The Wrestling Thread: WWE WrestleMania 31 [NSFW]

[Mockmaster]

Just cancelled the network. Not used it in about 3 months anyways. Might see yas later if WM isn't gooseberry fool.

You know it's free during February? May as well wait until end of the month to cancel, then you at least get Fast Lane.

[Johnny Ryall]

But I will fall into their trap and forget to cancel.

[Mockmaster]

I'll remind you on the 29th Feb

[Christopher]

You're one of the good guys...

I'll remind you on the 29th Feb

[Rog]

I can't wait for the crowds reaction tonight. HHH hyping to end the controversy, crowd thinking it will be DB getting a shot only for him to bring out Curtis Axel to fight Reigns for the shot

[CuriousOyster]

How did people with UK accounts sign up to WWE Network? Just cancelled my US one than there isn't a UK option in the country drop down bit. Hmmm.

[Codename 47]

I can't wait for the crowds reaction tonight. HHH hyping to end the controversy, crowd thinking it will be DB getting a shot only for him to bring out Curtis Axel to fight Reigns for the shot

Yeah I do get the feeling we're going to see HHH at his trolling best tonight

One theory I did see was he might focus on the Rock's involvement in things at the Rumble and how he stopped the Authority from dealing with Reigns after he eliminated Show and Kane. Imagine if he made a tag match with Reigns' main event spot on the line and Rock inadvertently cost Reigns the match

And CuriousOyster, from what i remember i just clicked the link they sent in an e-mail about the Network being available in the UK and just took it from there really.

[KK]

How did people with UK accounts sign up to WWE Network? Just cancelled my US one than there isn't a UK option in the country drop down bit. Hmmm.

WWE have put it as GB (Great Britain)...for some reason.

[CuriousOyster]

How did people with UK accounts sign up to WWE Network? Just cancelled my US one than there isn't a UK option in the country drop down bit. Hmmm.

WWE have put it as GB (Great Britain)...for some reason.

That also seems to have disappeared from the list for the time being as well, cheers anyway . Strange as Ireland is there, ill try again in a few days.

[Dangerblade]

Just read this and made a huge face:

Kane signs a new 5 and a half year contract

...then realised I was in the football thread

[degoose]

Just read this and made a huge face:

Kane signs a new 5 and a half year contract

...then realised I was in the football thread

[Codename 47]

I'm guessing I'm the only one dumb enough to be tuning into Raw live I didn't actually think they'd go through with putting Reigns' shot on the line. If Bryan beats Rollins then it definitely creates a lot more doubt and interest in the Fast Lane PPV. I can't see it happening, mainly because I can't see what they'd do with Reigns instead at WM (other than a hastly put together Rock feud ). I can see them hoping a quality singles match will end the boos.

[Psychic]

Did JBL just say Cena vs Rusev was originally set for Wrestlemania?

[KK]

Did JBL just say Cena vs Rusev was originally set for Wrestlemania?

I think it still is, so the match might not get a proper finish at FL.

[Cosmo]

I turned off RAW as soon as Big Show's music hit after that opening 30 minute segment. I think I'm done with WWE. Imma gonna go watch Impact.

[KK]

Location: Pepsi Center, Denver
Commentators: Michael Cole, Booker T, and John "Bradshaw" Layfield

- David Otunga resurfaced on the WWE RAW Pre-Show, joining Corey Graves and Scott Stanford.

