Reactions to John Cena's final match, the rise of NXT Superstars, and the reveal of the Masked Man

The Rich Eisen Show

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🗓️ 18 December 2025

⏱️ 102 minutes

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OJ and TJ pay homage to the "Never Before Seen 17" John Cena and react to his final match against The Ring General. What's next for Gunther now? Also, with so much NXT talent on display during Saturday Night's Main Event, the guys wonder where Oba Femi goes from here? "The Masked Man" is finally revealed, and the guys predict what the return of Austin Theory means for the WWE Men's division, Seth Rollins, and The Vision. Plus, TJ pays homage to Altoona, PA sports legend, Steve Taneyhill. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls,
0:08.8	welcome to another Wednesday episode of the No Contest Wrestling podcast.
0:15.5	I am the heel that you love to hate, O'Shea Jackson Jr. A.k.a. Petty Guerrero.
0:21.9	Hey, yo. It's me. It's me. It's the T.O. the J.I.G. To J.J. Jefferson. Some man. Man. Oh, man. Yeah. You know? Some things happen. Some things happen, bro. As you can see, for those watching on video, I will describe it to our listeners.
0:42.0	We decided to decorate the set a little bit, TJ on his side, having the classic spinner belt.
0:48.6	And on my side, I got the last, the last big boy, at least, because he had the Intercontinental title,
0:56.0	the last WWE championship that John Sina won, because obviously we have to commemorate
1:01.7	John Sina and his career.
1:06.0	Yeah.
1:06.8	A lot of people upset.
1:09.6	I mean, but that's, like Pock said, if I may quote, fame 21st century poet Tupacore, there's many rules of the game share with you too. No, people are going to hate you for whatever you do. No matter what you, no matter what happened, there's still going to be at least 40% of the people mad at the outcome so what are you going to do yeah there's no uh
1:30.6	there's no way to know what finger for them to point at either and nothing that really pisses them off
1:37.7	yeah that they're like i got to be mad at something i got to be mad at something and I got to be mad at something.
1:44.5	And if you've been paying attention, we knew where this was headed.
1:48.8	Oh, yeah.
1:49.2	You knew where it was going to go.
1:50.3	John would tell you himself.
1:52.0	Like, we knew where this was going to go.
1:54.4	You just didn't think.
1:56.9	But didn't think, though.
1:58.2	Yeah, they didn't think that he would tap.
2:02.0	It's not like it hasn't happened before.
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