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00:00 [INTRO MUSIC]
00:21 Welcome to the Monday Night War.
00:24 I am Luke Owen, DAD, representing Monday Night Raw.
00:28 I'm Chopper Pete Quinnell, representing Monday Night Smackdown, and we're playing
00:32 through my GM mode on WWE 2K22.
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00:38 Pick up your copy of WWE 2K22 by clicking our link in the video description down below.
00:44 We are having a whale of a time playing it.
00:47 And Pete, we are so close now towards WrestleMania, our final pay-per-view of this first series.
00:54 Despite being number one, I don't feel like I'm number one.
00:57 I'm gaining, I'm gaining, but I need, because I had a lame duck show last week.
01:02 I need a big show this week.
01:05 Yeah.
01:06 I don't think I'm capable of putting on big shows until WrestleMania.
01:09 I'm just going to be resting, resting, resting, resting, resting.
01:12 Oh, it's WrestleMania.
01:13 Oh, and I think that's how it's going to go.
01:15 Yeah.
01:16 So I'm hoping that I can build some rivalries on this episode.
01:18 That's what I really need to start doing.
01:20 I need to actually start some rivalry.
01:22 Yeah.
01:23 So I can pay them off at Mania.
01:24 Absolutely.
01:25 Because there's only like three weeks left.
01:26 Yeah.
01:27 I mean, we, yeah, we have three weeks worth of weeks of building before WrestleMania.
01:32 So we can't even get level four rivalries if we start now.
01:34 I can.
01:35 I can get Mia Yim and Chyna because they started a rivalry last week.
01:38 Yeah, yeah, yeah.
01:39 I'm saying if we start one now this week.
01:40 Oh, we start one now this week.
01:41 Then it has to be a level three and we have to build it every week from now until Mania.
01:44 Right.
01:45 Okay.
01:46 Well, let's get into this.
01:48 Okay.
01:50 Right.
01:51 So continue.
01:52 It is three weeks until WrestleMania in Raleigh, North Carolina.
01:57 Three, two, one.
01:59 Go.
02:00 My contract at Raw is up the end of next week.
02:05 I hope I've done a good enough job for you, but it's time to move on.
02:08 This will be my final week here.
02:09 Fair enough.
02:10 Look, I'm very sorry Tamarins Gym Pants, but like, just don't let the door hit you on the
02:16 way out.
02:17 I couldn't give a f***.
02:19 My contract.
02:20 Oh my God, Brute Force, don't you leave.
02:21 Oh f***, don't leave me Brute Force.
02:24 I really need you.
02:25 I really do give a f*** about you.
02:34 Sure thing Brute.
02:35 You have 100% earned that.
02:37 Good Lord, I thought you were going to be leaving me for a second then.
02:40 I told you.
02:41 Rock and I really helped with tag team last week.
02:42 Thanks for pairing us up.
02:43 We're looking forward to the next tag match.
02:45 Me too, Edge, because I'm hoping it starts a rivalry.
02:48 So Ali and Brute Force.
02:49 Ali and Brute Force.
02:50 Best tag team.
02:51 Brutally, I've named them.
02:52 Brutally.
02:53 Three and a half star opener.
02:54 It's big.
02:55 I was hoping that was going to start a rivalry between the two.
02:58 Nope.
02:59 Because why would it, eh?
03:00 Nope.
03:01 Did you hear the crowd last week?
03:04 And we got our first tag team win.
03:05 I knew Rock would kill it.
03:07 Keep it in the tag match, we'll keep delivering ratings.
03:09 Glad I joined Raw.
03:10 It's going well at the moment.
03:11 You're welcome, Edge.
03:12 I'm glad I finally found something for you to do.
03:13 End conversation.
03:14 I guess anyway, we stand after that stunt you pulled during my match.
03:19 What heel tactics.
03:20 Sorry, Bellaire.
03:21 I mean, I'm not that sorry.
03:23 I thought you had my back here.
03:25 I guess not.
03:26 Small decrease to Bianca Belaire's morale.
03:28 Fine.
03:29 Okay, right, let's start this booking.
03:32 And I have written down nothing.
03:36 So first thing I want to do.
03:37 Oh, got new big stadium.
03:40 Advertisement movie deals.
03:41 I'll look at that in a second.
03:43 Manage roster.
03:44 Manage roster.
03:45 Because I've been told this is a good way to actually check rivalries.
03:48 So I have, that's level, oh, it's only a three.
03:52 So that's fine.
03:53 So I can blow that off at the next pay-per-view.
03:55 You are in a one with Reckoning.
03:58 Everyone else is in Nada.
04:00 Right.
04:01 Okie-cokie.
04:02 Joseph is stamina 12.
04:04 Okay, well, I need to do a call out promo with him then.
04:09 And I could do with bringing in a bruiser.
04:11 So sign free agents.
04:13 I've got some bruises here.
04:16 Roman.
04:17 Oh, Roman Joe.
04:20 Is Joe a baby face or a heel?
04:22 Manage roster.
04:23 He's a baby face.
04:24 Yes.
