Reacting to YOUR Hottest Wrestling Takes *3*

[@ElaineClush]

I think the best promo post-2000 is Eddie Guerrero’s promo against Brock Lesnar before their World Title Match at No Way Out. Lesnar taking the jab at his addiction and what Eddie poured out in response, really made the title win so much more impactful than it already would have been.

[@davicosta3915]

This Eddie promo literally gives me chills everytime I watch it

[@shaqnums3458]

The miz promo was my hot take 😂

[@Durrtlett9797]

😭🔥😭🔥

[@LukeMcKay22]

The Pipe Bomb doesn't deserve top 20

[@Khil-Minao]

I think Eddie Guererro's promo about his struggles with addiction, family issues, and other life issues during his feud with Brock Lesnar was incredible. Emotional, seemed genuine, and very impactful

[@VeggieGamer]

I was going to comment this too! I think it is hard to think of a better promo from the 00's than that!

[@ianmcdonough4305]

That Edge/brand-split take. I think what he meant was that had there not been a split, he would've been forced to take a back seat to guys like Undertaker, Batista, Cena, etc. and never wound up getting a world title run. Thinner rosters allowed for him to shine in a way a singular packed roster wouldn't.

[@DirtnapJack]

Agreed regarding where his place in the oacking order would have been. If no brand split and they kept pushing the top 4-6 guys it would have taken him much longer. Half the show would have been evolution.

[@stevenbryant8160]

I think he would of been a world champion atleast a couple plans but I don’t know if he would of been a 10 time world champion tho

[@ciaranmcguinness8900]

Paul Heyman shooting on and absolutely destroying Vince on the Smackdown before Survivor Series 2001 is the greatest promo imo

[@bschuss1]

My hot take would be that Kenny Omega had a better character and was overall way more interesting in NJPW than he has been on AEW. Besides the world title run with Callis at his side he has been criminally underused for the potential he has.

[@chadi9375]

That’s a fact

[@AxeDharme]

Not a hot take

[@TheBrandonGrose]

While I agree with you that he’s been underused other than that run and some dream matches, look at it from his perspective. He can’t win. Not in the ring, but irl with the fans. If he goes on long runs with the title, they complain that he’s one of the EVPs and booking himself like Hogan would. If he doesn’t, they complain he’s underused. Look how they treat the young bucks when they hold the titles (not counting the ones that hate them for the punk bs) Also, his tag stint with hangman was pretty good

[@lord_wolf_dragon3293]

I love AEW but I wholeheartedly agree. The Golden Lovers saga is the single best storyline in the history of pro wrestling

[@Mega_Collosas]

character?😂..dude never had a character

[@zeospark9715]

Don't forget, Styles himself said one of the reasons why he much prefers to be in the WWE because they are more than willing to give him a schedule that suits his personal life. Like he's still a top tier contender despite being in his mid 40s but you can understand why he would want some time to be with his family. I hate a lot of Vince's decisions, but I do give him major props for treating Styles well and be willing to work with his schedule

[@ItDoesntMatterReally]

Back when AJ was teasing potentially going to AEW they were running one taping a week that covered a live Dynamite, a taped Dark, and later Rampage and Elevation with talents rarely, if ever, double booked to wrestle. That means if it's not a PPV weekend (which it rarely was back then), you'd be working one night a week in-ring for AEW because they didn't run house shows or dark matches. I don't think he ever intended to go. I think he just used the rumor and innuendo around contract renegotiation time to get a better deal, and more power to him for it. That's how wrestling should work.

[@1KQ_]

​@@ItDoesntMatterReallyAJ never teased going to aew, referencing his friends doesn't = wanting to leave

[@ItDoesntMatterReally]

@@1KQ_ Never said he wanted to. However referencing his friends does equal putting the idea out in the air that he might go, which helps level the playing field around resign time.

[@alexgaspar2525]

​@@ItDoesntMatterReallyRandy Orton did the same when his contract was close to being up he got a lot more money from it.

