after her championship, or
Sam Roberts
do you go after Rhea Ripley, who, while she has beaten Rhea Ripley before, is easily her fiercest rival in wwe.
Megan Morant
Yeah, but she's like, this woman has never pinned me.
Sam Roberts
Yeah, but she just beat Liv.
Megan Morant
But it's hard to go back to back, right?
Sam Roberts
Okay, that's a great point.
Megan Morant
Really hard to go back to back.
Sam Roberts
Beat me once and now lives. Got a feel for what's going on in there now. It's like, okay, now the title.
Megan Morant
She has the Judgment Day behind her.
Sam Roberts
She got the Judgment Day. There's no tomorrow. Maybe Ria still has a warm spot in her heart for Rio.
Megan Morant
Of course, she was wearing the necklace that said Rio on it. We saw their emotional goodbye.
Sam Roberts
So you're not going for the back to back. You're going for Rhea, hoping you can prey on the emotions, I think. So that's why you want all those marathons.
Peter Rosenberg
You are a competitor.
Sam Roberts
You are a nasty competitor.
Megan Morant
Yeah. I think you're like Wemby. I think it's tough.
Sam Roberts
Wemby of these marathons. Just. Just a dirty, dirty player.
Megan Morant
Yeah. I mean, the bows are coming out mile 24.
Sam Roberts
Yeah, you got to.
Megan Morant
Yeah.
Sam Roberts
Because what are you there to do? Are you there to run? Are you there to win?
Megan Morant
There to win, baby.
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That's what I thought.
Megan Morant
That's what we got to do.
Sam Roberts
That's why you're going to the Olympic trials.
Megan Morant
It's all fun and games right until those last couple miles, and then, boom.
Sam Roberts
Guess who's here. Guess who just showed up.
Megan Morant
It's Eo sky, and she's coming for Rio Ripley's title.
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Wow.
Sam Roberts
I love it. I love that take.
Peter Rosenberg
Because I would have gone the other
Sam Roberts
way, but that's the smarter take. The fact that, okay, I don't want to try to go back to back. I want to see if I can go, oh, gee, I guess I'll. I'll face you. But I hope we're still friends after it. And then try to, you know.
Megan Morant
And then the genius takes to the sky and then it's over.
Sam Roberts
And repeat what we've done before.
Megan Morant
Eosky has been Ria's kryptonite many times.
Sam Roberts
Well, more times than most.
Megan Morant
Yeah.
Peter Rosenberg
I love it.
Sam Roberts
I love it. I do want to tell you that about some new merch that's available now. Sol Ruka. You love Sol Ruka. A new champion has arrived.
Peter Rosenberg
Oh, look at that. Those shirts are awesome.
Sam Roberts
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Megan Morant
Doesn't say that in the print. It doesn't.
Sam Roberts
My copy does have this. And fanatics. It says the copy says, ruin Becky Lynch's vacation. And Roberts, congratulate Soul Ruka on everything that she's done. By the way, that's terrible. By the way, you can turn up the heat this summer with WWE tanks. Show them guns off. Which way to the gun show? See, this would be a lot more impressive if I was wearing a tank.
Peter Rosenberg
Why aren't you instead of a flannel? Well, I haven't gotten my tanks yet.
Sam Roberts
You can heat this summer up with WWE tanks that are built for every
Peter Rosenberg
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Sam Roberts
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Peter Rosenberg
Look at that smoking skull with the arms on display.
Sam Roberts
I mean, what a thrill. What a thrill that would be. Hey, speaking of Night of Night of Champions and the King of the Ring finals matches that we're going to get. We found out another match that we're going to get at Night of Champions. We are going to see Seth Rollins vs Braun breaker one on one. But this time it will be inside of a steel cage, and on one end you go.
Peter Rosenberg
Yeah.
Sam Roberts
Like, a steel cage would probably work in the favor of Seth Rollins because it's going to make it a lot tougher for the Vision.
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Yeah.
Sam Roberts
To get involved.
Megan Morant
Right, of course.
Sam Roberts
But of all things on the planet, why would you want to be locked inside of a steel cage with Braun Breaker?
Megan Morant
You would never want to be locked inside a steel cage with a dog.