Hour 1

Monday Night RAW began with ballyhoo & the arrival of Triple H and Stephanie McMahon for their major announcement concerning Roman Reigns and the Royal Rumble last Sunday. Stephanie was waving like The Queen. Meanwhile the entire WWE locker room were shown watching on from backstage. Stephanie welcomed everyone to the show. See said the Superbowl game was incredible last night. Crowd booed. Hunter mockingly said he hopes the NFL can survive all the controversy, what with the #CancelTheNFLNetwork movement on social media...Stephanie said however that she understands the outrage concerning the Royal Rumble, and therefore they are going to do something about it. HHH said Big Show and Kane shouldn't have gotten involved and re-entered the Rumble match - rather like the Sea Hawks it was unsportsmanlike behaviour. The real problem is with The Rock. He has no business in the WWE. Crowd chanted "Rocky". He is one of the biggest superstars ever, transcending the industry, but he is not a WWE superstar any longer therefore had no business getting involved in the Rumble. Triple H said it was time to stop letting people back in WWE just because fans would like to see them. He let Sting get away with it at Survivor Series. He came back and affected the course of the company, therefore it stops at Fast Lane. He wants Sting to look him eye-to-eye, man-to-man. HHH promised it would be resolved once and for all. Crowd chanted "We want Sting". Stephanie unimpressed, said they'd get him on the WWE Network for the low price of $9.99. But that problem brings us back to the original problem...and the winner of the Rumble match. What would have happened had The Rock not interfere; there could have been a different winner. So it makes them question if that outcome should still apply. Roman Reigns will go down in the record books as the Rumble winner, but should he go down to face Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania? Before she could continue, Roman Reigns stormed through the crowd and into the ring. Crowd booed. 'So you're telling me I won the rumble match and the right to main event WrestleMania and you're going to take that way from me? Hell no.' Hunter and Roman went face to face. Stephanie stepped in between the two and told Reigns to calm down. She said Roman spoke eloquently last week about his family, & nobody else apart from her understands what its like to be apart of a generational legacy. The family he wants to impress is the very reason why he shouldn’t be in the main event of WrestleMania. Daniel Bryan's music then hit and he came out. Crowd chanted "YES!". Bryan told Reigns that he's sorry that they're messing with him too, as he had to deal with that for a long time. But how about the controversy of stripping him of the title and never giving him a rematch? Bryan chimed in that if there's a World title shot on the line at WrestleMania, then he's throwing his name in the hat. Hunter responded by saying that there was nothing out of the ordinary stripping him of the title as he had failed his contractual obligations. Guess we'll just forget Brock Lesnar never defending the title then. Hunter said Bryan would have received a rematch but instead he entered himself into the Rumble even though he should never have been in there in the first place. However Brock did never defeat him, and Bryan never lost. Seth Rollins, accompanied by J&J Security, then strutted out. As he was talking they cut Seth Rollins' microphone off, Stephanie quipping nobody could hear him as RAW headed to commercial at the 18 minute mark.

Back from break, the monumentally long opening segment rolled on. Seth Rollins, who for some reason was only just getting into the ring, joked "Live TV, eh? Hahaha". Seth said this was getting ridiculous. You can say that again. Brock Lesnar would eat Bryan alive; he got himself hurt - welcome to the deep end "where the big boys play". What is this, WCW? Reigns on the other hand wouldn't have even won if it wasn't for The Rock. Rollins continued, saying that if anyone deserves to main event WrestleMania it's the man that stole the show at the Rumble: it's Mr Money in the Bank. Hunter said as everyone is aware they listen to the WWE Universe. Stephanie then whispered something to her husband. Finally Triple H announced a change of plans: Daniel Bryan will take on Seth Rollins later tonight, with the winner going on to Fast Lane to face Roman Reigns. The winner of that match then gets Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania. Booker T on commentary said Reigns had just got screwed big time. The Authority said that all Reigns had to do to stop all the booing was simply accept the stipulations. Roman was thoroughly unimpressed. Stephanie said this is Roman's chance to prove to the WWE Universe and his family that he belongs in the main event. Bryan said not to listen to The Authority, as when he wins against Rollins, the two of them can rip each other apart & tear the house down at Fast Lane. Rollins claimed nobody wanted to see Reigns vs. Bryan; if Reigns doesn't accept the offer it's because he's scared of facing him. Hunter & Steph asked if Reigns would accept the challenge. Crowd chanted "YES!". Stephanie claimed this to be the most defining moment in his career. Reigns thought about it for a while before saying 'screw it, lets do it'. Hunter told Roman not to go anywhere. Big Show then made his way out for a rematch from Thursday's SmackDown. After an ungodly long promo, RAW headed back to commercial at 28.

