 What's good George the board lost back again with another video So you guys have requested that I check out how Adam would book Keith Lee So this is what I'm about to do for you guys appreciate all the love support road to 70k I am looking forward to how he would have booked Keith Lee. I'm willing to bet it would probably be or it's going to be 10 times better than what WWE could have ever done and that's a shame. That's all I'm gonna say I know Keith Lee Was dealing with some health issues at the beginning of his run But they still there's still things they could have did to really Expound on him being a main event player, you know, and it just sucks that they really didn't like Go for that. They didn't capitalize on the momentum when they had the chance and it kind of sucks So we're gonna check this out appreciate all the love and support and let's do this damn thing Okay, so a few disclaimers before I start this one's potentially gonna be a little sassier than usual because it bears repeating How'd you screw up Keith Lee and say my sentiments exactly? How do you screw him up? I have no idea Secondly, this booking is gonna be pretty simple Bit obvious in places not a whole lot of earth shattering invasion NXT endgame pomp and circumstance going on It's just gonna be a fairly straightforward list of matches. I'd like to see that all makes sense because how Do you screw up someone tell me Lee? history's most perfect man, yes stupid Bastard, what do you want? Professional wrestling main eventer the guy has to be able to talk. Okay. How about a charismatic love child of Barry Why in the world sexiest bear whispering inspirational poetry at you with a kind of eloquent baritone that gives you vibrations in your Bone marrow and can make you feel like the only person in the room at a crowded cocktail party. Do you want unique? Athleticism Oh take over Portland would like to talk to you about that where Keith Lee and Dominic Dijakovic put on one of the defining pork de soleil Scrobatic displays a big boys, but quick boys doing things that beef sundaes shouldn't be able to do flips forward rolls Moon salts deadlift power bombs Keith Lee hurts in every flavor. Do you want someone with a good look? Look at him. Look at him. The only human being to have ever made a beard. No moustache combination The beard no moustache combination. This is true. He made it work He made it work physically thrilling It's like if the Vitruvian man wasn't such a little bitch like sexy Thanos like if scientists Thanos He puts on the glove. I'll do it myself. I'll save the Wwe myself Unfortunately, he didn't have the glove managed to distill both a tempest and a cuddle into one fuckable king He's so immediately Physically impressive that WWE could just drop him into mainstream shows like oh, I don't know Survivor series and the Royal Rumble and people just knew he was a big deal He even brought less the fucking you and he gives us a shit about your favorite wrestling is about Heath Ledger's kids Can we just acknowledge the fact that they did do this for Survivor series when Keith Lee was about to enter the ring People were excited the same thing with the Royal Rumble when Keith Lee entered the ring and Brock song People got legitimately excited I got goosebumps to see what this could really be on the main roster and yet they still don't They don't capitalize on this Just ridiculous What part of this? This doesn't make sense What I'm sorry, I really am And to do that let's talk about our sponsor for this week surf shark VPN Are you looking for a whole bunch of telly to watch to make this world wise allow it treats its employees like garbage in a run By your browsing history Four months and promise I'm gonna keep this brief partially because it's a fresh wound Because it's so very sad indeed After rocking the typical big indies to make a major mark on pro wrestling your ring of honours your evolves your PWG's Keith Lee arrived in NXT in August 2018 and admittedly didn't make a super immediate mark He was injured fairly soon after his arrival plus 2018 was the year of champ Runkard Gano Not many others were getting a look in however from mid to late 2009 the rocket under Keith Lee was finally fueled and ready for launch He pounced Adam Cole into the crowd in the great one of the best memes That is such a Fantastic meme bruh just launched this nigga into outer space bro. Oh my god This wrestling gif of the year He was on the winning team at takeover war games nearly pinned Roman goddamn reigns at survivor series So much acclaim was the NXT breakout star that year because nearly pinning Roman Reigns at a big four pay Never appearing on the main roster is kind of the definition of a breakout So he won the North American title from Roderick strong He blew Brock