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00:00Welcome to the Monday Night War Series 2! I am Luke Owen, D.A.D. representing Monday
00:27Night Raw. I am Chopper Pete Quinnell representing Monday Night Smackdown. We're playing on MyGM
00:32mode on WWE 2K22 and this is episode 2! Episode 2 indeed it is. Last week I had a no good
00:40very bad time. It's episode 1 Luke! Because I messed it up right at the end and I got
00:45into a right little tizz. But you know what? It's not going to happen this week. It's not
00:49going to happen this week. Also, you can now see the final screen because that wasn't in
00:52last week's episode, but there it is. I won! 89,000 fans. Yes, but also you've only got
00:5989,000 bucks, whereas I've got a sweet 106. Ooh, so much richer. I can't make that money
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03:11into this, Pete. You are up first. I'm going to use that time to book a card that doesn't have a
03:17heel versus heel match as my main event. I think that would be preferable. Let's do this. Let's do this.
03:23Oh, I need to get my headphones. All right, okie dokie. Oh, I need to get a timer. Oh, we're good at this.
03:29Let's have a look. Let's go with, let's go with the, what, my Rob Zombie playlist.
03:34A Rob Zombie playlist. Yeah. Fantastic, Luke. I care so much.
03:43You good? Yeah, yeah, I'm just, I was listening to music. Yeah, good, good. F***ing play the game, Pete.
03:47Yeah, listen to music. I'm listening. Well, I was trying to and then you stopped me. Yeah.
03:53Right, here we go.
03:54Right, seven minutes on the clock. Time starts now. Tucker. Yep. All right, Tucker.
04:06Not happy to lose my championship last week as a former champion. I'm enacting my rematch clause.
04:09I want a championship match against Randy. Nobody else better get a title shot before me. You know
04:12what, Tucker? I can make that happen because you are my favorite. Okay, just okay. It's all you need.
04:18Simple. Okay, good. Don't give me waiting too long. Already missed wearing that gold around my waist.
04:22Your fault for losing. Mace. Gran cheated me in that last match. I want a rematch in the next
04:27two weeks. I can also make that happen. Seems reasonable, Mace. Not a problem, pal. Because
04:32they were in the tag team match, right? Cool. All right. So, main event of this week. We're gonna
04:38have Tucker Orton rematch. What's their stamina like? Tucker, 54. 69. Nice. Normal match for this
04:48one, but a title match. And that will be the main event of this one. Good stuff. Who needs to rest?
04:55Also, we have logistics this week. But let's manage that roster. Who needs resting? Naya's
05:01kind of hurting a little bit. Tucker, Carmella. That's pretty much it. So, nothing too major here.
05:10Let's have a look at power cards real quick. Health Spar's great. Double cast is fantastic.
05:15I need to see how much money I've got at the end of this week, though. Free special effects book.
05:18Do not put Shinsuke Nakamura in a match this week. I can make that happen.
05:23Here's a tag champ. But if I have Mace versus Grandmaster Elite, because that's what he wanted.
05:33And I just have that as part of it. It's a giant versus a cruiser. It's perfect. Shinsuke's still
05:37not in a match. Just have that normal as a mid-card match. We can have... I'd like Naya to rest,
05:47I think. So, I can either make her a promo. I reckon that seems reasonable. What if we have
05:56on the opener... We try and continue that Carmella versus... She's kind of hurting as well. Why don't
06:02we have then... Who's my specialist? Bailey? Yeah. So, why don't we have Dana Brooke take on
06:10Bailey with interference from Carmella on Dana Brooke.
06:16Look, I booked Bailey in a match, gang. I'm already doing better than Luke.
06:20See, look. It is episode two, week two of season two, and already I'm booking Bailey. I'm doing
06:26a better job at booking Bailey than Luke did. I'm the better GM. This is why I'm number one.
06:30This is why I won season one. It's why I'm the best. I might change that so it's not the opener.
06:36And I might do a... What do I want to do instead?
