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The Masked Man Show | Mercedes Moné Debuts at 'Wrestle Kingdom 17,' Plus Has John Cena Hit Nostalgia Mode?

The Ringer Wrestling Show

The Ringer

Sports, Wrestling

4.41.4K Ratings

🗓️ 5 January 2023

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Dave and Kaz are back in the new year and discuss the following: Mercedes Moné's (formerly known as Sasha Banks) debut at New Japan’s 'Wrestle Kingdom' (8:30) Quick break for more wrestling impressions (21:42) Whether or not John Cena is the greatest WWE Superstar of all time (24:01) Bryan Danielson’s path to challenging MJF for the AEW World Title (38:24) Is Kenny Omega vs. Will Ospreay Match of the Year already? (46:10) Solo Sikoa being the next head of the table (51:17) Hosts: David Shoemaker and Kazeem Famuyide Producer: Brian H. Waters Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Cold up in question the week has. Shoes. How stoked are you for your Japanese wrestling

1:37.1

debut? My Japanese. I'm just kidding. How stoked would you be on a scale of one to ten,

1:45.4

being, you know, you're wrestling, you're doing backyard wrestling somewhere in ten being

1:50.8

WrestleMania in the city of your dreams and you're in the main event? Yeah. Where is making

1:56.9

your Japanese wrestling debut on a huge stage? Oh, I mean, here's the thing. Japanese

2:03.9

crowds are just so polite. I don't know if I could be stoked enough. Like, you could throw

2:10.7

yourself in the middle of a table and pop out like here's Johnny, like Kenny Omega did.

2:15.6

And the most you'll get out of a new Japan crowd is. It's still exciting. It's like

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