Outside of a 35-second match with Jerry Lawler in 2006, Taz hasn’t competed inside the ring for over two decades and has cited on multiple occasions the impact of his high-intensity style on his body, particularly his neck. And while Bully Ray doesn’t believe there will be any chance of Taz getting physical with Jungle Boy, he doesn’t rule out the AEW color commentator remaining a focal point of the bubbling story. 

“They are going to have to be very careful about how they handle this, and Taz is going to have to play masterful defense. Those people in AEW are going to want to see Taz dump Jungle Boy on his head and choke him out … Taz’s job is to deflect all of that and get it onto HOOK,” he said. “The money is not in Taz and Jungle Boy, he can’t do physicality. That’s not where the focus needs to be now — it’s all on HOOK. But could you imagine the scene and the conflict that will happen if Jungle Boy ever takes HOOK and throws him over the announce desk, right into his father’s lap? Would an announcer help a wrestler up? No. But would an announcer help his son up? Maybe. That’s a scene I want to see. I want to see the conflict within Taz, I want to see Jungle Boy take advantage of this situation.”

“Jungle Boy bottled some good heat,” Bully concluded. “They’ve got to capitalize on that.”