06:46Great question. What do I want to do instead? I kind of want to continue the Orton.
06:52Orton and Tucker's being furthered.
06:55Wilde and Ivar still aren't in a feud. Tamina and Shotzi.
07:06His stamina is 50. I kind of want to rest there. So, why don't I do Morgan versus...
07:11That's not a great match though. Who else did I want to feud?
07:15It was Mason in theory. Shinsuke in Grand Metal League. I can just rest theory this week. That's
07:20fine. We'll give him a promo. Whatever. If I want to continue...
07:29Let's do... Come on, we've got four and a half minutes. Plenty of time.
07:34I want to do a tag match but I'm not doing Shinsuke. So, if I change... I'll put Naya in
07:40a tag match instead. She's still at 50 stamina. She's still got time. So, if I do Morgan and
07:47Jax, I'll have to take her out with self-promo.
07:51How do I play promo? Yes. It's time for the tag match of Morgan and Naya versus
07:59Tamina and Shotzi. Let's do a title match and we'll make that the opener.
08:04I think I can swap this here with this. There you go. All right. Great. Title match goes in
08:12the opener. As I learned from last season, title match always goes in the opener. That's just how
08:16it works. I'm not resting Naya but that's fine. Who needs a self-promo? Shinsuke, Ivar. You know
08:26what? Okay, we're going to try it again. We're going to have Wacky and Wild call out Ivar and
08:33see if it actually starts a feud this time. We want a charity promo from someone.
08:40Asking theory works for me and let's do a self-promo with Shinsuke because he's not in a
08:48match, right? That still works. Nope. Pigeon's getting more in a match. Let's do some logistics
08:53here. It costs 7,500. I can probably afford that but I'm just going to do... That's 25 grand. Okay,
09:00I'm going to be very tight on money here. If it's 25 grand for this one, that one will get me
09:06with greater than three star power gain plus one popularity, show quality plus five percent
09:11or this one gets me with less than two star power gain plus one morale. Morale I care less about
09:18but also cost me significantly less. Why don't I just buy this?
09:24And it cost me 15 grand to book and this one 7,500 will take me up to 60k.
09:34I can probably book that but then I don't have enough money to buy any power cards which I do
09:38want to buy. I kind of just want to buy the health spa one if I'm honest but I don't have the money
09:47for that. I'm just going to buy the logistics. I think that's more important. That will get me more
09:52gains in the long run. Can I afford this? I can't afford this but one dollar? One? Wait,
09:59one dollar? One dollar? I'm short by one dollar. A single buck. Can nobody cut me some slack?
10:12Can I not just book what I want to buy? One dollar? Can I write an IOU? Literally one dollar.
10:19One single- you can't discount me one dollar? Unbelievable. Okay, what do I want to change?
10:34What if I change this charity promo to uh
10:39self? Now I can afford my show
10:45but I still really want to buy this health spa promo card but I don't have enough for it.
10:51I don't think I can save enough here on this show because there's not many places I can cut back on
10:57money aside from these promo segments and like the run-in here but I want to- I want to do the
11:02run-in because I think that's- that's good. It's a variety on the show, keeps karma arrested,
11:06etc. Um, I think I'm gonna have to pass up the health spa cards which I really don't want to do.
11:12I really don't want to do. I really want them because they're gonna come in handy
11:16so much later. I can't even- the fact that I can't even afford just the one
11:20really annoys me but there's not much I can do here so I think I'm just gonna have to to call
11:26it there. It's really frustrating because I need this call-out promo. I don't want to do an
11:32advertising promo for anyone um because that lowers their popularity which is not great uh so I'd
11:39rather not though I could. It saves me a bit of money but now I'm one dollar off being able to
11:50afford the thing. No, I still can't do it but I'll get some money out of this anyway so that's
12:00probably worth it, right? Who needs fans? I've already got a lead. I can just keep that lead,
12:05right? That's so frustrating. I'm literally one dollar off being able to afford this health spa
12:12power card but I'll leave it, I suppose. Let's confirm this booking and get this done. All right.
