WWE: Rise of Becky Lynch, futures of Ronda Rousey and Dean Ambrose
State of Combat with Brian Campbell
CBS Sports, Boxing, MMA
4.6 • 765 Ratings
🗓️ 30 January 2019
⏱️ 118 minutes
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Summary
The Road to WrestleMania 35 is underway with Brian Campbell and Adam Silverstein along for the ride. The guys open this week's show by getting BC's delayed Royal Rumble take before diving into the expected main events for the show (7:45). Was Seth Rollins winning the men's Royal Rumble and choosing Brock Lesnar too predictable, or does The Silver King have an epic booking scenario that could send this match over the top (17:56)? Plus, women's Royal Rumble winner Becky Lynch went face-to-face with both Ronda Rousey and Charlotte Flair this week (27:27). Is a triple threat the clear direction at 'Mania, and can Rousey actually take us there on the mic? The second part of this week's Main Event deal with news that Dean Ambrose is leaving WWE when his contract expires in April ... unless ... it's all a work (1:00:33). The guys then move into Hero or Zero (1:23:50) where topics include Daniel Bryan's new WWE title, booking for the intercontinental and U.S. championships, turning Elias and Rusev back heel, and the women's tag team championships. Last but not least, BC and SK take a look at NXT TakeOver: Phoenix and wonder whether it lived up to their heightened expectations (1:45:00.
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| 0:00.0 | 5, 4, 3, 2, 2, 1,0, ignition, lift off. Oh, yeah. |
| 0:27.5 | Yeah. |
| 0:27.8 | Yeah. |
| 0:28.1 | Wow. |
| 0:29.7 | If my voice holds up, you can get some of this. |
| 0:32.9 | It's the State of Combat podcast, pro wrestling style, |
| 0:36.0 | and it's back in your earhole. |
| 0:38.4 | Another lethal dose and injection, if you will. |
| 0:41.8 | However you want to take it. |
| 0:42.8 | You want to take it orally? |
| 0:44.3 | Wow, that came out bad. |
| 0:45.9 | However you want to take it, it's that performance enhancing audio, the Brian Campbell, without question. |
| 0:52.1 | The voice that you hear. |
| 0:53.3 | The only question is, can I finish this broadcast as I'm either under the weather for, |
| 0:59.4 | I don't know, a week now in getting steps closer to death? |
| 1:02.9 | Or maybe this is a work. |
| 1:05.0 | And I'll be leaving CBS to sign with AEW at the end of the month. |
| 1:08.3 | Like Dean Ambrose, we will find that out soon enough. |
| 1:12.0 | More debate to come on that topic for sure. |
| 1:16.1 | Apologies for my absence on the Oriole Rumble Polk show earlier this week. |
| 1:21.0 | I'm sure it was fantastic with the Silver King filling in. |
| 1:24.3 | I didn't get a chance to listen to it because I've been slowly dying folks. |
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