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He's welcome in the bald clubhouse any time he wants. I want to tell the door open for him when we were in New York. Very nice. He's smelting credit. I bet he does. He had incredible hair before. Oh, he's glowing. Yeah. But he's got a good hair toss. Yeah. Johnny TV. Johnny Concejo, most recently. Of course. He's been in CMLL doing his hair versus hell with Van Helde-Oro. Very good match. You should check it out. Yeah. How good stuff about Arena Mexico? Yeah. He's done an interview with Chris Van Vley as Chris tends to be the guy because he's the best interviewer in the game. And he talked about feeling a bit underutilized in AWS. So let's just go through it. He spoke about the hair match and he said, basically, he loved it. That hair match I feel like was one of the best matches I've had in years. It was really good. And he said it was the first time in a while that I felt like me again. So then he kind of went into it. And actually, I think this is one of the most reasonable appraisals of feeling underutilized
I've heard. He said, kind of just being off or feeling unfulfilled, basically. Not just me. A lot of people in wrestling. But for me, right now, in AWS, I feel underutilized. Can't blame anyone. That's just how the wrestling promotions work. There's only enough TV time for a certain amount of people. Those people at AWS, we've coined the term the island. Those people are on the island, so to speak. And I don't feel like I'm on the island with Tony Khan or AWS right now. So because of that, I feel like I'm doing 10 to 20% of what I'm capable of storytelling-wise, wrestling-wise in the ring. With CMLL, I'm on their island. And so I got to do everything that I could and it was cool. It made me realize, hey, yeah, I do love wrestling. So Johnny's been signed to AWS since 2023. A lot of usage on Ring of Honor and various other spots here and there. He's one of those wrestlers to where if you're not like super in the bubble, like us, dorks, you would maybe be one of those guys. Oh, yeah, Johnny's there. Johnny and Tyler's there too.
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I've got to be honest. I've always been a fan of this. And I get the, it's an AW sections. The audience would sort of tar in with these, a WWE guy brush. But I've always found him very entertaining. I think he's really enjoyable in the ring. I get that, you know, he's, I think he did me, he's not quite at the tippy top. You know, you've got your, your MJFs, your Kenny Omega's, Will Ospreay. There's a begrudgingly admit. I don't think he's on that level. But I think he could have been doing more if they wanted him to on AW. And I think I don't think he's done any harm to his case in what he's been doing. Like you say in CMLL. No. No. You see, I've always been a fan of his. I always thought he should have been pushed more. Especially like when you see those flashes of the things that are like, and sometimes there's just silly stuff. Yeah. And I get that, you know, chances are, you're probably going to get more benefit if you're doing some jaw dropping things in the ring. But like the bit where he's like, I've got a split. And then he does the splits and he slides out a shot. That's magic to me. Yeah. That's what I want sometimes. Magic of tea. He's great.
He works on him and, yeah, him and Tyre, I think they're a great couple. Yeah. It is a bit, you know, WWE-pilled in terms of like, she jumps off on the apron and then he cheats to win his matches. But I think you need that mix of things. You know, you're like a variety. Yeah. Like a multi pack of cereals. Yeah. I mean, I'm not, you know, you've got your Kevin Knight's over here and your Mike Bailey's and MJF, all big, one big melting pot. So I think he could be utilized more. If I was here, mate, I could absolutely see why he might feel under utilized for sure, because he's not exactly, you know, on AWTV often. You see, he looks perennially. I'm going to Google that. I'm going to Google that because I guarantee whatever number comes out, he's going to look better than it. We're watching him with Miz in what, like, 2008, let's say. Yeah. Obviously he's done MNM as well. What? I'm going to guess he's like, he's older than he looks. So I'm going to go 44. He's 46. I hate him so much. I'm in a line. Never booking again. Yeah. To mend his conditioning. You're either here either annoyingly young looking for being older
than I am. Or you're someone like Javon Evans and you're annoyingly young. Yeah. You. How dare they? So I quite like it when wrestlers talk, frankly, like this. Yes. I think he's not shooting on the balcony. No, it's like he's not, he's not come out. I'm going, I hate Tony Kennedy W or anything like that. It's a very measured and I think it's understandable that if you are a competitive driven person with ambitions for yourself, it's very reasonable to look at his usage rate. If you're him and go, I would like a little bit more. So I cannot argue with a single word he says. No, exactly. Good for him, man. I check this out. I like Johnny TV or whatever. It's good. Go by now. He sells the hedgeaving really well. And Chris Van Vley is amazing. Chris, hopefully, as I remember, I'm giving him an opening invite to what we're up to. I never met with Chris. So that'd be nice. He's a, that's too nice. Yeah. You need to be an asshole because I don't want to dislike you.
