The YFB Report vs The Bleacher Report

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Broadcasting Live. Good morning, Blockhead
Nation. Having to come to you a

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little bit early as I have a
pretty eventful day, but thank you for

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stopping by just for a few minutes
so we can talk this maybe brief and

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to the point, but I appreciate
your time. You are listening to your

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favorite blockhead the only podcast in the
podcast in the world that can somehow incorporate

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the Peanuts comic strip one minute and
then be talking about MMA and Warriors inside

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the Octagon the next. I am
your host. My name is Brian Little.

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I'm gonna get something out of the
way right now. We have the

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episode today. It'll be another one
next Saturday. I save that for the

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very end, same blockead times,
same block at channel. I'm bringing it

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to you early to just kind of
set a trajectory. This is not the

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end times. The solar eclipse will
happen in other parts of the world and

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other six continents at different times.
This is not an apocalyptic thing. It's

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been made very clear throughout the Bible. I can quote Joel chapter three,

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I can quote Revelation chapter eight,
I can quote the Gospel of Mark,

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the Gospel of Matthew, and I
can show you so many times that it

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would be after the tribulation and what
that encapsulates. So I say, enjoy

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the eclipse on Monday that will last
for what about four minutes if you're in

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the US time zone. For everybody
else when it comes, enjoy it for

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what it is, the same thing
and learn about in science class. And

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I want you to know that we'll
be back together again. Do I long

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for the end days to be with
our Lord and Savior? Yes, Because,

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as I talk about number one on
the show, God is King.

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Number two, Peanuts is the single
most successful comic strip in American history.

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I continue to show you that time
and time again through the comics, through

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the TV show, through the movie, through the Charles Schultz Museum, through

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online resources, through many books that
are on my bookshelf here at the block

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Ed Mansion. And finally, mixed
martial arts is the greatest sport under gods

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hot sun. And we'll get to
that in a minute. There's a lot

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going on in that world. But
this is also a special weekend for some

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of you that tune in. This
is Night one of WrestleMania, something I

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wasn't used to in my youth growing
up that it was on a Sunday,

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and it was one day, one
big event, one main event. So

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I just I'll save that for a
second. I'll get to my thoughts on

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that momentarily because I'm going in cold
Turkey. But there is one particular Peanuts

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comic strip character that I don't often
refer to, and I need to because

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he was introduced in nineteen sixty seven
this previous week. He happens to be

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the Yellow Bird, where the name
for one of the most infamous concerts of

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all time took place. That was
named after the fact. I'm talking about

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Woodstock when he first appeared two years
before that concert took place, and that

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kind of is a prelude to that
concert because while small in size, many

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would argue that Woodstock was a huge
event, but if you look at others

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that have happened since then, the
numbers have way surpassed what that event was.

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But it was pivotal. So even
though Woodstock is small, he's big

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in personality. The first time he
gets introduced into the TV show would be

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in nineteen seventy two with the TV
special Snoopy Come Home. It's the first

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time we meet him. If you're
watching on television. He doesn't let his

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small size get in the way of
getting from point A to point B.

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That's never in a straight line,
sometimes flying upside down. And while his

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attempts to keep us keep himself up
proved to be what you call feudal,

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he is a very persistent character.
He navigates everyday trials fairly well when it's

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all said and done at the end
of the comic strip or the end of

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the episod. Another example that would
be Race for Your Life Charlie Brown.

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Guess who wins the entire thing in
the last minute ditch effort. Yeah,

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Woodstock, he wins the whole raft
River race. So he may be outmatched

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because of his side from things like
footballs, baseballs. He struggles to migrate

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anywhere he's going, but he does
have a simple but very emphatic and therapeutic

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philosophy. Small is beautiful and he
is the perfect right hand man too.

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Snoopy, who is the most interchangeable
character, the most well known character of

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all time for the Peanuts. This
is an actual quote from Charles Schultz.

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I will use his exact words,
and I quote from Sparky. Woodstock knows

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that he is very small, and
inconsequential. Indeed, it's a problem we

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all have. The universe boggles us. I gotta stop from it. That's

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why I say it boggles the mind
that something like the solar eclipse would cause

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all this chaos. It's not a
cosmic cataclysm. It's just a shadow that's

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cast. But as you've seen,
traffic is horrible. If you live in

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Texas, you've seen the way that
the oil prices have been price gouged,

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to put it nicely, so it's
something it's a natural response to something like

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this. Is this the end?
But if you put your foundation on the

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rock instead of on sand, you'll
find out that the Bible is very clear

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it's got to get way worse before
this, and we have to be in

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the end times if that were the
case. And there are plagues that are

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talked about all through the Book of
Revelation that just make this fuffly on his

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face, a lot of people are
gonna look foolish come Tuesday. But like

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he says, in the larger scheme, we suddenly realize we amount to very

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little, and that can be frightening. Only a certain maturity will make us

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able to cope. The minute that
we abandon the quest for it, we

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leave ourselves open to tragic results.
Woodstock is a lighthearted expression of that idea.

