[Music] [Music] and [Music] for [Applause] [Music] it's Tuesday man and you know what we're gonna talk about we're gonna talk about W raw and man whove got some good setups for some Segways for blue ad they really Ra was very beneficial for that but it's rumoring inuendo I'm Dominic D'Angelo and I am with Robert carplus former W writer we creative forish onx Robert happy Tuesday to you you man happy Tuesday I don't know what's going on with my hair this is this is where I'm at I literally I just jumped off one meeting and then came here and I was like oh here we are uh so welcome welcome everybody who is uh joining us live in the chat alt Jake has a comment here oh you know what I'm still not logged into the system to be able to put it up there uh alt Jake wrote good morning all well not for Dominic uh yeah rough night for well it depends look there's a lot of people out there I'm thinking namely Shane McMahon who would love the opportunity to beat their father up on National Television um but uh yeah you know interesting night of Raw um interesting stories uh that they were telling and uh what else uh what else we got on tap Mr D'Angelo yes sir we're gonna talk about raw in depth here but we also have some big announcer news when it comes to we coming up Joe Jor has signed with W so we'll cover a little bit of that uh and if we have time we'll talk about Ethan Paige your new NXT champion at and tonight there'll be NXT so we'll have there'll be a followup to that so um but Robert yeah let's get to it lots to take away from raw um you know I caught the majority of it I'll be forthright and say I did not see the main event and didn't see all this stuff that unfolded with all of it but what I did see I really liked I think we is really cooking on all cylinders when it comes to keeping fans interested and it's at least caught my interest in a great deal of it and uh there was a lot of cool uh stuff that they did I think and part of that was kicking off raw with some uh big confrontation between CM Punk and Seth Rollins um you know Punk came out stated his case about why he did what he did with Drew McIntyre and wanted a piece of Drew McIntyre and Adam Pierce wanted Adam Pierce to lift the suspension that he uh put on upon through and here we get Seth Rollins instead and Seth was not happy Punk was not happy with Seth did Apologize wasn't really forthright and then we uh got more confrontation with them with Seth warning Punk down the road what do you think of that opening segment Robert so Punk to start I thought was doing great uh the resetting the table telling everyone in the story once again uh he he's good in the he sort of does the what what someone who's a a preacher or you're giving public speaking you you strike on a narrative phrase that you keep coming back to in that case it was consequences to stupid actions and it was constantly repeating the various things that Drew McIntyre has done of late uh to bring this upon himself and all the ways in which Punk has cost him the the title and that he will do everything he can to continue to cost Drew McIntyre the title I thought that was really well done uh the shot at aew you know yes it was funny for the moment about hey there's people behind the camera here uh which is something we know obviously does not happen with aw uh there's a army of pictures out there of of half empty and three4 empty Arenas uh and after my years at the Panthers always sensitive to seeing large empty Arenas there used to be a uh used to be a Twitter account that all they did was post empty seats at Arena and we were a nightly fixture I could imagine yes it was like it everything looked I think it's still probably gon to happen sometimes oh yeah no it's I'm sure it'll go back to uh you get your own section night at the at the arena but you know here I am telling Punk don't don't be bitter about your ex uh when when Seth came out I loved him going to the commentary booth and pointing out how long it takes Rollins to come out because it sure does take him a long ass time and I'm always of two minds of that as a viewer get to the action yeah as someone who has had to script and time out these shows anything that's going to kill time sign me up give me long entrances give me video packages what give me extra commercial breaks whatever is going to make my job easier I'm all in favor of but punk you know pointing this out that yeah it does take Seth a little while to get down to the ring was kind of fun but then when they got in the ring it's like the wheels fell off you know you're you're currently working on a play that Sherlock Holmes and the Never wearing sleeves that's it and um it was like one actor was in one scene and then another actor had jumped to another scene and they didn't know where they were right and it became very uncomfortable to watch not and the boy I can't wait to see this confrontation and more of the somebody lost his place yeah I don't know if that was Seth was supposed to say something to trigger Punk's next line or Punk got lost in thought whatever it was it was very very clunky um it it made me flash back to there was an Eddie Guerrero promo and SmackDown thankfully was