04:25 Oh, manage roster.
04:26 No, wrong one.
04:27 Sign free agents.
04:28 I can get Roman for, yeah.
04:29 Okay, I'm sorry.
04:30 I'm just going to quickly double check.
04:31 He is a fighter and I want to bring in a bruiser.
04:41 And he is a bruiser.
04:42 Lovely.
04:43 That's it.
04:44 I'm bringing in Joseph Rains.
04:47 Lovely stuff.
04:48 Ooh-wah.
04:49 The big dog.
04:50 The head of the table.
04:54 We are the number ones.
04:56 Roman Rains is on Monday Night Raw.
05:00 Ooh-wah.
05:01 So, book show.
05:03 First thing I want to do is a promo segment of a call out of Roman Rains calling out Samoa
05:13 Joe.
05:15 Does that start a rivalry?
05:16 I hope it does.
05:17 Start.
05:18 Okay.
05:19 Right.
05:20 What power cards have I got?
05:21 Health Spar.
05:22 Send a chosen superstar to assault spa to recover 80 more stamina this week.
05:23 There will be business this week and I want to be booked.
05:33 Reduce injury time for three weeks.
05:38 Alexa Bliss is recovered and reduced by three weeks.
05:40 Do you want to proceed?
05:41 Yes, that's fine.
05:42 I'm bringing her back.
05:43 That's fine.
05:46 It's a Legends contract thing and I'm saving that.
05:47 So, I don't need that.
05:48 Oh, man.
05:49 I guess I'm going to do Joe for a little bit, I guess, but holy **** do I need Joe to actually
05:57 like just recover already, mate.
05:59 Okay.
06:00 Right.
06:01 Three and a bit minutes left.
06:02 What else am I doing?
06:03 I need something for Alexa ideally.
06:07 Oh, no.
06:08 I didn't.
06:09 Hold on.
06:10 All right.
06:11 Book show.
06:12 I'm going to do my mid card match to be a one-on-one match with Reckoning versus Alexa
06:19 Bliss.
06:20 Normal match.
06:21 Title is on the line with GM Interference running in for Reckoning because I want to
06:25 put the belt on her because that's what I'm looking to do.
06:28 I'm going to get the belt off of Bliss.
06:31 So that I'm hoping should help matters.
06:36 Her popularity is more than Bliss as well.
06:37 So that is also grand.
06:39 So save that.
06:40 I'm doing it as my mid card match because it's a mismatch style.
06:43 So I don't think the GM match will actually be that good.
06:47 Rest your current champion this week.
06:49 Oh, well.
06:50 I need to get the belt off her.
06:52 That's more important.
06:53 My opener is going to be the tag match again of the Rocking Edge versus Mustafa Ali and
07:01 Brute Force.
07:02 Normal tag match.
07:04 Save that.
07:06 I want to switch those actually.
07:09 Their popularities.
07:10 Their popularities are...
07:11 I actually don't know if that matters.
07:15 I just think that their clash of styles is going to diminish that.
07:18 So I'm going to keep that as is.
07:19 Okie-cokie.
07:20 So that's that.
07:23 I need to have another feud though, really.
07:26 So who else have I got on my roster that I can do something with?
07:29 Manage roster.
07:30 What have I got?
07:31 I could do something with Brock, I suppose.
07:33 If I can bring in another fighter for Brock.
07:39 Because that is everything.
07:40 Or I could bring in another cruiser for Keith Lee.
07:43 So sign free agents.
07:44 How many cruisers I can bring in?
07:48 I've got...
07:49 There's Devlin, Raul Mendoza.
07:54 Jimmy Uso is a babyface.
07:58 And Keith Lee is a babyface.
07:59 That's me good to us.
08:01 And I've turned one of them heel.
08:04 I've got a cruiser legend I can bring in.
08:07 Eddie.
08:08 X-Park.
08:09 X-Park and Keith Lee.
08:12 Make some noise!
08:17 I am X-Park now!
08:18 Shout out to the Energy in Era podcast.
08:20 Yeah, X-Park!
08:21 Suck it and all that jazz.
08:24 What a nice guy.
08:25 Show cast.
08:26 Ok, I'll stop.
08:27 So book show.
08:28 My main event is going to be a one on one match and it's going to be Keith Lee versus
08:37 X-Park's cruiserweight.
08:39 No interference or anything like that.
08:40 I'll put them in a tables match.
08:43 No don't do that because Keith Lee is really, really hurting.
08:46 Do I then?
08:47 Hang about.
08:48 I need to start the feud this week though.
08:54 Do I just do a call out promo this week of X-Park calling out Keith Lee and hopefully
09:04 that starts the feud.
09:06 This doesn't say anything.
09:09 Oh **** I haven't booked a main event.
09:13 Ah **** a doodle doo.
09:15 **** What am I doing?
09:18 Randy Orton versus John Cena.
09:19 Normal match.
09:20 That should up their rivalry at the very least I guess.
09:23 Cool.
09:24 Show logistics.
09:25 That one.
09:26 That one.
