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Welcome to the busted open podcast. This is Dave LaGrecca. On today's episode,

bully Ray and I talk all about Monday Night Raw, especially the MVP of Monday Night Raw.

That's Rhea Ripley, member of the Judgment Day along with Dominic.

And are we going to see Dominic drop the Mysterio? Also C.J. Perry, formerly Lana, joins us right now

on the busted open podcast.

I thought the show opened up strong. I liked the judgment day. I like all of the heat

that Dominic Mysterio is getting. I liked the match that they rolled into between Carl and Fin.

I loved what they were able to do with Rhea toward the end of the match making Rhea look like an

absolute monster out there. Dare I say China-esque in her in her manhandling of gallows by pushing

him into the ring post by body slamming him and then even in the backstage a little bit later on,

we saw gallows telling the guys in the ocean, don't worry, I know how to take care of this woman

and he comes back selling his nuts because she kicked him in the nuts again.

As far as the opening segment was concerned, I really enjoyed it. The match was good.

You're not going to get a bad match out of Carl and Fin. The storytelling was good. The progression

was good. The character development was good. And after listening to Dom talk last night, here's one

of the first questions I want to throw out to the nation this morning, Dave. After hearing Dom talk

last night, I'm saying to myself, wouldn't it be monster heat for Dominic to renounce drop

get rid of the Mysterio last name? Like there can be nothing more insulting to

Ray Mysterio and I know Ray is on Smackdown right now and Dom really can't say it to his face but

that really doesn't matter. There would be nothing more insulting to the family than for Dom to

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