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by nation channel 156. Today's episode we look back on Ron Rousey's open challenge on Friday night smackdown. That's right. The champ was in action. We tell you about it. We also look back at AEW rampage and an appearance from the rarely used. If not often used enough house of black and of course it wouldn't be a Saturday edition of busted open. If we didn't give you our weekly winner for the best show that was

in the week of professional wrestling so sit back, relax. Quick play. Let's get it going. It's busted open on a Saturday. Looks like the hope is at least on my end that we're getting closer to this tag team title Unification match. And if if last night show is to be believed if we are going off of what RK bro and the Uso said next week and according to Randy Orton. This is going to be a consolidation of tag team titles next week. It is going to be

the smackdown champions versus the raw tag team champions. It's going to be RK bro versus the Uso's for a unified tag team title showdown. This is the match that we were supposed to get at WrestleMania backlash about two weeks before the show. They put it on the back burner. We got the six man. It was an incredible six man thought it was a great main event for backlash dies toward the house down. I thought backlash was a success.

Solid, solid, really strong, really good live event or paid event or whatever the hell they're calling it now. And you know, LaGrecca was all pissed off, you know, like they promised us this match and now they're baiting and switching. I said, listen, they're doing it for a reason. I said they can always get back to the Unification match.

The tag team championships as important as they are right now are never as important as the main event with the world heavyweight champion. So they'll all card subject to change and then they'll get back to it. And it'll probably all worked out as it is doing now. It all worked out. We're going to get the match next week or at least we should get the match next week unless they do something wonky.

And they postpone it to the next paper view, which they can always do it could happen. Yeah, it could happen. I like the fact that riddle took the initiative last night and need Roman right in the face. Now they have their out for the match. If they want it, they either they planted the seed right there. So that when the tag team, notification match is taking place.

Here comes Roman Roman can do a distraction. Obviously the riddle riddle takes the finish from the Usos, you know, maybe the one and done. I say we get those championships on the Usos. I want all the gold in the bloodline. That's what I'd like to see.

Now, maybe they use it as a swerve and Roman comes down to try to screw riddle, but it backfires on them, but that keeps Orton and riddle together. And I think it's time for Orton and riddle to go their separate ways. Just my opinion.

Now, see that I don't agree with from the standpoint it always it always happens that way. We get a year of something that we really like. We get a year and a half of something we really like. And then it's just kind of thrown to the way side and the predictable happens.

I think the unpredictable thing in this situation would be to really, really stretch out arcade bro, because Randy, I mean, we've done this before.

Can I back up one second? I apologize. I apologize. I don't mean I don't mean to split them up. I meant, okay.

I did not mean that that came out the right way. I'm talking about let's take it on riddle. Let's maybe get Randy involved with Roman. Let's hurt riddle. Let's take riddle out for a little bit.

And let's see Randy tried to go after Roman and trying to win for riddle.

Now that I love like that. I think it's great. And I think in terms of, you know, who can beat Roman Reigns, right? Because we're in a very short list in terms of believability.

Who can challenge the head of the table, the head of the bloodline for his undisputed championships, right? Randy Orton is most certainly one of those people bully without a doubt.

And LaGrecco are talking about credible opponents for Roman Reigns over the next year. Remember, who did Roman beat at WrestleMania to become your world heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar, the most credible of credible opponents multi time WWE champion, the beast.

I mean, and a guy that, you know, we'll go down in history as one of the best to ever do this. So now who do we feed to Orton? And who do we feed to Roman over the next year? We need the most credible of credible opponents. And Randy Orton is one of them.

Orton, a 14 time champion chasing the record held by John Cena as the 16 time WWE World Heavyweight champion. So let's see what happens. I don't think it's a good idea to take the championship off of Roman Reigns at this juncture.

I don't know what it does. He's, I think he's fourth on the list right now, Ryan, either fourth or fifth. I know it's Bruno Backland, Hulk, Bruno again, and then Roman. I mean, that's some great company to be in. And I think they're going to make an effort to get Roman to break one of those records and get him as high up there on the list.

As possible. And that's why I think you see Roman cutting a promo in a place like Trent and saying this is probably going to be the last time I'm here because I think they're going to be very selective of where Roman works moving forward. They're going to try to book him in the smartest of ways to keep him champion for the longest amount of time and ring every ounce of longevity out of them they possibly can.

I don't have a problem with bully because it's so rare that a talent like Roman Reigns comes along, but more specifically, it's even rarer. I mean, there's been so much talent that has went through the proverbial doors of the WWF slash WWE, right? Like I mean, Mr. Perfect and Rick Rude weren't champions, right? Like and they're two of the greatest to ever step foot inside a squared circle, right?

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