Andrade & Sammy Guevara'S Heated Aew Backstage Drama | Wwe Raw Review & Highlights 10/4/2022

Foreign welcome back to going in raw. The only pro wrestling podcast need to be listening to right here. Youtube.Com forward, slash, Steve and Larson available wherever podcast can be found. Of course, tape live with twitch twitch.tv forward, slash Stephen Larson. So, of course, this coming weekend we've got Extreme Rules. Last night's raw was the go home raw two Extreme Rules uh with what seemed to be uh some Clues, perhaps not just from the White Rabbit, but also in terms of maybe what to expect at Extreme Rules. There'S a contract signing between Bailey Bianca Bellaire, we're going to dive into the details of that. I thought it was pretty solid um, but first, but first before we get into last night's raw Larson more backstage drama over there at all elite wrestling just another day. Another backstage beef and aw now during a recent interview with maslucha, that means more Lucha, more Andrade talked about when he learned of brawl out muffin Mania, scrum gate and revealed that he's had his own backstage issues and he's gon na. Let us know who that is these transcripts come to you via fightful. He said this. I learned about the gossip initially via social media with many headlines saying the guy fought this guy and all that now remember. This is a translation here. Everyone usually stays in the same Hotel on Wednesday for Dynamite until the Thursday after I trained in the gym, and then a guy reached out to me and asked if I had heard about the altercation, I was like what, when what happened, I learned that there was An issue between Kenny and CM Punk, the two of them have always greeted me. Well, I got nothing bad to say about them and the same thing goes for the Young Bucks they're all good with me um, but I did have an issue with him because he, oh I'm sorry, but I did have one issue with a wrestler. I am going to say his name. It was Sammy Guevara. I had an issue with him because he once came to the locker room and complained that we hit him too hard. It'S wrestling solve it in the ring. If I hit hard hit me hard too, I learned that he came in and that he accused me like a little girl after I learned about it. I spoke to him and asked if he had an issue with me, but he said he did not and that's all there was to it it's funny because not even in WWE, for example, Shameless likes to hit and all my respect for him because he loves to Hit hard and loves the strikes he's wild, even The Miz likes to throw strikes. Not even John Cena complain about me. So if he didn't complain, imagine this kid who's just starting uh. So then the beef moved over to the Twitter Larson. You want to take the story from here sure sure yeah so Andrade tweeted uh quote. I said it to your face. If you had a problem with me - and you said nothing, I won't beat your ass because I'm a professional don't be scared. When I say something, I name names and I'm not scared to get fired, hashtag Sammy, so that Sammy Guevara uh responded quote you didn't, say: [ __ ] to me you liar, but here's some truth. You ungrateful prick. You would be jobless if it wasn't for your dad-in-law. Are you really mad at me, you're mad at yourself or failing to get over for a second time, just go back to that'll be like we all know. You want to do and [ __ ] off and then I'll draw it followed with this. Okay, I'm a liar, see you on Wednesday I'll tell you to your face again and nothing. You say that you that you do not have any problem Jose. The assistant also chimed it tweeting that he uh quote. I was there and can't confirm this incident. He puts incident in quotes. So is this another how's this another work shoot thing or no, I mean they're not currently in a feud with each other. Andrade has a has a relatively high profile match coming up on. Is it Dynamite a rampage the 10 mask match? I forget which one but they've got this thing where Andrade loser leaves AAW or gets rid of his mask depending on who it is match. Um Sammy had sort of subtweeted, initially uh yeah yeah, with just something like it's like you're, a job you're a jobber, a favor hire be grateful, [ __, ] um, and I I guess that's what sort of spurred Andrade to then fire back uh from to that Um it this is, this is the second time Sammy guevar has been involved in some backstage drama in his many months. I believe it was just last month or or the month before, the story with Kingston yeah, um and uh, and I I don't know why number one on I have always been impressed by andrade's lack of [ __ ]. This dude has never been afraid to run his mouth to give us what he thinks. I always appreciated the hell out of that and if I'm Sammy Guevara and I'm talking, [ __ ] to Andrade who's right now also signed to AAA one of the wildest promotions. On the planet he's well actually Lucha blog disputed that that Andrade was signed to AAA oh well. He does some work. There is my point I mean he does. You know. He'S he's appeared there from time to time over the past couple months or last couple years since he's been gone from WWE um, you know, uh uh roosh obviously spent a lot of time at Sam CMM cmll, as did um Andrade and uh. You know things get wild in those in in those Lucha promotions down there, man, I don't know that even Jose the assistant seems you know, uh uh reddited, to throw his shirt off and and throw down yeah. I don't know you want to [ __ ] around with these guys, but evidently Sammy Guevara is interested in finding out Larson apparently well. I guess we'll see what happens at uh uh on Wednesday at Dynamite. I mean somebody get a camera bag there. For this I mean honestly, I don't know, I don't know if this is a shoot or a works, or some combination thereof. I just don't want to be another thing where now we got ta have this story play out on TV if, like 75 of the stories in aew spring from real life, beef or something it's lazy, creative yeah, it gets the point why I still find it