12:22I'm done. I'm done. All good? Yeah. Oh, you seem less pleased than you were last week. I am less
12:28pleased. There was um- I'll tell you about it when we get to- after you've done your booking. Yeah.
12:33But there was a thing that happened that I was annoyed about. Oh, but it's fine, I suppose.
12:41It's fine. Let me get my headphones in.
12:47What are you listening to, Pete? I'm listening to a cover of Through the Fire and Flames
12:54by Family Jewels. It's very good. Sounds good. Okay, right. You said it. Okay, he's not listening
13:01anymore. Clock. Seven minutes. It's on the clock. Three, two, one, go.
13:18He's only had one match?
13:20All right, ladies and gentlemen, I know what you're thinking. Okay, this week, this week,
13:36I've got it all written down in this trusty notepad. This week, this week, nothing will go
13:43wrong. Brock is a babyface now, right? That did work. Can I get a check? That did work.
13:49Didn't it? It did? Then I've got nothing to worry about. Everything's fine. It's all in the notepad.
13:55It's down to 39. Might be able to get away with one more week.
14:01I can get away with one more week of him doing a match. Uh, rights. Journal. Schedule of running
14:08this week. Oh, you are in luck because that is exactly what I've got planned. Right, ladies and
14:12gentlemen, this week we will not have the mistakes that were made last time. You know what I mean?
14:19Like, it's, it's just not going to be, I'm not going to make the same mistakes.
14:25Lovely. Branding your show. This package allows you or up-and-coming superstars to gain traction
14:30from the fan base. Optional goal. Put two superstars with, oh, I don't know what any of
14:33that means. I don't even know why I bothered looking. Um, road crew. Do I want to unlock
14:40that? So let's actually book this show first. So my opener is actually a lot of what I was going to
14:44do last week. I'm doing this week. So Shani Baz versus Asuka. Uh, title is on the line.
14:50Uh, what's their stamina? No, I think I can put them in a,
14:55I'll put them in a tables match. Uh, cool. I mean, it's a title match, so, you know,
14:59should have something big on it. And then the main event is a one-on-one match. I'll do Nakamura
15:04versus Brock Lesnar. Now that one of them's a fecking baby face. Title is on the line. It's a
15:10regular match so that I don't have too much for Naks. Now, uh, up next, it is going to be Keith
15:18Lee versus Brute Force with a run-in by Cedric Alexander on Keith Lee, which should further
15:29the grivalry. It was my number one feud last season. Keith Lee versus a cruiserweight, but
15:35in this case, Brute Force. It's, you've always got to run the classics back. It's why WWE have
15:40remained the top company in the world. Always run it back. It's the Cena Rawton of season two.
15:46Should row the grivalry that one. And then my next match is I'm doing a proper little, uh,
15:54AEW here and I'm booking one women's match on the card. So Slapjack, uh, will have a normal match
16:02with a run-in by the Demon Finn Balor. Does that mean I've got no one? I have got perfectly fine.
16:08That's lovely stuff because I've got call-out promo of, who have I got? So I've got Naomi
16:14calling out Raquel. Let's do it that way. Naomi calling out Raquel. And then I've got a call-out
16:21promo of Mandy Rose calling out Dakota Kai. Before I do book that call-out, uh, three.
16:29Oh, they're both the same. Um, do I have...
16:37Let's have...
16:42Let's have Mandy Rose do it because I think Dakota Kai won't be on the show,
16:46which means that recovers some of her stamina. So do that. And then the last promo is... Oh,
16:51hang on. I just said I wanted to do a charity promo. You know, I got Dakota Kai
16:57doing the charity promo. Of course, Raquel is not on the show because she is not booked in a segment.
17:04So should I have Raquel do it? I'll do Raquel doing it. This one again shows small bonus
17:10fans for the week with a chance of small popularity boost for the superstar.
