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00:00 [MUSIC]
00:21 Welcome to the Monday Night War.
00:24 I am Luke Owen DAD representing Monday Night Raw.
00:27 And I am Chopper Pete Quinnell representing Monday Night Smackdown.
00:32 We're gonna be playing through WWE 2K22's My GM Mode.
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00:52 We really, really do appreciate it.
00:54 We appreciate every single one of you.
00:56 Also, we have been appreciating this game.
00:57 It's a lot of fun because your boy is number one.
01:03 Undeservedly so.
01:05 You reckon?
01:06 Yeah.
01:06 Why?
01:06 Why so?
01:07 Because I-
01:08 Why so Pete?
01:09 I won last week.
01:09 I won last week.
01:10 You didn't win last week.
01:11 I did win last week.
01:12 Don't say that.
01:13 But I won.
01:14 Got more fans though, didn't I?
01:15 Won the week and I should be number one because I booked a way better show
01:18 than your panicked, bad quality matches with your injured stars.
01:25 Pete, it's not my fault that my show was sh*t and it did better than yours.
01:30 That's not my fault.
01:31 I should be number one.
01:34 Okay.
01:34 Right.
01:35 Well, let's go because it is time for me to kick in.
01:37 Let me get my timer ready.
01:39 Oh, you're going right now.
01:40 Okay.
01:40 I'm going right now, mate.
01:40 I'm going in for it.
01:41 I'm pumped.
01:42 Okay.
01:46 Ready?
01:47 Three, two, one, go.
01:49 Okay.
01:50 Here we go now.
01:52 Cincinnati, Ohio.
01:55 Okay.
01:55 Triple A's.
01:55 The big pay-per-view is coming up soon.
01:56 Pay-per-views are the perfect opportunity to have big rivalries conclude.
01:59 I haven't actually done any.
02:03 Right.
02:03 Okay.
02:03 So that's fine.
02:04 Cool.
02:04 I already have a match card in mind.
02:07 Any advice on what I should be doing?
02:09 Just make sure you're planning for it.
02:11 Get some rivalries ready and try not to injure your stars.
02:13 I have this free arena power card for you.
02:17 Use it next week.
02:18 If you're confident that the show you're put on will be a great one, I'll be watching.
02:21 Okay.
02:21 That loser, Mr. Riley, attacked me last night.
02:24 I'm not going to stand for garbage like that.
02:25 I want to sell things in the ring with him within the next three weeks.
02:29 Well, that's fine, Keith, because it might even be tonight, mate.
02:32 Forget it, Keith.
02:34 Forget about it, cuz.
02:35 Sounds good, Keith.
02:36 Love you, Keith.
02:38 Small increase.
02:40 Lovely stuff.
02:40 You mess with Lee, you pay the price.
02:43 End conversation.
02:44 Hey, boss.
02:45 I've been talking with Brute a lot lately.
02:47 He had a great idea that we should be...
02:49 We should team up for a tag team.
02:51 What?
02:54 No.
02:54 Can I convince you to take a chance on us and book us an attack match in the next few weeks?
03:01 Um...
03:03 Yeah, okay.
03:06 I mean, I've got him for another nine weeks, so yeah, sure, why not?
03:09 I'm all about pleasing people.
03:11 A tag team?
03:13 Um...
03:16 Okay?
03:22 Okay, here we go.
03:25 So, special effects.
03:26 I've got some new stuff.
03:28 Wonderful, right?
03:30 High school.
03:30 I'm going to do this in the capital rentaling center.
03:33 I've got my...
03:34 Best...
03:37 Is that the best crew?
03:38 Oh!
03:40 That makes it 5% Nante, that one.
03:44 Basic lights show quality plus five.
03:46 Optional goal.
03:48 Book two superstars with two star power reward.
03:53 Book stars with greater than three star power gain.
03:56 I have no idea what that means.
04:01 I'm gonna be honest with you here.
04:03 I don't really know how this game works.
04:06 And now it's throwing a lot of greater than signs and less than signs.
04:11 And it's talking about star power and it's talking about a lot of stuff that I don't
04:14 understand even more than how the game actually works.
04:16 So I'm gonna f***ing lose clue what they're talking about.
04:19 And I'm going to...
04:22 Optional goal.
04:22 Book one superstar with less than 50 popularity on promos reward.
04:27 Book superstars with less than three star power gain one plus popularity.
04:32 Okay, well I'll figure that out in a second.
04:35 Okie dokie, what we got here?
04:38 Veto a random superstar.
04:39 Prevent a random superstar on an opposing show from competing in next week's show.
