June 30, 2026

DEADLOCK Podcast #357 (Video)

"Whether you like it or not, ladies & gentlemen, the monster's reign has begun!"

When a top guy gets injured, you have to call an audible, and on this episode of WWE SmackDown from July 20, 2007, WWE had a big decision to make. The current World Heavyweight Champion, Edge, has gone down with an injury, and we are only 2 days away from the Great American Bash 2007 PPV. What do they do?! Well, the only thing they can do; have a 20 man over the top rope BATTLE ROYAL to decide the new World Heavyweight Champion.

Of course, all the stars are here in this match, like Jimmy Wang Yang, The Major Brothers, Deuce & Domino, and Eugene. There's also some undercard guys like Batista, MVP, Kane, & Finlay. But, the biggest & best of them all, and the man that walks away with the championship, is The Great Khali!

Even though this is a major part of the show, there are some other things to look forward to! Kane & Batista are in this battle royal, but that's not the only thing they do tonight, as they have a main event 1 on 1 match against each other to find out who will face The Great Khali at The Great American Bash for the World Championship. Victoria faces off against Torrie Wilson in a rivalry that's been brewing on SmackDown for a few weeks, and Matt Hardy takes on Kenny Dykstra.

We're also given a look at some new talent, or re-debuting talent, coming to smackdown, like Chuck Palumbo & his motorcycles, as well as Jesse & Festus!

All of that, and so much more, on this edition of the DEADLOCK Podcast!

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Revisiting WWE SmackDown 2007 - The Great Khali Wins The World Title (YouTube)

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jibwa · July 9, 2026

"Video unavailable. This video is not available." 🙃

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John Pork, AKA El Hijo de Pig Greaser Stanklin · July 6, 2026

Rated R Stupid Star is crazy work.

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TheRyanThatCould · July 3, 2026

My roommate who I’m introducing to the 2002-2010 side of wrestling (for better or for worse) had never heard of Finlay. Obviously I had to explain that his name is Finlay and he loves to fight. I couldn’t explain why he was hanging out with hornswoggle though.

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DJM · July 1, 2026

No after show

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moon.wyrms · July 1, 2026

Jonny, please tell us if you’re getting the Mattel Great Khali packaged with the belt upside down.

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Sir Jennings Cockburn · July 1, 2026

Just remembered that I bought a bootleg event t-shirt outside GAB 2007 that still had the Edge vs Kane match advertised.

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Cam Rodericks · June 30, 2026

Now I need the Simpsons movie THE LOOOOONG WAY!!!

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Two-Tone MoonStone · June 30, 2026

So this was the era I started watching because we had a free TV in the house and I was old enough that my parents didn’t try to stop me from watching wrestling anymore. They should’ve kept stopping me.

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John Blud's cat named Puss · June 30, 2026

Hey boys, I simply wanted to pop in and say thank you. I’ve been having a really hard time lately and have had some really bad thoughts of self harm. I can’t tell you boys about how much I appreciate you for getting me through and giving me a laugh. I love you boys!

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Scott Hall in the Sandlot be like You Wanna Smore? · June 30, 2026

This is one account 😂 I keep seeing skyrizi commercials and I thought it would be funny 😂😂

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Steve Talbot · June 30, 2026

I was an original finalist for the Biggest Fan Zideo contest. They emailed over a bunch of information about the finals, but also included an affidavit I needed to sign affirming that I was 18+, but I was only 13. We tried to raise a fuss about it, because they let minors film entires for the contest at certain WWE live events, but they wouldn’t budge so I didn’t get to go.

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Grandma? Hello? Damn cops must of got there first. · June 30, 2026

She be going Great on my Khail till I Punjabi Prison Match

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Terence Wiggins · June 30, 2026

I completely forgot I watched this Smackdown last week for this episode and now I'm having PTSD flashbacks while they talk about the show

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Connor Braun · June 30, 2026

throw me out of the jr resturant I dare you

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Majin Tum Tum · July 4, 2026

*Dr Death taps you on the shoulder*

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Clippy605 · June 30, 2026

Seeing as it was mentioned, as far as NASCAR games go, they've been in a rough state for years. Like, NASCAR 21 Ignition was WWE 2k20 level dumpster fire. There's some good ones in the past though; I swear by NASACR Thunder 2004. That game is a long grind, and it's great.

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THECRIMSON FUQER · July 5, 2026

Seems like it's the same feeling across all sports related games

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NO PEPPERONI PENNE FOR PULSE, NO TURKEY TETRAZINI FOR TONY, AND NO JABRONI JAMBALAYA FOR JAWNNY BROTHER · June 30, 2026

Saying “tabernacle” or “church” is the pimp culture version of “for trucity” and I’m not kidding that’s the closest thing I can try to relate it to for someone who’s never heard it

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Jordan Crawley · June 30, 2026

BAW GAWD I recommend this a month ago and now it’s here!!!!

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Tajirigoestohis87yearoldgrandmashouseforpie · June 30, 2026

Taking a shit rn

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Reggie Riobe · June 30, 2026

Yeah Armageddon 2000 didn’t drop yet right ?

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John Nickell · July 1, 2026

Nah should be tonight

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Jared Clemons · June 30, 2026

wwe have uploaded the battle royal twice on youtube and it has a combined 240 million views. the people love the big man

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Shouts Out to James and Jawny for being real ones! Deadlocked 4 Life. · June 30, 2026

JBL out here just yappin and not paying attention to Cole

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JustJon · June 30, 2026

Will be listening to this gonna 4 hour drive up north tomorrow morning #fuckyes

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John Nickell · June 30, 2026

The boys are back in town

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HEY JAWNNY CHASE…. nahhh jk. JK! RICHARDSON!!!!!! · June 30, 2026

deadlockites, let’s all give a good old fashioned khali “BRWARHHHHHHHH” for this one

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Steele Lukas · June 30, 2026

Heyhowsitgoin