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00:00 Hello and welcome to the WrestleTalk News, I'm Luke Owen and this is wrestling news.

00:11 We kick off today's WrestleTalk News talking about the angle that closed out this week's

00:16 NXT, which did not sit well with a lot of the viewing audience.

00:20 Twitter was awash with fans calling the angle tasteless, tone deaf and inappropriate, some

00:24 even called it controversial.

00:26 And it's not just fans, as Fightful Select report that some in WWE agreed, thinking the

00:32 angle was controversial.

00:34 The angle in question saw Ridge Holland return to NXT and immediately injure Ilja Dragunov

00:39 by dropping him on his head with a DDT.

00:42 The NXT Champion was then stretched out of the building.

00:44 The reason for the controversy is because this plays off the real life injury to Big

00:49 E, who has been on the shelf since a botched belly to belly suplex by Ridge Holland back

00:53 in March of 2022 broke his neck.

00:56 That injury was so serious that Big E has revealed that doctors have advised him to

01:01 never wrestle again.

01:04 And given how popular Big E is, it's understandable that some fans took against NXT running an

01:08 angle that played off this very serious incident - especially as they played up Holland's

01:14 history with neck-based injuries as part of the storyline.

01:17 This also isn't the first time in the last few months that WWE have played off real life

01:22 injuries.

01:23 Since her return there have been several references to Nia Jax injuring her opponents in the past,

01:28 and they turn Xia Li accidentally giving an opponent a concussion from a stiff kick back

01:31 in NXT into her finishing move on the main roster.

01:35 But this is all a storyline.

01:38 It was actually filmed last week, and Fightful Select report everyone seemed happy with the

01:42 performance and camera work, and producers seemed pleased with the reaction the angle

01:47 got from the crowd.

01:48 Fightful Select add that WWE were aware that the audience would know this wasn't a real

01:53 life injury because the next set of NXT tapings started straight away.

01:57 It did help the viewership though as NXT fell again this week, pulling in 641,000 viewers

02:03 down 5% from last week.

02:05 The 18-49 demo was also down.

02:08 Maybe they need to send for the man like they did when they stacked the show with Cody Rhodes,

02:12 John Cena and The Undertaker that one time.

02:14 Following reports from Fightful Select that her contract with WWE is up in June of next

02:18 year and a new deal has not been signed yet, Lynch herself has revealed that WWE will likely

02:24 remain her home forever.

02:26 Speaking with Strutting From Gorilla, Lynch said of WWE, "I love the people, I love

02:30 the audience, and I love being able to have been an important part of change.

02:34 It's my home, it's where I was born as a professional wrestler, and it's where

02:39 I'll retire."

02:41 Her husband Seth Rollins also has his contract up in June and is rumoured to also be staying

02:45 with the company, so I think we can put away the "Seth Rollins and Becky Lynch to AEW

02:49 confirmed" memes for the time being.

02:52 Probably forever.

02:53 Before we get into the AEW Dynamite review, the first of our end of year awards season

02:57 videos kicked off yesterday over on WrestleTalk Podcast as myself, Oliver Davis and Dan Layton

03:02 counted down the best wrestlers of 2023.

03:05 There's a link for that in the video description down below, but now let's head over to Oliver

03:09 Davis for this week's AEW Dynamite review.

03:12 I'm Oli Davis, and now it's time for my review of the AEW Dynamite Holiday Bash…

03:20 in about 5 minutes.

03:21 Dynamite's final week of the main GOLD league matches opened both cold - as in there

03:27 was no intro credits - and hot, as it was Swerve Strickland vs Roosh.

03:32 And Roosh will kick you in the face.

03:35 Because this was a Roosh match, it was fantastically fast-paced, with non-stop back and forth

03:39 action.

03:40 Swerve worked over Roosh's knee, which awesomely gave way when he tried running to hit his

03:44 Bull's Horn finisher, and Roosh targeted Swerve's taped up shoulder.

03:47 The finish was terrific, as Roosh kicked out very angrily at one when Swerve hit a 450

03:52 on him like 'how dare you actually try to beat me'.

03:55 I'm still not convinced Roosh knows wrestling is predetermined.

03:59 Strickland followed that up with a Brain Buster and Stomp to win.

04:02 It meant that with 12 points, Swerve qualified for the GOLD league semi-final against Mox.

04:08 The intrigue now became about whether Jey White would beat Moxley.

04:12 Because if he did, that would put White in the semi-final too, making it a triple threat.

04:17 As Mox, Swerve and White would all be tied at 12 points, but each would've beaten each

04:24 other.

04:25 There's so many numbers I love tournaments.

04:26 Chris Jericho cut a serious promo backstage on Kenny Omega being hospitalised, meaning

04:31 he'll be out of AEW indefinitely, and the World's End tag title match is off.

04:36 Think as long as you need, Kenny.

04:38 And when you're ready, Jericho will be waiting for him with the Golden Jets.

04:42 We're trying to motivate Kenny's recovery, Chris, not make him depressed.

04:46 Mark Briscoe and Jey Lethal might both be losers in the Continental Classic, but only

04:50 one can be the Ultimate Loser.

