The Pat McAfee Show Live From WrestleMania XL | Friday April 5th, 2024

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than as you can. see there's a reason that WrestleMania. is mustat there's a reason that. WrestleMania is celebrating 40 Years of. greatness there's a reason that. WrestleMania is the greatest show on. Earth and that's because Michael Cole is. here.

yeah hello Pat hey guys I am so excited. to be a part of this show this audio is. going to be something uh that's what. we're learning quickly strictly because. the WWE universe that has showed up here. today is the reason why wrestling is. wrestling we appreciate you all so much. a lot of ones to the sky as we. acknowledge the WWE University showed up.

here no way you need to acknowledge your. tribal Chief Michael Cole and everybody. else in here needs to do the same but I. do say Cody rhods will be here in about. 30. minutes the toxic table is here at boss. of Conor and at Tai Schmidt con man. looks like you're paying homage to the. Undertaker the dead man and Tai it is. very evident that you're paying homage. to Michael Cole of yester year yeah.

absolutely had to you know everyone. comes to WWE world and you know you see. a lot of people dressing up like their. favorite WWE Superstars that. reverberation is going to maybe give me. a brain aneurysm but that's okay I mean. we're here this is incredible and I. thought you know what what better way to. celebrate the start of this incredible. weekend than to pay a little homage to. Michael Cole had to do it had to you. know soul patch suit everything we're. not messing around here okay this is. WrestleMania for yeah obviously. WrestleMania is taking place here in. Philadelphia at the link uh tomorrow.

night and Sunday night it'll be the. biggest WrestleMania of all time because. the final boss is here the rock is a. part of the. entire he was 90 minutes late to a Q&A. with Michael Cole yesterday it was. actually two hours yeah well I don't. even know if uh I don't know how this. sounds okay in everybody else's earsy I. don't know if you can you guys hear us. out. here turn it up turn it.

up turn it up they're saying turn it up. if we turn it up be Michael coers for. the rest of my life Foxy there's people. all the way over here in this corner I. mean this place. is can't hear you oh no. okay good know we can hear everything in. this place at once in our ears actually. funny enough uh it's a gift and a curse.

that is wrestling fans in a nutshell. these people have made this. weekend good luck turn it up yeah and. it's not just wrestling fans it's. Philadelphia wrestling F Philadelphia is. the place too much uh final four is also. happening obviously tonight the women's. final four tips off the men's final four. tips off tomorrow and sports are at an. alltime high and to be clear to be a.

city of Champions like Philadelphia. Pennsylvania sure on this particular. okay I guess they don't really win. Michael Cole uh I don't know if you can. hear us or. not okay there's some Eagles fans in get. that sound like Michael Cole. WrestleMania though is the culmination. of an entire year of work for the WWE. and WWE Superstars this year is being. built as the biggest of all time why do. you think that's the case as a man who's. been here for 60 years well not quite 60.

but thank you this will be my 27th. WrestleMania this. year old 23rd behind the mic and I I. think Wrestlemania 40 is the biggest of. all time because you've got the clash of. the yester year in Iraq and yes. that I mean and I'm deaf and I still. can't hear anything did someone turning. on an EMP or a dolphin son.

can't hear a thing out here in our ears. we can hear oh yeah too much out there. we can't you were given a great answer I. didn't get to hear it cuz I was. listening to what they were listening to. which is absolutely nothing this has got. to get figured out I I mean this is. certainly got to get figured out because. we got the King of Kings your boss the. cerebral assassin coming out here your. boss as well yeah y I don't have a lot. of. those not getting into it assassin but.

stal assassin will be here in about 5. minutes or so uh Ria Ripley mommy will. be joining us in the second hour Logan. Paul will be joining us gther will be. joining. us and uh Sam Roberts the lord of the. WWE marks will be joining us but. whenever you look around at this place. the NFL can learn a lot not not from. like the audio that our show is spitting. out to these people no not that ladies. and gentlemen of WWE.

World they had it for one second we're. teasing him a little. bit what what's that could be. aftershocks from the earthquake just. that's true getting rid of. everything no I mean what are we trying. to find a perfect balance for right now. we've been here a few days trying to set. this thing up but the WWE World you. can't tell how loud the WWE universe is. going to be on the first day of mania oh. yeah I think this introduction for the.

people at ESPN that maybe were setting. this entire thing up that had no idea. what these humans were about to. bring because those who don't fully. understand the wrestling world I don't. think fully understand that the fans are. a character in this entire thing the. fans are the ones that decide who goes. what goes how it goes and I think the. big thing that we need to talk about. this weekend is they're the only reason. that we don't have the Rock and Roman. Reigns as the main event on Sunday for. the WWE Universal Championship because.

the fans got so loud for Cody rhods it. actually changed an entire career an. entire weekend and that's where the WWE. is different I don't think a lot of. people that don't know wrestling. understand that indeed if it wasn't for. the WWE fans being so vocal Cody rhods. would not have an opportunity to finish. the story and he does have that. opportunity which is his right by the. way by winning the Royal Rumble Match. yeah but like you said finish the story. I've been told he hates that no yeah he. he doesn't want the finish his story. okay I don't know if you follow the WWE.

as closely as we do but it is the. culmination of what 2 years and finish. your story that's not what it's about. it's about Cody fulfilling his Destiny. it's not about finishing some story. there's more story to tell after okay OB. you don't listen to Cody rhods you don't. listen to interviews you don't listen to. our commentary never because you're a. sto. no brother sorry sorry I'm not a Cody. crybaby like you I'm a Cody kryber baby. I'll be the first to that all right. let's talk about some things that.

happened last night before we dive into. full WrestleMania with the cerebral. assassin Mr H Paul L um the NIT. Championship was last night yep team. that we had an actual vested interest in. because we had a meeting set for this. week if they were to win Indiana State. loses to seat in Hall in a barn burner I. was incredibly lucky to be watching that. alongside Boston Conor alongside JP and. the boys Taco is a drummer Chris is a. guitar player also Morgan Wallen oh yeah.

and and also bayy Zimmerman and Tyrese. halberton and Tyrese. halberton but nonetheless there was. potentially going to be a little nil. deal with the Indiana state folks and we. will certainly still make do on not the. full amount but we can work through some. things split it up with Kem Abdul Jabar. as that was a heartbreaker for Indiana. State last night yeah absolutely I mean. it felt like they you know at at. halftime they had a ferocious run to tie. it at half and then they kind of had the. game in hand and then. obviously Sean Hall who we talked about.

yesterday good team they've beaten Yukon. playing a tough Big East I mean they. they I think they went on a 90 run to. close out the game and win it so. absolute Heartbreaker but Indiana. State's got a lot to you know a lot to. be proud of they accomplished quite a. bit this season congrats to. sore SE Hall you know congrats to them. did you watch any of those nit games. Cole yeah in between that and the. Knick's big win last night I did the. Knicks won yeah the Knicks won last. night Jaylen Brunson Jaylen Brunson lit. it up again I do it but he did yeah I.

don't believe you irrelevant won he. doesn't believe you well how about the. Jets they going to win the Super Bowl. this year I like what the moves they. made I do although the Eagles got our. guy Bryce so well they also got saquan. yeah there a massive like Philadelphia. go doubled up I believe what we are. being told is that they're rewiring the. speakers so that the humans can hear. this okay because there's a certain. CCO. walking over in a very cool suit so do I.

truly I mean should we start CH as well. might help. we. we I don't know how it happens it's kind. of like the water of game day is this. sabbotage it could be one last one last. attempt I mean maybe I mean maybe yeah. there probably is a reason you're. sabotage today what's that Cole watch. your mouth yeah get smacked in the M.

what are you talking about reality cuz. we're not Cody. crybabies what it is WrestleMania uh. obviously massive weekend here in. Philadelphia even though all these. people are standing around staring at us. can't hear a word say one of the most. uncomfortable positions I've ever been. placed in in my entire life right now. because what they were be what these. people were told and. sold was there it is starting to trickle. in right there that's exactly that they. were going to get a chance to hear. Legend after Legend after Legend after. Ki off wran now they can't hear a damn.

thing and I know that everything was. working last night right because when. The Rock shut up 2 hours late those. speakers were echoing through the whole. place yes exactly can we not plug into. those speakers that'd be cool is there. any way we can do. that okay well tell. uh Hey in real time we're figuring it. out we're figuring it out fig out work. we're in we're getting this thing uh. start siling languages okay.

hi they're plugging in the thing and we. acknowledge. acknowledge okay okay good heat there it. is all right Cole what would you do if. an entire audience could not hear a word. you were saying that was standing right. in front of you I go to the bar well. that's the problem with you we've been. talking about this you somehow look. younger and better than ever thank you. and you're boozing way too much no not. at all just as a friend of a program. here you're hung over this morning yeah. you were late to the meeting this yeah. you to the show me there was one person.

in the lobby at the call time of 8:30. this morning that was me well that was. the n9th green or the 9th three and a n. type situation got going on we're. staying at the worst hotel in. Philadelphia at Michael Cole's. recommendation which is fantastic but. Cole was ready to go to co-host today I. don't think he had any idea that there. was just going to be no sound for the. entire voting no no no chance especially. the uh you know when you walk in here. after seeing what happened yesterday we. wanted to kind of hopefully deliver on. all fronts for the people for the people.

exactly and right off the bat for there. to be uh you know the chance that we've. had thus far that was not what was I was. expecting but hey that's a. resume it's all about adversity um. Arthur Blank said that Kirt cousins is. the greatest leader he's ever seen in. his entire life allegedly the Atlanta. Falcons also sending a larger group to. Michael pennock's workout to see what's. going on over there KT cousins signs a. $130 million deal I don't know what. they're doing at the backup position but. maybe pen learns under Kirk is that the.

thought here you think tone or is this. all smoke signal season right now with. planes and everything like that I mean. it could be I mean Kirk we know has how. many years left three or four I mean. Michael Cole wanted them last year when. Aaron Rogers got hurt but yeah penx. would be incred but the thing with penx. is he's like already 25 years old I. don't know if he's he's a guy that you. need to put under a guy for a year or. two I think he's ready to go to be. honest yeah I think he is too who knows. how long it last. why.

I don't think we should bring our guests. out here if they can't hear us no way. yeah I think so but he's probably a busy. human sound guy. sucks oh no he knows yeah he knows he's. in the middle of it right now frantic. someone get a hold of Bruce too cuz I. don't want him thinking this is on him. cuz he will in fact drown himself later. if he do speaking of congrats uh Nick. and car yeah congrats hell yeah no.

member of the family I mean I don't even. know what the we've done a lot of things. I think we got a mobile microphone con. man why don't you get the mobile. microphone let's get the mobile uh. camera okay let's go ask some of these. people their thoughts on what's. Happening yeah I got a Jets Mark with. the American Nightmare yeah flag right y. yep perfect there here you go here you. go there you go man over. here yeah that was a great catch by the. way on the on the money. this thing on can you hear me yeah you.

can hear me all right cool here you go. right here you see this guy hi hey what. do you what do you think's going to. happen uh this weekend cuz clearly. you're a Cody crybaby people are. saying did you hear that pal The Rock. does not deserve anything that he is. getting Cody rhods is a two-time Royal. Rumble winner he is the one who's here. day in and day out every live. event everything you ating The Rock just.

gets here and gets what he want just. gets here how old is that guy ask how. old how old are you how old are you 21. oh he does no wa whoa whoa. can't swear like that you got any. bloodline members anybody who who's. there it is there it is we got one here. we got one here hey what do you think's. going to happen this weekend Roman's. going to smash. him yeah Cody sucks right Cody nobody in. the audience can hear no no what the.

crowd is saying. right okay sounds good let's do that we. back we're bringing gain down on. microphones to see if these speakers can. work a little bit better okay here we go. that's good move that sounds. technical Co in this particular business. like what we're learning quickly is you. know you have to do everything yep have. to have hands on everything so why don't. we just use a mega phone okay stand on.

the desk and use a megaphone it's. honestly not a bad idea are they selling. those WWE The Super. Store guys sitting right next to the. speaker going I can't hear I don't know. if the gain on our microphone's a reason. why that speaker ain't working right. here have they checked is it plugged in. do we have power is it plugged in do we. know man I'm glad I got out bed for this. you hello. can you hear.

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the biggest and greatest WrestleMania of. all time is 14 time world champion. current. CCO of the. WWE ladies and gentlemen Triple. H maybe. not time to play the. game.

it's all about a. game it's all. about make. it there no way you can.

me sorry that's on us that's on us we. put that. there no don't be no no I was back there. fixing I tripped over a cord apparently. it knocked out the speakers yeah true. don't take blame no no no I had I had to. fix that hey we want to let you know the. reason why the speakers aren't working. is because these people are all so damn. loud can't hear us again listen to this. we want speakers want speakers they want. speakers uh speakers. we want speakers we want speakers.

too yes we we do we we definitely do. it's not just about having speakers it's. about having speakers that work. that's bingo Can you guys hear anything. at all out. there but they responded to you anyways. Mr H this is punishment for years of the. what chant like now you legitimately. have a reason to say. [Applause]. what.

all Mr H uh WWE world has seemingly been. a smashing success aside from the. speakers for these people to be able to. hear us but whenever you think about. this WrestleMania it feels like it's. been built as the biggest and greatest. of all time living up to the hype thus. far the coverage has been absurd The. Rock and Roman is going to be the. biggest tag team match of all time. against Seth and Cody how did we get. here and how pumped are you that this is. where the state of the WWE is right now.

I'm incredibly excited about it um how. did we get here a lot of hard work from. a lot of. [Applause]. [Music]. [Applause]. people here we go. yeah hey don't spit on the speakers they. might. break.

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uh non sound things do for about uh 2. hours and 4 get the sucket cam. going that summarizes my career I was. able to spit water and I still can got. I've still got. it I think got it I had a chance to be. at a boxing match with you and you said. a lot of hard work before they cut you. off and you're right I mean the WWE. Superstars the crew the production I am. so lucky to get to see it and day out to. build to this point I got a chance to.

walk with you during uh I forget whose. boxing match it was at Madison Square. Garden one of the first times I think. we've ever really met or hung out and I. was walking behind you and people were. screaming your name in like seven. different languages legit WWE has become. such a global phenomenon how do you. continue to build it and like not lose. anybody's interests because obviously. these fans uh I don't know if they're. all from Philly but like the area but. then like internationally what. WrestleMania is about to do is absurd as. well how do you focus on all that.

man to me it it comes down to simple. fact of Storytelling if you tell a good. story they will come right if if we give. good creative you know the talent are. amazing um and they're this is the I. will put this locker room up against any. locker room in history or anything else. from top to bottom the athletes are. incredible um you know their dedication. to this their passion for it their. desire to make the show big all the way. around right there's a massive team that.

does it but at the end of the day it. just comes down to the storytelling and. what we can do if if we tell great. stories if the talent tell great stories. in general and then in the ring and we. deliver that they will come yeah hell. yeah and they have and they will bigger. than they ever have and speaking of. stories would have been cool to see Rock. and Roman Conor's got a yeah it would. have been incredible we were all hoping. for that but you know every you know. generation you mentioned it the stories. are told there's different eras and. right now people are kind of having that.

debate like what era is this you know. some people say the Triple H era some. people say the global era obviously the. bloodline era to you do you think this. era has that staple yet or do you think. there's still more to be told in this. time of the WWE man I think it'll. organically find its way to whatever. people want to call it when it's getting. into it and fully get into it the reason. I don't think it's got a clear name yet. is cuz we're not into it yet right like. to me and I was there The Attitude Era.

you know I I was there for all of it we. didn't call it the Attitude Era while it. was happening that sort of came later. but you could feel this ground swell. happening right now you can feel this. ground swell happening I don't feel like. we're in the thick of an era I feel like. the next couple of days this is the. launching pad of that era we're just. getting started dude like we are right. now at the beginning of it it's about to. explode and you haven't seen anything. yet we're this place is about to be on.

fire in a way that has never been on. fire before that's awesome that is. awesome to hear I love to hear the. passion if they heard that they' be. pumped too Cole's got a question you. know trips uh you and I both have the. honor to be a part of the Attitude Era. and uh I I've been meaning to ask you. this for a long time what do you think. is the difference right now between that. era which was a massive Boon for this. company and today's. era in some way then we were fighting. for our lives right so when the Attitude. Era was first coming to be it was.

literally us fighting for our lives. there was a company that was out there. that had more money that was doing big. things that was that was kicking our ass. in a way and we wouldn't let them right. we all when when they were I I can. remember a distinct moment in time I had. just wrestled Austin was on the build to. WrestleMania we were in Chicago at what. was called the Rosemont Horizon at that. time I had just wrestled Austin the like. the week or two weeks before they had. had been at the United. Center 10 of the like six of the top 10.

guys didn't show up for their show at. the United Center Goldberg wrestled the. giant it went like 38 seconds giant came. out smoking a cigarette oh put it out. right like Goldberg Jack Herman and. whatever Austin and I were in the main. event at Rosemont Horizon we went 45. minutes and gave them a pay-per-view. right our storytelling was better all. this stuff so the there's a moment where. you feel that build but we were building.

up against something right now we are. just we're up against ourselves we're. we're up against uh the attitude error. we're up against the the ruthless. aggression error whatever you want to. call it the best of the absolute best of. WWE that's what we're working against. and these these Talent they're hungry. they're they're excited for it my my job. now is to not make anybody as successful. as it gets is to not get complacent you. got to keep that fire you got to keep.