taped at that time and it was a bunch of people in the ring it was Teddy Long Batista I want to say Palmer Canon was still there at that point um and Eddie kind of lost his place and he was kind of Meandering and Meandering and some one of the one of the guys ringside tried to tell him the next line and he just turns to him in front of the entire audience and just goes you're not helping so we had to obviously around some of that uh that was kind of what this felt like a little bit the takeaway is Seth is angry he's coming after Punk while Punk is also feuding with Drew who wants his revenge on Punk but also wants his world title back and wants his revenge on the bloodline which doesn't really the bloodline anymore uh so a lot of moving pieces a lot of fun spots to Pivot but I don't see any reason why they would not still stick with Drew and uh Punk at SummerSlam yeah yeah no I don't think there's any reason to deter from that I think um I thought that overall some of the stuff that was said in the the cont of the promo I thought was pretty pretty engaging kind of like o that's a nice little dig I think Seth had a couple and and I think uh Punk both had a couple one another um yeah I did come off a little clunky at certain points and um but yeah I think it sets some stuff up where like Punk's gotta kind of watch his back now too and um it's gonna be interesting I'm like I thought Seth in his role this week he didn't come across as that like hey chanton the Freer sports team kind of thing it was more so hey okay this fits his role if he's playing a baby face this is more in his Lane as the type of baby face you're kind of looking for but um yeah it's it's still kind of wondering where he's GNA go with all this you know and the grand scheme involve for Seth like is you know I he doesn't really capture me as a baby face that much still that's kind of an epidemic that they have right now I think with some of the folks on Raw I think that Seth is a Babyface iname only mhm he he's not really the the baby face that we're used to right now in 2024 you know Cody rhods is kind of reshaped it where we're almost back to the white meat baby face again right which is not something we're used to seeing another guy I think who's suffering greatly from that is Damien priest oh okay go priest is yeah you know priest is a heel who leads a heel faction yet he wants to be Noble and altruistic and win on his own merits and be his own man which the audience has no idea what to do with you know we want we want simple we want if you're a baby face we're going to cheer you if you're a heel we're gonna boo you and when we don't know what to do the default response for the audience is silence yeah the only way to back that up is oh man if this guy's overd delivering in the ring I don't really care and while priest has been fine give or take a couple of pretty egregious botches uh I don't think he's been lighting the world on fire where oh man you gotta see this Damien priest match that's where it's a little challenging and I think his interaction with Seth where he said hey you know I know we had this gentleman's agreement I'll still give you a shot if I keep the title from gother what yeah that um that's definitely a baby face move it's a it's a baby face move and it's a stupid baby face move which is the Hallmark of the old Vince McMahon era so I don't know what we're doing with it I think that Judgment Day will reset starting next week which we'll get to a little later on in this show but as far as as far as priest goes uh Gunther winning the title can't come soon enough yeah so I'm I I agree with you in regards to Gunther's going to you know win and stuff like that I I'm more interested in Damen priest I think I like what they're doing with it because yeah I think you do run into that issue that you just mentioned about like hey crowd doesn't know necessarily what to do when you have a heel faction and that's their leader is basically acting like a baby face so what where do we go with this in regards to reaction but I do think he's a pretty captivating character and where he's put in this situation I think people can connect with that guy because he's like all right he is a leader he's showing his leadership abilities and like kind of being like this guy that is likable and I think they're setting us up for a Babyface turn for him ultimately when it comes to the Judgment Day and things like that but it's also yeah you're kind of put yourself in this time this hard predicament but I think we is kind of seeing in the playing the long game with Daman priest rather than the immediate of okay we're getting these crowd reactions that might not be the best thing when it comes to what we want to portray with Dominic or Finn Balor or anybody in the Judgment Day as heels but here's Damen priest where we're might not be getting the biggest reaction for him but I think they're setting the table up for something for him more future down the line when he potentially when he will likely drop the title of gun at Summers so we'll see but I don't want to be agist but priest and I are the same age yeah he's not a guy that you're building 10 years down the road