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I'm Andy H. Murray, the Hich stands for head PE. It's the after news. Wonder why they're up to these days. No idea, but I haven't fought about it in about 20 years. Bartender, you ever heard that? I have no idea what you're talking about. Pretty good, pretty good. Anyway, new metal. Let's go. Should we talk about Tony Storm? Oh, do you have to. Yeah, so I did a bit of an update on Tony Storm yesterday just going over the report. Reason why she missed dynamite and it was because she wasn't cleared and it was very last minute. That's why they changed it up. It was like 10 minutes before they went on air or something like it was really last minute. And Mina Shirakawa obviously replaced her against Marina Shafir in that crazy match would be insane table bump. It was originally supposed to be Tony, of course. Well, now there's some new details from Brian Alvarez who broke the initial details in the first place. Yeah, the crap news is that Tony Storm is going to be out for a long time. And that's the phrasing due to an undisclosed injury or injuries. So that could be an accumulation of things that could be something that maybe happened in the Marina match.
That could be something that she's just been working through. It could be something that wasn't picked up on until they got to dynamite, which might be the case, giving the framing of this. This is just me speculating, obviously, but it's an absolutely massive blow for a W. Tony Storm is the ace of the woman's division. She has been for several years. Yeah, she obviously had various different characters when she came into the company. One, harking back to her rocker days with the black and the red gear and all of that stuff. Initially, baby face run. She was in the outcasts, which produced some of the funniest stuff I've ever seen. Your name rhymes with that wasn't that was pre-outcast wasn't I love Saria, man. I love her. All that stuff kind of happened. I think I was the only outcast fan in the office, actually, but genuinely forgot what Tony Storm did before she was timeless. Well, she once opened a promo by going listen up fat people. Yes, I felt seen. I remember getting framed on SmackDown one time. Yeah, that was that was something.
But then she found the timeless character and she got absolutely huge. Absolutely huge. She kind of finalized that in like 2023. She's got this unique distinct promo style. She's so funny. She's a great wrestler. She makes every once she works with better. She also guarantees TV time for people because you're making time for Tony Storm on your broadcast. She's great. She's absolutely phenomenal. And now she's gone for a while. The slight positive with this is that maybe it opens the door for others to ascend. But there's no universe in which losing your ace is good. Yes, awful news. Like you say, it was already a bit of a, what do you mean Tony Storm's not working tonight? Like it was so surreal that they'd made such a, you know, a deal of what happened at the pay-per-view and then leading into this. And then suddenly she's been attacked backstage and then they had that whole thing where it's like the photo. And there was all these little clues and references to all of her, you know, feuds and opponents and stuff like that.
Then this news comes out. I will just very quickly say talk about speculation. The way this has been worded, I really hope you will don't speculate as to what this is. Sure. Normally Brian Alvarez sure us up those sorts of people when they report on this. If they are told they've broken their leg. They've torn their tricep or whatever. They just say it. If someone said, it may just be the case that they've go, it's a multitude of different injuries. Just say injury or injuries and we'll just catch all. But I do not like people on social media or people online whatsoever going, I think that means that she's suffering with this or this is what's happened to her. We don't know. And until she says or someone else is cleared to say it, let's not speculate as to what this is. Let's just be good that she's not going to be there. And I mean selfishly, probably not going to be all in. I think that when they say long, that is code word for probably at least half a year. Yeah, it's, it's, it's rough. And I'm sure that EW are probably sitting there going, ah, this really sucks.
Certainly didn't seem like they were planning, you know, if they're known that, you know, sometimes people say like, I can get through this plate, but then I read some time off the way they did it on Sunday. It didn't feel like, right, we'll write her off and then we'll go with them. Set up a match, we'll end the rosy. One thing they could do. And I think she would be fantastic at this. She might not want to do it. She might just want to heal. But the 20 star on TV while injured could be money. I mean, they did it years ago with Brit Baker and that was fantastic in the wheelchair. We're from rebel. And then I'll be WW is doing it right now with Chelsea. Yes. Yeah. When you have these huge personalities, you might as well find ways to keep it if they want to. Legend on Gladiators. He's still popping up as far as injuries. I don't know who that is. He's the rock of Gladiators. Oh, okay. And by that, I mean, he's not only your my rock as in he is Duane Johnson of that group of amazing people on Saturday nights and BBC one. But yeah, devastating news this obviously.
