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WWE Now - Oba Femi Goes on a Destructive Rampage, Roman Reigns Demands Acknowledgment | Raw Recap

65 min
May 12, 202619 days ago
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Summary

WWE Raw recap analyzing Roman Reigns' power consolidation within the company, Jacob Fatu's destructive rampage through the Bloodline, and emerging storylines including Asuka's emotional farewell, Oba Femi's dominant open challenge, and Dominic Mysterio's AAA Mega Championship defense on Raw.

Insights
  • Character authenticity drives fan investment: Roman Reigns and Jacob Fatu are presented as rule-breakers whose actions align with their established personas, making their dominance feel justified rather than villainous to audiences
  • Narrative consistency matters more than traditional wrestling logic: The show prioritizes character-driven storytelling over conventional heel/face dynamics, allowing morally complex characters to receive crowd support
  • Mentorship and generational passing of the torch creates emotional investment: Asuka's departure after elevating Eo Sky demonstrates how legacy narratives enhance character depth and audience emotional connection
  • Opportunity exploitation is a key storytelling device: Multiple wrestlers (Montez Ford, Eo Sky, Dominic Mysterio) won matches by capitalizing on chaos rather than direct superiority, reinforcing unpredictability
  • Power dynamics within kayfabe organizations affect narrative credibility: Roman Reigns' ability to override General Manager Adam Pierce's authority establishes him as a force beyond normal company structure
Trends
Blurred moral alignment in wrestling narratives: Characters like Jacob Fatu and Roman Reigns operate outside traditional good/evil frameworks, reflecting audience preference for nuanced storytellingCross-promotional championship integration: AAA Mega Championship defended on WWE Raw signals deeper partnership and content integration between organizationsMentorship-driven character exits: Established veterans departing after explicitly passing the torch to successors creates narrative closure and elevates rising starsChaos-driven match finishes: Multiple finishes involving environmental factors and distraction rather than clean wrestling, suggesting a shift toward unpredictability as a storytelling toolGenerational power consolidation: Younger wrestlers (Jacob Fatu, Oba Femi, Eo Sky) positioned as unstoppable forces challenging established order, indicating roster refresh narrative arcFamily-based conflict as primary narrative driver: Bloodline internal conflict and family obligation themes dominate main event storytellingPhysical dominance as character establishment: Oba Femi and Jacob Fatu using overwhelming strength to establish credibility rather than technical wrestlingRespect and acknowledgment as narrative currency: Multiple storylines hinge on characters demanding or withholding respect/acknowledgment from peers
Topics
Roman Reigns' Authority and Power ConsolidationJacob Fatu's Uncontrollable Aggression and Bloodline ConflictAsuka's Retirement and Generational Passing of the TorchOba Femi's Dominant Open Challenge SeriesEo Sky's Solo Career After Asuka MentorshipAAA Mega Championship Defense on WWE RawAdam Pierce's General Manager IneffectivenessBraun Breaker's Readiness for Main Event StatusSeth Rollins' Redemption Arc and Reputation DamageStreet Profits' Championship OpportunityDominic Mysterio's AAA Title Reign LongevitySaul Ruka's Rookie Integration and Becky Lynch InteractionGunther's Untouchable Status in WWE HierarchyNoche De Los Grandes Cross-Promotional StorylineRespect and Acknowledgment as Narrative Themes
Companies
WWE
Primary subject of the podcast episode; all wrestling content and storylines discussed are WWE programming
AAA (Lucha Libre Americana Americana)
Cross-promotional partnership featured through Dominic Mysterio's AAA Mega Championship defense on Raw and upcoming N...
People
Steph McMahon
Host of 'What's Your Story?' podcast providing WWE Raw recap and analysis
Roman Reigns
Main event storyline focus; consolidating power within WWE and demanding acknowledgment from Jacob Fatu
Jacob Fatu
Central to main event narrative; portrayed as uncontrollable force destroying Bloodline members and Roman Reigns
Asuka
Emotional storyline focus; retiring after mentoring Eo Sky and passing the torch in heartfelt backstage segment
Eo Sky
Rising star positioned as successor to Asuka; defeats Saul Ruka in singles match after emotional mentor farewell
Oba Femi
Dominant force in open challenge series; launches opponents with shot-put strength and defeats Los Garzas in handicap...
Dominic Mysterio
Successfully defends AAA Mega Championship on Raw against Grande Americano; approaching one-year title reign milestone
Braun Breaker
Positioned as ready for main event status after defeating Seth Rollins; subject of Paul Heyman's mentorship discussion
Paul Heyman
Opened Raw discussing Seth Rollins' readiness and hinting at potential mentorship of Gunther
Adam Pierce
Ineffective authority figure; overridden by Roman Reigns and unable to control Oba Femi's open challenge
Saul Ruka
Rookie wrestler losing to Eo Sky; interacts with Becky Lynch backstage; positioned in deep end with elite competition
Seth Rollins
Attempting to rebuild reputation after Bloodline departure; ambushes Braun Breaker but loses match via rollup
Jey Uso
Attempts to reason with Jacob Fatu in parking lot; knocked down by Fatu; part of Bloodline family conflict
Jimmy Uso
Bloodline member; attempts to stop Jacob Fatu; knocked down by Fatu in climactic main event segment
Becky Lynch
Intercontinental Champion; interacts with rookie Saul Ruka backstage; positioned as established veteran
Montez Ford
Street Profits member; defeats Austin Theory via rollup during chaotic match; championship opportunity upcoming
Gunther
Referenced as untouchable force in WWE hierarchy; potential mentee of Paul Heyman based on cryptic comments
Quotes
"He's told you who he is. If you listen to Roman, if you watch Roman, Roman is telling you who he is every minute of the day. You shouldn't be surprised when he does certain things, when he acts a certain way."
Steph McMahonMain event discussion
"Jacob's not out of control, but he also can't be tamed. That's a hundred percent right."
Podcast co-hostJacob Fatu analysis
"You give him a little taste for blood. Blood in the water. Oh my God, here he comes. There's nothing that's going to tame this animal now."
Steph McMahonJacob Fatu comparison to shark
"Wolves are going to be wolves. When the wolves take all your burgers, do you blame the wolves? No, you blame yourself."
Podcast co-hostJacob Fatu metaphor
"I wanted Eo as somebody who Asuka has mentored for forever, for Eo's whole career. She wanted Eo to rise to the occasion where she could take Asuka's spot. And Asuka said she did it. She finally did it and she said goodbye."