Sam Roberts
With a dog like that.
Megan Morant
You're in a steel cage with a dog who comes out of the steel cage.
Peter Rosenberg
The dog.
Sam Roberts
The dog comes out of the steel cage with a bone in its mouth,
Peter Rosenberg
and you don't ask anybody where you got that bone from. Okay.
Sam Roberts
Guess what happened in the sandlot. That ball went over the fence. I don't care if it was signed by Baby Ruth.
Peter Rosenberg
Okay.
Sam Roberts
Babe Ruth, you weren't getting that ball back. No matter how much you begged James Earl Jones. The ball wasn't coming back because you're not getting in that cage with that dog. And that. The Beast, I believe, was the name
Megan Morant
of the dog that was the name.
Sam Roberts
WWE's equivalent to the Beast from the Sandlot is Braun. But can you. Here's the thing. I mean, the. The level of speed that's going to be built up inside that cage, that's one of those things that, like, you want a little bit more space around you so that at least when that thing hits you, you can hope that, like, you know that when. When a spear hits you, you can hope that you'll at least go flying somewhere. Right.
Megan Morant
Or there's more things to dodge it with.
Sam Roberts
Or there's more things to dodge it with. Now you get speared, and if you don't go straight to the ground, you're going straight into solid steel. Not pretty.
Megan Morant
Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide.
Sam Roberts
But maybe that's what Seth Rollins wants to do. I think Seth Rollins. Seth Rollins thought that he was already done with the vision, and I think that the point traditionally of steel cage matches has been that this is going to tell the story that this is. This is. Once it's done, it's done. One person is coming out of this cage, and there's no excuses. Now, look, that doesn't mean it's going to happen every single time, but I think that's what Seth Rollins is looking for. I think that's why Seth Rollins wants this steel cage.
Megan Morant
We thought the Vision was behind him. Clearly, they weren't.
Sam Roberts
Right.
Megan Morant
How do you put the vision behind you? You walk out of the steel cage.
Sam Roberts
Yeah, yeah. If you can get out of it, if you've got the power of your legs still moving.
Megan Morant
Yeah.
Peter Rosenberg
And the Vision is not only, you
Sam Roberts
know, still at the. At the same level that they've been at, but they're even higher. They're in full on recruiting mode.
Megan Morant
Yeah. Because Logan Paul was back tonight.
Sam Roberts
Yeah. Logan Paul made a surprise return to Monday Night Raw with his arm in a bit, in a brace after tearing his tricep. But Javon Evans was in the ring and he was, he was looking, he was pushing forward to smackdown, talking about the fact that he's got a match with Jey usa. The winner of that going on to face Obafemi at Night of Champions and the King of the Ring final match. But outcomes, I would say it's the
Megan Morant
biggest singles match in Javon Evans career.
Sam Roberts
That's true. The Cena, that wasn't a single. So that was tag team with Leon Slater. Yeah. It might be the biggest. Yeah. Yeah. And it's. And it's.
Megan Morant
Yeah.
Sam Roberts
Because that puts him two matches away from a WWE title match.
Peter Rosenberg
Yeah.
Sam Roberts
Right now, Javon Evans is two matches away from getting a shot at the WWE Championship at SummerSlam. Yeah, absolutely. This would be the biggest match of his WWE career. And if he's able to win, I mean, forget about it.
Peter Rosenberg
The.
Sam Roberts
The Night of Champions match will be out of this world.
Megan Morant
Yeah.
Sam Roberts
But Austin Theory and Logan Paul come out.
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Who.
Sam Roberts
By the way, we saw Austin Theory earlier chatting it up with old Maxine Dupree.
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Yeah.
Megan Morant
What is going on there, T?
Sam Roberts
They walk down the aisle and Logan Paul is wondering why Baltimore's gotta be so negative. He's yapping the whole way to the ring. And they get in there and first they invite Javon Evans to join the
Peter Rosenberg
Vision, which kind of came out of
Sam Roberts
nowhere, but I go, I get it. I mean, if I'm looking at the
Peter Rosenberg
future, if I'm looking at who's going
Sam Roberts
to make all the difference, I'm absolutely looking at Javon Evans.
