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00:00 Welcome to the WrestleTalk News, I'm Pete Quinnell.

00:08 We are once again in the pendulum swing of wrestling, where at one point it was always

00:13 about which WWE people were going to be leaving to join AEW, and now the pendulum has swung

00:18 back in the other direction with more speculation about which people would be leaving AEW to

00:23 join WWE, as has been the news with Jade Cargill, more on that later.

00:27 But now the pendulum could swing back the other way again, as there's potentially

00:31 some news on a long-tenured WWE veteran and former world champion joining AEW.

00:37 Dolph Ziggler hasn't been on WWE TV consistently for a long time.

00:41 He competed in the Andre the Giant Battle Royal earlier this year, had a short feud

00:45 with Mustafa Ali early in the year, and was a free agent in the draft.

00:50 That matters.

00:51 But even before that, he would come back for a short run, sometimes with the NXT title,

00:54 and sometimes challenging Kofi Kingston for the WWE Championship or getting squashed by

00:58 Goldberg.

00:59 But could he be joining AEW?

01:01 Ziggler's brother Ryan Nemeth tweeted this picture of the two together, photoshopped

01:05 holding the AEW World Tag Titles together, with Ryan holding the TNT belt and Dolph holding

01:10 the AEW World Title.

01:11 Break yourself higher Ryan, shoot for that World Title mate.

01:14 This has fueled some speculation around Ziggler's contract status with WWE, and the details

01:18 are hazy.

01:19 Because it looks like, according to reports from the time, that Ziggler may have signed

01:23 a contract extension with WWE in around late 2018 or early 2019, presumably for 5 years,

01:30 although there were also reports indicating that WWE wanted to transition him into a backstage

01:34 producer which he reportedly refused to do.

01:37 That would mean though that his contract would be coming up soon if it were a 5 year deal,

01:41 which is what the WWE standard was at the time, so he could freely join AEW if he wanted

01:47 to.

01:48 He also appeared on Being The Elite this past Monday, just in case you wanted some more

01:51 fuel on that fire.

01:52 Would you want to see Ziggler in AEW?

01:54 Let me know in the comments.

01:55 But as has been the chatter among wrestling lately, Jade Cargill may very well be on her

02:00 way to WWE shortly, and there's some news on that front.

02:03 AEW has now seemingly confirmed her departure from the company by removing her from their

02:07 roster page.

02:08 Fightful Select is reporting that there isn't any ill will between AEW and Jade, and that

02:13 it was important to AEW to give her a proper send off.

02:16 WWE were also reportedly interested in Jade potentially as early as July this year, and

02:21 while some were coy about her future, there were reportedly higher ups in AEW that were

02:26 aware of her plans to jump to WWE.

02:29 There were conflicting reports as to whether Cargill was already in Orlando at the WWE

02:33 Performance Center or not, but that does seem to be where she has been or will be going

02:37 as her next step.

02:38 Dave Meltzer on Wrestling Observer Radio also noted that Cargill joining WWE is not a minor

02:43 thing for them, and there most likely would be big creative plans put in place for her.

02:47 And with that news, you'd think that maybe things would be exciting backstage in WWE

02:51 right now in anticipation of Jade joining them, but then you'd remember that over

02:55 100 people were let go from their jobs last Friday and that's...well, that's a bit

02:58 more rubbish isn't it?

02:59 PWInsider described the morale backstage in WWE as "decimated" would be an understatement,

03:05 but interestingly some former and current WWE employees believe that this wouldn't

03:09 have happened under Stephanie McMahon's watch, which, while not necessarily factual

03:14 as these cuts may still very well have happened, many of the former employees reportedly reflected

03:18 on Stephanie's approach to cultivating a positive and uplifting work environment, whereas

03:23 the new TKO management took the more ruthless business approach, not letting fired staff

03:28 even say goodbye to one another as they were told to work remotely on Friday, so they were

03:31 just a bunch of empty cubicle seats on Monday.

03:37 Well, on that cheery note, over to Luke.

03:41 There's no Mark Marks in this week, but there is my review of Monday Night Raw, aka

03:45 Why on Earth Did You Beat Chad Gable Edition of Monday Night Raw?

03:49 In about 5 minutes.

03:50 The show kicked off with Cody Rhodes looking to cut a promo about Jey Uso and perhaps explain

03:54 some more details about that trade storyline that I get the feeling has been dropped, but

03:59 Dominik Mysterio came out to announce that Rhea Ripley was not here this week.

04:03 Boo.

04:04 Well, I mean, boo is the word because he certainly was trying to tell the crowd this, but they

04:08 were not letting him get that out.

04:10 Dom also has an NXT North American Championship match against Dragon Lee, not tonight on NXT,

04:15 but next week live on Monday Night Raw.

04:19 A great showcase for the title, and a huge platform for Dragon Lee.

04:24 So how did WWE and Cody Rhodes help build anticipation for that match?

04:29 Cody squashed Dominik in two minutes.

04:32 LOL.

04:33 Now look, really this isn't a big deal.

04:36 Yes Dom is the North American Champion, and yes he has a title match next week, but he's

04:40 also Dom and his gimmick is he sucks.

04:42 And he's Cody Rhodes and his gimmick is he's a star.

04:45 Of course the only winning move is to not book the match, not at the end of that Matthew

04:49 Broderick movie War Games, but when has that stopped WWE before?

04:53 And speaking of War Games, really this segment was here for Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens to

04:57 come out and have a stare down with Judgement Day because, well, it's a post-Mania edition

05:02 of Monday Night Raw in 2023, so you've got to have KO and Sami square off the Judgement

05:07 Day somewhere.

05:08 What else are they going to do?