04:42 Yes, please mate.
04:45 Confirm.
04:46 And I'm going to play that right now.
04:48 Tee hee hee.
04:54 Okay, what we got here?
04:55 Special promotion.
04:55 Ensures that you retain most of your fans this week.
04:58 So it costs 75,000.
04:59 That is pricey.
05:00 Free arena booking.
05:03 Any show, any arena show logistic booked this week will be free.
05:07 I think I want to do that.
05:10 When's the pay-per-view?
05:14 Phil, do not put Reckoning in a match this week.
05:17 That's what I was going to do.
05:19 Bangalore, work well as a tag team.
05:23 Keith Lee.
05:23 Okay, in progress.
05:28 Mustafa Ali.
05:29 I want to partner with Brute Force.
05:30 Um...
05:33 I didn't see when the next show was.
05:37 Okay, right, let's just start booking the shows.
05:40 Okay, if I do then...
05:44 Do not put Reckoning in a match.
05:45 Okay, in which case I'm doing one-on-one.
05:48 Uh, Bianca Belair versus Bailey in a normal match.
05:57 Interference on with Reckoning running in on Bianca Belair.
06:01 Commissioner goal met.
06:03 That is fine because she's not in the match.
06:06 Right, mid-card match is going to be one-on-one.
06:11 It's going to be a tables match and it's going to be Keith Lee versus Mustafa Ali.
06:16 No interference on that.
06:18 And my main event is...
06:21 Aegean Cena versus Egg.
06:26 Good levels of popularity there.
06:30 And they're going to have a TLC match with a run-in by Randy Orton on John Cena.
06:40 Cool, and then promo call-outs.
06:44 Alexa Bliss calling out Raquel Gonzalez.
06:50 Um, and call-outs.
06:56 Brock Lesnar...
06:58 Jonas Verjo calling out Brock Lesnar.
07:01 Chance to begin a rivalry.
07:02 Increase this level.
07:03 So that's fine, so that will update that.
07:06 Are they not in a rivalry because of the tag match?
07:11 [ __ ]
07:12 Right, okay, well that might start a rivalry then.
07:14 That's annoying.
07:15 Um, cool, cool, cool, cool.
07:20 Right, so Ali, I'm going to try to get another thing.
07:24 Uh, do-do-do-do-do-do.
07:28 Senator Jason Zupastow told TopSpar to recover 18 more stamina this week.
07:31 They will be busy this week and be able to do a booked for this week show.
07:34 Because I was going to do that for...
07:36 Well, they won't get injured because they're only doing promos and stuff.
07:39 So that'll be fine.
07:40 So power cards, I'm not going to spend that.
07:42 I'm not going to do the arena one just yet.
07:45 Contract negotiation, don't need to do that.
07:48 Health spar I do want to do.
07:50 So we will bring Nek & Nek in the ratings there.
07:53 Ensures that you retain most of your fans this week.
07:57 Do I want to spend the money and do that?
07:59 Because it's quite a big thing.
08:02 Okay, I've still got 40 seconds to make a decision on this.
08:06 It's going to gain me 1500 fans by doing the cameo appearances and that.
08:10 Do I spend big and do it?
08:12 Because, most of the things I like, 30 grand or so.
08:18 This is 75 grand.
08:21 That'll leave me with about 50 grand.
08:23 I can see what Pete is doing.
08:26 I'm going to do it.
08:28 And confirm.
08:30 Oof, god I hope that does not come back to bite me on the keister.
08:35 Right.
08:36 Oh, sh*t.
08:37 I am out of money.
08:40 And I cannot book my show anymore.
08:44 Uh-oh.
08:45 Oh dear, I don't have any money.
08:48 What do I do now?
08:49 What do I do?
08:51 What do I do in this situation?
08:52 What do I do?
08:53 Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on.
09:00 What?
09:01 You're going overtime?
09:02 No, no, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on.
09:04 Um, uh, hold on, hold on.
09:08 You're going overtime?
09:08 No, no, no, wait, no, wait, no, wait, no, wait.
09:10 I'm pretty sure you're going overtime, Luke.
09:11 Hold on, hold on.
09:12 Luke, you're going overtime, mate.
09:13 Hold on, Pete, hold on.
09:14 Pretty sure you're going overtime, bud.
09:16 Uh, hold on, hold on.
09:17 Luke, pretty sure you're going overtime, mate.
09:19 Hold on.
09:20 Luke, pretty sure you're going overtime.
09:22 Oh my god, hold on, hold on, hold on.
09:24 Luke, I'm pretty sure you're going overtime.