Yeah. If you're too bloody good at everything, Chris. Carl, come to our live show and Carl's a prick. Got on a meet. I'm going to see him again. I'll be like, how's being a dad and he's going to be doing it way better than I am. Yeah. Yeah. His kids give you like, yeah. Yeah. Or something. Yeah. Oh, they're actually going to university. What do you mean? Chris. He's two years old. Chad's Chris. Yeah, I hope we see him over. That's a big, big fan of Chris. I tell you, you won't be seeing him over Chris for the rest of the money weekend. This AAA wrestler who's been fired by the company. Oh, no. Major controversy coming out of AAA and some good reporting here from Corey A's of BodySlam.net. Nino Hambaguayzer has been released from his AAA contract after a clip that you probably saw all over social media for anything like me last night. Surface of him. Assaulting a fan. Hawaiian is elbow back. Just really, really dumb stuff. It's so dumb. Fun little wrinkle to this story. If you cannot have any fun at someone being fired or what have you, but just an interesting visual for me. The reports notes that Hambaguayzer learned of his release from
WWE Hall of Famer, The Undertaker, which is just what makes sense. Obviously, he is a booker and cook of the year over in AAA. But yeah, the reporter sources indicate to BodySlam that Nino Hambaguayzer has been released from his AAA contract. The decision came after the appeared on social media. LuchaBlog also reported this and had an interesting take on all this writing. It's a different world. We're going to have got a private scolding and a slight de-push under prior ownership through most of the history of Mexican wrestling. Standards and expectations have changed. Obviously, with the new ownership. Yeah. And everyone's got to know. Yep. So you always have a bit of a jump in Jeff Farmer there. Yep. You always, when it comes to lucha stuff and context, you always go to LuchaBlog. Yeah. LuchaBlog knows that he, the foremost source in English language and Lucha coverage in the world. So good to have that extra little bit of context there. Yeah, it's a WWE identity. So obviously, if a clip of you elbowing someone in the face goes viral, yeah, probably is going to end this way.
Especially after the Roger Jackson stuff from last year. 100%. So you may have seen the clip. Thought this was comparable, but stupid, don't be stupid. Yeah, yeah. That was, that was, there's, there's a lot of prosacutable. Yeah. This might be as well. I don't know. But if, yeah, you can see the clip and you properly elbows this guy. It's not, I, it's not like a John Jones or anything like that. But you know, it's a pretty stiff elbow. You throw it a fan. You don't know what triggered it, but that doesn't excuse lash. It's terrible. Hands on the audience. Yeah. Just don't do it. Just don't do it, man. My limit is like maybe throwing a drink and even then I'm a bit like. Yeah. Yeah. Don't do it. Yeah. The whole point is they want to get to you. You don't want to get to them. Yeah. 100%. So I, it's not a surprising shit. I mean, the partly surprising thing is that the undert... Imagine that. The undertaker folds you up about work stuff. Best of luck if you drink. Yeah. What's up?
It's a dead man. Yeah. No. Meenal hamburger and stuff. She's got to do the damn right. Leave your message after the bee. It starts to... It's a gong instead of a beep, obviously. What'd you call it the other day? The dog. Just don't get it. We are so childish. I'm... How old are you? 37. Combined age of 75 over here. Good stuff. Good stuff. Good be alive, man. Yeah. Good be alive. Good be alive. I'd like to be a hamburger themed wrestler. We worked shopped one before we came in here. A hamburger. A hamburger feast. The hamburger easer. His finisher is the jelly eelbow. Very good. Because he's a geezer. Yeah. I think Brian Wadeck of the SmackDown Photoshop literally made me into the hamburger with you the other day. Because... Week on Monday. Join us on the What Called Trusting Podcast YouTube channel Live on YouTube as Michael Hamflit takes on the challenge as meandcidric do our jobs and review Friday Night SmackDown. A week on Monday, he's going to try and eat 100 nuggets live on YouTube.