Match 1: Big Show (w/Seth Rollins and J&J Security) defeated Roman Reigns at 2:40 with a Chokeslam after Rollins clipped Reigns in the spine with the briefcase while the referee was contending with J&J Security.

In the RAW office, Stephanie and Hunter were watching what had just transpired in the ring. 'That was a lot easier than I thought it was going to be'. They laughed at how easy it was to manipulate everyone. They noted how they didn't even have to say they would strip Roman of his WrestleMania match, even though that wouldn't have been possible in reality. They both joked around that they knew Daniel Bryan would come out. Big Show took care of Reigns, and Seth will take care of Bryan tonight and Reigns at Fast Lane. Hunter said Stone Cold can ask him anything, as he will simply manipulate Austin just like they did everyone else tonight.

The announcers asked us to tweet questions for the Steve Austin Podcast later using #AskTripleH.

Curtis Axel stormed out and demanded people not to turn the channel as he had something to say. Axel said he was never eliminated from the Rumble match and was therefore demanding justice. JBL said he was "Thinking about changing the channel". Axel climbed onto the turnbuckle and pointed at the WrestleMania sign, & said he wanted Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania for the WWE title. The commentators just laughed their tits off at this seemingly ludicrous prospect. Dean Ambrose then interrupted and beat him up immediately, chucking Axel out of the ring. "Now you're eliminated." Ambrose said that as everyone was out here making demands, he had one of his own. Last week he took a long walk that resulted in him looking around at WWE Headquarters, with its posters and photos of past champions. 2 weeks ago he pinned BadNewsBarrett, therefore he is in line for an Intercontinental championship match. In a mock English accent, "I'm afraid I've got some bad news." Ambrose told us to strap ourselves in for a wild ride on the road to Fast Lane. Curtis Axel then got back in the ring and attacked Ambrose, but was quickly put down with a clothesline and the Dirty Deeds double arm DDT.

In celebration of Black History Month we got a look at Ernie "The Big Cat" Ladd.

Match 2: In another rematch from SmackDown, The Ascension defeated Goldust and Stardust in 2:00. Neither team received an entrance. Cody Rhodes chastised his brother in the ring at the loss & then stormed off up the aisle.

Stardust was shown pacing up and down backstage muttering to himself. Goldust turned up and attempted to grab his attention, before then calling him Cody. Stardust snapped back "Don't ever call me Cody again" and stormed off.

Having got that wrestling gooseberry fool out of the way, John Cena made his way out for yet more incessant talking. There is something noticeably wrong with Cena's right eye. He stated he was half blind and almost broken but there was no way he was missing RAW from Denver. Cena noted how later Triple H will have to sit down with Stone Cold Steve Austin to talk about the state of the WWE. Steve Austin is not afraid of Triple H, so he can't wait to see how Hunter dances around Austin's questioning. On SmackDown Triple H said John Cena is the past.

5 minutes of wrestling in the opening hour...

Hour 2

Crowd chanted "Cena sucks" interspersed with a few boos. He said that Hunter has Seth Rollins in his back pocket, and an NXT roster ready to take his spot. Triple H has a vision for WWE and his vision doesn't have John Cena in it. The crowd tell him he sucks right to his face. Triple H meanwhile will do business with him in the ring, but he's too afraid to fire him as then he'd have to answer to TV affiliates, sponsors & board members. Triple H doesn't care what the people want. The Authority try and test his resolve in lopsided matches. Cena vowed that no matter the mountain, he will never give up. And along the way they all get to witness history making moments. They then aired Sting's arrival on RAW from 2 weeks ago. Cena said he owes Sting a heartfelt thank you for bringing back the following superstars. Ryback, Dolph Ziggler and Erik Rowan all walked out to Ryback's entrance music. Cena said these 3 men are proof The Authority can be beat. Stephanie interrupted on the TitanTron. Ziggler asked if Stephanie ever gets tired having them overcome all these obstacles. Steph replied that none of them have been fighting any battles as everyone has been fighting their battles for them. Stephanie than told Ziggler that as he had decided to mouth off and interrupt her first, he will get to face Bray Wyatt later tonight. Rusev meanwhile will face Erik Rowan and Ryback will be in action next. Crowd chanted "Feed me more". Stephanie said he will be fed until he chokes and gags, against Luke Harper.

