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00:00 "Could Vince McMahon make a return to professional wrestling? WWE's contract emergencies and

00:06 my review of Monday Night Raw. I'm Luke Owen and this is the WrestleTalk News."

00:11 WWE are now in Chex Watch, it's night day of the Paul "Triple H" Leveque era, and

00:24 I'm pretty sure it's safe to say that we are all on board. For starters, the penny

00:29 belts are gone, thanks Trips! But one can't begin a new era without totally making sure

00:35 that the old era - aka the Vince McMahon era - is no more. And he is. He unequivocally

00:42 is. Dot dot dot. In WWE at the very least. And Vince seems to be doing his best to remove

00:49 all investment he has in the company, listing his remaining 4.7% of TKO stocks for sale

00:55 according to a new SEC filing. If he sells them, that would be the last remaining thread

01:01 of connection between Vince, TKO and WWE. And should he sell them, that would leave

01:07 him with a reported $2.2 billion. He could buy 444,444,444 Pokemon cards going by my

01:17 rather rudimentary math, or maybe he could start up his own wrestling company. Dave Meltzer

01:23 of the Wrestling Observer is reporting that if Vince did want to start his own promotion,

01:27 he'd have to wait until January of next year due to a non-compete he has with TKO.

01:33 And when that is up, there is a belief from one of the most powerful players behind the

01:37 scenes that there is a good chance McMahon would start up a new company - if he legally

01:44 could. This unnamed source goes on to add that much of the success of the Triple H era

01:48 - namely, The Bloodline and Cody Rhodes - were actually Vince's ideas. Not only was he

01:54 in charge of creative when The Bloodline was formed during the pandemic, he also brought

01:58 Cody Rhodes back to WWE and is credited as the one who made the call for him not to dethrone

02:04 Roman Reigns at WrestleMania 39 - which, it could be argued, led to the biggest WrestleMania

02:10 of all time in WrestleMania 40. And with $2.2 billion in the bank, he would have a purse

02:17 that could persuade some talent with contracts set to expire. But is it likely to happen?

02:23 Meltzer notes that he would be a formidable rival, but "the vast majority of the prominent

02:29 people in wrestling that he spoke with felt that a combination of Vince's age, reputation

02:34 and lack of openings would hold back any potential startup."

02:38 Speaking of talent that could be up for grabs soon, WWE have a bit of a situation going

02:43 on with two of their biggest stars who could be free to walk from WWE in - let me just

02:49 check my watch here - the next two months. Two months is not a lot of time. As has been

02:56 reported for some time now, Drew McIntyre's contract with WWE is coming to an end, and

03:02 he was unhappy with his creative during most of 2022 and 2023. However, he is now positioned

03:08 in a top feud with CM Punk, and is most likely headlining a PPV in his home country of Scotland.

03:13 But that does not mean he has re-signed, with PWInsider reporting that he has just "five

03:21 to six weeks" left on his WWE deal. And he's not alone, as PWInsider also report

03:28 that Becky Lynch has just "eight weeks" left on her deal. They add that WWE are hoping

03:33 to tie these both up before those dates arrive, and will put in a new strategy so that this

03:38 sort of situation doesn't happen again. PWInsider's report notes that one of the

03:42 reasons WWE made changes in its talent relations department last week - and in Chris Legentil

03:48 and Matthew Altman into the division - was because they have forged past relationships

03:52 with talent in order to create a stronger signing process. Sean Ross Sapp on the Fightful

03:57 Review of Raw noted that, if given the opportunity, Tony Khan could make a play to sign both Becky

04:03 Lynch and Drew McIntyre, and he would offer a lot more money than WWE could.

04:10 But before we get into the Raw review, I just wanted to extend a huge thank you to everyone

04:14 who has checked out our latest season of the Monday Night Raw over on PartsFarKnown, where

04:19 Dan, Pete and I are battling week by week on WWE 2K24's My GM Mode. It's led to

04:25 us reaching record Patreon numbers, and if you're not caught up yet, here's what

04:30 you've been missing.

04:54 There's

05:22 a link in the description for a playlist for all of Season 4 of the Monday Night Raw,

05:26 so go give that a watch today. And once you're all caught up, you can get one week's early

05:31 access and our bonus booking podcast over on the Patreon page, patreon.com/wrestletalk.

05:35 And now it's time for my review of Monday Night Raw, aka the "you know Roman didn't

05:41 develop his belt for ages, right?" edition of Monday Night Raw, in about 5 minutes.

05:46 The show opened with the sad news that Rhea Ripley is in fact injured, and will be vacating

05:51 her Women's World Championship. She hugged Judgement Day backstage and then rode off

05:56 into the injured sunset, presumably not to be seen again until she returns from injury.

06:01 Bryan Alvarez on Wrestling Observer Radio noted that she could be out of action for

06:05 three months.

06:06 This is one of those moments when reviewing the show where I don't have anything funny

06:10 to say - not that that's uncommon - or anything witty or any particularly good insight. It's

06:16 just a situation that sucks. But sometimes you have to take chicken poop and turn it

06:21 into chicken pudding. As it led to Liv Morgan coming out after Rhea threatened she would

06:26 kill her if she saw her, with Morgan cackling while being held back by security. She later

06:31 said that this was "karma" for Rhea Ripley after she injured her last year, and this

06:36 is not the end of her revenge tour. This ends when she becomes the new World Champion. And

06:43 most likely one would think she will be the next champion to set up a Rhea return match.

