All In Recap + Bash In Berlin & No Mercy Preview | The Still Real to Us Show | Episode #759 – 8/29/24

0:00 It's welcome everybody. Welcome to this week's edition The Story of the Show, episode number seven and fifty nine for August twenty ninth, twenty twenty four. This is your aw all in recap and review in we Fashion Berlin and nixten O Mercy Preview and Predictions edition of as R T. If you I am one half the show, I am Jeff Peck joined every single week from the post only doct Trey Franklin, Doctor Trey. We have four pay per view slash ples in the next two three weeks. My friend.

0:49 Yeah, but wrestling is uh, you know, vibrant, and we're not an overkill yet. No, it's actually a good time. Like it's it's fun, it's exciting. All the shows are are are hitting on all centers. So it's not like we're dreading any of these at least, so I'm on board for it. Like I'm dude, I'm watching wrestling in my car while I'm driving to physical therapy. I mean, these are these are good times for us. Yeah, are you are you feeling like it's a chore or are you enjoying what you're seeing while you're watching it? I Mean it's sometimes it's you know, you have a very busy schedule. We both have kids now, lifestyles, all that stuff. It can be a little challenging to fit everything in. As as Sammy fans uh he's homesick from school today. Everybody, So once again the joys, the joys of the fatherhood. But it's since the shows are enjoyable, it's not really a chore. The chore is finding windows of time to fit everything in.

1:50 Oh, I could totally speak to that. I as Doctor Trey, and anybody who has had a baby can attest to. So I'm I was behind on like everything this entire week because I did not watch All In Live on Sunday because my son is being baptized. So then I'm watching all In on Monday, I'm watching Raw NXT. When you have a baby, the baby likes to wake up two three times in the middle of the night, get fed all that good stuff. You're up for probably like forty five minutes to an hour each time. Spoiler for anybody who was wondering about becoming a parent. And I've spent that time Doctor Trey watching NXT Overnight, Raw Overnight, aw Dynamite Overnight. I actually watched like the finish of Dynamite at like two am Thursday morning, because my son went to sleep about ten o'clock on Wednesday night and I was about, maybe, like god, three quarters of the way through aw Dynamite, and right at ten o'clock he goes to sleep. I'm like, listen, I can't even push this.

2:55 I'm going to go to sleep. I will pick this back up in a couple hours. That's what I did. And yeah, I mean, my television viewing right now is completely all over the place, all different types of hours and of the day and night, but it's been good. I'm like watching it at two am, and I'm like, man, this has been a really good episode of aw Dynamite. Probably not the time I want to watch wrestling programming, but I'm still finding ways to squeeze it all in there, and it's it's definitely a lot, certainly, but it's been enjoyable as a wrestling fanast of late. Yeah, I mean, right now, my schedule most days is get a take Little Manda school and then I drive straight to physical therapy. So I have about a thirty thirty five minute driving to physical therapy. So as I'm going there, all pros you know one of the shows on or the like I did the same thing I watched.

3:49 I could watch all in live because we were car shopping and I have a great car shopping story if anybody's interested in this at some point, but SO couldn't watch it live. I'm catching up here and there, so watching all the way of physical therapy. I watch it on the way home from physical therapy, try to get some stuff in around the house while I have some time off. And then when I go pick up little man from school, where I'm watching on the way there to pick him up, we'll watch it a little bit on the way back from school. He'll he'll hear wrestling and he knows if I'm watching wrestling, it's it's ww Superstars, and he yells it out, you know, just like that, tell me be nice. But yeah, like it's trying to fit it all in is tough. And for you, you got Yankee season going on. They're wrapping up the regular season, preseason football just kicked off or is now finishing up.

4:42 And now we just had all that. So you got fit packers, Yankees, wrestling, baby, and keep your wife to where she doesn't want to leave you with all those things going on. I have the same thing, even though my cups suck, but the you know, the Niners are getting ready kick off Super Bowl contenders, wrestling kids the family. I mean, it's it's crazy, but at least the wrestling is enjoyable, which there's been times in our in our lives where the chore was actually watching. Now the choor is just finding those windows. Yeah, that is one hundred percent trying to find those windows is uh, is something. It is certainly interesting, but at least the wrestling is good where you can get excited for it. And and I don't know what my Saturday plans are quite yet, being Labor Day weekend, but part of me stoked that I can put the one o'clock Bashing Berlin on my television and potentially watch that for a couple hours unless I sneak out go do some stuff, then carry it on on Saturday night. But again, it's it's been a really good time for professional wrestling, and it's uh. There's certainly times where it feels like a chore, especially trying to get to the podcast each week, but as of late, the programming has been good and that's a good thing. That is a really good thing.

5:56 Uh let's get into aw all in well, let's recap interview at Doctor Trey this past from Wembley Sadim in London, England. We have three pre show matches that we're gonna get to. Here. You have Tommy Billington, Kip Sabian, Rocky Romero, Kyle Fletcher, Leo Rush, Action Andretti in Type top Flight defeating Jay Lethal, Santom Singh, Santem Singh, Anthony Gogo, Aria Davari Private Party in the Dark Order in a sixteen man tag team match. We did not predict this one. It was a nice pre show match for a concept that is typically a clusterfuck when you do a sixteen man match. I was surprised the England born wrestlers Danny get dependence one with while Darius Martin did. You had Kip Sabean, Tommy Billington on one side and Darius Martin gets a pin. Any thoughts on the pre show match here.