Steph McMahonAsuka retirement segment
Full Transcript
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The backlash of backlash of Roman Reigns and Jacob Fatou kind of sprinkled to us as Monday Night Raw went on throughout the night to build to an ultimate climactic ending. And we really, I mean, you brought it up on our Backlash Recap podcast. We started answering the question. You said that you wanted Jacob to face consequences. I didn't say I wanted. I just said I wondered if Jacob Fatou would face consequences or if he would be suspended and you called me an arc. Right, because you were like flipping through your little rule book. You're not supposed to do this. You're not supposed to, like I'm all excited about seeing this main event. You know, some of the rules were broken. These are things you're not supposed to do. I don't sound like that. It sounded like that on Saturday. I don't like that at all. On Saturday it did sound like that, but we got our answer. But what did Adam Pearce sound like when Raw kicked off tonight? Excuse me, Robyn. Excuse me, Robyn. Is there anything you want me to do to Jacob? Listen, I will tell you this. That's what it sounded like to me, but it's been a while since I had my ears cleaned. So I don't know 100%. You better get that taken care of. But, but most people sound like this. Womp, a-womp, a-womp, a-womp. But the point is that Roman Reigns did not exaggerate, right? We, we, for the last couple months, really this year that Roman has been in the main event scene again since winning the Royal Rumble, thematically a big point that Roman has made and tried to get across is the amount of power that he now has within the WWE when we were building to WrestleMania. He looked at CM Punk and he said, they needed my approval. I had to sign off before you came back. And he did the same thing in the story to Backlash with Jacob Fattu. That's right. Saying that he had to sign off on Jacob being back. I helped bring you back. Well, Jacob said Solo brought him back. Well, no, because apparently Solo couldn't get a cup of coffee ordered to the building. That's, that's not. I still think that's, that's, that's really hard. It feels like he's an exaggeration. I do too. I love Solo as well. But that's what Roman said. And like that's not being objected to. And I think from our perspective, from a fan perspective, you kind of get it because when Roman Reigns is saying that this whole company revolved around him for four years, nobody's sitting there going like, whoa, that's not true. It is true. And we all feel the technicalities there. None. And we all feel the difference with Roman Reigns being back now and back in the fold. 1000%. If you, as soon as that music hits, I mean, it was sprinkled all throughout raw tonight. The car arrives at the beginning later on in the show. We see Roman Reigns backstage with his cousin, Jimmy Uso. Jey Uso is standing out in the parking lot. We get all of these interactions that ultimately lead to Roman on the show in the main event waiting for Jacob to acknowledge him. So, and the reason we get there is because that power comes into play again. And I say that like from a fan perspective, it feels justified because there was a time and traditionally by the rules of professional wrestling, you would look at something like that and go, well, that's the villain. That's a power hungry villain. But we're kind of like, I feel like there's so much respect for Roman Reigns that we're like, if anybody is calling the shots, it should be Roman. Of course. Right. And also like, I'm just so happy that Roman is back on my TV screen, not just the car arriving and he's going to be in the main event, but he's there from the beginning of raw all the way till the end. And we're telling a story all the way through the episode of raw. I love it. I'm so happy to see it. But first he like goes up to Adam Pierce. He's like, first of all, where's my title? And then appears as like title, please title. Can we get his title? And he gets the championship and hands it to Roman Reigns. And then I mean, I've never seen this before, right? Adam Pierce is going like, look, I mean, he doesn't say it flat out, but he's clearly considered some kind of a punishment for Jacob, whether it's a suspension or more. Of course he did. We were all thinking that. I wasn't thinking it because I'm cool. Oh, I'm sorry. Yeah. Us in the back of the bus weren't thinking about it. You upfront talking to the bus driver, you were thinking about it with your little, your little bag lunch that your mom made for you on your lap. Diagonally sliced. Right. Wondering who was shooting spitballs at you from the back of the bus. Why do they always do that? Just ignore them. Just ignore them. So, so I don't think I don't, I don't have a cake for it. So, but Roman goes, no, like it really is. We now see it's one thing for Roman to be saying it in the buildup to these matches, but to turn on the show and see Roman being the one in charge of these decisions in every other case, Adam Pierce has been the one to take power. Adam Pierce has been the one to go. No, it's my way or it's the highway. He's gone face to face with Paul Heyman. He's gone face to face with everyone. He's gone face to face with the judgment day with Dominic Mysterio. But when Roman goes, no, I'm going to take care of it. He has to acknowledge me. An agreement was made. Either you win and it, or you don't. And if you don't, you acknowledge me. And that has to happen. And then he brings up how Jacob signed the contract. And if there's no, that's later in the show when he's talking to Jimmy Uso, right? He's like, he signed the contract. We have to have order. But the idea that like he's sitting there talking to Adam Pierce and Pierce is like, all right, you got it. It's like, that's the, that's it. But that's the level of respect that Roman reigns and power and power because he changed the entire industry. Right. Right. Right. And I mean, and it's so, it's so interesting because I mean, just the idea of going like, no, I'll handle it. And the raw general manager for only Roman is going like, okay, all right. If you say, yep, you got it. That's the stipulation that you made. That's what it is. And then he is talking to Jimmy Uso and he's talking about how Jacob has to acknowledge him because they need to maintain a level of respect. And we haven't heard this type of language on TV from Roman reigns. But again, it's justified because Roman said flat out. He spent the last two years letting other people get the opportunity. I think like for Roman, it feels like there's an, it's not a dial. It's an on or an off switch. Yes. Like if I'm stepping back, then it's like, okay, let's see where everything kind of lands. But if I'm going to be the champion, we're running this. We're in charge again. We're running this. And so then he looks at Jimmy and he goes, there has to be order to your point. Yes. And it's a matter of respect. We are not going to be able to get the respect of the people around here unless we get the respect from the family first. If we have members of our family that are not respecting us, then we don't have our peers, then we don't have the right. We can't expect other people to act in ways that we can't act in. But I mean, like I'm sitting there going, listen, this is all well and good. These are, these are great principles, right? To live by these are, these are perfectly reasonable rules. Yes. If you want to be in charge. Yes. And on what planet is Jacob Fatou going, you know what? I didn't think of it that way. Especially after the tongue and death grip. No. That he destroyed him with. After the match. Yeah. The match is already over. No. No. It ain't that. You know what I mean? Like there's nothing about Jacob. Roman will tell you who he is. If you listen to Roman, if you watch Roman, Roman is telling you who he is every minute of the day. You shouldn't be surprised when he does certain things, when he acts a certain way. He's told you who he is, but the same thing has happened throughout the last, not two weeks, two years. With Jacob Fatou? Yeah. Yeah. He's told you who he was the whole time. Exactly. He's even said, I'm different. I'm not that guy. I'm all gas, no breaks with it. Yeah. When Jey Uso was waiting for him in the parking lot, I'm like, what's Jey doing? What Jey, and it's interesting. Does Jey really think that he's going to be able to talk Jacob out of this? Maybe. I think that Jey, you brought this up on the