interesting Because then, it's just like, oh how cute or clever, could we get with with referencing how these people don't like each other I'm over it. Give me some interesting creative, don't be lazy with this stuff yeah, I don't. I don't necessarily disagree with you, but clearly Tony Khan believes that his entire audience is on Twitter watching this stuff. So it's like okay, I might as well just make a thing of it. The thing about this like so you know so, do you think like I, because I don't think that andrade's interview it sounded like that was just that was legit, because why would you I don't think they'd make a story about somebody complaining that people are hitting too Hard when, like that's just sort of exposing the business which people just generally don't like to do, anyways, um or use that as a story um, but I don't know it's it's it's funny Andrade cracks me up like he really does the dude will say anything and And I and you got ta love it yeah he's not afraid to speak his mind. Yeah he's not um he's not but uh yeah. I don't know, I guess we'll we'll find out. I don't know the the I mean. Here'S, here's, the bigger issue. We could talk about this silly drama all day long. What'S Tony, what should Tony Khan do? At this point? Larson. It'S called Talent meeting. You have a talent meeting, listen that is not working. They he's done three of them already. It don't work. You put mocks in front of everybody. It says all right if everybody starts talking. Uh uh uh spreading this stuff through interviews. Guess what I'm gon na kick your ass? You know you got ta. Do you got ta draw a line in the sand essentially or Tony Khan's gon na say if this keeps up, guess what I'm gon na start firing people, I don't know what else you do well. I think you guys, I feel, like I feel, like all the backstage beef is taking away from, I mean, there's a lot of things, taking away from my enjoyment of aew the time being um, but this is just one of them like it's it's it's I'm just Tired of hearing about all right, everybody, apparently nobody there gets along, and it's then do we have to watch it all play on TV, I'm just tired of it. I want interesting stories, not not the same old story. Yeah just with different players. Give me something interesting: if you're not gon na, if you're not gon na step in and with the firm hand and say all right this is it maybe got problems you work it out backstage and, if you're incapable of doing that, then bring it up the ladder. Otherwise, don't say [ __ ] about it, because you're detracting from the product. I just wonder why Andrade would just come out and say this like it just names a dude. He says I'm gon na say his name. Sammy is Sammy. Just like yeah. I don't know. I don't know man, I don't know uh Tony and he needs to start throwing out some suspensions, though, or something he does. I know he thinks that people having real beef enhances the product. He can't think that anymore, though right, I don't know like he probably saw the ratings bump, that Dynamite got after brawl out. It'S like. Oh I'm Justified thinking that way, because people are more intrigued by the product now based on what happened, it makes them look like kind of an [ __ ], though, with just you know, all this [ __ ] getting out people seem like it's just the wild West back there I mean that's what uh that's what Billy Gunner Kurt Ang somebody's. I think it was Billy Gunn described as the wild west, but he was talking more like creatively speaking in terms of like promos yeah. I think so, but you know that might include this as well, who knows of all this? Well, people just talking everybody having beef, apparently so uh in that same uh, maslucha interview, Andrade, also talked about feeling stagnant in aew. Saying in these transcripts are from cultaholic quote right now I feel a little stagnant. I feel like I want more, I feel like, although I have a good contract, the schedule is good. I like the schedule because WB was inhuman. It was quite a lot. People cannot imagine uh, they think because he is fighting on TV. It is the only time he fights. There are non-televised matches in other cities. Other countries right now it's difficult because I want more. I feel like I want more now that roosh is back. It'S the pressure that we want more, I mean he sounds like and he's an ambitious fellow he's. Always you know. Andrade has always been the kind of guy who's, never like resting on his Laurels. He'S always like interested in being more involved, um and unfortunately, WWE main roster and aew really hasn't been able to take full advantage of what you and I I think, have both and a lot of people think that he can offer um so yeah I mean the. I don't know what that is, or I don't know what that means, but uh but yeah it'll be interesting to see uh. If, if this gets him any movement or Andrade goes from here, but man this starting up some [ __ ] with Sammy Guevara. That'S definitely a a step in a direction. I guess yeah. I suppose, but no, I like, I like the team of him and roosh uh, which is rushes they're, both obviously phenomenal wrestlers it'll be interesting, see the the con they need to get out of this contract. Stuff, you need to stop [ __ ] around with you know the dark order and trying to poach people like you know, being used in a storyline, that's essentially Tony Khan, taking shots at WWE. Trying to you know, tamper with contracts. According to him, I know I know some interesting stories that actually elevate your talent. You know that's what I'm looking for. Not this. You know self-referential stuff or referencing people having real beef. You know it I mean you, can you can see here's the thing like the self-referential stuff for referencing real beef between people is okay. As long as it's part of a larger story - yeah um, then I don't mind it, but if that's all the story is then it's it's. It just feels shallow and and not terribly creative I'll reference, Seth, Rollins and Matt