Yeah, so this is idiotic. This is one of the... So I... My friends and acquaintances over at the Hardler Podcast have both done this. Have they? On their show. And I think... I don't... Sorry, Call of the Bull. I don't remember the exact numbers. But I think it was like 60, they managed. Okay. And that's two of the real estateers I know. Yeah, let us know what we've got too. So we've got... I think to measure it again. Yeah. Like, my goodness. One of those gentlemen, eat a hole through borough market. I was there. Great. And it's 16 nugs or something like that. So, yeah. 100 is insane. But tune in because you might... If you're into like watching people puke on camera, it's going to be reported. Yeah. His strategy, if you're unaware, right? Is it train and eat beforehand? Is it like stretch of stomach? Is it sort of, you know, dip the nuggets in water to make them go down easier? His strategy is to quote him. Burp it through. Burp it through. He's going to have a fizzy drink and burploads as well. So they're going to be a font smite down review.
You guys are a complete psychopath. It's kind of intense. Oh, me. I'm just driving him... I've got a driving there to buy the nuggets. And I'm not eating fast food. Let me tell you. Before Vegas. Let me tell you, I run this company's community budget. I'm not picking. I'm not picking. I am not picking for that man's nuggets. He said that he should buy everything for the rest of the office at the same job. Absolutely. As Mark of Shim. I want some of the leftovers that he doesn't puke up for. You'll be lucky. Don't trust me. I won't be lucky. Don't be lucky. The hustle doesn't have to hurt. If performance pressure is making it hard to breathe,
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There have been conversations that I don't want to say WWE is invited to Steve Austin to RAW next Monday. There are the pre-16 in San Antonio, but there are people who work for the company that are very hopeful Steve Austin will be on that Monday night RAW. And why would you not be? It's Steve Austin. This show looks incredible on Monday. So you've got potentially stone-cold Steve Austin on his day in Texas. Brock Nez is going to be on the show. Roman Reigns is back. Probably to shoot on CM Punk's dog. What else do you got? The Battle of the Grand Elgrande Americanos. I see Tyler on the line as well. Steve Austin. Steve Austin. It's Steve Austin. It's Steve Austin. Hell yeah! It's where it's a Byron Sackston. Six years? Maybe you'll get a couple cheeseburgers for the ralsen. Sackston's gone if you do that again. Come on. You can go any banter, Triple H. Happy Hell yeah!
I think the last time we saw Steve Austin when he was pushed at Rasselmenia, wasn't it? I'm sorry, I'm not laughing at that. He started off. He started off. He started off. He completely missed the ramp. He got stuck down the side of the stage. So his music's playing for about two minutes while he tried pulling out. He actually made the reading the attendance quite enjoyable. Did he say he's counting everyone in the audience? One, two, three, four. Oh, hell yeah! I love Steve Austin. And of course he crashed into that lady. She's all right. I mean, look. Listen. Listen to that, that NDA. She probably did okay. You know what I went over and said. Yeah. Think of a number. Yeah, she's probably doing all right. I hope so, obviously. But to rewatch that. It's Steve Austin. Look, if you're a wrestling fan of a certain vintage, the mere mention of the name sends every hair on your body on end. It should be in his Legends contract, I'd say. If 316 day lands on a Monday or a Friday, contractually you just have to be on the show.
I agree. Because it's just too perfect. It is. It's good. It's Steve Austin, man. I'm 38. I grew up watching this cycle path being up his boss. If you're not going to... Here you go, WWE. If you're not going to do it in Mania, which is fair enough. You know, he likes to be in his little metal shop or whatever it is. Right? If you're not going to do it there, you're only going to get in here. Here is your chance. Kit Wilson is as hot as he's ever going to be. Kit Wilson. You're a misunderstanding about something calling everyone in Texas toxic. Glass shatters. Viral moment. No, no, no, no. Yeah. And if you can't get Steve Austin in, at least give Stone Cold ET your call. Yes. I mean, come on. Dan Housen curses Kit Wilson before this as well. Oh, my God. It's just too... Dan Housen curses Steve Austin and Steve Austin turns into Stone Cold ET. Okay. There you go. We've got it. Anyway, speaking of Monday Night Raw. Speaking of a couple of cheeseburgers. Yes. I prefer Slim Jim's probably LA Night. Yeah, I see. But maybe more details from the brilliant self-made pro here.