backlash recap, that you said that the Smackdown interaction was so interesting on Friday because Jey has this idea that because Jacob is stepping up to Roman Reigns, that Jey can relate to him because at one point Jey stepped up to Roman Reigns. But I'm completely on Jacob Fatou's side when he goes, we're not, me and you are not the same. This is not the same thing. What you did and what I'm doing are two completely different things. And he's right. When you look at it, if you look at what those stories were, Jey Uso was not about being the tribal chief, was not about making the most money, was not about any of it. It was just about him proving that he could stand on his own. Yeah, and it wasn't about, you know, bettering his family's life or anything like that. Main event Jey Uso was always intended to show the world that he could stand independently. And that was from the beginning of the bloodline. From to go back to 2020, the first thing, the first rival that Roman Reigns had after winning the WWE Championship in 2020, when he first got back and first started to form what would be the bloodline and first started working with the wise man. The first rivalry was against Jey Uso. And from the very beginning, it was about Jey Uso proving he could stand independently, proving he could be his own entity. You know what they say about you, which one are you? Right. That was the whole thing. And that's great. And that's incredible. And Jey's the man. But it's very different from Jacob. Yeah. Very different. Jacob's like, nobody, nobody, nobody has said, you think Jacob Fatou can stand on his own? Oh, everybody knows he can stand on his own. You know what I'm saying? Yes. That's never been a question. No, Jacob is coming for money and power. No power. Just money. I think just money. I don't think. I think that's the difference. I think that's what I read, that like Jacob's not power hungry. I don't think Jacob is going to listen to anybody. No, but he's definitely might. And then he's verging on being insulted when somebody's going like, I get it. And he's like, no, you don't, man. You don't get it. No, you don't. Because you were riding with the tribal chief while I was on the independence for 12 years. You know, Michael Cole on, on, on backlash, running down that list of the independent organizations, those small buildings that I would go to and see Jacob fed to in those buildings. But the amount of people, those buildings could have been sold out. The amount of build, the people, those buildings held were not able to bring in the kind of money that the bloodline was making. The Usos main event at WrestleMania 39. They main event at WrestleMania. It's a different thing, dude. And that's what Jacob is out here saying. And Jacob did the same thing. You know, I loved talking to you about this after backlash when it was the way like Jacob, Jacob is not out of control. No. I think Jacob knows what he's doing. He's just playing by his own rules because like, like we were talking about after backlash. He's not out of control, but he also can't be tamed. That's a hundred percent right. Yeah. I agree with you. And then in the backlash, like, Reverend Bennett, Sean Bennett's in there and he's like, Hey, Jacob, you got to get off him. And Jacob's not out of control because he didn't right away rip his head off. Like we were talking about, he gave him warnings. No, dude, I'm doing this. So like, Get out of the way or you're in trouble. Right. You need to control the controllable. And that's not me. You know what I mean? So like, and then the second time. And so it wasn't till the third time that he finally throws him up in the air and Samoan drops him. Nothing happened tonight. Jay's like, Jacob, you got to stop. You got to stop. What are you doing? What do you think's going to happen out there? And Jacob's like, I'm not putting my hands on my cousin. I'm not going to. He just be lined as quickly as he could. Yeah. Barrel through him. Barrel through him because it's like, and it's like, And he gets to gorilla, Jay stops him one more time and he's like, look, I tried to get through this, but now you're in my way. Exactly. He stood in front of him. Yes. He stepped in front of him. I'm going to take care of my business, which is Roman Reigns and that's when it's like, right, what are you doing? Don't step in front of me. Yes. Just don't get in my way and we'll be fine. Right. Right. And it's like, it's, and it's almost, there's a logic there because you go on what planet are you like going to rationalize with Jacob? What are the, what are the, do you think there's something he needs to hear? No. That's going to stop this? No. And then Jimmy's right there too. And Jimmy's in front of him. He's blocking the way. Boom. Jimmy goes down. Now it's Jacob and Roman and now we go and it's, there's no words. It's straight to strikes. Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom. And I think, you know, I don't think because he wanted Roman to beat the acknowledgement out of him. Well, he said, if you're going to get an acknowledgement, you're going to have to beat it out of me, but it's not happening. And Roman said, bet and grab that steel chair. Yeah. And still, even with the steel chair, I mean, this is one of those things where it's like he got a beating from the steel chair. Of course he did. That's Roman Reigns, dude. That's Roman Reigns. So he gets in there, they're throwing strikes, they're throwing strikes. Jacob is able to, I mean, he knocked Roman out of the ring, clothesline him over the top robe. Roman gets that chair. He beats him down with the steel chair. Brutal. But it's not enough. Jacob's able to come right back and he power bombs Roman Reigns through that table again. Again, that's not the first time. The crowd was chanting, we want tables and Jacob said, I got the best table for you. No problem. No problem. Which by the way, this is serious moment. Are we really need to chant, we want tables right now? These two cousins are the middle of a blood feud. We're seeing them tear each other limb from limb. And instead of being caught up in the moment, we're worried about what furniture they're using. Let the people use the furniture they're going to use. Jacob said, I got you. Jacob's fine. The announce table right here. Right. Roman's like, shh, stop with the tables. So he power bombs him through the table. And Roman is laid out again and here come. And again, I don't know. I mean, the definition of insanity is trying the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. Once again, the same gang that got thrown out of the ring and kicked in the face at back lash, those same people are out there trying to stop Jacob. And Jacob's like, I don't know how to, you guys got to stop. I don't know how to tell you guys this isn't going to work. And you're not going to threaten me. You're not going to sit there and go, oh, you better do it. Or like Megan says, you'll be suspended or fired. Jacob's like, no, I, we, what, what? I don't care. Are you crazy? You're going to threaten me. You're going to, with disciplinary action, that's the plan here. No, it ain't that. And I mean, to see it all go down like that, right? And Jacob's leaving. And then he's just talking to the camera, talking about how he's different. I thought this was it. Of course. Cause he's just like, he's just, everybody's laid out. What more did Jacob have to prove? Not one thing. I saw on the screen, it told me one thing. These are the executive producers. Here's our little copyright logo. They're walking up the ramp. I said, the damage has been done. And then he realized. He's like, I'm different. I'm all gas, no brakes with it. And he goes, that's right. Why would I put on the brakes? And I mean, the way he just ran, ran back to ringside where the Usos are picking up Roman Reigns and boom, he just, he just like a boulder. Right through the barricade. Plows through his entire family, right through his entire family. Jimmy, Jay and Roman, all the cousins just got taken down. And it's literally the visual representation of everything that they worried could happen. It's the visual representation of why maybe three years ago. He's too dangerous. They were like, should we bring Jacob in? And Roman said, nah. And Jimmy and Jay said, yeah, I don't know. No, I don't think so. And here it is right now, this moment. Because of this. And I mean, it's like, and that's the discipline that we see in Roman Reigns and in kind in the Usos where it's like, yeah, Jacob could be a real good soldier. Same thing, Solacekawa thought, I'm sure, in the new bloodline. But realistically, once he gets a taste, he's like Jaws. He's like a shark. You give him a little taste for blood. Blood in the water. Oh my God, here he comes. There's nothing that's going to tame this animal now. And they knew this would happen. And here it is. I mean, my question is, is Roman still sitting there going? I think I'm going to get that acknowledgement. Absolutely not. Absolutely. He can't be. He has to figure out. What, he's going to get it tonight? He has to figure out how to tame Jacob Fatu. Yeah, OK. OK, that'll happen. You know how you tame Jacob Fatu? You lose to him. He gets the title. That's the trade-off. Roman Reigns, who held the title for four years. 