riddle. They'Ve obviously had their own problems in the past um and they've referenced that, but that hasn't necessarily been the entirety of the story. You know you're right have. Did they ever actually because, like from what I understand like Matt riddles, now, ex-wife or whatever, it is had said, some disparaging comments about Becky and then Matt riddle had to go to apologize? That was like the reports or whatever um I mean her. Her comments are on social media, so we know that was out there um, but I don't know, did they ever? Actually, I don't know if they ever. They were they're very clever about like dancing around that, but understanding that they have some personal issues. Um I mean there was that weird moment in Survivor Series a couple years ago, where Seth just completely, you know like just left the match before there was any. You know, contact with Matt riddle, but it was in the context of his character. It made sense at the time it was around. It was around that time that Seth was asked uh, you know what do you think about working with Matt riddle? He just said I'm never working with him. That seemed like it was that that seemed like. It was completely real, like that, was just him saying: yeah, no there's! No, I'm not gon na do that um and then you know. A couple accounts said that yeah riddle went up and apologized to him and now they're in a really really interesting Feud. This fight pit match is coming up um they did, they traded some shots last night, which were which were pretty good. I thought um so yeah we could just dive into into raw uh, be on the Rollins riddle stuff we'll get to that in a second here. Some more White Rabbit Clues more QR codes to go round. This time it was uh. There was the Predator language involved. There were some uh like a Renaissance era paintings, I believe, uh uh, oh no, oh, they brought out the fractal or whatever he did. What do you call those things they had a laugh, but that's that's. That'S! That'S that's what I kind of so I have that the the first one, the first QR code in front of me, that was what it led to yeah and yeah. So there's a picture. An old painting, um and you click on one side and there's some coordinates listed. Apparently those are the coordinates of Philadelphia and that's where Extreme Rules is happening, Extreme Rules and then you mentioned the the Predator language. So there's you know it looks to be. I don't know like a short paragraph of words that are coded in this. In this language, from the movie appears the movie from the movie Predator yeah and it's been translated, I believe, as a quote from Dante's Inferno, yeah right, right, uh, and then you mentioned the fractal, where, if you stare at that, then I think some numbers show up Some numbers show up, and that was oh man. I forget what it was. But then there was there was a binary code also that spelled out the word Gacy, but then last week, apparently there was some some binary code. That'S that spelled out Bianca. I believe so. I guess it's right, not necessarily saying Gacy is going to be involved. This story just watch Casey segment on NXT and there might be another QR code. Corey Graves had a QR code on the back of the contract. I didn't even look at that. One um but uh, but yeah, no there's all sorts of stuff going on and uh and yeah. I think it's, I think it's a lot of. Oh there was White Rabbit milk. One of the things was, I think it was. 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Let'S talk about go home math because we talked about this a little bit on the show. Yesterday, we're talking about Bianca, Bel-Air and Bailey and uh this uh. What happened? Last night we had a pretty. I thought, a fairly compelling contract signing where Bailey says hey. You know what I used to be you. You know that little girl over there at the entrance with the Bianca Bel Air sign well that sign used to say Bailey. You got the ponytail all the little girls used to put their ponytail to the side I and then, and then what happened. The the the cheers started to fade away and I found myself uh dropping further down that ladder, because the ladder is a big metaphor. That was why I had that idea for my career, um and uh and then - and I thought Bailey's performance was particularly good because Bianca says no. That was fake. This is the real you and Bailey looked pretty shook by that. Well, one thing leads to another damage: control shows up, they had already taken out Oscar and Alexa Bliss, so they've been written yeah after the main event, yeah right, they've been they're out. So the idea is now damage control. They lay out Bianca Bel-Air, they all Ascend. The latter, while Bianca, is laying, after a rose plant and uh Bailey grabs that title holds it high and damage control ends the show uh in in control, so to speak um. What are your thoughts on how this can play out at Extreme Rules? You know we just talked about yesterday about whether Triple H would defy the conventions of go home math and we - and we thought, oh, that something will happen at the end of this that'll kind of leave. It open-ended a brawl that a pull apart. Something like that. No, we got damage control, laying out Alexa Oscar Bianca put a ladder in the middle of the Ring over Bianca uh Bailey grabbed her title scaled, the top of the ladder Dakota and EO and opposite sizable ladder all holding up titles I mean that's, that's about a Strong go home math, as you could imagine that Bianca is going to retain in Extreme Rules um. Now I guess the question is: is it a situ part of it? Is I don't know how aware like? I don't know if, like in in Booking meetings, if something along the lines of the phrase go home, math exists, I mean the concept has to you think so it might be referred to some other by some other term. Obviously, but but is this something where, where Triple H is playing with the conventions of goho math leading people to think okay well, Bailey stood tall on the go home show so