that passion cuz if you don't it goes. away you've got to approach every day. like is day one and go all out and make. it work and and that's just how it works. if we can do that you ain't seen nothing. yet hey you saying that we're in a. competition against ourself he certainly. going to be. uh come on up and to the right baby up. and to the right that ain't our fault. that ain't your fault not saying. anything to be controversial I'm. spitting facts right bingo bingo yeah. to's got a question for you yeah Mr H we. were in Vegas for superl week we were. there for the uh press conference with.

the slap her around the world and the. entire time I was sitting there and. watching and I saw the slap and you were. on the stage and they just said it and. I'm looking at you right now we all know. that you still have it don't you think. it's a little overdue for you to slap. someone in the. mouth I don't want to slap anybody in. the mouth anymore cuz usually when you. slap them there's a slap coming back at. you I right now I am it's a funny thing. about doing this now and I used to say. it when I was do you know running NXT. right there's something I've always.

enjoyed that backside of the business. I've always enjoyed the behind the. scenes aspect of creative and all that. other stuff competing in it was fun. doing all that stuff was amazing but I. almost enjoyed this side more right. helping these guys and girls um watching. them go out there and succeed watching. them like take something that they love. and is a passion of theirs and go beyond. their wildest dreams and getting what. they want to me that's more exciting. than and the physical aspect of it as. much as I enjoyed that as much as I love.

the soldout crowds and that adrenaline. you know rock goes out there all the. time and does the Goosebump thing you. think he just always has goosebumps I've. been wondering about that I think he I. think it's just his skin he papouille. he's got a skin care line I hope it. doesn't do that to every no I'm hoping I. get. Goosebump but um you. know that that when when you're out in. front of 80,000 people or whatever it is. you can't help but get that feeling to. me I sit in the back now I'm not out.

there for every minute of it and getting. that moment but the excitement level is. just as high I get the Goosebumps I'll. get goosebumps watching him get. goosebumps I'll get goosebumps when that. main event goes down and that tag match. happens or uh any of the matches that. night man to me it's as emotional as. anything I've ever done in my career. it's it really is sounds cliche but it's. like watching your kids do stuff you're. proud of as opposed to you doing it it's. almost even more meaningful. so you know I know there's a lot of.

banter around oh people's love for. things or their love for the business or. whatever 24/7 from the moment I wake up. to the moment I go to sleep. 24/7 right um this grind this what we're. doing this week you look at what we're. doing this week from there there is no. company on this planet doing the L the. amount of live content we are doing. selling the tickets we're doing over. this shorter period of time no one on. the planet I don't give a about.

what it is what profession it is what. sport it is what entertainment it is. there's nobody doing it right um You. only do that with a level of passion. that everybody else that says no no I'm. passion about this I love it they don't. even understand the term yeah that's the. truth they don't even understand the. term so whatever you think about theyve. got. speakers proud of you to the time in. which we had no sound for this audience.

we got two words for. you yeah I love that okay um can you. hear. us we did it we did it we did it. somebody ran over the Best Buy we are. back in business big shout out to the. Philadelphia Union coming through here. Union. Union they boo them they just fix it for. them and they're already getting booed I. assume there's probably some. preconceived notions about how this all.

went down from some people but hey that. I come from Pittsburgh believe me I I. very much understand the entire process. of the entire thing uh you talked about. you know you enjoy the booking aspect of. it and feeling like that I know whenever. you go out there you'll cut a promo in. front of some of these crowds and you. hear the people and I'll see you get. jacked up a little bit you know you. start doing the the whole thing with. what happened to you are you able to. potentially like are you still working. out as hard or do you still have the I I. so if the story called for it you could. potentially get back in the ring uh no I.

don't think I would I don't think so. yeah like you know physically I'm not. saying mentally I'm saying physically no. I don't think I should be out there. taking bumps around like look I've got a. jump starter right like so that's all. good that's a backup system if anything. goes bad in your life which could happen. to anybody at any given time hey man. especially nowadays right yeah um so I. got a backup system you don't want to. unplug the wires no yeah and that would. be yeah okay cuz that's always my. thought because I'll see you and you see. me say to you every time I go I do you I. hit him and I'm like hey you look still.

how are we getting Mania season are we. getting ready for that and then in the. back of my head I'm like he. can't probably can't even do that every. time I ask you look I'm I it's funny cuz. sometimes people will say that and they. be oh man I'm sorry I forgot you can't. right like I'm totally good with that. like I rode it till the wheels fell off. almost literally that I'm great with. that and I was at a place where I should. have been retiring anyways I was in a. place in my mind where I wanted to be. done with it um you know the the last. year that right before this all happened.

I had been asked to go to WrestleMania 2. days I need you you know hey you can. work with anybody you want and I had. said I don't think I want to do it and I. was oh please think about it let's just. do it please think about it and I had. thought about it and was going to go. back and say I'm not doing it and then I. had to not do it so I was already there. I'm good with it I have zero. regrets they want to kill you that's I. I'm not sure if I'm flattered or. threatened Ty's got a question for you.

yeah Triple H uh despite what anyone may. say the the best talent in the world is. in the WWE and it's been that way for a. really long time and you talk about the. 24/7 aspect of your job how do you. maintain the just everything you have. going on in house and the current. superstars on the roster and also. looking at like Talent acquisition and. you know finding the next Cody rhods or. some of these other guys like how do you. how do you split that being how do you. be where your feet are essentially while.

also looking out for the future of the. business that's that's the trick right. it's the trick in all of this I say for. me as well like you know married three. kids I want to spend time with them that. work people ask me all the time work. life balance it's there isn't. work life balance there is none you you. do the best you can be present where you. are um if if there are things that I. used to be on top of all the time I. would keep track of everybody that was. everywhere that was in this business is. working right I don't have time to do. that anymore I have people that do that.

you know people like William Regal and. and uh you know different folks that are. out there that I get reports on. everybody I know who's out there I know. how good they are I know what their. potential is um I see what's out there I. see what's don't and I don't I don't. subscribe to the oh well this guy says. they're good that guy says they're good. I have to see it feel it right I have. people that I trust it's it's just. keeping track of who's out there how. good they are and what you think they. can do and because they succeed.

someplace else doesn't mean they'll. succeed at the big time how many players. go from college football at a high level. and fail in the NFL it's massive right. it's a different game it's a different. world if they're not here to be all in. on this like when I see people that come. out of you know trying to make it and. then they pick the job where they go. well they work less the schedule's. lighter I all like all right then I'm. glad I didn't get you okay cuz if if.

you're not in it for the grind at that. at that point early in your career you. you have no business being here okay so. when I was in the league I would come to. every event that you guys had and I got. hooked up with somebody uh at the WWE I. forget it was and they sent me a DVD. about becoming a superstar it was like a. recruiting DVD I think for people that. would get sent out there and it's like. here's what a superstar is and kind of. laid out what it is here's the steps you. can take if you want to become a WWE. Superstar in your eyes what does it take. to succeed at the WWE cuz there is.

people who have had success that might. have three initials you know that these. people were just chanting moments ago. it's like what do you think in the WWE. it takes to be successful why do some. people go and why do some people would. not you think in the. WWE. so in a lot of way like I always say. Charisma is King and and that's the. truth in this business I can make a long. list of people that were not at the. upper e of the Athletics that were. massive stars in this industry right.

Charisma is king um you know the the. athleticism is one thing so when we're. recruiting especially now as we're. recruiting through nil program and and. college athletes all around the globe. that have a passion to come in and do. this they're all amazing athletes right. you find out which ones are the better. ones for what we do but then Charisma is. King leadership is King I look when we. go to these triy outs and they're going. through the 3-day Stu stuff we wear them. out and then we look to see when you're.

exhausted your true personality shows. right when you're when you're when. you're on your last breath your true. personality shows I want to see who's a. leader I want to see who picks the guy. up next to him and goes come on dude. suck it up we can do this let's go right. as much as this is an individual effort. this is a team effort right we're all. here to put on the greatest show for. them in the world from top to bottom so. they've all got to work together to make. that happen it's not one person G last. question for me I know you're very busy.

and I think they can hear us you can. hear us. though you guys should have heard the. first half of the conversation he was. killing it unbelievable first half he. was killing it breaking all over the. first half was way better no no no it's. about to be the best it's about to be. the best right now on Monday when we are. live here from WWE World and. hopefully we don't even have to stay at. the office by Monday numerous days until. then what do you think the over. all feeling will be of the WWE universe.

and of Us coming off the biggest. WrestleMania link like what do you think. the feeling Monday morning is going to. be from WWE Universe I'm hoping it's. holy that was the greatest thing. ever. okay greatest thing ever just in general. the greatest thing ever yeah I want. people to leave here and think you know. look there people are going to nitpick. everything right it's just the way it is. and and they're going to have their. moments that they loved they're going to. have their moments that they didn't like. whatever they're all going to analyze. the booking and the finishes and the.

everything that we do they're going to. overanalyze all of it you said it. earlier about even like Roman and rock. um people always go like oh we should. have got that they should have done this. they should have that like it doesn't. end you know what happens at like 1100. p.m. on Sunday night when when uh when. WrestleMania is over the second night of. WrestleMania is over and we all do that. someone hands me the sheets for raw the.

next night and I start looking at that. show because and we've already been. looking at it but like it the story. continues when you get to the end of the. best chapter in the book that you've. ever read you flip the page and there's. an a whole new chapter or there's a. whole new volume. I it's it's it their only mistakes if. that's the end right but it's never the. end it's never the end the story. continues so we're going to pick it up. wherever we are and we're going to move. forward H and I promise you this between.

Wrestlemania 40 and WrestleMania 41. we're going to come up with the best. thing ever to blow your mind and make. you go like oh my God this is better. than 40 was let's go we're lucky to be. in the Triple H ER right now if that's. what people are going to call it I'm not. saying they're calling it that but if it. is called that we're very lucky to be a. part of it thank you for having us and. uh I just heard that Sunday's ending at. 11:00 p.m. is that what you heard too. 11:00 p.m. yeah me and Co heard that we. heard that or. so ladies and gentlemen the CCO of the.

WWE Triple. H thank you. man oh no got got to hold it to hold. it. triple thank you thank you thank thanks. all we do the spit thing.

[Applause]. [Music]. I heard this guy years. ago just on the side and I said like oh. my God this guy loves our business and. he is the craziest dude I've ever heard. that just is as real as it possibly get. and I told somebody in that moment call. this Pat McAfee guy and see if he wants. to come by NXT and get involved in what. we do and he makes me look like a genius. for making that call every day.

thank thank you thank you thank you and. uh Michael Cole was the one had to make. that going say who made the phone call. Michael Cole made that phone call it's. been an honor it's been an honor Mr H I. showed up in Jorts that first day yeah. that was showed up the uniform JS to. WrestleMania no that was tailored toxedo. shorts wer yeah you remember. when he to get me fired yeah I do recall. that he screaming right lying and crying.

yeah we had an RV busted down outside of. meti right and Michael Cole's in there. baby in a b you know what he sounded. like a crybaby speaking of. who ladies and gentlemen joining us now. is the people's. Champion the 2023 and 20 24 Royal Rumble. winner the American.

Nightmare Cody. r a land in her soul every F out of. control oh do it all to get them off the.

feet crowd is here about to blow waiting. for me to stop the show out the dark. lights go up. the. wo my. father when I was. younger yeah you took it all the way I. give it all the way can take my freedom.

get it. [Applause]. CH there's. been yl Mania there's been wrestle.

Zania it does feel like this is. uh this is the American nightmares. WrestleMania bit Cody I was born in uh. 1987 okay I grew up in the Attitude Era. and boy did I love everything about it. oh yeah Triple H and Shawn Michaels were. coming out and saying we got two words. for. you and then you had a baldheaded Texas.

rattlesnake that would come out and say. give me a hell. you and then there was a man who would. walk out in front of. millions of his own fans and cut. promos that were better than anything. I'd ever heard in my entire life on a. microphone there's a lot of us from that. era.

not true that's not true not true that's. not true don't know no Cody whoa. whoa exciting violence for those that. don't know Cody and rock have exchanged. slaps in a mouth to each other but I. will say this and also you've gotten. whipped with a belt and thrown off your. own bus which I can't wait to ask about. in a second but there was a lot of us. from the Attitude Era that heard The. Rock was coming back and we heard The. Rock was taking on the greatest of all. time Roman Reigns in the main event of. WrestleMania and we got jacked up we got.

Zed up but I think what everybody says. in every Arena that we travel to is Cody. rhods has earned this Main Events. against Roman Reigns and if it was not. Cody rhods it would be absolute. Cody from your standpoint has this all. gone the best way possible worst way. possible or how do you think you would. describe this road to this Main Event. back-to-back nights to WrestleMania from. your perspective. The Road to WrestleMania for me the. roads to WrestleMania that's what it is.

there it is we just start I'm I'm coming. in a little bit hot and and and here's. why the roads to WrestleMania it's been. tumultuous everybody's seen the matches. that I've had going back to back winning. the Royal Rumble once again thank you. for that stat Pat it was all gearing. towards getting back and me and Mr Cole. here talked all about it we want to get. back last year Roman Reigns screwed me. out of the biggest moment of my life. getting to Wrestlemania.

40 yeah right indeed but here's where. I'm coming in hot this is this is where. my mindset is just a a little news for. everyone who who didn't hear already. last night Michael knows this 1:00 a.m. laying in bed it's the first time I'm. going to get a little sleep before we. get into this big big big event that is. WrestleMania all of a sudden loud bang. at the side of my bus thought it was a. gunshot terrified clammed up next thing. I know my bus driver yells we got to get.

off this bus it's on fire. what what so so my bus it didn't burn to. a crisp but it was up in a big Fireball. for a moment and the reason I share this. story is I'm here this morning nonf. flinching and I grabbed two things off. my bus when I thought this is it this is. the end I grabbed two things I grabbed a. picture of my daughter and a picture of. my wife and then I grabbed my. WrestleMania boots there a't nobody here.

who is more ready for Wrestlemania than. me okay. well did everything else burn like are. we going to see the pants and the jacket. and everything here's the old here's the. only thing the suits that I wear will. all be uh you you'll know there's a. smell off of us there there's a smell we. we got a lot of stuff out of there and. it all worked out thankful by the way we. got anybody from the Phil pH Adelphia. fire department here today thank you. Philly thank you guys much love hey.

that's a true story though shoot right. there it happened last night happened. last night and I was thinking I was. coming on here hot already because this. show again we've discussed it seems a. little oh biased bias so biased sorry so. look now look at. [Music]. this but finally finally you're going to. get a level playing field today on this. show Michael Cole how pumped are.

you that's why we didn't want him to. hear any of the show that's why we. didn't want him to hear the show we kept. the speakers down but Cole I know you've. known Cody for a long long time but. you've been openly on the mic on. Raw just completely biased against the. bloodline in favor of Cody and why is. that and why do you think there is such. a disagreement potentially Cole on like.

we want Rocky versus the hash we want. Cody which trended for like 72 hours. immediately upon the news well first off. when I got a text message at 2:40 a.m. this morning that he had a fire in his. bus I was a bit concerned but happy. you're okay. Cody that's scary you're sitting duck. there it was a scary moment was that the. Universe telling you maybe hey let's get. out of this weekend let's not dance with. the bloodline let's not stare the final. boss D let's not go Sunday with. bloodline rules I I think it's the.

opposite I think the universe was saying. hey we're going to set your bus on fire. and you're still going to go in and wipe. the floor with the bloodline on Saturday. you're still going to do it that's good. mindset that's good mindset I think it. also has to do with the fact that Roman. Reigns come on this program last week. and called me a dick rider whoa no. Richard krier yes Richard krier that. that was a was he Richard Richard. krider Richard krider that's what it was.

yes that's what he said that's what he. said nonetheless listen I've known Cody. known his family for a long long time. and Cody's earned this opportunity um. you know uh Cody was a part of a one of. the first internet shows um at WWE. called the JBL and Cole show uh Cody was. a big contributor to that um and that. was a really rough time in his career he. was playing this character known as. Stardust he didn't know whether he was. coming going he never knew if he was. going to make it in this business he. never knew if he was going to make his.

dad uh the American. dream wow still got it I didn't. like that I didn't like that what's. going on had to do that Cody went away. uh created a an unbelievable opportunity. for himself um forced his way back into. this company where we had to have him. went out and W backto back Royal Rumbles. uh and then and The Rock it's not easy. what does the rock do the business gets.

hot again Rock decides he wants to be a. part of it co he pushes his way in. through the door he decides to take the. spot of my man Cody rhods in the main. event at WrestleMania because that is. nonsense because he is on the board that. he is the final boss that he is allowed. to do this Cody rhods heard all of these. people that were Danny we want. Cody Cody rhods decided in Las Vegas and.

Pat you and I were there yeah Cody rhods. walked out on stage and said uh-uh this. ain't happening I won the Royal Rumble. damn it I'm taking my spot at. WrestleMania God jeez what a mark some. lies in there there there were no lies. in there by the. way we.

want love you. guys guys. uh for those saying uh we want Cody uh. as silly as it sounds it's so nice to. hear it because I have wanted you guys. my entire career and this is the right. time to do it so thank you guys very. much and by the way this is a. fact. the last time Roman Reigns had a match. was at the Royal Rumble on the last.

