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

00:08 It's been a while since we've had some CM Punk based wrestling news, isn't it?

00:13 Too long I say.

00:14 So let's bring him up again.

00:15 Ever since he was released from AEW, fans have been wondering whether he'd ping pong

00:18 right back to WWE again, with opinions divided on the "he'd do business" argument and

00:23 the "WWE released him on his wedding day" argument.

00:26 Is there too much bad blood there to be forgotten about?

00:29 Seemingly more beef than Punk had with The Elite and Jack Perry and we saw how that one

00:33 went.

00:34 But there may be some clues as to Punk's future, and it comes directly from WWE Raw.

00:38 Seth Rollins has been vocal in the past about his dislike of CM Punk, even calling him a

00:42 cancer in an interview, but could the very same person be teasing a feud with Punk in

00:46 the near future?

00:47 On Raw last night, Seth Rollins was talking to Michael Cole in the ring, where Cole mentioned

00:51 that Rollins had been called many things over the years.

00:53 Architect, visionary, but also puppeteer, manipulator, but this time, he's the puppet.

00:59 Eagle-eyed viewers, or I guess in this case, eagle-eared listeners, noted that this little

01:03 line shared some similarities with a certain iconic CM Punk promo from Ring of Honor back

01:07 in 2005, where Punk said "This is my stage, this is my theatre, you are my puppets, and

01:13 I pulled those marionette strings."

01:15 Now that might seem a little tenuous, sure, there's a link about puppets, but is that

01:20 really all?

01:21 Well, on last week's episode of Raw, Seth Rollins also just so happened to remark that

01:25 his 100% makes him "the best in the world".

01:29 Coincidence?

01:30 Maybe.

01:31 But also, two weeks in a row of noticeable similarities with things related to CM Punk?

01:36 It could be something there.

01:38 And just to add further fuel to this fire, Survivor Series this year is in Chicago.

01:42 Look, I'm not saying it's confirmed or anything, but there's something there, right?

01:46 Now play this clip back when it either does or does not happen and you can call me a genius/idiot

01:51 based on the outcome.

01:52 Sean Ross Sapp on the Fightful Raw post-show stream said that he's going to exhaust his

01:55 sources this week and will have an update regarding CM Punk and WWE soon, which will

02:00 prove that I'm a genius/idiot depending.

02:02 Elsewhere on Raw, there were a couple of advertised matches that didn't end up happening.

02:07 Going into this week's episode, Jey Uso vs Damian Priest and Becky Lynch vs Tegan

02:10 Knox for the NXT Women's Championship were both slated to be on the show, but neither

02:14 happened for seemingly different reasons.

02:17 Fightful Selects reported that Becky Lynch had not been cleared to compete.

02:20 At NXT No Mercy, it was reported that Becky sustained a laceration that required 11 stitches,

02:25 and she reportedly hasn't been cleared since then, with that injury ongoing.

02:29 Which is yet more rough luck for Tegan Knox, who I think has a shout for unluckiest wrestler

02:34 ever.

02:35 Meanwhile, Jey Uso vs Damian Priest was pulled from advertising for the show beforehand,

02:39 which seems to have just been creative changing, as both Jey and Priest were on Raw but in

02:43 a different capacity.

02:44 More of those last minute changes, eh?

02:51 I know what Tempest's thinking.

03:00 He's thinking he wishes his book took a deep dive into some of wrestling's biggest

03:03 controversies, giving insight into the murkier side of the sport we know and love.

03:07 I know that look in Pete's eyes.

03:09 He's keen to know more about the ongoing controversy of unionization in wrestling,

03:14 and his right eye is even more keen to delve into the issues that have shaped the modern

03:18 pro-wrestling landscape.

03:21 And Tempest is really staring at me.

03:23 Wait, maybe he's wishing his book critiqued wrestling's institutions and was more of

03:27 a testament to those who fight not just inside the ring, but outside the ring too.

03:31 Huh.

03:32 I wish I could read.

03:36 Gentlemen!

03:37 Guard?

03:38 What?

03:39 No, guys.

03:40 It's me, Dave Bradshaw, the voice of British wrestling and, nay, the world.

