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Is NXT Legit At Last or Is It Still Stuck as Minor League WWE?
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Apr 11, 2025
Ryan, Kyle & Dayveonne break down the legitimacy of NXT as a platform for WWE's future, but are they treating it as such? Did this past Tuesday give it cred? Click to subscribe! Find our other channels here! #wwenxt #nxt #finnbalor #jabronisunited
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Now, as far as our next topic, there is something that I would probably say I have been a little bit befuddled by as of this past week
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Because, as I have stated on the show before, when we go ahead and we talk about certain wrestling brands, we'll talk about WWE, what happens on Raw, what happens on SmackDown, TNA at times, AEW certainly
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But I've always gone on the record as saying that as far as NXT is concerned, until they start treating NXT like a legitimate show and not just developmental area number one for Raw and SmackDown, we would not do anything about it
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We wouldn't talk about the pay-per-views. We wouldn't necessarily give it its credit until maybe it was on the CW later on this year
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But what they did this past Tuesday has made me reconsider. Because I can't remember the last time NXT felt like Raw or SmackDown itself
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But yesterday absolutely was. My God. What they did. I mean, pretty much
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there's three major points here. First one, obviously, would probably be the big
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wrestling effect of it all. When you have your new number one competitor
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for Roxanne Perez's women's title, the TNA women's champion herself, Jordan Grace
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Blew my freaking head. I just exploded. It was one thing when Jordan was part of the Royal Rumble
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It's like, okay, that was part of the deal for getting Naomi back. We all pretty much assumed that much
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And considering what Naomi does with Jordan during her stint there in TNA, outstanding work
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You know, there's nothing to say that Jordan doesn't deserve to be in a place like this
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I would have figured if she came back, it would have been to Raw or SmackDown
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Maybe something with Naomi if she needed like a tag partner or something of that nature
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But to be brought in by Ava as the new competitor for Roxanne's title, which is going to be defended in like less than two weeks
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I don't know what the plan is but my god I like it
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how do you feel about this did you break Davion
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how many fingers did I hold to take You know it's bad when he's talking like sloth from the Goonies
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Sounds like he has tetanus. He's a good girl
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What? This is life at this moment. It's like watching Beavis and Butthead and watching Beavis say
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I'm too bad. this is life. No. Yeah, this is good, man
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This is very, very good. I mean, you can talk about Forbidden Door on the AEW side
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all you want, but my God, actually having TNA talent while still listed as TNA talent
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while still a champion in TNA, one of the longest running in the company at this point
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The crossover and essentially have a play date with one of the most naturally
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gifted champions that NXT has ever produced. I may want to watch
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an NXT PLE. I have not said that in years. Oh, my God
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Rockshamper. You're surprisingly quiet as opposed to Dave who's having a stroke
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what's your take on this? Honestly, I'm all for it you guys
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covered my thoughts already so it's like which one was more your thoughts
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Davion Hunter-Minds I think I'm not having a stroke just yet my face just exploded
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but no I looking forward to this one I looking forward to seeing how they develop it so right I mean obviously you already saw last night some people upset that someone like Jordan was being brought in by Ava
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as opposed to, say, one of the talents that's been working on... But why
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But why would you be upset? Think about it. You wanted cross-promotion within WWE
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TNA, you just had Jordan Grace being a run-your-rumble. Why not elevate NXT by bringing Jordan Grace to go against Roxanne Perez
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for the women's title? Because if Jordan Grace wins, she has to do double duty
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meaning she has to go to TNA with the NXT title and WWE with the TNA title
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So that brings both audiences together and bringing more of an eyes on NXT than what it is now
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Yeah, pretty much taking a page out of Kenny Omega there. It's like this definitely works well for TNA
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whether or not Jordi and Grace wins or loses it's exposure for their brand
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which is very funny yeah it's funny though because for the longest time up until
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Royal Rumble I think it was assumed that TNA had just as good a
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working relationship with AEW because you saw how much they crossed over
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well like Like I've said before, it's a different ownership group. So if TNA wants to try to get that WWE money
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they'll work with them over AEW, absolutely. That WWE money, definitely. Like Triple H and company
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they know what they're... They have... they've taken the ball and are running with it right now