09:27 That one.
09:28 And that one.
09:29 Cool I guess.
09:30 Yep.
09:31 Right.
09:32 I think that's me.
09:33 Done.
09:34 Confirm booking.
09:35 Yes.
09:36 Done.
09:37 Done.
09:38 With about 30-40 seconds to go I had no main event booked.
09:49 Incredible work.
09:58 Oh yeah.
09:59 Incredible work.
10:00 But do you know what Pete?
10:01 Very much.
10:02 Well done.
10:03 Pete I think I'm onto something here.
10:04 Oh yeah?
10:05 I think I am onto something here.
10:07 I am.
10:08 I'm not going to say I'm feeling confident Pete.
10:10 You've been feeling confident in the past Luke.
10:13 Well you know I would say like in the build up to the last pay feud I was just feeling
10:17 like I was just laying the groundwork.
10:19 This is now I feel like I'm building something now to actually win.
10:24 It's reassuring.
10:25 Yeah that's good.
10:26 Yeah.
10:27 I mean it's probably not going to work.
10:28 No.
10:29 No it's not.
10:30 Oh I'm pretty sure I've booked some stuff that I'm like that'll start a feud and it
10:32 won't.
10:33 It will because it's your show.
10:34 The feuds only don't start on Smackdown.
10:36 That's how it works.
10:37 I should have something fairly big on the show but I just may have put it in the wrong
10:40 place.
10:41 Okay.
10:42 We'll certainly see soon enough.
10:43 Pete what am I going to listen to today?
10:45 It's an update.
10:46 Hold on.
10:47 Episode 12 still don't care.
10:48 Oh well that's a real shame Pete.
10:50 You probably should.
10:51 Do I listen to my video game music playlist?
10:53 My lo-fi video games playlist.
10:55 CKY playlist.
10:56 Do I listen to the playlist that my daughter listens to?
11:01 Do I listen to...
11:02 Pete help me pick mate.
11:04 Just like help me pick.
11:05 All right fine I'll listen to Faith no more.
11:08 You made...
11:09 Thanks for your help Pete.
11:10 I really appreciate that.
11:11 Right.
11:12 Care about me Pete.
11:13 It's all I'm asking.
11:15 Jesus.
11:16 Listen to your music.
11:17 Shut up.
11:18 Let me book my show.
11:19 Sorry you're right.
11:20 You good?
11:21 Are you playing?
11:22 Yeah I'm playing.
11:23 I'm playing.
11:24 Okay.
11:25 Okay.
11:26 Alright.
11:27 Book your f***ing show already.
11:28 I'm booking my show.
11:29 It's Christmas day.
11:30 Leave me alone.
11:31 I'm stressed.
11:32 Alright.
11:33 Seven minutes.
11:34 Here we go.
11:35 Three.
11:36 Two.
11:37 One.
11:38 Here we go.
11:39 Oh my god.
11:40 I'm so nervous.
11:41 I'm so nervous.
11:42 I'm so nervous.
11:43 Here we go.
11:44 Hey boss I have a proposition for you.
11:46 How about you and I have ourselves a little partnership in the next few weeks.
11:48 Oh Mace.
11:49 Oh Mace.
11:50 Oh Mace.
11:51 Um.
11:52 Who are you feuding with?
11:53 You're feuding with Kingston.
11:54 Well yeah screw it.
11:55 Why the hell not right?
11:56 Fans will love it.
11:57 I'll love it.
11:58 What else could you ask for?
11:59 How about it?
12:00 Book me in a match and be in my corner.
12:01 Got yourself a partnership.
12:02 Count me in.
12:03 I'll book you in a match.
12:04 We'll meet in your corner in the next three weeks.
12:09 You got it Mace.
12:10 Um.
12:11 I'm with you.
12:12 I'm with you pal.
12:13 Someone's not going to be happy.
12:14 I haven't had any matches in a while and the fans are starting to forget about me.
12:17 It's time you wake me up and put me back where I belong.
12:18 I want a match in the next show.
12:19 Uh yeah.
12:20 I think you're actually scheduled for this show Natalia.
12:22 So that's okay.
12:23 Sure thing.
12:24 You seem to get the crowd riled up.
12:28 Smackdown needs its best talent in the ring.
12:32 I don't call on Natalia for that.
12:34 Okay.
12:35 I need to check some stuff.
12:37 Um.
12:38 So.
12:39 Book your least popular available star for a match this week.
12:41 I think I might unintentionally do that with Natty right?
12:45 Uh yeah.
12:46 Natty's going to be in a match right here.
12:49 Um.
12:50 But I don't have anyone injured so it's not really going to matter.
12:53 I'm still getting injured stuff.
12:55 Like none of this stuff matters.
12:56 My god everyone is hurting.
12:58 Holy Jesus.
12:59 Um okay.
13:00 I'm going to try and rest.
13:01 This show is just going to be about resting as many people as possible.
13:06 Uh.
13:07 So what I want to do here is I want to start off some more rivalries and rest as many people
13:15 as possible.