Yes, they can use this as a J.Y. Ked list for furthering whatever's going on with this. Ronda Rousey, Marina Shafia character. Obviously, Ronda slightly busy until mid May with the whole Gina. Yes. But you know, if it's revealed that she's the one behind the attack, for example, Marina Shafia or the death right is put her up to it. That certainly seemed to be what I read. Style out. Yeah, it wasn't like a mystery despite all the clues and stuff like that. Yeah, they there was like seven different clues. Yeah, like there was a penalty for a hammer she had. There was a strap. There was a Mercedes thing, obviously. So that was cool. I like the Easter eggs. But like you say, yeah, this is a real opportunity for others to step up because there is going to be a massive hole on AWS programming because yes, you know, other people have been getting quite rightly, you know, will or not and get people like that getting opportunities. But in terms of being the tippy top woman in the company. Yeah, yeah. That's right there. I mean, a phoenix right there, man, like why is it taking so long to get on there?
Maybe she just loves doing it. Yeah, maybe there's always reasons for things. But yeah, get off soon, wherever it is. And I love Tony Stormman. This just sucks. Well, in better news for AWS fans, we could be getting a return for Mercedes Monet. I have very, very soon. A while to read this and then remember that the last time we saw her was January 10th. And less like me, you're a CMLL freak indeed. You just watched her wrestle Persephone in a great match. Yeah, last time we saw an AW TV was a vignette on January 10th, off the back of her losing the TVS title to Willow and the kaking and what have you with all that sort of thing. Speaking of, yeah, cakes and the Mercedes. But she was on wrestling time on Italian TV station, I L61. She was asked for a message to her fans and she said, I'm not returning to, no, I'm returning to AW. You really, really soon. But right now I'm on my Monet madness to all over Europe. First, it's on New Mexico. Now here in Italy, next up Paris, London, Poland, then Winnipeg. And after that, mama is going to return home.
Now, return home, you can read in two different ways. Either she's popping back. She's realized she's left the back door open, right? Or she means heading back to AEW, of course, because she mentions there that she didn't do Paris. London, Poland, Winnipeg, Winnipeg. She's going to on Tuesday, March 31st to defend the WPW women's title at WPW Fight at the Museum. AEW Dynamite is in Winnipeg the next night. So we may have to wait less than two weeks to see a Mercedes money back on TV. She's been solely missed. She has, she has, and she's been going around the world losing all her bills. Remember when she won these, she's got so many haters. Everywhere, all these, all these, all these people who don't like her. We're like, oh, she's never going to lose all these. She's just burying people. You know, they're almost all gone now. She's lost a bunch of them, including several on AEW TV from the TVS title to the, the Repro title that she lost to Alex Windsor on AEW TV.
I do have the penache to pull off, man. You better do Alex. There you go, there you go. I know what Hater they beat the inspiration, sorry. You can't, you can't hate the brawling birds, man. That's just uncouth. I love the brawling birds. Hang the great. What the heck are we talking about? Mercedes. Yeah, great. I love Mercedes. I've been on Mercedes fan from the moment I discovered Sasha Banks near next to you, brother. I never jumped on any of the band wagons. I don't believe in doing that. I thought it was silly when people moaned about her being unprofessional for leaving WWE. You don't work there, who cares? No, and I... What if Bologna's that situation that her and Naomi got into? Absolutely. With John Laurenitis, are you taking his side in this? Well, to be fair, there's a lot of people like that signing of his the other day. Really? Yeah, I mean, some people don't have an eye for AI, do they? I mean, it sucks regardless, but yeah. Yeah, come on. And look, do I think that her AW run has been creatively perfect?
No, there's been missteps, right? The Camille stuff didn't land. But... Please, don't be very dumb. I love that line. But I think it has been a massive net positive. I do miss her on TV. And the Persephone match was a reminder of how rocking she is. So I just... This is gonna be good. You know, fans who, you know, quite rightly put over that incredible match she had with Bianca at WrestleMania, for example. And then the moment she leaves... Actually, she sucks now? Yeah. What? Why can't you just... I don't care if you work for AW, WWE or anywhere else. She's got so many... If I like you, I like you. You don't even have to necessarily be good in the ring. I can just like you. It's subjective. It's always, man, this... Story we covered last week, the Jimmy Hitter-Court, about the standards men and women are well-tuned stuff. And it's like, it is so much more pronounced for women dresslers in these... Like Mercedes is probably the most... Painted on, I would say, probably. But yeah, they just... Being a hire must be exhausting. Yeah, I know, just like... Sometimes it's kind of fun. Oh, absolutely. You know, the generational height watch watching Mansfield get knocked out of the FA Cup.