6:38 Those guys are very athletics. It's a little I mean it was for a sixteen person tag match. It wasn't bad, but it's one of these words like okay, we got sixteen guys, they all have to get two to three moves in this match. They can all look pretty good and then we finish it up somehow. But yeah, it is weird that, like just on paper, you would say, hey, we either need to get Kip or Tommy the victory in this and we go with the guy who dresses like an airline pilot right now, so we'll go with that route. Uh well, this was their way of getting everybody on the card with a sixteen man tag team match for the most part. Next match here is Willow Nightingale and Tomaharag defeating Chris stat Land and Sokle Hathaway in a mixed tag team match. And now will Knightingale will choose the stipulation the match with Chris stat Leonard and aw all Out, which was announced on Dynamite last night. It will be a Chicago street fight, and I'm under the impression that the CML Women's World Championship is not on the line in this match. It was previously previously announced that it was a Nightingale cut like a promo in Dynamite saying that CML won't sanction the match, which was kind of strange, but a way to creatively tie it all up with that sel that said the match result was exactly what was expected. I still find astray as at Statlander would have chosen Sokley as her partner. That didn't seem to be well thought out. Doctor Trey any thoughts on this one?

7:57 Well, I mean, it's usually when these things happen, and that's just because I've been in these matches before where I was in it. You know, I've been in a couple of tag matches because I'm the manager. Usually it's either usually the bad guys are winning these matches. It's just weird that they didn't go this route and then then to lead into a Chicago street fight like you could. They could alter said I want a Chicago street fight, but CMLL won't let me do it because Chicago's not in Mexico, and they could side up that way too. So it's just I feel bad in this match. I feel bad for tomorrow Ishi because he's involved in a match with Stokely Hathaway. So it's just it's just like, all right, that once again a way for tomorrow Ishi to be on the card.

8:41 Next match here is the Von Erics, Sam mcavara and Dustin Roots, a feeding undisputed Kingdom in Cage of Agony and a ten man tag team match. We did not produce this match. Uh, This one broke down into a tornado match pretty quickly and was a spot fast. Nonetheless, this was an entertaining match and an underrated feud and build taking place on Collision in the last several weeks. It was nice to see Kevin von Erics get a nice spot in moments to slap on the claw post match. Any thoughts on this one, Doctor Trey. It's good to see von ericskin some screen time. I've been waiting for them to come on to scene more and more over the last couple of years. Kevin von eric might be one of the last links to my wrestling childhood that's left, so it's good to see him out there. And this Dustin and Sammy perring is interesting.

9:26 I'm waiting to see how far of a run this goes before Sammy turns on him again, I guess or something. Who knows. Yeah, And the Sammy Cavar, I mean, he was booed. It seems like people have a tough time with Samy Cavar and I at times. I can't blame them. There's in times he's been one of the most over wrestlers in the company and on the rise and very popular, and then something happens and he's not and sometimes he gets in his own way. But yeah, he is back on the grind in AW and it seems like Doctor Trey just got hitting potentially. Yeah. No, he's mad because the cat came up to pet me and I shoot her away. Now he's telling me to be nice as the cat fair enough.

10:07 I mean, that is the right thing that young Sammy Franklin is telling you. Getting to the main car. Now, you had Pac Claudia Casinolian Wheeler. You to defeating the Patriarchy, Bang Bang Gang and House of Black and a four way London Ladders match to win the AW World Trios Championship. I had the Patriarchy, Patriarchy, Doctor treyhead the Bang Bang Gang. I wish we had a couple more weeks to see why Pac, Claudio and Udi were all paired together rather than twenty four hours of an impromptu pairing that ends up winning the AW World Trios Championship. I guess that had to do with the Lucha Brothers possibly being on their way out of aw's death triangle. Was set to win this match originally a quarding reports. The finish was anti climatic and lacked a memorable moment that you tend to see in these types of matches. I feel like commentary missed a real good moment where kill Switch threw his arms in the air and stormed off post match when Christian was yelling at him, something that comes back later on in the card for a really good bill.

10:58 The SAMs the fourth team being entered on collision. This was kind of a letdown for me, Doctor Trey. Your thoughts as Claudia Castinoli and Wheeler Yuda have won the aw World Trios Championship, Yeah. I really, I really didn't like this match all that much, just because it just kind of felt like a The story was kind of between the Patriarchy and House of Black, and then you know, the other teams get added in, so there's no real build there. PwC teaming with Claudia Wheeler never really made sense, and then it made even less sense when I saw what happened on Dynamite. It just and then to have POC win in Wembley, which is great, but the finish was kind of anti Like you said, anti Clomatic. There wasn't really any juice to it or anything like that, so it just it felt flat.

