WWE: Finn Balor's push, Braun Strowman's status, Andrade's future
State of Combat with Brian Campbell
CBS Sports, Boxing, MMA
4.6 • 765 Ratings
🗓️ 16 January 2019
⏱️ 111 minutes
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Summary
Following a hot week of WWE programming, Adam Silverstein takes over the main chair as Brian Campbell takes his annual break ahead of the 2019 Royal Rumble. But don't worry, there is plenty for The Silver King to break down this week with Braun Strowman taking a seat to Finn Balor as the new No. 1 contender for the universal championship (6:15). What does this mean for the futures of Balor, Strowman and champion Brock Lesnar, and what direction will WWE go for WrestleMania 35? CBS Sports WWE editor Jack Crosby joins Adam to break down that along with the Ronda Rousey-Sasha Banks angle from Raw to open The Main Event (40:35). Up next, the guys discuss the two lead angles on SmackDown and whether WWE is actually enacting the change it promised the few weeks ago (45:10). Hero or Zero includes a look at the future of Andrade (01:01:02), sneak previews of the new NXT call-ups, the continued introduction of the women's tag team titles, some more adult-themed storylines on WWE TV and new intercontinental champion Bobby Lashley. Adam and Jack wrap things up by answering some of your DM slides (1:33:52) and sharing their Feel Spots (1:44:20).
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| 0:00.0 | Five, four, three, two, one, two, ignition, lift off. Hey now, and say hello to the bad guy. |
| 0:28.4 | The state of combat with Brian Campbell returns with the professional wrestling edition. |
| 0:33.5 | And one day after a tremendous week of WWTV that has us legitimately asking whether this company is making the changes it promised. |
| 0:42.3 | There is a new man at the reins of this podcast. |
| 0:46.7 | Okay, maybe not for good, but at least for the week, it is the Silver King in charge of the SOC, as BC floats somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean on vacation with his family. And when the Silver King in charge of the SOC as BC floats somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean on vacation |
| 0:56.5 | with his family. |
| 0:57.8 | And when the Silver King is at the helm, state of combat, you know there is some performance, |
| 1:02.5 | enhancing audio prepared to invade those ear holes and fill those field spots. |
| 1:08.5 | I also got the third man with me hanging out right near the beach. |
| 1:13.5 | Boy! |
| 1:14.4 | And we have a fresh face, if you can call him that, stepping into the Silver King's chair. |
| 1:19.0 | On this week's show, he is our WWE editor here at CBS Sports.com. |
| 1:23.6 | And the man with one of the strongest accents I have ever heard, Jack Crosby, Jack say hello, to the people. |
| 1:31.3 | Hello, everyone. I promise. I'm going to do my best to sit in for BC, opposite Adam. |
| 1:38.1 | It's technically sitting in for BC, but I'm going to do my best. I can't be as over the top as Brian usually is, but I'll do my best. |
| 1:44.8 | Let's also do your best not to move around so much because that microphone is hitting your jacket and it's making a lot of noise, Jack. |
| 1:50.7 | But while we get into the start of the show before we hit the segment you all love, the main event, I feel like we need to tell the people a little bit about Jack Crosby, the wrestling fan. So give us a couple |
| 2:03.4 | quick notes here, Jack. When did you start watching wrestling? Who's your favorite wrestler of all |
| 2:07.3 | time? I started watching wrestling when I was about three years old. So we're going all the way back. |
| 2:12.6 | I'm giving my age away here to 1987. My grandfather slapped me in front of the TV because he used to watch it in the |
| 2:19.1 | 60s and 70s and he started to teach me about it. I watched everything. WWF, we got the NWA. We |
| 2:25.7 | had TBS Saturday, 605. Every single weekend, we'd watch the NWA. Then I became a child of |
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