Oh, didn't they play well? Yeah, but they lose. Yes, good. Like, 5% of my life, I watch stuff to... You know, I watch Rangers lose and stuff like that. I don't have a good time. It's usually football for us, isn't it? Let's be honest. Yeah, but living that way. No, it's not fun. No, don't do it. Be nice. Yeah, I'm very excited to hear her. She's coming back and... Face turning. That's good. That's a baby face run. We sort of speculated recently on the AW pods this week about like... Ronda Rousey being utilized or this whole thing may be being utilized as a way to turn Mercedes face. I think like, eventually that's obviously how she finally becomes world champion in it. Maybe I think it's a baby face is the right way to do it. Yeah. And I initially, when before we knew this news, thought they might set up some sort of like... Ronda after the fight, obviously. Ronda and Marina versus Tony and question mark. Mercedes is like, no, I'm going to fight in your corner for this one. Absolutely. That's the way to finally solidify that baby face turn. But yeah, they obviously sorely need her back, especially now.
I love Mercedes, man. Bring her home. Bring her home. Yeah, maybe she's just going to Boston for a visit. When she says Mama's coming home. She can make it rain even more now because she has to pay a lot less for baggage on. Yeah, exactly. And all them belts and get those blocs to carry them out for it. Exactly. That's like... Yeah, 12 plane tickets gone straight away. You don't need to carry them. Baggage allowance, piece of piss. Yeah, she's got it. She's got it. Sorry. What's up? It's Sean Linda from Two Black Guys, a good credit. If managed supply runs is still on your to-do list, here's your science upgrade. Walmart Business has a tech, tools, and services that make it ridiculously easy to stock up for your office or team. Think scheduled deliveries, multi-user accounts, and even IT setup. Bonus. With a Walmart Business Plus membership, you get free shipping, spend analytics, and 2% rewards. Join the smart way to shop at business dot Walmart dot com. Terms apply. There's one place for the newest drops in wellness and performance and the biggest sale of the year.
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You know all their stuff is so cute and scripted and they know what's going on. In a football game, you don't know. So they wouldn't even get near me. Plus if I had a good offensive line, they'd punch those guys right in the fruit and they'd probably be crying. There's no fake BS in what we do in American football. So for those guys, it would be a whole different story. A bunch of wrestlers have replied. So let's dive into Charlotte Flair said a lot of words to say. A lot of words to say if I had five guys to protect me, I might be okay. That's a great line. The Queen has roasted Tom Brady there. Dan Housen. Dan Housen's been on. Now you've done it Tom. It would only take one WWE superstar to curse Tim Bordy. Excellent. The Bella Twins rope, I bet I can sack you. Take that. Austin Berry joined in as well. Said Logan Paul, let me know when you want to drop this goof. And the opinion you've all been waiting for, the definitive take that you've all been
waiting for this guy to chime in. Here's James Ellsworth with a terrible reply. Says the guy who was part of the most obvious fixed games in sports history. So I mean, you had to fly guy with a lot of balls. Yes, my beloved. A little bit culture. They shouldn't have done that to the Baltimore bastards. Should they, the Seattle shit pigs. I'm going to have to edit that now. Actually, I won't saw it. It's late in the video. You're already here. So yeah, there you go. The Tom Brady is rumored to be a WrestleMania. Do you think they're going to do an angle? It's coming to the fed, baby. Making Charlotte Flair is going to punch him in the face. I don't know, but I'm going to tell me I'd grunk in WWE. I'm down for this. Let's go. Speaking of heat watching you. Yeah, I mean, a fair play hell of a get for WWE. The I mean, I'm not as knowledgeable about American football as other sports, but generally perceived to be the go obviously. I've heard this very, very successful. And yeah, the way he's been talking. Just you know, those things where it's like sometimes sports people do just
just merch or beloved wrestling and you think, right, they're just saying that because they're not a fan of whatever. This one, your alarm's going off. Did we talk about like some trademarks or something getting registered a while back as well? Yeah, you know, obviously got the part Mac of the connection. Yeah, I just, I can easily, easily see this happening. And then the way he's sort of saying, you know, he's not just effing a Jeff and say it's crap or whatever, he's just sort of saying, it's fake and then they're going to have, I don't know, but Femi hit me with a fall from grace or something. I fakes that part. I want the queen to kill him after that, after that line. That's a good, that would be a while. That's a good, that's a good comeback from Charlotte. He added, he's added to that women's multiple team tag team match. And he gets his ass kicked. Brady's in there. Brady's in the pocket as they say. Gunther needs an opponent wrestle. Maybe I'm just remembering. But I could retire Tom Brady from pro wrestling in one match. You know what the ultimate version? You know when outsiders like insult wrestling or whatever. And usually it's like, it's fake, isn't it? And you're like, yeah, so it's breaking bad, mate. Do you know what the ultimate version of a celebrity doing this? What is the base player from the Kingsley on?
