NXT Storytelling, WWE Storytelling & Kiera Hogan

Busted Open

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4.6 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 30 November 2022

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

On this episode, Dave LaGreca, Tommy Dreamer and Mickie James discuss the differences in storytelling especially in the women's division when it comes to NXT vs. WWE. They breakdown the recent Shotzi Blackheart and Ronda Rousey storyline as an example. Plus, former baddie Kiera Hogan from AEW sits down with her wrestling idol Mickie James for an awesome interview.

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0:00.0	This is the busted open podcast. You can listen to the full show Monday through Saturday
0:07.1	from 9 a.m. to noon Eastern on serious XM fight nation channel 156.
0:14.4	Welcome to the busted open podcast. This is Dave LaGrecca on today's episode Tommy Dreamer,
0:21.0	Mickey and James coming off of what we saw this past weekend that survivor series and what's
0:26.8	trending with Ronda Rousey right now. We get Mickey's take on both Shotsie and Ronda Rousey
0:34.6	after their match at survivor series. Also for her first interview after getting kicked out of
0:40.4	the baddies, Kiera Hogan joins us right now on the busted open podcast.
0:48.7	I look at NXT in that women's division right now and I want to kind of get your guys take on
0:53.7	this and I look at Zoe Stark and I look at the changing character and Zoe Stark. I'm emotionally
0:59.7	invested in Zoe Stark. Kiera Jade somebody else who had a change of character recently who turned
1:06.0	on her friend Roxanne Perez who is also going to be involved in this match and there's a story
1:11.6	there and I'm emotionally invested in both Kiera Jade and Roxanne Perez and then we're going to
1:17.1	find out who that fifth participant is going to be next week on the show. So I look at NXT which
1:23.4	is the developmental show and I look at how I'm getting emotionally invested in all the characters
1:29.2	and all the performers on that show and then I go back to what we saw this past weekend that survivor
1:35.2	series and we have a championship match with Rhea Ripley and Shotsie and there is no emotional
1:42.7	investment because I don't think anybody looked at that match and thought that Shotsie had any
1:47.2	chance of winning because there was no story there. Shotsie is somebody that comes out on a tank,
1:53.5	she's got green air, she's crazy and now she's going up against Ronda for the championship.
1:58.4	Where's the character development? Why am I emotionally invested in Shotsie? Like Mickey help me
2:05.2	out here. Am I wrong? Am I looking at this completely the wrong way? No, you're not wrong.
2:11.2	I think with NXT because they are trying to build stars and they're trying to build the characters
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