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00:00 I'm Laurie Blake, welcome to the WrestleTalk News.

00:08 On Wednesdays, because Luke's taking time off after doing SummerSlam stuff this weekend

00:11 and will be covering me on Friday so you can all rack on him then when he inevitably won't

00:14 be wearing pink, which means I'm here now on Wednesday, on a Wednesday we wear pink.

00:19 Our top story involves the big behind the scenes goings on in WWE, i.e. the merger with

00:24 the UFC Endeavour.

00:25 Now those of you with the superstitious mind frame might take Saturday's MMA style match

00:29 between Ronda Rousey and Shayna Baszler as an indication of how this particular merger

00:33 is going to go.

00:34 I don't know, I can't say, I don't know if it's going to be a harmonious marriage

00:37 made in heaven or a scrappy mess that somehow misses both the point of wrestling and MMA

00:41 simultaneously.

00:42 And yes, one of those was a jab at the match from SummerSlam, can you guess which one?

00:46 Anyway, points go to Shayna for the Chaos Armor gear.

00:49 All's I know is that this merger is happening soon, because at the time of the merger's

00:54 announcement it was revealed that it wouldn't be complete until late 2023 and now thanks

00:58 to an Endeavour press release we know that the transaction to combine the two companies

01:02 will complete mid to late September.

01:05 Which brings with it some bad news.

01:07 The first bit is a report from a while back that Vince's role in WWE creative is likely

01:11 to grow.

01:12 It just says 'oh goody' on here.

01:16 And the fact that part of the reason for the merger will obviously be to consolidate certain

01:20 roles in both companies into a singular role that deals with both WWE and the UFC, which

01:25 inevitably means layoffs are a coming as Endeavour tries to streamline its operations.

01:31 Brandon Thurston of WrestleNomics who reported on the press release was inundated with queries

01:35 about the potential layoffs and whether people imagined it would stretch to talent.

01:40 And he had this to say on Twitter.

01:41 "I don't have a strong impression about whether talent cuts will coincide with closing.

01:46 Employee layoffs are widely expected, unfortunately."

01:50 With the deal going through next month it's only a matter of time before the restructure

01:53 is revealed, so hold on to your butts.

01:56 Back to talk about the actual kayfabe side of wrestling which only has mildly less backstabbing

02:00 and corporate shenanigans.

02:01 Now Saturday night at Summerslam we got the next depth of depravity as Brother turned

02:05 on Brother when Jimmy Uso returned to WWE to take out his twin Jey during his match

02:11 with Roman Reigns.

02:12 Talk about tribal grief.

02:13 Roman Reigns reportedly suffered an injury during the match, which Fightful Select has

02:17 confirmed though the head of the table is still expected to appear on Smackdown this

02:20 Friday.

02:21 But that's about all we know of what's to come next in the ongoing saga.

02:25 Why did you do it Jimmy?

02:27 Jimmy!

02:28 Jimmy Jim Jim Jim Jimmy!

02:29 Why'd you do it man?

02:31 Common consensus is that this will lead to a Brother vs. Brother match, potentially at

02:36 Payback next month in one of the more confusing bits of wrestling to watch since choosing

02:40 to play as Aubrey Edwards in AEW Fight Forever and still having her there as the referee

02:44 also.

02:45 Though apparently some would like the sibling Smackdown to take place on a grander stage

02:49 as reported by WrestleVotes on Twitter, who said hearing that at least one creative force

02:53 backstage wants WWE to wait to WrestleMania to do the first Uso/Brother vs. Brother match.

02:59 Does Uso mean cousin or brother?

03:02 Which one does it mean?

03:03 It means cousin doesn't it?

03:05 Yeah it's like bro.

03:07 Before adding "However, that's unlikely at this point.

03:09 I'm told with the feeling that 35 weeks is too long of a stretch for three years to

03:16 get to this point."

03:17 It's not.

03:18 Following news of not only Roman Reigns' injury worries and Sonya Deville's unfortunate

03:22 torn ACL injury in a matter of days comes yet another potential blow to WWE's plans

03:26 as it appears that Sami Zayn is set to join the injured list.

03:30 If you watched Raw this week this isn't exactly brand new information as Zayn's

03:34 injury was used as a vital plot device facilitating not only JD McDonagh's attempt to impress

03:38 the Judgment Day but also the Shinsuke Nakamura heel turn at the end of the night.