09:25 Hold on.
09:26 Luke, I'm pretty sure you're going overtime.
09:30 Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on.
09:33 What is happening?
09:35 I just want to look slightly to my left to see what's happening.
09:37 Hold on, hold on, hold on.
09:37 I'm not doing it.
09:38 Hold on.
09:38 I really want to check this out and I can't.
09:41 What's happening, Luke?
09:42 Were you timing that?
09:43 How much longer did you go over for?
09:45 What was all of that about, Luke?
09:46 Pete, I couldn't afford my show.
09:49 The show cost me like 88 grand and I only had 50,000 left.
10:01 So I ran out of money.
10:03 So it wouldn't let me save it.
10:06 It wouldn't let me book the show.
10:07 Luke, I think you might have a problem with money.
10:12 My wife used to tell me that as well.
10:15 Oh my god.
10:18 That was bad.
10:19 That was going really well for a time being and then I panicked on something.
10:22 We didn't time that because I don't think you pressed it right,
10:25 but we'll check it in editing how long you were doing that for
10:27 and that time gets taken off your next week's booking.
10:29 Yeah, that's fair.
10:30 That is fair.
10:30 That's absolutely fair.
10:32 That is absolutely fair, Pete.
10:33 I went over time.
10:34 You did.
10:34 I went over time, Pete.
10:35 I know because I did something in the last 40 seconds
10:38 and it turns out I'd spent too much money.
10:39 You numpty.
10:42 I didn't look at things properly.
10:43 Holy ****, I am not winning this week.
10:48 There is no way that I'm winning this week.
10:50 Seven minutes to go and now.
10:56 All right.
10:57 Pay-per-view is coming up soon.
11:02 Great.
11:03 I already have a match card in mind.
11:04 I actually kind of do.
11:05 Just to be sure.
11:07 Yeah, it gets some memories trying to injure stars.
11:09 Free arena power card for you.
11:11 Use it next week and be confident the show you put will be a great one.
11:13 Awesome.
11:14 You don't seem to realize this.
11:16 Quinelle.
11:16 I'm a bit of a master on the mic.
11:18 Well, it's a good thing, Shayna, that you're in a promo segment this week.
11:22 I want to be on the market of promo during tonight's show.
11:24 Sure thing.
11:25 I already had you booked in for it, Shayna.
11:26 Don't you worry.
11:28 Don't you worry about it.
11:30 Ain't Shayna saying she's a master of the mic.
11:33 So you know what?
11:34 Go ahead, Shayna.
11:36 Prove to me why you're so good on the mic.
11:39 Plus, I need to wipe that smug smile off Lich's face after that
11:42 whilst I want to fight her again within the next two weeks.
11:44 Well, it's a good thing you're the main event on this show then, Charlotte, isn't it?
11:48 Seems reasonable.
11:50 Is it the main event?
11:52 It's the main event on this show, I think.
11:54 Yes.
11:54 Maybe?
11:55 I don't know.
11:56 I need to double check popularities.
11:58 Excellent.
11:58 Continue to booking.
11:59 Okay, right.
12:00 Got more stuff.
12:01 All right.
12:01 Yeah, got this.
12:04 Book one or...
12:06 Book one, level two or higher rivalries.
12:08 I might do that on this show.
12:11 Cool.
12:13 So we're in the Capital Wrestling Center.
12:15 Oh, what do we have to purchase here?
12:16 Stage building crew.
12:18 Book three, special match types, runs or GM interferences.
12:22 I won't do that.
12:23 But show quality plus 8%, plus 6% here.
12:27 I don't know if I'm going to buy it right now.
12:30 I might just save that and just buy this one.
12:32 I'm going to go on this one.
12:35 Advanced lights effects in pyro, cost 25k.
12:38 Three superstars.
12:42 No, I'm just going to leave it.
12:45 This one.
12:46 37 and a half thousand for what?
12:48 Fans getting two and a half thousand.
12:50 I feel like this is my week to do it.
12:54 I've got to do it.
12:54 I've got to do it.
12:55 I've got to do it.
12:55 I've got to do it.
12:55 I'm going to do it.
12:56 I'm going to do it.
12:57 Oh, I should have done it.
12:58 But I did it anyway.
12:58 Viral campaign.
13:00 Okay.
13:00 Book one superstar on promos with less than 55 popularity.
13:04 I'm not doing that on this show.
13:08 Sorry, viral campaign.
13:10 Right.
13:12 So the main is going to be Becky V Charlotte.
13:16 Let's double check that.
13:18 71 and a 63 versus a 73 and a 57.