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And you know what? And TNA is jumping on it. Granted, you haven't seen any men crossover yet
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Correct. Any men crossover yet. You know, funny enough that you mentioned that because
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while this wasn't on NXT or anything, I did see the other day on X that Adam Pearce
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Mr. Scrap Iron himself, he did go ahead and post a video
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basically to Brown Breaker, if anyone has been watching Raw, you know, Brown Breaker is just
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running through the entire He's their new Brock Lesnar Yeah, exactly, and
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Adam Pearson seems to have had a problem reigning him in And if you watched
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our interview with Mark Henry on YouTube Mark Henry explains that he really thinks that
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Brown Breaker would be the next big thing. Guys got the build
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The important thing I took away from Adam Pierce's little soliloquy to Mr. Breaker
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was he has such confidence in Brown Breaker that he went ahead and said this
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He said, I believe in Brown Breaker. And he said that twice
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Instead of believing in Joe Hendry? You beat me to the punch, man
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You beat me to the punch. If this is not some sort of clue as to possibly finally getting Joe Hendry over
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especially considering they do have Clash of the Castle coming up, and Hendry is a good old Scottish boy
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if for some reason they are able to get Henry versus Breaker for a match
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at Clash of the Castle. Goddamn! Say his name and he appears
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I believe in... Take your pick. I don't think you know what I mean
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But the fact of the matter is, this came out at the same time
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that Jordan comes out to NXT, so maybe they are working up
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quite a few more TNA crossovers, possibly even maybe some NXT people getting some time
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in the ropes in TNA. You already have enough I guess you'd say legends of WWE
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and the fact that you have Nick Nemeth over there with his brother. You have Broken Matt
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Hardy. Even Paige is on NXT now too. Yeah. He was a TNA guy at one point
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I would say definitely more of a crossover from AEW in that sense
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But yeah. and also teasing no he there all ego Ethan Page comes in was the one to take out the two men
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of the metaphor before taking out Trick Williams, holding the belt up high
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at the end of NXT. It's kind of like what they did
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with Trump Spears, you know? Kind of. It seems that NXT is..
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They're using that as their experimental stuff. They're doing the crossovers on NXT
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Aside from Royal Rumble, anything involving this stuff has been on NXT
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I got a question. Okay. Ryan, remember that person you interviewed? Which one
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The one that you was drooling over? Mark Henry? We're not talking about that yet
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I'm bringing this up It's not posted But it's coming soon We're not saying the person's name But
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Suppose she make an appearance So not Mark Henry? No No, no, not Mark Henry
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Davion had Mark Henry I mean that is also A possibility I mean again, it depends on
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What TNA talent they can utilize in NXT. I don't know if it's necessarily the smartest thing in the world
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to go ahead and take someone who was in NXT before they were laid off
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take them over to TNA, give them a whole new name and everything, and then bring them back to NXT
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That seems a little redundant. Okay. But I would like to see other NXT, TNA crossroads
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and more so with people that have actually been maybe TNA stalwarts
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like Jordan. I would love to see if this whole thing with Ethan Page doesn't work out
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Could we get Rick Williams versus Moose? That would be a slammer
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Whoop that trick! Don't worry. You will. Come on, Kyle. Whoop that trick
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Come on, Kyle! I'll stick with Joe Hendry. I don't know. You've also
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told me how I believe. All right, Ryan, whoop that trick. Whoop that trick
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Whoop that trick. No, but speaking of tricks, we also had a big celebrity name
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come up to NXT. Now, this is, again, this is something that you normally
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would only see on Raw or SmackDown. Yeah. But for someone like Sexy Red
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to come by to NXT and to be featured so heavily within the episode
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Not only was she brought in by Ava to display the new
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North American women's title. What is that noise? Why, Kyle? Why
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I don't think he's a fan of Sexy Red. I got no problem with her
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I got something to say. calm yourself. Not only did she come out and
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display the new North American Women's Championship, which will be finally given to somebody
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at Battleground, but it was also announced that she will be hosting
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Battleground. So Sexy Red's gonna be two for two as far as NXT is concerned