Bianca's gon na win, but no. This is actually just kind of foreshadowing of what you're. Actually going to see at Extreme Rules, but that's, but if that's the case, that image loses its power a bit happening on Raw rather than Extreme Rules. Well, I think we also are missing a big piece of the puzzle, the puzzle and that's the that's the match. So, like, I think, we'll get a better idea of it once this goes down now. You and I are both under the assumption. Okay, well Bailey's, holding that title she's climbing that ladder, and I I think of it more along the lines of well. This is the end of the second act. The bad guy has gotten the upper hand. All the odds are stacked against the hero. Bianca Bella her her buddies are gone. How is she going to overcome these odds and that, I think, is the probably the question they want us us to be asking as opposed to okay? Well, it's a foregone conclusion that she's gon na win this match, which maybe it is maybe Bianca, will win this because of what we have seen over the past. However many decades and how go home, math works, and I wonder I'm like okay. Well, how is Bianca gon na even the odds against bayley and damage control at uh at Extreme Rules, and the one thing that I can think of is well. Maybe this is the setup for Sasha Naomi to come back and maybe that'll be the war games match. Um Bianca retains thanks to Sasha Naomi damage, control, uh and uh or or they do the thing. One thing that Triple H has done is he gets the outcome that he wants uh in terms of like okay? Well, I want Bailey to have this title, so maybe Bailey gets the title uh and then afterwards, damage control beats down, Bianca Bella and that brings out Sasha, Naomi and damage General didn't have anything to do with the ladder match. I don't know um, I don't know either, but it does seem like two of Bianca's allies are down and Bailey has two of her own. Well, that leaves a spot open for you know the former women's tag team to come in who, by all reports, are back with the company and enlisted on internal. You know uh roster spots and everything so wouldn't shock me to see them come back at Extreme Rules. Even the odds for Bianca um, but then the only question is okay: where do you go from there? Let'S say Sasha and Naomi come back at Extreme Rules, help Bianca Bianca wins. Then they walk into war games. You can't have that face team lose at war games and and he can't have damage control lose at war game. So I kind of I I don't know I mean I, I honestly don't know I mean it would make sense to a degree to have Bailey win. Extreme Rules, Bianca's team, wins at war games and then at Survivor Series. No, I said that Survivor series and then whatever like at the rumble whatever day one I guess would be the next pay-per-view have Bianca Bailey again. Maybe Bianca gets the title back yeah, maybe maybe maybe I don't know um but then, if Bianca wins and then the faces went at Survivor, series and Feud has to be over, at least between Bianca and Bailey. Now you can have Sasha Naomi still Feud with EO and Dakota for the tag titles, yeah yeah that could continue. I mean there's yeah they've set up a lot of things in terms of people that can faces that confued with uh with Bailey. For that raw women's title I mean Oscar is number one. She you know had her knee taken out last night and in another month maybe she could be written back in or whatever um but uh but yeah. I I don't know um. I just you know if, if Sasha and Naomi are going to come back um, you would think that it would have like for them to make an actual impact. Bianco would have to retain that title, but then I don't know what you know. If that's the case - and you have all those titles heading into into war games, maybe at war games this winter take all there. I mean that's why that could do that at Clash of the castle that could be. I did a little like a modicum of research. So War Games 2019 was when the Undisputed era had all the titles and they didn't do. Like a, I mean, that's four titles. I don't think that would be kind of silly to do. Winner Takes all anyways because then you're like well, who gets the world title or like you, get the world or you get the North American time yeah. You know yeah yeah, yeah, so that's kind of silly but um but yeah. I I I don't know heading into Extreme Rules. I honestly don't know what I'm gon na go with um. I I just would hesitate to to put too much stock into go home math this time around. Just because we don't know how Triple H is gon na is gon na treat that stuff, you know, maybe every maybe every story beat, you know, will have its own. You know anything can happen in a single match. You know what I mean, and I hope that is the case. I hope that it gets the point where it's like yeah, I I don't know Bailey got this: the dogs are stacked against Bianca. Maybe the grand plan is, is war games and Extreme Rules is the actual end of the second act. Where bayley does get the title? I don't know, I don't know yeah, I don't know either yeah. It remains to BC. I mean right now. There'S six matches on the Extreme Rules card and there's like I feel like one gim me and that's it and that's riddle. Winning the fight pit batch, I think, that's a gim me um, a cross - will probably win cross, will probably win. Here'S the huge thing about cross and Drew there is a distinct possibility. That match is not going to have a winner because or or Crosswinds because of Bray like I think, if there's any chance of Bray coming back during a match, it's gon na be that one which could mean you know the lights go out, and then they go To Commercial and everybody disappear, Street rules rolls on right, yeah, exactly like just nothing happens, but I get I get the feeling that yeah cross is probably going to win that one. I have no idea. I you know smackdown's gon na inform me on what I think about Liv and Ronda because, like I'm like yeah dude, like it's extreme rules like if they want to build up, live, but maybe