Lesnar's white sausage mind at the rumble. Oh Big boy takeover Portland against Jockovich became the first ever man to hold both North American and NXT Championship they they were building him like the next guy up, bro They were putting a rocket like Adam said and strapping it to him and sending him to the moon Then it passed the moon. Just how they were booking him how the crowd was receiving him on the main roster And what happens? What ultimately is his fate in WWE? Absolutely fucking nothing got a couple of noticeable wins, but outside that Where's he now they let him go ships after the same time He dropped the strapped a carrying cross and debuted on the main roster on Raw on August 24th On my fucking birthday no less the greatest gift a boy should be able to ask Oh, and he lost to Randy Orton via DQ after Drew McIntyre interference The bad things started to happen almost immediately they took his music away poor CFO money and replaced it with some Generic loading screen featureless rock They made him wrestle in a shirt like a husky kid trying to cover himself up at the pool and Barely allowed him to talk he beat Randy Orton clean at payback and to be fair the whole company kind of Really played that up to be a big deal. So yeah, good job. They did he missed Clash of champions Of course why you don't want to capitalise on beating Randy Orton He was part of one of the weirdest booked male Survivor Series matches in recent memory where Raw beats Smackdown in a clean sweep But hey a wins a win. I suppose he didn't wrestle at TLC because again, why would you want to capitalize on that? He didn't wrestle at the Royal Rumble although That last one was because he was isolating after his partner Mia Yim called COVID He was booked to wrestle at Elimination Chamber But then Lee himself actually caught COVID leading to heart inflammation that sidelined him from action for five months Nearly killed him and restricted him from doing anything more than in his own words a light jog And that sucks, you know, all you know, it sucks those unseen unfortunate events happen to him But at the same time Prior to that they had opportunities to really Go with his momentum and you know, there's things that just kept derailing him which sucks Just the more time you off TV the less time no more time people don't care about your character, you know Sam so it just it just does it was really unfortunate But WWE still takes the blame in some of this for not utilizing him when he was healthy when he was good One of that obviously is WWE's fault. In fact, WWE took care of him He got him several MRIs even had him booked for genetic testing at one point. So like fair enough there Keith Lee finally returned in July got fed to Bobby Lashley Repackaged as Keith Bearcat Lee and we can blame WWE for that and for also this singlet and for Keith Lee not being booked as Important enough to wrestle on a single pay-per-view Since his return until the only major thing Keith Lee did since beating Randy Orton at payback 2020 was almost have Adam Cole as his manager in a near-miss example of how to mismanage two birds with one stone Keith Lee was then released on November 4th and That's it just I was on holiday when they released him That's it me. I guess let me have a go. Come on. You got this. I know he's gonna do way better job All right, so one thing to address right off the bat the five months that Keith Lee was sidelined with Kobe I've got a choice here. I can treat it as unavoidable Which will make the booking a bit more of a thing that actually happened in real life albeit really quite Morbid and having it blow a big hole in whatever story I want to tell because I'm not gonna book an angle where Keith Lee is Written off TV because he caught an infectious disease. There's that approach and then there's just Ignore it which feels odd in its own way ultimately makes this booking Unrealistic and more just straightforward wish fulfillment and ultimately to me these bookings aren't really supposed to be Completely realistic. They're an exercise in writing short stories stories that I and hopefully other people would like to see that exist With the benefit of hindsight conveniently ignoring backstage politics accidents the irrational choices of a man in his Seventies you doesn't know See the clue is in the name fantasy booking like I've never hidden that part of these videos Oh, I am just gonna ignore the covid thing that makes you feel weird It makes me feel a little weird too and no disrespect to Keith Lee, but anyway, there we go So we're winding the clock back to my birthday 2020 And the debut on Raw of Keith Lee and by Keith Lee I mean who is he who's that champ? I see rhetorical question because we all know the answer Keith Lee He seemed tuned for my next T please