17:13Let's do Raquel. Done? Look at that, it's a show. Absolutely fine. Face heal, face heal,
17:22face heal, face heal, face heal, heal, face heal. Oh, man. Turns out the show's actually dead easy
17:28if you think about things. So, manage roster. What's this star thing? So he's got a big old
17:34star and they've got smaller stars. So, show logistics. Oh, I've already got that optional
17:43goal. Book superstars with... That's an optional goal. I'm going to optional goal if I do that as
17:53well. And the optional goal if I do that as well. So that is seven and a half and... Oh,
17:5825. Christmas Day. However, it does raise the show quality up. So I think we can do this
18:05and switch to that. And I can actually afford to... Actually, before I do that, let's have a look at
18:10these. Ooh, power cards. What have I got? Double the cost of an opponent. Okay, well, I can't
18:15afford that. Oh, I shouldn't have looked at that first, shouldn't I? Ow, bugger. I forgot
18:25my power cards. They're very important as well. I don't need to do that. That I'm going to do
18:30because it's next week's show. So I'm going to book that one now. Tee hee hee. But I can't afford
18:41any of these other power cards because they're dead expensive and I've only got 20 grand left.
18:47So let's not do that. I was going to have a look to see if I can find another. I've got
18:54a cruiser heal. So I've got a potential tag team of Cendric and Brute Force. There's my other...
19:02There's a giant again. I'm not going to do... I'm not going to get it now, though. It's just good
19:06to see, isn't it? See what it's about. Because if I can get another heal, another giant's face,
19:14I can tag in with Keith Lee. I think that's going to be, like, second... My second pay-per-view
19:20cycle. I'll put Keith Lee and, you know, and other giants in with Cendric and Brute Force.
19:29What else can I do? Well, some other ladies that I could possibly bring in at some point.
19:36Maybe bring in Sasha Banks. Obviously, I'll never be able to do that, but, you know,
19:41not now anyway. I need to get some more money in first. So I think I'm actually just done.
19:48Let's see. Meetings. Journal. I've got that. Show logistics. Optional bonus. Optional bonus.
19:56Optional bonus. So I could do... Just get this now. I'll just get this now. Unlock cost is
20:04seven and a half grand. So unless it's, like, fifteen grand to do it. Right, let's do this.
20:10Confirm. Weapon cost is five. So a six-pack pocket. I can't afford it. And I've got the
20:16optional bonus. Optional bonus. Optional bonus. Optional bonus. And that's also a bonus.
20:21Lovely stuff. Okay. Right, right. I think I'm done.
20:27Done. How was that, man? Piece of piss, mate. Really? Yeah. Yeah. I'm feeling pretty confident
20:33about this week. All right. I had things mapped out in advance. I didn't book a heel versus heel
20:38match. Well done. I didn't have to change someone into a baby face. Great stuff. I've done a few
20:42other bits and bobs around the way. Made some potential plans for the future. Okay, that's good.
20:47I'm feeling pretty good. I mean, what'll happen now is I'll check things. I'll have done it all
20:50wrong. Of course, yeah. That's how it goes. But I'm pretty feeling quietly confident about this
20:56week. Okay. That is good to hear. Starting off this week, we are continuing the tag team feud
21:03with champions Morgan and Nia Jax taking on Tamina and Shotzi. Normal tag match. Just a normal match,
21:08but a title match nonetheless. Yeah, yeah. So let's see if we have new tag champs here. Stimulate
21:14it. Let's go. Oh, we don't. It's a retention. Morgan and Jax. Have they got a tag name?
21:19Morgan and Jax. Max. Three-star opener there, Pete. That's solid. But more importantly,
21:27the rivalry. Oh, the rivalry does rope. That's good. Nice little two there. Nice little two for
21:31the tag feud. Love it. We're trying again. It's whack. Yes. It looks like it's worked.
21:37It's a rivalry. Has roamed. Yeah. Okay. That's a one finally. Fantastic. That Whacking Wild.
