The Bloodline is BACK and Oba DOMINATES!

Summary

WWE Now Podcast Summary

Episode: "The Bloodline is BACK and Oba DOMINATES!"

Hosts: Sam Roberts, Megan Morant, Peter Rosenberg

Release Date: June 16, 2026

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Episode Overview

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.

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The Bloodline: Reforged, Redefined, and Relentless

Roman Reigns Returns in Force

• Roman Reigns makes a statement by being featured throughout Raw, opening, appearing in the middle, and closing the show—breaking his old pattern of sporadic appearances (04:28).
• "This is not Roman who is missing days of work... 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." — Megan Morant (04:28)
• Reigns actively acknowledges his family, reinforcing the idea that The Bloodline is not just a stable but an enduring WWE dynasty:
  • "The Bloodline's always been here... When the WWE first began that sort of national expansion, the Wild Samoans were a key component." — Sam Roberts (06:31)

Shifting Family Dynamics & Jacob Fatu’s Induction

• SUV Symbolism: Both Roman and Jey Uso arrive in their own SUVs, indicating Jey's ascension as a potential leader and the elevation of all family members, not just one (05:04).
• Roman publicly praises both Jey and Jimmy Uso:
  • "People think that I don't show enough love to Jimmy. Don't you know that without Jimmy, there'd be no Jay?" — Roman Reigns, as recounted by Sam Roberts (08:35)
• Jacob Fatu, initially stoic and independent, is formally welcomed into the Bloodline when Roman places an Ulafala around his neck, symbolically embracing him:
  • "That's over now. You're on the inside. Welcome to the family business. Welcome to the bloodline." — Sam Roberts, paraphrasing Reigns to Fatu (14:28)
  • "When you get Jacob on your side... it’s got to feel like a million bucks." — Peter Rosenberg (11:23)
• Notable fan moment: Baltimore crowd passionately chants "FATU" (09:28)

Ongoing Friction & Power Play

• Jey and Jimmy Uso show mixed feelings as Jacob is brought into the fold, with clear tension and uncertainty over family hierarchy (16:03).
• Jacob refuses to acknowledge the twins, only Roman:
  • "Do I acknowledge the twins? Hell no." — Jacob Fatu, recounted by Peter Rosenberg (10:40)
• The night culminates with Jacob Fatu brutalizing Eric Andre (who'd touched his Ulafala), on Roman's command—demonstrating the tribe’s discipline and Roman’s power in real time:
  • "Roman gets up on the apron, and he goes, Jacob, stop, stop. And Jacob listens to Roman... And then Roman had a change of heart. He goes, you know what? Do it… And then he does it, and he flattens Eric Andre." (20:41)

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La Knight vs. The Bloodline: Escalation and Aftermath

La Knight's Ongoing Struggles

• LA Knight, frustrated after King of the Ring elimination due to Bloodline interference, confronts Jimmy Uso, only to be met by both Usos and ultimately Jacob Fatu’s violence (27:45–32:56).
• Jey claims his own superiority:
  • "I want you to acknowledge me. I'm better than you." — Jey Uso to LA Knight (30:48)
  • LA Knight responds, "I acknowledge you to kiss my ass." (31:22)
• The confrontation shows the fractured unity between Jimmy and Jey, culminating in Jacob Fatu stepping up as enforcer, laying out LA Knight and demonstrating unflinching loyalty to Roman’s orders:
  • "Jimmy's way was ass, Jay's way was ass. So he's, this is the way we had to do it." — Peter Rosenberg on Fatu’s handling (32:56)
  • "He did it the OTC's [Roman’s] way." — Sam Roberts (33:05)

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Oba Femi Dominates: King of the Ring

Oba Femi’s Unstoppable Run

• Dominic Mysterio tries every classic “trick in the book” against Oba, including interference from JD McDonagh, a hidden hammer, and low blows (40:01–43:52).
• Despite these efforts, Femi shrugs off everything, kicks out at one after Dom’s top move, and obliterates him:
  • "Oba kicked out at one. And I went, oh, it's over." — Sam Roberts (41:45)
• Oba immediately sets his sights higher, calling out Brock Lesnar for the future:
  • "He is the Manifest Destroyer." — Sam Roberts (43:06)
• The hosts agree: whoever faces Oba in the King of the Ring finals "doesn’t matter… Give him the crown now." (44:12)

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Iyo Sky Soars in Queen of the Ring