Saturday of. January my man next to me Cody rhods. wrestles every single week not only on. Monday Night. Raw but at live events around this. country so I cannot think of a better. person to represent where WWE is going. today then Cody RH okay Michael Cole I. understand we're on the campaign Trail. right now obviously you're called a. politician which I think is cuz. you're a hardworking guy am I a. politician cuz that's what was said. about me guess who's on Fox news this.

morning talking. politics who I didn't see it your boy. Dwayne The Rock. Johnson chief he wasn't on Fox News I. I've heard him up politics before. you know what if if Rock wants to run. for office just to piss him off rock. rock. hey I don't know if if Ro if Rock wants.

to run for office seriously though just. to make him angry maybe I'll run for. office too you. know I think that'd be sweet I don't. know the platform Conor's got a question. for you Cody yeah Cole kind of just laid. out the you know the career Arc that you. had and not so recently you were doing. like House shows you know and you and. you mentioned too like you know you were. hoping for I you know what I don't care. you see this guy in the jet Jersey that. guy's been a loser his whole entire life.

and he's got an American Nightmare flag. no offense nothing against you and he's. got American Nightmare fight you just. know he's a loser there's nothing wrong. with that there's nothing wrong with. that no offense no offense no offense no. offense it to that point of The Mark. with the. flag mad cuz I get it are they mad cuz I. know are they mad no offense but to that. point about you know going through that. grind when you were doing those House. shows and gyms and you know there wasn't.

the whoa of the entire Arena that we see. every single week was this exactly what. you envisioned like did did you know. like hey this is where yeah like you. knew that you had it in that moment or. was it more so like hey I just got to. keep putting in that work and it will. pay off I really truly didn't have an. ingame I really didn't know where it was. going to go the main thing I wanted to. do was interact sometimes more important. than the match on an independent show is. the meet and greet you do before is the.

pictures in the ring after that was the. first time cuz I grew up in WWE that was. the first time that it wasn't you know. the house lights weren't down and the. spotlight on the ring you could see. every single person and when I could see. every single person and I wrestled every. independent I could possibly think of in. the US and the world over when you can. see. them you can make a connection with them. and that had been the thing missing I. grew up with all this great lineage and. history and experience that my dad tried. to give me and all that but really. unless you cross over and connect with.

them it doesn't go anywhere it's. something that I agree on with The Rock. The Rock connects with his audience he. makes a point to it he shows you how he. feels about it and in that respect we. are we are similar uh up to that point. yeah just just I didn't know yeah go. ahead Cole and Cody you mentioned your. lineage and uh you know we may have a. new audience watching here uh today oh. that was very professional Syracuse they. ask him toach classes in Syracuse again. been 27 years but when you talk about.

the lineage and of course your father. the the the late great American Dream. Dusty. roads your brother of course. Dustin. um what they've never done is what. you're attempting to do Sunday with. everything that Dusty accomplished in. his unbelievable career he never held. the WWE championship and and this is. what you're trying to accomplish on. Sunday night if that happens this is. your story and I'm sure I'm sure you've.

run this through your mind over the past. you got to finish your story when you. whene if you finish the. story what's that going to feel like is. it going to be this huge like relief. like this weight is finally off your. shoulders like what what do you think is. we boozing what. well having a little wheatly. vka there is the the wheatly bus we can. get some back well it's on fire but do. it's okay the the Vodka survived uh to.

to to it's moonshine now to answer your. your question uh Michael I can't really. predict what something like that would. feel like because of what she said I've. never been to the end zone you know. there's that statement you know when you. enter any sports entertainment hey act. like you've been there before I haven't. and that's the whole point of getting. there and getting it done because I want. to know for the first time what that. feels like I want them to know for the.

first time what that feels like I want. them to know and the sto the story about. Dusty rhods in 1978 and holding that. title I have that title with me holding. that title and then it being taken away. because of how he won the match that's. all very much what we talk about when we. talk about finishing the story but the. story that begins if I am able to be the. greatest champion the WWE has seen. decades our Tri Chief our Tri who he's. talking about ever probably that's who. he's talking about the sto the story.

that begins then is is something that I. would look forward to so so much because. it's no secret I mean we should know. because we're on ESPN right now on one. of the most successful shows with ESPN's. Golden Boy Pat mcae right. here uh but we we should know wrestling. and you guys should take credit for this. wrestling truly has never been this cool. ever. amen we acknowled so in so.

instead instead of it ending right. instead of the story being finished I. say each and every one of us fan. performer competitor analyst commentator. we start a whole new damn story Monday. night after WrestleMania after I beat. Roman Reigns and become the Undisputed. WWE. Champion the Raw After Mania is. certainly one that the. world highly anti Ates every single year. because it's starting the whole new. season that is 52 weeks a year and this.

man has showed up for all of them and. that is why these people love them we'll. be going into break we'll come back on. the other side on ESPN we'll see you. then cheers we're still live on YouTube. and ESPN plus which is really the only. people that matter and I would assume. the only people still watching true. because we didn't have speakers for the. first 20 minutes of the show people that. are watching on ESPN had to turn it off. I mean absolutely had to change the. channel I have a question for you. actually hold on I have a question okay. shut up. [Music].

Cole you you P invited me on this show. today need to listen to your do you wait. he has a. [Applause]. question get up there Cole get up there. who Co get up there get up there. [Applause]. Cole athlete huh got up that looks very. natural that looks very natural bet. you're great at shooting Hood hey you.

talk about the story and obviously the. story for you is about the American. dream and what your father experienced. and having it for only a moment and then. gone and then you work to build and come. back and do this and ever since you got. back it's been finish your story Cody. finish your story got to finish the. story finish the story finish the story. Cody rhods has to finish the story got. finish it we just heard recently like. you don't necessarily love that we all. say that is that real or do you think it. just gotten hammered home too much it's. too what do you think like Tyrese.

halberton Indiana Pacer allall star when. he was trying to shoot hoops to win 50. people 500 bucks on our show he's a. massive wrestling fan big fan of yours. he was literally like 15 misses in he. was like finish your story Tyrese like. he was using it as motivation and homage. to you what is your feelings on finish. your story and is that how we should be. talking about it whenever we're calling. the match on Sunday finish the story. with something I feel like I have this. little knack for phrases that often. aren't about me that catch on like FTR.

bullet Club is fine and then ultimately. finish the story The reason I am I guess. irked by it or not irked is because last. year we were saying finish the story. going into WrestleMania 39 and I don't. care what you know or don't know about. sports entertainment that suspension of. disbelief losing at WrestleMania 39 is. the lowest of lows it was an absolute. awful feeling an awful feeling in the.

stadium an awful moment and that's why. it's more embarrassing so when 2K 24. says you know what we're going to theme. our whole game after finish the. story okay all it does though is it puts. me in this position and and obviously. guys you can tell I I I might project. confidence but I'm nervous as hell this. is terrifying we're going into this. thing and we have to win it's a must-win. and when we do when we do then we can. say we finished the story there we go.

okay so we can still say the story is. being wrote or written as we join back. on ESPN live from. WWE World hell. yeah that was professional as hell the. American Nightmare Cody rhods has stuck. with us past overtime because that's. literally what he does every night for. the WWE which is why these people love. him so much Schmid has a question for. you Cody yeah Cody speaking of all this. I mean everything with the finisher.

story like you kind of just alluded to. it a little bit but how do you frame it. in your mind you know everyone hey. finish your story finish your story if. you were to beat Roman on Sunday night. if you were you know that chance but if. you do if you do what's that all about. there's no reason for hey I'm just. trying to be a realist I'm just trying. to be a realist okay if you. do like how how do you like then the. work actually begins sure you know what. I mean it's not just like oh this is. great I'm happy to be here you know I'm. I'm a champion now like that then you're. getting everyone's best shot like how do. you frame that in your mind like I mean.

like I said you just alluded to it but. like it's not the it's not the the end. of something if if you know if you're. worth ass salt it's it's the beginning. but he'll actually go to work after. winning the championship unlike. others easy who are you talking. about oh I saw this you get one of these. that is that is a great question and and. my mentor in the business used to say. hey are you on WrestleMania and you'd. say yes he' say that's great what are. you doing the next night it truly is.

incredibly and Hunter just mentioned it. the show never stops all these new. individuals who have jumped on board. with WWE and new people in management. you know with TKO with Endeavor Le. fitting all that they're seeing how. unbelievable Sports entertainment and. pro wrestling can be and how consistent. it is year around we do not stop we. continue to go it's the best thing on. the planet when it's in your blood and. when you love it no complaints at all. about the schedule for me I would want. to be a present champion on both raw and.

Friday Night. Smackdown W who I also don't love how. that championship title. looks okay I don't love. it and not too long ago when I was here. on the first run I didn't like how the. Intercontinental title looked and I. changed that sucker too. so there there might be something there. but for me truly I'm not going to get. you know cart before horse on this we. have to put it in perspective you're. saying all the things about finishing. the story Wrestlemania 40 40 Years of.

WWE being celebrated but we cannot go. without mentioning how good at capturing. the imagination of the audience Roman. Reigns has been amen incredible Amen. brother you're right Amen brother you. don't have to do that brother that's our. Tri that's our trial chief he he really. will be looked at in a completely. different sense I think 5 10 years from. now what he's done is. amazing I don't have to like Roman. Reigns but I absolutely respect him and.

I think and this isn't a mind game this. isn't anything like that I'm of the. thought that Roman Reigns also wants a. fair fight on Sunday I think Roman. Reigns wants to prove to everybody here. he can go without the help of the. bloodline without the help of the final. boss and I can tell you now as much as I. respect Roman Reigns in a fair fight he. don't stand a chance against me a chance. so and I think Cody's point is this and. we we've missed this point throughout.

this discussion uh tomorrow night uh the. main event is the biggest tag match in. history which is The Rock in Roman. Reigns against Cody rhods and Seth. Rollins there is so much riding on this. match for you Cody because if you guys. lose then the match on Sunday versus. Roman Reigns for the championship is. bloodline rules bloodline. rules bloodline rues which means. anything goes and we saw what the. bloodline was capable of this past. Monday night on raw and the bloodline. Rules match look at your boyth look at.

your boy yeah he said boy a lot tomorrow. did you think you were getting thrown. over that whenever he was throwing you. off your bus there was like a time where. he he kind of put you up over the where. the ramp was we thought potentially you. were getting thrown off the the ledge of. the building into the Ravine into the. Ravine down there I think the biggest. fear I had was actually when we cleared. and we weren't clear and he was still. whipping me and still going I actually. was afraid he was going to start hitting. some of the civilians in the well he did. get the ref the other night yeah he got. he got he got our referee spider the.

other night so the final boss plays by. his own rules I'm sorry Michael no I was. going to say tomorrow night's a must-win. for you it is a must-win for me and also. we can't not mention the fact that a guy. who really deserves the main event is. getting his first WrestleMania main. event that being Seth freaking. Rollins he's a Visionary SE Seth Rollins. last night also provided me.

[Music]. [Applause]. I was going to say Seth also provided me. shelter from the storm last night. because when I was standing out in the. coal with my WrestleMania boots in a. photo thinking that my whole home was. just burning in front of me he let me. come on his bus and hang out for a. little while that's very nice. chemistry he's a visionary he's a. revolutionary he is.

s that's pretty cool every every Arena. he goes into it and does that and then. they sing and you know what else is like. shoot one of the coolest things that we. see every week. the the. what.

you got the people you know the final. boss did start drifting away from the. people's champion in his promos yeah but. but that's the thing I I the other night. people were chanon Rocky sucks and one. of the guys I looked at he had a rock. shirt on and he was chanon Rocky sucks I. think. most people know our hope maybe they. don't know maybe they hope that. underneath the final boss is the actual.

people's Champion underneath the final. boss I don't know if that's the case. maybe he's a lost cause at this point. but right now he's the final boss and. he's standing in my way hey real quick. um I don't think anything you just said. is real but the uh. who just first thought dude he's wearing. papouille dude he's he's the cleanest. he's ever been there ain't nothing. underneath I mean it is right there pap. yeah oh you know brother he's I think. he's selling French toast. too selling this is the uh Rolex that.

you also gifted to Seth freaken Rollins. ium I did yes that's very nice of you. this is how how often I guess this was. just you felt obligated to do as such to. thank him for everything he's done or to. gain a little team chemistry I know. you're sleeping in his bus last night. after yours Burns to the floor but why. did you do this and uh that's like a. like quarterbacks in the NFL do this. like this is like a really cool team. thing that you're kind of doing here I. uh I consider WrestleMania a bit of a a. holiday I think a lot of fans we. consider it a bit of a.

holiday uh there's plenty of gifts to go. around I just gave Triple H his gift. it's just it's just a feeling did you. get a gift put on my wrist y yeah it's. it's just this feeling of of giving back. because I think and I said this. yesterday and it's not political it's. not a shill this WrestleMania is solely. provided by the fans changing their. minds on something the fans changed the. course of WWE and Hunter had the. foresight Nick Khan had the foresight to.

say you know what we're not going to. stay the court we're going to go that. way we're going to go with the hot hand. and they did and that's why I don't want. to let any of you down one I just want. to get through this thank you all my. gift to you my gift to. you would be becoming the Undisputed WWE. Champion there you have it ladies and. gentlemen the gift it keeps on giving. the American Nightmare ladies and. gentlemen that's a Rox huh yeah on both.

wrists or well for me yeah yeah that was. insane that was very awesome of you. thank you so much for taking the time. we're obviously massive fans of yours. and I think that is the big separator a. lot of the people that wanted Rock Roman. it's not that they're not fans of Cody. Roose their thing is just like hey Cody. maybe next year huh we got the rock back. for the first time in this entire thing. but your fans and you decided no I've. worked my ass off for this we have. nothing but respect for that ladies and. gentlemen a man who come Monday could be.

the. WWE. Universal champion of the. world the American Nightmare Cody. Rose. in. pain in.

every control do it all. again did. it Crow is here about to blow for me to. stop the show out the light. [Music]. the. Cole being a mark taking photos and. videos it's on camera Cole whole time oh.

sorry yeah Mark Mark your first time on. a mic hey big thanks to Cody rhods for. staying overtime there that was very. kind of Cody rhods you guys could hear. that entire thing yeah we should feel. good about. it great I would like to let you know. cuz I hadn't had a chance to do this yet. thank you all so much for coming out. here and. represent the WWE University is the. greatest group of fans on Earth they. will passionately lose their mind. that's very nice of you very nice you we. can stop that we can move on from that.

one you guys are fantastic you're. awesome I'm incredibly lucky to not only. you know I grew up in the WWE universe. but now getting an opportunity to spit. into a microphone every single week for. you guys to potentially enjoy it I'm. very very lucky and thankful for all of. you now with that being said I. acknowledge our travel tees always I. acknowledge the final. boss Michael Cole did you feel like you. could kiss any more ass there during. that entire. conversation I respect Cody rhods.

longtime friend of the family I hope he. gets it done on Sunday there's a lot of. Richard Cryder jokes being made about. the way you asked him questions oh yeah. I'm sure there was and you don't help. the matters either what do I do oh I. mean you wear the rock shirt on National. Television you put the finger up in the. air talk about uh biased journalism who. whoa very biased just look at the look. at the stats Cole I mean you can't argue. with great brother yeah why don't you. just acknowledge one time that the only. reason why you're in that nice suit and.

this entire Convention Center is made to. be absolutely. fantastic is because of the bloodline. that family and everything they've done. over the years you know Roman cut a. promo this past week and I it was a shot. directly at Cody and also maybe a couple. initials that were being chanted earlier. he said like nobody in this bloodline. leaves this is our company they they. view WWF WWE as their family's company.

because they've been some of the. greatest pillars of the largest. wrestling company on Earth for what 60. years straight now at this point why. don't you respect that why don't you. understand that why don't you appreciate. that why don't you want the Rock and. Roman to do what their family has done. for 50 years which is carry individuals. like you and me on their back to that. top of Financial Field where there's. going to. be how many how many people not sure yet.

100 sold out Bol. Knights a packed out linol Financial. because of Roman and rock why don't you. just acknowledge it well it's not and. it's it is because of Roman and rock. it's also because of Seth Rollins and. Cody rhs it's because of Drew McIntyre. it's because of Ria Ripley and Becky. Lynch and everyone else that's busted. their ass for 360 plus. days Paul as well well not MCD I don't. think we have to say. that lot of mommy chants have some good.

news mommy is on her. [Music]. way I was told that lotion sales in. Philadelphia have gone through the roof. with Mommy coming to the city from what. I've been told that is potentially a. factual statement especially across this. front row you can kind of see oh yeah. people really rolling through lotion. whenever weekend House show matches. happening Instinct faces are taking. place all over nia Jack mommy from.

Australia has become one of the biggest. names on Earth not just in the WWE we'll. be joining us soon but that is what the. WWE WrestleMania is full spectacle. brother well and R is incredible too. because uh you know Triple H mentioned. it like when you came in to the WWE and. Cole made that call she was like NXT she. like she really has come up through NXT. into the w like I remember her from back. way back then and now she is like of the. women's wrestling world Roman Reigns.

like that is basically who she is on. that side why she hang out with that. dumb group the Judgment Day what's her. deal why is dirty Dom allowed to be IR. momy why don't you ask Mommy when she. shows up here in a little bit that's. going to be my first question now the. thing about Ria Ripley and Connor you. you you just talked about this a little. bit people have it right very few but. there's some that come around once in a. generation that has it Ria Ripley has it. she is a massive star um she has.

everything she has power longtime. Champion she has the Charisma that uh. Triple H was talking about earlier. today absolutely J she has a unique look. she has a different look um she's a. great individual she puts in the work. and the time to be a part of all this. and you know she's really a once in A-. lifetime a once in a generation star. yeah I think War Games night um Ria. earlier she might have won the. championship that evening I forget or. maybe she was in war games as well and. something but she had heard or maybe.

caught wind that I was potentially going. to be sure you know going off the top of. that thing and she came over with that. sweet Aussie accent and was just like. good luck mate you know like thank you R. yeah but it's literally like the entire. generation now that was in the cerebral. assassins NXT now is up here cuz so when. I leave you know to go do college game. day which if you're in the football. world have to take that job for. institution of football had to take it. very lucky to take it loved it leaving.