that's going to be where Liv really makes a hard heel turn, because She loses her title to Rhonda. It'S like this is her opportunity. She has two wins over Rondo, where you're gon na have a third one on her yeah. I don't know, I don't know. I know I don't know: let's jump right into it, so the show opened up with Judgment Day, Judgment Day Finn and Damian priest taking on Rey Mysterio and AJ Styles or, as you like to say, Steve. Oh a ray Styles. Man. You see that awesome new shirt. They dropped yeah, I did it, it was just a you: did it stupid and joke to kill three hours a time during raw last night um? So before the match Judgment Day had promo Finn says 11 years ago, Edge was medically forced to quit, but against all the odds he fought back with strength and termination. His return to doing what he loves the most and that's performing in the ring in front of all the fans and priest says yeah. Let'S hear it fridge, this whole thing continues, but as with most things in life, you can only outrun fate for so long judgment catches up with all of us and Extreme Rules, I'm going to act this cruel hand to Faith that reminds Edge that he doesn't belong Anywhere near a ring, I'm standing in, but I'm gon na do Edge a favor because I'm a nice guy, I'm gon na, beat Edge so bad that he's gon na utter the words I quit and the priest says, I'm so excited witness firsthand you give an edge Uh uh beating so bad a beating so bad that he has to say the words I quit and let that serve as notice to anyone who wants to step to Judgment Day, because Judgment Day will always rise, and that goes especially for our opponents tonight. Who was that Steve, hey Ray styles, so Ria Whispers, something in Dom's, ear and Dom says I'll? Tell you uh who my daddy is because the crowd's chatting who's your daddy right and he says it's not Rey Mysterio. He says to Ray. I hate you Hefe. I hate you so much. You lied to me my entire life and I have a new family now, thanks to Judgment Day, so then question says: speak it what questions Steve? Yes, he said he, he said I'll, tell you who my daddy is and then he didn't answer that question. I'M dying to know. Who is that like is it Eddie? Was he gon na say Eddie? Did he get on 23andMe ancestry.com? Maybe maybe I don't know so. Uh Finn says speaking to family, my old friend AJ uh AJ. I could have ended your career last week at first. He said yesterday. No, I meant I'm so fired up. I mean last week you people are so annoying. I meant last week but chose not to you know why, because I'm your friend uh, the olive branch is still extended, but trust me, I'm not a bad guy. So don't make me, do bad things and then he's interrupted by AJ Styles. And then we get Judgment Day against who Steve hey, Ray styles, yeah yeah man. Unfortunately uh this team did not last very long. Uh, let's see here what was the finish. The Finish was um Jesus, so uh Dom doesn't oh yeah. He drops to his knees again to try to get ray to hit him after Ray is outside so AJ's. Looking for. Oh sorry, let's go back a little bit, AJ's looking for a tag to Ray because AJ's getting isolated, Ria pulls Ray off the apron and then priest hit styles with with the clothesline Finn, is in AJ buys some time by hitting the double DDT on Fin and Priests so array, rather than get on the apron to get the tag, goes to confront Ria, so don steps in and gets on his knees again. It'S like come on hit me hit me hit me hit me, so he Ray doesn't he turns around Rhea, clotheslines and so AJ's watching. All this Finn hits AJ with the shotgun drop, kick coup de gras to get the win and then reagus the ring to help up AJ and AJ's just pissed yeah, I'm sorry, you're, freaking, you're distracted this entire time. By who you know your son and and his new lady friend and raise like AJ says I needed you yeah, it's all your fault, it's your fault. Pushes him and Ray just landed on his ass. There are two moments here where Ray just like completely bumped uh. So Judgment Day then attacks AJ from behind, but of course a ray Styles has just been broken up by AJ uh Finn, pummels AJ with punches, tells uh AJ, I'm your only friend you got no one else, and then priest hits AJ with a nasty chokeslam uh. So yeah sad days for a AJ Styles, a ray Styles rest in peace uh. So it was a good run. It was. It was a good run, solid, run, a couple of Hall of Famers teaming up like that yeah anyways, hell of a run yeah earlier in the day Bob Lashley arrives at the arena. Looking contemplative uh and Kevin Patrick walks up for an interview contemplative. He looked like he was lost and thought when he was rolling through yeah. He said uh. He says you know. Although my legacy is important to me, I will not become complacent. I'Ve said this since day, one and I'll say it again: it's not the title that makes the man it's the man that makes the title, so it can be three days three months. Three years Bobby lashley's mentality won't change, because I know what it takes to get here. I'Ve been pushed to the limits by some of this industry's best and I beat them all Drew Roman Brock, Seth Rollins. So what's next I want somebody who has the same hustle and desire to get here. That'S what I'm looking for and Mustafa Ali with a sick, new hairstyle steps in says you're talking about desire. He says I've got plenty of that, but I'm still sitting in the back of the line waiting for somebody to call my number and I'm done waiting is. Is his uh new gimmick? Bono? Oh man, you singing YouTube fan for life. This Mustafa Ollie, you name it. Sunglasses, like Bono, was what was a character's name. The fly, the fly, the Octon baby man when he got his iPhone and Apple automatically uploaded a YouTube uh album to it. He was the whole album. I know the entire album. He was like what are all these people complaining, but now I get it free Gratis. All these people are complaining about this [ __ ]. Thank you, Steve Jobs, anyways or was it the other guy? I don't know anyways, he says I'm sitting