it is this is the time now where you're going to get your maximum money out of Damen priest and the fact that we still haven't fully figured it out a little concerning just in terms of for me for interest uh but you know I I hope that they you know prove me wrong kids uh prove me prove me wrong uh where do you wanna where do you want to take us next yeah well you kind of mentioned about waiting and seeing last uh yesterday after uh money in the bank with the certain storyline of Sami Zayn and uh Braun breaker and uh we got a continuation of that what did you think that was that sufficient enough to keep your interest was it just like uh part of the course or was it less they I loved it I think they did what they needed to do it's kind of what we predicted yesterday as you're drinking your Prime energy Prime not a sponsor of this show they're sponsoring WWE uh how dare you but hydration station here you boggled my mind um the the Sammy promo this idea of I'm not an underdog I'm a champion I've established who I am a good way to kind of you're calling a spade a spade a little bit you're saying look I get that people thought Braum was going to win and they're angry about it but just a reminder like I was your number one baby face last year I was your number one Contender for the world title y'all wanted to see me beat Roman at one point you wanted to see me replace Cody I'm not just a random dude uh give me a little bit of credit a little bit of respect for it and then Braun breaker coming out there and did what we had predicted hey I'm going to give you a little bit of respect and then immed mediately just straight up murder you yeah and then they put him in there with ilad dragonov he throws a chair at him and then murders dragonov and Samy so we will get that match at SummerSlam whether that is a triple threat or a one-on-one match I hope they they keep it with one-on-one but you're now telling the story of yes Sami Zayn did beat brawn breaker but can he really do it again yeah that's an interesting story I I guess I don't know it's like he should have beat him first I still think you know but I I don't know they could he he could have but then it's like but then where do you go I think what happened here in all honesty if I'm if you're looking at the chessboard guys it felt like what we were planning on getting at SummerSlam was Sami Zayn versus Ludwig Kaiser they were building this Kaiser Sheamus mini Feud Ludwig wins he then demands the challenge so then you have both members of Imperium challenging for gold oh at the plle when Kaiser got sidelined you needed to Pivot to someone else and the midcard heels that they have your Bronson Reeds your carry and cross not really compelling to face Sammy at SummerSlam which is the Wrestlemania of the summer yes they're fine at a smaller event cool let's give Braun breaker the shot but if you beat him right off the bat or if you beat Sammy right off the bat you're getting a rematch which is lesser than so I like that it's Sami kept it and now you're seeing well what's Braun breaker gonna do if that's what Braun breaker did just as the initial Challenger imagine what this guy's gonna do when he thinks he needs to prove something so I don't I don't mind it but you know it's uh it's it's G to be a good match and it's giving something for these guys to do in the coming weeks and it doesn't involve Braun strowman it's very true uh we did have a match that did involve Braun strowman is there anything you want to take away from that Robert I want to take that match away okay uh let it away the problem the problem they have with strowman he's big he's impressive you want to use him but he's still not good in the ring yeah after all these years you don't really like it's kind of the Omas problem you don't want to let the guy loose because you there's a you look at him you go how do you make how do you not make money off of this guy but then if you put him in an actual serious situation at one point they were teasing strowman and priest thank God we didn't get that that was that seemed to me where they were going for money in the bank and then thankfully R was like I'll do it so we were good but now it's like it's been Braun strowman versus JD MCD for the last like three months yeah that's what which fine but I don't know what you're really getting from him right what are we getting from the Wyatt 6 do you like that do you like what we're seeing you know what I am me too so I don't very hesitant because eventually they're gonna get in the ring and the bell's gonna the bell's gonna ring they're gonna have to have a match but the video package this continuation of this concept of grief this idea of wanting to be remembered that Bo Dallas wants Bray Wyatt's memory to be uh remembered that he wants to be remembered and that the people in the Wyatt 6 are men and women who have been marginalized and sort of forgotten about Eric Rowan Nikki cross uh Dexter Lumis Joe gasy and this was the first time they kind of peeled back the mask and showed who was behind we all knew but now we see who's behind them and you felt a sense of Menace that when he was in Adam Pierce's office yeah that was like