[@OMVizzy]

Seth Rollins Promo battle to bring back The Authority against John Cena where he threaten to kill edge is an underrated promo and in todays wrestling would be talked about for the rest of time. “Haha you should know me better John, I’m gonna kill him anyway” gives me chills to this day

[@MultiBrandon1234]

Hot take - Ricochet should bring back prince puma

[@davicosta3915]

Nah, I don't think it would work But Prince Puma and his work in Lucha Underground was Ricochet's peak. Lucha Underground was such a good show

[@AdrianC0421]

If you guys didn’t watch Lucha Underground them man… the potential that hasn’t been seen on Main Roster TV is insane. His NXT stuff is top tier as well. But Lucha Underground… my goodness. The characters, the stories and the insane accuracy and precision in ring was out of this world

[@y0_jimb0]

In Lucha Underground his job was to put on a mask and stand there and try to look cool while Konnan did 100% of the work to build the Prince Puma character. He's a white guy from Kentucky, not an Aztec warrior, so all credit to his "character" in LU goes to Konnan. That said, Ricochet is incredible in ring and I enjoy his matches, he's also incredible at selling and is on par with the likes of Dolph Ziggler at making his opponents look like a million bucks. Unfortunately, somebody like Vince McMahon sees that particular skill and wants to book you to lose as often as possible.

[@afcsabin]

@@y0_jimb0ricochet is definetly mixed he’s not caucasian 😂

[@AdrianC0421]

@@y0_jimb0 when did Konan get killed off?? Was that super early Season 2? That Dark Prince Puma was all him along with all the stuff in Season 3 which was built around Prince Puma for the most part.

[@anthonycallaway4904]

The biggest draw in history is Stone Cold Steve Austin. It's not even close

[@DannyGh0st420]

A feud between current Christian vs Cody Rhodes would go hard af.

[@jordanmince7613]

these hot takes show that some times WWE shouldn't listen to the fans

[@Robertito17]

Gunther has the default move set of “Create a Superstar” And chops doesn’t make someone a “good wrestler”

[@vincentcloud]

Talking about best promo....when was that promo Eddie did when he was facing Brock. Talking his demons, his struggles, it was beautiful like 10 minute promo. You could hear the emotions in his voice and tone. Taken way too soon.

[@BruceSmeltzer]

2000 also goes back to all the good promo's that the Rock and Stone cold had for WrestleMania 17.

[@greasy2007]

WRONG Seth's intro is still HOTTT. Only WWE entrance that gets u more hyped than The Tribal Chief's or American Nightmare's

[@AdamGalloper]

Ricochet is good in-ring, but the only time I was able to get invested in him was both in NJPW (in-ring focused product) and Lucha Underground (he actually had a character)

[@y0_jimb0]

His LU character was 100% manufactured for him by Konnan, he contributed nothing to it except his in-ring work.

[@falcon8752]

I don't really get the "only because he's agile" argument from the video. Hogan, Lesnar, Henry, Strowman, they only have a job because they're strong. So what?

[@lonewolf7396]

With Punk he was still the best merch seller in AEW when he was fired.

[@UncleSmiley96]

I don't think styles is being underutilized. He doesn't want to be a champion and have the mandatory events. He wants more time with his family.

[@behindthesteeze9794]

Love it when dante wears the dreamville shirt!

[@greasy2007]

WWE crucially dropped the ball with the Demon and the Fiend. I need Finn to break out again

[@RBRSC]

The Edge brand split one maybe would fit the wwECW title world champions, but yeah. He held the title across both brands amidst a pretty competitive field like HHH, Cena, Taker, Jericho, Orton, Batista, etc. Its not like he got put into a small pool (either by roster or by a wave of injuries or something) and got his shot as a last resort.

[@ciaranmcguinness8900]

I do agree with the AJ Styles take, he hasn't really done anything of note since Undertaker, after that he was saddled with Omos at a time tbe tag titles meant less than the 24/7 title and even after that partnership ended he hasn't done anything hes been meandering in the midcard

[@mikephillips1043]

The brand split take has nothing to do with him winning titles on both shows. Its widely known that when the original brand split happened all the top guys were going to raw. Paul Heyman specifically went for guys like edge, Eddie, kurt, and Benoit to make smackdown stand out. Edge credits smackdown for taking that risk on him and helping him get over.

