1-on-1 with DP – 93.7 The Ticket KNTK - WrestleMania Predictions: April 18th, 12:00pm

Episode Date: April 18, 2025

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Locked in on all of your devices. However you consume your streaming. Easy way to do it. Bye. Sir, it is a powerful weekend. Lots going on in Lincoln. We just got notification that Sunday's Husker baseball game against Northwestern has been moved to Saturday in a double header.

So if you have tickets for Sunday's game, they will be good for the second game of the double header. It says the ticket for Saturday's game is good for both games, while ticket holders for Sunday's game can exchange their tickets for general mission seating to one of the remaining regular season games as well. So while the season lasts. And so there's not that many home games to deal with it. First pitch,

Saturday moved up to 1 o'clock while the finale would be played 45 minutes approximately after the finish of the 1 o'clock start game. So they're expecting weather on Sunday. There is no softball on Sunday, so that is not necessary. Tennis. If weather is inclement, I would imagine. that they move indoors at the Dillon Center as well. I would imagine they're going to be indoors today against USC.

Number 30, I think they're ranked 38 in the country currently, Husker, Tennis. Peter Cobalt was in Wednesday asking folks, again, free admission. Sunday, they're giving away pizza. They've got gift giveaways on both Friday tonight at 6 o'clock and Sunday at noon. two prominent programs coming in, two of the best programs in the country. In tennis, USC tonight at 6 o'clock first serve for the doubles teams, and then Sunday at 12 noon against UCLA, and this is a year where UCLA is actually ranked ahead of USC,

and these are the first meetings between Nebraska and these programs. So go out and support these Huskers. They are on a two A consecutive match Win streak on the road in the Big Ten. They've won seven Big Ten matches this year. So 14 and seven is their current record. It's the old adage.

If the tournament started today, the NCAA tournament started today, they would qualify. They imagine that there's some moving sliding scale and a number somewhere between 44 and 47 of teams that are getting in. Husters currently ranked 38. But again, you've got two top. 25 teams in your back door for the next for this weekend so go out and support

Husker tennis find them get yourselves there if you're not up for that expect to see you down the icebox as the Lincoln stars Rocky Russo in the Anderson Cup champion regular season champion Lincoln Stars take on Sioux City tonight and and son tomorrow tonight and tomorrow I don't think they're they're going on Sunday and but go tonight, get it in, and we'll get more information. I check that for me because I think it's back to back. So yeah, they've got April 18th and 19 in Lincoln here.

Yep. So tonight tomorrow, if the weather's bad, you just go into the icebox. It's a white out tonight. Stars gear is pretty cool. I've got a white jersey and a black jersey. I probably needed a blue jersey. Shout out Rocky Russo, blue jersey.

Bach, do you have a Starz jersey? I don't think I do. Okay, we need to work on it. Yeah, I mean, those are very cool. They all just have done a really good job with their jersey. And they do a lot of like special alternate jersey nights. Yeah. And then they raffle off a lot of the game worn stuff.

So pretty cool. So if you're looking for something sportswise to do in Lincoln this weekend. There's tons going on. And then next weekend is a pretty big weekend as well. I would imagine some folks are going to Kansas City because the UFC and the WWD have partnered up for an entire weekend of events. Pretty good card.

Omaha's own Anthony Lionheartzman will be in the co-main event, his final bout as a pro. So go out and support the Husker. And he's a huge Husker football and basketball fan. He's around the programs a lot. of course he follows Husker wrestling. He's tight with the guys.

But he will be there. And I know that some of the other Nebraska wrestlers will be at that event in support. Pretty good card as well. And then, of course, you know, Friday and Monday after WrestleMania in Kansas City. Yeah. So, Bach, you know, we may have to, we may have to suck it up and make the drive. Yeah.

Just listen, you know, I mean, I think that's fair. I think that's fair. That's not too long. Right. Like I think that's fair. I think we could possibly, you think Maria would, Maria would let you come out and play. I think so. I'll have to ask her, but yeah, probably. You know, can bach him out and play. It's close. It's not Omaha, but okay. And then May 3rd, Dynasty Combat over at Pinnacleback Arena. Of course, Bubba Wilson makes his pro-MMA debut, along with several of the men or brothers are going to be there. So it'll be a pretty good fight night

at Pinnacle Back Arena. May 3, tickets are available. use Bubba as your code and you get a discount. So pretty good stuff. Simples no more. He's ready to watch Sina make history. Text on. Tell me, see, this is where it always gets interesting for WrestleMania. And Bach, let's go down the card.

