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00:00 I'm Laurie Blake, this is the WrestleTalk News, on Fridays we wear pink.

00:11 I wear pink, I don't know what you're doing.

00:14 I'm not your dad.

00:15 Our top story is about WWE signing AEW talent, or more specifically, not signing them.

00:21 Because they were scared.

00:26 This comes after some mysterious reports of a new unnamed AEW talent reportedly being

00:31 interested in a move to WWE.

00:34 Potentially the most nothing story to have ever storied.

00:37 No specifics, no concretes, nada.

00:41 But it has brought something more interesting out of the woodwork because in explaining

00:44 why talent seeking opportunities in WWE while signed with AEW is tricky, Dave Meltzer on

00:50 Wrestling Observer Radio let slip that WWE is very, very leery because of the MLW lawsuit.

00:58 So they're not making, if that MLW lawsuit wasn't there, WWE.

01:01 And it's not just these guys, the Elite, there's other guys that this relates to that have

01:05 interest at least in hearing from WWE, and in one case interested in going to WWE, and

01:10 WWE has been uncharacteristically not aggressively trying to steal talent.

01:15 Unless somebody's contract is actually over because of that MLW lawsuit.

01:22 Very, very leery, also a good way to describe Vince McMahon.

01:25 *phone rings*

01:27 Hello?

01:28 What's that?

01:29 Oh yeah, alright.

01:31 Allegedly, MLW of course have an ongoing dispute with WWE over many years of egregious, anti-competitive

01:38 behaviour when it comes to essentially throwing their weight around in order to poach talent

01:41 and drown the indies where they stand.

01:44 Meltzer noted that if WWE do something wrong and it gets out, that is not a good thing

01:49 for that lawsuit.

01:50 And also that it is now Ari Emanuel in charge and not a defiant Vince.

01:54 Defiant Vince is a bit like saying 'stripey tiger, you don't actually need the extra descriptor'

01:59 because Vince would do.

02:01 Just saying Vince.

02:02 Meltzer noted that while Ari likely wouldn't fire Vince or Dana over a contract offer that

02:05 made the lawsuit look bad, there will be a scapegoat in that, a sort of sacrificial firing

02:11 to appease the lawsuit gods.

02:13 Chumps for the chump god.

02:14 Meltzer didn't name the people who were reportedly interested in the WWE signing,

02:17 but his comments were sparked by discussion around Kenny Omega commenting that he will

02:21 go wherever these guys go in reference to The Young Bucks and not the early 2001 Blonde

02:27 Curtain crooners, The Calling.

02:29 Now I always say this to Tony Khan, so I think it's only fair to say here too, nevermind

02:33 signing new talent WWE, play with the toys you got.

02:37 One toy that people are worried Mum might have thrown out or taken to the charity shop

02:41 is Bray Wyatt who hasn't been seen on WWE TV since late February when he was seemingly

02:46 building to a match with Bobby Lashley at WrestleMania.

02:49 That didn't happen.

02:51 Wyatt was then taking time away due to illness, but hasn't returned nor been very active

02:54 on social media, essentially radio silence across the board, which leads to speculation,

03:01 which leads to WrestleTalk News, which leads to money for Laurie.

03:07 We know he's reappeared on Twitter to promote the WWE 2K23 Wyatt DLC pack, which is actually

03:12 his first tweet since June 7th where he paid tribute to the Iron Sheik following the legend's

03:16 passing.

03:17 It was reported earlier in the month that Wyatt is still sidelined and not cleared for

03:20 a return to action, but the DLC and promo from Bray is a good sign for Wyatt's continued

03:26 presence in WWE.

03:30 Before we crack on with the wrestling news I just wanted to pop in here and say hey,

03:34 why don't you go over to PFK and watch our AEW Fight Forever playthrough series.

03:39 Because me, Luke and Pete have been working our way through the Road to Elite mode and

03:41 we've got the penultimate episode coming out tomorrow, so you can head on over to partsfunknown

03:45 right now and catch up on the other three eps in time for that.