1,316 days. Roughly. To be exact. Roughly. Right, right. I could break it down to hours if you want, but I won't do that to you. He successfully defends his title against Jacob Fatu. Successfully, by the way, used loosely. Yes. Just by the record book successfully, but it didn't look successful. No, not at all. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And then he loses the title to Jacob, just like that. Just like that? You're talking about taming people. That's what it would take. How are you going to stop him? Give him what he wants. And I get it. I get it. All of Knoxville was chanting Fatu, by the way. Well, it was really interesting. Because afterwards he was going up the ramp. There were some booze in the crowd. I heard them. Yeah, because, again, this is not a traditional story by traditional wrestling logic. No. Like there are things Roman has done that by traditional wrestling logic, you'd go, no, that's not really a good guy thing to do. I don't like that. There's a lot that Jacob has done that you're sitting there going. Is he a bad guy? You know what I'm saying? Yeah. Like there were people, like I was doing my podcast, just kind of breaking down everything that happened at Backlash. And there were people in the comments going, like, I think you read that wrong, Sam. Like I think that that was absolutely Jacob being a villain. And I'm like, I don't think so, based on the perspectives that we've gotten. And like I said, like the nuance in the characters that we're seeing, where it's like, can you explain why this stuff is happening? Yes. Is it happening for a reason that has authenticity and integrity based on the people that are doing it, from their perspective? Yes. So then why wouldn't you cheer that? You know what I mean? Is Jacob looking to ruin his family? No. Is Jacob looking to beat up the Usos? No. Is Jacob wanting to ruin Roman's life? No. Is Jacob wanting to be the tribal chief and take over power? No. No, none of the above. He's a bear that you threw a salmon to. And he's like, I don't want one fish. I want all of the fish. You know, you can't let a bear eat out of your trash can. It's true. Because bear's coming back. Yeah. Bear's coming back for more. And when Jacob got to after he had put Roman through the announce table, was walking up the ramp, I felt like, is Jacob a bad guy for a moment? Of course. Is Jacob a bad guy? I did hear some booze in Knoxville, Tennessee. But then when Jacob ran through his family, through the barricade, immediately I connected and said, oh, he's different. And so did all of Knoxville because they were all chanting Fah-2. Let me ask you something. You ever go camping? Yes. OK. If you're camping, right, you're in the middle of the woods and you're grilling up burgers on the campfire, right? And that delicious burger smells through the air. Except there's wolves in the woods. You think those are the wolves going to go, oh, those humans brought the burgers. Those aren't for us. No. What if you give the wolves, you go, OK, well, we got six burgers here. We'll give you one. You can have one. Do they want one burger? I don't think they understand. How many burgers do they want? Yeah, they don't understand. All the burgers. You know why I use the term wolf? Because Jacob Fah-2 is the Simone werewolf. He wants all the burgers. He smelled them. You started cooking them. Shouldn't have cooked them here. He also tried to tell them, don't do that here. Don't do it. Don't do it. He gave them the warning every time. And when the wolves take all your burgers, do you blame the wolves? No, you blame yourself. Wolves are going to be wolves. Man, I've got to tell you. Wow. We've got to get back into this, right? That got deep. I know. I know. I was real happy with the example I came up with. But when I hit on that bear thing, I was like, you did it again, dude. But I could have done without the roasting of me during that. But the rest was pretty good. Well, I've done without the tattling, so. We have to talk about the main event. Oh, yeah. That's happening in your own home, OK? The main event is happening in your own home. Look, life is basically WrestleMania every single day. It's a high stakes gauntlet where the responsibilities just keep coming. It feels like you're constantly making trade-offs between the things you have to do and the things you actually love. That's why we're celebrating those moments where you refuse to tap out. It's time for the minute-made juice break where we highlight those everyday wins that deserve a massive pop. I'll tell you, I'll give you an example. I'll give you an example. This weekend, right? We're out there in Tampa. Oh, great time. This is just a fun one. We're out there in Tampa. And man, did I want to hit up that waffle house, you know? Look, it smells so good. Looks so good. Yeah, you saw that marquee off the highway. Oh my god. He said, I've got to get there. But I said, I've got to get to the arena before the show. I've got to, you know, I want to get my rest and everything. I said, I don't think I'm going to be able to make it. I have to do this. I have to do that. I have to take a shower. All this stuff, right? It's tough. Tough. What did I do? Woke up a little earlier, bathed. Thank you. And made it just in time, gave myself that extra amount of time so I could get my breakfast that I wanted. And then go to continue to do what I had to do. And I said, man, you go, Sam. You made it. It was a grind. It was a grind getting up that early. But man, I got the three count. Wow. I'm happy for you. Waffle House, glad they had a table too. Oh yeah, they did. I did. They did. They knew I was coming. Well, I'm glad you got to enjoy. You know, I also was in Tampa this weekend. I flew in day off, morning off, Saturday morning, early flight, landed, wheels on the ground in Tampa, looked at the clock. I got to get to the arena. But you know, I did the math and I had about 90 minutes. And I said, if I timed this right, I could get a run in right now. So right at the airport, put my running shoes on. It was already 90 degrees at 10.30 in the morning. And I just went out, got a quick hour in. And I got back to the hotel, quick shower. An hour? Yep, hour run. And in the 90 degree heat. And how long was it? It was about eight or so miles. Got the run in, made it to the arena on time. Stupid. You know, it was tough in the 90 degree heat. But we made it, had to sacrifice a little bit of the fueling. But thankfully, the catering was just fantastic. So. Eight mile run. It was a grind. Yeah, it was a grind. But we got it all done. I shouldn't have to go first every time. Minute Maid and WWE are tag teaming your daily grind. I would have thought it was something different. Bringing main event energy to life's everyday matches together, why is it breakfast? We're turning the toughest rounds into moments worth cheering for. Well, from the ring to real life, Minute Maid and WWE are here to help you bring the juice when the day tries to tap you out. Never tap out on taste. Bring the juice. Bring the juice. You had juice at Waffle House? No, I had a Diet Coke. You didn't even get some OJ? No, no. How, with your breakfast? No, no vitamins now. I shouldn't have gone first again. That's ridiculous. You knew what you were doing. Sabotage me again. We did, speaking of over the weekend, a lot of people over the weekend, right? We saw this incredible match between Eoskye and Asuka. And it was fantastic. Yeah, and that was no surprise. The surprise came at the end of the match when after this out now war between two of the greatest women, but that's to say greatest people, to ever lace a pair of boots, there was an embrace. Asuka seemed to break away from the character