13:23 Yeah, I think.
13:25 Flesh.
13:25 Flair versus Lynch.
13:28 What's my Twister goal?
13:29 Book your least popular available star for a match this week.
13:31 I'm not doing that.
13:33 So it is going to be Lynch versus Flair.
13:38 I think just in a normal.
13:41 I need to save their stamina, really.
13:43 No interference on this one.
13:45 We'll just book that.
13:46 Mid card is going to be Slapjack versus Tucker.
13:51 I think I'm just going to have a week of just regular ass matches right here.
13:56 They've got a rivalry going.
13:59 Their stamina is fine.
14:01 So I could bump up the rivalry a little bit by doing a tables match.
14:04 The stamina is still low for that.
14:07 No interference on this one.
14:10 I don't think.
14:11 Yeah.
14:13 And the opener is going to be Ballor versus Riddle.
14:21 Yeah, Ballor, Riddle.
14:22 Again, a normal match.
14:23 But there is going to be.
14:25 What, GM interference?
14:28 No.
14:28 I do want to run in though.
14:30 And it's going to be Mace doing a run in to attack Riddle.
14:36 Cool.
14:37 In the promo segments, we want Walter versus Kingston in a call out promo.
14:45 Who's got better promo skills?
14:46 It's Kingston.
14:48 Kingston calling out Walter.
14:50 And in this one, we want Storm and Bazler in a call out promo as well.
14:56 Yeah, who's got better might skills?
15:00 Bazler calling out Storm.
15:03 Amazing.
15:05 Fantastic.
15:06 That's a hell of a show right there.
15:08 I know it's just normal matches, but I feel like building the rivalries is probably my best
15:12 course of action right now.
15:13 I do just want to check the free agents real quick.
15:16 I don't have that much money to spend, though, unfortunately.
15:20 So I don't think I'm going to buy anyone here, because if I was going to buy someone,
15:23 it would have to be one of the bigger ones.
15:25 Oh, man, Breeze is only 58,000.
15:28 In the spirit of Battle of the Brands, I really want to buy Breeze, but
15:34 I don't think I can justify it.
15:37 I don't think I can.
15:38 I'm sorry, Breeze.
15:39 I really want you.
15:40 So what does the double cost do?
15:42 Double the cost of an opposing brand's matches for next week's show.
15:48 When is the pay-per-view?
15:50 Free arena booking.
15:52 Any arena show that just debuted this week will be free.
15:54 I'll put that on the pay-per-view.
15:55 Injury rehab reduces injury time for one superstar by one week.
15:59 No one's injured.
16:00 Send the chosen superstar to a top spot to recover six more stamina this week.
16:04 They'll be busy this week and will be unable to book for this week's show.
16:06 Not yet.
16:07 Turns one of your emerging talents to become a permanent senior superstar for your brand.
16:11 No, thank you.
16:12 I've got all that done.
16:14 That's all finished.
16:17 And I'm fine, right?
16:19 I'm just done.
16:20 Let's confirm this booking right here.
16:22 So I've got a bit of a strategic show of this one.
16:26 I'm just doing a lot of normal matches.
16:28 Nothing too crazy.
16:28 I went crazy last week.
16:30 You can't do that every week, which is what Luke does.
16:32 You can't do that every week because otherwise you're going to end up with loads of people
16:35 having no stamina, right?
16:37 So it's a little bit of a strategic one, but I think, looking at the popularity of all my guys,
16:41 I've got some of my biggest views in promo and call-out segments.
16:43 I've got these great singles matches.
16:46 This is still going to be a pretty good week for me.
16:47 I'm going to be really surprised if I don't win this week as well.
16:50 And we are done with one minute and 20 seconds left on the clock.
16:58 Hey, you should take your time with your booking, mate.
17:00 I've taken loads of time, mate.
17:02 I already had my show planned out in my notebook, ready to go.
17:06 And I looked at my commission ago and I was like, "Well, I'm not doing that."
17:09 So I just didn't do it.
17:10 Oh, wow. Really?
17:11 Yeah, yeah, yeah.
17:11 So I just didn't do that.
17:13 Okay.
17:14 Yeah.
17:14 Any reason why?
17:15 Didn't want to.
17:16 Bad commission ago.
17:17 Just didn't want to do it.
17:18 So I didn't.
17:19 Subtly.
17:19 Yeah.
17:20 I don't care what you think.
17:21 Right. Okay. So here's what happened, Pete.
17:24 So.
17:25 With about 40 seconds to go, there was a power card and I was like,
17:30 "Oh, I could get that because I've got the money for it."