Match 3: Ryback pinned Luke Harper off the Meat Hook clothesline followed by Shellshocked in 6:00.

Natalya set up a double date on the App apparently. Tyson was unimpressed by this.

Cesaro can apparently "clean and jerk" according to Booker T on commentary...

Match 4: Cesaro (w/Natalya and Tyson Kidd) defeated Jimmy Uso (w/Jey and Naomi) in 6:00 with an Uppercut as Jimmy was coming off the top rope. After the match Tyson nailed Jey with a dropkick as he was checking on his brother.

They plugged the Network being free for new subscribers in the month of February.

Mizdow was shown getting some food backstage for Miz at catering. A stage hand turned up and asked for an autograph...Mizdow's autograph. After Mizdow happily signed it, Miz tore it up & told the nerd to beat it. An extremely agitated Miz then told Mizdow that he just doesn't get it, & we know how this story ends up playing out: a real star like himself throws a bone to a nobody like Mizdow and it ends up going to their head. That nobody becomes a jerk. Miz said that he made Mizdow relevant and gave him a purpose in life, and now Mizdow was throwing it all away. Miz screamed he was the worst stunt double he had ever seen. "You are fired." Miz stated that as he is big into philanthropy, Mizdow was now going to be his Personal Assistant instead. Later tonight he has a match against Sin Cara, which is apt as in Spanish it means "faceless", which is what Mizdow will become if he defies him. Miz then demanded Mizdow go make a Nutri-bullet protein shake.

John Cena was shown looking all glum in his locker room when Erik Rowan walked in. Rowan said he used to be treated like an animal and an outcast. Nobody has ever stood up for him like that. Erik then thanked Cena. Cena told Rowan that he will have to be at the top of his game, and not take Rusev lightly. Both men shook hands and Cena wished him luck.

Steve Austin was shown preparing with a stage-hand backstage.

Match 5: In a really good match, Bray Wyatt pinned Dolph Ziggler in 15:00 with Sister Abigail.

Hour 3

We got a recap of the opening segment, just in case you fell asleep by the time they actually got to the strawberry floating point.

Back in the RAW office, Stephanie and Hunter were looking at her fitness DVD box. Seth Rollins walked in and said it was a "phenomenal DVD", and almost as good as their plan tonight. Steph and HHH said they had to appease the crowd a little bit with Daniel Bryan, but they wouldn't for a moment consider Bryan going to Fast Lane, let alone WrestleMania. It's simply a sign of their confidence in Seth Rollins. They thought Randy Orton was the face of the WWE, but he didn't get it. He turned into a complainer. Rollins said tonight he will punch his ticket to Fast Lane and stomp out the YES! Movement once and for all.

Brie and Nikki were out for commentary. Paige faces Nikki for the Divas' Championship on PPV.

Match 6: Paige vs. Alicia Fox. During the match WWE completely lost their International feeds in the UK and Canada for about 3 minute & therefore missed the finish and aftermath.

We got a video package on Miz guest staring on Sirens tomorrow on USA Network. It included a load of insincere fawning over how funny Miz apparently is.

They replayed Miz chastising Mizdow from earlier.

Match 6: Sin Cara defeated Miz (w/Mizdow) in 5:00 when Miz was too busy chastising Mizdow on the ring apron & Sin Cara rolled him up.

Bray Wyatt cut a promo on the TitanTron. He said he's been watching someone for a long time, and how people used to fear this individual. Bray claimed to be the new face of fear, and then said he couldn't wait to see this person again. Bray asked this unknown to find him.