WWE was not easy though that was not fun. at all I was very to be honest I was uh. I was bummed dot like super bumed dot I. Wasing so was I yeah you I was I was. going to try to do both I was going to. try to do Friday Night Smackdown my show. 5 days a week a in college game day on. Saturday Nick con you everybody was like. nah that you will die if you do that so. when I come back it was a completely new. company a lot of moves had been made and. I had no clue what to expect and then I. get in there it's like oh it's like. everybody from back in the day NXT was.

almost like a reunion this company lasts. forever because the development the. young the future and out here right now. I I saw a couple Youngs that were on. each other's shoulders like that kid. right back there there's a good chance. he's going to make a run at becoming the. WWE World Heavyweight Champion at some. point it's so much different than every. other sport because if you have a dream. in a work ethic you can really make it. work which is why I love this place so. much it is literally the story of like. the American dream every single weekend. but it's a global entity I'm very lucky. to be here it's a it's a beautiful it's.

an incredibly beautiful thing to well. and one of the things Triple H just. mentioned but we didn't give him enough. credit for what he did initially at NXT. um and also what Shawn Michaels is doing. there now uh 85 to 90% of our rosters um. got their start in NXT at some point or. performed at NXT at some point and it's. really become this unbelievable training. ground of the the superstars of tomorrow. and Shawn Michaels has done an. unbelievable job over the past couple of.

years of re baby. HBK and getting us to the point and uh. don't forget we've talked a lot about. WrestleMania this weekend tomorrow more. or tomorrow at High Noon In Philadelphia. East Coast time NXT standing deliver um. as well uh and big weekend for hell yeah. Brun breaker Baron Corbin going. bananas Melo gang they blow up Carmelo. and trick going to have their big. one-on-one match yeah and WrestleMania.

weekend is also a massive weekend for. people that are in NXT mhm to. potentially I don't want to say get CAU. up but kind of yeah get CAU up uh to the. That season it is it's also a surprise. season oh yeah who's coming back there's. been a lot of rumors I love the fact. that everybody that is in charge here at. the WWE understands a patad doofus we. shouldn't let him know anything but but. also Pat's natural reaction is probably. going to be absurd I can't wait to see. what the hell you all have in store for.

all of us in the WWE Universe can wait. joining us now ladies and. gentlemen is the. Women's. World Champion she's from Australia but. she's loved. worldwide they call her mommy because. she's always on top ladies and gentlemen. Ria Ripley.

yeah way way your world your world your. world literally we're just living in. itat demons. dreams how are you. good absolutely ch. that's con down there he's big F con. down. there Mommy all the.

time if we can turn down that music I. assume there is a two- syllable word. that is not Daddy but the other one that. is be. ched so now your life has random chance. of mommy to you um you're the champion. and you are one of the biggest draws on. earth when we met you you were at NXT.

everybody knew that you were going to be. this person I assume you did as well but. from us to you hell yeah. Ria thanks guys legit how is life at the. top right now how does it feel to be and. why do you hang out with those bums of. the Judgment Day wow we going to go. there first question I said I was going. to say it first question it's your. journalism well actually ask her the. second part of that which is why did she. hang out with D yeah I guess the rest. could kind of yeah wow wow because he is.

uh double the man you are. call I love that you were the one that. supposed to ask the. question um did you you knew obviously I. think everybody knew that you were going. to be you I don't know if everybody knew. you were going to be mommy but I think. everybody knew you were going to go at. what moment in your run here at WWE. counting NXT did you know okay this is. special things are about to be a little. bit different from me here um to be. honest I didn't know I I still like I.

wake up every single day and I feel like. I get to do these amazing things but I. don't actually realize how big of a deal. mommy really is oh mommy's a big deal. deal I need mommy you know Mommy you. ain't got nothing else you're a big deal. and this weekend you got the man oh yeah. okay Becky Lynch she has. been she has been at the top she's been. main event she's obviously been there. done that she had a book come up great. book uhhuh great book great stories I.

thought it sucked what's your what's. your problem Tony I thought it sucked. are you a little bit worried though that. Becky Lynch show experience been there. done that that maybe she'll have a. little bit of a mental Advantage. especially with the high that she's. rolling on or how do you feel going and. take on Becky L I feel confident um I. think people forget that I've been at. this game for a long long time as well. uh if anything shows look at. WrestleMania 39. I stepped in there with one of the best. one of the four horse women Charlotte. Flair and I took her Smackdown Women's.

Championship so stepping in with Becky. it's it's going to be the same except. I'm walking in Champion and I'm walking. out Champion Michael Cole has a question. for you Mommy so uh by the way Ria uh. has now held the championship for a full. year. congratulations not easy it was a leap. here too I think there was an extra day. 366 day yeah you did it R uh you and I. talked a lot about this back in February. when you returned home uh as Champion uh. to defend an elimination chamber in.

Perth tell us about that week and what. it was like for you to come home to your. Homeland and your family holding the. championship down under like. mate um it was amazing it it was a. really really special moment for me I. hadn't been able to compete in Australia. for seven years and the last time being. for Riot City wrestling the the. Federation that I started with so to be. able to go back not only a WWE Superstar. but as your women's world champion and.

put my title on the line against the. Unstoppable Force Nia Jack I have my. family in the crowd I got my friends in. the crowd it was a really really like. heartwarming moment for me it's it's. what I could have dreamt of and um yeah. your main evented too yeah we main. evented too uh my name popped up when. you use the hashtag on X how many how. many people in Stadium there I heard it. was in the middle of nowhere Australia. that's what Logan Paul said I don't I. wasn't there that's a really far Tri. 50,000 50,000 people who's the main.

event Ria and Nia let's go dude. draw that's big money that's big money. speaking of Nia um the other week on the. internet. [Music]. yep a lot of lotion sales I believe. around the IWC taking place uh are we is. that a new move we're going to keep in. the Arsenal going forward. um um as much as people want to see it. which I know you do um probably not it's.

more of a a payback because Nia did it. to me so I really wanted to show her. what it felt like well I saw Shaya. Basler was trying to sign up for a yeah. yeah yeah she was yeah yeah she was the. world obviously erupted and Becky Lynch. responded about it too yep she said that. that's unbe I don't want my daughter. seeing that type of stuff now people. would say Becky there's a chance some of. your cheeks everyone once in a while in. the middle of battle it could happen but. how do you feel about the grand standing. potentially by some people about how you.

go about doing what you do um at the end. of the day people aren't in my shoes so. they don't know what it feels like to to. walk a day in them um whether they want. to judge me for the things that I do or. they are supportive with the things I do. it doesn't really affect me to be. completely honest at all because. whatever I do is working you're talking. about me if you could say that you hate. me but you're talking about me so. technically you're still a fan cuz. you're helping me become a bigger person. than I was the day before and that's the. wrestling business in a nutshell Tone's. got a question for you big fan yeah big.

fan Ria I acknowledge you as Mommy um. but I I want you to know that I need to. ask a question when I am when I and all. of us are calling you mommy what is that. relationship cuz I think we're a little. confused on what the relation to the. mommy relationship is uh can you define. that for us as your children or not CH I. don't I'm. confused um. mhm. yeah yeah how how do I word this no. Brain Buster yeah respect you guys are.

all my children okay okay okay so turn. your. child mom mommy is um it's definitely a. word that gets thrown out a lot. especially when I'm out in public and it. is quite funny to me because people just. walk past me in public areas and they're. like Mommy and I'm so caught off guard. by it sometimes I'm like child. yeah love that I think they love it as. well Ty has a question for you yeah. Mommy you mentioned uh Charlotte Flair.

and obviously we got Big Time Becks. coming up here but how I mean how do you. stay humble like you you're the best. there is it's that simple you know like. does anyone pose any kind of threat to. you and like do you even have to stay. humble cuz you know hey I'm going to go. in there I'm going to beat wholesale ass. and I'm getting out of there like how. does that work out on a dayto day um so. there's there's threats in everyone. anything could happen and anyone can get. you at any given moment that's the thing. like I I'm obviously very confident.

within my abilities and what I do and. what I bring to the ring but there's. always that slight chance where you take. someone for granted and that's sort of. what happened when I was coming up too. people thought that I was a no one and I. hadn't made a big enough name for myself. yet so they didn't take me seriously and. then I beat Shaina basa for the NXT. Women's Championship. hell yeah and then I went on to Survivor. series and one for the female team and.

one for NXT and then I went on to war. games and won a. 4v2 okay that good so I mean every time. I step in the ring yes I'm going to be. confident I'm going to be cocky I'm. going to be myself but at the same time. I have to be aware of every that is. going on because anyone could get. anything I could lose in a split second. to Maxine dpri if I don't take her. seriously well I I saw you go to bat for. her the world was very thankful for you. that was a good mommy child situation. there going to bat for one of your kids. I can't help but notice this is pretty.

heavy duty here what the hell's going on. we're going into a Mania injured right. now what happened um it's it's an old. thing it's an old thing it's been there. for a couple months and uh this is more. so I don't hurt myself more okay um the. doctors they they know that I'm pretty. irresponsible at times and I'm not going. to stop going to the gym and doing. stupid things so they're like you were. confined to abrace my my young girl and. you're not allowed to take it off so. okay so this is making an appearance. this weekend too um I probably won't. wrestle in it cuz I tried to wrestle in.

it at a live event and that's why you. had to start using your cheeks exactly. cuz it's just like it's not practical at. all I understand Conor's got a question. for you mommy yeah Mommy obviously you. will I mean good heat these good heat. brother why you got so much heat fam. well cuz they're just stupid and they. know that I know what I'm talking about. and they don't and and to that point if. they would let me get there obviously on. Saturday night you will retain you will. beat beex I mean that's just kind of set. in stone we all know that's going to.

happen but that's Saturday Sunday Pat. you know brought up the Judgment Day now. some of us up here myself included. believe mcdna probably time for him to. go but again that's something that you. need decide because you are the general. of Judgment Day now one of your members. you know Mr seor Money in the Bank he's. had that briefcase for quite some time. long time he missed a lot of. opportunities Mommy that's what a lot of. people I don't know what's going on in. that locker room yeah so so Saturday you. get your job done Sunday will you be. perhaps in his ear hey look this might.

be your best shot there's going to be. 100,000 people in Philadelphia in that. Stadium pumped up to see how that story. possibly finishes will you tell may. maybe Damian Hey listen I'm the general. and I'm telling you it's your time now. you better run your ass out there and. cash in or is that not your position are. you kind of hands off there look we've. we've definitely discussed a few. different routes that we should go with. this um Judgment Day we're a family so. we we talk about things we been.

disagreeing a lot lately seen se' seen. all families fight though all families. fight and they stay together cuz they're. stronger well sometimes you got to boot. if you can overcome a fight within a. family that means that you're really. family that's true amen amen mommy said. Mommy that's why m. true exactly but um when it comes to. sending your money in the bank people i'. I've seen it I've seen it all over the. internet people love to complain and and. throw shade when they have no idea what.

the hell they are talking about what you. know I saw Roman I saw a couple. opportunities Seth was so there's been. opportunities but at the same time. remember Rock was saying look at your. boy remember that he was saying that he. look at your boy but the problem with. that is if priests were to go out there. and try and cash in on Seth then he's. got Roman there he's got the rock there. there obvously already angry and already. revved up they could start taking out on. him and then if Cody starts getting up.

he can help Seth out and then it's a. failed cashing I don't want my man to. fail you're smarter than us we have to. think about every single little part of. what is happening and if there's anyone. up and about it's not a smart time to go. down unless we're going to go down as a. group but love that was not the time. they was swinging belts around I didn't. want you know he hit with one yeah he. hit a ref yeah and also why why do. people think that he wants to cash in on. only Seth oh could be wrong.

oh oh the phone yeah exactly acknowledge. the Judgment. Day watch it mommy sh MCD should I. should I do this one instead are they. really family or are they. together anger gun W it was. miscommunication the final boss a lot. going on he didn't know you're supposed. to just put the Thumb in sh fireworks. you should know what's what's the. product fam well also there's a chance. wa man there is a chance that he is the.

hardest worker in the room yeah every. piece of his body except for his right. thumb yep a little lazy yeah that one. definitely kind of Falls a little bit. Falls a little B what do you think that. means mommy you think there's a little. bit of a I don't know I mean and then on. Jimmy Fallon did you see oh yeah he said. you got Roman Reigns and then you got. final boms like whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa. whoa who what the hell we don't need. this type disagreement going into a big. weekend we have to beat the out of. Cody rhods and. SE what I mean m i don't love it I don't.

love it Cole's got a question for you. well it's not really a question it was a. statement I've talked a lot about Daman. over the with him over the past couple. of weeks and he's got a chip on his. shoulder because oh he reads the. internet he's heard the chirping that. people say he's scared to turn in the. contract that he's not Championship. material that he couldn't carry the ball. if he won the championship and this. really bothers him a lot and he really. wants to prove the world that that's not. the. case well well. listen what crap is he going to say he's.

doing a lot of chirping in that Judgment. Day Locker speaking different languages. to different people kicking people out. don't be playing with my dartboards I. haven't seen him do I haven't seen him. do it he's very protective over his. family he is very protect what about his. Dart Bo what about his darts especially. his darts why you guys always playing. darts why don't you guys ever focus on. the show why aren't you watching we're. killing it out there you guys are. playing BR we're out there playing DTS. and we're still killing it yeah you're. right you're right hey you're right. you're right uh dirty Dom oh.

god oh what a handsome handsome. man look at that luscious mullet huh. well speaking of mullets how about this. guy right here yeah hey I got I got. purple I got purple I mean I'm ready I'm. ready for the Judgment Day if you need. me better than McDonald so like dirty. Dom we all. we all detest he's scumback yeah we all. think he's Great's a see that's what.

he's lovable no he's not nothing about. no he C him you and him attacked his dad. Ray. Mysterio he had it coming he deserved it. he was a dead beat father he was there. for his. son he's never you know how many. birthdays that man missed oh Mommy I. don't want to hear it he was putting. food on a table he's one of the reasons. why this whole thing. pretty sure that was. Angie I'm not going to argue with you. semantics Angie swagged out as well I.

don't think I've ever seen a more like. Flex dresser in my life than actual Mama. Mysterio over there but like real talk. why do you just if you were to he'd be. gone forever we'd never have to see him. again he would literally not pick up. he'd probably be at that other place in. for like 600 people like why why can't. we do why you're the only you know why. don't we yeah why don't we Dom is the. goat no. what people say her Mysteria is a goat.

hell no Dominic Mysterio the other one. the better one he looks like a. [Music]. goat yeah Cole Cole that was a good one. Cole thank you thank you that was a good. one Cole anyways Ria thank you for. taking time to join us you have a. massive weekend you're going to watch. little dirty Dom get his ass beat by his. dad I know that's going to be. Heartbreaker but remember all these. children here will still call you mommy. after this weekend when you do what you. have to do to Becky Lynch yes they will.

we appreciate you ladies and gentlemen. our women world. champion R. Ripley thank you thank you great to see. you. r g so Jack so Jack hey hold on real. quick can we ask hold on hold on hold on. I I don't like doing this to people but. I forgot what you what what is your lift. what is the lift of choice for you what.

do you what is the and you put up. massive numbers or you just lift all day. every day uh I lift all day every day. pretty much but um I love I obviously. love back day but my chest a is getting. pretty good just saying okay where we at. where we at if you were just to throw. okay if I'm doing an incline bench with. dumbbells I've gotten up to the 80 lb no. way for like a good three round rep. let's go dude holy we appreciate. you maybe not right now but you know. yeah got it absolutely jock ladies and. gentlemen R.

rip thank you Mommy thank you Mommy. ladies and gentlemen Ria Ripley our. champion. wow hey she's so thank you beex is. shaking in her. boots beex says no chance well that's. the thing like my wife is currently. reading Lynch's book nice okay not your. average average girl yeah and Becky. Lynch came in and she was like stone.

quot Steve Austin for women right when. she was driving in coming through the. crowd like my wife is a massive Becky. Lynch fan but since seeing rip Ria. Ripley from the beginning it's like yeah. she's she's she's a different she's like. a perfect Superstar is she not she's. exactly what WWE is looking for in super. and it's confidence I mean if you look. at the evolution of Ria when she first. came in uh to where she is today from. everything from her look to what she. does in the ring to the way she talks. the way she cuts a promo I mean she's. absolutely incredible I don't like the.

wrist thing yeah that's not good that's. been there for a little bit I also don't. like the I don't think I don't think we. were all thinking as children either in. the mommy relationship I think we got to. rethink that well you don't like being a. child no cuz you're an adult exactly is. Boston Connor an adult or no no no I. have never I never will be I mean I'm an. adult to these guys cuz I'm smarter than. everybody out here but aside from that. no no not really no that's pretty good. heat though you're trying to talk to mmy. and all a sudden you're getting booed. out before Logan Paul joins us let's. chitchat about that's your United States.