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And not only that, she got into the mix of it during last
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night's main event when you had Trick Williams and Evans, Javon Evans
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going up against Gallus. Gallus was going to go ahead and take a belt and use
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it against him. Sexy Red stops Gallus from using the belt. Like
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they have utilized her in such a way that it's not just, like
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back during the Raw days when they would go ahead and have somebody host for an episode. No, no, no
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no. This isn't like, you know, Seth MacFarlane or Jeremy Piven. They're making it legit
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And this just leads to the credence of not only are you bringing in
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someone fully capable like Ethan Page, not only are you bringing in crossover
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talent like Jordan Grace, but now you're actually utilizing a well-known in certain communities, a rapper
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like Sexy Red, to be more than just a pretty face. I don't know what to say, but
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NXT does have me maybe making a bit of a 180. Not all the way there
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but maybe like 45 degrees But Are we going to have an elephant in the room Which one is that
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Ladies and gentlemen remember in the lyrics when Kendrick Lamar says he likes to swim
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with no BBLs he likes them all natural Sexy Red has a BBL
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and he cracked on Drake and I know Brian's like, no, God, no
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And I'm like, yes! I think even Kyle's like that at the moment
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Even Kyle! But I'm bringing it up. I love wrestling. But when you bring someone to..
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Nobody can be better than Booker T was on this. I'm done
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No, I am not done. Put her back on. I'm putting up something else in the meantime
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on yourself you will like it come on the BBL ladies and gentlemen
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what is our finisher the BBL that's where we going audience the
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who knows I don't know could be the reverse bump that called the BBL
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it's the reverse bump that Naomi did for a while Naomi had a move
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Naomi had a move like that yeah but sexy red had elevated it with
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a BBL this is only for you day we're gonna act like
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we're gonna act like this is this is not going like really
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watch this watch this really ladies and gentlemen, really? Really? We're going to act like this is a thing
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We're going to act like this is a thing? Really? Really? Really? This is what's wrestling, ladies
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Like, seriously? Seriously? I'm going closer to the camera. Are we actually going to..
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I can't be muted because otherwise you'd be hearing Booker T going all shuggy-duggy quack-quack
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Stop it. Stop it. Stop it right here. I'm having my moment
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You broke Booker T. We're going to call this? Really? Really? We're going to make this a thing
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We're going to make this a thing? We're going to make this a thing
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Look, as much as I may think that this is lowest common denominator going all the way back to the Attitude Era
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if making NXT for the streets helps it, then so be it
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I mean, Lord knows they tried to do the same thing with SmackDown way back in the day. Smackdown was essentially
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the urban brand. I'm keeping my peace. Right? I'm keeping my peace
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What do you know about the streets? Huh? What do you know about the streets
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Did he grow up in the mean streets of Saskatchewan or something? Did you grow up in the streets of Newark
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Did you grow up in the streets of Canada? I'm from the Polish ghetto, alright? Don't start with me. I got my eye on this camera
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Well, better the camera than on Sexy Red. Hey-oh. I think he's too..
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I can't say what I want to say. It won't be a second
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Let's see what it does next. Boop, boop, boop, boop, boop, boop. Do you want me to play it again
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Which, by the way, courtesy to Fresh for having this video. I don't know if I can play the audio
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Trust me. Just play the video. You want to hear the video
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If you want to hear the audio, go look up the video yourself. Don't play the audio
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Do not even play the video. No! This is what we're doing, ladies and gentlemen
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This is what we're doing. This is wrestling. This is wrestling when we add
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Sexy Red in the picture. This is what we're doing. I mean, do you not remember the Funkadactyls
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Oh my god, no. No, I remember that, but it was class
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This is not wrestling. You know, for somebody that wanted to bring up her Brazilian butt lift
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you're certainly being very critical of what she does with it. Dude, this is not wrestling
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Please do not let me turn into Beavis. I will turn into Beavis. For God's sakes, do not let me turn into Beavis
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Please don't let this be the transition to our next topic. Yes, I think it does
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I think it works perfectly, honestly
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