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State of Combat with Brian Campbell

WWE: Vince McMahon tries to shake things up after TLC

State of Combat with Brian Campbell

CBS Sports, Boxing, MMA

Society & Culture, Sports

4.6765 Ratings

🗓️ 19 December 2018

⏱️ 99 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

It's a brand new era both for CBS Sports and the podcast has been reinvented just as Vince McMahon returns to WWE television straight off the company's hottest pay-per-view of 2018. Did McMahon's "shake up" do as it promised to Raw and SmackDown, or was it once again much of the same when it comes to WWE? From new faces -- both those exiled on the main roster and those coming from NXT -- to seemingly adjusted storylines, plenty changed in WWE this week with the holiday season approaching. Whether WWE changed for the better remains to be seen, but there's certainly plenty of talk about and you won't want to miss a moment.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Five, four, three, two, one, This is, this is fantastic. Now, we're going to tell you what's happening.

0:39.0

I guess, well, actually, actually, we're not going to do anything.

0:42.6

I'm going to tell you what's happening.

0:44.0

There's going to be no me.

0:44.9

It's just going to be I.

0:46.6

So I am going to tell you what's going down here in just a second because I know you listeners out there are wondering for the last couple days, what is the future of the podcast?

0:56.6

You're going to find out in just a moment.

0:58.4

But first, for the people out there who are living under Iraq and have absolutely no clue,

1:04.1

for the people that don't know who I am, I am handsome Nick Costos.

1:09.1

I am well-dressed Nick Costos.

1:11.5

And for over a year, I have been the best part of the show, the most talented part of the show, the guy who's pulling all the strings behind the scenes.

1:19.9

And if anyone's got a brain that's been listening to this podcast for the past year plus, you can tell when the rent is raised and the rent is raised when handsome and well-dressed

1:28.5

Nick Costos is on the podcast and when he's not, the damn podcast isn't as good. And if I'm being

1:34.8

candid with you, if handsome Nick can be honest for a second, if well-dressed Nick can be honest for a

1:39.1

second, there are a couple of other titles that we can add to the ledger. So he's going to do that now. Because he's not

1:44.1

just handsome. He's not just well-dressed. He's also best-looking, Nick Costos. He also makes the most

1:51.4

money, Nick Costos. He is, drives the fastest car. Nick Costos. He is the man that men want to be

1:58.8

and women want to be with. Period. End of story. Handsome and

2:04.5

well-dressed Nick. Do you know what else he is? He's petty and he's insecure. Do you know why

2:10.3

Nick Costos, the man, decided to add the petty and insecure stuff because it adds layers to the

2:16.7

character.

2:19.2

And I'm not insecure at all.

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