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Welcome to the busted open podcast. This is Dave LaGrecca on today's episode WWE Hall Famer,

TNA Hall Famer and one of the greatest tag team wrestlers of all time.

bully Ray and I talk about the big return of Johnny Gargano. That's right.

Johnny wrestling last night on Monday Night Raw and speaking of Johnny,

totally surprised, shocked by his appearance on Raw. We get into spoilers,

lack of spoilers when it's exciting and then also being spoiled by the dirt sheets. We talk

about it right now on the busted open podcast. One thing I absolutely loved last night was the

third hour of Monday Night Raw. We got Dexter Lumis. We got Damien Priest and Edge in what I

thought was a fantastic main event and it feel good end to Monday Night Raw last night.

And then you also got the return of Johnny Gargano. There's a lot to talk about

with Johnny Gargano because I don't think anybody saw it coming. But I think bully,

a big reason why you got such a huge approval rating is because we got the return of Johnny

wrestling on Raw. Do you think we're getting these huge approval ratings because Hunter is bringing

back so much of this NXT black and gold talent? Yes, I think there's a big reason for that,

and I think that's a discussion that we should have as well. But listen,

you've said it on this air many, many times. And in a lot of ways, bully, I agree with you.

The pro wrestling fan that tunes in on Monday nights, Wednesday nights and Friday nights is

that hard core audience. The hard core wrestling fan loved the black and gold NXT. Bulley are

listener that tunes into busted open every single day loved the black and gold NXT.

The two people hosting this show right now loved the black and gold NXT. And there are reasons

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