Megan Morant
And the Vision could use some reinforcements right now. Sure, Paul is there, but you know,
Sam Roberts
he's only got one arm.
Megan Morant
One arm. Bronson Reed, he's not there.
Sam Roberts
Not there. Right now you've got Bron Breaker and you got Austin Theory there and you have Paul Heyman right now.
Peter Rosenberg
No, you wonder if this is a
Sam Roberts
Paul Heyman move or if this is Logan Paul and Austin Theory all in
Megan Morant
the shots in their head putting those
Sam Roberts
two peanut brains together.
Peter Rosenberg
But. But unfortunately, the power of those two brains together did not come out with
Sam Roberts
the result that they wanted because Javon
Peter Rosenberg
Evans says, hell, no, I'm not joining the Vision.
Sam Roberts
And then Logan Paul said, you misread. This was not an invitation. This was. We insist you're in the vision.
Megan Morant
We're demanding.
Peter Rosenberg
And Javon goes, no, I'm not in the vision. And then Austin Theory goes next to him. You know, he does that intimidating, like, here's the thing you don't understand, Javon.
Sam Roberts
You're in the vision. Javon goes, I'm not in the vision.
Megan Morant
And then Javon takes the. The. The. The trunk, the pants off. He's got as, and he has. He's got gear underneath. He's ready to go.
Sam Roberts
Listen, you don't got to get ready
Peter Rosenberg
if you stay ready.
Megan Morant
That's right.
Sam Roberts
And that's something that Javon Evans understands. Javon showed up, looked like he was in street clothes. He had his gear on. And Austin Theory made the ultimate mistake of walking in with his gear. Javon Evans impromptu says, let's get a referee out here.
Megan Morant
And you know who slides right into that ring?
Peter Rosenberg
Who's that?
Megan Morant
Danilo. Always looking to capitalize on an opportunity to make some money.
Peter Rosenberg
Get a little bonus for the day, Get a little bonus for himself.
Sam Roberts
He's not going to share that money at all.
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He's available.
Sam Roberts
Yeah, he is.
Peter Rosenberg
Yeah, he is.
Sam Roberts
And we get Javon Evans versus Austin Theory. I'm like, this is in. This is incredible. We get an impromptu match. Javon Evans versus Austin Theory. Amazing, Amazing, Amazing. Ends in a disqualification after Braun Breaker comes out and catches Javon Evans mid air after an OG cutter.
Megan Morant
With a spear.
Sam Roberts
With a spear. I mean, Mid Air and Braun Breaker. I mean, look at the definition on this guy. I don't know what he was doing in the gym over the last week or two, but, I mean, he looks as impressive as I have ever seen him, and I have only ever seen him look impressive.
Megan Morant
He went to Italy and he didn't even smell a carb.
Sam Roberts
No, he couldn't. I mean, look at him. No, because he's leaning right. I mean, I don't know how much protein that guy's put. I mean, it's incredible. It's incredible what that guy looks like.
Megan Morant
But, man, I. I bet Seth Rollins was watching from somewhere.
Peter Rosenberg
Don't. Oh, boy.
Sam Roberts
Oh.
Megan Morant
Nailed that spear. While Von Evans was midair.
Sam Roberts
To be that big and intimidating and also have that level of precision. Precision and agility is crazy. Speaking of looking like a million bucks though, the street profits. Music play. We think Montez Ford is coming out like always. And Angelo Dawkins is with Him Dawkins looking like a million bucks.
Carvana Ad Voice
Yeah.
Megan Morant
And Dawkins was taken out by the Vision not long ago.
Sam Roberts
That's right. I mean, Montez always looks like a million bucks. That's not to take away from him.
Peter Rosenberg
But Dawkins looking like a million bucks.
Sam Roberts
The two of them come out and clear the ring. And I think it's interesting because as I'm looking at that, I go, whoa. You know, when I saw this cage match, I said, it must be that it's being done to keep the Vision out of the ring. Seth Rollins officially has some backup, and I think it is, because ultimately the Street Profits are looking for the Tag Team championship.
Megan Morant
Yes.