in the back of the line waiting for someone to call my number and I'm done waiting stepping up to the front of the line. I don't my opportunity and I want it now and lastly says yeah man. I see you grinding, keep it up and I'll make sure you get your opportunity and he's like no you're, not listening to me. I'M not asking you for an opportunity, I'm not asking for a damn thing. I'M demanding it and lastly says: oh you want your opportunity. You got it and uh that happened later, but first Sami Zanes. Backstage talking to Jimmy and solo he's telling a story. That'S got Jimmy. Just cracking up. Fire story is wild, so wild yeah that fire and someone's asking where where's where's my dog and Sammy says. Well. I'M here I'm your dog yeah. What a great story that was Jimmy is cracking up and the J step sits. So Jimmy gets serious, real, quick, um and Jay's like what's so funny and Stanley's like this wasn't important and then Jay's here is like we're supposed to be here. Handling business and Jimmy says well we're just cracking cracking jokes joking around and Sammy goes no Jay you're right. We are here for business and Jay says we got ta. Let everybody know that Roman will be here next week for the season premiere of raw and Sammy's. Like hey, let the honorary ooze handle this one. Let'S go put these fools on notice. They start walking down uh the corridors of the Arena, walk up the street profits, the Sammy says to them. I got a message for you from and for the whole locker room that uh will be here with Roman, so be ready to acknowledge Him. Yeah and Ford says you're walking around here. Like you owned the arena, don't own the arena, there's only two things: the bloodline need to acknowledge and it's D's whoa and then docking step stops in Jimmy says, no, no go ahead and finish what you're, saying and Jay tells uh Ford. He says if you have something disrespectful about Roman to say he says: I'm gon na give you two matching boots, because Ford has he's got one of them boots on, because it's got to walk us through yeah. So doc can say you know Jay you're talking with a lot of bass in your voice. He says why don't I break my boot off in your ass and then solo steps up to Dawkins says why don't you try that on me so later on? We get that [ __ ], but first we have Bobby Lashley completely annihilating Mustafa Ali every time this dude puts together some offense, oh man, that Titan dude that time when he hit that 450 on lashley's arm. I was like oh what it's a great looking spot. Yeah to Buddy Murphy back in there during the review yeah on 205.. I love that bit yeah. I know so yeah, that's basically the story Lashley just destroying Ali Ali making a bit of a comeback only for Lashley to put an end to it. But the thing is that Ali keeps getting back up every time and so the Finish saw Lashley hit a spear puts on the hurt lock, but the ref is asking Ollie you're gon na tap, you hear Ollie say no, no and he so he just passes out. So Lashley wins so Lashley goes to help. Ollie up, you know: hey you're. In my respect, uh Seth comes out of nowhere to blast. Lastly, from behind Falls with a Stomp and then stops Lashley on the U.S. Title then goes to the Florida Stomps Ali on the floor. Oh he's having a stomp party man he's loving it. He gets in the ring. He'S got a well, we roll on. We got a Seth Rollins promo. He says now that we've cleared Bobby trashley from The Ring we can get on with this evening's festivities. This Saturday in Philly, I go one-on-one with the original bro Matt riddle and a match that has soon to become synonymous with my name behold the fight pit. He throws to a fight pit video package, uh there's. There was two fight pit matches right. It was that true champion Thatcher and the riddle and Thatcher, yeah uh, and then he says he says the things I'm gon na do to riddle inside the fight pit. I'M gon na show him what I just showed. Lastly, what I showed to Cody what I've showed the whole world, I'm the most dangerous man in this industry, but that Saturday and we're here in Saint Paul tonight and I'm scheduled to go face to face with riddle. So, let's not waste any more of your time! Scoot your stupid face out here riddle, so you could piss me off in person. Riddle walks to the ramp. Seth says you know, there's the guy, whose face I'm going to smash in come down and pay your respects to the king of the fight and Reynolds says. Let me remind you: Bro, you've never been in a fight pit match before, like I've been in it before and says. Let me remind you that tonight we have a no contact Clause, no physicality. If you lay one finger on Seth, freaking Rollins, the match on Saturday is off. Riddle says: don't worry, I'm not here to give you more stitches in your forehead by the way that gashon cess, for it was pretty deep. He says I'm here to give you an educational lesson on the fight pit, because I'm not just gon na hurt you bro, I'm just not gon na beat you I'm gon na, kill you this Saturday and when I'm done beating your lifeless body in DC has to Pull me off in Victory, they're not going to be seeing in your song and then it is a really lame version of Seth Rollins song using the word bro yeah, but Seth the crowd doesn't really respond to it, but then Seth tells the crowd to stop chanting. It so, of course they do what Seth wants, but then they do the opposite, so they start singing it. Seth is so good with the crowd man. Oh so oh yeah, he says you got it twisted riddle, because, even though you and Cormier come from the same place, I'm he's not on your side. He'S gon na have my back DC is a fan of Seth Rollins, but I've got to admit. Bro. You'Ve got a nice singing voice. Do you sing to your kids to sleep like that? Oh that's, right! You'Re not allowed to see your kids anymore. Are you he says come on bro. Just one shot hit me hit me. He said: oh wait! You can't because we got a big money match this Saturday and you need all the cash you can get because these days, child support is