COLD OPEN QUESTION OF THE WEEK: If you had to pick one WWE wrestler to be in the rotation for the Knicks, who would it be?

David and Kaz are joined by the SmackDown first-round draft pick Carmelo Hayes who discusses the following:

• Elevating the NXT brand (6:48)
• Responding to Bobby Lashley on social media (10:55)
• Challenging Cody Rhodes on his first night on the SmackDown roster (13:24)
• His thoughts on the Drake-Kendrick beef (21:04)
• What it means for him seeing Trick Williams win the NXT title (25:00)
• Shawn Michaels’s influence (31:30)

Then David and Kaz close out the show with the following:

• King and Queen of the Ring tournament with a few predictions (46:26)
• NXT highlights (63:53)
• Mogul Embassy betraying Swerve Strickland on AEW ‘Dynamite’ (70:38)
• WWE ‘Raw’ staying on USA through the end of 2024 (76:40)
• Kofi Kingston says he wants to wrestle Barack Obama (84:42)

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Hosts: David Shoemaker and Kazeem Famuyide

Guest: Carmelo Hayes

Producer: Brian H. Waters

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