04:54 Both with zero points heading into their final match, Mark and Jey had a really fun bout,

04:58 elevated by the crowd chanting for chairs, Mark throwing chairs in the ring, but the

05:03 referee always getting rid of them.

05:05 Lethal hit a Jey Driller, presumably out of respect for his departed friend, but it felt

05:09 like a heel mind game spot.

05:11 So Mark hit a Jey Driller of his own after a freaking burning hammer to win.

05:16 Mark Briscoe has been fantastic in this tournament.

05:18 I hope he gets to do something substantial afterwards.

05:22 After a video package of MJF getting inducted into the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame,

05:26 Amorlo again teasing he'll be the one to bring the Devil to his knees.

05:31 Which is now making me think it's all a misdirect, Amorlo will save MJF, taking out

05:35 the literal Devil we heard from Samoa Joe and Maxwell Jacob Friedman.

05:40 Considering how Hangman Page got taken out last week, and MJF has never been seen to

05:45 be attacked, Joe now has his suspicions about Max.

05:49 MJF replied, pointing out that Joe dropped the ball on protecting him.

05:53 Maybe Joe's the Devil.

05:54 I don't think that's a viable line of inquiry, Max.

05:58 Joe has quite a recognisable body shape that isn't the Devil's.

06:02 Retribution ran down to attack them, where Max and Joe easily threw them all out.

06:07 The main Devil goons got on the apron, and the lights cut to black.

06:10 Text appeared on the Tron asking "Where can you go?

06:13 Who can you trust?

06:15 Next week will you accept a challenge for your ROH Tag Team Championships?"

06:18 Are you a hero, Max?

06:20 Joe accepted, saying this is the only way to get to the Devil.

06:24 It was a decent segment, even if the Devil extras are getting less threatening by the

06:28 week.

06:29 But it was a backstage interaction later on that provided the coolest storyline development.

06:34 Max found a mask outside the Embassy's locker room, which caused a confrontation between

06:38 him and Swerve Strickland.

06:41 They reminisced about their history, driving around the country, trying to make it in this

06:45 business.

06:46 But while MJF went on to become World Champion, Swerve says he's been ducking him ever since

06:51 he joined AEW.

06:53 The topic of Hangman Page came up, which Max accused Swerve of being obsessed by, and

06:58 he used that as Exhibit A in Strickland and the Embassy actually being the Devil Squad.

07:03 Swerve said he's not the Devil, but if Max keeps waving that title in front of his face,

07:08 he'll be the one to bring him to hell.

07:11 Joe broke things up, having a prolonged stare down with Swerve.

07:14 Just like the Hangman Page backstage interaction last week, this was a great way to suddenly

07:19 enter Strickland into the Maxverse, continuing his elevation by having him near the World

07:24 Champion.

07:25 And if the Devil ends up being Swerve, I'm totally fine with that.

07:29 Rheo beat Sarea next in a No. 1 contenders match for Tony Storm's women's title.

07:33 The match was fine, but at only 7 and a half minutes, it was neither enough to protect

07:37 Sarea in defeat or make Rheo look that impressive in beating her.

07:41 The best thing actually happened on commentary, where Tony called Taz her favourite landlord

07:45 for human duplex machine.

07:53 Rheo managed to get the better of Storm afterwards, so Mariah May made the save, where Tony didn't

07:58 seem to like being upstaged.

08:00 Tony Schiavone read out a pre-prepared statement from Christian saying how he'll be on collision

08:04 to answer Copeland's challenge.

08:06 Somehow, despite not even being there, Christian got loads of heat.

08:10 Obviously the episode's best matches were in the Continental Classic, but hot damn.

08:15 Roderick Strong and Commander was fun.

08:17 Commander got so much rotation off Roddy's End of Heartache finisher, it turned into

08:21 a gutbuster.

08:23 Strong cut a promo in victory afterwards, again declaring Max is the Devil.

08:26 In a lovely moment during the at-break, Tony Khan announced Jim Ross to his hometown crowd,

08:31 making his return for the first time in several weeks.

08:33 It was to call a great main event between JY and Jon Moxley, where White had to beat

08:37 Mox to get into the semi-final.

08:39 While I really enjoyed the match, I would've opened the episode with White beating Mox,

08:43 which would give Strickland both a main event spot and the babyface psychology of having

08:48 to win the match to join the semi-final.

08:51 Giving the underdog story to 'massive heel' White never effectively played into the match.

08:56 Nevertheless, this was terrifically worked, with White working over Mox's leg, even

09:00 doing a rare bit of C2 cheating, hitting it with a chair behind the ref's back.

09:04 Then bang on the 15 minute call, Moxley hit a stomp, but White flipped out of the paradigm

09:09 shift to hit a Blade Runner to win.

09:12 While Swerve watched on from the ramp, as White did the Na Na Dance, and then hurt Mox's

09:15 leg even more, giving an extra layer to their semi-final match.

09:19 It's a great ending to this stage of the GOLD LEAGUE, and it continues AEW's building

09:25 of White and Swerve as main eventers.

09:27 This week's Dynamite is 77%.

09:30 But how did a legal case from a little wrestling promotion cause WWE to fire their top legal

09:36 guy, stop signing Roman Reigns' cousins, and maybe even preventing the Elite from leaving

09:41 Watch on to find out more.

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