very expensive. Q laugh track and then riddle gets pissed off. He says back up man, your breath stink. He says you know what when's the last time you held a championship. Oh that's right. The last time he faced Roman for a title. He choked your ass out. Remember last time you may have been a WrestleMania. Oh wait. You haven't, but your wife has that pisses Seth off he says it seems like you've come up second to Roman to Becky and this Saturday you're going to come up second to me, so Seth and riddle argue and then uh DC shows up on the Tron yeah And he says he says: uh hey. This is a Stephen Larson's, Daniel Cormier, with a mad chat, question yeah the stuff of the arguing. Here, gentlemen, he says uh, you know. If uh Fantasy Island was uh cast with wrestlers, who would they be anyways? He says he says he says tired of this foolishness. He says: listen, Matt! We go way back, you're part of the UFC frat. He says Seth, you know from afar voice admired you. I was up there in Santa Clara and I may have celebrated as the whole world is uh is fed up. I am, I too am fed up what is fed up. Was this he's fed up but they're arguing them they're they're foolish yeah? He said somebody told me you were competing in a fight pit match this Saturday. He says I'm into that. That'S my world. This is one thing I know there has got to be a Stern third band brother to lay down the law, to make sure only one of you walk out now. The time for talk is over train hard, train, smart and I'll, see both y'all in Philly, say your prayers and uh eat your vitamins, yeah and then Seth get some Riddle's face. Knocks the hat off his head and storms out of the ring yep uh, then we get Candace larae backstage she walks past Bianca, Alexa and Oscar and the screen. Does the weird kind of TV flicker deal and there's when the the first QR code of the night pops up and that's one with the image? I guess it was Samson Delilah yeah yeah, the the bit with the language for predator on it. Samson is an Elias Samson. Perhaps uh uh Bianca tells Candace that uh you got this make sure you show damage control. What the poison pixie is made of damage control. She has a match against Dakota Kai yeah uh they were backstage, viz is on the phone talking to Maurice, it says: uh Loomis has attacked me. He'S mentioned him by name of course, as in a hockey uniform costume, the U.S title and Champa wears champ. I haven't seen him in weeks. He says I'm not leaving until I get assurances that something is being done about. You know who, because nothing uh will ruin my birthday celebration next week in Brooklyn. He starts talking that up and while that's going on, Loomis opens the door behind Biz and starts kind of sneaking in then like one of the part when the guys on the camera crew says Miz, and he just tells them to shut up he's on the phone And by the time the camera pans back over the doorway, the door is closed and this steps off frame and then Loomis peeks through again creeping uh. After that we had Candace larae versus Dakota Kai. It was a hell of a match. It'S a really good match here: uh thanks to damage control Shenanigans, though uh Dakota Kai gets the win here, uh, but yeah man. This was this was really good stuff. Here, Dakota Kai got a roll up for the win, but it's after bayley pushed Candace off the second rope, but uh that uh that uh that Power Bomb there off the second rope was pretty nasty there. Oh then, we get John John Gargano he's walking backstage and as he's walking, he walks past Miz lying. You know, out after Lewis puts someone to sleep with silence. Their head is kind of resting on his lap and he cradles them yeah. He cradles them and somebody walks past that sees that stops. That'S Double Take goes back and walk over by that time. Loomis is gone, Miz is just laying there, but he's got one of those caricatures. That Loomis does we have one of them: yeah, um, uh of of Miz and and Loomis and and Gargano just goes, oh Dexter, what a jokester so for those watching it is right there. There we are, it's very far away, probably can't see it uh, but yeah anyways. I like yeah. I love that. I love that Johnny's hole. I just got ta get Indy there, man, I'm hoping that once this Miz Dexter stuff wraps up, we get Indy uh. After that, we had a damage, control interview. Sarah says after night. It'S obvious why Bailey would want uh, uh, uh, Dakota, Kai and EO in your corner in her corner and Bailey, says uh, it's taking you this long to realize why I'd want weapons like EO and Dakota by myself. You know Bailey's, always pumping up her people, man. She says you're just as dumb as Bianca, because I'm sure she just realized the importance of having allies but you're not going to ruin my mood, I'm in a great mood after Kai's Victory and I'm gon na do to Bianca, and I'm gon na do Bianca favor Tonight, I'm gon na keep this just between her and I, before the contract signing only so Bianca. It'S just you and me, but remember you asked for this uh. Let me get Otis versus John John Gargano. Austin Theory joins commentary, um and uh. I talk about this. Is a situation where, apparently, they feel like Otis needs? Gargano needs to be protected in a loss yeah because they won't notice to get some wins. So at one point, Otis Rolls out of the ring. Gargano hits the suicide dive. He Dives towards theory. He hits him with a bunch of shots, hits Otis with a tornado, DT off the apron to the floor and then Gable distracts the ref uh Theory. Then blast Gargano with the money of the Bank briefcase Otis hits Gargano with the World's Strongest Slam to get the win afterwards Alpha Academy. In theory, they start laying into Gargano Braun comes out to make the save. He wants a match against Chad Gable right now. Ref rings the bell and Braun just Chucks, oh my God, Gable - have the ring on the theory and Otis raw rolls on we come back matches happen. Yeah man, we get that right, Braun strowman versus Chad Gable. This is a lot of fun here. Braun, just like throwing