Cody Rhodes Off Script Promo, Pat McAfee RUINED WrestleMania, Chris Jericho AEW Return, Mercedes Moné Controversy | The Two Count
Off The Script w/JDfromNY
JDfromNY
4.6 • 964 Ratings
🗓️ 8 April 2026
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
On this week’s episode of The Two Count with Jonathan Coachman, we break down the biggest stories across WWE and AEW, including major WrestleMania developments, controversial promos, and fan reactions across the wrestling world.
We start with the fallout from Cody Rhodes’ off-script promo on SmackDown, and whether it added real emotion to the WrestleMania build or exposed cracks in WWE’s creative direction.
We also discuss the reveal of Pat McAfee as the mystery call, and whether WWE delivered on the hype or left fans underwhelmed.
Over in AEW, Chris Jericho makes his return, raising questions about whether AEW continues to rely too heavily on established names instead of building new stars.
We also break down the situation surrounding Mercedes Moné vacating her final championship, and why many fans are frustrated with how AEW is handling one of its biggest stars.
Elsewhere, Carmelo Hayes remains without a clear WrestleMania direction, and we debate whether WWE is missing a major opportunity with one of its fastest-rising talents.
We also take a closer look at the reaction to Peter Rosenberg’s comments on “suicide dives”, and whether the backlash reflects a larger divide in how fans view modern wrestling.
Plus, we discuss Dave Meltzer’s comparison of Kendal Grey to Sasha Banks, and whether the comparison is fair or completely off-base.
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| 0:00.0 | Oh, it is that time of the week. |
| 0:03.4 | What's good, everybody. |
| 0:04.1 | Welcome in to the fastest wrestling show at all of the land. |
| 0:08.2 | We call it the two count. |
| 0:09.5 | And is there anything to talk about this week? |
| 0:12.4 | My goodness, let's not waste any time. |
| 0:14.4 | And bring in my partner, he is polarizing, he's engaging, high energy, exactly what I wanted when we started this show a month ago. Now, there he is. And is he fired up today? J.D. Good morning. Coach, what's going on, man? Listen, this has been one hell of a week. I'm sure people want to get into it. I have a lot to say. You have a lot to say. Pat McAfee, punk, TKO. Let's do it. Let's do it. By the way, |
| 0:39.7 | if you have a question or anything, put it in via a super sticker, and we'll get to all them at the end of the show. And that's the only way we're going to answer your question. So support the brand. We'll support you. All right, 10 topics, two and a half minutes per topic. topic number one. It's been been all about TKO and WWE pointing out their flaws in different ways |
| 0:57.8 | this week. |
| 0:59.4 | McAfee, Rhodes, punk, we'll get to all of them. |
| 1:02.0 | But let's start with the company itself. |
| 1:03.8 | Do you like the approach? |
| 1:05.3 | Go. |
| 1:06.0 | I don't like the approach. |
| 1:07.4 | I honestly think after what we saw with Stephanie McMahon and Cody Rhodes and the whole |
| 1:11.8 | story about Pat McAfee and Randy Orton on Friday, nothing cohesively goes together. Stephanie McMahon |
| 1:18.1 | was on the show claiming that Cody can't beat Randy Orton because this version of Randy Orton is |
| 1:22.6 | diabolical. Then we, the viewer, need to go watch Friday to have Pat McAfee be the one revealed as the phone call. |
| 1:28.7 | And I'm supposed to believe that Randy Orton needed guidance and help to find that inner viper, that diabolical version of himself from an NFL, former NFL punter and a commentator who spent years sitting next to Michael Cole, yeeding, cheering on Cody Rhodes as he beat Roman Rains at WrestleMania 40. |
| 1:48.1 | Coach, this may have been one of the most as-backward situations |
| 1:51.1 | that I've seen since the WrestleMania 40 debacle with the rock taking Cody Rhodes' |
| 1:55.9 | Roll Rumble went away from him and inserting himself into the main event before all that |
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