Champion okay we're in United States. just's remember that's our champion yeah. uh M you know. Tri Lan paulan Paul Paul Paul pa okay. yeah all right Logan that's hey that's. good you can earn that yeah I like that. I like let's talk about the final four. happening this evening the women tip off. NC State vers South Carolina South. Carolina favored by 11 and a half that's.

a lot of points for a final four game. but don't think it's going to be enough. this South Carolina team is an absolute. wagon we should assume that they're. going to continue to be so yes con man. I'd say so the only thing that happened. with NC State was that they just came. out shooting basically lights out. against uh I believe Texas in the elite. a but yeah I mean with cardoso in the. middle give me a break congrats to NC. State both men and women's basketball in. the final four that's awesome for the. wolfback uh Yukon vers Iowa also cannot. wait to watch this tonight.

9:30 after Smackdown you'll be able to. catch the Hall of Fame after the Hall of. Fame you'll be able to catch Yukon vers. Iowa Iowa favored by 2 and a half uh. Paige buckets vers Caitlyn Clark a lot. of chatter Tai about who's who in this. entire one yeah a lot of chatter uh. everyone knows that cait I mean Roman. basically said it when we were in Iowa. you know he acknowledged Caitlyn Clark. as basically his female counterpart she. is our tribal Chief okay she understands. too like she she has to have the same. type of game that she did against LSU.

like it's going to if if she scores 40. again or whatever everyone talked about. hey no we'd never be talking about. Caitlyn Clark If Paige buckets never got. hurt she did we are not everybody. Molly's talking about she's a Yukon. she's talking which I believe is. being taken as journalism sure I don't. love a lot of people piggybacked on that. and agreed with her Point she was. absolutely just talking and kind of. trying to stir things up a little bit. but then I think a lot of people who. want to see Caitlyn Clark fail we like. you know what she's absolutely right but. I think it's going to be a high-scoring. game I I'll be very interested to see.

what the numbers are on this one with. the 9:30 start time oh yeah because. Yukon LSU had 12.3 million peing at 16. million let's talk about ratings Cole. right now more people are watching the. WWE than like ever before what a wild. wild run to be a part of everything is. up and to the right in the sports and. sports entertainment World Cole that's. real deal it's been incredible I the. ratings have been off the chart. especially in the demo obviously that we. sell which is the adults 18 to 35 and.

that the thing about it is is that not. just the television ratings but doesn't. care about the olds look about uh the. attendance we've had 13 straight 14. straight tonight television sellouts. which is incredible we're going to have. 100,000 people a night in the building. in Philadelphia we're going to be sold. out again on Monday night it has been an. incredible time to be in this world 13. straight televised sellouts when did you. guys just make up that. I heard you. say right I know what is your problem no.

it's real but it's like every building. is packed like I think that is just the. conversation every building is packed. like putting the television sellouts. it's like okay so maybe there's a house. show that wasn't marketed that maybe. didn't sell a 100 tickets every building. is packed out right now for the WWE. which is not a normal thing across. entertainment it's f fantastic it is we. are so lucky to be a part of this. everywhere from Anaheim and San Jose all. the way over to North Carolina in.

Raleigh Chicago in between now in. Philadelphia with hundreds and hundreds. of thousands of tickets being sold to. every single event in this entire thing. it's like business is booming you know. why cuz Michael Cole is here oh yeah. yeah I would like to take some credit. for that now but think about it you know. we're 52 weeks a year 52 weeks Monday. Night Raw 52 weeks Friday Night. Smackdown 52 weeks NXT a different. premium live event every month and to be. able to jam this many people into Arenas.

each and every week for all these shows. is incredible men's final four tips off. tomorrow NC State takes on Purdue would. like to say everybody's talking about DJ. BJ going to the. NFL 6'9 good personality y Good Feet. pretty. physical guy got WWE Superstar written. all over him I love everything about him. cannot wait to watch him take on big. Zack Edy N9 and 1 half point spread. there and then Alabama Yukon tone one.

half of the. hammer one half of the. hammer Cowboys love that love everything. about what just happened there what do. we take in in that particular matchup. and over the weekend what are you. leaning towards I I honestly I feel like. it's too many points like final four. it's almost double digits for both game. and like as a gambler like who's been. gambling for a long time you see those. numbers and even though Yukon and Purdue. has been absolutely dominant like I feel. like I have to take the dog and both not. to win absolutely not to win but but.

with the points I think I have to take. the dogs and I was thinking I would love. to see Edy in the ring against Omas oh. Zach Edie is a WWE Superstar I thought. you talking about DJ BJ couple 74 Giants. hey what happened to OS we should have. asked Triple H that he is in the Andre. the Giant Battle Royal tonight on Friday. Night Smackdown I was in uh Battle Royal. one time the the Royal. Rumble with omos yes and once I saw the. way he was looking at me I said get me.

out of here which allowed me to still. hold the record for the longest time in. a Royal Rumble spent by any announcer in. WWE history yeah but after Omas scares. an adult out of the ring isn't there. something we can do with him maybe you. know afterwards to some people you know. if uh yeah that might have been a. question for Triple H there should have. been. like. c c we'll be joining us this afternoon. for the kickoff to WrestleMania 5:00.

Eastern uh on all the WWE socials it. will be myself Michael Cole CM Punk will. be a part of the team it is going to be. a great time kicking off the entire week. you brought it up or you brought it up. being in the ring uh are you undefeated. at WrestleMania undefeated at. WrestleMania Pat is also undefeated at. WrestleMania when are you two uh going. to get back and put that undefeated uh. record back on the no we' be a tag team. that's what I mean I don't mean against. each other okay yeah we could be a tag. team could maybe we'll just beat the dog. out of Cory Graves and Wade.

Barrett afraid I've got some bad news. for you Wade Barrett you know what I. mean I'd have to bring the singlet back. out absolutely and the F man yeah tuck. the squirreling nuts in there pal have. to yeah do what you got to do get back. into shape too all Juiced up right have. to do we have a picture of Michael Cole. in the singlet from wrestle pulling it. up we're pulling it up current. we need to see. you they're talking about there I am see. thaty undefeated at WrestleMania there.

you go pythons on his arms is there. going to be anything like that you think. this weekend something as iconic and. memorable as that as the people in. Philadelphia CH one more match one more. match one more match to Michael Cole I. don't know if they'll be chaining that. to me but I take the payday yeah oh of. course of course naturally how many. years You' been in WWE now 27 27 years. congratulations how many how many shows. have you missed uh three now three shows.

over 27 years 52 weeks a year obviously. traveling on the road away from your. family we appreciate your dedication to. the business a lot of these people that. come back me even come back to the. business are like oh Cole's still here. oh Cole's still here some people need to. go take a break rest the Mind rest the. body maybe get a refresh you for 27. years straight every single week but. three of those have been on the road. working for the company you're a legend. Cole thank you incredibly.

admirable respect and the other stuff he. did before yeah he used to cover actual. Wars good was in. Bosnia look at that wowk. you kind of beg for. it but we got. it people are going to say we're were. kind of begging for it but still got it. hey I'll take it keep begging this guy. before he was at the W before he was in. the WWE he was covering Wars in like. Bosnia for real this is this guy oh what. a stash look at that look at that.

picture spent Easter with David Kesh. down in W I say I I am curious Cole uh. if you had to compare David Kesh to. either a current or former WWE Superstar. who do you think he kind of I don't know. if we should do this I don't know if we. should I think we should go there either. he played he played great guitar he did. I got one I mean I I got one that kind. of just resembles. JD MCD re oh my God you and JD MCD I. love JD MCD well that's one of us I.

don't like Judgment Day but I don't I. don't think he's any part of that. Michael Cole you were the first person. to speak to David Kesh you covered the. Bosnia war in Bosnia for how many days. uh three tours I was there 9 months at. one point stuck in a war zone for 9. months you're on a river that was on. fire almost died being an actual. journalist then you come into the WWF. you let the Attitude Era kind of run. wild with you and then now you're still. doing it in better shape and doing. better than you've ever done lucky to. call you a friend thank even though. you're kind of a piece of for sure.

you're a great guy not kind of thank you. ladies and gentlemen it is now time to. introduce to. you a man who is a. trailblazer on the. internet his family has changed the game. completely for how you can make a living. from living your life and creating. content he is taken to this business. like a fish to water you're United.

States Champion the Maverick Logan. [Applause]. Paul. [Applause]. yeah Jo Jo properly Jo properly. jock. bro hell yeah dude you're absolutely.

jocked right now so I've been uh I've. been training for Wrestlemania Pat. believe it or not yeah amen fight cam. brother why you always standing cuz I'll. fall asleep if I don't yeah I yeah I. need to move you moving with me you. standing with me I'm I'm so tired Pat I. was woken up this morning by a natural. disaster earthquake earthquake that's. cuz you're in t brother I thought to. myself if I was an earthquake wake I'd. hit Philadelphia too. amen well said I made a I made a huge. mistake just give me one sec oh no oh no.

we need Stone Cold Steve Austin's beer. tosser. stack we need Stone Cold Steve Austin's. Nikki who tosses beers this is important. there it is thank you boss yeah no. problem there you go hey congrats on. that being a smashing success congrats. to you dude smash we're on a program. absolutely the whole thing you do those. with the words that's cuz I get bored. once's get this is the this is the. entire thing you know I got to stay. active Logan I want to let you know.

this little guy in the prime shirt my. big stupid head handsome though handsome. very handsome man this is. great now that leads my first question. when you first got to the WWE this guy. sucks we hate this guy get this guy the. hell out of our life yeah it's still. like that no it isn't all day they were. oh yeah cheers we thought it was a Logan.

sucks chant happening we're like hold on. wait a second it was Logan sucks no it. was Logan Paul they were chanting your. whole damn name these people love you. dude you've earned it from them I. think kind of sounds like. suck yeah um wow you know I'm not sure. what to make of it cuz like I'm the bad. guy so I mean it's great I'm flattered. but at the end of the day I'm here to. beat up your favorite Superstars which. we love yeah and that's why love Ty has.

a question for you Logan yeah speaking. of that how are you going to. differentiate like the urge to be hey I. just want to beat the out of Kevin. Owens like I I understand Randy Orton. here that's a big part of it but I'm. looking at this sloppy guy over here in. a cut off and Jim shorts steals. everyone's moves and I just I I don't. even I'm not even focused on R I just. want to beat the piss out of this guy. like how are you going to differenti. apprciate those your name is Ty yeah Ty. I already did that well I understand. know it's it's been done I beat Kevin. Owens already so if I'm being honest.

Randy's my true opponent in this match. he's a legend and like I'm honored to be. in the ring with a Legend killer. seriously like Randy Orton is one of the. best in WWE has all the time he's he's. amazing and so um you know it's going to. be a great match but but Randy Orton is. really who I got my eyes set on okay. yeah so you do realize that you beat Uh. Kevin via disqualification. St being a. Mark I don't like why I don't like he's. doing it Good Friday Michael do a win is.

a win Bingo it is but there's a point to. this because your matchup at. WrestleMania on Sunday is Triple Threat. which means there are no. disqualifications or count outs so. you're going to have to pin or submit. either Randy or Kevin to keep your. Championship so I've heard but you can. use the brass knuckles yeah no. DQ hey yall want me to use the brass. nles yeah yeah Kevin used him though he. he he cheated he did no I agree with. that point he did some people say you.

set him up but that means you're smarter. than he is do you feel like you were. made to be a WWE Superstar feels that. way um I feel like I was made to drink. Prime sure amen okay maybe drop NASCAR. with. that wow wow these are good fans today. that's what I'm saying Logan real D I. did not expect this either dude yeah. this is crazy it's been like 2 hours of. this for you I think yeah I think you've. got to the point where you've worked. yourself into a shoot brother baby face.

you're over brother can they hear us. right now. yes at the beginning they couldn't. though it was bad man A hey which one of. you want to be a wrestler when you grow. up here we go I see some hands I see all. these little kids man it's possible for. all of you guys not to be inspirational. but that's awesome this is crazy. man. cuz of you I'm supposed to be a heel. dude no no baby face this baby face. Logan Paul right no no yeah it is it's.

the kids they melt my heart look at this. you're all the kids they're the re. they're kids aren't here for me we don't. even that's not a that's not prime merch. how did you how did you get that oh. you're getting robed take. off take that. off take it off we'll get you another. one we'll get you another one kid we'll. get you another one to has a question. for you Logan yeah I have a question. about how like you came in and it's. similar to me like watching Pat you guys. both came in and everyone said your. matches were incredible but you guys. didn't come up through the WWE and you.

both have hit these like high flying. spots do you feel like do you feel. necessary to do that type of stuff early. in your career early in these matches. just to kind of prove yourself when and. now you could you kind of don't have to. do that or is that just who you are and. you're going to be jumping off dude. that's who I am that no I I if I'm not. 11 ft in the air I'm not happy. s that's why I smoke. uh uh dudee my nickname's the Maverick I. I love I love flying I don't know why. but like I I I need to be flying through. the air ever since I was a kid I've been.

jumping off like the top of the. playground the highest thing I can find. I have horrible knees because when I was. a kid I'd launch myself from the Second. Story window on the ground and just like. yeah hurting my body and that seems to. be dumb but you're like an incredibly. intelligent person too which I think is. a massive piece of this whole thing no. there a it's a duality to it pat um if. you're. dumb you could also be smart yeah you're. right well said like that yeah you're. right well said that's right holy.

big that's why these people are chating. your name man that's why these people. are chating your name Michael Cole. refuses to admit it though Michael do. you have a problem with me not at all. Logan but I do want to say this I've. been doing this for a very long time I. have never ever seen anyone in my 27. years take to this business the way that. you have over the last couple of years. hey Kurt angle's involved in that list. uhhuh that means a lot Michael and it's. honest to got truth I mean the. performances that you had put in in the.

ring and I look back at the match you. had with Roman Reigns in Saudi Arabia I. mean absolutely Blown Away by what was. accomplished that night so. congratulations thanks man Pat too man. you see Pat in the ring how does he do. that how does he do that but he looks. like that. okay. no it's it's crazy I've seen you box. jump to the top rope yeah he you said to. me this was one of the funniest things. I've ever heard in my life after the. match Logan comes over and he goes this.

going to sound so rude but like I didn't. know you were that athletic I'm like. dude I was a professional athlete yeah I. understand I understand what you're. saying I understand yeah but P you're a. you're a punter easy Logan easy Logan. Logan no no no no but you are just any. punter thank you you watch a Pat McAfee. highlight reel bro you're doing wild. like you could have been a middle. linebacker but here's the thing now well. I was mut me the other night uh Madden. they had me a 99 middle linebacker I was. a Menace sorry about the.

language um so but for real though I. don't I'm okay though I get you a chance. to experience a dream in there I get a. chance to get it hurts everything hurts. is that why are you coming back or just. m I'm saying the complete opposite what. I'm saying is like I got a chance to. experience it very lucky to be able to. get in there and do it everything hurts. I'm 36 years old right now I got a baby. I talk in the microphones I feel good. you experiencing it which is like the. bump the pain the running the ropes. hurts I mean everything hurts in this.

business and for you to sign up for more. of it I think once you get in there. after already being a very very very. successful human being I think adds to. the respect that all these people have. for you right now so I think you should. take that in a little bit that's real. deal that's real deal no I mean I say. this as arrogantly as possible I don't. have to be here yeah I don't I'm here. because it's sorry kids it's. awesome Yes dude it really is this is. the coolest industry in the world I'm.

surrounded by uh the most athletic and. talented people I've ever met from from. uh the crew the Riders uh the the. athletes the executives you guys Michael. Cole absolute Legend my turn to my turn. to gas you up voice of the WWE man like. seriously your guys's passion for this. industry is contagious I feel it I have. What's called the bug now and uh I don't. think I can stop dude nice we're lucky. for that Conor's got a question for you. Logan yeah obviously you know growing up. you're state champion.

wrestler good I mean just shut the. up these people man these people these. people just are the worse what did you. do to them uh well they just don't. understand that I know everything. correct and they know nothing about. anything when it comes the world I mean. just look around the amount of zero IQs. you see is absurd but we're talking. about yourself and your story like all. state wrestler in high school then. you're boxing one of the greatest boxers. of all time Floyd Mayweather and now.

obviously you're a superstar in the WWE. I mean you don't just stumble in you're. are United States you don't stumble into. that that's a that's a real goddamn. Championship but when you're talking. about those three things H how do they. each kind of shake up against each other. like when you're thinking about you know. preparing to go go against Floyd. Mayweather that training versus going up. against you know like you said the. Legend killer and Kevin Owens like where. does that how do you frame it in your. brain when you've gone through such. massive events already too I can't. believe I'm about to say.

this Kevin run with this on your. Instagram fighting Kevin Owens was. harder than fighting Floyd Mayweather. wow wait a minute whoa wait a minute let. me tell you something yeah wrestling is. the hardest thing I have ever done in my. life there is no industry that requires. the amount of skill sets all in one like. the WWE like it it is is crazy you know. the amount of things you have to think. about when you're in that ring I liking. it and I've said this a thousand times. but when you're boxing I'm worried about.

one person I'm worried about the guy. across from me when I'm wrestling I'm. worried about 60,000 people in the arena. right and it's my job to make sure that. they got their money's worth I take that. very very seriously so I'm in the lab. man I want to make sure you guys got. your money worth on Sunday I mean it's. also like it's also like you slip like. the Spanish fly with ricochet oh my oh. my God like every single moment in there. and I came back uh for Miz last year for. Wrestlemania and I hadn't been in a ring.

okay I go up to that thing where I'm. doing the the Swanton and I'm up there. and I'm like what the why am I this. should have been I should have done this. you know at least yeah but I'll tell you. what man when you got 160,000 eyeballs. looking at you you but that's like. that's a part of the skill set though. it's like mentally physically but if you. miss you're in front of everybody and. also the the injuries that happen in. this thing are very real so like once. again you continuing to show up and do. what you do man I I love it I think the.

boys love it and it's uh keep going cuz. the you're doing is you and. Ricochet are trying to like defy what. humans can do in rings on a regular. basis this this was a this was a crazy. move this. incredible I don't think this had been. done before I'm really proud of this. this one me and Rick yes you should be. Jee oh my God you're a py dude took a. couple years off my life yeah absolutely. I'm serious but we're all doing stuff. that's doing that but we hope you live a. long long time Logan you're you're. obviously you're a tremendous.

businessman as well and we'd be remiss. if we didn't mention and talk about the. history you're making this year as it. comes to Prime at WrestleMania let's. talk a little bit about that and how. that came about yeah yeah uh okay so um. you know TKO publicly traded now um and. I think uh I think it's a new era of WWE. you know with that era of comes you know. hopefully a new Champion # we want Cody. hopefully comes with a little bit more. Edge wait a minute.

hey know we want. Cody W baby face Logan right now yeah I. don't know do we want. Cody. Bo but uh uh with that came uh the real. estate of the center ring and I thought. uh how cool would it be if a company. that I founded took that position we. happened to have the um the revenue for. it we uh we did 1.2 billion last year. which pretty good I'll get the job done. not bad pretty job done um so so we cop.

the middle ring and so yeah man. WrestleMania this year I'm going to be. wrestling on a logo that I sketched on a. notepad that's crazy yes it's going to. be such a surreal moment and you think. about you know decades and decades and. Decades of the tradition and history in. our company and that Center ring has. been sacred there's never ever been. anything on that ring in the history of. this company but come this weekend. you're your logo is going to be on it.