06:48 They announced later in the show that a new Women's World Champion will be crowned on

06:52 next week's Raw, but didn't give any other details of who is fighting for that belt or

06:56 in what capacity they'll be fighting for it. If only you had a tournament coming up

07:01 soon or something like that. I think this could be a great thing for Liv Morgan, because

07:06 I do feel that there's a certain ceiling to her as a babyface, but there is an open

07:11 sky for her as an unhinged heel. And it will only make Rhea's babyface return all the

07:17 better. So yeah, this situation sucks, but perhaps there's a silver lining. And speaking

07:23 of returns, TOO MANY LAMBS! TOO MANY LAMBS! HOOOOOOO! It's not a shameful thing you lobsterhead,

07:33 as Sheamus returned to WWE after 8 months off and brought back his old theme with him.

07:39 I just hope someone clues in Pat McAfee that his Fight Night gimmick is in the past now.

07:43 He beat Ivar in a decent level match. Sheamus, that's not Pat.

07:47 On yesterday's WrestleTalk Podcast review of Smackdown and AEW Collision, I was whinging

07:52 about the WWE Tag Team Championship designs because I think, quite frankly, they're f***ing

07:57 hideous. It's not just on that podcast either, it's something I've been whinging about

08:00 for a while now. We've had this design in both the penny and silver versions for something

08:05 silly like 15 years. I was in my 20s when these belts were introduced, and I didn't

08:11 like them then much either. So I was very pleased to see Triple H come down to the ring

08:16 to announce that we're in a new era that needs new tag belts. The awesome truth will now

08:21 be known as the WWE World Tag Team Champions. Which is something that I did predict would

08:27 be the case on our Predicting WrestleMania 41 Way Too Far In Advance video. Click the

08:32 link to watch that after this. Just focus on the tag belt thing I got right. Don't

08:37 listen to the bit where I said Tamatongo wouldn't be involved in the Bloodline story. Just look

08:40 at the tag bit.

08:41 So what are these new belts like then? Well, they look like mini versions of the Men's

08:46 and Women's World Championship designs, so at least they're in keeping with the

08:49 show's theme. But with no red strap, how will I know what brand they're supposed

08:52 to be on? They sort of look like $10 kid toy versions of the $500 full scale replicas,

08:59 but they are a massive improvement over the old designs.

09:03 And Awesome Truth will defend those belts against their new number one contenders in

09:07 DIY, who beat New Day and Creed Brothers in a fun triple threat tag match that was contested

09:12 under actual triple threat rules. A Regeneration X feud makes sense here, and I'm hopeful

09:16 that DIY pick up the belt soon and actually lead this tag division into a new era.

09:21 We also got a new QR code tease for the return of Bo Dallas during New Day's entrance,

09:25 and it's interesting that former AEW star Matt Hardy has been sharing this on Twitter

09:30 given his history with Bray Wyatt. Drew McIntyre kicked over a TV that showed a recap of CM

09:35 Punk screwing him last week, presumably causing real glass to shatter on the floor, crimier

09:40 ever. And The Way beat Ivy Nile and Maxine Dupree in a couple of minutes when Indi cheated

09:44 on Candice's behalf.

09:45 Andrade beat Dominik Mysterio in a good match that featured Dom hitting a Canadian Destroyer

09:49 on the apron to set up a near fall. Outlaw Mud Show, amirite? JD McDonough jumped Andrade

09:55 after the match, and Ricochet made the save.

09:57 Cathy Kelly interviewed Jey Uso about his brother getting jumped by Tama Tonga on Smackdown,

10:01 and felt remorseful that Jimmy didn't follow him like he wanted.

10:04 And Chelsea Green and Piper Niven beat The Party Girls in a couple of minutes. The entire

10:08 run time of women's wrestling on this three hour broadcast was just over five minutes.

10:15 Do better, WWE.

10:16 Cody Rhodes came out for a promo to announce that he's technically a Smackdown guy now,

10:21 and continued his feud with The Rock. He also brought out Jey Uso, who then beat Finn Balor

10:25 in another decent match.

10:27 Damian Priest - who will be defending his world title against Jey Uso at Backlash - came

10:31 out and looked disappointed that the rest of the Judgment Day jumped Jey after the match.

10:36 And he should be bloody disappointed, because despite having a 3-on-1 advantage, Jey escaped!

10:41 And he walked through the concourse - hilariously pushing this fan out of the way who tried

10:44 to take a selfie with him - and spoke to Sami Zayn, who was excited to wrestle in this building

10:48 as a singles champion.

10:50 Sami then did the same route that Jey just did through the concourse to enter the building

10:55 for his entrance for the main event, this time not pushing a fan over. It was an awesome,

11:01 awesome one-shot deal, another huge improvement for WWE's production, and an entrance that

11:07 some are saying is one of the best that Raw has ever had.

11:11 And that main event saw Sami Zayn retain his Intercontinental Championship against Chad

11:15 Gable in a very hard hitting match that saw some gnarly German suplexes right onto people's

11:20 noggins. This got nearly 20 minutes to get over, and boy howdy did it get over. Sami

11:26 won when he hit the Halufa Kick, and then Chad Gable turned heel by attacking Sami in

11:32 front of his family.

11:33 I am sure heel Chad Gable in full TNA Kurt Angle mode - Perk Angle I believe is what

11:38 the kids call him - will be awesome. And it will be awesome, I'm pretty sure of that.

11:45 But I am gutted that we didn't get anything from that organic babyface momentum that we

11:51 had last year from the Chad Gable/Gunther feud. I really truly believe there was so

11:57 much more mileage that could have been gotten out of that. But as I said, I am sure this

12:02 heel Chad Gable will be awesome.

12:04 And it capped off another good edition of Monday Night Raw. The wrestling was pretty

12:07 standard for the most part, but that main event slapped. This week's show is 3 out

12:11 of 5. Now go and watch Monday Night Raw over on partsFUN, we've linked a whole playlist

12:16 of this new series, and here's episode 1 to get you started.

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