that everyone liked and his topless tight pants combination Which I very much liked and also objectively made him look bigger than containing him in a shirt and baggy shorts Please don't fix what isn't broken. Thank you free now to leave a comment about how I made booking genius Easy wrestling is so easy as hopefully you'll see from What's to follow so instead of interrupting Randy Orton and immediately putting Keith Lee in the middle of a program that is currently bigger than him and Guaranteeing that he'll be seen as an afterthought on his very first night You know as it did with him lying in the ring while Randy and Drew fought on the outside We start with a Keith Lee match because ultimately that's the biggest string in his bow He's charismatic. He looks great. He can talk but top of the tree the man can Demonstrate that with an exhibition squash against Cedric Alexander who also has ricochet in his corner Cedric and ricochet were teaming up at the time and Alexander's a magic first opponent for Lee someone he can throw around just Get to but also someone fast that you can use to make the visual comparison Oh, wow Keith Lee can be as fast as Cedric. Keith wins takes up the microphone. Allow me to introduce myself My name is Keith Lee. You might remember me from when I came this close to snatching victory for team her next year So and I like that call backs people. Oh, I remember that guy. That's how you do it That's a good way to introduce somebody that maybe some of the casual fans may not know who is who don't want NXT five a series you might remember me from when I knocked Brock Lesnar Flat at the Royal Rumble or you might remember me to be the first man to hold the North American and NXT championships at the same time and Speaking of NXT when I was wrestling for the black and gold. I beat everyone there was to beat Johnny Gargano Adam Cole Finn Balibut like ships passing in the night. I never got to wrestle you Pointing at ricochet you and I we come from a lot of the same places We've only wrestled one-on-one once that was in WCPW by the way, and you beat me that Won't stand so how about it one and only how about you and I one more time for real I get my payback and you get to bask in my glory I like that. It gives ricochet something to do I like that sign me up that what the hell it gives ricochet Team Captain North America himself if you know the reference, you know what we're calling that thing You know you've been following us on the intercuss page. Thank you gives him something to do. Oh Not only are you helping ricochet getting some type of important feud You're getting over Keith Lee But this man on payroll, bro payback give Keith Lee and ricochet 15 minutes to go trust me from personal experience It works Keith Lee snatches ricochet out the air for a spirit bomb one two three Keith Lee wins after the bell both men shake hands as a sign of mutual respect and in memories of NXT's past but it's not just said ricochet being high flies to showcase Lee's power that makes him ideal first opponent It's also because both men were embroiled with the hurt business that makes them pivotal into taking Keith Lee and pointing him at his first major feud Bobby Beef on beef That really hurt business Victimized Cedric and ricochet on Raw prompting Keith Lee who now respects the hell out of both competitors to come out and make The save leading to clash of champions Keith Lee versus Bobby Lashley for the United States Championship two monstrous cowl men who can move with ramming speed Men who just run Keep doing it into each other super super hard spear each other through barricades. Lashley runs at Keith who snatches him and Loves him through the analysis table. However, a clash of champions Cedric Alexander turns here joins the hurt business and costs Keith Lee his shot at Lashley's Title and actually this way the Alexander heel turn makes a little bit more sense thought we were friends ricochet But as soon as your friend from NXT turns up, you could give a shit about me I'm gonna try my luck with somebody who actually knows my worth Give me a solid gold suit the hurt business injure ricochet Bobby Lashley stamps on a chair around his neck leaving Keith Lee To go up against the entire hurt business Alone him and Lashley have a rematch booked for the next pay-per-view in order to keep out MVP Shelton Cedric, it's Keith Lee versus Bobby Lashley They want straight hell in the cell hoss wrestlers hoss stipulation Keith Lee is important and should be treated as Such Lee and Lashley are in the cell instead of Roman and J. Uso because it didn't need to be a cell match That it was very good, but it was also an I quit match so it could just be yeah an I quit match wrestling It's really not that hard Both Keith Lee and Bobby Lashley