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Just when you think you got these
characters figured out, you know very

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little about the depths of Charles Schultz's
mind and his creativity as a cartoonist.

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So there was even one that I
read that showed him being on March fifth,

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nineteen eighty one. As of Thursday, so it's circulated all through the

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online sources, the Internet, Facebook, Twitter, It's all been there,

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and I just feel like Woodstock has
been overlooked on this show, and I

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want to give him his due diligence, especially since it was his first debut

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as of this week. So impay
our homage to Woodstock. Hats off to

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you. Continue to soar high on
the wings of eagles, because your wings

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don't always work as they should.
There's a lot of incapabilities. If he's

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doing it on his own, he
can't fly solo. He's gonna have to

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have Snoopy and the World War One
flying ace, I guess you can say

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when he metamorphosizes into that. So
that's just the story of Woodstock, very

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briefly, not even to all the
depths of what he really is. But

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I'm gonna have some fun here for
a second, since it is Wrestlemannia weekend

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and I've been invited to go to
the Loud Indepinion a fellow podcaster in mind,

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to go and watch this thing,
and I'm going in cold Turkey.

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As I said earlier on this show, what I do have is a lot

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of what's happened from the very first
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the main key high spots, and
I'll tell you I used to watch a

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lot of these recorded. You remember
those of you that are old to remember

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this. Back in the nineties,
you didn't just have Blockbuster. You had

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your mom and pop shops where you
can go and you can rent videos,

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your local video stores. And there
was an aisle then had two dividing sides.

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One of them were all of the
WWF now called WWE videotapes. On

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the other side was something that I
was drawn to at a young age called

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the Ultimate Fighting Championship. And it
looked like it was almost a banned aisle.

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It was almost like this is the
dark side of the video store that

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you shouldn't intrude on. This area. This is you know, maybe eighteen

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and above. You got an adult
to check it out. Good luck telling

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my dad I want to watch a
bunch of guys fighting in the cage.

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He's perfectly all right with checking out
things that we know have a predetermined outcome,

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because you know, the cats out
of the bag. That wrestling is

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not really two people and they're trying
to hurt each other. It's acrobatics.

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It's entertainment, it's fun. And
usually when I would go to the video

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store, it'd be me and my
next door neighbor having to sleepover at our

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house, and we would get something
like I don't know, Royal Rumble nineteen

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ninety three. We get WrestleMania ten
in nineteen ninety four, or we would

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rent rest Mania seven where Hogan versus
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Whatever was available we would usually get
and we will watch until the late hours

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of the evening to wake up the
next morning continue where we left off with

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all the matches. So I kind
of always had this drawing to go to

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the other side and see what these
other almost banned TV video cassettes were,

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And eventually, as you can tell, I became a UFC fan, but

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I see all that because recently they
did a bleacher Report on the greatest wrestlers

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of all time. And what I'm
gonna do is I'm gonna go ahead and

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share that. Now. I'm not
saying Bleacher Report is one hundred percent there,

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but it's the closest thing you get
to Sports illustrated when it comes to

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things like MMA, boxing and professional
wrestling. And bleacher Report released this countdown

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of the fifty greatest WWE stars.
I won't go through all of them.

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I'll start with number twenty and we'll
get to number one. This should be

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fun. Number twenty cm Punk,
Number nineteen Randy Orton. I believe he's

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gonna be on Night one or probably
Night two. We'll find out. Number

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eighteen Eddie Guerrero rest in peace.
Number seventeen brock Lesner, a guy who

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broke onto the scenes in the UFC
and was a monster there as a monster

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in wrestling, and now he is
not so much a monster in the court.

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If I understand, right, with
all the bureaucracy and legislation that's holding

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him up right now, we won't
get into that. Number sixteen Chris Jericho.

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If I understand, he's the first
ever undisputed champion that held the WWF

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and WCW champion at the same time
when they had merged the two companies.

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I remember that right number fifteen Foley. Most would know him for one thing,

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but they know it should know him
for way more, which would be

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the undertaker throwing him off the top
of the cell. That would be King

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of the Ring nineteen ninety eight,
when he crashed through the through the table.

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I believe that's right number fourteen,
Andre the Giant oh Man wrestle Manya

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three, the Immovable Object, the
big Body slam from Hulkogan. Oh.

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This is something I saw as a
kid. This was fun with me in

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an extraor neighbor that we would watch
this number thirteen Roman reigns. I believe

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he'll be on Night one too,
or at least Night two. We'll see

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number twelve ray mystereo. Interesting how
he's made his way up to the top.

