any sport that I've ever done. It's been the same thing in football. I had to carry myself to a higher

standard because I was Rick Steiner's son, so there's a bar that I've got to live up to.

Welcome, welcome, welcome to After the Bell. I am still Corey Graves. Happy new year everybody.

Hopefully your hangover has worn off by now. We are here to ease you into the year 2022

on the best sports entertainment podcast in the world. And of course, joining me on this journey as

he does each and every week. The Sean Hunter to my Corey Matthews. That's a good one.

Whew. The voice of NXT 2.0, Vic Joseph. Vic, what's the word, my friend?

It made me a little emotional. I just got done wrapping up the Boy Meets World series with my

travels as a matter of fact. Nothing. It's funny to hear 2022 for some reason because it seems

like when you go on whether it's social media, you turn on the news and everything going around

in the world. I feel like we're still stuck in 2020. Speaking for yourself, Vic, you might feel

like it's Groundhog Day. I received all the validation over the past week that I have ever needed

to solidify the fact that I am indeed the Oracle of WWE. You've seen the Matrix.

Parts of it. I've never seen any of them all the way through.

Wow. Wow. Every week you jeopardize our friendship.

Ah, sorry. The Oracle, the all-knowing, the one who was able to predict NEO's future.

I'll be it slightly inaccurately. Let's not argue minutiae.

That was about to say, I know enough about it to say that's not necessarily true.

I have been clamoring for it for quite some time. Last week on this show, it was my bold prediction

for the year 2022 that we would finally get it. Full disclosure, I had no expectation we were

going to get it this soon. But we are now staring down the barrel at Royal Rumble where we will

finally see the Beast incarnate Brock Lesnar, one-on-one with the Almighty Bobby Lashley.

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