05:09 They're also having another f***ing match next week, and I've got a terrible feeling

05:12 this is all leading to a War Games match in November.

05:16 So expect another two months of this to come.

05:19 KO wanted to ask Cody why he brought Jey Uso to Raw, considering that Sami Zayn should

05:24 be the Universal Champion if it wasn't for Jey, and Cody should be the Universal Champion

05:29 if it wasn't for Jey, and the same goes for Kev.

05:31 Cody agreed, but says that he does things for the fans and Jey deserves a second chance.

05:37 Sami, the voice of reason, pointed out that KO has had plenty of second chances.

05:42 Kev said that he doesn't trust Jey, but he does trust Cody and Sami.

05:47 War Games is coming soon.

05:49 There also was a show-long storyline that finished up between Jey and the Judgement

05:52 Day - the Jey-gement day - where Damien Priest gave Jey until the end of the night to join

05:57 their group.

05:59 We were supposed to have a two out of three falls match between the Viking Raiders and

06:02 New Day, but Eric was unable to get cleared, so what we got instead was a singles match

06:05 between Ivar and Kofi Kingston.

06:08 Well, you know.

06:09 Alright I guess.

06:10 This is a nice bit of filler I suppose.

06:14 No need to pay too much attention here.

06:15 Huh, that splash to the floor was really nice.

06:18 Man, I forget how athletic Hansen is.

06:21 Whoa, whoa, these near falls are amazing.

06:23 Ivar's going up for another splash.

06:25 Oh, he's going for a moonsault.

06:26 Holy s***, that moonsault was awesome.

06:28 Eat that Tiffany Strickland.

06:30 We've got a new prettiest moonsault ever.

06:32 What did Kofi kick out of that?

06:34 Trouble in paradise.

06:35 One, two, three.

06:36 Kofi wins.

06:37 Man.

06:38 I need a cigarette after that.

06:42 No kidding, this match was so much better than it needed to be, and I am here for it.

06:48 And it's not just me, as this crowd were white hot for this match.

06:52 Which is more than you can say for Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Ricochet.

06:57 I think it says a lot about the state of the World Heavyweight Championship scene where

07:00 the crowd are hotter for a fun singles match with little stakes than a match between the

07:04 guy who recently feuded with Logan Paul and a man who is supposed to be Seth Rollins biggest

07:08 challenger for the world title.

07:10 Like the match was fine, but this feud is ice cold and the crowd responded in kind.

07:17 With that said, I think this was the best angle they've done since they started feuding

07:20 last month.

07:21 The story of the match was that Nakamura had little interest in actually winning, he just

07:25 wanted to punish Ricochet.

07:27 And he baited Ricochet into getting himself DQ'd like a moron, and Nakamura beat him

07:31 up some more after the match, taking him out with a chair.

07:34 Rollins came down for his second brawl with Nakamura, having already brawled with him

07:37 before the match, and Shinsuke back dropped him onto a chair.

07:42 Seth sold this backstage like he can barely walk in the moment because his back is so

07:46 bad, but Nakamura has driven him to the edge.

07:50 This is the best the story has been since it started, but it still feels really low

07:55 on the card in terms of audience attention and care.

07:58 DQs have become a rare thing in WWE since Triple H took over creative, but then we got

08:02 two DQs in two matches just in case you were wondering how much power Vince McMahon has

08:07 in creative since he forced his way back in.

08:09 Nia Jax beat up all of Shayna Baszler, Zoey Stark, Piper Niven and Chelsea Green in their

08:13 tag match, which did nothing for the tag division.

08:17 Chad Gable, the hero Chad Gable, the fan favourite Chad Gable wants another shot at

08:21 Gunther and to show that he deserves one, WWE had him get beaten clean by Bronson Reed.

08:28 What?

08:29 I guess the idea here is rather than rush Gable back into another Gunther match, you

08:34 build up some other people for Gunther to beat - like Bronson Reed and Tommaso Ciampa

08:39 more on him in a bit - before Gable earns another shot at him and finally dethrones

08:44 him.

08:45 Which is a fine story, but man did this feel like it took the wind out of Gable's sails

08:50 here.

08:51 New NXT Women's Champion Becky Lynch laid out an open challenge for the title, and she

08:54 wanted someone new to step up.

08:57 So who will that new be?

08:59 Emma?

09:00 Tegan Nox?

09:01 Xia Li?

09:02 Jade Cargill?

09:03 No, it was Natalya.

09:06 Sigh.

09:07 Becky won, because of course she did.

09:09 Nattie's promo before the match was, "I had a good match 8 weeks ago and haven't

09:14 been booked since."

09:15 F***ing great gimmick there Nattie.

09:17 She also called Becky a ginger witch because this is a show for children.

09:21 Ciampa beat Giovanni Vinci and they keep teasing breaking up Imperium, stop that Hunter!

09:26 And Drew McIntyre beat Jey Uso in the main event after Jey distracted himself taking

09:29 out Judgment Day and rejecting their offer.

09:32 It was a fun finish to the storyline and the match, and Drew walked away as Judgment Day

09:37 beat down Jey with only Cody Rhodes running down to make the save.

09:42 This was a bit of a mixed bag edition of Raw.

09:44 Kofi and Ivar was awesome, the main event story was good, and Nakamura and Seth finally

09:49 had a bit of a heated segment, but the two DQs, the burial of Dom and the North American

09:54 Championship, Chad getting beaten, Natalya, it was just a mixed bag.

10:00 A 3 out of 5 mixed bag.

10:02 And speaking of Chad Gable, here's my list video from Sunday of 9 other people that could

10:06 beat Gunther for the IC title, including me getting a bit angry and wound up about the

10:11 lack of Tyler Bate on the main roster.

10:13 Click the video and watch it now.

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