that was a straight up horror movie moment and that wasn't Uncle howdy that wasn't spooky lighting that wasn't it was just that dude sitting in there and you're like oh this is not a good situation this is Robert dairo in Cape Fear this is don't go in there Pierce yeah uh screaming at their TV uh shout out by the way to Jay Uso his uh sees the creepy music hits the spear and then immediately bounces yeah love it absolutely love it it was quality stuff him like eating real quick and then getting out was good stuff um I'm really fascinated by it I I like everything they're setting up with it and yeah to your point seeing Bo Dallas like no no creepy filter no lighting nothing like that it's just him sitting in there added some Stakes to the whole matter and made it feel humanized him but also like added the creepiness it did I do like the uh this comment here from the wrestling old head he asks do you think they are going for a raven esque Vibe with Bo Dallas that would be the way to go yeah you know Raven under Paul Heyman and ECW was not spooky he was a he was a cult leader and if the idea is Bo Dallas is in the ear of these guys saying I'm gonna help you get remembered you are my family we are in this together I love that a lot more than ooh spooky yes all Jake follows that up it says basically what you just said I love that this is all more a psychological Thriller versus a slasher film I'm 100% with you on that Jake um but Robert uh let's talk about Liv and Dom you got almost kind of explain to me what happened because I didn't like I said I did not see the entire Main Event so I I saw uh oh my God RI Ripley come out but uh I don't know anything else that really happened so fill me in so yeah so they set up this uh mix tag match tries to beg off he asks Adam Pierce to cancel it Liv's like no no this is a chance for you to show who who the the real daddy is and then they did a a segment in the back where Liv was stretching out Dom's leg very reminiscent of the moment which was an all-timer uh because that in it of itself was a ripoff from an episode of Save By the Bell yeah which makes it the hold me closer Slater which makes it even better the one thing that struck me about that segment guys Liv has Dom on the on the the couch she's straddling him she's she's pulling on his leg she leaves when when judgment oh Robert oh yeah you he froze he's giving he was giving us the monologue uhoh is he Frozen guys you let me know I did see you good there we go yeah I was there and then all of a sudden I wasn't um let me try this theoretically again yes Dominic Mysterio has this beautiful woman on his lap stretching his leg all of a sudden she leaves d uh stands up without issue which makes me think you know what Dom uh could use hm what I think this man could use some bluechew guys our next sponsor needs no introduction you've seen the ads you've heard us talk about it a million times and I bet there's a big part of you pun intended that's wanted to try it what am I talking about bluechew that's right this isn't your grandpa's blue chew pill blue pill this is the one the OG chewable tablet for better sex bluechew is a unique online service that delivers the same active ingredients as AG ra seis and Levitra but at a fraction of the cost and in chewable form the process is simple sign up at 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Ray because of what Liv Morgan did brilliant storytelling live hugs D mounts D it looks like they're finally going to kiss and here comes Ria Ripley absolutely loved it this what we knew it was gonna happen they teased it a little earlier with Damen priest getting a phone call from someone who was gonna be showing up no one's calling Daman priest uh so we kind of knew and Liv hight tailing it Dom trying to go for the hug being denied raw ends on a little bit of a cliffhanger and that's super fun yeah and it's cool to see Ria back and it's neat that um that they have set this up they they made the most of losing her uh for the time being and uh putting incorporating Liv into a storyline where I almost felt like before this all happened that Liv was almost on a baby face track but this really pivoted her and this whole story she was a baby face and then they they they turned her because she's very good as this sort of temptress yeah absolutely 100% she fits it very well it's it's been a lot of fun uh and like just the moments that they're getting not just on television but what they're putting out there on social media has been a pretty big payoff I think for them too I think it's they're making the most of what happened and I think it's making this story all the more intriguing between what we're GNA get between Ria and Liv and Dom as well so uh yeah I think it's intriguing what's also intriguing is the other headline that you have up here yes yes Joe tesor uh famed ESPN announcer that uh was mostly notable for boxing before he transitioned for Monday Night Football for a hot minute and uh college football as well will be joining W commentary and we'll be joining Corey Graves and Wade Barrett uh per press release from W it was initially revealed on the New York Post but uh they W made the