smash the cell apart bust one of the cell walls down getting out of the cell Bust a different wall down game back into the cell Keith Lee just throws Cedric Alexander to the rest of the hurt business counters a spear popping up Lashley for a spirit bomb one two Three Keith Lee wins the US title hotly star has a few big matches with complementary opponents and wins a secondary title Early on I know I'm a booking genius Thinking who could have ever thought this was a good idea because Keith Lee is US champion I like that to survive a series. I like that Keith leave me in the US champ Automatically gives that title a little bit more Power like a little bit more like Relevancy to it has got a new guy people are getting behind them to pushing them. He has a US champ Oh, you know US championship on the shoulders. It's nice. I like that. I do I'm liking this booking so far, which I expected these and Keith Lee versus Intercontinental champion Sammy Zayden hot Christmas. Just imagine if that happened to the f***ing takeover Wouldn't that be a bunch of f***ing sprinkles also this way this matches face versus heel not heel versus heel Bobby versus Sammy And also this way it's Keith Lee versus Sammy Wrestling's easy lads Keith wins that match by the way and after Survivor Series Keith Lee shifts his focus to and I cannot believe I'm saying this Retribution I promise carrying on Keith Lee's character work from his debut this kind of NXT redeemer who comes in and restores people to how good they were on the black and gold and also this image of him as an Unstoppable force who can tear through a faction and battering the big bully piss out of them He goes after retribution because He's going on a rescue mission. He interrupts one of their incomprehensible promos targets first, of course Me a year Reckoning he tells her I wanted this all of this being here in this ring on this stage I wanted that for us more than I've wanted anything in my entire life. I like that like this. This isn't you Yeah, I like that's man. It's simple They're in a real-life relationship. It makes sense bring some realism into the story simple You're not reckoning your mere Yim the woman I fell in love with please I don't know what Ali has promised you, but this isn't the way we'll work. I love this Please if you just take my hand reckoning looks like she's gonna take Keith Lee's hand and T bar stands in the way Lee turns to T bar and this is very so popular and I'm enjoying it I don't know if you are you're not T bar. What the hell is a T bar? You're one of my closest friends I'm gonna bring you home the only way I know how by fighting you and Bringing out your very best the former Dominic Dijakovic robust Lee saying the man you knew is dead All of us got sick and tired of waiting down there sick and tired of watching chosen ones like you This is good. This is really it bring it blurs the lines of realism story line together It's believable. I mean we know Who these people were in NXT they get repackaged into some fucking Bane rejects and we're supposed to buy into that No As by just like you've done all my life. I'm sick and tired of not getting the respect I deserve so I guess you could say Desperate times called for desperate measures Lee tries to talk T bar around telling him that the staff rally doesn't care about him He just wants faceless goons that he can use to push WWE around Ali is a bitter man with a chip on his shoulder I mean look at you Dominic because that's your name Dominic This is the price you pay for making a name for yourself on the big stage. He hasn't even allowed you your own name He hasn't allowed you your own face and Lee just rips the mask from T bar revealing the man Dominic Dijakovic underneath you want to make a name for yourself Then beat me for this US title at TLC retribution swarm Keith Lee beaten down and Ali accepts on T bars behalf on the provision that if T bar beats Lee Ali will be crowned US champion get a proper cult mentality behind retribution actually give the whole Masks and stupid names things some actual reason for being so at TLC get Keith Lee and Dominic Dijakovic should do one of their matches because you know, they can thank you go one of the reasons You hired both men. They know how to put together a signature match that everyone loves. Oh, that's cool We'll build to it. Let you do it on the biggest stage We've got in order to make fans happy and make them want to watch more of our show Wrestling's f**king easy for the love of Lee wrestles T bar at TLC halfway through the match rips off his mask again Which makes Dijakovic go super saying at one point the referee goes down Reckoning enters the ring with the US title belt looks like she might hit Keith Lee with it, but she can't do it She drops it leaves the ring Lee