[@HisRoyalJaznness]

I agree with the Eddie Kingston take. Ppl entitled to their own opinion but I do not understand the craze of that man. He's far from terrible but he ain't that great.

[@GoldChain_Gaming]

Love these types of videos. Please keep doing them

[@greasy2007]

Heck yes Morrison should've been a champ!

[@kylehill3883]

I think the greatest promo since 2000 is Heyman shooting on Vince on SmackDown before Survivor Series 2001

[@EvilGeniusHD]

The best promo for me will always be Paul Heyman telling Vince that he stole his ideas, his talent and his legacy. Everything Paul said was true and from the heart, and Vince knew it.

[@CageyEss]

AJ is flourishing in WWE. That guy was high af

[@OMVizzy]

Jon, you got good taste, may be off topic, but that hard fire and I got the same one. Salute brother

[@greasy2007]

4:00-4:06 that's a scorching take now rite?!

[@danielgertler5976]

Vince never knew what he had in Christian and the dude is the best heel in the business right now.

[@clifflodriguss122]

John Cena going at Roman is the best promo I’ve ever seen

[@michaeluphoff4749]

John Morrison is on a short list of WWE wrestlers where it is an absolute crime and insult that they were not WWE champions. The list for me is as follows: John Morrison Dolph Ziggler Shelton Benjamin Ricky the Dragon Steamboat William Regal Owen Hart Ted DiBiase Sr. Mr. Perfect I know I'm probably missing more, but these were the ones that I could remember the easiest.

[@anakinsmith4770]

Romans entrance takes longer than he wrestles in ring

[@rtrichar]

That is a great take

[@danielcrabtree1162]

I think when Vince was forced to step down is when WWE actually started to try to out do AEW😊

[@Diegbone]

One of my hot takes would be that of the 4 main elite members hangman is the one that always gets the short end of the stick. Another one would be that if booked correctly undisputed era would’ve been the best stable in wrestling history

[@Durrtlett9797]

I like the Eddie promo against brock over all even the punk pipe bomb

[@80081355318008]

Steiner Math is the best promo since 2000

[@MrC37]

Torrie Wilson should have been Divas Champion or Womens Champion

[@Kobe24brady12]

No

[@ad206]

But she couldn't really work. It brings the whole division backwards.

[@sa237-a]

​@@MrC37because she looked good

[@nolankuffner3573]

​@@MrC37that's what the fans wanted because that's what ECW gave them. The women were the one area where WWE tried to emulate the pure sex appeal. But it wasn't good. ECW's take on women in wrestling was 'Is this domestic violence? Who gives a shit, she's half naked!' People wonder why there were so many sexual abuse, assault, and adultery cases. Everyone from Ric Flair to Vince McMahon fell into those trappings, and it's just indicative of how terrible those choices were 🤷

[@stjoshua1976]

Not a chance! She only looked good. It was BS wen they chanted, 'you still got it' she never had it!

[@falcaoEUW]

Whoever dethrones Roman needs to be someone who'll be there 10 years from now. At this point it's like the Undertaker's streak, somewhat, you need to give it to someone who will be "the next Roman" basically. Granted I still have mixed feelings about Undertaker losing his streak, but they turned that into gold with Brock being the biggest thing for almost a decade. It doesn't make sense to give it to The Rock cause he's just gonna drop it the next PPV or keep the title hostage for another 6 months like Roman's been doing and not defend it at all.

[@DracoSafarius]

Hell even if the Rock defended it a few times at PPV events it wouldn't be ideal. He'd be doing only sparse appearances for Raw and Smackdown, so it'd be the same situation regardless. Need someone who will show up far more often.