21:44Except for every one of your shows, someone must really like him. Pushed every week, this guy.
21:52After this, Mace emailed me to say, I didn't like losing to Grand Metalik last week. I want a
21:58rematch. So I said, all right. So here you go. So you're just booking the same matches. Hey,
22:03they were in a tag match last week. Okay. So now we've got one half of the tag team champions
22:09taking on Mace. So here we go. I'd like to see it. Simulate this. Just give the
22:13Mace the shot that he wants. Giant Cruiser. And he does win. And Mace picks up the win. Well done,
22:17Mace. Thank God that wasn't your opener, right? Oh, Mace. Come on, pal. Still Mace,
22:31new rivalry, mate. You could have won one and a half star matches. Mace and Grand, level one. All
22:36right. It's mid-card, who cares? Hey, Tyler Bates doing well for you, I see. He's my token specialist.
22:46That's what I need him for. He's there. A little token Brit. To just plug in the holes that I need.
22:51Yeah. This was originally, okay. So I'll talk about it now. This was originally going to be
22:55a charity promo, but I had to change some plans because after I booked my logistics and stuff for
23:01the show, I was short by $1. What? What for the whole show? $1. I was like, you can't just cut me
23:11a discount. Like $1, I was short. You might have gone over by two cents. So I changed it to not
23:18only cost zero, but also get money in the promo. Cause that's important. Yeah. Because you ran out
23:23of money, Pete. Because you're terrible with your finances. Isn't it weird how I ran out of money?
23:29I still didn't go over time. Isn't that crazy? I'm just going to have to call it there. It's
23:35really frustrating because I need this call out promo. I don't want to do an advertising promo
23:40for anyone. I'll leave it, I suppose. Let's confirm this booking and get this done. All right.
23:49Oh, I was meant to have a penalty this week as well. You sure were. Yeah. That'll have to be
23:52next week's episode. Good job I ended like a minute early on this one. Doesn't count. So I
23:58needed money, basically. And then also I changed some things around so I could buy a power card,
24:04but I was still $1 short for that. So I ended up just having $1 short the entire time. $1 short.
24:10Yeah. Anyway, give me some money, please. That'll do. You know, excellent promo. Well done,
24:15Tyler Bate. Lowered his popularity there, didn't you? That's fine. Cause you don't care. Don't
24:19care. Cause you just hire a load of people then never use them. Tyler, Tyler Bate, Tyler Bate,
24:24get me some money. Tony Khan over here. Dana Brooke versus Bailey. I booked Bailey in a match,
24:30Luke. That's how you do it. Dude, I booked Bailey in a match. It's actually putting her in a
24:34storyline and a feud. That's the real key to it. Uh-huh. Clearly. She's being here as the specialist.
24:40So Dana Brooke can get a match, but Carmela's going to run in, continuing that Carmela Brooke
24:43rivalry, hopefully. So here we go. Dana Brooke probably going to win. Yeah. Brooke gets the win
24:49here. Probably a DQ win. The grovelry didn't row, Pete. Do you want to mark that down? No.
25:01Look at the grovelry didn't row. Funnily enough, Luke, there is nothing to mark down.
25:06Because nothing has changed.
25:13Why won't the grovelry row?
25:17There comes Nakamura. Is he your top star? Yeah, he's up there. Yeah, absolutely. As a tag champ,
25:24he's well up there. He's in green. Yeah, he's a champ. Is that what it means? I thought green
25:30means it's your top one. No, it just means they're your champ currently. But my commissioning
25:35goal this week was Shinsuke Nakamura should not have a match. I was like, all right. Good little
25:40work around there. I can do that. Yeah. So give myself promo. Good promo. Plus three popularity.
25:45Love and life. Shinsuke, one of my top guys. Absolutely love it. And here we go. A rematch.