11:45 Like the whole match itself, for being all those tag teams in there that are fantastic, just kind of felt like it was a spotfest. That's all it really was to me. And then later on the show before we like give away the result of the main event match. I did find it weird that Pac was celebrating with Claudio and Wheeler at the end of the show, which we'll get to again that match in just a little bit here, which was like, okay, so we see part of Blackpool Combat Club. Mox returns on Wednesday. It appears he is not part of the Blackpool Combat Club. I would like to see moving forward here Rampage Collision or the following week's Dynamite some sort of creative tie up as to why Pac is celebrating with the Blackpool Combat Club and why Mox is potentially no longer part of the Blackpool Combat Club. So those are two things coming out of this match, Doctor Trey that kind of stem off that I help aw dresses here in the next week or so.

12:38 Well, Yeah, the whole Mox thing was just weird. There's my dog. Yeah, you got Sammy, all right, I got you got the dogs? I got Sammy. Yeah, I got Sammy high fiving a cat right now. But yeah, the mox thing's weird. And then Poc Wheeler and you that's cool, But then Pac attacks will Osprey, who's a babyface? Well they are such a race each other at all out, but it's. Still of attacking a babyface, which, by the way, that was one of the best. I have never seen a poisoned rauna like that on the ramp, which I give that a ton of credit to. But it's just once again, this is kind of the things where's like, I don't know should I be cheering for a puck or booing puc?

13:19 Should am I? Who? Who am I? Who am I with? I don't know who to cheer for in a lot of these situations, and that's why aw times like the show's been better, But then they do like confusing things. Like this, Yeah, that that needs to be tied up here in the next week. Those two specific items, what is POC's status, what is Max's status, And then we can get a better idea of what exactly is going on when it comes to the Blackpool Combat Club. Next match year is the Glamor and Rima defeating Time with Stoney Storm to win the AW Women's World Championship. We both had the Glamor and ri Ima. This was a really good match. It made so much sense to put the title on Ria May and help elevate her at the conclusion of this chapter of their feud. My only complaint was I wish the emphasize Maria Mariah's mom at ringside heading into this match, so the slap made sense and there was a reason behind it. Nonetheless, this was an exceptional match that told the great story in time with Tony Storm's now former Rain was, in my opinion, Doctor Dre the best women's title reign AW history at this point your thoughts as the claimer, Riah May is now the new AW Women's World Champion, So I'm with you.

14:23 Like, I really, I really enjoyed the match. I thought it was great storytelling. I thought like it was produced well. The only like my issue, I was just like you, like, Okay, there's her mom at ringside and then she slaps her mom, but why and then Tony hugs her, like does Tony even know Mariah May's mom? Like that's just kind of weird if they don't know each other. Uh, but yeah, it was just that was my only, like my only grievous with the match. I mean, outside of that, like this, like watching this match was kind of made up for the first one because I really loved this match, and I mean it pulled all the different parts from all the different from this entire time into one match, so it was great storytelling.

15:03 Next vecture is Hook defeating Chris Jericho and a last chance match to win the FDW Championship. We both had Hook in this one. The odds that were stacked against Hook in this match was almost a little too much that it wasn't believable. I get trying to get Hook over by defeating Chris Jericho, but almost crossed the line where it became too ridiculous with all the odds he was facing with having to take care of Big Bill and Brian Keith as well. I have no idea where Shabata was he was on the pre show. Why he didn't come help Hook out in this one after doing it for the last several weeks and not even getting some ojo selling. You know, I understand getting some ojo selling his injury due to I believe he's like filming something right now. The was it Gears of War or something that was on Peacock? Was that show he was on for a video game? Oh my gosh, Twisted Metal, Twisted Metal. I think he's doing that right now, But it still would have been great to have him make an appearance in that one. I did pop for Task slapping on the Task mission on Brian Keith and the tribute to Taz in the beginning Hook's entrance. This comes to it from a guy who was a big Hook fan when he was growing up. Nonetheless, it was like, Man, these odds are are too ridiculous. At this point, as Hook retains or regains the FCW Championship, Doctor Trey, I like.

16:17 And you heard on the commentary Jericho coming out in all orange. I thought that was a little like tribute to Taz as well, even though I don't even know. I don't know if those guys are actually friends or not, but I thought it was kind of cool that Jericho wearing all the orange of your mock Taz as well. I thought that was cool. The match itself was just kind of eh, and and maybe it's a little bit Jericho's a little bit passes prime and he's resting a guy who's literally half his age. But the matches that was eh. But yeah, it's just to have it set up like that, just like it's Hook against everybody and he's only one hundred and eighty five pounds. Like it's just stuff like That's what drives me nuts on how they book him At times. I will say, is Big Bill that over in the UK? It felt like every time he did something the crowd was popping for him.

17:07 Yeah, I don't know what the whole thing was there. They kind of insinuated on Collision. It was because it was like Big Ben and Big Bill, but they loved him. On Collision he got like a massive pop. He got a massive pop Wembley as well. They carried itself over. I wish that was kind of alluded to or explained a little bit more, But yeah, I don't know, doctor Schreimine. Jericho did these things for six months. He kind of did an out of a character tweet on Sunday night saying like, you know, thanks to Hook for the last six months and all that stuff. Did this elevate Hook in your opinion? Not really to me? I mean it elevated him the same way I guess Jericho elevated Orange Cassidy. Like it's a good little rub. But then it kind of depends on how you book him at coming out of it.