Sam Roberts
And now it's Braun Breaker holding one of those belts since Logan Paul's out with the tricep injury. And. And I think that that's. I don't. I think that's what this was about tonight. But to your point, it's no wonder that the Vision is looking to pick up new members because they're in trouble. They've got a lot of enemies.
Megan Morant
Of course they're in trouble. You go to the tag team, like the Street Profits coming after you, too.
Sam Roberts
Exactly right. And they're not stopping.
Peter Rosenberg
I'm really looking forward to this cage
Sam Roberts
match at Night of Champions.
Megan Morant
Oh, I can't wait. I love Seth Rollins in a cage match.
Sam Roberts
I mean, can you imagine the potential for the level of super stomps that we could potentially see?
Peter Rosenberg
Just.
Sam Roberts
Just unbelievable.
Megan Morant
Spears and stomps.
Sam Roberts
Forget about it. Forget about it. I also, while we got a couple of minutes, want to give a big shout out to the returning Chad Gable. Chad Gable entering the ring on Monday Night Raw as Chad Gable for the first time in a long time and having this match with Rusev, and I mean, Rusev took him to the limit. Not a shocker coming from Rusev, but ultimately Chad Gable getting out of that accolade, so. So he had him, I think, dead to rights in that ankle lock. Did Chad Gable on Rusev. Ethan Page jumps in, breaks up the ankle lock, then Rusev is able to hit that mocha kick. Chad Gable kicks out of the machka kick, powers out of an accolade by grabbing up the ropes and everything, and Rusev's gotta. Gotta release it. An angle slam and an ankle lock, and Chad Gable wins. And I think this was great. And then, of course, Ethan Page coming in to try to attack after the match, but Rey Mysterio and Dragon Lee coming in for the save to help Chad Gable. I am hoping that this is only the Beginning of what Chad Gable has to show everybody. I think, I think people are ready. I mean, you talk about physique, to look at the shape that Chad Gable
Megan Morant
is in, it's nuts.
Sam Roberts
Nuts.
Megan Morant
And, you know, you bring up such a great point about Chad Gable coming out to the ring as Chad Gable for the first time in, in year
Sam Roberts
and a half, if not more.
Megan Morant
And it felt like towards the beginning of the match, Chad Gable was like, does he remember who Chad Gable is? Himself? And he's in the ring with this monster that is Rusev. And throughout the match, we got to watch Chad Gable figure that out and eventually hits the angle slam, gets the ankle lock. And you have this image right here of Chad Gable with Rey Mysterio and Dragon Lee. And it is only the beginning.
Sam Roberts
And I hope that people realize that. The accomplishment, while it's amazing to see him with Dragon Lee and Rey Mysterio holding his arms up, the idea that he tapped out Rusev is massive.
Megan Morant
Crazy.
Sam Roberts
Absolutely massive. So, yeah, I can't, I can't wait to see what's next for Chad Gable. Hopefully we will see it next week, of course. Monday Night RAW in London, England is going to stream live on Netflix 2pm Eastern, which means that we will recap it here earlier than usual. So make sure you are subscribed across all audio platforms, hitting like, leaving comments on YouTube and we will see you next week for another RAW recap here on wwe. Now,
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This episode of WWE Now delivers a passionate, detailed recap of the June 16 episode of Monday Night Raw. The hosts, Sam Roberts, Megan Morant, and Peter Rosenberg, focus on two pillars of the night: the resurgence and shifting dynamics of The Bloodline, and Oba Femi's utter dominance in the King of the Ring tournament. The show also spotlights pivotal tournament matches, surprising celebrity cameos, and key storylines across the men's and women's rosters, previewing what fans can expect at the upcoming Night of Champions.
The episode brims with fan-level excitement, playful banter, and deep engagement with WWE stories and character arcs. The hosts deftly pivot between reverence for storyline legacies (especially The Bloodline), analytics of in-ring psychology, and irreverent humor typical of WWE’s hybrid sports-entertainment tone.
Monday Night RAW, as recapped here, marks a new era for The Bloodline under Roman's returned leadership, the rise of new tournament favorites in Oba Femi and Iyo Sky, renewed energy among top tier performers, and memorable moments linking the show to the broader pop culture conversation. Every major storyline feeds anticipation for Night of Champions and summer’s ongoing WWE action.