that she had been for as long as she's been it and embraced Eoskye there in Tampa. Which is pretty emotional. Very emotional. Tears in the eyes. Seemed very proud of Eo. Eo accepting the hug, waving to the audience. A lot of questions coming off of that. There were a lot of people wondering if we had seen, wondering if we had seen the last of Asuka. That was Asuka saying goodbye to WWE, to the audience, to Eo. We saw Asuka backstage with Eo tonight. And she's wearing the old school Asuka face paint. Yeah, she looked like the Asuka that we got to know in NXT. And I mean, if you guys haven't been watching more than a year or two, go back, watch. Asuka's entire WWE career is absolutely remarkable. There's a reason why people hold her in such high regard. Going back to her NXT run, but also her main roster run. You're talking about NXT champion, WWE women's champion. Just title after title, but match after match after match. And over the course of years, just bringing out the best, not only in herself, but everybody that she's in the ring with. She's an amazing performer. And tonight backstage, speaking in Japanese and in English, she said goodbye to Eo. She was, talked about how proud she was of Eo Sky and that she wanted Eo as somebody who Asuka has mentored for forever, for Eo's whole career. She wanted Eo to rise to the occasion where she could take Asuka's spot. And Asuka said she did it. She finally did it and she said goodbye. And I mean, I'd be lying if I didn't say the old eye sockets were getting a little heavy watching Asuka. Got a little dusty there. The little dusty allergies started acting up as Asuka hugged Eo and then walked out of the building carrying that suitcase. It just felt very symbolic, the whole thing. It did. And you think about Eo and what she's done and all a lot of people consider Eo to be the best wrestler on the planet and someone like Eo Sky doesn't come along without somebody like Asuka. And thinking of everything that Asuka did. And they always say, send the elevator back down when you get to the top. And I think that's really what Asuka did for Eo. So to see them have the match that they had a backlash and then the embrace tonight, but you couldn't help but feel so sad, but also thankful seeing Asuka walk with the suitcase. Like so glad that we got to experience it. We got to experience it. Lucky that she's the type of wrestler that goes, I wanna make sure that whether I'm here or not, this place is in good hands. And leaving it in the hands of somebody like Eo Sky. I mean, it goes without saying how incredible Eo Sky is. There's a reason why they call her the genius of the sky. Now there was an update on commentary. Michael Cole said that all we know for sure is that Asuka's future is up in the air. Though we don't exactly know what that means, where she's going, if we'll see her again, when we'll see her again. But for now, she feels as though Eo has kind of leveled up and achieved what Asuka I guess always wanted Eo to achieve. Which is really, really interesting. Cause you and I were having the conversation right before backlash about how not only had it been a long time since we had seen Asuka in a singles match on a PLE, but it had been a long time since we saw Eo Sky in a singles match on a PLE. And it really does feel like all of this, the match, the Asuka of it all, it really does feel like it's effectively shined an even greater spotlight on Eo and how good she is. Yeah, of course. And just the way that Eo tends to bring out another side in people that she's been with. And I think about the emotion that I felt seeing her and Asuka together tonight. I think of the emotion I felt on the Monday night raw, the night after WrestleMania, seeing her in Rio Ripley kind of part ways. And so now to see Eo in this spot on her own, completely by herself is something I'm really looking forward to. Yeah, me too, me too. And we got a taste of it tonight. Saul Ruka, who has, I mean, has hit the ground running since coming over to Monday Night Raw in terms of the people that she's been paired up with. Liv Morgan, Becky Lynch, Eo Sky. I literally- I mean, come on. It's a hall of fame. Yes. Line up, like only future hall of famers. Throwing you into the deep end. I mean, absolutely. But she's a surfer, she's used to it. You did that. Thank you very, very much. Yeah, we just get right into it. After all that emotion, Eo Sky versus Saul Ruka. And it is, I mean, but talking about the deep end, you are right about seeing Eo on her own. And the idea that, you know, we do take for granted sometimes that like, well, Saul Ruka is the rookie. She's the one who's coming up from NXT. One of the people who inspired John Cena to get this John Cena classic up and running off the ground. And like Michael Quill said on commentary, has only even been wrestling at all for four years, which is, I mean, less time than a lot of people train. I feel like yesterday I was watching her on level up. That's right. That's a hundred percent right. And so it's like a default that it's like, okay, she's the one with her backup against the wall, but realistically, it's a lot of pressure on Eo too, to not only be in the position where she's alone for the first time in a while. In a while. But she's also got a lot of expectation on her. Massive. Right, Asuka just said, you're the one. And we're all going like we've heard, Michael Quill's on commentary, going like this is like the best wrestler on the roster male or female. So it's like, it's great when somebody says that, but now it's time to prove it. And you got to prove it against Saul Ruka, who was as hungry as it gets. Yeah, and as athletic as they come. Right. And she brings a skill set to this women's division that I don't know if we've ever seen before. Yes, yes. It's almost, there's a lot of Lita, I feel like, in Saul Ruka. But then, You see that? But then yeah, this whole other generational thing. But she can do things with her body that I don't know if any other human can do. I would agree with that. I mean, you're still trying to figure out the physics of a soul snatcher. Every time. Right? Every time. And it just seems like it comes naturally to her. But I'll tell you who did figure out the physics of the soul snatcher. E.O. Sky. E.O. Sky figuring out how to like avoid the soul snatcher by just understanding the spacing of what was going on. So she backed up from the soul snatcher and then it was just a roll up. One, two, three, and that's all it took. But that is also the difference between somebody who understands every aspect of what's going on in there and a rookie. That's a veteran move for sure. Knowing. You can tell that E.O. Sky, she has watched the tape. She has figured out the physics. She's dissected this and she's turning it into a finishing move so that she can. But I think it's also just like knowing where that moment is. Yes. Oh, got it. She lined up for the soul snatcher. There it is. Back up, boom. Hit it. Instincts. Right. She let her instincts take over. Right. I avoided the soul snatcher. That's great. Now I turn it into a pinning combination. Right here. And it's done. E.O. did give Sol Ruka respect after the match. Yeah, I mean, Sol was there speechless, but also just had to tip her hat to E.O. You got me. You got me. You got me. Yes. You know, you did not respect Sol Ruka. Who? Somebody who was pretty disrespectful just walking around backstage. Let's talk about spotlight stealing Becky Lynch. No one is calling her that. Michael Cole did something to that effect. It might be a paraphrase, but I think that's what he said. Nobody cares about Michael Cole's law. Nobody. Why do they call him Cole's law? Because nobody likes Cole's law. And nobody cares that Michael Cole called Becky spotlight stealing Becky Lynch. You don't think she did that with Sol Ruka? No. She didn't try to steal her spotlight. I think she was just trying to humble the rookie. Why? Why humble the rookie? Because she lost to E.O. Sky. But why do you have to humble rookies? Well, why doesn't Sol Ruka show some other respect that like a rookie like Ethan Page shows, right? Ethan Page, what a great guy showing Rusev all of the respect. Hey man, I took care of this. No, not to Penta because he pinned Penta. Why would he show Penta any respect? He wants his title and he pinned him. He doesn't need to show him respect. You don't think Sol Ruka wants Becky's title? Of course she wants her title. Right, but she didn't pin her. No. I see. I see. You have to show the