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But he's a veteran, been in
this thing a long time. I

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remember his debut back in two thousand
and two. Again, there was no

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UFC to watch back then, but
I remember him coming up through the floor

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with a bunch of fireworks underneath him
and just going, man, this guy

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is Athletic he was awesome in WCW. He's awesome here. So number twelve.

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Raymond Stereo, number eleven, the
only Olympic gold medalist in history.

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I think that was until recently.
The most well known one would be Kurt

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Angle. So he's number eleven.
So number ten, here we go.

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Top ten Bleacher Report fifty grayst WWE
Stars. Number ten Hulk Hogan. That's

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pretty low, especially for somebody who
drew as much as he did. But

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he's number ten. Number nine Rowdy
Roddy Piper. Now he's definitely a star

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that most should remember. But again
interesting, Number eight the Heartbreak kid Sewn

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Michaels. Number seven The Rock,
which, as I understand, he's back.

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He's going to be in day one. He's apparently a heel too.

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He's not the good guy we've known
him to be. He's back to the

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nineteen ninety eight Rock, the one
that face Stone Cold in nineteen ninety nine

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to get their first run. Which
EZO is the greatest rivalry of all time.

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I would assume, or at least
in the top two. Stone Cold

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in the Rock three times around Number
six Bruno Sammartino. Now, if you

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want to base it on history and
longevity of holding a title. I would

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have to agree with that one,
but I don't know if it'd be that

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high on the list. But okay, now we get into the top five,

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this gets interesting. Number five,
John Cena, number four, the

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Undertaker, mad respect for Mark Callaway. For him to be that high on

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the list is really saying something too. Number three. It's really weird to

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have this one up on number three
if you don't have Ricky the Dragon Steamboat

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anywhere in the top twenty. But
number three three would be the macho man

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Randy Savage. Again, interesting pick
for him and Hogan to be that far

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between each other, but you know
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and have been the Megapowers. But
still, this is an interesting layout.

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So we're to the number two and
number one spot. Are you ready for

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this? Number two? Stone Cold
Steve Austin, Well, I'm pretty sure

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I know why this list is the
way it is because of the number one

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guy? Are you ready? And
this is gonna irritate so many of my

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listeners when I play this because I'm
putting the intro music in Bleacher Report as

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of a few days ago, has
decided that the number one greatest WWE star

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of all time is none other than
the excellence of execution. The best there

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is, the best there was,
and the best there ever will be.

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Brett the hit man Heart. I
didn't say it, Bleacher Report did.

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The one guy that Stone Cold could
never beat, the guy that introduced him

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into the Hall of Fame in two
thousand and six was Stone Cold. Steve

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Austin Brett gets the number one spot. How do you like them apples?

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Our scripture rene for this podcast comes
from Second Chronicles, chapter thirty two,

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verse eight. With him is an
arm of flesh, but with us as

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the Lord, our God to help
us and to fight our battles. And

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the people rested themselves upon the words
of Hezekiah, King of Judah. The

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lineage to Christ can always be traced
back to the tribe of Judah, also

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known as the Lion of Judah.
Reflection from Blue la Our Bible says in

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the Old Testament, the Lord always
helped his people during times of war.

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Today, God still promises to be
with us and help us fight our battles,

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and that means both physical and spiritual. This is why we are told

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in things like Ephesians chapter six to
put on the full armor of God,

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made up of the belt of truth, the breastplate of righteousness, the sandals

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of the preparation of the Gospel of
Peace, the shield of faith, the

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helmet of salvation, and the sword
of the Spirit or the Word of God.

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There's another weapon we need to use, and it's prayer. Prayer is

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the way to talk to God and
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of the most, if not the
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blockad nation, I ask you,
are you praying? Are you praying often?

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Are we praying always? As introduce
you to what is the truth?

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As we segue into the UFC,
you got another fight to night tonight at

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the APEX main event, Brendan Allen
versus Chris Curtis number two. Now,

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the last time they faced each other
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we've got a full training camp,
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tonight who the better man is.
While I'm viewing WrestleMania, I will be

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trying to tune into the APEX what's
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I have to say this, I'm
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UFC three hundred, the sooner I
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killing me. It's tearing me apart
to go. Who am I gonna go

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with in the People's match, in
the People's fight of the UFC. It's

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not Alex Pere versus Jamal Hill,
it's not the Girls for the stre It's

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not even Olivera versus Serukian, which
I will talk about in a second.

