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00:00 A controversial wrestling return, backstage reactions to John Laurinaitis and more.

00:05 My thoughts on Smackdown, I'm Luke Owen and this is the WrestleTalk News.

00:15 Just as a little warning, the first couple of stories on the WrestleTalk News that we're

00:19 going to cover do come with trigger warnings of sexual assault and sexual misconduct.

00:23 If you would like to skip these, there are timestamps in the video description down below

00:27 to avoid them.

00:28 Patrick Clark, known in WWE as Velveteen Dream, last had a wrestling match in December 2020,

00:34 losing to Adam Cole.

00:35 He was released a few months later in May of 2021 under controversial circumstances.

00:40 Clark had several allegations made against him during speaking out, which included allegations

00:45 of sending sexually explicit images to minors.

00:48 Clark has denied these allegations and during his time in NXT, Triple H said an investigation

00:53 was conducted and he was cleared of any wrongdoing.

00:56 He was used sparingly on TV prior to his release and Sean Ross Sapp reported following his

01:00 release that there was growing concern in the company that he was going to be set up

01:03 to be a coach.

01:04 In August of 2021, Clark was arrested twice in one week, firstly for first degree battery

01:09 and trespassing and secondly for possession of drug paraphernalia.

01:12 The first charges against him were dropped.

01:14 He was also arrested in August of 2022 for allegedly getting into a fight with a gym

01:19 employee and biting him in the chest.

01:21 Former NXT star and current NWA World Champion EC3 has previously accused Clark of filming

01:27 fellow NXT wrestlers in the bathroom while they were urinating.

01:31 Clark recently released a video apologising for his behaviour and appeared on Chris Van

01:34 Vliet's podcast to seemingly set up his wrestling return.

01:38 And that return has now happened, with Clark making a surprise appearance at a Dynasty

01:42 show in New York, laying out an open challenge which was answered by American Muscle Alec

01:47 Oden, who he later beat in the main event.

01:49 Clark had previously been advertised for an SWF show in July of 2021, but the online backlash

01:54 to the announcement caused the promotion to pull him from the show.

01:58 His appearance with Dynasty has also received a lot of backlash from wrestling fans.

02:02 And the promotion put this out on Twitter, "Last night we did what most others wouldn't.

02:06 We took a risk on a person and gave them an opportunity for a second chance.

02:10 A second chance to fulfill their dream.

02:13 We stand by that decision.

02:15 Thank you to the packed house for last night's events."

02:18 Tara Calloway, who had previously wrestled for the promotion, responded, "As a former

02:22 member of your roster and a sexual assault victim, I am so beyond disappointed and disgusted.

02:28 Thank you for showing other victims they are not safe in your locker room or your crowd.

02:33 This is of course a very serious story with a lot of very serious allegations so I would

02:36 like you to be sensible in the comments."

02:39 It's been a few weeks since Janelle Grant's lawsuit against Vince McMahon, John Laurinaitis

02:43 and WWE was released, which accused McMahon of sex trafficking.

02:47 Since then Laurinaitis' lawyers had released a statement arguing he was also a victim of

02:51 McMahon's.

02:52 Though he was not officially named, the case has seen the removal of Brock Lesnar from

02:55 the company seemingly for good as he was reportedly involved in the allegations.

03:00 Vice released an article which brought Ashley Mazzaro's claims against WWE that she was

03:04 sexually assaulted during a tribute to the Troop Show, which Laurinaitis' lawyers have

03:08 claimed WWE were aware of despite their previous denials.

03:11 Grant's case accuses McMahon and Laurinaitis of sexual assault as well as other "unnamed

03:17 top level executives".

03:18 Fightful Select are reporting that these unnamed executives are a mystery to many within WWE,

03:24 however one high level source they spoke to said they are of the belief that one of them

03:28 had long been gone from WWE.

03:31 Another source told Fightful Select that many in WWE saw Laurinaitis turning on McMahon

03:35 coming, adding, "The source said that the looming possibility of actual charges being

03:39 filed is what many in the company saw as the main turning point of Laurinaitis on McMahon."

03:45 Another person they spoke with also said, "I'm sure he thinks he's doing himself

03:48 favours by saying management knew and proper WWE protocols were followed, but too many

03:53 things happened there under his watch."

03:55 Fightful add that they were scheduled to interview Ashley Mazzaro at Starrcast 2 in 2019, where

04:00 she was weighing whether or not to open up further about her claims that she was raped

04:04 while on a WWE tribute to the Troop's tour, but sadly she passed away a couple of weeks

04:09 before the event.

04:10 Fightful note that WWE talent have not been told that they cannot speak about the lawsuit

04:15 during interviews - in fact some like Natalya and Seth Rollins have - and while no companies

04:20 are participating in investigations, talent from US based companies have been given the

04:24 green light to speak about issues or participate in the investigations if they feel comfortable

04:30 doing so.

04:31 Fightful have spoken to one talent who is weighing up their options of whether they

04:34 want to take their story to the media or take legal action.

04:37 If you've been affected by anything we have discussed today there is a link in the

04:40 video description for our support each other page which has various links to charities

04:44 and organisations around the world.

04:46 Look, it's kind of awkward to shift gears now to other wrestling stories and the Smackdown

04:51 recap so I'll just use this clip from our most recent episode of Three Counts where

04:55 Oli and I reviewed every Elimination Chamber in three words or less/fewer.