03:46 I've been listening to your internal monologues, and I think I have the answer to all your

03:52 prayers.

03:53 I told you he was guard.

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04:00 Magazine.

04:01 Wrestling Unmasked is a must-read for all wrestling fans.

04:04 Head on over to Amazon to pick up your copy now by clicking on the link in the video description

04:08 below and prepare for your understanding of the wrestling world to be turned upside down.

04:14 Luke, your book is upside down.

04:21 Never mind.

04:22 My crikey, that's so interesting.

04:25 Oh, I'm very sorry.

04:28 Yes, by the book.

04:31 Anyway, it's now time for my review of Monday Night Raw, aka the "we finally found

04:35 that Johnny Gargano toy down the back of the sofa" edition of Monday Night Raw… in

04:40 about 5 minutes.

04:41 The show was supposed to open with Nia Jax vs. Shayna Baszler in the first of our "advertise

04:45 things that didn't happen", but instead they just brawled to the ring.

04:48 Raquel Rodriguez joined the fun, as did Rhea Ripley who made her return to lay out some

04:52 security guards.

04:53 It was a fun and chaotic way to open the show, and it set up a nice federal four-way for

04:56 down the line.

04:57 However, it wasn't announced for Fastlane, so one would presume this will happen on Raw

05:00 in the next few weeks.

05:01 Rhea stayed in the ring to transition into our next talking segment, and there are a

05:05 lot of those on this show, where she wanted to address the issues within Judgement Day.

05:10 Well, it's Groundhog Day… again.

05:14 Ripley blamed Damian Priest for the team falling apart, and for Dom Dom losing his title, and

05:20 told Dom that she's got him a rematch for the North American Championship on NXT, and

05:24 if he doesn't win this time, he shouldn't even consider coming home to Mommy.

05:30 Never have the stakes been higher in any match in WWE history.

05:34 WWE had also advertised Jey vs. Priest for this show, but announced in this segment that

05:38 Priest wasn't medically cleared and couldn't compete, so that's our second advertised

05:42 thing on this show that was cancelled.

05:44 Jey Uso came out to flirt with Rhea Ripley and got into a brawl with Judgement Day alongside

05:48 Cody Rhodes who came down to even the odds, and Adam Pearce announced that Finn and Priest

05:52 will defend the tag titles against Jey and Cody at Fastlane.

05:56 At least it isn't Kevin and Sami again, I guess.

05:59 Later in the show, J.D. McDonough suggested that they need to drive a wedge between Kev,

06:03 Sami, Cody and Jey.

06:04 I don't think that's going to be a particularly difficult task, mate.

06:08 WWE made a big deal out of Jade Cargill's signing, which they should do.

06:12 It is a big deal.

06:13 And over 20 minutes since the show began, we got our first wrestling match.

06:19 A fun little 10 man tag with Imperium beating Alpha Academy, which saw Giovanni Vinci play

06:24 the difference maker as he saved Kaiser from getting an avalanche fall away slam from Otis

06:29 to get the win.

06:30 We got a recap of Becky Lynch and Tiffany Stratton's excellent No Mercy match, and they showed

06:34 the injury she picked up in said excellent match, as well as announcing that the announced

06:39 Tegan vs. Becky match was also not happening.

06:42 That's three now, everyone.

06:44 The weirder thing here is that they said Becky vs. Tegan will happen at some point, but that

06:49 means Lynch will be on NXT tonight to look for her next challenger.

06:53 It's Tegan Nox.

06:55 She's the next challenger.

06:57 You just told us that.

06:59 Bronson Reed squashed Cedric Alexander and Drew McIntyre told Adam Pearce that he didn't

07:03 want to do the pre-announced Miz TV segment.

07:05 That's four for four, everyone.

07:07 All four things announced for this show did not happen.

07:11 I think that's a new record.

07:13 Thankfully, WWE instead gave us a much bigger match that wasn't pre-announced.

07:19 As Tommaso Ciampa and Gunther's contract signing for Fastlane was instead moved to

07:22 Raw's main event.

07:24 It was a great promo from Ciampa, and an even better one from Gunther.