17:58 If you do something, capitalize on it, yeah, If not, then it's just he's got a nice little win over Jericho. But if he goes back to feuding with you know, Kip Sabian or somebody in the mid card, it doesn't do a whole lot for you at that point. Yeah, it's all strange and the FTW title still being around. There was some discussion about that on the post show media scrum. Basically, I think a media member referred to as like a joke title. Then Taz addressed it on X and then also said there's discussions about the future of the championship. It's it's like, all right, I think the FTW title's probably been around on AW television like one too many years at this point. So well to see if that kind of fades away or it gets retired here soon, because I think that would be a benefit to hook. I would also get rid of the bat signal. I think that is very, very lame. It's it's like Top Flight and their pilot outfits Doctor Try.

18:53 Yeah. I was literally like what the show saw. I was like looking for the symbol, like wait for them to call hook, and I'm like, yeah, it's is dumb at this point, like the fans know he's coming out. At this point, he's booked in the match. It's not like it's a safety signal like the actual bad signal was, but it is what it is. I disliked the hook signal more than I disliked Top Flights Outfits. The Young Bucks defeat FDR and the Acclaimed in a three way tag team match and retain aw World Tag Team Championship. We both have the acclaimless one. I really need AWD get back to having a strong tag team title division because this was a solid match that shows how good their tag team to vital title division can be. I would have liked to see the Acclaim get the ruboff defeating the Young Bucks and FTR in the same match at the all in stage, but I understand why they kept the tag team titles on the Young Bucks since they are so strong the seals right now. Grizzly Young Veterans getting a spot postmatch was a nice moment, but I would like to see in a build up with vignettes leading to all In that said GYV was coming, or giv's cutting promos like they did on Dynamite saying that they have their eyes said on the tag team division, on that tag team titles. I would like to see the reverse of that heading into all In rather than what we saw. Your thoughts on this one, Doctor Trey's the Young Bucks get the victory.

20:07 Yeah, really really good tag match like this, the it wasn't just a spot fests like some of the things they did, like the assisted you know, uh EVP trigger, the assistant you know, with it being you know, a member of the Acclaim in the Bucks, and then the shatter machine with a member of FTR and the Acclaim, like all that stuff was really well done. I'm with you. I would have liked to see the Acclaim get the win here to kind of, you know, that way. It's not the Bucks getting a quote unquote win over FTR, but at least that way it would have kind of been still been even. And yeah, the postmatch beat down, GUYV gets in the ring and their their face at the Bucks. But then they take out FDR and there's like, but but why like give us a little bit of a lead into it, because you know, still a lot of American audiences and a lot of the American casual fans that might have been watching on in doesn't know who GYV is, so you might want to build them up a little bit leading in because heck, as far as I knew, I thought they were still part of Impact a little bit, so I was a little confused on all that, But overall, the match itself was fantastic tag team wrestling.

21:16 Next match is Christian Cage winning the Casino Gauntlet match for a future aw World Championship match. We both had hanging man out and page in this one. This is the best match concept they have an aaw with that set. I think they need to pull a page from ww's book and have the ringing out or go over the rules for the fans each time the match takes place. The sound and countdown from five seconds to the entrance was anti climatic, and I think they need to start at ten like fans are accustomed to for these types of matches. Nigel McGinnis making this entering return from retirement was an awesome moment, as was g One Climax winner Zach Saber Junior making a surprise appearance. The finish was met as what appeared to be kill switch slash. Lucasaurus finally turning on Christian Cage was for not. I think at this point they won't get a great reaction for Lucasaurus eventually turning on Christian Cage because they have teas him turning on Cage on too many times. I like Christian Cage, but I would like to see someone else win this match, quite honestly, So Doctor Trey, your thoughts here as Christian Cage wins the Casino Gatlin match.

22:11 Same thing as you like the initial part, like explain the rules and the match a lot better, like just cause if you had like for me, this is only the second one I've actually watched from beginning to end, so I was still a little confused on the rules. Second thing was basically like you said, like, have threagnazz to go the rules, explain it. Seeing Nigel McGinnis in the ring was a joy, and I was like fully on board. If you hadn't let Nigel win this, I would have been just I couldn't tell you how happy I would have been just because he's such a class act. He's been that way for so many years. The face off with him and Zach Saber Junior for British wrestling fans, I think as a kid to seeing you know, Sina and Rock in a lot of ways like these are the two focal points of the last twenty years of British wrestling.

23:02 Well, he was, he was, you know, inspired by Nigel ZSJ. And then the only thing I would have waited for is they they started fighting a little too quickly, Like I wanted the crowd. I wanted that face, I wanted that Hulk Covid Rock Speranto WrestleMania eighteen moments, you know, for the fans in Wembley, I think they went they started the action just a little too quick with Zach and Nigel might have just been anxious. It's been what eight years since he's been in a ring, ten years since he's been in. A ring longer I think I think the last time he was in the ring was Desmond Wolf and TNA. Yeah, so oh god, that's yeah, crazy, crazy amount of time and still in great shape. Stuff. With the seeing Nigel and Okada face off like that was really cool, Like there were so many like a little cool moments because I think, if I'm not mistaken, it wasn't Okada in TNA when when he.