17:32 So I bought it.
17:34 75 grand.
17:35 I was like, "I'm going to get that and I'm going to play it now."
17:37 And it was only then when I was like, "Oh, I've got the money."
17:40 And I didn't see the show budget thing underneath it.
17:44 And then obviously the show budget was like 88 grand.
17:49 I only had like 51 left.
17:50 So I had to remove all of my special matches and stuff.
17:54 Of course, you don't have to say right now, but also,
17:56 what does that power card do?
17:58 If you've already played it, do you mind saying what it does?
18:01 It was about retaining fans.
18:02 Oh, I see.
18:03 So you don't lose as many fans this week.
18:06 Okay.
18:07 So maybe that actually helped me out here.
18:09 But I've got an opening.
18:13 Bianca Belair versus Bayley.
18:14 Okay.
18:15 With a run in from Reckoning because she's being a bit of a thorn in her side.
18:18 That's her thing.
18:19 It's her thing.
18:20 She's a bit of a wild one.
18:21 Run in Reckoning.
18:22 Run in Reckoning.
18:23 I mean, it didn't help though.
18:24 Bianca Belair still got the win there.
18:25 Two star opener.
18:26 The rivalry grows.
18:28 The rivalry rose.
18:29 The rivalry rose.
18:30 The rivalry rose there.
18:31 Reckoning and Belair.
18:32 That's the feud you want to pump up.
18:34 Yeah, that's good.
18:36 So this was supposed to be Alexa Bliss calling out Raquel.
18:39 Okay.
18:40 But I couldn't afford that.
18:44 So it's just Alexa Bliss doing this promo.
18:46 Her stamina's low.
18:48 It rests a little bit also.
18:50 That is an excellent promo from Bliss.
18:51 That'll do me.
18:52 Six popularity up.
18:54 Her promo's wicked.
18:55 That's not quite what I was after.
18:57 This was supposed to be a tables match because I got told that he's dead good in tables matches.
19:01 You couldn't afford that.
19:02 I got an email from Mustafa Ali saying, "I've been talking with brute force."
19:06 "You think we'd be an amazing tag team?"
19:12 Oh my god.
19:13 And I'm like, "Um, okay."
19:15 Yeah, okay.
19:16 Cool.
19:17 But I've said that I'll do it now.
19:18 So I've got to do that at some point.
19:20 All right, yeah.
19:20 So Keith Lee really wanted this match.
19:23 So this will please him.
19:24 Oh, Ali gets the win.
19:27 Three star.
19:28 Wow.
19:28 Card match.
19:29 Damn it.
19:30 That's better than my opener.
19:31 Better than your opener.
19:31 Piss.
19:33 Of course it's gonna be better than my opener.
19:36 It's a giant versus a cruiser.
19:37 Sure is.
19:37 Cock it.
19:39 So yeah, this is just resting again.
19:43 Samoa Joe there.
19:43 Makes sense.
19:44 Weary, weary guy.
19:45 An excellent promo.
19:46 Rivalry grows there as well.
19:48 Delightful stuff.
19:49 And then I've got Cena versus Orton.
19:52 Sorry, Cena versus Edge.
19:53 It was gonna be a TLC match, but I can afford it.
19:55 Yep.
19:55 With a run-in by Randy Orton.
19:58 So here we go.
19:59 Stimulate.
19:59 Big stars.
20:00 Edge gets the win because of the run-in.
20:03 That's a one and a half star main event.
20:09 Disappointing.
20:12 Oh.
20:12 Oh dear.
20:14 How did Cena versus Edge have a bad match?
20:17 They had nothing but good matches 15 years ago.
20:20 Edge versus Cena, who had banger after banger for like,
20:26 I don't know, five years or whatever it was.
20:29 And they main evented every single f***ing pay-per-view.
20:31 Pull out a one and a half star match in my main event.
20:33 The f***, guys?
20:35 Come on.
20:36 You're supposed to be better.
20:37 It's a big match, John, you knob.
20:40 Do better.
20:41 Oh.
20:42 But hey, you got your rivalry level two.
20:44 No, but I mean, do you know what?
20:46 That is, that was my, that's what I wanted out of it.
20:48 So, okay, again, in a way, you know, I'll take that as a victory.
20:51 Let's have a look at SmackDown.
20:52 Here we go.
20:53 Where we got the opener of Balor versus Riddle.
20:56 With a mace run-in.
20:56 With a mace run-in on Riddle as well.
20:58 Because technically they're in a tag feud.
21:00 Is this for base?