07:28 And after AEW's long four hour show on Sunday with a couple of matches that could have been

07:34 on TV, I quite like WWE's method of having big matches happen on Raw, even if the ad

07:39 flows do ruin the flow of them.

07:42 Xavier Woods picked up a win over Ivar in a match that didn't quite live up to the

07:45 expectations set by the Kofi match two weeks ago, but it also wasn't given the time to

07:50 get over.

07:51 More on that later.

07:52 But even though Woods won, Ivar killed both Xavier and Kofi after the match and hit the

07:56 moonsault on both of them.

07:57 So who's the real winner?

08:00 It's Xavier Woods.

08:02 He's the real winner.

08:03 Do you know how good WWE's video department is?

08:06 I've said this time and time again, they are the best in the world.

08:10 And here's a great example of why.

08:12 With only pre-existing footage, they made the Seth Rollins vs. Shinsuke Nakamura feud

08:17 look great.

08:18 The segments have been broadly average at best, but this video made it feel like the

08:23 biggest thing on Raw.

08:25 So kudos, lads.

08:26 Seth came out for a promo with Michael Cole where he talked about his love of pro wrestling.

08:30 Nakamura cut a video promo, but it was just a distraction so he could attack him from

08:34 behind.

08:35 He laid out Seth and counted to ten, but Rollins kept getting back up.

08:38 Eventually Nakamura kept him down for the ten and held aloft the title.

08:42 A simple and effective go-home segment for a cold as balls feud.

08:47 Tegan Nox and Natalya are friends now - which is a good thing as she stopped distractions

08:51 from Piper Niven so Nox could pin Chelsea Green in just over two minutes.

08:55 Literally just over two minutes.

08:57 Five seconds over two minutes in fact.

08:59 And guess what?

09:01 The crowd didn't care and why should they?

09:03 You can't get someone over in two minutes competitive matches.

09:08 This isn't helping Nox in any way shape or form.

09:11 And she and Nattie hugged after the match so I guess they're your new contenders for

09:14 the women's tag titles that no one really cares about.

09:17 This was also the only women's match on the show.

09:21 Do better WWE.

09:23 Drew came out for a promo but was interrupted by The Miz so you may as well have done MizTV.

09:28 And it led to a match where Drew beat Miz in his suit by throwing him into an exposed

09:31 turnbuckle.

09:32 I love Drew in this role and I have no opinion on The Miz acting like a child pretending to

09:37 barf.

09:38 I think that match went longer than the Tegan Nox one did.

09:41 LOL.

09:42 Not Cathy Kelly interviewed Trick Williams about his North American Championship win

09:45 which was also used to announce that all of Judgment Day will be on NXT tonight.

09:50 Judgment Day and Becky Lynch on NXT?

09:53 Is it TV rights negotiation season by any chance?

09:56 And the work doesn't stop for Judgment Day there as Cody Rhodes announced they'll

09:59 also be on Smackdown as will Cody and Jey.

10:03 Brand split.

10:04 LOL.

10:05 The main event saw Ciampa and Gunther have a 20 minute banger which the crowd didn't

10:09 care about much early doors instead doing fireflies with their phone torches.

10:14 But the action was so good that they did get into the near falls.

10:17 Gunther put Ciampa away with the sleeper, and then Johnny Gargano made the save from

10:21 Ciampa being beaten down by Imperium and they set up to do the meat in the middle kick,

10:25 but the broadcast ended and we missed it.

10:27 Cool.

10:28 The main event and Gargano's return even without The Pop saved this episode.

10:33 It's difficult to know wrestling on a 3 hour wrestling show is unforgivable in my

10:37 eyes, but most of the segments were pretty good.

10:39 It's your average 3 out of 5 show.

10:41 Now it's Fastlane this weekend so it's time for you to check out our predictions

10:45 for the show in just 3 words or less, and I'm going to read this fabulous book with

10:50 British wrestling legend Kendo Nagasaki.

10:53 I don't know if you're featured in this.

10:56 You might be.

10:57 I'm trying to read.

10:59 Are you reading?

11:01 I don't know if you're in the book, Ken!

11:03 (upbeat music)

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