Which, let's go down the full card. because I think that's the easy way to kind of set up the next question for folks because I want to know who they want to see when and then you have to tell me why but Bach this this this card scale this card for me one to ten ten being elite WWE WrestleMania card where does this what number would you give this? Well, I know there's a lot of...

In advance. Yeah. Like, you don't know. You don't know what the result's going to be, but at least you can look at the match. Yeah. I mean, I think it's pretty top-heavy, if I'm going to be quite honest,

and then Roman Rain, Sam Punk, Seth Rawlins, you know, that's going to be pretty iconic. And then how do you set up, you know, Cody Rhodes and John Cena, much better than John Cena going for the all-time record, you know, and Cody Rhodes, kind of the most over-wrestler in the last couple years.

So I think it's top-heavy. From there, I'm not as impressed with some of the other matches that they've put together. Not that I won't be entertained, but just, you know, comparatively to other WrestleMania. So I think it's top heavy, but I'd still kind of put it probably up at a eight and a half because of how good these top matches are. Okay.

So we're going to rank the matches. One, we have to put Orton versus whoever at the bottom. Yeah. Right. At the bottom. Are you more excited to watch Ray Mysterio and El, and El Grande, El Grande Americano more than whoever Randy Orton is wrestling. But that's one of those surprises.

I love Ray Mysterio. I love the fact that he's getting a match. El Grande Americano is just to come on the scene the last couple of weeks. It's kind of a fun, you know, this is more of a fun type of match than to be taken too seriously. So, yeah, I'm more excited to see who, Randy Orton's open challenge is probably a little more exciting. where would you put jade cargo versus naomi uh this is one of the blood feuds right this is one that they've boiled up long-term storytelling has been really good in this one um i just i feel like it could have been better had they not pulled bianca bellair out of it i think that you know a triple

threat there would have been great and i'd put then i wouldn't say the top of me stuff that i was saying earlier um you know k orn orton if they were able to go i think that was one that they built really well um so i'm still intrigued by it it's just it's going to be hard to watch and think in the whole time think i wish bianca bellair was involved it really like i think that's the best of the three uh not sure but yeah that's kind of where it lands from me um this is where it starts to get dicey damien priest versus drew mcinty that's the best of the four right yeah i mean i think that's a good one and then it's the one that they're calling a sense city street fight so anytime you

put a stipulation like that into it, I think it makes a little bit more exciting. Thanks, Vegas. Yeah. Thanks, Vegas. For those that aren't, I mean, if you don't, I guess if those names don't ring to you, these are kind of the up-and-comers, although they're both like 38. I mean, that's what wrestling is. But I mean, these are names that could maybe you had line wrestling down the line.

Like this, this could have been. Yeah. And I think this is where in a normal year, Cargo versus Naomi would have more juice because they would have put more into it, right? All of the ones we've mentioned so far have been almost thrown away because there's so much sauce being put on these other entrees. Yeah. And that these are legitimate. I mean, you're talking about these are all non-titled bouts.

So in that fold is A.J. Stiles versus Logan Paul. I think this one has, see, this is the thing. Which one's going to be the better bout? AJ and Logan or Drew versus priest. Boy, I love Drew McIntyre, especially if they give him a mic. So I don't know if he'll get much of that. You never know what you're. You never, he really is, he really is the force gump of wrestling microphones.

Because you never know, like he'll come out some nights of just be angry rage. Then it's just, okay, I'm a psychopath and then no, I'm a comedian. I'm doing stand up and guess what you get tonight, folks? You get funny, Drew. I think I like that a little bit more, though I will. I know people don't, well, might not like Logan Paul for whatever reasons, but he's really good in the ring. I'll give him that.

And AJ Styles is good in the ring. So I think that's going to, it just kind of depends on what you like. If you like big guys, Drew McIntyre and Damon Priest is your thing. If you like small guys flying all over the place, AJ Styles and Logan Paul could be it. Those are the non-title bouts, right? Those are the non-title bouts.