13:16 So this week I am looking to kickstart a bunch of rivalries because we've got a couple of
13:21 weeks left which means if I can build those rivalries this week, next week and the week
13:26 after the go home show then that means that I can blow off all those rivalries at WrestleMania.
13:30 There will only be level 3 rivalries rather than level 4 but that's going to give my WrestleMania
13:35 card a massive boost.
13:37 That's going to be my whole plan for the next three weeks is just build those rivalries.
13:40 Let the grivalry.
13:42 S***.
13:43 Let the ri- Let the grivalries row.
13:50 Nailed it.
13:54 So if I have.
13:55 How's Kingston looking?
13:57 Kingston's okay.
13:58 Daivari.
13:59 Walter's hurting but if I put him in a tag match hopefully that should protect him a
14:02 little bit more.
14:03 If we have Kingston, Walter, Mace, Daivari in a tag match.
14:07 I kind of want to start a few between Lynch and Baszler.
14:11 Baszler's looking okay as is, well I say okay, 41.
14:14 I kind of want to start a few between them.
14:16 Kai vs Natalya, they're both at 100 stamina.
14:19 Flair vs Storm.
14:21 Storm is starting to get hurt but that'll be fine.
14:25 And something else that I'll figure out afterwards.
14:31 That's kind of what I'm looking at.
14:34 Any power cards of interest?
14:35 None.
14:36 I just, honestly I want to f*** with Luke's show and the game won't let me.
14:41 I could do with a held spar too.
14:42 It only costs 15 grand but I could totally use that this week.
14:45 So I'll see how my show's looking after I've booked it.
14:48 But the main event's going to be a tag match with Kingston and Daivari vs Walter and Mace.
15:00 I like that.
15:01 Just a normal.
15:02 I don't want to injure Walter so I'm not going to do anything too crazy.
15:06 I can do GM interference, I thought it was only on singles matches.
15:09 And I want to interfere on behalf of Mace.
15:12 Yeah, me and Mace.
15:15 Pete and Mace.
15:18 Pace.
15:19 Pick up the pace.
15:21 Pick up the pace.
15:22 There it is, got it.
15:25 Mid card is going to be Kai vs Natty.
15:31 Normal.
15:33 Tables.
15:34 Why the hell not?
15:35 Yeah, fine.
15:38 And who else is not hurting too badly?
15:45 Could try a Lynch vs Baszler match or a Flair vs Storm match.
15:52 Lynch vs Baszler would be better.
15:53 But they're both on 41 stamina as opposed to Flair and Storm who are 49 and 84 respectively.
16:00 I just don't feel like their popularity is really good enough.
16:04 What do I want to do here?
16:08 I want Lynch and Baszler, do I want Flair and Storm?
16:10 Lynch and Baszler will put on the better show, the better match even.
16:13 But it's just whether I want Flair and Storm to protect Lynch and Baszler more.
16:19 If I have Flair and Storm on their show.
16:22 I definitely want to rest Baller and Riddle 110%.
16:25 They're not going to be on the show at all.
16:30 I'm going to do Lynch vs Baszler.
16:36 Screw it.
16:37 Just a straight singles match, no title.
16:42 And see if that kickstarts a rivalry.
16:44 Promo, we want to start a rivalry between Flair and Storm, so I'll do that.
16:50 Let's have Flair and Storm here.
16:54 And I might just do a charity promo with Slapjack.
16:58 Because he needs the rest the least.
17:00 Or I could do a charity promo with Tucker, but that gets him on the show.
17:03 I want him to not be on the show to recover as much as possible.
17:05 So I think a charity promo with Slapjack.
17:10 And then I'm going to buy this health spa card and play that as well.
17:16 Yeah.
17:17 Hold on, if I use a health spa thing on someone who's not…
17:21 Did I not actually have Joe booked?
17:26 If Joe's booked in a callout promo, but he's not doing the promo, he's just the
17:31 subject of the callout, is he booked on the show?
17:34 Oh man, I don't think he's booked.
17:37 I'm not going to play the…
17:39 I really wish someone in the comments would tell me how this game works.
17:43 I'm not expecting to win this week.
17:46 In the slightest.
17:48 But then I can play this and I can help Riddle get better quicker.
17:53 Yeah, I know that's probably smart.
17:59 Yeah.
18:00 So we'll rest him this week and he's got a health spa, which is great.
18:05 Logistics for this one.
18:07 Big open stadium, costs 150k to buy.
18:12 And then I'll have to book it on top of that.
18:13 So I ain't going to do that.
18:16 That one doesn't get me the extra stuff, but I need the capacity for money.
18:20 Cost 75k to purchase.
18:21 It's the McMahon family, hey?
18:22 Show quality plus 12%.
18:23 Do I want to spend a load of money on this?
18:29 Because that would take me under 100k.
18:31 Let's put the other logistics first.
18:35 75k.
18:36 Hey, Luke, can you just piss off?
18:45 Trying to book my show.
18:47 I've got a minute left.
18:48 If I just book that one.
18:53 Book this one.
18:54 How much am I on?
18:56 143.
