BOAD: London Called for a Banger Smackdown

Busted Open

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Mark Henry, Professional Wrestling, Nxt, Njpw, Dave Lagreca, Tommy Dreamer, News, Leisure, Sports, Wwe, Sports News, Ring Of Honor, Aew, Bully Ray, Wrestling

4.6 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 17 January 2026

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Mark Henry reacts to the first Smackdown of Drew McIntyre's reign as WWE Champion in London. Plus, he breaks down Cody Rhodes' declaration for the Royal Rumble as well as Carmelo Hayes' US Open Challenge being answered by TNA's X Division Champion Leon Slater.

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0:00.0	What's going on guys? The World Strongest Man. We're going to react to Drew McIntyre, his first
0:04.4	appearance in the UK as the WWE Undisputed Champion on the Busted Open podcast.
0:14.7	This is the busted open podcast. This was the show where you thought that the tournament, the number one contenders
0:27.3	qualifying tournament, it delivered.
0:31.7	I love tournaments.
0:33.5	I mean, some people, you know, they live for March Madness.
0:37.7	Well, when you have tournaments like this, it's like March Madness come early.
0:43.7	Because, you know, I was sitting here with my guy, Andre, let me introduce the team.
0:49.9	We got Andre.
0:52.7	We got Sasumu tonight.
0:57.0	Guys, we were in for a treat.
1:00.0	I mean, you can't help but start the show by the thing that was the most pressing.
1:08.0	How was Drew McIntyre going to be looked at and viewed
1:12.8	in his first showing as the champion?
1:19.9	Did not disappoint.
1:23.3	There was a couple of points where Drew McIntyre had to catch himself.
1:29.7	The emotion of being the champion in Europe, by the way,
1:37.4	he got to be at home in Scotland and then you get to you get to London you get to
1:48.2	Manchester you get like they do all of the shows that the live events as well as the
1:55.5	televised shows he got to say his piece in front of his countrymen,
2:05.2	his European brethren, if you will.
2:10.3	And the pyro, the entrance that he had,
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