03:43 Also it was sticking out of his arm at a horrible angle.

03:46 However while it was used as part of the storyline on the show there clearly is a real issue

03:50 there, namely that massive golf ball in Sami's left elbow.

03:53 Because yes, in a throwback to John Cena's infamous 2013 injury, Sami's elbow was noticeably

03:59 - and medically - trying to break out of his skin.

04:03 Now we have a bit of clarification as to what the situation is courtesy of Wrestling Observer's

04:06 Dave Meltzer.

04:07 Speaking on Wrestling Observer Radio Meltzer confirmed that McDonagh's attack on Zayn

04:10 was a cover for Zayn's legit bursa sack injury, which is the technical term for the

04:15 thing growing out of his elbow.

04:23 Fightful Select also later added that all of Zayn's spots on Raw were planned to happen

04:27 with nothing changing due to the injury.

04:30 Meltzer also speculated on what WWE may do with the undisputed tag titles now that both

04:35 Zayn and Kevin Owens are on the shelf.

04:37 But despite Owens being out Meltzer said that he can still work with the company, just currently

04:41 allowing him time to rest and recover from his ongoing rib injury.

04:44 However this was meant to be short term, hence why Zayn and Owens haven't relinquished

04:48 the tag titles, although now with Zayn also hurt, those plans are less clear.

04:54 We at WrestleTalk would like to wish both Zayn and KO all the best in their recoveries.

04:58 And I'm really hoping this isn't the beginning of the Alien Takeover.

05:01 While Zayn and Owens shouldn't be out for too long, one man that we likely shouldn't

05:05 expect to see on WWE TV for a while is The Beast Brock Lesnar.

05:10 Probably from embarrassment, Chris's shorts split open didn't they.

05:13 That was fun, that was the best bit of Summerslam.

05:16 Following the excellent conclusion to the not so excellent feud with Cody Rhodes at

05:20 Summerslam, Lesnar of course brought Cody in for a good old Brock Lock, aka a nice warm

05:25 embrace.

05:26 Probably in the hopes of shuffling out of the arena without revealing his penis.

05:30 The heartwarming moment of humanity from Lesnar had the feeling of almost passing the torch,

05:36 especially with questions regarding Lesnar's long term WWE future cropping up earlier this

05:39 year.

05:40 Lesnar stated in an interview with UFC legend Daniel Cormier prior to WrestleMania 39 that

05:44 he wasn't sure how long he would continue in WWE, as well as revealing that he even

05:49 considered himself retired as far back as WrestleMania 36 in 2020.

05:54 While this would lead many to perhaps anticipate a Brock Lesnar farewell soon, what we perhaps

05:59 do know is that that farewell did not come at Summerslam.

06:03 Because according to Dave Meltzer from Wrestling Observer Radio, Lesnar will be back in WWE,

06:07 however it likely won't be until around WrestleMania 40 season.

06:10 Meltzer revealed that Lesnar was in fact originally advertised to feature on another premium live

06:15 event later this year, however that now looks to not be the case.

06:18 And with Lesnar embracing Cody at Summerslam, one can only hope this version of Brock we

06:22 see is more happy farmer Brock and well, less angry farmer Brock.

06:29 Sticking with those MMA guys and gals, there is also a little update on the status of Ronda

06:33 Rousey following Summerslam, because reports suggested that the Rowdy one would be set

06:36 to depart WWE following her match with Shayna Baszler on August 5th.

06:40 However according to PWInsider, Rousey is still currently listed on the company's

06:44 internal roster at present.

06:45 But it may only be a matter of time before this changes, as Baszler made a reference

06:50 to sending Ronda packing from WWE on this week's Raw, and Rousey herself took to Instagram

06:55 to say "Baszler you were the reason I got into this business, now I got no reason to

07:00 stay."

07:01 Curiously however, Dave Meltzer did describe Rousey's Summerslam match as her WWE farewell

07:05 at least for now, so perhaps she may be back at some point after all.

07:22 As well as injuries, heel turns and a whole lot of Triple H booking, this week's Raw

07:25 saw the debut of our brand new commentary team on Monday nights going forward.

07:29 The brand new team is of course not very new at all, as WWE decided last week that they

07:34 would be swapping the Raw team of Kevin Patrick and Corey Graves with the Smackdown team of

07:38 Michael Cole and Wade Barrett.

