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I'm your weekend host Ryan McKinnell got the world strongest man. Mark Henry along for the ride here on this Saturday in a day's episode.

We take a look into last night's Friday night Smackdown in the celebration the birthday celebration of the returning legend.

Kurt Angle, but through that lens of that celebration and we brought in the Kurt Angles well potential protégé.

Gable Steven the Olympic gold medalist teaming with the former Olympic gold medalist and showing up last night on Smackdown for that celebration.

What does it mean for Steven going forward and just how great of a rub is it being aligned with the great Kurt Angle we dissect that we also look in this episode.

The return of one John Cena that's right if you missed the news coming up later this month John Cena returning to Smackdown.

What does it mean for his future and couldn't potential WrestleMania match being store we dive into that and it wouldn't be a weekend edition of Busted Open.

If we didn't give you our weekly winner for the best show that was in the week of professional wrestling so sit back relax.

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But Angle making his return to television mark Henry and it was to celebrate his birthday in his hometown of Pittsburgh the pomp and circumstance was there but yes it was a celebration of birthday celebration was a hometown it was Smackdown but you know mark it also felt a lot like a bit of an introduction a bit of a

gumming out party necessarily. But another opportunity for the W W universe mark to get familiar with one game will Steve s in because I felt like he was a big part of that as well.

Yeah I think it's a good move also to associate an Olympic wrestling champion with Kurt Angle somebody that's been there done that walk the walk knows what it takes and can give him the rub and some proper direction on.

what is going to be like and how to deal with the locker room because, you know, don't come across as a

As a tyrant because if Gable Stephenson wanted to take somebody down

There is nobody in that arena including the security that can stop him from doing it

Including Kurt Angle no disrespect including Kurt

He'll throw all of them on their head right now. Yeah, the dude is unbelievable

So that being said he needs to be trained on how to be

Indoctored into the locker room. I told you one of the main things that

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