18:57 I'm just going to go for this one.
18:59 I know I need money, but that ain't going to cut it, I don't think.
19:05 Promise Natalia a match this week.
19:06 I've done.
19:07 Told Davari he partnered with Kingston in a tag match, which I've done.
19:11 Promise Natalia a match against Dakota Kai within three weeks, which is this week.
19:14 Natalia's in a match.
19:15 And I got Mace.
19:16 I'm interfering.
19:17 I'm just fulfilling everyone's needs.
19:20 See, I love my stars.
19:21 I love my roster, you see?
19:23 I don't know why people have got this idea that I hate all my stars.
19:26 Okay?
19:27 I love them.
19:28 I'm fulfilling all of their needs that they want, all right?
19:31 See, Natalia wants a match this week, and she wants a match with Dakota Kai, and Mace
19:36 wants a little partnership.
19:37 Yeah, I've got all your backs.
19:39 Don't you guys worry.
19:41 I am the greatest GM ever.
19:44 I look after my stars.
19:47 Also that's really lucky, honestly, because I already had all that planned.
19:51 It's good for me.
19:53 Let's confirm this booking, shall we?
19:57 I listened to CKY in the end.
19:58 I couldn't care less.
20:00 How did you find it, Pete?
20:02 Yeah, it was all right.
20:04 Yeah, no, there was a lot of requests with about, oh, 40 seconds to go on my show.
20:10 I realized that I had like four different requests that needed to be done this week.
20:13 Oh dear.
20:14 And I'd already done all of them, which is great.
20:17 Thanks past me for making notes.
20:19 Spoilers, this is a different recording session to the last episode.
20:22 Yeah, my lack of notes taking was terrible, because I then went to my manage roster thing
20:30 to see what feuds I had.
20:32 There are none.
20:33 Not a one was found.
20:36 Oh no, I rompleted them all at the last pay-per-view, and I have not grown any since.
20:40 Anyway, here's what I've got for this week's show.
20:47 So kicking things off, I'm hoping this starts a rivalry.
20:49 A massive tag team and the rocket edge in this one.
20:54 Oh yeah, absolutely.
20:55 A rocket edge, stimulate that one.
20:56 Oh, look at Ali.
20:58 Ali and Brute Force get the huge win.
21:01 Brute Ali and a new rivalry has started.
21:03 Rivalry starts.
21:04 Yes.
21:05 A rivalry new.
21:06 Three star opener.
21:07 Look who's calling out my champion.
21:08 Hold up.
21:09 Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
21:10 I've seen your mid-card match.
21:11 Yeah.
21:12 A title match.
21:13 Uh-huh.
21:14 You know that thing that you constantly called me out for.
21:17 Why have you got Bazler and Tony Storm?
21:20 Surely that's going to be the bigger match.
21:22 They are way less popularity than Lynch and Flair.
21:24 That's a title match though.
21:26 So we need a tables match versus an extreme rules as well.
21:28 We'll put this as the biggest stipulation with high popularity on these guys.
21:32 I'm just going by what the game says, Luke.
21:35 All right?
21:37 Pete, they are different fighting styles.
21:40 They're different type Pokemon.
21:41 Okay.
21:42 So I think the match is going to be bad.
21:43 This is what I was deliberating over.
21:44 This is what I said to you.
21:45 I think I might have put it in the wrong place.
21:48 I can't wait.
21:49 And I don't know because they are the wrong type Pokemon.
21:53 I think it's going to be a bad match.
21:54 So we're going to find out.
21:55 But anyway, here we go.
21:57 New signee to Monday Night Raw.
21:59 Wait, Roman Reigns?
22:00 The head of the table, Roman Reigns has called out.
22:04 He's signed so many people.
22:05 The WWE champion.
22:06 An excellent rivalry starts.
22:07 Rivalry starts between Roman and Joe.
22:10 That famous feud that everyone loved, that no one walked out on when it happened in real
22:15 life in the main event of a pay-per-view.
22:17 That didn't happen.
22:18 It's a great rivalry that everyone, I'm sure, will definitely love.
22:20 When did that happen?
22:21 What, Reigns v Joe?
22:22 A backlash when everyone walked out of the show because this was in the main event.
22:26 I don't remember that at all.
22:28 No, I do.
22:29 It was a bad time.
22:30 Well, here we go.
22:32 So I'm trying to get the belt off of Bliss.
22:35 I'm trying to put it onto Yip.
22:37 He's on 16 stamina.
22:38 I know, which is why it's a normal match, Pete.
22:42 So for the love of God, Rek, will you just win this?
22:45 Oh my God, if Bliss gets injured again, if Bliss retains and she gets injured again.
22:49 If she gets injured again, Pete, I literally just spent a card to bring her back.
22:54 So Rek, Rhea Yim, for f*** sake, will you win this belt?
22:58 Here we go.
23:00 Win the belt, win the belt.
23:01 Come on, Bliss.
23:02 No, Bliss!
23:03 Yes, yes!
23:04 Yes!
23:05 She's not injured!
23:06 She's not injured!