05:25 Last night Rev Pro hosted their high stakes event in Crystal Palace which not only saw

05:29 a dream match of Robbie X vs. Mustafa Ali, Luke Jacobs beat the tar out of J.J. Gale

05:34 in a barn burner and Zack Sabre Jr. just be awesome against Conor Mills, but it also saw

05:38 the final independent date for Will Ospreay before he heads to All Elite Wrestling.

05:44 Ospreay went nearly 15 minutes in the main event against Michael Oku in an absolutely

05:49 brilliant match that was breathtaking live, and he gave an emotional speech afterwards

05:53 thanking the fans in attendance and his new boss Tony Khan who was at the show.

05:58 The crowd spotted TK early on during the match as he watched on from a box alongside Darby

06:02 Allen and Orange Cassidy, the latter of which was a surprise entrant in the opening match

06:06 defending his international championship.

06:08 We've got plenty of photos and videos from the event being posted to our Instagram.

06:12 It was an emotional goodbye from Will and yes I shed a tear and felt like a true celebration

06:18 of independent wrestling in the UK.

06:20 But hey, what about what happened on Smackdown?

06:22 It's time for my quick recap of Smackdown, aka the one where The Rock pointed his thumb

06:26 at Roman Reigns let speculation run wild edition of Smackdown, in a couple of minutes.

06:31 The show opened with our penultimate Elimination Chamber qualifying match where Kevin Owens

06:35 beat Dominik Mysterio to get into the chamber.

06:37 Owens is a really good choice for the match considering who would qualify later, but I

06:40 was hoping we would see Dom in the chamber.

06:43 I think there could have been some great comedy there.

06:45 And I have missed seeing uber heel heat magnet Dom.

06:48 Truth distracted Dom for the finish, which continues to spin the plate of R-Truth winning

06:52 the tag titles from Judgment Day at Mania.

06:54 Drew McIntyre had some heated words with LA Knight backstage, the latter of which called

06:57 Drew an "old timer" despite the fact that Knight is a couple of years older than

07:02 Drew - something which Drew also pointed out on Twitter.

07:05 Fun fact, Drew's a few months older than me and he's only a few more bits handsome

07:08 than me too.

07:09 Yeah, I said what I said, Drew.

07:11 Roman happily reunited with Solo and Jimmy - oh yeah they are part of this story - and

07:15 Pete Dunne and Tyler Bate announced their new tag team name of New Catch Republic.

07:19 I think British Strong Style was better and was, you know, right there.

07:23 But what do I know, I'm a near 40 year old on YouTube who's just a bit more handsome

07:27 than Drew McIntyre.

07:28 Yeah, I said what I said, Drew.

07:29 Tiffany Stratton qualified for the Elimination Chamber by placing all of her knees right

07:33 into the midsection of Zelina Vega in their match.

07:35 Vega got herself distracted by Elektra Lopez at ringside, and AJ Styles and Karl Anderson

07:39 had a grunt off backstage.

07:41 Damage Control cut a promo on Bayley and Dakota Kai - Bayley later told Kai that she's not

07:45 sure who she can trust.

07:46 Ortha Supaine won a quick squash match, and Logan Paul beat The Miz in a really good match

07:50 to qualify for the Chamber.

07:52 Paul tried to use the Brass Knucks, but Miz knocked them away and Logan hit his version

07:56 of the Skull Crushing finale for the win.

07:58 Tiffany Stratton had a backstage argument with Jade Cargill, Grayson Waller was seen

08:01 chatting with Paul Heyman, and Naomi beat Alba Fire to qualify for the Chamber.

08:06 Braun Breaker was announced as the newest signing for Smackdown - sorry Adam Pearce,

08:09 you'll just have to get a drink or something - and then the Bloodline came out for their

08:13 main event segment.

08:15 Roman and crew came out first and called the crowd dumb and officially welcomed The Rock

08:19 into their faction.

08:20 Rocky came out to another mixed response, and he proper played up the Hollywood heel

08:25 Rock persona.

08:26 He wore a vest, he called the crowd fat and inbred, he said sing-alongs were over and

08:30 it was all just wonderful.

08:32 I know a lot of people are saying this is like '97, '98 Rock, but for me this was

08:36 2003 Rock, you know, the Hollywood Rock one.

08:40 The crowd booed him when he did his heel stuff, but also cheered for him because he's The

08:44 Rock and he's a legend and he's a big star.

08:47 Rock told the fans that they had everything for a great mania and they blew it by wanting

08:51 Cody and then… well he said that didn't make sense.

08:55 He said that the 49ers lost to the Saints so they've gone to the back of the line

08:58 and now have to fight to get another shot at the Super Bowl.

09:01 He said that Cody lost last year so now he needs to do the same thing and not just demand

09:06 a title shot.

09:08 Um, Rock, Cody won the Rumble.

09:11 Rock I get that he's supposed to be heel Hollywood Rock, but it also makes him sound

09:15 like deluded Rock and I don't think that's the better look.

09:18 It's hard to feel like a credible baddie when you just say that Cody should do the

09:22 thing that he just did.

09:24 Thankfully the final moments were ace, as Rock asked if we could smell what the bloodline

09:28 were cooking and they all raised their wands, with Rock pointing his thumb out, seemingly

09:33 pointing at Roman.

09:35 It has been reported that this whole segment was heavily scripted, so there's a good

09:39 chance that this is foreshadowing for something at Mania.

09:43 It capped off a really good episode of Smackdown, and Tempest will be reviewing the show in

09:47 full with Dan Layton later on the WrestleTalk Podcast channel, so go over there and subscribe

09:51 to that so you can check that out.

09:53 And you can also watch the full episode of Three Count by clicking the video on screen.

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