21:01 It's the tag feud.
21:02 That's base.
21:03 Yeah, that's the tag team.
21:04 Yeah, not Malor.
21:05 Not Malor.
21:06 And not...
21:06 Face.
21:09 Anyway, Balor versus Riddle is the opener.
21:12 I thought this might be a bit of fun.
21:14 Bit of fun, bit of solid match.
21:14 Just a normal match.
21:15 Two star match, I reckon.
21:16 Probably a solid two star.
21:17 Two star.
21:18 That's it.
21:18 That's all you need.
21:19 It's fine.
21:20 It's fine.
21:20 Not quite what you want for an opener.
21:22 It's fine.
21:22 I was hoping it would have been a bit better.
21:24 It also furthered no rivalries.
21:26 That's not what I wanted.
21:29 I wanted Balor versus Riddle to feud more.
21:32 I guess the run-in interfered with that.
21:34 I don't know how that's gonna work.
21:36 Well, no, but I think it's gonna be a good match.
21:38 I don't know how this game works.
21:39 Well, I did that because the Orton one furthered the feud between Orton and Cena.
21:42 Well, between Orton and Cena.
21:46 That makes sense because it was a run-in.
21:47 But I want Balor and Riddle to continue the feud.
21:49 But I think Mace doing the run-in might have interfered with Balor and Riddle.
21:54 Oh dear.
21:54 Oh, so you think now the feud is between Mace and Riddle.
21:57 Uh, kind of.
21:58 It's just not further than what I wanted.
22:00 Anyway.
22:00 Anywho, that's fine.
22:01 Shane Obey's and Tony Storm just rested them up a little bit before the pay-per-view.
22:04 Smart.
22:05 Smart thinking.
22:06 And also, Shayna Baszler specifically told me,
22:08 "I don't think you understand. I'm a master on the mic. Put me in a promo tonight."
22:12 And I was like, "I already had you planned for a promo."
22:14 So that works fine.
22:15 Works out well.
22:16 Yep. So call-out promo with Baszler.
22:18 It was an okay promo.
22:18 Shayna, you know when you say you're a master on the mic?
22:21 [Laughter]
22:23 I think she lied to you, Pete.
22:25 You really need to back that up, you know?
22:26 So, hey, the rivalry grows.
22:28 What we've had here is a mediocre opening.
22:31 Yes.
22:31 And then an okay promo.
22:33 That is correct.
22:34 Smackdown is fine.
22:35 It's fine. It's totally fine.
22:37 I f***ing knew it, Shayna.
22:39 You're not a master of the mic.
22:41 I'm a master on the mic.
22:43 You're nothing.
22:43 Why are you on this?
22:44 Oh, yeah, you're my champion.
22:45 No, sorry.
22:46 Yeah, no.
22:46 You're great, Shayna.
22:48 You're great.
22:48 Love you.
22:49 You're great.
22:49 Perfect.
22:50 Good job out there.
22:51 It was an okay promo.
22:53 After that, we've got Slapjack versus Tucker.
22:57 The big bluff match that we wanted.
22:59 Big time tables match.
23:00 You love to see this.
23:01 In your mid...
23:02 In the mid.
23:04 I did not think this would do as well as Balor versus Riddle.
23:07 Looking at the popularities overall, I was like,
23:09 I think Balor versus Riddle is a bigger draw.
23:10 So you think this might be a one and a half star match?
23:12 Oh, it's going to be better than my opener, isn't it?
23:14 The stimulator.
23:16 It's Tucker!
23:19 Big tuck.
23:20 Two and a half star.
23:22 Rivalry...
23:23 The rivalry rose.
23:25 The rivalry rose once again.
23:26 I genuinely think it's that run-in from Mace that screwed me over.
23:29 Because I think if I didn't have that run-in,
23:30 the opener actually would have been better.
23:32 I think.
23:34 Hmm.
23:34 We're learning.
23:36 We're learning on the job.
23:37 All right.
23:38 There you go.
23:38 And then we've got some nice Kofi calling out Walt here.
23:40 Rivalry three out of four, mate!
23:42 And Kofi is an amazing promo, supposedly.
23:48 So fingers crossed, this is a great promo segment.
23:49 And wrestling them up before the pay-per-view as well.
23:51 Yep, smart.
23:51 Is it the pay-per-view next week?
23:52 I don't know.
23:53 An okay promo!
23:54 Come on, Kofi!
23:55 Work with me here, man!
23:57 It's all right.
23:58 The rivalry rose.
23:59 You're fine.
24:00 It's okay.
24:00 Anyway, main event.
