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Welcome to the Busted Open podcast. This is Dave LaGrecca. On today's episode, WWE

Hall of Famer, T&A Hall of Famer, bully Ray and I talk as we always do on a Thursday,

AEW and NXT. AEW, we got to talk about another chapter in the story of MJF and Chris Jericho.

And is the MJF trying to squeeze in to the end of circle. Also when it comes to AEW, we talk

about the return of Cody and the big dog collar match between him and Brody Lee next week

on AEW Dynamite. When it comes to NXT, we get into Kylo Riley and Finn Bal, which

gonna be your main event at NXT TakeOver 31 this upcoming Sunday. And then bully gets

into the safety or lack thereof of the Shachi Blackheart and Dakota Kai match from last

night. All that right now on the Busted Open podcast.

Let's get into the opening contest from NXT from last night, which was definitely a physical

affair. And that's Shachi Blackheart and Dakota Kai. Dakota Kai has been excellent so far

with NXT and Shachi Blackheart is really becoming a star and going her own way here on NXT

as well. And I thought it was a very good match. But once again, bully and it seems like

it's almost a trend, unfortunately, on NXT. We talk about something that happened in

the match that looked and I would think is extremely dangerous. You saw that near the

end of last night's match as well. Again, outside the ring on the ring apron, Shachi Blackheart

fell right on the top of her head. And it was a very scary moment from last night's

episode NXT.

I thought the women had a good opening match. It was a great effort. Both continued

to improve, move forward. Obviously they're behind Shachi and they're giving her a little

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