23:53 Was there, he was I think he was working with God, he's working at like awful James Bond. M was he working with Joe at the. Time, and either Joe and then then he was doing that Cato like the green hornet type gimmick? Yes, yes, yes, but yeah, like that, those elements of that match were so good. I'm fine with Christian Cage getting to win kind of clued me in on the main event because he would be a great person for you know, Brian, like Swerve doesn't need to be Christian Cage, but a Brian Danielson at least getting one title victory under his belt would be good for his his career. So it kind of cluded me in there. But you're right on the Luca Source thing like that. This is where the announcers messed up in the beginning, because when he came out with lou source of gimmick, We're like, why is he doing it now? Like I don't get it because they missed that spot early on in in the in the trios match, Otherwise it would have been really it would have played off really well. But it has almost blown Lucasaurce ever turning on him because like, well, dude, you're putting up with everything and you still haven't done it yet, Like you're you're never gonna turn So it's hell.

25:04 They've been teasing this for a year and a half now that he's gonna turn on Christian Page, and he hasn't really done it. So at this point it's just whatever. But I'm happy for Christian to get that main events. By I mean he's gonna get a good title match at some point, because this has been the best Christian Page run that we've probably seen since his second World title run with the stuff with Randy Orton. And again, this is where things need to be explained better. I'm under the presumption that this has like money in the bank briefcase rules to it and the Casino Gala match, that he, like Daniels, could get laid out and Christian Cage can come down and cash in on his title match. The way I understood was he still had to kind of he could announce He's Chell. You what I mean? Yeah? Yeah, there's confusion, yeah yeah, and that that's a problem I have with their creative and I have a problem with their production as well.

25:53 I mean, they very rarely show a replays like that should have been a replay postmatch in the trios match, if that was going to come back later on the show of Lucasaurus kill Switch turning on Christian Cage that should have been aired after that Trios match, heading a little bit of foreshadowing into the Casino Gauntlet match. I mean, these are things that I have issues with when it comes to aw is their creative like attention to detail, and their production is at times awful. Yeah. I was gonna mention this like maybe towards the end, but just as you mentioned it, now, I get that you're trying to show how big the crowd is, but you're sacrificing moments in the big moments in the match for crowd shots at times, like you're cutting back in and you're like, wait, what just happened. Like it's like their camera shots and their direction is oftentimes on these big shows because it's like, yeah, show the crowd in between matches, don't show it in the middle of the match.

26:51 I'm trying to see what's happening. Jesus Christ, this is easy. Yeah, there was a couple of moments that they don't immediately come to mind specifics, but I remember there were moments that they spots because they were showing the crowd reaction. There was one of them was in was one of them was in the mjf Ospray match. There's a dive spot. He was either mjf Osprey or Park one of them doing a dive and they literally cut while he was in mid air, Like they cut to him in mid air. You're like, what just happened? Why is he flying? I don't know what just happened here? So yeah, AW production can be a show in itself because no lack of replays all the time during the match for stuff that you miss, especially this day and age, whe people aren't like fully paying attention. They could be tweeting, they could be checking their phone, like do that stuff for me, or if you want to emphasize it during the match, please do that is one thing. And there's a lot of choppiness with their broadcast as well, but that's been something I've had a personal gripe with for quite some times when I watch AW. Speaking of which, next match year is will Osprey defeating MJF to win the aw International Championship. We both at MJF and this one fun build great match will Ospray and MGF for some of my favorite to watch today. Jan You Garcia's appearance was a surprise as his contract status continues to loom.

28:05 One more or else was there to say other than I would love to see these two continue their feud for a while. This is a fun match, doctor try Yeah. These are one of those things fight forever type things like this is you know, this could be your sena Orton rivalry for eight tom. This is the only thing you build on for ten years and you can always circle back to it. I love Mtfskier by the way. I was like, did he steal that? I mean, did he call Xavier Woods to be like, hey, do you still have the old consequences Creed gear? No, dude, you don't know who that was? Well was that Luger? Yeah that was Luger Man. Yeah, I forgot about the Luger the Luger gear, but like I was just like man like he had elements of he had the top hat from you know, Rocky four.

28:46 Then the Luger Xavier Woods consequence of the creed gear. I'm like, this is fantastic, but uh yeah, this was a great match, great storytelling. I love this is when storytelling factor is interrestling. When they brought up how like he was afraid to use the Tiger Driver over and over and over, and then when he finally hits it, You're like, boom, that's the finish. Like he did so many as cutters and everything else in that match is hitting blades, but when he hit the Tiger Driver, you knew is over. It's like that's how storytelling and commentary can lead into getting emotionally invested in a match even more. But like just in ring action was just well, this is one of the better matches we've seen in I don't know if I like this one. This one I might like better than there's that fifty eight minute match I had a few, like a month.

29:33 Ago, I would agree with you. I think this was a better match than that one as well, which is insane to say because they had so much more time back in during Dynamite. But again, my takeaway from that match was I was like, I hate the picture and picture, I hate the commercial breaks. I want to see it all the way through. That's a big thing I'm a stickler on when it comes to TV matches, But this match was great. It was very enjoyable MGFF and we'll ospra. I would love to see it continue on moving forward. At this point, it seems like it's a little bit pause as going into all out. Will Ospray Pack, MGF Daniel Garcia will be the matches that are taking place there. Next match here is Mercedes Bone defeating Brett Doctor Britt Baker DMD to retain the AWTBS Championship. Dot Tray and I both have Mercedes Bonett. I did not love this match, and based on the reaction from the Webley crowd, it didn't feel like they did either. The finish came off as anti climatic and disappointing. I really like Mercedes being paired with Camille and I've enjoyed parts of the feud with Britt Baker, but the match did not live up to expectations. I hope they do it again and all out to get another shot at this one living up to its expectations. There is a comment here for Mercedes Bone that I will get you in just a second, but I'm sure your thoughts on this one.