announcement and Joe testor had a quote it says it's an honor to be a part of we the recent success introd trory are undeniable said Tor being there at Wrestlemania 40 one could feel it from Cody Seth Roman and The Rock to creative in production these are some very best storytellers in TV Corey and Wade are in absolute stars and is my privilege to join their team Pat and Cole are just magical together and Cole is the greatest to ever sit in that chair as lifelong viewer I'm humed to join this team and serve our fans uh should be noted too that tesor was actually a client of Nick con uh way back in the day and so they already had a relationship and so I like tesor Robert even just from the simple aspect of the boxing standpoint comes comes into play um but there's been a precedent sent for set for a lot of these uh sports commentators going into the W product and it kind of not working out what do you see uh with tesor here uh being implemented in the product especially with Corey Graves and Wade Barrett I absolutely think this can work I think of the advantage for tesor is that he is a fan they when they brought in other folks uh that were not really fans of the product it made it a little awkward also tesur was one of the co-hosts of that holy moly show with Rob Riggle the uh it was on ABC it was like a mini golf show so he's not going to take himself too seriously he's he knows the role he needs to play he's going to be directing traffic with Barrett and and Graves who I think are a great Duo but they do need uh a great man to play off of I always enjoyed when he did when tesor would do SEC games when he would do some of the Gator Games those were a lot of fun his stuff on Monday Night Football was was just fine he's someone who's going to be able to treat it seriously like you said boxing background I have boxing background uh having worked in boxing before I worked at WWE so I can completely see where being able to tell those stories in the ring is invaluable I think he's going to be absolutely incredible Nick Khan client so it's perfect Synergy and uh he's also someone if it if it works that you can move some folks around when Pat is uh potentially you know on his Hiatus going to do uh game day or something that's a great point you can do go back to Graves and uh Cole on raw and Barrett and tessore on Smackdown right and I gota commend Corey Grace for what he has been able to do at leading that steering that ship for Smackdown for how long and I know he'll still be valuable part of it and all that stuff um but it's just like very impressive to see the trajectory he came in from being a wrestler to doing what he's able to do now with how much of that is is you liking Graves and how much of that is Pittsburgh homerism I liked Graves before I even knew he was from Pittsburgh so there we go there you go uh well he's my second favorite broadcaster from Pittsburgh my first favorite Mr Dominic D'Angelo who hosts a number of very exciting very compell ing podcasts across a a number of different networks Dom where can the fine folks find you yes you can find me every Monday at 4:20 PM Eastern Standard Time with Rob vanam one of a kind with RVD drops every Monday 4:20 PM we got the new episode with it was we aired it up we originally went live on the fourth of July so we talked a lot of American themed wrestlers covered a lot of great ground on there and speaking to Eddie Guero he tells a great Eddie Guerero story so take a look at that be sure to give it five stars for that five star frog splash on all those podcast formats but also you can check out straight talk with the boss magum ta Greg G new episode is going to be dropping today later this afternoon so be on the lookout for that we cover a lot of great ground on there from uh some crazy crazy stories and some great fan questions so go to Four Horsemen network.com and be sure to check out the new Magnum and Greg G uh Robert we got work and stiff coming up you guys are gonna have plenty to talk about this weekend uh we're gonna have a hell of a lot to talk about it' be nice to catch up with Dan and and Scott and if Mike's Mike um yeah we'll be talking all things WWE aew and whatever random nonsense winds up popping up in our group chat that's kind of the fun of that show it's literally our group chat in audio format uh in between some vicious jokes it's you put you put me with a bunch of comedians it gets real real blue real quick it's a lot of fun we got a patreon there I actually just recorded my patreon for something to sports entertainment with which Mr D'Angelo will be posting momentarily this is my way of you Dom that it's in your inbox this is how we communicate guys uh but we communicate with all of you every Monday through Friday at noon Eastern a plethora of platforms including the WW creative forish X account Dominic D'Angelo X account the SC Scoops X account rumor inuendo X account the working stiff X account on YouTube on H adree shows Jeff Jarrett you hear that doublej we're on adree shows YouTube live right now we thank you'all for I don't know why I'm saying a lot of y'alls I went to North Carolina a couple 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