Episode Details

It's Monday, and after a rocky start (Coach's mic goes down, Producer Man briefly takes the wheel) The Coach and Bro get into a Big Three that skips the usual segment-by-segment Raw and SmackDown breakdown for three heavier conversations. Before that, Vince has "middle to extensive heat" with Coach over the Chiefs failing to cover and the viral "That's my husband!" moment from Sunday night, and Coach is trending after NFL Twitter decided Jalen Hurts' sideline look was a dead ringer for one of his classic entrance videos.

The lead story is a serious one: indie wrestler Ganon Jones Jr., who was in Andy "The Butcher" Williams' final tag match, has announced he's stepping away from wrestling for the sake of his young daughter. Vince stresses that the cause of death is still not official, then makes a bigger point — wrestling is supposed to be a work, and the boys are supposed to protect each other. Both hosts share where they were the night Owen Hart died in 1999: Vince backstage, watching a locker room walk around like zombies and telling his wife he never wanted to be part of another show; Coach in the seventh row as a fan, a month into living in Kansas City. From there it's the awkward finish to Sami Zayn vs. Kevin Owens for the Undisputed WWE Title on SmackDown, where Owens kicked out after the referee's three count — Vince's take is that the ref did exactly what he's trained to do, and that Zayn is working hard for heat the story hasn't earned him. Then Nic Nemeth's comments that he'd like to see TNA treated more fairly in the WWE partnership split the desk: Vince says the WWE rub (and likely the AMC deal) is the real value, Coach can't name one thing WWE has done for TNA on its own TV since January and wonders whether there's even a liaison.

Topic three: with the U.S. State Department travel advisory for Saudi Arabia changing, WWE has reportedly discussed contingencies for Crown Jewel, yet publicly it's full steam ahead. Coach argues this is really about protecting a WrestleMania-in-Saudi deal worth (by the rumors he's heard) anywhere from $50 million to $200 million, and revisits his own decision to say no to a WWE overseas trip years ago. Vince thinks the company is posturing until it has to decide, and both agree Triple H is in the toughest spot in the building — one of the boys, a father of three, answering to the other side of the house. Along the way: the world premiere of the "Just Wrestling" BlueChew Gold commercial (after the file froze the first time), the 23rd anniversary of Coach and Al Snow vs. Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler, whether anyone on the current roster could host SNL the way The Rock did in March 2000, a Jimmy Fingers vs. Joey rivalry that's spilling into the super chats, and Vince's Giants pick for Monday Night Football.

Timestamps (estimated)

• 0:00:00 — Cold open: Coach's mic dies, Producer Man takes over, Vince buries the "rinky dink equipment"
• 0:01:00 — Vince's heat with Coach: Chiefs fail to cover, and the "That's my husband!" moment on Sunday Night Football
• 0:05:30 — Super chat rules ($5 on screen, $10 addressed, all entries go on the Wednesday wheel)
• 0:07:00 — Coach is trending: Jalen Hurts vs. the classic Coach entrance video; "Jalen, call Coach"
• 0:09:10 — Big Three #1: Ganon Jones Jr. steps