I'm looking forward to the backlash yeah. yeah it's coming yeah it's going to be. loud it's going to be loud it's going to. be loud did you say 1. what billion last. year. 1.2 man 1.2 and I'm not just like saying. that a lot of my peers will make up. numbers and we can see the numbers the. No No they're they're lying I don't want. to say any names say it do it do it as. well I know that typically I I can't I. actually can't but uh but uh we can't. say a couple names today yeah we're not.

yeah we're same boat same boat on this. it's a a lot of a lot of stuff is. fabricated Prime is not um it's a great. beverage a great product and now partner. with a great company I'm very excited. congratulations dude you should be happy. and uh you can't find this anywhere. right it just sells out everywhere find. it in Target Walmart CVS Walgreens. Kroger WWA sold out sold out sold out. find empty Place uh that is supposed to. hold Prime bottles cuz it's sold out. because I mean the prime merch that is. around crazy the prime cry girl over.

here I mean there's just uh she's hi. yeah yeah she's so sweet yeah she is. yeah no no we like some of this merch. most of it's customized I I I we don't. we don't sell not customized that's. knockoff that' be. stolen that's supposed to be 1.4 billion. yeah got yeah he actually got some money. stolen from the merch company overseas. probably anyways Logan good luck this. weekend pull one for you keep your eye. out hey come on Triple Threat that's not. good no no no no yeah know I'm I'm going.

to be watching as well I'm going to be. watching also Damen priest still hasn't. cashed in he made a comment to me. backstage like watch my title or. something like who I don't I don't know. I don't know for the good of the United. States let's make sure that doesn't. brother brother come on that doesn't go. to judgment United States champion this. belt is not leaving my ways this weekend. okay let's make sure that we appreciate. you thank you thank for being our. champion ladies and gentlemen hey hold. on hold on hold on before you go that. old situation with what's his name. what's the situation you know what it.

is no not that. one Jake fighting Mike Tyson that's. awesome that is awesome that is awesome. what's the situation do thing. oh my God don't even get me. start in that cuz we're kind of in that. world like kind of in that world don't. even give me start that would have been. the amount of baby face stuff that is. happening with you right cuz you're baby. faing that one in that entire thing as. well just want to let you know we are. just know we all believe it's.

thank you Graham Binger is a snake I. don't want any other celebrity and. personality to fall to Graham's. endearing demeanor like I did he is a. snake if the story that you were telling. which we assume because obviously we've. kind of like absolutely wild that that. would even happen I gave I gave five. months of my life to this guy I gave him. access to everything because he told me. he was making an apple tea TV. documentary shows up on his YouTube. channel it's it's BS I'm yeah and we saw. I think I think it got like 15,000 views. in the.

first but if it was to be on your. YouTube I mean it would yeah why. wouldn't you just do it for yourself. yeah you got screwed we're on your side. you too cheers buddy he's baby face too. yeah yeah yeah yep for sure I I don't. want to make decisions around here but. they do feels like Bingo there's some. baby face stuff happening all right let. let's take a break cuz we have not and I. think somebody's probably going to go to. the bathroom out there maybe on this. stage yeah fingo when we're on the other. side Gunther will join us as we as we.

wrap up this glorious Feelgood Friday. from WWE World shout to the crew getting. the speakers to work here we go great. job crew brought in whole new speakers. that was incredible work there that was. really good early I was like I don't. know what we're going to do yeah I have. no maybe we just put up a curtain in. front of them so we don't feel awkward. that we're doing a show text messages to. me went from extremely negative in the. beginning to really really positive now. okay good well it's not your fault. there's there's a name on this whole. thing it's probably going to take the. blame that's hey heavy as the head heavy.

as the head we are very thankful you all. came out we're going to go to the. bathroom Gunther joins us on the other. side of the Intercontinental Champion. and then we wrap up this Feelgood Friday. in one way that's with Sam Robins of. course no pop for him but when he gets. out of here it's going to be great be a. friend tell a friend something nice. about change our life take f. [Music]. well nonetheless as of February 1st uh. Pat maath is officially a contributor.

with. WWE from Pittsburgh Pennsylvan by way of. Indianapolis. IN living his dream to be a part of. WrestleMania I want to I want to see Pat. mfei tonight I've been preparing for. this my entire life ma win ma win Pat. MAA has done it again it's time to toast. the boys and toast the brand back's.

wanted to drink beer with Stone Cold. forever St St there was a point in my. life all I could think about doing was. professional. wrestling M closing in on another. WrestleMania Victory. oh first we're going to have to get the. okays obviously and we did from people. high up they were the only people that. knew for a while there was like three. people that knew in the whole world that. that was going to potentially be a.

situation for a little bit city of stars. Boston Conor here we will be there. tonight nobody's supposed to know we're. here it's going to be tough cuz if. you're a man that's only known for. wearing tank PPS you kind of got it. covered. [Music]. up I didn't see hey I'm Pat nice he's. hanging in the. back one second one second one second I.

to my. face. H who's to be in here nobody this. is you until you go come on. dude let's go and take a look around. there's some bump beds there you know. there's a and a shower here in the. back he sat in that bus 6 7 8 hours 9 10. hours I'm tring to down that thing holy. what a view that's going to be hell. yeah all those people are want. to be there just waiting you know for an. opportunity to potentially have a.

WrestleMania moment it's ridiculous this. is awesome WWE is just like the best at. operating they take care of the non. obvious so we're very thankful for being. here and tonight should be sick. oh yeah I think there's like three. people in know I'm here are we not. supposed to come in here no yeah all. right four now look at you say a. word I'll see you at H sofa you're going. to be in La I don't know George is you. know loaded question George we don't. know George you don't know maybe what's. up St oh.

nice as soon as I saw George showcase at. tight end University tank top I knew. there's a chance old George about do. something. special are you kidding boys welcome to. WrestleMania know night was getting late. sure we didn't know if a moment was. going to pop up where maybe my services. could be utilized I been in a ring since. summer SL okay like not. even in one all I wanted was the biz to. have an opportunity to have a match. WrestleMania match good stand there and.

then The Miz mentions I sent out an open. Challenge and we go oh my god there it. is and I put out an open. Challenge and no one. responded why because I'm the. Miss and. di oh hey. what let's. go wait a. minute I feel back of's here I have.

walked out into a stadium as a WWE. Superstar probably a million times in my. head WrestleMania was missing prop back. of me in the prop back of me show and. I'm thankful to the WWE universe that. said hello whenever I came out on that. massive stage by the way there's. only two announcers undefeated in. Wrestlemania history me and Pat I can't. believe be.

here hello beautiful. people up. smno what's up Snoop you're a legend dog. you're the best. dog hello Miss none of us saw this. alleged open challenge that you said. but good news this is my WrestleMania. tank talk if you still would like a. match why don't you let me beat your ass.

right here right. now you all want to see The Miz versus. Pat McAfee right here right. now oh yeah I'm the host of WrestleMania. and I cannot make m is official. Li I do believe your tiny balls are. showing tiny.

balls tiny. ballsy. balls baby meat as well there's. 8,4. 97 people here somebody has to be able. to make make a match official somewhere. I am the dog father and the host of. WrestleMania so I feel like I could make. that match happen right now we got a ref.

we got you we got you let's get cracked. I'm. out I don't. do and back to me go right after Miss. with the right hand Driving Miss back. into the corner Pat M be in action this. is a a blatant sneak attack he takes his. duties as host of. WrestleMania oh yes my Buster Dar shows.

up and. you check out his paint top though he's. got sparkles on it you're behind this. aren you no I had no idea you said the. same thing in the rubble I didn't know. this guy was showing. up oh what a kick by. maafe hold on hold on piss. hey baby ball baby.

balls George Kenn and the San Francisco. 49ers I'm not sure how wise that wi. mag's got the official distracted in the. ring Kel just took out this Kel telling. M to go up top M heading up to the top. rope and Tak it out the m. now we're talking M may never win. another match Mame closing in on another. WrestleMania.

Victory. oh the. old decade Hunter with a p to end this. day here is your. winner have B be a surprise here tonight. at WrestleMania goes. [Music].

Hollywood Bo PR that match was awesome I. had so much fun there that was a good. time the putt was hilarious got. a tiny ball CH. on I had a feeling I had a feeling tell. you're sitting here all day oh I wanted. to text you earlier I not to text you of. course nobody text you had a. hell of a show I'm so thankful to the. people at the WWE it was a super cool. night super cool moment and I'm very. thankful for it.

all 5:30 a.m. Sunday this day started. 6:30 a.m. Saturday so much cool. happened in between now and then joke of. an existence I'm very thankful for. everything let's go take a. nap jhawk. [Music]. [Applause].

what's isolation it's four nights of. complete darkness what is there a. bathroom or you wearing a diaper for. real holy close the thing that. really takes us over the top Jesus. Christ the thing that really. takes us over. son of a madm get it. [Music].

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well ask shefer what I text him when he. somehow got my number and texted me I. didn't respond to Diana Rini I think her. name is I would say the same thing that. I told Chef lose my number nice. try my dad always said this he said boys. that's for Joe yeah that's for D he said. that one makes the girls cream but that. one puts puts food on the table work. [Music].

muscle every single thir Thursday we. will be getting the incredible. opportunity of chatting with head coach. of Alabama Nick. s people are saying you look like the.

weigh-in Brothers with the white chicks. oh no I say it was like a specific. person it's just like hey this is a. sweet mask that someone spent a lot of. time on I guess and they had a lot of. old man and. I. deeper AJ. [Music]. hwk W okay we go oh boy this is what I'm. talking about I'm trying to figure this. whole situation out got a zoom here yeah. congrats we're on ESPN Austin my camera. almost.

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you listen we are very very thankful. for the alltime leading tackler for the. Green Bay Packers you. pink up up damn it be a friend tell a. friend something nice to change their. life sport sport sport sport sport hello. beautiful people and welcome back to WWE. World here in Philadelphia Palmer. Wrestlemania 40 on this Feelgood Friday.

April 5th 2024 this sports program AR 3. Starts. Now Sports are happening obviously the. final four for the women tips off this. evening the men tip off tomorrow but we. are in the Great city of Philadelphia. Pennsylvania for. Wrestlemania 40 the biggest WrestleMania. of all. time Eagles are rebuild you know rebuild. j e TS Jets Jets.

jets that was Michael Cole right there. Pittsburgh Steelers don't have any of. those chance because they're an actual. football team there's a lot of Steelers. fans here as well that's one half of the. hammer Cowboys tone Diggs and then the. talks to table with at Boston Conor and. at Tai Schmidt we've been incredibly. lucky to be here on this eve of. Wrestlemania 40 because the energy is. palpable in this city of Brotherly Love. and what's about to happen over the next. 3 days is going to be nothing short of. historic now speaking of historic a man.

who has held the Intercontinental title. for. 665 days joining us. now which is German for the ring General. ladies and gentlemen. G yeah a baby. g a baby ga. [Applause].

yeah now the hand we just shook there is. the hand of a man. who chops people from one side of a city. to another an intimidating. Force who is reign supreme over the.

Intercontinental title at a historic. rate a man who's going to go down in the. history books from. Austria gther you look really good thank. you for. com not speaking in the microphone there. we're going to want to hear you as uh. the world learns about G and becomes a. massive off fan of G uh whenever I. saying and then I say that's German for. the ring General is that an accurate. statement is that how you say ring.

General in German is it ring General no. that's that's not that's just you taking. the piss. obviously taking a piss yeah wa waa but. that is you're the H is that. who theing G very nice boom well it's an. honor to watch the Hing G work every. single week I have noticed for the last. four weeks though you've stayed away.

from ringside you know this past Monday. you beat the hell out of a United States. Olympian Chad Gable as you distracted. Sami Zayn with the big matchup this. weekend are you focused are you worried. that you haven't been around the ring in. a while and you might the. ring might have lost it a little bit or. how do we feel going in Mania weekend um. feeling fantastic actually um I think. it's one of the biggest weekends or the. biggest weekend in this business ever um. growing up and being a fan of this.

business like I feel like WrestleMania. 10 WrestleMania 20 WrestleMania 30. that's always something extra special. and to be in that position that I am now. and to be a big part of that is yeah. it's a it's a great moment and it's a. great feeling okay let's talk about it. there's been some wrestlers in the past. and even some basketball players that. said they learned English through. watching professional wrestling and. watching WWF and WWE is that true for. you um a little bit yes for sure um but. I think in general like American culture. is very popular in Europe so oh are we.

you pick up English he didn't say you he. you was my. choice okay now you come from Austria. yes which obviously has great history. that I learned all about I've known the. history of Austria my whole life I've. know that's the case I think most people. do yeah yeah absolutely but you're with. a guy from Germany and a guy from Italy. in Imperium do you guys you guys don't. get talked about as a dominant group as. much as everywhere Judgment Day gets.

talked awesome truth is getting talked. about now obviously a new day historic. not a lot of talk about Imperium why is. that and what is the deal you think with. how everybody judges you guys um I think. when it comes to the group as of right. now I just think there is a lot of focus. on myself um if you have a Title reign. that long and that meaningful it draws a. lot of attention so I feel like that. makes it a little bit harder for the. other two guys to uh stand out at the. moment Michael Cole has something to say. about you I know that well I gun I mean.

I love calling your matches his name. that's not his. name g or how do I pronounce it g that's. fine have a little I want to be accur. I'm a journalist I want to be ACC. G fine like I said fine fine you sound. like an I I I love how says it. way thank you okay let me hear it real. quick G that's I said a little bit girl. the point I was making was I love. calling your matches there is a there is.

an absolute just realism in it that is. just incredible when you chop people it. sounds like a shotgun going off. throughout the arena um it's just that. attitude it's that you know you can't. lose that nobody can stand toe to- Toe. with you you ooze confidence it is just. incredible to be able to call your. matches that was I'm happy you got that. out yeah I appreciate it Michael um and. I got to say I do enjoy when you call. the matches as well I think you're a.

fantastic. announcer additional to that you have to. carry that one on your that's true. thank come. on come on let's be honest he's the. professional you're just you hanging out. there too okay all right okay Conor's. got we're not even going to talk about a. ga okay DL I'm trying to figure it all. out be as professional as possible I. mean if you're going to say that then I. mean it kind of leads. perfectly these these people these just. the biggest marks on the planet but uh.

just from what you just said you know. it's funny cuz I kind of feel a similar. way cuz you know uh the guys who hang. out with suck Imperium I mean you are. fantastic I wouldn't say they suck. that's that's an insult opinion it's an. insult especially Ka I known that guy. since I'm 18 years old yeah no. absolutely and so that's why you might. not I don't think it sus well you might. not be able to see it the way that we. see it I see everything well no I know. you see everything but I'm.

saying I'm I'm just I mean you got a. suit got do well I'm just telling you. I'm just telling you that's how you are. right that's how people feel people want. you to chop those other two bums so my. question is at what point do you say. like hey having these two anchors on me. just isn't what you know I I need in my. WWE career and you know when you go get. hopefully try and go after that. Universal Championship down the road. perhaps but is there a possibility.

exactly I mean you want one of these you. got to do it on your own just like I did. that's why my question to you is when do. you just say hey sorry guys it's it's my. time shut up I. [Applause]. mean. [Applause]. oh my God oh my. [Applause].

