What's up, everybody? You're listening to Busted Open After Dark. As we head into TNA Rebellion, we break down what went down on T&A wrestling's impact.

This is the busted open podcast.

Again, it was the go home show for Rebellion. And Rebellion has some pretty big matchups.

Of course, the big title matchup between Mike Santana defending the TNA World Championship

against Eddie Edwards.

And I actually want to start there.

I was pleasantly surprised today by how good this back and forth promo between Eddie Edwards and

Mike Santana was. Now, I shouldn't say I was so surprised because here's the thing. They've

had some good back and forth. They've gotten very personal. They have both brought up family

issues, family dynamics.

They've both talked about their fathers.

They've thrown some shots in there.

Eddie Edwards today talking about Mike Santana's daughter.

They've gotten very personal.

But I think today was the one that I enjoyed the most.

And I got to tell you, Eddie Edwards brought up some really great points.

Today, he brought up the fact that Mike Santana left TNA, he stayed, and brought up that he

was in the shadows of the inner circle.

Now, he says it a lot better,

so I'm going to roll Eddie Edwards audio,

and then we're going to break it down.

When things got difficult around here,

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