Do you know this story? No, the base, I think it was the base player. Sorry if it was someone else. But like a while ago, Kingsley on man said, friends don't let friends watch wrestling or something like that. And about a month later, he was on stage and a pigeon shatting his mouth. Come on. I was a shoot as well. It wasn't work. Yeah, it was a shoot poo. They just landed in his gobb. So yeah, there you go. Take that Kingsley on, guys. I mean, in Tom Brady as well. It's pretty high bar for celebrities in wrestling right now. You can't suck. You can't suck, man. Boni to jelly roll. Yeah, there's lots of good options. Do I see a rumor that Royce Keyes was meant to be tagging with jelly roll? Yeah, Royce Royce. I saw someone pitch, but I think that got shut down yesterday. So jelly housing for me. Jelly housing, all right. Let's do it. Dan Raw. Yeah, jelly housing spare. I, yeah, I, I would again, don't know if it'll work or not,
but I want to see it. What, what, I'm not at the expense of anyone else. Yeah, yeah. Again, LA Knights cards, dance cards free in it. It'd be funny in the building. Yeah, Brady's here and he's talking trash. He gets beaten up a lot of, you know, crossover football and wrestling fans will not need any encouragement to boot on Brady. Is he a heal? I don't know actually how he's perceived. I think now he's almost because he's gone away from the sport for a bit. I don't really, I'm not really into this sphere of discussion, but it feels like maybe now it's been a long enough that people can be like, I might have screwed my team a few times, but you can't deny how amazing he is. Yeah. I can remember watching that one of the super balls, I think it was against the Falcons, the other I don't know Falcons. It's one where they had the Patriots had this incredible comeback and I was like, I don't like, you know, sporting dynasties too much, but you can't really deny the the amazingness of that comeback. I think it was the Falcons. Yeah, apologies if I got that wrong. I have no idea, I'm just saying, yeah, I don't know. Let's talk about actual wrestlers though. Tough sportful. Yeah, well, it's rugby pads.
You've never played rugby in my life. The street prophets, let's bring you another down on the street prophets because they have been sorely missed in my household from the television. And WrestleVotes Radio and Fightful select a report in the street prophets have been discussed creatively, a return could be on the cards. Now, no idea as to whether that's going to be before or after WrestleMania. I mean, they've only got what four weeks. Yeah, it's not long. But they've been off TV since October. They did work. I saw some clips of like Montez who's who's bulking up. The guy working on the NXT live loop in January. No word on any injuries or anything like that. Look, I think this has been a real mistake. I think they are genuinely sensational. I know myself and Andy and lots of people constantly book. Not a split, but, you know, them going and doing single stuff. I think that would work. But right now, the dire straits that the men's tag division is in. I'd have them on TV tonight.
I'd have them on SmackDown tonight, for example. Their last couple of years have been so stop start. And it's like it never seems to be like they're so beloved. I know. It's so weird. And it never seems to be someone's injured or whatever. They appear, they have matches. They do some great stuff like, you know, in the tag division. And then they disappear for a few more months. I don't like it because I like them. And I want them to be on TV. So get it together, Paul LeVic. Yeah, come on. You fired road dog now. What's the excuse? What's the excuse? I've got a lot better since that happened, by the way. Yeah, it's three hours on a Friday night. There's a lot of time to fill. What is the issue? Yeah, on on on Raw, you could probably assume that we're getting some version of the usos and maybe theory and and Logan Paul for the Raw tag titles. SmackDown like them versus the MFTs. Let's go. Yeah, I've had enough MFTs versus why it's six to be honest. Let's clear the deck a little bit.
Let's let's get that one back home. I really hope this is really hope this is a cue for tonight for the solar to be like we destroyed you the Y6 and we've still got the London who's going to be able to stop us. And have the street problems back. But yeah, maybe they're being held off as a nice post-wrestling any surprise. Yeah, perhaps we'll see, but it would be good to have them back. Must be so much. We do enjoy the street problems. Anyway, shall we dance? Shall we get the hell out? Yeah, if you've missed on you this morning, by the way, on the anniversary or around the anniversary of 25 years. Yeah, WWE.com uploading an article saying they purchased WCW. Tony Khan's bid for WWE comes to like wild life. We live anyway. Is it here? I don't know. Chicken nuggets. We all like chicken nuggets. You've had the Costco ones. No. Oh my God. Fantastic. Bye. There's one place for the newest drops in wellness and performance and the biggest sale of the year.
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