Hello everybody, and welcome to another edition of Russell Nonix Radio. I'm Brandon Thurston broadcasting live and on demand from Buffalo, New York work today is Sunday, May the 22nd, 2022, it's 52222 and today on the program.

We don't know where Chris Gullo is. He connected. He was here earlier today.

He showed up to the broadcast. He arrived at the Russell Nonix studio. He was informed of his participation in today's broadcast, but subsequently that he summarily and unprofessionally walked out.

His action disappointed dozens and dozens of Russell Nonix listeners, and quite frankly, he should be ashamed of himself. Here he is.

What do you have to say for yourself? I can hear you well. You're ready to apologize for your unprofessional conduct.

I can only blame you, Hubert Packard. I'm keeping you on this little screen too. For those watching on YouTube, Gullo's laptop failed. He is now in a small mobile device sized box, portrait, not landscape, but nonetheless, the show must go on.

We must persevere against these challenges, and we will talk about what are we going to talk about? You sound okay, actually. What are we going to talk about today? You remember?

Yeah, we'll talk about Stephanie McMahon taking the leap of absence from WWE. We're also going to discuss the upfronts this week, and of course the walk out, as well as a few other tops and subjects.

I have some breaking news right now that just came through my ear. Your merchandise on the Russell Nonix Web site has been cancelled. No more merchandise for you.

Thank you. All references will be deleted.

So anyway, have you watched succession yet on HBO Max? I have not. I know you've been telling me to watch shame on you, but you say it's very famous.

We may make some comparisons today to it. If people want to send in a super chat, how do they do that, Chris?

All right, so they're in a little YouTube. You'll see there's a little dollar sign. You can ask a question and put whatever monetary of value that you believe is proficient for that question.

Any questions or favorite game when it comes to the wrestling business?

Yes, we may or may not answer them if they are inappropriate questions, but if they are appropriate questions, we will do our best.

So where would you like to start today?

I do not have the slideshow now, of course. Can you see this? Can you see this?

Yeah, I can see this. That should be fine. So yeah, we are going to start with the news that Stephanie McMahon. I know this because I looked at the slides before.

She said on Twitter, as of tomorrow, I'm taking leave of absence from majority of my responsibilities at WWE.

WWE is a lifelong legacy for me, and I look forward to returning to the company that I love after taking this time to focus on my family.

Yes.

So this happened on Thursday, 430 PM Eastern, notably that it may coincidentally or not, that is 30 minutes after the New York Stock Exchange closed, closes at 4.

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