24:03 Charlotte versus Becky.
24:04 Just straight singles.
24:05 Straight singles.
24:05 It's all you need.
24:06 Stimulate it.
24:07 See what's going on.
24:08 See what happens.
24:08 Great main event match between these two.
24:10 They're both amazing.
24:11 Charlotte gets the win!
24:12 It's a three-star main event.
24:14 And a good main event.
24:16 Okay.
24:16 You'd expect better from them.
24:18 You would expect better from them.
24:18 But you know, it's just a normal match.
24:20 No extra stuff going in.
24:21 The rivalry didn't further for some reason.
24:24 I feel like I'm doing everything right, you know?
24:28 Smackdown is a nothing happening show.
24:33 Oh, mate.
24:34 Look, that's all over.
24:34 What?
24:35 Poor finale.
24:37 Your main event was overshadowed by a more entertaining mid-card,
24:40 leaving fans disappointed at the end.
24:42 Swapping these two matches would have created a more satisfying finish for your show.
24:44 Well, I would have thought that Cena or Cena of Edge would have been bigger than Lee.
24:50 Ah, Lee.
24:51 Just based on their popularity and stuff.
24:53 But...
24:54 Shows you.
24:54 Shows me.
24:55 I was absolutely wrong, you know?
24:56 Poor opening.
24:58 Mid-card outperforming the opener of your show,
25:01 creating a weak start and confusing pacing.
25:03 Swapping these two matches.
25:04 But yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
25:05 All right.
25:05 All right.
25:06 Again, I thought Banner and Riddle would have done better than Slapjack and Tucker.
25:09 Not a good week for either of us, I don't think.
25:12 It's not a good week.
25:12 And you know, I thought I was going to be okay with this one.
25:14 Can I flip back to my seconds?
25:15 Yeah, yeah, yeah.
25:16 Because what have I got here?
25:17 So that's level two now.
25:18 And nothing else.
25:20 Is that it?
25:20 Nothing else happened on your show.
25:22 I thought that rivalry rode.
25:24 I don't know.
25:25 I don't know.
25:26 Oh, mate.
25:29 Mate.
25:31 Oh, that's not what I wanted.
25:32 Yeah, yours is...
25:33 And I got Slapjack and Tucker and Walter Kingston and Baser and Storm.
25:37 I know, but like...
25:37 Oh, tits.
25:40 So that's good.
25:40 That's all set up nicely.
25:41 Okay, here we go.
25:42 So that's fine.
25:42 So another 77,000.
25:44 Let's call it 78.
25:45 Yeah, made some money there.
25:47 Nice.
25:47 That's good to see.
25:47 65 grand profit.
25:49 Not bad.
25:50 Not bad at all.
25:50 Here we go.
25:51 Holy crap.
25:51 Reckoning just blindsided Bianca Belair again.
25:53 Boring show, Roar.
25:54 Yeah, f*** off, Dark.
25:56 Follower 94.
25:57 Amazing.
25:59 Mr. Zafari versus Lee was so good.
26:01 The Raw main event didn't compare.
26:02 Should have put that match last in the card.
26:04 I know that now, new age artist 86.
26:06 Queen Man Universe coming in with a great point.
26:08 I don't know how I feel about Johnson versus Edge.
26:10 I don't know who to...
26:11 Oh, f***, because they're face versus face.
26:14 Didn't know who to root for.
26:15 Oh, of course.
26:18 Oh, oops.
26:22 Whoopsie poopsie.
26:24 Whoops.
26:24 Should have done Orton versus Edge.
26:26 Maybe.
26:26 Yeah.
26:27 Yeah.
26:27 Yeah, okay.
26:29 Alexa getting pushed a lot on Raw lately.
26:31 Too right, she is.
26:32 Try repeating those words to my face next week, Samoa.
26:36 Brackets general, the Isle of Samoa.
26:42 Try saying that to my face next week.
26:44 I love how they put his first name is Samoa.
26:47 Oh, brilliant.
26:48 Not Joe.
26:49 Not Joe.
26:49 That's his surname.
26:50 No, please, my father is Mr. Joe.
26:54 Call me Samoa.
26:58 Don't know what Raw was thinking about that opening match.
27:00 Maybe more people could have stuck around if they started with Leith versus Ali.
27:03 Yeah, all right.
27:04 Well, they're f***ing over there, so it should have been the main event.
27:06 So it looks like you don't actually know what you want.
27:08 Joe called out Brock Lesnar tonight.
27:10 Knocked down at the park.
27:11 Great performance.