legend respect. Unless you pin them. She's new here, okay? Sol is? She's new. Right. She's new. What has she done? Well, she's won the NXT North American Championship. She had a- Here, on Raw. What has she done? She had a pretty competitive match with Liv Morgan. Very competitive match with E.O. Sky. Did she win any of those matches? Come on. No, no, she does not. And she's barking up the tree at Becky Lynch? Yeah, I don't know. No, she's not barking up the tree. She was backstage. I don't even know what Becky Lynch was doing on the show. Becky Lynch- What was she doing on the show? She wasn't on the show. She's the greatest female wrestler of all time. She's a wrestler. She's welcomed wherever she wants to be on the show. And then Becky just walks up to Sol. Yeah. Again, once again, Sol's time. The Becky walks in. I don't know what you're talking about barking up a tree. That'd be like if a tree walked up to a dog. And of course that dog's gonna start barking. It's like, oh my God, how'd that tree start moving? I can't believe a tree just walked up to me. I'm gonna bark at it. If a tree walked up to me, I'd probably start barking too. I don't think that's how it happened. What are you talking about? Becky Lynch was backstage. And Sol just happened to walk by her. And then Becky was like, oh, there's a camera on her. Becky, I'm sure- Let me jump in the shot. I'm sure she was on her way to a very important meeting. With whom? A lot of big wigs. A lot of big wigs. Maybe Kane. Could have been. Or in Knoxville. You know? Trying to get Becky Lynch Avenue or something like that. That'd be good. That would be good. You love that outfit. I would. You know, while she's in Knoxville, she probably should. I mean, Kane's got the power to make that happen. Sure. Sure. She didn't even give, she called her Eo Geneti again. Which is not, it's not a flattering thing to say, but I mean, God bless Marty Geneti. He's great. She doesn't mean it in a nice way. Yeah, poor Marty Geneti's catching a lot of strays here. He's catching a few strays. That's not that cool. That's not cool. It's really not that cool. That's not cool. Like I understand, like it's like, but when Shaw Michaels is your partner, like it's like, it's Shaw Michaels, you know? Sorry, I'm not Shaw Michaels. I'm Marty Geneti. Yeah. It's like being on a podcast with the modern day Shaw Michaels of broadcasting. It must be tough. I didn't know this was the roast of Megan Morant. I didn't know. Are we gonna have to change the show from the now to the roast of Megan Morant? Okay, I couldn't help it. Don't make yourself into a victim. I couldn't help it. I couldn't help it. I had a vision for it. Anyways, it was an interesting interaction between Becky and Soul. You thought so. I am looking forward to an eventual Becky Lynch, Soul Ruka match. We'll see if she's ready. Who? Soul. We'll see if Soul Ruka's ready. I think she's ready. To go toe to toe with the big time. Do you think Soul Ruka deserves an Intercontinental title match? For what? She hasn't won a match since she's been on Raw. She's had competitive matches with two women. Oh, you got close. With two of the best women two have ever done it. That's true. Competitive. I would like to see it, but I don't know, Becky doesn't just hand these matches out. I guess you're right. I guess you're right. Well, you know, that question of whether or not people are ready, it came up for Seth Rollins. 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I know, it was important. Yeah, there was a lot of important stuff though. It was important, but yeah, I sent a couple texts around. You were one of them as soon as Paul said those words. Oh my God. When Paul Heyman said sooner or later, everyone needs a wise man. Needs the wise man. And I'm going, is he talking about Gunther? Is he talking about who I think he's talking about? That guy who calls him Mr. Heyman all the time? I don't even wanna get too far down that road. I mean, it's too goose bumpy. It's too goose bumpy. But he was in there. I'll tell you what he said tonight. He said that Seth Rollins, who looked at Braun Breaker right in the face. Okay, okay. So Paul Heyman brings forward the fact that Seth Rollins looked at Braun Breaker and said, you're not ready. And Paul Heyman said clearly it's Seth Rollins who's not ready for anybody in the vision. And he said that Seth Rollins a year ago wasn't ready to be mentored by the wise man. Well, I mean, I'm not surprised that Paul Heyman has a certain degree of bravado based on the dub that he took at backlash. He says he wants Seth Rollins existence to be expunged from the vision's history. I mean, I don't think that could ever happen. That's wild to say that. I know it is. I know it. Expunged? It'd literally be like, if it's like, well, we're gonna do the NWO, but nobody bring up Hollywood Hogan. You know what I mean? You can't. You can't. That's the whole foundation of it. Well, Paul Heyman, I mean, look, history, something that Paul Heyman has always subscribed to is history is written by the winners. And he's not wrong. He's absolutely not wrong. And on Saturday, who won? Because what? Are we watching the documentary about the guy who lost? No. Never. Never. I'm not interested in that one. I want to know about the guy who won. Right. Let the winner tell me about the guy who lost. I want his perspective on it. Don't care about second place. No, no, no, no, no. You're right. You're 100% right. But Paul... Learn about the 98 Braves. Why? Why? What do we care? Why? What do we care? No. Paul brings, the 98 Braves, Paul brings forward that Seth clearly wasn't ready. Seth Rollins said, brawn breaker, you are not ready. You're just not ready yet. It's not that you're not gonna get there. You are not ready. After tonight, after Saturday night, is brawn breaker ready? Yes. You think he is? Well... Tell me, is brawn breaker ready to be the guy? Well, after Saturday night, I go, yes, 100%. But tonight, when Seth Rollins was able to ambush him. Well, look. I go, okay, Seth may have something. Well, he ambushed him. But is there anybody that can effectively never get ambushed? That's the whole point of ambushing. It's true. You know? Yes. And it did end up in a W for the opposing team. But it was Montez Ford, I believe, rolling up Austin Theory while all the chaos was going on. And Montez Ford, it didn't even seem like he knew what happened. No, he was just gonna take advantage of the moment, which is exactly what you have to do. By the end of the, after the match, in the post-match, after the vision had suffered that loss, brawn breaker went for the spear on Seth. Seth moved, Dawkins ended up getting hit by it. But look, somebody still got speared. You know? I mean, it's tough because I love Seth Rollins. But realistically, and you could say the same thing about the Roman range Jacob Fatou situation. It's just hard to make an argument against brawn right now. You can attack as much as you want to attack, but if you're not getting the pinfall victory when the match is happening, what are we talking about? I mean, it's not dissimilar from what you were just saying about Saul Roca and Becky Lynch. Like you can get close, you can figure out the attack, you can be in the right, but if you can't get the pin when you need to get the pin, what are we talking about? You know? It is interesting, because I think a lot of people were wondering after, and I think we had this discussion, after Seth lost a brawn breaker at backlash, if he was just gonna have to figure out whatever the next thing was. But no, he hasn't given up on this vision thing at all. And you brought up how Seth might have to start from scratch. And Seth went backstage and he caught up with the street profits. And he said to Montes Ford and Angela Dawkins, look, if you're after the vision, maybe it's time that we talk. Street profits had no interest. They really didn't. No interest in working with Seth. I get it. But he said that Seth, his reputation precedes him. And he is a guy that can't be trusted. I've said it before. You can decide you're done with the past, but the past's never done with you. These are things that linger forever. I mean, what were the two years like for Roman Reigns after the bloodline was done? Nobody wanted anything to do with him. Nobody trusted him. Everybody was really in this mode of making sure that nothing good happened for him. To this day, L.A. Knight still doesn't like that the Usos associate with their own family member because of