So then you get into the title bouts, right? And I, I'm intrigued, because I don't know WrestleMania is kind of the re-GPSing of pro wrestling for the next six months. And so more than

ending the story, it's almost writing the next story. So in that fold, let me stage it this way. Door one is the Intercontinental Championship with Braun Breaker, Finn Baller, Penta, and Dominic stereo and in door two it's Tiffany Stratton versus Charlotte Flair. Which door are you going in?

I've got to go into Charlotte Flair and Tiffany Stratton. That thing has been interesting. I thought it was, it was the buildup was a little bit weak to begin with and then they took the gloves off and got personal. And so we'll see. I still think Tiffany has a long way to go as far as catching up to be the wrestler, obviously that Charlotte Flair is. But I think that's kind of the idea is maybe she could be maybe down the line. We'll have to wait and see she has the athleticism. She needs to work a lot more on the mic and stuff like that. Terrible boyfriend choice.

Hey, and I love her boyfriend. I know you do. I'm just like, come on. Tiffany, tell you do to do leg day, man. Come on. He's skinny as long. Come on. Also in that fold, so let's say that Tiffany and Charlotte in one door.

in Door 2 is L.A. Knight and Jacob Fattu, which can be the match of the night. Yeah. I would probably still go with Tiffany and Charlotte, but man, I think Jacob Fattu's WrestleMania debut, I mean, this might be a guy that a mainstay on WrestleMania is moving forward. He's just got a lot. We'll see what they kind of do with him. L.A. Knight is just as intriguing because he was over as over as anybody about, you know, a year and a half. And they've kind of just kind of sat on him in this U.S. title picture. And I don't know. It's kind of to the point.

I just, I think it could be a really good one. But I, you know, kind of the yeah, movement. He was Oos. He was Eat big, man. Yeah, that's right. And they did a thing. Can I ask who you think Orton's opponent's

going to be? Um, who do you want to be and who do you think it'll be? Well, I, I, I really hope it's not so little so little to co. I think that's the kind of a boring choice that they might go with. I'm hoping that it's a returning Rusef because I've seen Rusef is basically coming back as Rusef. And I think that'd be a good. Is he bring his wife?

I hope so. I don't know. He's bringing a lot. In that space, right, that you started to identify the U.S. championship with Knight and Fatu. You've got the internet intercontinental title with Breaker, Penta, Baller, and Mysterio. and I think the devaluing is the fact that you're using the Intercontinental title and it's not for the title. It's not about the title. Like you're telling other stories and I'm a little worried about it, but that's just me.

Can I ask you, do you need E.O. Sky in this next bout? Is it with Bianca, Ripley, Eoske, where does that one fall in line for you versus Tiffany and Flay? Yeah, again, I just feel like, I don't, I feel like this is kind of thrown together. Ria Ripley had a great year. I think they should have had some plan for it. And if the plan was just Ria Ripley, Bianca Bel Air, then I'd be happy. That's that, you know, you set it up right and I think it'd be good. Eos just kind of been thrown into the middle of this.

They've, they've really, you know, in programming, kind of hyped up the fact or, you know, underscored the fact that she's kind of the odd one out. The other two are kind of going at each other. So, no, I don't need her. I don't necessarily. I'd love you, Sky. I don't need her in this match. The tag team championships

with Liv Morgan, Raquel Rodriguez, Bailey and Lira, or the War Raiders versus New Day. Which one are you watching? I would, I think. I know you're going to get like a beverage. Yeah.

Like this is when you go get Pepsi and popcorn, but if you have to watch one, one is more intriguing to you. I say, neither one of these are probably going to be talked about too much the week afterwards, but we'll see. I think Liv Morgan, along those lines I was saying earlier, has been one of the best wrestlers of the year. I would have had something much

better for at Russellmania. But her and Raquel Rodriguez against Bailey, at least, you know, Bailey's at least one of the kind of part of the, one of the movers and the women's movement, I should say, over the last decade. So at least you've kind of got that. I'm at least intrigued by that. New days, like, they've really cooled off the

heat that they had at one time. And War Raiders, I think, are good live. I don't know if they should be holding the belt. Just not interesting, right? Just not interesting. We'll throw it a break. We'll come back. We'll get Bach. There's three big bouts.

We need the Bach breakdown and I need for him to rank these three bouts. And then he's going to tell us how he thinks they finish because there's three bouts that are making all the money. You could remove every other about these three you could sell out any building in America in the world.

We'll talk about those three when we come back to the ticket.