30:42 I liked it better than most Mercedes Bone matches, but yeah, like these are supposed to be like two of your cake performers, Like this is your secondary title and it's going on after your Women's title match, so it better be a better match. I thought it was eh at best, Like there are moments there where I'm like, oh, this is good, and then there's other moms where I'm like this is god awful, So it just kind of averages out. I do like the Mercedes Camille pairing. It gives Mercedes a little bit more heat honor, but the finish kind of felt like a weird WWE finished from like twenty twenty, where it just it's out of nowhere, but not in a good way. It just kind of felt like, oh, oh the match is over. Oh okay, well, and I don't really care for that finisher either, so it just kind of was what it was. It was just it was just it was bad. It's your bad placement on the cart, so you're trying to follow m Gap and Osbary that just had a hell of a match, or you're you're placing like if you had flipped Tony's matches with Mariah. In this match, I might have liked it better.

31:48 I just think there's bad placement, bad timing, and then you know they're still a little clunky, because what the last two years, these two girls that probably wrestled combined eight matches. So Mercedes Monay, I guess has like a newsletter where she comments on things in her you know what's going on in the world. It's Monet magazine or mag that people can subscribe to. And this was a little clip from the most recent one in regards to her match with Burt Baker at aw All in that Russell Puris had put up on their Twitter account as well. Mercedes wrote, is there anything I would have done differently? There is, honestly a lot, but I don't ever want to go too deep into what ifs about my match sort of life for that matter. I'll just say that I learned a lot from the match and can only grow by continuing to try new things. I maybe would have listened to my instincts more. I feel I did things that maybe were not necessarily required for that match, things I could have saved for another time. But again little sense and looking too far back. Other than what we can learn and use moving forward. One thing is for sure, I can't wait to do it all over again next year in Texas. In regards to all in Dutch tray, so she vaguely poignantly, however you want to look at it, acknowledges that the match did not live up to the expectations and there may have been some stuff going on behind the scenes that caused some differences and changes in the way that match was approached.

33:10 Well, I don't know if you felt like comments by Mark Henry. Mark Henry reviewed the match, and he said you'd see spots where he thought Brent Baker was sandbagging Mercedes Modey, And I was this like began the match. I loved how the beginning matches like working the back, working the back, selling all that stuff commentary, and then it felt like it just all switched and went in different directions. So I thought the beginning of the match started off strong, and that might be what she's alloting to, where it's like, hey, should I have done a few things differently that she could change. Yeah, I think the psychology the beginning match was great and then it just kind of went out the window from about the ten minute mark onto the finish like that, the last half of that match was just not great at all.

33:52 Next match, here is Jack Perry defeating Darby Allen in a coffin match re tame AWTNT Championship. I had Darby Allen, Doctor Treya Jack Perry. This was surprisingly a dominant victory from Jack Perry for the most part. I wonder if parts of the match were cut short due to making sure they had enough time for sting surprise return post match and or the main event, or the introductions from the main event, or did the match go as planned to make sure Jack Perry came off strong as he appears to be the contender for the AW World Championship. It all out now. Not sure if I like Darby Allen taking a loss of weeks away from an aw World Championship match of his own, which I believe is taking place at a w Grand Slam because he won the Royal Rampage match. But here we are. It was great to see sing back in AAW ring and if you like Jack Perry, then you'd like how this match went.

34:38 If you're a Darby Allen fan, then you're probably not too thrilled with being dominated by Jack Perry. This was a strange one, Doctor Trey your thoughts. Here's Jack Perry defeats Darby Allen. Yeah, I did not like it just because of how short it was. It felt very very one sided. It was just it was weird because these are two pillars and you think they would get spray mjf amount of time you think they would get and that's the good thing, like you and I say here and say like we we get onto aw for pay per views going too long and like, no, this is one you should have given a little more time to, like just a little more creams because these are two of your building blocks and you kind of cut one guy off at the knees almost figuratively in this match, but uh, you know, getting stinging back to make an appearance at Wembley's. Great love that. But the match itself was just just kind of a letdown for a coffin matches because it was so short and just didn't give you know, Darby a lot of time and especially like you said, if he's challenging over the world title, you have a little more time.

35:39 Yeah, it was it was very very very strange. Yeah, did not did not enjoy this one at all. Next match here is the main event, Brian Danielson defeating Sturve Strickland in a title versus screw match to win the AW World Championship. I had Brian Danielson doctor trades for of Strickland. Fun build, amazing crowd, and a great match. This was a really strong showcase of good in ring storytelling and an amazing match philosophy. I thoroughly enjoyed this match, and while I'm happy for Brian Danielson finally getting the AW World Championship, I am sad that Swerves Strickland's reign ends a bit shorter than I would have hoped for. It's the price we pay to continue seeing one of the greatest of all time to do his thing as a world champion again. Dotch Trey, your thoughts on this one, as Brian Danielson is your new AW World Champion.