what he did before Drew McIntyre was still as issued. I was just gonna say, don't tell me Sirland Drew McIntyre. With what he did before. And so Seth Rollins decides to not only turn on everybody, but decide with the person who was the wise man behind the bloodline to begin with. Of course, what do you think? The locker room's just gonna be like, wow, we've all been there. I don't think so. No. I don't think so. And I like the fact that the street profits are not just in the space to forgive and forget. I like the fact that we're seeing the street profits be in this place where they know who they can count on and they're not looking to make more friends. They don't need more friends. They want checks and championships. That's what the street profits want. And I appreciate that. And they have a championship opportunity at Saturday Night's main event. Yes. Against the vision. Against Logan Paul and Austin Theory, who are gonna have to make sure there's no distractions. Otherwise they're gonna get rolled up and lose the tag team championship. And they did. I guess they were going out to dinner together after a Monday night at Raw. Did you, I mean, I, this has been in the background of shots for like weeks and weeks. Oh, I know what you're talking about. We're going like, is that? I know what you're talking about. Is that? Did you see what was going on in that car? It looked like Maxine Dupree was in the car. Yeah, totally looked like that. With Austin's theory? I'm trying to get Jackie in the car too. Is he trying to holler? Is that? That's definitely Maxine. 100% Maxine. I mean, what's up Maxine? Good for you. I got a lot of questions. Yeah, and then he invited Jackie in the car after Logan Paul called her wacky. That's right. You know what this is? Tea. Ooh. That's tea. We got some tea here. That's tea. We have tea. Yeah. I mean, I don't know. I mean, we- It's suspicious. I would love to talk to Otis and Tezawa, see if they have any information on what's going on here. Maybe if Natty has any information. I mean- She's texting someone. Oh, she is texting. But she and Natty aren't close anymore. I know. I'm trying to figure out- So Natty cannot have any information. Who are Maxine Dupree's friends right now? Maybe she's just checking comments or something. Maybe she's not even texting right now. Chelsea Green might know. Would she tell us? No. Absolutely not. That'd be breaking girl code. No chance she could tell us. Did she tell you? No, no. I don't think so. If she told you, would you tell me? No. You would break girl code for me? No. For me? I can't do that. I can't, no. Let's get together. No, you're not invited. No, no, no. That's been blows. How much money you got maybe? What are you, Dan, now? I was like- Speaking of, we were talking about Adam. Actually, you wanna tell us about what we got? Yeah, Topps Now. And Topps Now captures major milestones and viral moments from the biggest events. This past week in a backlash was no different. Topps is commemorating backlash 2026 by releasing cards of Dan Housen. Hey. And the Minnie Housens. Oh, I love the Minnie Housens. It's the best. Look at that. Oh, you need that card. Oh, it looks like Groot in the millions. Asuka and Eoskies emotional post-match embrace and Roman Reigns retaining the world heavyweight title. These cards are only available for 72 hours. So you gotta make sure you grab them quickly. Sign up for notifications on Topps.com. So you never miss any big card drops. Those are three amazing cards. I gotta get them all. I need all three of them. You'd have to. I mean, backlash was full of moments. That's no surprise to me, but we had a moment tonight. Oba Femi comes to the ring for the Oba Femi Open Challenge. He's made this clear. Remember last week we talked about the fact that Otis answered the Oba Femi Open Challenge. And as Big E pointed out, there was no amount of grundle that could stop Oba Femi from winning that match. We posted the clip and everything. Yeah, like how Titus came up to us too. Oh yeah, we saw, we did. We saw the incredible, I'm glad you brought that up. At Backlash, we saw the incredible Titus O'Neill, who was there in Tampa, and check out the show and everything. It was so, it's always so good to see Titus and his family and everything. But he said, oh yeah, I saw the clip you guys posted. I was like, which clip was that, you know? So you guys talking about grundle? Yeah, you're talking about grundles, right? I was like, yes. Yes, we weren't talking about grundles. But see, this is the type of analysis you get on what's called the now. Yes. You know what I'm saying? We didn't get that anywhere else. No, no, no, no, no, no, no. You come on the now, we get the people that have been in the ring, that have had the experience that can tell you. Yeah, you know, this is something that, from a fan's perspective, you and I would never take that into consideration at all. Oh, and by the way, Titus was talking about it. It sounds like this is something that has not been talked about enough. I feel like a lot of- Because Titus gave us the look like, oh, I've been in a grundle situation before. Yeah, I think a lot of superstars were actually really happy that Big E brought forward the grundle agenda. That like this hasn't been brought up, but I'm sure, you know, a lot of these podcasters out here, they're like, oh, that match was the worst. Why didn't he do this? You know why? Because they didn't even consider, you go through the whole podcast. They didn't even consider the grundle once. No. Once, okay? So shout out to Obafemi for that. And to Titus and to E. Yes. So, the grundle, I mean, Obafemi Open Challenge continues on Monday night raw, or so we thought. Oba comes out with his full entrance and the strut in everything. And Oba is in his gear in the ring. And that's when Adam Pierce comes out and he gets booed and for good reason because he into the microphone and for the whole audience to hear says that nobody is stepping up for this Obafemi Open Challenge. Nobody wants to do it. Canceled. So it's canceled. And I'm sitting there going, you couldn't tell Oba it was canceled 90 seconds ago. You couldn't tell Oba it was canceled before he made his entrance. Like, couldn't this have been done a lot easier? That's a little like. He's like, hey, I know you all had fun doing the arms. Right. And Oba, I know that that entrance takes a lot, but no need. Just entrance tonight. Just entrance. Appreciate you getting in your gear. False alarm. I mean, it's like going to school and being like, no class canceled. You're like, don't put it on the door. Call me at home. Let me know. They like hit me with a text or something that class didn't come. I wouldn't have come. Right. Well, we put the note on the door. Well, I'm already here. What do you mean you put the note on the door? So Oba's in the ring. He's like, what are you talking about? It's canceled. I got boots on. These aren't the boots that I, what you saw what I wear. I wear a suit. Remember when he wore that suit the right after WrestleMania? Oh, so good. They look like a million bucks. The shoes were the best part. That's what I mean. The shoes were great. They wore boots. Yeah. He put on the necklace and everything. The necklace was on. If you want something done right, you just got to do it yourself. And so he went back and he went through gorilla and he found Los Garzas. Who were looking for opportunities earlier in the night? I think that unfortunately people are not seeing this as the opportunity that Oba promoted that it was because they're just seeing it's an opportunity to get badly hurt. Because he picks up Angel and Berto and brings both of the Garzas to the ring, throws them in there. And I mean, I don't know if this was on Adam Pierce's, it was Adam Pierce's call because he was just like, I got to cut my losses here. They rang the bell. Even though they were in their street clothes still, Angel and Berto were still in street clothes. They were like, well, we're doing the match now. We have to. Right, right. And I mean, I've never seen it before. Like Oba picks up. I think it was Danilo. He went up to Danilo. Danilo was like, I'm not, nope. I'm not getting involved with this. I know how powerful of a man Oba Femi is. Just ring the bell. It probably was Danilo. I think it was. It probably was. It probably was. Fair sounds like something he would do. So he goes and he gets Angel and Berto and like he throws Angel. He's got that incredible shot put strength. I would say