Hello my friends, welcome to the episode of Retro Ups and Downs and don't start all that

it's not Retro only because it was a few years ago. Retro, in this sense, just means

it's a little bit older than today. Besides, we've got our dressing gown on, we're comfortable,

let's see what was happening in the world of wrestling back in 2018.

It does mean we have to approach these kind of differently because we are focusing on NXT,

so when we look at the wider sports entertainment world, we have to talk about WWE.

Oh, you didn't exist.

Because, of course, take over New Orleans, happened in like before WrestleMania 34,

which means everyone was just going, oh, we have to watch Brock Lesnar versus Roman Reigns again.

And of course, this was the evening when Roman Reigns lost, even though he should have won,

and do you know when the big dog found out about this on the day in question,

which is where he felt bad about inviting all his family members,

because he was like, oh, hi, I'm going to win the world title, and then he didn't.

So basically, WWE was trying to have their cake and eat it too,

because they knew that everybody in New Orleans were going to be going,

boo, boo, we hate you Roman, and they weren't saying boo words.

And there was also a bunch of other rumors that Brock was about to go back to the UFC.

This was totally mad.

There's a good chance he was actually pissed off as well,

because of course, this is also the evening when he walked backstage after winning,

or retaining the Universal Championship, and he hurled it, advancement man.

Now look, this is pro wrestling, so it could have been a work.

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