36:26 Uh, Basically, I echo you're saying is this is great build up to it. The storytelling was great, the emotions were great. This is main event quality caliber wrestling, Like if you're gonna show somebody like, hey, how can we have a babyface versus I guess Swerves a tweener in a sense like he's more babyfacing now. But this is how you do it. You have one guy play a little bit more of an ass whole character, one guy playing into your sympathy, crowd gets behind it, and then you guys go out and just kill it in the ring. And they did a great job in the ring. So you know, I don't know if adew is working us by saying that, you know, Brian Danson only has so many matches left in him, so to speak, and he's under doctor's ars, only have so many matches and stuff like that, if that was a work or not. But I mean they got into my fields a little bit, Jeff.

37:17 And that as for when it comes to a main event match, I mean, dear god, you could hear Brian Danielson's kids yelling at ringside during the match. I don't know if that was intentional or just Bertie is that loud? But I mean I've felt that before, like in the ring when my daughter was really young and she saw me, you know, take a beating at a show and I could hear her at ringside screaming, you know, leave my daddy alone. Like that gets in your feels a little bit, especially when you're a parent and stuff like you feel all that stuff. So good job for the main event. Just fantastic, fantastic match. Danielson did say postmatch that this was the greatest moment in his career. I think this is comparable to WrestleMania thirty.

38:03 For Yesselemania, you was a fan oct Trey, Which one of those moments did you prefer? Uh? Probably thirty because he was still relatively I don't say numb, you're young, but he was still kind of on the come up in the build and Yesselemania season was really really big. This one. You did have the chase, you did have him trying to get to this spot. But I guess he's much more of the He already has a legacy and WrestleMania thirty was starting the legacy. I guess, I speaking, I preferred WrestleMania thirty as well. He was a cemented star at this moment. While it was a very nice moment, YESSELMANI confirmed that he was a top dog and everything that if you followed Danielson's career of the four years previous to that, then you never thought he would be the guy in wa And they closed a WRESTLEMANI with him being the face of the company and in something that was it's a huge fan momentum push and wave that is rare and organic that you tend to not see all the time. But Danielson obviously has different thoughts and feelings towards this favorite moment.

39:11 Fans will definitely have theirs as well, and it was a great moment this past Sunday as he closed out aw All In as the new aw World Champion and is now set to presumably take on Jack Perry at aw All Out in less than nine days for the next pay per view that they will be holding in Chicago. Paper view prediction record and our Match the Knight event rating. We both went five and five coming out of this one. I'm ninety seven and twenty eight Dot Tray's eighty nine and thirty six event rating and Match the Knight For me, I gave all In a four point oho out of five and my Match the Knight was Brian Danielson and Sword of Strickland Doctor Trey. Yeah. I did four point one out of five and I had seven Brian Danielson as well, So.

39:52 There you go. There is aw all In four point one from Doctor Trey four point oh from me and Danielson's of both being in our match the night. Feel free to chime in on Facebook or on x add User to You podcast on Xoorfacebook dot com Slash the Stinereal to Us show. With that said, Doctor Trey, let's preview and predict the two w WEE shows coming up here first, beginning with this Saturday w Bash in Berlin live from the Uber Arena in Berlin, Germany. The first match here on the car We've got Alba Fire and Eila Dawn defending the WA Women's Tag Team Championship against Bianca Bela Air and Jade Cargill. Who do you like in this one, Doctor Trey. Let's see we are in the month of August, still too early for Jay to turn on Beyonca, so I'll go with Beyonca and Jay Gawen Borowray. For all you guys listening, do not google her to Bash at Berlin with your safety features off, because you will get some stuff come up that's not work friendly. Uh. Just be mindful of Bashing in.

40:57 Berlin, yes, please please be conscious of that. I'm gonna take the Uncle bell Aaron Jade Cark Gill as well. Next match is Damian priest and Ria Ripley taking on Dirty Dom and Live Morgan in a mixed stag team match. I'm gonna take Damian Ria Ripley in this one, Doctor Trey. Um Man, Yeah, that seems like the safe pick. I'll take Date. Well, see you're still way ahead of me. I'll take to Live in Dom stealing a win here, just to make sure we get at least one different on this card. Next match is the Strap match. See him Punk taking Andrew McIntyre. Who do you like in this one? Uh? Drew McIntyre is not winning in Engle, in the in the UK, but maybe he wins in Germany. I'll go Punk. This is a Strap match. I'll go Punk in this one.

41:39 I'm taking c Hm Punk in this one because i think this is leading to a hell and sl match at bad Blood in early October for the trifecta here. Next match is Cody Rhodes defending the Undisputed WE Championship against Kevin Owens. I'm gonna take Cody Rhads in this one. Doctor Trey, Yeah, I'm taking Cody. Also, does Ko turn on Cody after the match. I don't think he does, but it's gonna be heavily pushed here in the coming days and weeks. Yeah, I'm more than a week, I guess. Yeah, I don't think he does either, but I'm taking I'll take Cody as well. And then finally the main event here, Gunther taking on Randy Orton for the World have aweight Championship. And I love that they did this creatively because this is stuff that I want to see aw do. If Orton wins, he will be transferred to Raw and guntherro will be transferred to SmackDown. So, Doctor Trey, who do you liking this one? Coming out as the World of Away champion.