launched. Launched him. Launched. You know how I feel about shot put. You love shot put. Your big shot put. It's the most impressive sport there is other than marathon running. Shot put is the most impressive. It's like really like from a human perspective, what are the two things we should measure people on? Speed. Who can run the fastest? Who could throw the farthest? Yes. That's really ultimately all that matters in life. You either gotta be that person or be friends with that person. That's the only option that you have for survival. Oba decided to be that person. So he throws Angel, launches Angel. Yes. And I've never seen it before. Usually in a tag team, one will try to help the other out. Burto ducked. He got out of the way. See you later. I like when he launched him, he used the shot put form. Yeah. It was like a launch but hoist. Yeah, like, oh yeah, that's what it was, a hoist. Yes, yes, yes. And then of course, there was one for Burto too. And then it was the power bomb finish. And that was it. That was all she wrote. Oba Femi wins. That was enough. Yeah. More than enough. Done, done, done. No moss. Oba Femi wins. Handicap match. That's two and O in the Oba Femi open challenge. And somehow Adam Pierce has the nerve to advertise it next week. When the Oba Femi challenge continues next week. They couldn't find anybody this week. After they saw what he did to Angel and Burto, is anybody gonna stand up this week? Come on. I can't imagine but now, I mean, look, I think Pierce has to take it, make it up. He has to make it a priority that somebody steps up. Oh, that's Pierce is gonna end up in there. It's almost similar to what we were talking about with Jacob and Bron. How they have that thing where it's like, no, this is different. I will go through the barricade and my family. Bronbreaker, no, I will spear somebody in half. Oba Femi, I don't care. I'm going to destroy someone. These laws that you have, they couldn't have been put here for somebody like me. Cause I don't abide by them. Yes. You know what I mean? These don't work for me. I mean, you're gonna have to restructure this for someone like me. And that is crazy when you phrase it like that. Because there's no doubt that the whole WWE roster is in flux right now. And the fact that all three of those people that you just pointed out, are all so special and unique that rules don't apply to them in three completely separate ways. That's a wild thing that the WWE has right now. It's crazy. It really is amazing. And then don't even get me started with Goonter, right? Of course. Of course, nothing applies to Goonter. Nothing. Nothing. I mean, he's untouchable at the moment. You know, the number one sports fan festival, Fanatics Fest is returning to the Javits Center in New York city from July 16th through the 19th. We were on the graphic today. I saw that WWE now coming to Fanatics Fest for sure. It's a must attend event for WWE fans. You'll be able to meet your favorite superstars and enjoy surprise appearances all weekend long. WWE superstar autograph and photo opportunities at Fanatics Fest are on sale now confirmed. WWE superstars for photo and autograph opportunities include Braun Breaker, Joe Hendry, and Trish Stratus. Fanatics Fest general admission and photo opportunity tickets are on sale now at fanaticsfest.com. History certainly made tonight. Dominic Mysterio was put in a bad spot by Adam Pierce. Once again, Adam Pierce batting, what's less than a thousand? Zero tonight. Zero is less than a thousand. That is correct. Adam Pierce batting zero tonight on Raw. First, he lets Roman Reigns decide who gets hired or fired. Then he tells Oba that the Oba Femme thing is canceled. And then Oba says, no, it's not. And third, he makes Dominic Mysterio defend the mega championship from an entirely different promotion with no notice on Monday night Raw. First time the championship was defended on Raw. First time it's been defended in WWE at all. Nuts. Nuts. I was worried, I was sweating. You were. I was sweating. I wasn't happy about it. They've, you know, Grande Americano original along with Julio and Bruto where I guess looking for opportunity or whatever it was. And here comes Dominic Mysterio who's been looking for a title match. And Adam Pierce, I think purposefully misunderstood what he meant by title match. When he said, okay, you're going to get a title match. You're going to defend your title against Grande Americano. And I was like, oh boy, because we know there's this massive at the end of the month. There's this, I mean, massive. Massive. Massive. Mass versus mask match. What are they calling it? Noche De Los Grandes, I believe. I cannot wait. Dude, if you are not watching AAA, it's on WWE's YouTube channel here in the States. Like you have got to watch this show and you have got to see what this Grande Americano versus Grande Americano rivalry has turned into in Mexico. It is the biggest thing in the world. It is so good. It is so deeply personal. I mean, you would never know it from watching Monday Night Raw, but like the newer Grande Americano is absolutely beloved in Mexico and in AAA. And OG Grande Americano is despised. And don't forget about my girl Andrea. Andrea's involved now. That's my favorite part. And it's just so, it's so good. And it's such like a impassioned blood feud that is going on between the two of these. One of these guys gets unmasked. It's gonna be unreal to watch this thing happen. And because of that, I said, oh no, they might throw in the AAA mega championship into this match to really spice things up a little bit. And I said, that's not right. That's not right for- You started to mourn it before it even happened. Well, I was worried. I was worried. I was sweating. I was sweating for Sousio. Sweating for Sousio is what I said. Dominic Mysterio. That's how I felt like. But you're deodorant on? Little life hack. Little life hack. Put it on before I went to bed. Still good. So that's what I learned from, I won't say who. Just say she's a marathon runner. So I don't want to embarrass her. So life hack. I appreciate it. No, I wouldn't, of course you do. That I would never embarrass whoever- No, I appreciate that you put deodorant on. Because I have to work with you. So I appreciate it. No worries. Then when you're sweating about Dominic Mysterio having an intense match. Right. It's not a concern for you. It's not a concern. No, no, no, no, no. I don't make my problems anybody else's problems. Thank you. Take care of it the night before. But once the newer Grande Americano gets involved, distractions, distractions, distractions. And I mean, you talk, that was the theme of the night, I think, taking advantage of the moment. Multiple superstars finding that moment, taking full advantage of it. Montez Ford did it, EO Sky did it. And Dominic Mysterio did it. One of the, my favorite ways I've seen a 619 get hit. Oh yeah, because the new Grande Americano was holding- Well, OG was, I think, trying to take off his mask. Yes. OG was trying to take off newer Grande's mask. And he said, oh, here's the perfect opportunity for 619 and the frog splash. Right, because he's through the ropes. And then Dominic, I mean, just smart as a whip this Dominic. I don't know where he learned it from. I don't think it was his dad. Couldn't have been. He must have been on his mom's side. He hits that 619 and as soon as he's up there for the frog splash, I said, we got this. You noticed me, I was bone dry at that point. No sweat anymore. Nope. Nope, so you didn't have to worry about a thing. Nope. But- And the arms were up too. Oh yeah, because Dominic hit it again, another successful defense of that AAA mega championship. And he is quickly approaching a year holding the AAA mega championship, which Ray Mysterio, by the way, is that's a title he never held. I think they said what, 261? Something around there. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So we're, you know, three months, we'll give or take from Dominic Mysterio holding that title for a year. I think he's gonna do it. I think he's gonna do it. And I mentioned that Ray Mysterio has never held that title. He has not. Nope. You did mention it. Never, never, never. Well, massive episode, massive episode of Monday Night Raw. Appreciate you guys joining us for this. Make sure that you are subscribed across all audio platforms. Make sure that you're leaving comments and hitting like on YouTube. This has been the Raw Recap on WWE Now. We'll see you all real soon. Thank you.