[@falcaoEUW]

@@DracoSafarius Yep totally agree. That's why it made total sense to go with Cody, he's there every week and you could've given Roman his time off and re-feud with Cody when he returned, but they fumbled it. Tbh right now, Solo is probably the best choice imo but they have to solidify him as a main eventer before. He's already beat Cena, which is great, but hasn't really done anything since.

[@DjMistoffelees]

Hot take: The PG era ruined the WWE.

[@Cm-chunk]

The edge brand split one is about 2 world titles being created rather than one. If there was only one world title then there were many stars ahead of him for that belt

[@Editedby3xplicit]

The best promo since 2000 was obviously the Dolph promo before No Mercy 2016

[@Canned_Bread42]

MJF with a JBL/Del Rio type character in WWE would be pretty sweet

[@epic_pandas]

That burn in my light take must have been sent in by Randy himself

[@PAWANKALYAN_21]

Yeah, Randy once said that he hated Burn in My Light 😂

[@Basslinesounds]

CM Punk’s og theme: This fire burns is greater than cult of personality

[@rensolo2891]

As far as LA Knight dethroning Roman I think it's poetic justice. The man who was handed a lot of success and shoved down our throats loses to someone who WWE tried to burry but never could. He's the peoples campion in my eyes.

[@1in6win]

My Hot Take: Wrestling looks better in standard definition.

[@SwiiFTCycLoNe]

With the Edge hot take they are saying it based off an Ted Talk with Paul Heyman where he talks about the brand spilt and how he made guys main eventers that Vince didnt see as anything

[@cliffjones9922]

Joey styles promo to Jerry Lawler is underrated

[@flybirdsfly2091]

This going to be good

[@ziggy071621]

Please make this a segment of the podcast

[@TheBloobster]

The guy that hates Burn in my Light is right The only thing that ever made Metalingus worse was the crossover song Yall... nah. Nah.

[@devonb3735]

Ricochet is a charisma vacuum

[@TheVideoGameScrub]

Mark Henry's fake retirement promo may not be the best since 2000, but it deems a mention.

[@jacob47329]

video 46 of telling john to watch nxt

[@GameTesterDev]

Roman's appearance on SmackDown this past week drew only an extra 162,000 people to watch... Punk was drawing an extra 300-400 Thousand on Collision... So i'd think again Dante

[@GreggThe3gg]

Fully agree with the Rollins entrance take, so annoying to hear the crowd singing it constantly

[@GreggThe3gg]

@@outlaw91 yeah absolutely, it’s more that I don’t like the song and how repetitive it is and that it goes on forever

[@kylehill3883]

Burn in my light was not done by Rev Theory.

[@Iamone1111]

The thing about LAK sounds just like late 2000s with Sheamus they had him beat John Cena of all people for the wwe championship 6months after his debut but I understand the title reign now is different than Cena's

[@MrMvp013]

The Edge Brand Split one, i get what there trying to say but i doubt it, even during Smackdown 6 era they were trying to push edge as a higher tier guy. If there was no Brand Split, the Cena/Edge feud would have still happened

[@ItsBrettFoo]

11:30 nah man. You're not gonna find a better promo than Eddie Guerrero promo with Brock Lesnar.

[@shaqnums3458]

That was my hot take 😂

[@coltwest6858]

I'll say it again Sting is the underrated goat of wrestling. The WWE bias makes him less than despite 4 decades of being awesome. I mean he started out as the Ultimate Warrior's tag team partner.

[@imnotbroken118]

"CM Punk is the biggest draw in wrestling" Kinda hard to call him the biggest draw in wrestling when he's currently unemployed....

[@annflorcosky728]

I know it was used in an ironic manner, but John is the first person I've ever heard to refer to it as x 😂

[@bhupendrakumarsoni8232]

IDK if its a hot take or not but WWF -> WWE is where all things went kinda downhill

[@catnip8896]

It was a small name change. The company didn't change because of it.

