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Yeah, welcome in for a wrestling fans here on a weekend edition of Busted Open podcast edition. I'm your weekend host Ryan McKinnell got the world's strongest man Mark Henry along the way and on this Saturday edition of Busted Open. We take a look back at Friday night.

Both rampage and smackdown had plenty for us to talk about including Paul Heyman on animals and hilarious Brock Lesnar what is going on we turn the page over to rampage no pun intended as hook made his AEW debut in my what a debut it was we talk about that inside.

And also on this episode we hear from Mike Bennett and Maria Cannellus to ring honor staples ahead of Saturday's ring of honor final battle the final show in ring of honor history we will hear from Mike and Maria and get their thoughts favorite memories and expectations of what's going down at final battle all you got to do is sit back relax click play let's get it going Busted Open on a Saturday.

Paul Heyman dropping some some edibles talk there on a Friday night edition of smackdown also is for as much as I loved that reference and Paul Heyman getting a little TV MA there I don't know if you want to call it that but I really love the idea of a Sammy Zane and Brock Lesnar mousse hunting show or just hunting show nature show.

But it by my dreams and hopes for certainly soon thereafter crashed mark and it realized that Sammy and Brock aren't going to be friends and I'm not going to get that hunting show that I didn't even know I wanted until well they teased it damn it.

Yeah well I mean Sammy did not get the worst of that encounter those two medics God bless their souls if they're still alive.

Brock through them as hard as you can see a human being being thrown and it was out of that control.

The ropes stop them if they had hit the roads they would hit the wall or ended up in the crowd it was crazy I love the version of Brock that we're seeing in terms of that that comedic timing and sort of bringing that levity to the storylines then obviously with Heyman you know making reference to the edibles and all that it's all very enjoyable.

But but again it's the edginess that I'm enjoying it's the new wrinkles with Lesnar's character that I'm enjoying and you kind of made reference to it at least in terms of the edginess mark that you feel in some level that might be in response to what's happening or the other product with all elite wrestling.

Yeah I mean AWS is basically right now setting the template for how promos are done crowd interaction letting the fans dictate where does where everything goes the way that it used to be when I was a kid and not to be over produced.

We've seen a lot from Brock Lesnar over the last 20 years I don't know if we've seen this version of Brock Lesnar the levity the comedy the just the ease at which he's the interaction with with everybody else normally he stands apart from everybody else the only time that we got to see this Brock Lesnar was a very small sample size which you and I both pop so many times.

The bridge over is when we when we got radio Brock Lesnar with the line the bank box and now we have the boom box Brock every week full time interacting with the fans and him just him looking at the hard camera and smiling it does something to my soul.

And I think that this is going to be the best thing that could have ever happened to Brock because Brock has got a good personality y'all like he's got a he's very entertaining his timing is very good.

And now we get to see that because he's not stone faced he's not angry Brock all the time now you notice when Paul haven't started saying raining defending Brock face turned red his expression changed like Brock can turn it on and turn it off and that's that's the specialist of who he is but.

I think this is I just want to point that out that this is a Brock that we've only seen one time and that was quite a while ago and now we get that Brock every week is awesome.

As you talk about this version of Brock and and that that interaction with Heyman and the the raining defending and Brock's nuance and the look i'm glad you pointed it out because I picked up on that as well and it speaks volumes to what these two are doing his characters it's obviously you know highly enjoyable what do you think that means though for the future of Brock Lesnar and Paul Heyman because I still don't know exactly where Heyman's allegiance lies.

And I think there's still maybe some issues in terms and well it lies with Paul that's where lies okay that's fair if if if if if Roman Reigns is teeterian on the on the way out then Paul Heyman is going to be with Brock if Roman Reigns is trending upward and it looks like he's going to be with Brock.

And it looks like Brock is not quite going to get be up to snuff because comedic Brock may not be able to topple off the planet the sun that is Roman Reigns then Paul is going to sign with Roman Reigns.

It's just that simple self preservation is Paul Heyman's greatest weapon he always has went with the guy CM Punk come on man he's one with the guy.

Hell he's been around with Undertaker like this this goes on so you tell me you mean you think that Paul Heyman will ever be on the loose inside.

No sir I know he never will he knows he knows he knows he knows how to keep Paul over.

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