Regarding LA Night's move from SmackDown to Monday Night Raw, the report claims, at least, the reason was because he didn't want to be there anymore and he isn't shy about how vocal he is with the WWE creative team. Can I go lower respect for that? Yeah. Can I be here anymore? You crap are creative, SmackDown. I'd rather go to Monday Night Raw. See you later. At the end of the day, if you're someone like LA Night, who we all believe is going to be World Champion this year or should be, at the very least. But he's in and around that upper echelons of the company. He's swimming with the sharks. It doesn't really matter if you're on Raw Raw SmackDown, to be honest. You know, you've got on one side of things. You've got your codeys, your droos, you've got your upcoming stars like Jacob Fatou. On Raw, you've obviously got right now Roman Reigns. CM Punk, Seth Rollins. So you all could be with big, big, big nags. Big dogs. So yeah, if he wants to be on Raw, I think it fits better on Raw, to be honest. I love this thing. Brave as well, because SmackDown had more time. It did. And then look what they did with it last week. Oh boy. I love this.
He's just like, nope. I don't like it. His company's position as he should be. He said, I've had enough. Send me back to Raw. There's the... Son of a bitch. Been a while. Been a while since we met. Go what time it was. I mean, don't we do we shouldn't be alarmed by that? Yeah. Yeah. After that running by the right to censor there. Just a fire alarm test, don't worry. Yeah, we're not on fire. We're not burning. Yeah. So funny. I think it's funny. I forgot why it was even seen before. Every. I also Raw's better than SmackDown. I can't hear anymore. Yeah. This is a really bad combination when you're a man with tinnitus. Like I am. This fire alarm is really rough. I think you start bringing my plugs in. Yeah. But yeah. We always forget it happens on a Wednesday morning. So apologies for that. It's a good laugh, isn't it? Yeah. It's a good laugh. But I'm happy for LA night and I think Raw is kind of the best place for him. It's special.
Still don't really. Oh god. Can I have a quick run? Have we got time? Yeah. I read a report yesterday. Could all be Bollocks again. It's just a sort of social media and I got angry because that's what I do. I'm old now. Red a report which would suggest that LA night might be getting the match with Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania because the report said that Brock Lesnar and Paul Hayman have campaigned that Brock Lesnar should not lose his match and you lose a match until he retires. Do you know what I thought to that? Andy? Cool. Have his next match be his retirement match. Boom. Yeah. I don't care anymore. Who could possibly care about Brock Lesnar winning? No. Apart from Brock Lesnar and Paul Hayman. Yeah. There's some freedom LA night on the WrestleMania for Christ's sake. This is it. This is it. Yeah. What can we possibly see about Brock that we haven't already ran in a boat? I'm just a bit bored. I'm just a bit bored. Freedom to go through at WrestleMania and we go with it. Yeah. Fresh them up. Is he ready to move or any more? No. No. Of course not. I don't think we're wrong. I've been in the arena when he's been there and he is like a cheese.
Yeah. Like an attraction. Yeah. But I'm sorry that it's God. Yeah. Yeah. It's not there anymore. Don't sacrifice LA night again. Yeah. Pick a goober. Kit Wilson. Yeah. Get him a goober. Give him a goober. You book him against Oberfemmi and you have an Oberfemmi squash him. Yeah. I would do that. And then just try to retire him. Because it's fine. Yeah. It's done. Have Gunther retire him. It's fine. Sorry. It's a pattern. Go off. Go off, King. That's what we do on this channel. Yeah. We start off with four stories and then we talk about the hamburgies there. Fire alarms. No, I've no longer. No longer. Yeah. This has gone apology. Jelly. Jelly deal bows. I don't know, man. It's been a weird day. Yeah. It's been a really weird day. Hope you're not having a weird day. Yeah. I'll be having a good day. Hope you're having a good day. Just have a good one, man. I'm rooting for you. Peace. Peace. Peace. And was the Nathan Barley thing? Peace and believe. Yeah. Maybe not. Peace and love. Peace and love. Peace and love.
Peace and love. Peace and love. Peace and love. Peace and love. Peace and love.
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