IYO SKY Advances to the Finals

• Iyo Sky defeats Raquel Rodriguez in a storytelling bout that plays on Raquel’s power and Iyo’s aerial finesse (47:06–49:37).
  • "The genius is going to take to the sky. And once she does, it's game over." — Sam Roberts (48:44)
• Both hosts admit that sometimes logic and dominance (as in IYO or Oba’s case) beats fantasy booking or bracket upsets.
• They debate if, after likely winning Queen of the Ring, IYO should target Liv Morgan (if she wins) or Rhea Ripley, ultimately suggesting going after Rhea for higher stakes:
  • "She has been Ria's kryptonite many times." — Megan Morant (51:36)

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Additional Highlights & Notable Moments

The Eric Andre Incident

• Comedic relief as Eric Andre’s disrespectful handling of Jacob Fatu’s ceremonial necklace leads to a brutal beatdown, underlining Fatu’s “un-neutered” threat (18:29–22:57).

Celebrity & Crossover

• Danhausen’s presence as "NBA champion," and a comedic segment with Liv Morgan seeking his help by attempting to “seduce” him for a curse— met with demands for "human monies" and music video cameos (34:34–38:15).

Other Storylines & Match Updates

• Seth Rollins vs. Bron Breakker set for Night of Champions in a steel cage—hosts debate the wisdom of being locked inside with Breakker’s ferocity (53:01–55:52).
• Javon Evans turns down The Vision (Logan Paul & Austin Theory) and gets speared midair by Breakker in a wild brawl—establishing him as a singles threat and aligning the Street Profits with Rollins against The Vision (56:09–61:02).
• Chad Gable returns as his classic self, tapping out Rusev in a big Raw moment, with Rey Mysterio & Dragon Lee offering backup—heralding a new “beginning” for Gable (61:46–64:00).

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Most Memorable Quotes

• "The bloodline is forever... This isn't some made up storyline. This isn't some like, oh, let’s group these wrestlers together and see what we get out of it." — Roman Reigns via Sam Roberts (06:09)
• "Do I acknowledge the twins? Hell no." — Jacob Fatu (10:40)
• "He is the Manifest Destroyer." — Sam Roberts on Oba Femi (43:06)
• "The genius is going to take to the sky. And once she does, it's game over." — Sam Roberts on Iyo Sky (48:44)
• "[On the steel cage match] Why would you want to be locked inside of a steel cage with Braun Breaker?" — Sam Roberts (53:42)

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Notable Timestamps by Segment

• Bloodline Family Entrance Dynamics: (04:04–07:31)
• Jacob Fatu’s Induction & Ceremony: (14:24–16:06)
• Eric Andre Beatdown: (18:29–22:57)
• La Knight vs. Bloodline Confrontation: (27:45–32:56)
• Oba Femi vs. Dominik Mysterio Recap: (40:01–43:52)
• Iyo Sky vs. Raquel Rodriguez/Queen of the Ring Discussion: (47:06–51:36)
• Seth Rollins vs. Bron Breakker, Cage Match Preview: (53:01–55:52)
• Javon Evans vs. Vision, Street Profits Run-In: (56:09–61:02)
• Chad Gable’s Return Match: (61:46–64:00)

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Overall Tone & Style

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.

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Final Thoughts

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.

Transcript

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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.

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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]

You two.

[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]

Oh.

[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]

No.

[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]

Yeah.

[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?

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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.

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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.

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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.

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[Megan Morant]

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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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[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.

[Grainger Ad Voice 2]

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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.

[Shopify Ad Voice 2]

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[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.

[Grainger Ad Voice 2]

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]

Fanatics Fest is a must attend for every WWE fan.

[Peter Rosenberg]

I'm manifesting.

[Megan Morant]

I think Peter Rosenberg's available.

[Peter Rosenberg]

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[Sam Roberts]

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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.

[Shopify Ad Voice 2]

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?

[GameTime App Ad Voice]

Yes.

[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.

[Grainger Ad Voice 2]

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.

[Carvana Ad Voice]

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[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.

[Carvana Ad Voice]

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]

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[Peter Rosenberg]

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[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]

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[Sam Roberts]

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[Peter Rosenberg]

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[Sam Roberts]

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[Peter Rosenberg]

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[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.

[Mistplay Ad Voice]

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.

[Carvana Ad Voice]

Who.

[Sam Roberts]

By the way, we saw Austin Theory earlier chatting it up with old Maxine Dupree.

[Shopify Ad Voice 2]

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.

[Progressive Ad Voice]

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[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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