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I've been so fixated on our Mont
Seroukian's tearing through the rankings that I gotta

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go back and talk about something when
it comes to Charles Olivera. But I'm

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gonna make a decision. Now we
have a title that is being defended for

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the first time. We have the
BMF Strap and it's two beloved guys,

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two of my absolute favorites. So
if we're gonna talk about who has the

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best striking and boxing in all of
the UFC, two names always come up,

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Dustin Poorrier and Max Holloway. Max
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This was the brandchild of Nate dia
As that faced Horghey Masvidal in Madison

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Square Guard and with the rock walking
out with the BMF strap that Dana made

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specifically this fight. Donald Trump is
in the audience watching this fight. We

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see Nate Diaz really putting on a
pounding on Nate, but we that are

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Nate Diaz fans know that he's gonna
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In the fourth and fifth round,
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up. We have a doctor stoppage. This is how Masvidal gets the strap.

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So when we finally decide who needs
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strap, this time, Jorge doesn't
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But we have a BMF title on
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one of the greatest boxers in the
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and who wins the strap with a
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who is winning the first round,
Dustin Pourier. Dustin Poorier has taken Justin

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Gaegee to task, and you got
the beloved Max Holloway stepping in with Justin

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Gaechee who can find an opening,
who has said it's one of those you

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don't hear a lot of from Max
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demeanor about him. He's got that
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ocean. When all this fails,
get on your skateboarding ride. I think

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Connor McGregor was doing an interview and
he looked at the one and says that

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Max Holloway skateboarding out there. It's
very possible that he was. You're not

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hearing a lot from Max Holloway,
except he's probably just training. Justin.

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Gaegee came out recently and said I'm
going to break his orbitable or orbital by

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however you pronounce it, you know. So he's a little bit fired up.

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But there's not a lot in your
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we get them inside of the cage, I've kind of make a decision because

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this strap it's really not for the
rankings, it's really more for pay per

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viewpoints. But it's a solid case
about whoever wins this should automatically get a

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shot against Islam for the actual lightweight
title. Correct. The only hang up

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you got is Olivera who is a
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who'll be facing our monts leruki On
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they're gonna face off, and our
Montserukian would love to have a return match

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to run it back, get a
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I'm a champion. But now,
if Max Holloway beats Gaichie and becomes the

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BMF, isn't that the direction we
need to go is Max Holloway should get

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a shot. It's a fresh coat
of paint for somebody like Islam to face

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the beloved Max Holloway. But I've
gotta make a decision, and I won't

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know until we actually get them in
the cage. And I guess I'll watch

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for the first round knowing that Poorier
beat Gaichie in the first round, based

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it on history, can Max Holloway
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again and this time finishes Max.
It's really a tough spot to be in

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because both guys are two of my
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gotta pick a side now, it's
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came out on which side I'm gonna
take. And then Hamsut Chamaiev will finally

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step in the cage with a former
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I don't go against the former champion. I will always be a Robert Whittaker

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guy. You don't hear much from
him when they ask him how it's gonna

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go, is answer us It's gonna
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one to go the whole way.
I can only base it off that right

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now, because Chamaiev has thrown his
name into the hat against everybody on the

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roster for the UFC and how we
finally got this and his performance against usman

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tells me that how's he gonna do
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easy for me to say, I'm
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go with the Reaper, But I
can tell you that's gonna be an interesting

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matchup. Chamaiav. Versus Whittaker has
apparently been confirmed for later this year,

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so Gatechee and Holloway. It's such
a hang up for me. This one's

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gonna be tough to make a decision, but I can't wait. Chomping at

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the bit, Whitaker versus Chamaiev.
I'm going with Robert Whittaker. But there's

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somethingy you can't sleep on either,
and that would be Charles Olivera. The

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last time he had a non title
fight I was in twenty seventeen against Paul

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Felder. Every other time Olivera has
been fighting for a title or to defend

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his title, and he's facing Sorookion
at three hundred. So for somebody like

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me, that is a diehard MMA
fan. You see, your hundred is

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such a treat, But it's also
such an internal conflict on which way I'm

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gonna go. So as I tell
you that I know this seems like I've

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only covered a few topics in the
world of mixed martial arts today, just

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because it's time for me to start
wrapping it up and get ready for WrestleMania

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one again. I walk in there
with no idea what's going on. Maybe

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a few note cards I might be
fumbling through to get through this, but

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I'm looking forward to seeing what's happening, looking forward to the outcome of Alan

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versus Curtis two. With much more
prep time for them to have two training

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camps to get them ready for the
Apex tonight when the only voices you're really

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gonna hear is a few people in
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So we will see with a smaller
diameter of a cage. So we're

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gonna find out. I believe who
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Alan or Curtis. So it's telling. Look forward to seeing that. Look

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forward to talking some more UFC three
hundred with you next week. I might

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do another MMA takedown on just UFC
three hundred and get my thoughts together,

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collect them, bring it to you
as best as I can next week.

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the Night one of WrestleMania, and
I will catch you next Saturday. And

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I'm gonna say it again, you'll
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because I'll certainly be here on the
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time, same blockad channel. Enjoy
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catch you next time. They did
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