Before any match could take place United States Champion Rusev demolished Erik Rowan & put him in the Camel Clutch. Some of the camera work tonight has been unusually appalling. Lana said now they had everyone's attention they would like to welcome everyone to a very special movie première. This film will show the future of John Cena or any man that attempts to oppose Rusev. A short propaganda video aired of Rusev dismantling various people. John Cena, the horribly booked coward that he is, was nowhere to be seen. Some friend he is. Either intentionally or by accident, the Russian flag then failed to descend from the ceiling. Rusev lost it in the ring and grabbed the Russian flag that was on the outside and waved that around instead.

Roman Reigns was shown sitting in his locker room looking miserable when Daniel Bryan walked in. Reigns claimed he doesn't get mad, "I get even". Bryan told Reigns that he hoped he wasn't thinking of getting it at Fast Lane against Rollins. Reigns asked if that was a threat, and proclaimed he didn't care who he faces. Heeling it up, he then told Bryan to get the hell out of his locker room.

Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins or Daniel Bryan will be on MizTV Thursday on SmackDown.

Main Event: Daniel Bryan beat Seth Rollins (w/J&J Security and Big Show) at 17:00. Roman Reigns came out and Speared Big Show and Joey Mercury on the outside. With the referee distracted with Jamie Noble, Reigns' delivered a Superman punch to Rollins, allowing Bryan to nail a Running Knee for the pin.

Over-run

Renee Young attempted to get a word with Triple H backstage on what he'd just seen. Hunter said whatever he had to say he'd say to Austin next on the podcast.

Back in the ring, Michael Cole 'interviewed' Daniel Bryan. Bryan said it was the fans who had got him here, and he would now go on to Fast Lane, defeat Roman Reigns (which garnered a considerable amount of boos oddly enough) & main event WrestleMania. As the commentators recapped the night, Bryan celebrated to take RAW off the air!

The amount of talking in the first hour and a half was just strawberry floating ridiculous.

[Rog]

So Reigns to turn heel on Bryan?

[Skippy]

Slim chance, I doubt it.

More likely WWE are taking a risk and hoping to boost Reigns' popularity by pairing him with Bryan, who is their best performer and will make Reigns look good. The trick will be how they manage Reigns winning

[Mockmaster]

Did the Austin-Trips podcast happen after RAW?

[Skippy]

Did the Austin-Trips podcast happen after RAW?

Yeah. Read a report and it sounded really good, and very "real". They referenced kayfabe and the booking process a lot. Here's what I read:

- We're live from backstage at the Pepsi Center in Denver with Steve Austin and Triple H. Austin talks about how hot fans were when sending feedback for the podcast. Austin brings up the controversy surrounding the Royal Rumble. Austin says it seems like kayfabe is dead and asks Triple H how hard it is to book with that. He says it's rough. Triple H brings up the different component that is the internet and how fans quickly see when the company gets behind someone. Triple H brings up how some places were booing Roman Reigns out of the building because they think that's the push he's getting but nobody booed him at this weekend's live events. Austin says some fans feel like Reigns hasn't earned the push yet. Triple H says there's one guy calling the shots - Vince McMahon. Triple H says the Rumble was talked over and debated. He says there were lots of suggestions. He says Vince takes all those ideas and puts them together. Triple H says nobody is perfect - Vince, himself and the writing team. He says Vince doesn't always make the right call but has a pretty good track record.

- They give props to Seth Rollins and Daniel Bryan for their match on RAW. Austin brings up the resentment for Reigns and Triple H says it's a tough environment. Triple H talks about how half of the people have booed John Cena while half have cheered him but he was selling out arenas. Triple H says it's hard to find the star that every single person likes. Triple H talks about how they knew who they were targeting in the Attitude Era but now there are so many age groups and demographics that they cover. Triple H mentions how dirt sheets were rare back in the day but even major media outlets give you the inside of the business these days. Austin says he hasn't seen Twittr feedback yet but believes that tonight's RAW may have quelled some of the resentment towards Reigns. He says Reigns shined tonight and what he did at the end of RAW helped him. Austin says he needed that and Triple H agrees. Triple H says people say all the time that Reigns isn't ready and Triple H says nobody is really ready for "that." Austin agrees. Triple H says you think you know what it means to be that guy until you get there and put a whole different world of pressure on yourself.