25:50Rematch. Come on, Tucker. You can win that title back, mate. Got an email from him being like,
25:55I'm not happy with my title loss last week. I need a rematch. I was like, that's fine. I
25:59wanted you to have a rematch anyway. But please, Tucker, I'm giving you the opportunities here.
26:03Just win it back. All right. Push Tucker. Stimulate it. I think it's an all-in win here.
26:10It's Tucker! Yes! Switches back! Yeah! And it didn't further the rivalry, Luke!
26:18Why? Why won't my rivalries row?
26:34Why won't the- It's fine. It's fine. It's only my main event feud. Yeah. Hopefully you've still
26:41got time to blow that up. I got Waking Wild and Ivar, and I got the women's tag feud this week.
26:49Okay. That's fine. Nothing's changed on that one.
26:54Well, here we go. It's happening on Monday Night Raw.
26:56Ooh, title match! Women's title match. Tables match as well, no less. Huge. After her run-in
27:02last week, you know, the fans have been clamoring for this one. So let's stimulate this, see if I
27:07can- It's going to be a huge match. Raise this up. Baszler retains. Of course the rivalry rose!
27:15The rivalry rose to a level two there, and a great, great opener. Delightful stuff.
27:22Great, great opener. Delightful stuff. We've got Naomi calling out Raquel Gonzalez,
27:28and that will grow the rivalry. So that is now also at a two right there.
27:34What am I missing? What am I missing here? Why are yours working?
27:37I've just got- I've got money, Pete.
27:41Can't believe this.
27:43Up next, it's an old classic from series one. Keith Lee vs Brute Force with Cedric
27:49playing the role of Mustafa Ali, doing a run-in. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
28:00It's good to see him back on the show. 28 popularity.
28:03And Brute Force wins! Brute Force wins! I don't care! I'm not looking to-
28:08We did further rivalry between Lee and Cedric though.
28:10Finally! Damn it.
28:11Bit of a quality here on this show. The rivalry did not row.
28:14The rivalry didn't row there. Thank god.
28:16But still, good for Brute Force.
28:18Good for Brute Force. It's the same- Brute Force has 28 popularity,
28:22and it was the same star rating as my whatever match I had that was one and a half stars.
28:27I can't remember my own card.
28:30I have Mace vs Grand Metalik.
28:32Yeah. Here we go. So this is Mandy Rose calling out Dakota Kai.
28:35Again. Yeah.
28:36It's a weak promo, but it does-
28:38Because it was the same as last week.
28:40Exactly, yeah. And I was going to switch around. However, Dakota Kai,
28:43she was in a match last week, was feeling the effect, so I was trying to rest her this week.
28:48Ah, makes sense. She's not on the show,
28:49so therefore, she recovers 12.
28:51Makes a lot of sense, that.
28:54I've got Bij vs Utility Player Slapjack.
28:57Nice, yeah.
28:58We're running by Demon.
28:59Okay. Stimulate it.
29:02Slapjack wins! Slapjack gets the win. Good boy, Slapjack.
29:05And it gets a new rivalry between Balla and Big E, which is what I was after.
29:10E. That's up to a one.
29:12Chariot Promo with Raquel Gonzalez.
29:14Uh-huh, yeah.
29:155,000 fans.
29:165,000 fans. Delightful stuff. Good promo. Thank you, Raquel.
29:18Totally fine.
29:19Your big heel.
29:20That's great.
29:21And a main event. Now, I slightly hurt Shinsuke Nakamura.
29:24Okay.
29:25This is the match I wanted to do last week. And, yeah.
29:29I always find that it's great when your champion is close to being injured.
29:33Oh, yeah.
29:33That's really fun.
29:34Yeah, yeah, yeah.
29:34Yeah, it's great.
29:35So, stimulate this, because I'm probably going to give him a rest next week.
29:39Brock Lesnar!
29:40Brock Lesnar!
29:41The new WWE champion!
29:43And it f***ing did start a rivalry!
29:45It's okay, because Nakamura's not doing anything anyway, I guess.
29:49Woof.