23:07 She's not injured!
23:08 And I told you it was worse.
23:09 I told you it'd be worse.
23:10 She's not injured.
23:11 For f*** sake, Mia Yim, just win the f***ing belt already!
23:15 Christmas f***ing day, I wasted a f***ing week trying to build the f***ing China feud
23:19 so I'd wear the f***ing belt on them so I could pay for it at Wrestle F*** Mania.
23:24 For f*** sake, Yim, you're a s*** hand-picked champion.
23:28 Anyway, I've also seen this.
23:31 It's the X-Pac!
23:32 I've got X-Pac away.
23:34 X-Pac's here as well!
23:35 Yeah, and he's calling out Keith Liefer, a giant versus Cruiser.
23:38 An excellent promo rating and a new rivalry has started.
23:41 For f*** sake, Yim.
23:44 Christmas f***ing day.
23:45 No, it's Monday Night Raw, it's Orton versus Cena.
23:47 Yeah, of course it is.
23:48 Orton's popularity is 54!
23:50 I panic booked my main event, alright?
23:52 I had no time left.
23:53 How did that even happen?
23:54 Two and a half star main.
23:55 I know, well it's fine.
23:56 Which will be fine.
23:57 And the rivalry has now gone to four.
23:58 It's the same as your mid, which will be fine.
24:00 It'll be absolutely fine, but that's okay because that's grown that to four, which is
24:03 what I was after as well.
24:04 My goodness.
24:05 But I was relying on star power there, so for f*** sake, Yim.
24:10 Honest to f***ing God.
24:12 It's alright, Luke.
24:14 I had a building week, so it's all fine.
24:18 Here we go.
24:19 For f*** sake.
24:20 So, kicking things off.
24:24 Almost all my people are really, really hurting.
24:26 Oh, tell me about it.
24:27 So, I've got some matches here.
24:29 I want to kickstart a rivalry between Lynch and Baszler.
24:32 I just think that's a good title feud.
24:35 Bruiser versus Specialist.
24:37 Sure, Specialist work.
24:40 I want this to start a rivalry.
24:42 Do you think it'll happen?
24:44 No.
24:45 Let's find out.
24:47 Baszler wins.
24:49 Non-title match.
24:50 Two and a half star rivalry.
24:51 Yes!
24:52 A rivalry!
24:53 Yes!
24:54 A rue-nivalry.
24:55 Yes, okay.
24:56 Yes, good.
24:57 Good.
24:58 I'm going to make a note of this.
25:00 Good title feud for Mania there.
25:02 Exactly, yes.
25:03 Two and a half star match.
25:04 Baszler, Basz, Lynch.
25:05 Probably could have been better, but.
25:06 Won.
25:07 Yeah, it could have been better, but yeah, that's fine.
25:08 So, you could do a mid-card match, might not shine.
25:14 It's a tables match, and are they different?
25:17 Are they the correct type of Pokemon?
25:19 It's a Specialist and another one.
25:20 Oh, okay.
25:21 And they also have like 30 popularity, so I think it'll be fine, Luke.
25:25 Oh, one of them is Nanny.
25:26 Their stamina is 100, though, hence the tables match.
25:30 Charlotte Flair and Tony Storm, call-out promo, wanting to start a new rivalry between
25:34 them.
25:35 And it does, which is great.
25:36 Lovely stuff, that's grand.
25:37 Excellent promo as well there by Charlotte Flair.
25:39 Well booked.
25:40 Flair Storm won.
25:41 Nice.
25:42 Then we've got Dakota Kai versus Natalia.
25:45 Yeah, five versus Specialist.
25:47 Natalia said popularity is 39 and 42.
25:50 They haven't really been booked at all, which is why their popularity is down.
25:54 Natalia said three weeks ago, "I want to match against Dakota Kai in the next three weeks."
25:58 Turns out that time is now.
26:00 Also in an email this week, she said, "I want to match this week."
26:03 I was like, "Oh, right.
26:04 Yeah, no, that's good.
26:05 Yeah, you were in the match."
26:06 And then the main event had a couple of things as well.
26:08 So tables match for these two.
26:09 I'm not expecting anything massive, just a solid mid-card match.
26:12 I hope it's a four-star match.
26:14 It won't be.
26:15 One and a half stars.
26:17 But new rivalry, that's what we wanted.
26:18 That's good, a Runeivory.
26:19 Yeah.
26:20 Kai and Nanny.
26:21 One and a half stars is what you want from your rivalries.
26:24 Absolutely, yep.
26:25 It's a mid-card match.
26:27 It's fine.
26:28 I don't care how bad the mid-card match is.
26:30 Here's the heel Slapjack.
26:31 Got a charity promo.
26:33 I hate charity, it's rubbish.
26:36 I'm Slapjack.
26:37 Good promo, 5,000 fans.
26:40 You love to see it.
26:41 For f***'s sake, honestly.
26:42 And the main event, Kofi Kingston and Ari Lerner.
26:46 Mace and Walter.
26:47 GM interference!