[@timangus7021]

LA Knight won the Million Dollar Championship in NXT

[@Gamemyster1991]

My hot take is Daniel bryan should of been the one to end the undertakers streak at wrestlemania It would of tied into the authority story perfectly

[@zachnloganniam]

The fact that one of the guys Vince has pushed and that HHH isn’t using is AJ Styles is crazy to me. Cuz AJ was an outsider, and what I thought the end of his career for him. But Vince gave him a chance and made him a megastar. And now he’s had more matches in WWE than TNA and I think he should go back to TNA with the reboot. I mean Will Ospreay teased it a lil with a styles clash at Bound for Glory.

[@slumpfriends]

STREAM RM85! OUT NOW

[@SheldonNator]

Mercy Drive 😂 sang Burn in my Light not Rev Theory lol

[@n1ghtt295]

Is Eddy Kingston the Kevin Owens of AEW? ✍️🧐

[@artfuldodganz9037]

Atm I don't think it matters who takes the Undisputed Part Time WWE championship, but it should be with a full time wrestler.

[@danielhilgeman798]

I don't have a opinion about Roman Reigns I quit even acknowledging he exists 2 years ago I don't care if he shows up doesn't show I have absolutely no investment he is to untouchable now his story just isn't interesting that's just my view love your content love you both 😊❤🎉

[@annflorcosky728]

Exactly, that's been my exact problem with Roman Why even have him main event a main PLE if we all know what's going to happen? It's boring And now splitting up the Usos and dragging the story out further than it needs to be. It's definitely getting stale, boring and outdated It's just another example of how Vince did not know his audience or just did not care to listen to them And now Paul is stuck trying to conclude a story that's been going on for 3 years He is stuck in the perpetual how do you end this situation And the more it drags out the more boring it gets

[@danielhilgeman798]

@@annflorcosky728 you are exactly right the big problem reigns will never lose the championship as long as vince has a say it was suppose to happen at this year's wrestlemania and last year's but reigns still has the championship unfortunately it's gone on so long even if he loses the title it will take a long time to get invested again they dragged it out to long but that is one of the things Vince does best

[@wiseguy8100]

Edge not being a champion with the brand split means he wouldn’t be champion over the other top talents since there would only be 1 belt. 2 belts offered twice the opportunity. And there has not been 2 belts for 90% of the time lol. Maybe like 50

[@AdrianC0421]

Shit, if Edge wouldn’t be champ then you could might as well throw in Cena, Lesnar & Benoit for sure never winning it from ‘02 - ‘03. Along with Hogan, Show, Rock & Angle getting another reign.

[@wiseguy8100]

@@AdrianC0421 I don’t remember if they were specifically talking about 02 but there certainly would be more names on that list either way.

[@Zack132542]

Skye Blue turning heel is gonna make her the best Women wrestler in AEW

[@Vengeance_De_La_Hoya]

That Demon King Finn Balor take I COMPLETELY AGREE with! W TAKE!

[@rays502]

My Hot Take - If used proper if pushed proper with the right storylines Logan Paul can be a star Also thinks he needs to focus on Wrestling

[@SoWaffles]

Hot take - thinking the pipe bomb promo was revolutionary is just showing your age. Worked shoots have been done multiple times before, both awfully (anything Russo did in WCW but especially Bash at the Beach) and wonderfully (Austin and Pillman in ECW)

[@bluespeed8900]

sorry Mr over the age of 30

[@swerve589]

No one is saying that it’s the only worked shoot to exist, but it is revolutionary. It’s overrated, but to say is not revolutionary regardless how old someone is, is silly. 12 years later and people still talk about it.