29:49Woof that.
29:50What's happening this season? Why won't our rivalries rose?
29:52Well, no. I got three of five.
29:55No, actually, no. I got four.
29:56Four of my five either started or rose this week.
30:02I've got one level two rivalry.
30:03Yeah, I've got three.
30:04Mm.
30:06So, that is a great opener and a great main event and two solid mid-card matches.
30:12That's a lie. It was a one and a half star and two.
30:14Solid.
30:17I believe the game called it disappointing.
30:20But everything else worked either way.
30:21So, that is...
30:22All right.
30:22I'm pretty, pretty pleased with that week.
30:25So, here.
30:26Jax, Morgan, Intermediate and Shotzi go to a level two rivalry.
30:28Great. It's my only frigging one.
30:30Yeah, level one here.
30:32I get a level one here, which doesn't really matter.
30:34That one didn't further anything and that didn't further anything.
30:37So, great.
30:40On Raw, also good booking.
30:42Yeah.
30:42Good booking.
30:43Yeah, it's solid.
30:45Level two is all around here.
30:46Yeah, except for the frigging main event.
30:50But, Matt, what a week for TV.
30:52Two new champions crowned.
30:54Exciting stuff.
30:54Gotta tune into these shows.
30:56Yes, gotta flick back and forth, you know.
30:58How are you gonna choose?
30:59How is Nakamura on both of them, though?
31:01Don't question it.
31:03Okay, let's get into your match reports.
31:06Here we go.
31:0882,000 fans.
31:09Not bad, not bad, not bad, not bad.
31:10Big week, big week.
31:11And I got money.
31:11Okay, 51 grand profit.
31:12That's good.
31:13That's good.
31:13Tidy, tidy, tidy, tidy.
31:15Good, good, good, good, good.
31:15All right.
31:17Okay.
31:18Handsman96.
31:21Shut up.
31:23That's what I say.
31:24All right.
31:25He is Tony Khan.
31:26All right.
31:27Hate when good matches end in DQ.
31:29I mean, look.
31:30Look.
31:32You're right.
31:33Anyway.
31:35Growing rivalry between Tamina and Shotzi.
31:37Makes it.
31:37And Jackson Morgan.
31:38Yeah, they get the spotlight.
31:40Yeah, that's what I do.
31:41Pushing the stars of the future.
31:43Mace getting even with Grand Metalik.
31:44You know?
31:45Loving the story.
31:46Loving the rivalry, you know.
31:48Your last one here from Randy.
31:50Makes me think that Randy's gonna send you an email being like,
31:52I want a rematch.
31:55You know, he probably will.
31:56And it all still won't start a f***ing rivalry.
32:02I'll still be at level one.
32:03Forever.
32:04So, am I number one or number two?
32:06Come on.
32:06Here we go.
32:07Moment of truth.
32:07Moment of truth for me.
32:09Three special effects booking and I am number one.
32:11Still.
32:12Dang it.
32:13First week really has buggered me there.
32:16I think it's probably.
32:16I think you might have won the week though.
32:18I think you're probably going to get more fans than me.
32:20More fans, yeah.
32:20So you're close to gap.
32:21But my first week hurt me so much, yeah.
32:23Let's find out.
32:23Let's go over here.
32:24How many fans you get this week?
32:2686.
32:27So yeah.
32:27So another 4,000 fans over me.
32:30Oh man.
32:30But even so, I thought that would be big activity.
32:32I had that charity promo as well.
32:34Oh yeah.
32:35What the f*** am I doing wrong?
32:36Eh.
32:37Well, sucks to suck, I guess.
32:38It does suck to suck, doesn't it?
32:40All right, Pete.
32:41You've won two in a row.
32:42You may, you may, okay, two in a row.
32:44That's fair enough.
32:45That's fair enough.
32:45But slow and steady.
32:49Crowns.
32:50I will get to that number one position.
32:52Come the pay-per-view.
32:53The crown.