Gable everywhere is pretty great but Gable put on a hell of a performance man. He hit a German suplex on bronze, damn impressive, that was nuts that was nuts yeah, and then he had to Moss and MVP watching backstage Hamas versus Braun. Maybe it's Saudi Arabia, I don't know that could be a good one that could be fun yeah. In the end, though, uh Gable misses the moon. Salt Braun hits a boot Power Bomb to get the win. Yep uh after that, backstage Bobby Lashley is getting checked by the trainer Bobby shoes, him away Kevin Patrick weasels. His way in for an interview, Lashley says I'm gon na Crush Seth's throat. So I never hear have to hear that cackle again and after riddle beats him up in the fight pit. I'M gon na finish him off, because I'm getting Seth next week, Monday Night Raw season premiere, I'm putting my title on the line. There'S no backing out no excuses, no running away. I'M gon na get him in the ring and bounce his little head around like a pinball and then I'm gon na slap him on the hurt lock and make him screen for Mercy. I'M gon na make him pass out in the middle of the Ring. What are the odds? Seth Rollins wins that on the uh pretty decent, I actually think riddles or sorry Rollins got a pretty good chance of walking out of raw U.S champ. I think he does as well. I think either going to use him to elevate that title even more uh and uh yeah. I think that's probably gon na be the case uh. After that we had uh the the main event segment, Bianca Bel, Air and Bailey. In a contract, oh no there's a lot more between this and the actual main event. Oh, that was the top of the second hour you're right, yeah, we're at seven o'clock now we're at the top of the yeah top of the third hour yeah correct, you're right. So uh they come, they come to the ring. Corey Graves is hosting uh. Bailey says hey, it's just me. Just like you asked do you feel safe? I feel great, despite not having my girls here. I feel good. Every single day of my plan has been going pretty good uh. She continues. I can tell it shakes her confidence a little bit, but don't worry about that. I did this favor for you, since you were dumb enough to accept the ladder match uh and she signs the deal says. Bianca, look what your ego has gotten yourself into. I bet your ego made. You think that I chose a ladder match because uh ukod'd me a top of a ladder at Hell in a Cell, or you think I have half the ego that you do and this will be the first ladder match for a woman's title. But here's something for all you guys is something much bigger than that. The latter is symbolic for my entire Adobe career. Since the day I walked in, unlike you, I've had to climb to try to get to the top, and in that process I was you. I had the ponytail had all that the colorful sequence on the gear and there used to be Bailey signs in the crowd and the fans had the headbands on and all the ponytails were to the side. You know what happened they gave up on me and they stopped caring when they stopped caring. My whole career spiraled and I had to do something to climb my way back to the top and that's when Bianca tells her to shut up and she signs the contract and then Corey says Hey both of you. Good luck and he holds up the folio and there's a QR code giant QR code. Oh it's huge yeah, it's humongous, so Bianca continues says: uh Bailey continue to run your mouth over and over again you got this chip on your shoulder. That has nothing to do with me. It might be hard to see someone have everything you want, but comparison is the thief of joy and you Bailey. Never compare yourself to me because you'll never be in me, never be like me, and never do it better than me. You wan na know why everything you did didn't work, it's because you're you're pretending to be someone you're not see. This is the real me and that's why they, the fans, connect to me, you didn't evolve. You just became the real you and now you're, showing everyone, your real colors and this plan that you came back to SummerSlam with well congratulations. It took you a whole year to come up with a plan, but I didn't need a plan because I stay ready, so I don't need to get ready plus. Do you think you're the only person who tried to surprise me at SummerSlam and you see how that worked out for me, referencing Becky, but since you like planning, you can plan on still calling me champ after Extreme Rules. Uh Bailey says we'll see about that. Since my girls are going to be right there by my side, speaking of my girls, I wonder how they're doing I'm pretty sure we were supposed to go out and get something to eat and you cut to uh backstage and EO and Dakota are laying out Oscar And Alexa so then Bailey uses that distraction to attack Bianca, so Bianca tries to fend off bayley long enough, so she could run backstage to help Bailey intercepts. But then Bianca just ends here, throwing up throwing her throwing up, throwing her into the apron Sprints up the ramp backstage to check on Alexa and Oscar. By the time she gets. There Oscars had a a chair wrapped around her leg, um and they're, trying to help her with that and then Bliss stairs and the camera and says this isn't over e-o-u and me tonight: that's right, yeah and that ended up being the main event before that we Had Solo sakoa versus Angelo Dawkins, you could have thought that maybe all the bickering between Sammy and Jay, which was pretty thick uh, would have led to Solo sakoa, getting the loss here, but nope uh solo school is still able to get the win. Even though Angelo Dawkins, he took out Sammy and Jay with uh with the big uh: oh yeah, big Tope, yeah uh, but in the end yeah it was a spinning heel. Kick aronagi. Solo sakoa got the win, but he was pretty pissed with both Sammy and Jay. For all the all the arguing, because it was very distracting after that awesome Theory he's talking to Otis backstage he says you did exactly what you needed to do. He says where's Chad, how this brings him in and Gable's like. I almost had him guys.