27:12 Bianca Belair getting even with Bayley tonight.
27:14 Respect where it's due.
27:16 Good match, Edge.
27:17 I don't think it was, John.
27:18 Not going by...
27:20 Well, let's see.
27:21 Oh, man.
27:22 Do you reckon I still won?
27:25 I think you might have, because my show wasn't great either.
27:27 Yeah, and I played that power card that retained me fans.
27:29 That's true.
27:30 So, yes, so last week's fans were...
27:32 Wait, you spent 75k on that and still made 65 grand profit?
27:36 Oh, yeah.
27:36 Yeah, yeah.
27:38 So it's stars, mate.
27:38 So, free crew booking for a week for my commissioner's goal and...
27:44 He's still number one, baby!
27:47 You love to see that.
27:51 No, I don't.
27:52 Yes, you do.
27:52 No, you don't.
27:53 The fans love it, Pete.
27:54 No.
27:55 Because Raw's the scrappy underdog here.
27:57 How is it the scrappy underdog?
28:03 Because I lost the week one.
28:04 Of course, I didn't f***ing win this week.
28:07 Oh, s***, I won again.
28:09 Go me.
28:11 Here we go.
28:12 All right, so you drew 70k.
28:16 Less fans than me, almost 10k.
28:18 And you only made 31k off the back of that, which means...
28:21 I mean, you still got like 100 grand more than I have.
28:24 But did you guys see Macejob Riddle?
28:28 Totally uncalled for.
28:29 So I think that fan retention really helped you.
28:32 I think it really has.
28:32 Because now you got 7,000 fans more than me on that week.
28:36 That's kind of wild with a one and a half star main event.
28:39 Thanks, fans.
28:40 Kind of wild.
28:40 Well, they might not turn back in next week after that s*** show.
28:43 I can't wait for Balor to get a shot at the title of my favorite superstar on SmackDown.
28:47 Maybe he might after the pay-per-view.
28:49 We'll see.
28:49 He might need to turn face first, though.
28:51 Not my greatest fight tonight.
28:53 I have to hand over Charlotte Flair for taking full advantage.
28:55 Charlotte Flair making #SmackDown look good with the win tonight.
28:59 Becky Lynch never stood a chance of bringing the dominance to SmackDown.
29:02 Can't SmackDown give us a bit more variety?
29:04 Let's see some superstars with different classes.
29:06 I got a lot of specialists, haven't I?
29:07 You did, and you were bragging about that back in the draft.
29:10 They were like, "Oh, look how many specialists I booked for me, sure."
29:14 I have got six faces, six heels, six men, six women,
29:20 six specialists.
29:22 Wow.
29:22 Well, turns out that GloriousUnderground93 thinks otherwise.
29:29 Oh, f***.
29:30 Charlotte Flair settles a score with Becky, thinks heating up between them.
29:34 No love lost between Tucker and Slapjack, and the rivalry's really heating up.
29:38 Yes, tap out Hillbilly universe!
29:41 There is no love lost between Tucker and Slapjack in all caps.
29:44 Toni Solves is trying to repeat in those words to my face next week, Shayna, which
29:48 she did, it was a call-out promo this week.
29:50 She did say it to your face, Toni, but that's fine.
29:54 Toni Solves was called out by Shayna Bazelton,
29:55 looking forward to seeing them settle things in the ring.
29:57 Makes it look like Toni wasn't actually at the show.
29:59 Yeah, look at that, ranking number two, Pete.
30:03 Whoa, look at this guy, 10,000 fans ahead.
30:09 Just under 10,000 fans.
30:11 And like last week, you were like, I don't know, two underneath me.
30:15 And now, a big old 10,000 fans more as we head towards the pay-per-view.
30:20 You know what, though?
30:22 I think at the pay-per-view, I'm going to demolish you.
30:27 I mean, you actually have some feuds, and I've got diddly dick going on at the moment.
30:30 Yeah.
30:30 I've also got some plans.
30:32 Oh.
30:33 Got some plans for the pay-per-view, Luke.
30:35 Maybe now.
30:36 Yeah.
30:36 So I think I'm just gonna kill it.
30:39 Boom.
30:39 And kill you.
30:40 All right.
30:41 It's only a game, mate.
30:43 In real life.
30:44 I'm just gonna straight up murder you.
30:46 Pete, I think that's gonna do it for this week's edition of the Monday Night War,
30:54 with me being the victor again.
30:57 But next week is the pay-per-view, so maybe you can try and claw it back there.
31:01 Fingers crossed.
31:02 Just maybe, because it is WrestleMania Backlash next week.
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