03:49 The series is really silly and we really enjoyed making it and frankly we would love to make

03:52 more gameplay stuff but you know people actually have to sort of, you actually have to bother

03:57 watching it.

03:58 So sort of justify that.

04:01 Alright, back in the room.

04:06 Despite the typical AEW/WWE tribalism that can exist within each company's respective

04:10 fanbases it seems that there may at least now be one common ground that both can agree

04:14 on that pro wrestling is in fact LA Knight's game.

04:19 The swelling popularity within WWE for Mr. Knight that has been brewing in recent months

04:23 now seems to have firmly spilled out into the opposition's fanbase.

04:26 Footage from outside the TD Garden in Boston showed a fan asking the question "whose

04:30 team is it?" and subsequently receiving an answer of "LA Knight" from another

04:36 large group of the Yeah!

04:37 Movement.

04:38 The caption of the video read "LA Knight is so over that he's even getting chants

04:42 at AEW events" something Knight himself would then acknowledge, sharing said video

04:47 to his Instagram story and adding more fuel to the fire.

04:50 If this was a tribal court I'm pretty sure the megastar would have already rested his

04:53 case for a mega push.

04:55 But hey, while we're on the topic of impending pushes there has been word of a certain AEW

05:00 Collision star receiving one of those in the very near future.

05:04 Now if you, and I sincerely hope you all did, watched the truly marvellous best two out

05:07 of three falls AEW tag title match on Collision last Saturday between FTR and Bullet Club

05:11 Gold you may have noticed something curious regarding who did and didn't take those

05:15 two falls that ensured Dax and Cash retained their titles.

05:19 Because yes, despite a best of three falls leaving the opportunity for both members of

05:22 an opposing team to take a fall each, poor old Juice Robinson was the unlucky victim

05:27 of both while Jey White remained unscathed.

05:30 And it turns out that this was in fact very intentional as according to Dave Meltzer on

05:33 Wrestling Observer Radio AEW are protecting Jey for bigger things.

05:38 Now White has in fact not tasted defeat first hand since debuting for the company in April

05:42 so this protection seems very much intentional.

05:46 And why wouldn't you protect the guy?

05:47 He's 30 years old, a former IWGP Heavyweight Champion and most importantly of all has received

05:51 Phil Brooks' stamp of approval.

05:53 One other fellow who was reportedly handpicked by Punk for Collision was Samoa Joe.

05:57 And we have of course already seen the two veterans run back their two decade old feud

06:01 from ROH.

06:02 However, despite suggesting that matters weren't finished between himself and Punk by, you

06:05 know, choking him out after the Belle of their Owen Hart tournament semi-final and all, there

06:09 may in fact be different plans in store for the Samoan Submission Machine next.

06:14 Specifically at August 27th's All In.

06:16 Because despite no matches being announced for Wembley just yet Joe may have just changed

06:20 as speaking on the Battleground podcast the ROH TV Champion teased a confrontation with

06:25 a certain local boy who also holds championship gold outside of AEW, Zack Sabre Jr.

06:33 Joe confirmed that he will in fact be in London for All In but questioned whether Zack would

06:36 want a beating in such close proximity to his mother.

06:40 Joe said "But Zack, he's home right?

06:43 Does he really want that to happen to him in his backyard?

06:46 Mum can finally make it out for the matches and I smear you all over the canvas.

06:51 Do you really want to ruin Christmas?"

06:53 It's just me, you know, if I'm thinking about the family events and how I want to

06:57 arrange this and I'm Zack I'm like, eh, maybe not the best time to really go after

07:01 Joe so yeah, we'll see.

07:04 While Joe may just be looking out for Zack's best interests, I for one wouldn't mind

07:07 seeing it.

07:08 I'm really sorry, Zack's mum.

07:11 Staying with Samoan Joseph when he's not busy threatening mothers or playing a Twisted

07:14 Murderous Clown in the new Twisted Metal TV series, he is of course usually defending

07:18 his ROH TV Championship.

07:21 One would assume that Joe was a lock for the upcoming Ring of Honor Death Before Dishonour

07:24 pay-per-view, an event that is happening tonight at Wrestling.

