Why do you think we're here?

Because Smackdown is over and we have feelings.

Welcome to a not-sam wrestling.

Emergency podcast because for the second time in this year,

2026, the WWE championship has changed hands on an episode of Smackdown.

Cody Rhodes is once again the WWE champion.

Now, I think that we're all going to have to sit.

And, you know, there's a lot of feelings.

There's a lot of opinions about all of this going on right now.

I think this match was built over the course of the last week,

of course coming off of Elimination Chamber and Nick Aldous making the match.

Sammy Zane pointing out and being the voice of reason for a lot of people.

Sammy Zane confronting Cody Rhodes before the match,

talking about how everything comes up Cody again. Cody gets what he wants. The elimination chamber match in and of itself was designed so that

the winner gets a shot at the champion, but not the loser. However, in Cody's case, the loser gets the shot.

Sammy Zane going and talking to Randy Orton before the match.

Randy Orton telling him, look, sometimes you need to be selfish.

Randy Orton cutting a super baby face promo leading into WrestleMania, starting the show,

talking about his 20 appearances at WrestleMania, talking about the fact that what did he say, he's only main evented two

of his WrestleMania appearances and how it's difficult to do.

Assuming this is going to main event WrestleMania, assuming that you're looking at what I would

imagine will probably be the night one main event of WrestleMania if

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