Triple H talks about how he wasn't ready in 1996 and if he would have won King of the Ring instead of Austin then he would have failed. Triple H says he knew he wasn't ready and doesn't think he would have succeeded. Austin is looking to forward to seeing how the main event picture unfolds going into WrestleMania. Triple H talks about how WWE is a never ending book and you can't really knock today because you don't know what's next. Austin asks what Triple H's exit strategy if he didn't marry Stephanie McMahon. Triple H believes he would be in a similar place, working behind-the-scenes. He says he fell in love with the creative and "making of" pro wrestling as much as the other side. He talks about falling in love with working with talents and other aspects of the business, and talking to Vince McMahon about it long before he got with Stephanie. He talks about what he gets out of working with the talents at NXT. He says hats off to Vince for allowing him that. Austin has our first Twitter question - does he think it's beneficial for a talent to go to a wrestling school and then the PC or work the indies. He says it depends on the guy. He talks about Kurt Angle and praises him, talking about how he picked up the business faster than anyone he's seen. He says sometimes it's hard to knock some of the bad habits of the indies out of a guy. Some indie guys come in and they're a sponge, some come in and think their way is the only way.

He says they're not trying to change indie talents, he wants them to come in and work the ways that their fans like. He mentions WWE being the most successful wrestling company for a reason. Austin talks about what he likes about NXT. Regarding the format and content of NXT, Triple H says he listens to the fanbase but thinks about what would he want to watch sometimes. He knows what his core group is for NXT and what they're looking for. He tries to script less promo-wise and let the talents learn, find their voice and learn from mistakes. Austin asks if NXT is still a developmental territory. Triple H says it is because he doesn't know anyone there that doesn't want to get to RAW or SmackDown but at the same time they've created another brand. He wants to put NXT on the road in front of crowds. He brings up how Finn Balor has wrestled all over the world as Fergal Devitt. He talk about working with Balor on his entrance a few months ago and Balor was overwhelmed because nobody has ever explained cameras and stuff like that to him as in Japan, they just sent him the ring and told him to do his job. He talks about how he has a camera feed running to his office of talents working on various aspects of their character and he can give feedback from his office. The next Twitter question asks if Triple H sees who has what it takes to be the next John Cena or Hulk Hogan. He sees a lot of guys and girls who have the "it" factor but the business is different now. He says you can't just be an in-ring guy or a promo guy or a big guy or a flip & flop guy. They both say the more pieces you have to your puzzle, the clearer the picture. Triple H talks about how The Undertaker character could have been given to 100 different guys to fail but "Mark" took Vince McMahon's idea and became it. Triple H calls it the most awesome character that's ever been in the business.

Austin brings up fans saying Roman Reigns is being given the brass ring that Vince McMahon talked about. Triple H says he's known Reigns and he busts his ass. He says Reigns deserves it as much as anyone else. Austin asks if Chyna will ever go into the Hall of Fame. Triple H says it's one of those questions that get asked a lot and does she deserve it? He says she completely 100% transcended the business and did what no woman ever did before. He says she was awesome at it and was a phenomenal talent. He says the other stuff happened and he's not getting into it but there is no beef with Chyna on his side. From a career stand-point, she should be in the Hall of Fame. He says the flip side is that he has an 8 year old kid... his kid goes on the web to Google Chyna and what comes up? He says he's not criticizing anyone's lifestyle choices but it's the fact of what it is - a difficult choice. He says the Hall of Fame is a difficult situation with a lot of talents. He talks about getting Bruno Sammartino back on good terms with WWE. Austin asks which was tougher - Bruno or The Ultimate Warrior. He says Warrior was different because they had no trust, they had a bad history to get over before they began talking again. He says Warrior was misunderstood a lot. They both agree that there was a lot of miscommunication there. Triple H says they would get past "it" but Warrior could never let "it" go. Austin asks who was more influential - DX or the nWo. He says DX probably did more over the course of time but at first, the nWo shifted the business. If he could go back in time and face anyone who would it be? Triple H says Buddy Rogers because of how he looked and how he carried himself. Triple H says Rogers could manipulate the crowd and had a larger than life presence.