07:29 If you check the confirmed card for the show you would find Joe's name on there as he

07:32 is set to defend his title against former ROH World Champion Dalton Castle.

07:36 However, it turns out that this last minute booking was in fact a result of Joe not originally

07:40 looking likely to appear on the show at all.

07:44 Going to fight for Select Joe was set to take time off from both AEW and Ring of Honor to

07:47 take part in media appearances and promotion for his role in the new Peacock Twisted Metal

07:52 series.

07:53 However, due to the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strikes, these appearances were cancelled and Joe became

07:58 available as of last week.

08:00 So then the contenders match between Shane Taylor and Dalton Castle was moved from Death

08:03 Before Dishonour to Before Death Before Dishonour, with the winner facing Joe for his title at

08:09 Death Before Dishonour.

08:10 And then after Death Before Dishonour, somebody would be the champion.

08:14 It turns out that these changes were not the only ones made to the show, as Fight for Select

08:17 also reported that Joe's original opponent for the event was in fact Mark Briscoe, with

08:21 Ring of Honor World Champion Claudio Castagnoli originally set to take on Eddie Kingston,

08:25 both rematches of March's Supercard of Honor event.

08:29 This was presumably changed due to Kingston's appearance in the G1 Climax and Joe's planned

08:33 time off, meaning that TK would instead merge the two and have Claudio defend against Briscoe.

08:39 Unfortunately Briscoe would then suffer a knee injury last week and that ruled him out.

08:43 A nightmare.

08:44 So TK adapted once more and changed course for Claudio to instead defend against PAC,

08:50 something that was set up during Wednesday's Blood and Guts match as PAC walked out on

08:53 Team BCC.

08:54 So yeah, so that's that.

08:55 Fair play to Tony Khan, that's a lot of stress I'm sure, but somehow you ended up

09:02 with a pretty good main event there.

09:05 Well done.

09:06 Speaking of Blood and Guts, let's take a peek at how the ratings fare, shall we?

09:09 Because was it worth repeatedly landing on a bed of nails?

09:12 Thankfully, thankfully yes.

09:13 Yep, that's right, this week's Dynamite saw an expected jump in viewership to a very

09:17 strong 953,000 on average according to WrestleNomics and Wrestling Reservers Dave Meltzer.

09:22 This was up 16% from the week prior and became AEW's strongest rating since the March 22nd

09:28 Dynamite headline by Kenny Omega and Elio Del Fai Kingo.

09:32 The KE-18-49 demo was also up 15% from last week, scoring a 0.34 overall.

09:37 I've been doing this for years and I still don't know what that means.

09:41 This success saw AEW President Tony Khan also proudly announce on Twitter that Dynamite

09:45 was the highest rated show on cable on Wednesday overall.

09:49 So all good in the hood, right?

09:52 Well.

09:53 Unfortunately for Tony Khan, hosting such a brutal, gruelling, violent match such as

09:57 Blood and Guts is sure to pay a toll on the competitors involved.

10:00 I mean, last year was evidence of that fact with Santana unfortunately still out from

10:04 a knee injury suffered during the bout.

10:07 Adding to that was the disappointment of already losing Blackpool Kombat Club frontman

10:10 and planned Blood and Guts contestant Bryan Danielson to a broken arm just weeks before

10:15 the match.

10:16 So yeah, this couple with the ROH chaos we mentioned made TK likely praying for safety

10:20 amongst all the thumbtacks and screwdrivers and stuff.

10:27 And thankfully this year there was some well needed good news as Dave Meltzer reported

10:30 on Wrestling Observer Radio that there were in fact no serious injuries coming out of

10:35 Blood and Guts.

10:36 How?

10:37 That is despite both Wheelie Uta and Kota Ibushi reportedly entering the match already

10:41 hurt so thankfully no injuries were even further aggravated.

10:44 How?

10:45 That's insane.

10:46 Well it's nice to finish on a positive injury note anyway isn't it?

10:50 Madness.

10:51 Happy Friday.

10:52 Go watch the AEW thing please.

10:53 Please.

10:54 So shall I do some sightseeing then?

11:04 Oh it's Hangman!

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