beats T bar But even in the loss gives him instantly more credibility than he had under the mask So Dom drops the mask Reckoning takes off hers becomes Mia Yim again And she embraces Lee in the middle of the ring teams up with Keith Lee and Dominic Dijakovic to help take down the rest of Retribution on raw retribution interfered to cost Keith Lee the US championship against Riddle leading to the Royal Rumble Keith Lee Dominic Dijakovic and Mia Yim versus Ali Mace and Slapjack the good guys win and the last members of Retribution turn on Ali at least having the chance to do so on a main pay-per-view stage instead of the Pre-show to I can't even fast lane This takes us to elimination chamber where there's a few changes Drew defends the belt against Shameless one-on-one instead of inside the chamber instead the raw elimination chamber match is to determine the number one Contender to the WWE Championship at WrestleMania guess who wins that hey If you guess Keith Lee you did it you pick the option that makes the most sense WrestleMania 37 you get Keith Lee versus Drew McIntyre for the WWE Championship Drew That's a good main event. That's a fucking you can't tell me that's not a worthy main event If they booked them correctly booked him strong been in some interesting story lines It's a good bit of it to me goes for the claymore Keith Lee snatches him catches him in midair spirit bomb 123 Keith Lee becomes WWE champion, but what about Bobby Lashley? I hear you cry Well, the Miz doesn't cash in elimination chambers of Bobby's not champion yet Instead Keith Lee goes on a tear with the belt He defends it at backlash against Drew in a rematch then goes on to Hell in a Cell where he defends it in a full way All right, I'm back Braun Strowman beefy boys all the rage beefy boys in a cage instead. It's at money in the bank Literally the last possible moment that Miz can cash in before he loses the briefcase forever And then he does it Lee wrestles Braun Strowman He beats Braun before Lashley comes down spears Keith Lee, etc. So that the Miz can cash in Lassie then beats Miz for the belt leading to a Summer Slam Keith Lee versus Bobby Lashley One last time circling back to Keith Lee's first major feud on the main roster Lashley won the first match at Clash of Champions Keith Lee won the second one at the first Hell in the Cell This one is the decider and it's won by Lashley because Keith Lee doesn't need to win all the time to be a huge deal He just has to be treated like one literally that's it That's this video. I know right? There's nothing mind-boggling in here Just stuff that serves the character the characters past. I like he didn't go all having Keith Lee regaining again I like that because you give Bobby Lashley that run because he needs that run himself as well So I like that that was cool big matches big wins. I just how do you how do you screw up Keith Lee? Don't blame COVID. They had months of him not having covered. Thank you Then they fucked him up and you know what after all of this I thought doing this booking and just like having a nice little alternate glimpse into the life that Keith Lee Could have had if he'd just been treated like Keith Lee. I thought it made me feel better It's just made me feel worse Can't believe he's gone. God. He's gonna do such great work elsewhere. But anyway, that's subscribe. Thank you Bloody hell hammer. There's a hammer on the wall. Anyway Hey, man, I understand his pain and frustration people like to make you excuse He had COVID doesn't matter when he didn't have COVID they still wasn't booking him correctly They still wasn't giving him the momentum that he needed to be the Keith Lee. We know him to be simple as that That's all I got to say on that. But hey, I enjoyed this video. This was hella enjoyable straight to the point I loved it. Comment down below. Let me know if you guys Agree with Adam's booking of Keith Lee. Is there anything that you would have changed of his booking of Keith Lee? I enjoyed this I thought this was cool. I am the soap opera stuff. I get it retribution was a horrible mess But it's the best storyline they could possibly come up with with retribution in Keith Lee since there's some real life like Stuff going on, you know, same with him dating me and him and him having this amazing robbery with NXT with With Dodger Kovac it would have made sense could have brought them into the fold And it would have been somewhat of an entertaining story because there's some real life elements to it So I like that, you know, it is a little soap opera soap opera ish But I still enjoyed that then what WDW is giving us with retribution in the past So comment down below. Let me know appreciate all of support road to 70k. Appreciate y'all kicking it with me See y'all next week. Peace