Austin says people want to know Triple H's thoughts about CM Punk and brings up Punk's podcast comments on Triple H. Triple H laughs that they are cool. Triple H says he has never had a beef with Punk. Triple H says Punk held a grudge over some things not working out. He says Punk is a weird guy and he doesn't mean that in a bad way. He talks about how it was hard to communicate or get to know Punk. He ays people would tell him that Punk is livid and about to quit but he would go ask what's wrong and Punk would act calm and say everything is cool. Austin asks if Punk can come back to WWE. Triple H says if it's best and what the fans want then he hope they can get past it. He regrets that they couldn't get past the other stuff. Austin wants to do some word association:

Shawn Michaels - greatest in-ring performer, Austin agrees

Ric Flair - greatest all around performer, Austin agrees

Kevin Nash - very under-rated mind for the business but hard to get past his personality on if he doesn't like you or if he does, very blunt

Scott Hall - the guy he learned the most from walking in the door at WWE, one of the most under-rated performers, an awesome psychologist

Eddie Guerrero - awesome, said he misses him huge. said Eddie was so fun when he would just let go and be Eddie

Bill Goldberg - he would credit Goldberg with changing the intensity of the business, had an explosive intensity

Paul Heyman - walks the fine line between crazy and genius

Owen Hart - one of the nicest guys he knew and one of the funniest guys he knew, a tragic situation. He said Owen was one of the guys that were so good in the ring that he could have the wort match of the night on purpose

Bret Hart - an unbelievable technician, maybe takes himself too seriously sometimes, unbelievable in the ring

The Undertaker - respect.

Kane - under-rated, a constant. Austin agrees and says Kane is solid

Pat Patterson - a genius for the business, someone he respects so much

Michael Hayes - so under-rated for his contributions to the buinesss across the board

Austin asks if Triple H prefers pro wrestler or sports entertainer. Triple H understands the distinction. He loves wrestling because it's what they do at the end of the day. He understands that pro wrestler is limiting. He says people play pee-wee league football but few make it to the NFL. He says lots of people wrestle but few make it to being a WWE Superstar. Austin asks about the contract status of Brock Lesnar. Triple H says they're constantly talking to Brock and it comes down to what Brock wants to do. Triple H says maybe Brock feels he has unfinished business somewhere but they have a good relationship. They both talk about how special it is when Lesnar comes out and raises hell. Austin asks if The Streak should have been broken or should have it remained. Triple H says that's a debate and he doesn't know. He can understand the value in both ways. Austin asks about tomorrow's SmackDown tapings. He asks about the Seattle Seahawks and the way they lost Super Bowl 49. He thinks the Seahawks over-thought the play. Austin says someone is in his ear wrapping him up. Triple H jokes that he must have zero stroke and he can get 10 more minutes. Austin says it's Kevin Dunn in his ear. Triple H calls him a big gorilla right now. Apparently Dunn tells Austin five more minutes. Triple H says he's going to get yelled at. Austin asks about scripted promo and if officials trust talents or not. Triple H says there is some sort of trust level with skill and because it's live TV and they have to be careful with what's said. Austin asks if Triple H could change one thing about RAW what would it be. Triple H says if anything, it would be back to two hours. He says the third hour of TV is so hard to write that he can't even describe it. Austin asks if they're married to the idea three hours each week. Triple H says he thinks it's a Vince call and a finance call but he tries to avid those meetings. He says it's a lot harder show to write. Triple H say he would like to see Divas get more time and attention. Austin brings up the NXT Divas. Triple H says they have a lot of women that watch the product. Austin asks when Triple H will return to the ring. Triple H says he doesn't want to give anything away but it's coming. Either that or he's training twice a day for nothing. Austin asks how training is going and Triple H says he feels great.

He says he doesn't have aches or pains, he moves around and plays with his kids just fine. Triple H says they want to do this again and talk about how Austin used to potato him in the ring. Austin wraps it up and signs off.