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Welcome to the Busted Open Podcast. This is Dave LaCrecca. On today's episode, Bully Ray and Mark Henry and we celebrate the birthday of Mark Henry on today's podcast.

Also we get into some great discussions. How about LA night after what we saw on SmackDown, how he relates to a current WWE superstar.

Also the return of Charlotte. She doesn't wait online. She created the line. We talk about that. Also to help celebrate Mark's birthday, Hall of Famer Ron Simmons joins the show. A lot to do right now on the Busted Open Podcast.

Santos Escobar is now going to be in that money in the bank ladder match at money in the bank. If you look at that match right now, Ricochet, Sinske Nakamura who has been out of the spotlight for quite some time, LA night in Santos Escobar and Butch.

That's a lot of younger talent and a lot of talent Mark that really hasn't had that kind of opportunity yet.

Yeah, and my whole opinion on it is based off how hard you work to get over. And we had LA night on with us at WrestleMania and talked to him about him getting over.

I'm happy to see that he's in that because he would be my pick going forward because I just feel like he's earned it. He's got himself over. He's been able to do something that very few wrestlers are able to do.

And that's walk out there in the crowd except you because of the work that you did. And it's time. It's time to see him get it in.

Yeah, and and bully, you know, obviously you were interview you interviewed LA night with Mark Tommy and I just before WrestleMania 39 and we even talked about it with LA night like why is it taking so long for him to get an opportunity.

Maybe just maybe this is going to be his time to shine.

I'm hoping that the old adage that slow and steady wins the race is what is applicable to LA night.

This is the guy who is connecting with the audience. He has a very, very simple catchphrase in yeah.

Because LA night he's got a great cadence. Everything that is worth for every superstar in the past when it comes to latching on to the crowd and having them respond to you.

LA night is doing.

Other than that, I can't give you any any reason why it's not working.

But maybe the powers that be don't like that his cadence and delivery and everything else is so reminiscent of the rock.

Maybe they feel like it's a too blatant of a rip off and too, you know, similar.

I don't know. I'm really grasping at stuff here to try to find a legitimate reason why LA night has not been thrust into the spotlight a little bit more happy that he's in the money in the bank ladder match.

Hopefully he wins. Hopefully and if he doesn't win, hopefully he shines enough that he comes out of that match as the guy that got over as opposed to went over.

Yeah, and I actually think if if I were to look at it right now because mark everything you said is true and the same thing with you bully.

It seems like organically and naturally he's getting over with the WWE universe and that's probably more important than anything else.

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