42:25 I'm taking Gunther's. It's this is literal, this paper. He was literally built around Gunther. So I'm taking Gunther. I too, am taking Gunther. Then let's get to the Sunday show from the Ballerina in Denver, Colorado, NXT no Mercy previewing predictions. First match here is wes Lee taking on Zachary Wentz. I'll kick it off here, Doctor Trey, I have wes Lee in this one. Yeah, I have wes also, And a lot of it is because the kind of what he said that prom the night. He goes, oh, I'm a wuz. You can go back to TNA. Yeah, I'm taking a Wes in this one as well. Next match is Obafemi defending the NXC North American Championship against Tony DiAngelo Dot Trey. Who do you like in this one? Man? This one was tough because Oba's about dude to move up to the main event level. But you got Paie just got the belt, So I will take OBA retaining over Tony d right now, I.

43:15 Too, am gonna take Oba family winning this one, and I've enjoyed this feud and build as he continues to disrespect the don. Next match is Chase You defend the NX Tag Team CHAMPIONIP against Nathan Fraser and Axiom. I'm gonna take Nathan Fraser and Axiom regaining the tag team titles, which leads to some issues in Chase You moving forward. D Trey, who do you like in this one? I'm I'm going to the opposite route. I'm taking Chase U so we finally get the Nathan Fraser Axiom breakup. So I'm gonna take Chase you all right. Next match here is Kalanie Jordan defending the NX Women's North American Championship against Wendy Chu Dot Trey. Who do you like in this one? By the way, how like? How great was he? Rosemary on NXT? Oh?

43:55 It was awesome. I loved it. Surreal. Yeah, And I love that they tied it in the Windy Chew characters. It made a lot of sense also, so I think it might still be too earlier to take the belt off Kilani, but the Wendy Chew characters interesting. I think I'm gonna take Kilanie sneaking out sneaking out the victory, though. I'm gonna take Wendy Chew because I think putting the title on her is a big thing and a big deal and help with her character. And I think it also adds a little bit more dempth to Kalanie Jordan's character that we've seen over the last couple of weeks as well. Next match is Roxanne Perez take it on Jada Parker for the NXC Women's Championship. I'm gonna take Roxanne Perez in this one, but I love the Jada Parker's in this match and in this spot because I think she's gonna be a big star one day. In NXT.

44:39 I think she has a lot of poise and I'm very excited to watch her continue to grow. I think Roxanne retains because Julia and Sephanie Vakor are on their way to to NXT. So Roxanne retains in my eyes, Doctor Trey. If you didn't pull the trigger with Lolavice a couple months ago, I don't see them pulling the trigger with Jada Parker. I think this is like the low Vice treatment for Danna Parker, where you'd make her a top female star without actually putting the belt on her. So I'm gonna say Roxe and Perez retaining as well. And then finally the main event, Ethan Page defends the NXC Championship against Joe Henry. What do you like in this one, Doctor Trey. Man, this was a little good I love if you listen to so long, if you know, I love chaos, I love weird stuff. I would love Joe Hendry to win this match just to see the NC Championship on TNA Wrestling. I just don't think w is comfortable doing it completely. I think they believe in Joe Henry, but I think they believe they should give Ethan Page to win, So I'm taking Ethan Page.

45:35 I'm gonna take Ethan Page as well. And Doctor Trey's gotta love this little addition. I'm gonna add I think Josh Alexander helps his former North running mate get the victory because he is currently feuding with I believe Joe Hendry on t and TNA television right now. So I'm gonna say Josh Alexander makes an appearance at NXTTV. Doctor Trey, I was. Thinking the same thing because Josh took out Joe Hendry at the last pay per view. He's currently feuding with dolfh Ziggler, and how great we're doing to somehow get a Dolph Ziggler, Joe Hendry, Ethan Page, Josh Allylator tag match on NXT. Let's do it. Let's do it, folks. So there you go. There is our preview predictions for NXC No Mercy as well.

46:15 We will recap and review that both shows Bashion Berlin and XC and No Mercy on next week's show. Will also preview and predict aw all Out on next week's edition of SRTU. Well that's let's get a couple plugs in sponsor the way you can down the show every Thursday or Friday at Real Guy Radio dot com, Wreussell Chattnet on X and the Still Realer Show iTunes feed Don't forget to rate, review and subscribe to help us com the charts on iTunes. You could follo individually on X for myself at SRTU, Jeff Ever, doct Trey Franklin at The Doctor Trey, and of course still Freak the Fall Show on X at SRTU podcast. With that being said, it was going on the one Ful World of doct Trey Franklin this week. Well, like Jeff said, you can follow me on X at the Doctor Trey. You can find me on Instagram and Facebook. Be sure Doctor Trey Franklin when you're on Facebook checkout Rocket Seet Championship Wrestling and Spartan Championship for two shows I'll be working with over the next couple of weeks, and also should have an announcement for potentially a third show that I'll be working with here in my local area next week. As long as you know, yes, yes, no talking, sorry Sammy, but as long as they pay me, well, we might have a third show for Doctor Trey Franklin.

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