[@SoWaffles]

@@swerve589 what about it is revolutionary? To me, people still talk about it because it's one bright spot in wrestling, which for years has kinda been in the shitter

[@davicosta3915]

Hot take: Sting is better than Taker Taker is a bigger name because he was in a bigger platform that is the WWE, but other than that, The Icon is superior

[@jacobway468]

How

[@davicosta3915]

@@jacobway468 wrestling wise I think it's undeniable that Sting is a better wrestler Sting had more personas during his career: Surfer Sting, Crow/Icon Sting, Joker Sting and all got over as hell And imho, Sting is more capable of being a franchise wrestler for a company than Taker

[@jacobway468]

@@davicosta3915 he didn’t have more personas lmao. Undertakers work in Taker-Michaels 1-2 is better than legit anything sting ever did

[@Bobsyagod]

I feel like they mean that if everyone was competing for one belt on one brand Edge may not have ever made it to the main event scene when you've perpetually got HHH, Cena and others in the title picture. I disagree that he'd have never got there, he definitely beat the top guys in the company at various points, but I feel it'd have taken a little longer to crack into it.

[@maximem.ste-marie3578]

1:39 : "We all know who's gonna be the one to do it". I legitimately have no idea who you are talking about.

[@kevinmarshall3036]

Yea I was confused on that one too. I think they saying Jey Uso tho

[@jamesbuie5281]

@@kevinmarshall3036their saying cody rhodes

[@toddprattii2012]

The Miz promo in 2016 is overrated at this point. Someone on Twitter said that the promo between Miz and Knight was for Knight to pass the Miz test in terms of being a good talker. Listen: when Miz wants to be a good talker, he will. Otherwise, he is good, great even but it's time we leave that promo behind.

[@danielgertler5976]

I'l say, if MJF doesn't succeed in WWE it's be because they drop tie ball with him and not because he can't work in WWE.

[@ad206]

1:42 The problem with that is Finn looks like a child next to the Undertaker. You would need a guy that would look credible ending the streak.

[@robertwithey4911]

Eddie imo is very underrated

[@shaqnums3458]

Another SCW ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ video and I’m not just saying that because they reacted to my hot take 💀

[@Yessica.haircut]

What was your hot take?

[@shaqnums3458]

@@Yessica.haircut about the mix on talking smack

[@shaqnums3458]

Miz*

[@Yessica.haircut]

@@shaqnums3458 ngl I kind of agree with you

[@shaqnums3458]

@@Yessica.haircut miz v dolph at no mercy has the greatest buildup of any storyline since Shawn v taker

[@deventrepanier2143]

First time demon finn lost was against the fiend

[@ThunderBlake]

14:04 I mean, we live in a time where Damien Priest can become a World Champion with his briefcase - can you even imagine Priest as a Champion one year ago where there was no secondary World Championship; there are people that will get World Championships no matter what (Cena, Rock, SCSA) and there are people who needs brand split to get a chance for '2nd World Championship' like (Big E, Jinder) and Edge according at least for the creator of that tweet, wouldn't be a world champion if there was only one major championship in WWE

[@fknjoee3694]

The bloodline story kind of jumped the shark. I don’t even think it’s that hot of a take 😂

[@rtrichar]

It has been boring hot trash for months

[@fknjoee3694]

@@rtrichar it’s also been unnecessarily convoluted 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@jkl-x7p]

Hoping for a new Hottest Takes video

[@brandonmoore6068]

bring back brian and izzy for an episode 🙏🏾

[@Kobe24brady12]

Who?

[@leati727]

Fatal 4-Way Match for SCW Champion 😂

[@selenavasquez4238]

Dont get me wrong burn in my light is a great song but i personally love voices better. And aew definitely has a better attention now for viewers. Aew reguvenated wrestling especially making people fall in love with it again

[@TimTam_3]

Close Your Eyes, the male version, is better than Metalingus. It’s just an absolute bop that always gets me to sing along, not that Metalingus doesn’t. I love both songs, Close Your Eyes is just the better one

[@hunterwise5156]

Voices>>>>>>>>>Burn In My Light and isn't top ten for me for themes

[@proteeksengupta7961]

Hot take:- The "New Generation Era (mid 90's)" was the worst era in WWE history.. worse than the current era

[@JacksonOwex]

If the cold open hot take were true there wouldn't be rumors that WWE told him to take a hike!

[@Durrtlett9797]

It's either going to be cody or someone in the bloodline to dethrone Roman reigns, anything else really doesn't make sense as of now even though I want LA Night stonks to go through the roof