God small one. [Applause]. maybe this guy says You're CH I I say I. say this I don't do that. usually the first time I ever wrestled. in America was in Philadelphia actually. okay and now I came back and I realized. it's the same dump that it was 15 years. ago. amen. so I agree if it would be a nice city. would do it luckily for you it's not for.

you guys thank. god oh man the world is heartbroken that. a sternum of a man a stoe is not broken. all because Gunther says Philadelphia is. too big of a trash bag of a city place. is a. dump not everybody here is from. Philadelphia you're not talking about. everybody like WWE universe doesn't. deserve to see that you don't think like. I said I'm a trained professional me too.

he's your dude I yes dude I went I went. to Sav his life wrestling school um. whenever we talk whenever you talk about. historic runs obviously we know I mean. you say you known Kaiser since you're 18. second generation wrestler I do believe. over there in Germany Kaiser has 05%. body fat as to you at this point yeah. and we've all seen on the internet the. transformation and the reminder of. people of who and where you are now you.

look so good yeah when you started that. process of becoming the most jocked guy. you could possibly become is this why. you did it all is so that you can have. moments like this at WrestleMania or at. what point do you say you know what I'm. just going to get in ridiculous shape. and become the most dominant. intercontinental champion of all time I. mean I guess it was yeah but just in. general I was heavier before but I. always like that look of like the ' 80s. '90s old school wrestlers like Stan. Hansen and Terry gordian all those guys.

then I was in NXT and I think yeah I. felt good and I think it was accepted. but when I knew it would come over here. on the main roster I just thought it's. yeah it's time for an update like it's. time to bring the best version of myself. and yeah that's why I put the work in. the haircut. absolutely chisled Terminator yeah you. are the Terminator uh speaking of. Terminator how about uh Sami Zay you. know Sami Zay what do you.

[Applause]. think what do I think yeah I think he's. a guy that's hung around Roman Reigns. before so he's an honorary us he's got a. little bloodline in him I think he's a. guy who's had wrestle Zania before I. think he's a guy that's been at the top. of the mountain before I think he's a. resilient guy has he has he been to the. top of the mountain. okay he's been top of a mountain even. though there are higher mountains on the. other side of said Mountain potentially. but he's been there done that a long. time I think he's ready for the moment. you seemingly feel the same way that's.

why you're trying to distract him the. last couple weeks you don't think you're. you think he's you think he's too good. that's why you're trying to beat him. down a little bit you're a little. worried about your title run is that. what it is no chill out for a second. um um we're chill we're chill. uh OB is. Sammy is fantastic he's been around. longer in this business than I am and I. was always aware of him I wrestled him. several times in I don't know 10 years. ago or something um I know how good he.

is and all his accomplishments speak for. himself um but to be quite honest nobody. has ever done what I have done I walked. in. here I took over I took. responsibility and yeah created a new. level of prestige for the. Intercontinental Championship and for. myself and I don't think Sammy can claim. this for himself he doesn't know how it. is to be in my position he doesn't know. the pressure and what it takes to be in. my. position um and I think he's more.

dreaming than being realistic about it. all this is a different world than the. last time Samy held the Intercontinental. Championship and the point I want to. make Pat is I love Sammy he doesn't have. a chance in hell this weekend okay he. doesn't okay did you see what this man. did to Sheamus and Drew McIntyre last. year at WrestleMania in the match that. stole the weekend yeah you guys uh you.

guys really beat the I mean just. absolutely beat the out of each. other and who is the last one standing. [Music]. out so you certainly have had Main Event. WrestleMania experience in big matches. but this Sami Zay field is different you. know he's training with the alpha. Academy he's mentally Jack he had to go. on a run then you very easy to impress. because if you think 10 push-ups at the. performance center are going to change. anything okay question for thank you I'm.

I'm glad you brought that up cuz I I. agree with Pat that you are an absolute. specimen and you look great right now. and I respectfully disagree with Pat. that Sami Zayn belongs in the same ring. with you because he is so flabby right. now don't don't you think you deserve a. better more polished opponent for in. this WrestleMania and then after you. just absolutely chop all that flab off. of Sami Zayn this weekend okay who's. next in your. sights um who's next I don't know um but. also to be honest um I don't have. anybody in sight I'm in the sight of.

everybody else agreed so my mind never. goes to who I want to be in the ring. with of course there's some guys that. would like to wrestle but if it's. realistically going to happen yeah he. can. wait hey what is this thing when I do. this cuz I started doing that I if you. saw it well it was the last time it was. four weeks you've done a lot of stuff. since then so I don't know how quickly. I'm you know just publicly quietly I'm. big fit you know you get it what am I. doing there that's just like tightening.

up it's a very nice pose shows. discipline shows respect shows dignity. and if you would have wellt trained. shoulders they would pop a little bit as. well so well maybe keep practicing Pat. why do you explain to Gunther what you. were doing a couple of weeks ago when. Jay Uso was coming to the ring and. Gunther is in there and you were on the. table doing like this. thing that that was seemed to be very. disrespectful of the Intercontinental. Champion oh it is how was that I was I I.

see that by the way then the week after. he was standing like that in front of me. he's kissing ass to everybody. the I mean I don't know if you heard. that but it's kind of like common. knowledge around the boys that he's. doing. that. [Applause]. everybody's okay that's not the no way. we love to have him on board I respect. the ring G out whenever you're acting. like the ring G okay I do and ye man.

I've seen Jay for a long time. love I'll tell you what it's going to be. tough this weekend with the ye no Yeet. situation I want you to be know that but. I do believe with the way you've carried. yourself on this particular program. today not on. Monday maybe not the week before I. didn't think that no you view it. differently than me you know cuz the. ring sacred but it's kind of Unbecoming. of you a couple times what you've been. doing but I think at WrestleMania buddy. I'll be showing discipline and shoulder. cap very nice all day what an upgrade.

all day how we doing this thing right. here we appreciate you stopping by thank. you very much for having me you've been. cool to watch yeah thank you very much. cuz since NXT too oh yeah you just like. we talked to Ria earlier it's been a. nice ride watching you ascend keep going. we're fans even though you do some. despicable stuff uh-huh. ladies and gentlemen 665 days he's been. the Intercontinental Champion ladies and. gentlemen G.

yeah yes hey appreciate. your I don't like that music as you're. leaving though cuz people are going to. think that that's your music I don't. like that I don't like what just. happened with the timing was SE fa the. World Heavyweight Champions on the main. stage means our time is wrapping up cuz. it's about to get very loud in here yeah. I think they thought we were done about. 40 minutes. ago what an intimidating son of a.

oh scary why you doing your that. you're doing to make him feel the way. he's feeling about me because I respect. him number one number two you are a kiss. ass and number three I would have paid. so much money to see that guy get. shopped we would have had to send him to. the Philadelphia hospital I was ready to. go let's wrap up and get the hell out of. here as we continue to distract all good. things that are happening here at the. WWE World hey we aren't done yet me and. you we still got a another show to do. later today well yeah we still got to do. beware your feed art yeah Cole shut up. ladies and gentlemen joining.

us wrestling offici andado I will say. ladies and gentlemen Sam. Roberts we don't know if Sam Roberts has. any intro. music but we do know he's front of the. program rocking Travis Scotts believe. oh a little. taller hello. Sam. Sam before we bring out a couple more. guests to wrap up this thing who've been.

hanging out and are pumped to be. here Sam as the lord of the marks who. who gave me that title that guy I mean. it's f is it not that's why you have a. job with the WWE cuz you're a walking. roll adex of the WWE is that why you. hired me cuz I'm lord of the marks yes. okay yeah and it's it's a it's a thing. that we have known for a long time. literally first time I work with you NXT. during a kickoff show I think in New. Orleans maybe maybe Chicago I forget. which one it was New Orleans I believe I. just remember thinking to myself like oh.

okay this guy knows everything so I'm in. an okay spot I can say whatever the hell. I want this guy's going to save me so. immediately you have made me better in. this entire thing and we've been a. massive fan and then finally the WWE saw. it they hired you full time congrats Sam. you've earned this earned this all that. being as being the lord of the marks. sure and I hope you guys are okay with. that that I'm the lord of the marks yeah. you represent all of them they're now. that could change though that could. change though with every dumb statement.

that potentially comes out of your mouth. what they're calling this the biggest. WrestleMania of all time you agree that. that's going to live up to the bilding. it is absolutely the biggest. WrestleMania of all time which one's it. being compared against you. think talking to you the biggest. yeah well I think I think uh uh uh I. think wrestl Mania Saturday when you. look at that tag match when you look at. the fact that the rock what Roman Reigns. Seth Rollins Cody Road all enter into. one match with ramifications that lead.

to Sunday oh my gosh waa it doesn't get. any. bigger cuz one day literally affects the. next so one day could be big but guess. what tomorrow is bigger bigger wow and. that's how you see it going because it. all. climaxes have you ever done. that Lord the marks on me fair. question I've been a part of my share of. climaxes he's the lord of the mark amen. that's right I have three kids nice what.

real like three real ones holy hell real. there It Go all right traditionally. conceived. wa there it go Sam that's right mmy. isn't the only one on. top guys have great day tell go yeah. Lord I have a question for you um yeah. he's our Lord while Cody was on here. okay I had a bit of a an epiphany or a. change of Hearts okay I am a I'm a rock.

guy I grew up a rock guy uh and I. respect the hell out of the goat Roman. Reigns okay but when Cody was out here. talking about how he would feel and and. everything that he's been through to get. to here if he does get one 2 three on on. Sunday is there am I allowed to be happy. with whoever wins on Sunday. night no no absolutely make a cry baby. it's okay Michael Cole's AR going to be. happy with one winner exactly Cody well. like there's Super Bowls where I don't. care which team wins yeah but this isn't.

that this is the Lord the biggest Super. Bowl of all time you care this is the. biggest WrestleMania of all time that's. why it's so big because the sides are so. divided there's two clearcut competitors. there's no way you could support both. those I'm going cry baby then you're. caby what what I didn't are you kidding. me I'm so sorry you had to see that Sam. he turned me today are you insane yeah a. little bit you were he was great here.

though his bus caught on fire last night. I'm sorry to hear that yeah he almost. died last night and he survived it think. comes out here he does The Who on the. thing these were wobbly these were. wobbly he still did it for the people. look he's incredible phenomenal in any. era that's AJ you get it I get it he's. stupendous there is in any era on the. planet Cody rhods would be the man the. greatest the champion.

except the one that we're in that's the. problem the only problem is that Roman. Reigns exists yeah he does and that's. what Cody has to deal with thank God he. exists dude right he is the greatest you. should see how well my children eat you. know why because Roman Reigns that's. right roban and we're thankful for that. amen I guess he's supposed to be the. best and uh most jocked he's ever been. any other matches you know that could. potentially steal the weekend that well.

I think you had mommy on here Ria Ripley. versus Becky Lynch is an easy show. stealer I think when you think about. what what Gunther and Sami Zayn here's. the thing about Sami Zayn what did you. do at WrestleMania 38 he stole the show. with Johnny Knoxville what did he do at. WrestleMania 39 he stole the show with. this Main Event the idea that he's going. back at Wrestlemania 40 with a guy like. Gunther telling an entirely new type of. story Sami zny Gunther could steal that. show okay I like to hear that because.

Gunther that's why I'm the Lord by the. way of the marks it seems like you're. really taken to it cuz earlier just a. few minutes ago you were like is that. right I cuz because it felt like the. emphasis was on the marks before but you. started putting the emphasis on the Lord. sure no the emphasis on the marks okay B. like it's on B marks Ty's got a question. for you yeah Lord uh everyone knows. WrestleMania you know surprises tend to. kind of steal the show hey who's coming. out who's coming back you hear that you. hear that that could happen yeah exactly.

right there Cena Yeah under ERS music. Someone yelled Cena we'll see I don't. know Ricky siki might come running down. the ramp um what does Undertaker do rest. in peace oh my God it sounded just like. him right absolutely just like it that. was pretty that was pretty working on it. for weeks that was such a fine balance. of like so disrespectful and then like. also trying seeing I'm doing what I can. I mean I wish I could be take but I.

can't you bought the merch sorry about. yeah but surprises are big yeah exactly. so uh you know seeing as I know you're. reading all the dirt sheets I love dirt. sheet you're mingling with all the marks. the Lord You're the Lord of them exactly. you're you're feudal peasants out there. that's right um what kind of surprises. do you think we might be in store for. what's one that you're like oh God if. this if this happens tonight climax yeah. exactly Kleenex well I mean it's. interesting cuz you said surprises can. steal the show but this feels like one. of the rare occasions where everything.

WWE is doing is so hot and running on. all cylinders that I don't think any. surprise is going to steal the show from. what's in front of us but I think it. could add it could be a little autron. sure holy you understand I didn't. but like context clues made me say like. okay like all that's it cherry on top. little Cherry little Cherry right you. know I'm big context clu huge that's how. you make your living bingo I don't know. what the Lock's going on but I can kind. of get the gist of it with how you're. talking in this entire thing Cole when.

you hired Sam you said this guy knows. everything about everything yeah I mean. just he's an Entertainer I mean he's. just he's an Entertainer yeah he's just. great at what he does okay Sam Roberts I. appreciate that from the Michael cold. tree what do you think about uh Michael. Cole just getting embarrassed earlier. well look I mean I think Michael Cole. has gone out on a limb as of late this. new Michael Cole he used to be very. impartial right used to journalistic. Integrity used to be a key for you and. now it feels a lot more like you're. getting very comfortable letting Dominic.

Mysterio know that you think I don't. think you think he stinks Drew McIntyre. was hypocrite he's upset you keep saying. it SC Warrior and he thinks that you. have the influence psychopath which both. of you do as the voices over the. universe and you're you're your your. forwarding that story that Drew doesn't. agree with I think it's it's it takes a. lot of. huta go to do what Michael Cole is doing. that's why I hired him because he says. words I have no idea what he's talking. about right Contex Clues yeah gut sack.

gut sack have a good gut set you got to. have good gut set good gut that's kind. of the king of it all speaking of Kings. you're the king and the Lord right we. appreciate you where we see you this. weekend what are you doing kick I'll be. on the NXT stand and the liiver. countdown I'll be where we started. that's right I'll be hosting uh the bump. on Monday from WWE World. wow who knows maybe maybe popping up the. Slammy Awards are coming back on Sunday. morning maybe a little part of that wa.

look at you living dream buddy it should. be a lot of fun you ear it hey man I. appreciate I heard the show the other. night was awesome it was so good dude so. much fun yeah I I hear we're we're. moving tickets love that not Sam. wrestling's moving tickets hey man we're. trying to we're we're secretly running a. business on the side he's got three kids. to feed yeah Roman can't do it all yeah. yeah got to do something have an. incredible WrestleMania week than you. very much I really appreciate you guys. Ladi gent love the marks Sam thank.

you thank you. Lord thank you my. Lord hey Cole great hire Roman bu thank. you great hire striking how much he. looks like Bill truly yeah especially. when he shaved his head remember his. hair what his hair used to be oh yeah. bring. up that was so dumb there was no reason. for you to do that look how good the. shape of your head is we don't talk. about the don't bring it up okay we. won't see if you Googled what his old.

hair was there one last time we'll bring. it up that's the last time that was the. last time sorry my Lord but what we were. saying is like that bald head looks so. much better than what he used to look oh. yeah yeah it look like a half sun on the. top of his head I'm not bringing it up I. didn't bring it up I did not mean when. you look like Kareem Abdul Jabar he. wishes yeah his hair it was so terrible. there it is there it is there it. is we brought it up one that's last time. that last time one last time but Sam. when you look at that photo like what do.

you you know you got to get it off oh. Jesus Sam it's right there so you didn't. even have to shave you just stopped it's. a little Dennis Miller like a bit I mean. I guess cred a clown a little bit when. he was squ of the marks not lowered so I. mean look how much better you look look. how much better you look you knew that. was there the whole time too cuz look. you can can definitely see your entire. bald head underneath that hair know see. that thing fro like he was the town. clown at the time he was. wasn't yeah exactly that's what we're.

saying look at your come up good for you. it's a big blow up ladies and gentlemen. a guy who could be like if he was to. dress up is that when I forc you to go. out and buy a suit he could be a he. could be part of a motorcycle gang now. oh yeah definitely Hell's Angels you be. part you put on a vest and do the whole. thing and people oh that guy put a fake. tattoo on the head or whatever and look. what you used to look like the full. screen on BR yeah but this is a come up. this is this WWE this is a story but you.

could be this is a climax story yeah way. to go we acknowledge your. climax follow your climax this guy's at. his Peak he is he is now the final boss. that's WrestleMania head that's like it. is the grandest the final Mark if you. will it's time for us to get out of here. uh two guys have been hanging out. backstage. that you know I think the our fans love. mhm and we appreciate the hell out of. them Absolute Legends Legends cannot. wait for Wrestlemania feel like they're.

shoot marks though oh they are full on. shoot marks ladies and gentlemen AJ Hawk. and dar's. [Applause]. brother. [Applause]. AJ. AJ up brother yes Cole needs that seat.

at the end brother turned at the end at. the end at the end right over there. right over there at. theend perfect Co you see this is why. too many too many people at mic this. looks like a NFL kickoff show in like a. year and a half from now C coverage yeah. this is what it looks like so obviously. we had the great Michael Cole from the. WWE guest hosting all day hey Cole you. killed it today buddy thank you guys for. having me seriously it's going to be a. great week and a fun week and I want to.

thank all the fans who showed up for. this show today really thank you guys. for coming to Philadelphia and be a part. of all this that's not how you say. Philadelphia but I do appreciate that. you put a dow in the middle of that. thing boys this is multiple WrestleMania. weekends now how pumped are you that. mommy came by AJ I know you're a massive. fan I know debut you got to see. everybody in the back how do we feel. about Mania weekend and are you on Cody. rhod's side or are you on Roman Reigns. side going into the weekend well first. off that's that's a tough choice but you.