32:54Heavy.
32:56I'll be number one.
32:58F*** off, Pete.
32:59So I don't know what to say about this game as well.
33:00I had all the optional bonuses.
33:02Yeah, same.
33:03I'm like, I had all the stars on the show.
33:07They're more popular than your stars are as well.
33:11They're in matches, big matches.
33:13Fair show though, isn't it?
33:14Yeah.
33:14More loyal fan base right here.
33:17I guess sometimes it's just a random thing.
33:19It's because I won last season.
33:22People want to watch this show more.
33:23That's how it works.
33:24Where'd Brute Force come from?
33:27Go back and check out series one.
33:28Where'd Brute Force come from?
33:30He's a well-known name.
33:31Household name, Brute Force.
33:33Exactly.
33:34Uh, I wonder if this guy had two run-ins.
33:37I don't think so.
33:38I mean, yeah, the show quality was a D.
33:41Match quality was a C.
33:42Eh, solid.
33:43Uh, just want to congratulate Mandy Rose on her new career in stand-up comedy.
33:49Good one, Dakota.
33:50I think she's the comedian round here.
33:52That's a good tweet.
33:54Well done, Dakota Kelly.
33:55Uh, what else we got here?
33:56Highly surprised that Big E lost to Slapjack.
33:59Thank you, Demon Finn Balor.
34:00I thought I was a fan for a second.
34:02I was like, why is that surprising?
34:05Lesnar takes the belt.
34:06Demon Finn Balor tweeting.
34:07And not Finn Balor, Demon Finn Balor tweeting.
34:11Just leaving smudges all over the screen.
34:15Uh, I love watching Nakamura fight, but he's looking tired.
34:17He sure as f**k is.
34:18He's gonna be arrested next week.
34:21Okay, right.
34:21Yep, that puts me in at number two.
34:23Pre-advertising booking, that's good.
34:25Good way to save some money, but...
34:26Good solid, good solid stuff.
34:28I am, yeah.
34:29Bloody hell, look at that.
34:30I'm at 20, less than 20,000 fans behind.
34:33Yeah, so what's that?
34:3510, uh, 18, 18,000 fans behind.
34:38Bugger.
34:39The thing is, it's all well and good on these week-to-week bits,
34:42but the pay-per-views is where the big swings happen.
34:44I guess so.
34:45So we'll just have to wait and see.
34:47I've got to keep, I'll keep building.
34:48I'll keep the faith.
34:49Yeah.
34:49I'm the underdog in this.
34:50And the thing is...
34:51Like I was in the last series.
34:53It was not a bad show, and you did well.
34:55If you just keep that momentum going.
34:57Just keep it up.
34:58At some point, I will mess up, and then you can just capitalise, you know?
35:02It's just how it works.
35:02It's all right.
35:03I'm not losing the faith.
35:04I'm feeling pretty, pretty good.
35:05I've got some cracking rivalries here.
35:07You do.
35:08That I should be able to blow off at the pay-per-view.
35:10I don't.
35:11So that may be your window to get in front.
35:16Sorry, Pete, your roster sucks.
35:20In that case...
35:21How dare you?
35:21He's got Tucker.
35:23Yeah.
35:25And you can watch that episode right now over at patreon.com forward slash WrestleTalk,
35:31where Pete, you can also get a little bit extra as well.
35:34What else can you get?
35:35You can get a little booking podcast with me and Luke,
35:37where we chat for about half an hour about this episode,
35:39our kind of thoughts, stories of production behind the scenes.
35:42There's, you're really going to want to listen to the episode one one,
35:45because we got some stories about what happened.
35:47Yeah.
35:48There'll be one for episode two as well over on Patreon right now.
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36:14Then that'll do it for this week's episode.
36:16We'll see you next week.
36:17Until then, I have been Luke Owen, DAD, representing Monday Night Raw.
36:21I'm Chopper Pete Quinnell, representing Monday Night Smackdown.
36:25Jam that jam!