26:48 You're not the only one with a hand-picked champion, Luke.
26:52 You're picking Mace?
26:53 Mace emailed me.
26:54 He was like, "We just had to start a partnership."
26:56 Are we just hand-picking former Retribution members?
26:59 Because I've got Rekkoning as mine.
27:02 Even though she won't win the f***ing belt.
27:05 But Walter's slightly hurting in this one, so I really hope he doesn't get injured here.
27:08 Well, thankfully, Daivari's there to pick up that slap.
27:11 Exactly.
27:12 It's a tag match.
27:13 So is Mace, for that matter.
27:14 Yeah.
27:15 I'm hoping that a tag match, you can be protected a little bit more.
27:16 GM interference would be great.
27:18 That won't further any of the rivalries, though?
27:20 No.
27:21 It might just start a brand new one.
27:22 I'm not expecting it to.
27:23 But Daivari and Walter already have a level one rivalry, and Kingston and Mace already
27:27 have a level three rivalry.
27:28 Oh, okay.
27:29 So that's alright, then.
27:30 You've still got time for that.
27:31 So I'm just...
27:32 Bit of variety, tag match, two cruisers, two giants, two faces, two heels.
27:35 I think this should be solid.
27:36 Stimulate it.
27:37 A solid, good main event.
27:38 Walter and Mace pick up the victory.
27:41 Three star main event, which is fine.
27:42 It's fine.
27:43 It's all it needed to be.
27:44 That was really quite a lacking week for both of us there, wasn't it?
27:47 Sure was.
27:48 Yeah, really was.
27:49 This is where we just go, "I've got no one.
27:50 Everyone's hurting.
27:51 Oh, no.
27:52 I've got no one."
27:53 Before WrestleMania.
27:54 Yes.
27:55 Good booking.
27:56 You're opening your main event with the highlights of your show, as they should be.
27:58 And I knew they would be, Pete.
28:00 Uh-huh.
28:01 Totally.
28:02 I knew they would be.
28:03 Don't understand.
28:04 I thought title matches just instantly add like seven stars to your match.
28:05 They're the wrong type Pokemon, Pete.
28:09 And you did specialist versus specialist.
28:11 Those don't tend to do that grand, as far as I know.
28:14 Oh, ****.
28:15 So that is fine.
28:16 That starts a new rivalry.
28:17 That starts a new rivalry.
28:18 That starts a new rivalry.
28:19 That didn't do what I **** wanted it to do.
28:21 And that has grown my rivalry.
28:23 So that, for me, is actually a pretty solid show for me.
28:27 Happy with that.
28:28 Should have banged the table.
28:29 Solid building week right there.
28:30 Yep.
28:31 And on Smacky D's, also good booking.
28:34 Same thing.
28:35 New rivalry.
28:36 New rivalry.
28:37 Charity promo.
28:38 New rivalry and a solid, excuse me, main event.
28:40 Yeah.
28:41 It's what we wanted.
28:42 It's what we wanted to see.
28:43 So, yeah.
28:44 So, I mean, let's see how this works out.
28:46 Because I don't think I'm going to win this week again.
28:48 Because I also-
28:49 13,000 hats.
28:50 I didn't do any of the logistic stuff.
28:53 As it was in like, I had like eight seconds left.
28:56 Oh my god.
28:57 I just picked some of them at random.
28:58 I see.
28:59 110 grand, which is pretty good because I spent a lot on this episode.
29:02 Yeah, yeah, yeah.
29:03 Signing two new people.
29:04 Okay.
29:05 Solid.
29:06 Solid.
29:07 How good can Reckoning be if she needs Luke Owen to run in and help her out?
29:08 Well, she could be **** better.
29:09 She could have the title.
29:10 Top rope rabbit, 82.
29:11 Raw side next puck.
29:13 So cool.
29:14 He still got it.
29:16 Good show tonight.
29:17 How far into the deep end are Randy Orton and John Cena going to go?
29:20 This rivalry is getting crazy.
29:21 Getting crazy.
29:22 It has been building since Wrestlemania Backlash.
29:25 Yep.
29:26 Since the first one.
29:27 Alexa Bliss's winning run continues.
29:30 Who can end the streak?
29:31 Well, **** me.
29:32 I am going to thought, with my help.
29:35 Useless bellend.
29:36 Amazing.
29:37 Sorry I let everyone down.
29:38 I promise-
29:39 Shut up, Cena.
29:40 Beat boot.
29:41 I really couldn't give a **** about Cena at all.
29:44 Just there.
29:45 Just like in real life.
29:46 Couldn't.
29:47 Didn't give a **** about it 15 years ago.
29:49 I don't really give a **** about it on my own roster.
29:52 I heard the rumors that Raw had a side next puck.
29:55 Clearly they were true.
29:56 It's probably Sean Ross Sapp reporting that.
29:58 HC edge lose.
30:00 For a second there I thought I saw props to Mustard Eye.
30:05 Alexa Bliss looking tired.
30:06 She really is.
30:07 It would be good if she dropped the **** belt.
30:10 Yep.