know I'm I'm a Roman Reigns guy hell. yeah I'm with you guys hell yeah hey. we're picking what we're doing right now. is picking matches don't pick that one. yet I pick that yet all right here we go. let's make some picks all right let's. make some picks we we will have a tally. on Monday show live from from here on. who did how what. okay on. Saturday we got Rey Mysterio and dragon. Lee taking on Santos Escobar and that.

piece of trash Dawn. Mysterio we'll start with AJ Hawk AJ who. do you have give me da Mysterio just. talking to Sam Roberts earlier about him. that's right Darius your thoughts right. there would him dirty. D why do you like dirty dwn cuz the way. Ria I like the villains I always like. the villains for the most part not all. villains are good though not all of them. but I like I like like well there's some.

vill so like actually there's been a lot. of heels that have actually become baby. faces because they're so light and. they're actually good guys Logan Paul is. becoming a baby face right in front of. our eyes T digs who do you got I'll take. the father who's actually done something. in a ring that's what I'm talking about. wow that's talking about Ty Schmidt as. Michael Cole yeah I agree I'm going to. take Rey Mysterio Dom came from Ray's. nut sack so he knows all the tricks that. Dom may be trying to employ uh give me a. r okay uh I like that that's probably.

very accurate as well Boston Conor your. thoughts uh I'm picking Dom because he. came from raay nutsack he knows the ins. and outs of it he might he might know a. little weakness that he has so I got Dom. let's go to uh Michael Cole a man who's. been here for 27 years Dominic gets. another WrestleMania match because of. his dad he hasn't earned anything yet so. Ray is going to spank him again and win. the match wow nepotism works okay look. at that he didn't he didn't he didn't. pull the I can't pick cuz I'm calling it. let's say yeah I like what you did K. herry can maybe take a little lesson or. two from this am uh let's go to a.

brotherly battle a sibling rivalry a. battle. between yeet y and no ye a battle. between bloodline and former member a. Battle of blood a battle of love a. battle of a dream as children as they. were hanging out in raki's living room. AJ Hawk do you have Jay Uso and.

you beating Jimmy Uso and no Yeet or you. know Yeet over Yeet I am going Yeet all. day long because I know you can't help. but yeat all over yourself when he when. he comes out so yes give me J you know. where I eat from where from the. window to the wall I eat all over it I. know I I watch it I watch it happen. every Monday night it's hard Monday. night on TV. everybody yeah all right the way you're.

saying stuff's interesting Darius your. thoughts we are we are in Philadelphia. too so uh uh but uh I'm go with 's I'm. go with J I'mma go with Jay. Uso I've been in the building a couple. times and he is over so yeah I'm go. there too okay jealous Jim or Jay do you. have tone dig uh Mr Yeet please okay J. Uso here we go I will also Yeet oh my. God this this Clean Sweep with the yeets. absolutely not no ye come on come on. what are we talking about here gentlemen.

bloodline baby okay Michael Cole has. Conor his keeping score I I do have to. tell I agree with Conor no ye because. because of the bloodline being around. all weekend long okay okay let's uh go. to a women's world championship Ria. Ripley was just on the program and mommy. was awesome she's taking on the man. Becky Lynch do you like Mommy or do you. like the man AJ hawky this is pretty.

easy for me give me Mommy all day. long Becky Lynch love her great book. unbelievable wrestler unbelievable. person but mommy is truly over we love. your thoughts I mean this is no-brainer. mommy you kidding me yeah okay I mean. this one could last 10 seconds if R. wanted to mommy all right Ty give me the. man oh give me the man I loved Mommy I I. I love Becky Lynch give me the. man where's the man from.

yand you don't mess with the island baby. I'm going with the man Big Time Becks. all day wow Becky biceps Becky two belts. MH Big Time Becks the man Becky Lynch. Michael Cole as the wow yeah you're. smart quick there we go okay let's move. to Sunday shall We There is a. heavyweight championship being battled. for that is not really being chatted. about enough in Drew McIntyre's eyes he.

has been doing everything like rubbing. in CM Punk's face that he got hurt M. doing funerals and stuff reading. obituaries but he's telling Seth. freaking Rollins he's not focused enough. on their match for the world World. Heavyweight Championship shth freaking. Rollins Drew McIntyre AJ Hawk who walks. out of Sunday the heavyweight champion. I'm going to have to go with maybe the.

undersized guy in this match give me. Seth freaking. rized little bit undersized still both. both equally jocked but Seth freaking. rollens all day Dar I go Drew McIntyre. with this how come Drew I like that the. little thing he did with the uh casket. that was sweet. he wrote it out that was the eulogy you. saw the UL there it is I said obituary. it was all dead that that's on me idea. that's on me and as Cole was saying it.

during the show I almost dropped like oh. bit no you okay got it got that's why we. need to keep our mouth shut I like that. that segment alone that by itself boom. put the title on this guy tone Diggs. your thoughts yeah I'm worried that. Seth's going to get his ass beat on. Saturday and just not going to be. himself on Sunday so give me the. Scottish psychopath wa Warrior Scottish. Warrior quite cerebral he's probably a. psychopath too no he actually thinks. he's the savior of WrestleMania so yeah. probably a little bit of a psycho to.

think that Tai Schmidt who do you like. Seth freaking Rollins is from Iowa he's. an Iowan um but we're in Philadelphia. well I'm just saying you know I put on. for guys from Iowa I understand we're in. Philadelphia okay so dumb Jesus. Christ I understand that but am. I'm heated all right Jesus I'm trying to. make a pick here this guy's trying to. get me off off. Route now having said. that I like the the Scottish Warrior by.

way of not one not two but three clayer. kicks whatow three yeah three clayer. kicks is's he going to countdown to each. one he is three countdowns three. Claymore kicks and that's all she wrote. love you I still love you SE. one against his home state he's from. Iowa got it yeah follow the program. Jesus Christ Connor uh how do you feel. about Ty turning on his ey win and also. do you agree with him uh to be honest I.

don't I don't love that especially going. into an Iowa woman's Final Four game to. be completely honest Tak there with that. being post anything about it so I think. we're okay okay all right just making. sure uh with that being said I mean I my. WWE character is inspired in in part by. Seth freaking Rollins you know I I. believe that he eats all three of those. Claymore kicks and then he gumes off and. he puts his foot on the back of. McIntyre's head and possibly squeezes. his brains out of his ears in a vicious.

victory for Seth freaking Rollin okay he. remains the champion uh that's what. they're fighting for in front of you who. do you like Cole I have stain whoa what. why be a dork no because it all depends. upon what happens Saturday night that's. what I said if Rock what happens if Seth. and Cody win I don't know Seth has all. this momentum going into Sunday what. happens if Seth and Cody lose Seth. probably going to lose the match it all. happens all it all hinges on Saturday. night oh we don't watch on Sunday then.

we know what's going to happen oh. yeah never good job wait thank you Cole. Brad no because you guys are dummies to. bet on that match. oh dummy that's harsh dummy it would be. like betting on the final game of the. NCAA basketball championship before the. final four is played I'm going to do. that yeah there's lot of Futures bets. lot of fut bet NC State let's stay on. Sunday this one has resulted with.

somebody going in jail okay Somebody. went to. jail with everybody. saying yeah. yeah he takes on AJ Styles and this one. has gotten ugly this one's gotten ugly. personal shown up at haes shut up hases. going to jail La Knight AJ Styles AJ. Hawk who do you like well Pat I've been. on a guy named La Knight side for a long. time I think you know I think the panel.

knows all of you guys know but give me. La Knight I cannot wait he is going to. be on fire when this happens yeah um AJ. yeah you say that. because NXT yeah so now he' been. wrestling a long time before that I and. I guess we missed it because we don't. pay attention enough to everything but. whenever I did my NXT run down there. literally the next premium live EV. takeover okay was when La KN debuted he. cut this promo in the commentary and it.

was. like this we like this guy and then I. see his ass jump to the top rope and. then everything it's like I love La. night joed everything he's doing that. guy can talk how about how about when he. was a model manager yeah that was pretty. amazing that was a great run he had he's. found himself it feels like Darius how. do you feel yeah me and AJ are backstage. talking about uh NXT days so yeah I'm. going to stay there as well with the. yeah. yeah tone La Knight or AJ Styles does AJ.

Styles have that stupid hair and stupid. gloves no it's good hair good hair. gloves are cool give me La night okay. you don't like the gloves no come on. never know when a football's coming true. but always ready uh it's funny you. mentioned that because uh I was actually. telling you guys uh I've never like like. AJ Styles can't stand him don't know why. uh I just I I hope he beat your ass you. know what maybe because uh I think this. should be a loser leaves town match just. for him so if La if La Knight loses hey.

that's all right he'll be he'll continue. you know whatever new program he's got. if AJ Styles loses I never want to see. him again watch this he seems a little. bit give me La Knight yeah all yeah all. right I like that I don't know why I. can't stand them I just can't that's say. AJ Styles has obviously been around long. time yeah got a lot of work documented. sure we've seen him flying around for a. long time that springboard elbow I've. seen in like five different promotions. and it's hit perfect every single time.

yeah so I understand you might be a. little peeved off by AJ sty but that. man's been dominant in the ring for a. long time Connor do you like him or you. like La KN I mean you said he he's a. high flyer but I don't think people. realize how much of a technician AJ. Styles is like sure La Knight he's got. the yeah and and that's awesome even. though a lot of people would argue he. just stole that from Stone coold but. again although that is great our show is. stolen from everybody absolutely ABS no. doubt about that whatsoever and if our.

show was wrestling AJ Styles AJ Styles. will probably take it home so I'm going. with a phenomenal one I I have to I feel. it's the right pick in this situation. even though my heart is with LA night. you're an idiot I'm taking it I'm sorry. I I I I heard what you said brother and. I I accepted the MAA that you said it. with but I take that MAA and I send it. to AJ Styles cuz I think he wins that's. very nice of you Connor I think AJ. Styles family would be happy remember La. Knight showed up unannounced trespassed. on his property attacked him that's too. bad bad got arrested that's bad Mana bad.

bad Mana he was with his family he was. with his. family he was with his family they got. fight earlier today watch it don't be. quoting The Rock they were in a fight. earlier today here at the media we have. footage of that actually. uhoh oh no walk up what earlier today. what was that oh you want to headlock. him who's on top broke a chair I think. SEC why La Knight do it that way this is. serious holy. AJ Styles low man WIS got leverage.

Jean seem to be a little bit tight but. they're mobile he's got him up against. the wall he's painted them Ground. Control here head lock go head lock La. night doing anything to survive as he up. against cage cameras are rolling. everywhere AJ Styles P up La night and. dumps the man he's got rear rear control. here people look on with a sense of what. the is this going on is that one. going to break this up oh he's got K it. oh no he's got this La KN end this thing.

with a choke out no come he's not he's. no way deep there it. is p you know the bottom of those boots. are very slippery too looks like they're. at a point in time where they're maybe a. little bit more exhausted than they. thought they would. be maybe confused a little bit this is. maybe going to be broken up by now Qui. breather are people just letting us. fight till death right now or what you. doing man what is going on here this was. a medium oh he throws him off the wall. there it is oh no another scoop.

oh it was worth the wait it was. worth the way a lot of people watching. on a lot of people breaking it up at. this press event yeah why would you. these two hate each other harp does I'm. going to change my pick here we go what. I'm going with AJ St I I was I did not. know had that in his game boom I am all. the way back in on AJ Styles that was. awesome I will say out of that whole. thing La Knight seems to walk up on AJ. Styles AJ Styles had no idea that was. coming today he was just trying to do a.

little press exactly Little Talk he was. not prepared he might have been in like. a clear mind still routine thing all of. a sudden he gets attacked with a. standing headlock was a standing. headlock and he says get out here AJ. Styles. ready all right oh he made him complete. his own blood oh no nobody makes AJ. Styles please see that what I'm going to. you up is that what he said yeah oh. right now incredibly jealous might. change my boom boom why you ride with.

the Styles babyes AJ always look like. that yeah that might have been what. caused the earthquake AJ Styles is. awesome truly that might have been got. to the bottom of it that one where he. did the Cole what do you thought I don't. think you gave a pick AJ Styles. I you know this is going to be very bias. to you when we're calling these matches. yeah biggest night of La Knight's career. by the way biggest match of his career. AJ has the experience he had the slim. gym thing that happened that b night. again biggest match of his career at.

WrestleMania well it's WrestleMania. obviously um ladies and gentlemen this. is it. now we'll do Saturday's match. first because that'll be an indicator. for the next match give both answers at. the same damn time at the same damn time. at the same damn time AJ who wins. Saturday Rock and. Roman verse Seth freaken Rollins and the.

American Nightmare Cody rhods in the. biggest tag team match of all time and. then what happens on Sunday between Cody. rhods and Roman Reigns Pat I think this. is an easy one for me I know Cody was. out here very impressive did a great job. but give me rocking Roman all day long. we know that okay Saturday that's. Saturday okay here we go. Sunday I'm staying the same path I'm not. going anywhere we're going to carry that. momentum into to Sunday night I mean. from Saturday until Sunday bloodline.

rules here we go we take the weekend. okay bloodline takes the weekend says AJ. Hawk Darius J Butler your thoughts same. right there with and now Cody was. impressive almost warmed me over but I'm. not going to pull up tone move I'm not. going to do that bloodline. Roman I like to see the on Scott T digs. your thoughts uh night one Roman and. rock will win okay okay night two Cody. rhods will win really how that' be. impossible will it bloodline rules we'll.

see yeah come on yeah bloodline rules. brother Cody wins with bloodline rules. listen I've seen Cody's blood okay a lot. of it and that blood runs these colors. don't Cody Rad's America baby yeah. what's that you heard yeah yeah colors. don't run brother Ro America baby I. think that's what he said America yeah I. don't think I fully comprehended I think. it's the red white and blue on on his uh. oh his tattoo tat yeah that's what he's. talking about outfit.

outfit sure he's awesome he was awesome. up here I also didn't know his neck was. as big as it was he's a he's a bulldog. yeah he is built like a you know the. two-time state champion wrestler no of. course I knew that yeah yeah Ty your. thoughts bloodline rules and then on. Sunday. [Music]. night and still you're. saying yeah I mean that's no no brainer.

no question Connor you agree uh funny. enough I actually don't um what I I. think and I I don't know why but you. know what's on the line on Saturday you. know is is there is there a championship. on the line yeah kind kind of in a way. rules are on the line we're talking. about the tribal Chief I mean cares. about Hardware cares about championships. so Saturday sure he's he's you know he's. wrestling for for bloodline rules on.

Sunday but at the end does that matter. to the tribal Chief I I truly don't. think it does so I think the tribal. Chiefs save some in the tank on Saturday. night I think Seth and Cody they get it. done on Saturday what about the final BS. Factor against well I I watched I. watched Cody rhod run out and give it to. the final boss on Monday. nighted him how' that end it ended. poorly for him but was that legal was. that was that was that sanctioned would. would that be allowed on Saturday I. don't think so I I don't know who's.

reing maybe it's uh Perhaps Perhaps. there is a little distraction EDD moner. monster would be a great one for it uh I. mean there's a bunch of I mean there. there's 25 too many rests but still I. believe that with the victory on. Saturday between Seth and Cody and you. know Roman and the final boss I think. they get it done and then on Sunday. night our tribal Chief as he always does. he retains one onone one-on-one no. bloodline rules no gimmicks no. no no everyone's thinking hey.

Cody's got the momentum going in tribal. Chief doesn't need no momentum folks. he's the goat he doesn't need anything. but himself he is momentum he is M he. brings the momentum he's momentum rsig. boom and that's why I think although he. loses on Saturday he doesn't lose. anything cuz on Sunday he retains. Michael Cole how do you you feel about. that I I just I do not see in any world. how the rock is going to lose his return. to. WrestleMania however with that being. said I think what was that about the way. he said that I think Cody rhods is going.

to pull it off on Sunday night despite. the fact it's going to be bloodline. rules okay we're on the same. side I will remain nonbiased I just want. to call it as I see. it to you brother thank you and now for. the entire WrestleMania I will have. Michael selections yep while the match. is being called right so it's on notes I. got them right here thank you to. Undertaker anytime boys great in the. back way to figure things out work boys. good work boys baby Zen Stone.

Co good work everybody back there we. appreciate you um to the camera people. to the union folks that got the speakers. figured out by adding another speaker. hey than that was a big deal yeah that. was a big deal and to the people that. hung out with us today thank you so. much okay ladies and gentlemen now it. begins okay the kickoff to WrestleMania. is at 5:00 p.m. eastern time which is. just an hour and 50 minutes from right. now me and Michael Cole amongst the cast.

and panel of others including CM punkk. CM Punk CM Punk yeah yeah. C CM C cm. that that name might be the most chanted. name in the history of like aenas yeah. yes he'll be there with us kicking off. WrestleMania weekend we're so incredibly. lucky to be here can't thank you all.

enough boys you're the best absolute. best Bo AJ can't wait for another Mania. with you debut we're back here on Monday. this should be a good time all right now. enjoy the hell out of the final fours. enjoy the hell out of WrestleMania. Michael Cole you crushed it today thank. you guys than. you shut up. Huskies we'll have a lot to talk about. on Monday including what takes place in. this beautiful city of Philadelphia. Pennsylvania over the next few days. we're lucky to be here we're thankful to.

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