07:40 The exception of course being that Cole would also be remaining on the blue brand as well

07:43 as moving to the red one.

07:46 This is of course a whole heap of Michael Cole in our ears from week to week, with PWInsider

07:50 reporting that the Endeavor Overlords want to establish Cole as the face of the product

07:55 going forward.

07:56 While fans are rather confused by the change, it seems as if the feeling is shared by one

07:59 current commentator within the company also, as NXT's Booker T discussed the decision

08:03 on his Hall of Fame podcast.

08:05 Booker's feeling of perplexity towards the decision is not only because of the toll that

08:09 doing both shows may have on poor Michael Cole, but also why WWE decided to not give

08:13 an opportunity on the main roster to long-time NXT voice Vic Joseph instead.

08:19 Booker said Cole ain't never going to be able to retire, he can forget about it.

08:22 It's hard finding the next Michael Cole too, but I'm glad in a lot of ways, but

08:26 I'm perplexed in certain ways just because I'm waiting on Vic to get a shot.

08:30 I'm waiting on Vic Joseph to get a piece of the action, champagne wishes, caviar dreams

08:35 and all that.

08:36 I have no idea what any of that means.

08:38 Joseph did previously have a brief stint on WWE's main roster on Raw in 2019, but has

08:42 not received another chance since being NXT's lead commentator since August 2020.

08:47 How do you feel about WWE's commentary changes though, and what would you have done to make

08:52 things different?

08:53 The answer is probably Mara Rinaldo, but let us know in the comments down below.

08:56 With us now in the 8th month of 2023 and the Endeavor deal nearing its completion, it seems

09:00 as if finally WWE are set to bust out the old checkbook once again and start signing

09:05 some talent.

09:06 Because yes, despite this time last year where we saw anyone and everyone return to the company,

09:11 2023 has obviously been very quiet for signings reportedly due to the aforementioned Endeavor

09:16 acquisition.

09:17 You gotta stay lean, you gotta stay foxed for corporate acquisitions.

09:20 And now with Kairi Sane seemingly on her way back in the autumn, Nick Eldis potentially

09:24 joining as a producer, which is still weird, and Carlito also...somewhere, an orchard maybe,

09:31 there may be another to officially add to the recruitment list.

09:34 This is former AEW star Brian Pillman Jr, who was previously reported to be potentially

09:39 joining WWE following the expiration of his AEW deal last month.

09:43 Pillman was reportedly at the WWE Performance Center shortly after his AEW departure with

09:48 a deal reportedly in place between the two parties as of two weeks ago.

09:52 And now it seems as if we have some extra confirmation that Pillman will in fact be

09:55 heading to WWE, as Fightful Select have confirmed that the second generation star is in the process

10:00 of relocating to Florida and is believed to have now signed with the company according

10:04 to PWInsider.

10:06 Brian Pillman's got a son.

10:08 PWInsider also notes that Pillman was even slated to be in attendance at last night's

10:12 NXT in Orlando, however it's currently unclear whether that happened.

10:16 Moving across to Pillman's now former home of AEW, and it's time to take a peek at

10:20 those collision ratings.

10:22 You know the ones.

10:24 Went up against SummerSlam.

10:26 And yeah, yeah, yeah, it went about as well as expected.

10:32 Because after a very strong showing in both viewership and the 18-49 demo for the week

10:36 prior to the July 29th episode with 739,000 viewers and 0.27 rating respectively, the

10:43 highest in both since the June 17th premiere, things went way worse this week.

10:50 According to WrestleNomics, the August 5th collision finished 16th overall among cable

10:54 originals and dropped around 43% in viewers, scoring around 417,000 on average.

11:00 Collision also drew just 0.13 in the 18-49 demo, a drop of over 50% on the week prior.

11:08 Those numbers are the show's lowest since its existence began.

11:11 Since time immemorial.

11:12 However, in AEW's defence, not only was there SummerSlam to contend with, but also

11:16 UFC in the anticipated Jake Paul vs Nate Diaz boxing match.

11:20 But still.

11:21 Yikes.

11:22 That's a sore one.

11:23 That's a sore one.

11:24 It's normally the bit where I go happy Friday, but it's just, it's Wednesday,

11:31 so two more days of work.

11:34 Suck it, fellas.

11:34 (upbeat music)

11:37 [BLANK_AUDIO]

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