30:11 Okay, right.
30:12 So I think I'm probably going to be number two here.
30:13 And you're going to find out quickly because I didn't complete my goal.
30:16 So yeah, ranking number two.
30:18 Expected.
30:19 That was expected.
30:20 I think I was still, what, 50,000 fans in front before this week?
30:22 And I got not a lot there.
30:23 Only 13,000.
30:24 You had your 5,000 from the charity thing, which I never do.
30:27 I focus so much on trying to build some rivalries.
30:29 Never do the charity.
30:30 Why do you hate charity?
30:31 Why do you have heels cutting charity promos?
30:34 It works!
30:35 Which is so weird.
30:36 Surely by a heel it should be a negative thing.
30:41 Amazing stuff.
30:42 All right.
30:43 I got 10,000.
30:44 So not as much as you.
30:45 You won the week.
30:46 You won the week.
30:47 Interesting.
30:48 And I made more money.
30:49 Yeah.
30:50 Not enough, obviously.
30:51 Kingston D'Ovario, incredible talent team, by the way.
30:54 Expect that email in your inbox.
30:56 I will not do anything about that because Kingston is my champion.
30:59 If you ask me, Pete Quinnell is playing with fire.
31:01 Not the smartest move to interfere in a match and pick favorites on your own team.
31:05 Yep.
31:06 Undefeated phenomenon AU.
31:08 Yep.
31:09 MrsFiend83, Natalia has a really great feel for tables matches.
31:12 Oh, look at this from New Age Machine Mania.
31:15 Mace and Walter have absolutely no chemistry as a tag team.
31:18 They got the f***ing win.
31:19 They won.
31:20 So that's all that matters.
31:21 Tonight's Smackdown starts strong and ended strong.
31:23 Hc, Becky, loose with props to Shayna.
31:27 Someone like Lynch is always going to be second best when facing a real superstar like me
31:30 in the ring.
31:31 Dakota Kai getting even with the Tani tonight.
31:32 Can't wait to see where these superstars go from here.
31:34 Love watching Walter fight, but he's looking tired.
31:36 Is Smackdown going to run him into the ground until his bones break?
31:38 No!
31:39 He's only on like 39 stamina.
31:40 Leave him alone.
31:41 I had Bliss on 16.
31:42 Yeah, exactly.
31:43 At one point, Samoa Joe was on zero.
31:46 So you know, might still be.
31:47 I think he was on 12 this week.
31:50 So I did complete mine.
31:52 OK, which was booked my again, fortuitous, but my lowest popularity star in a match,
31:56 which was Natalia.
31:57 I had to rest my champions and I couldn't do that because I need to get the belt off
32:00 Bliss.
32:01 Well, which which just so we all are aware, Pete, didn't f***ing work.
32:06 It didn't happen, did it?
32:08 No.
32:09 I'm not going to get injured.
32:10 Rehab card.
32:11 I've got no one injured right now, but think injured next week.
32:13 Then I'll bring him back maybe.
32:14 All right.
32:15 Anyway, still ranking number one.
32:17 That's what matters.
32:18 Yeah.
32:19 So that's two nil, Mark.
32:20 You love to see it.
32:21 Exactly.
32:22 And I'm still like 30 odd off that.
32:23 So I'm like 30 odd behind you.
32:25 Maybe just like 40.
32:27 Is it 39?
32:28 Yeah, 39.
32:29 39,000 in front.
32:30 That's a solid little margin, but there's such massive swings at WrestleMania.
32:34 Yeah, I don't know.
32:37 What I could do with you having more weeks like that where you don't have a lot going
32:41 on and I can, I mean, next week I should have a lot of my legends in there and my new signees
32:46 doing wrestling.
32:47 So, yeah, I'm building.
32:49 I'm just building the roster I've got from start to finish.
32:52 No extra signings.
32:53 And I'm just going to build these stars of the future, building the building, the building
32:58 the bivalries.
32:59 It didn't quite work out.
33:00 I wanted.
33:01 Is that how you want to end this episode, Pete?
33:06 That's going to do it for this episode of My GM Mode.
33:11 Thank you to 2K for sponsoring this episode of the Monday Night War.
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33:18 as much fun as Pete and I are having playing this game.
33:22 Next week, Pete, we are three weeks left until Mania.
33:26 Yeah, so it's going to be episode 13 next week.
33:28 So it's only two more weeks.
33:29 Two more weeks of normal building shows and then Mania.
33:33 And it's not just a pay-per-view.
33:34 It's the end of the season as well.
33:36 So I have got two weeks to really build up some of these feuds.
33:40 Yeah, I think.
33:41 And rust some of our Joe and get the belt off Alexa Bliss.
33:44 Because guess who doesn't have a WrestleMania program?
33:47 Our women's champion.
33:50 Alexa Bliss.
33:53 Thank you.
33:54 I have been Luke Owen, DAD representing Monday Night Raw.
33:57 I've been Chopper Pete Quinnell representing Monday Night Smackdown.
34:00 That was the Monday Night War.
34:01 Jam that jam.
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