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00:00 A WWE star was written off TV on NXT last night and might not be coming back.

00:05 The latest on Cody Rhodes' future as WWE Champion.

00:09 How long Rhea Ripley will be out and more.

00:12 I'm Luke Owen and this is the WrestleTalk News.

00:21 But first, some important breaking news.

00:23 Headline: Will Ospreay Signs With AEW

00:24 Will Ospreay has made quite a few waves since signing with AEW late last year and debuting

00:28 for the company as a full-time member of the roster at Revolution.

00:32 From incredible matches with Kanesuke Takeshi and Karl Fletcher, to his rather clear jab

00:37 at Triple H on last week's Dynamite - which itself was a response to Triple H taking his

00:41 own shot at Ospreay over WrestleMania weekend for being afraid of the WWE grind.

00:46 But he has now finally answered the question that has puzzled Americans all over… America…

00:53 Just what exactly is a Cheeky Nando's?

00:56 Ospreay explained on Hey EW that Cheeky Nando's is when you're feeling real hungry.

01:01 You're hungry for something but you don't want fast food because fast food ain't good

01:06 for you.

01:07 But you don't want to go fine dining, fine dining is too much.

01:11 Bam!

01:12 Cheeky Nando's comes in.

01:13 Well, I hope that's cleared up everything for you.

01:15 If you have any further questions, please let me know what they are in the comments

01:18 down below and I'll do my best to answer them.

01:20 Sadly we now have to move on to more serious matters.

01:24 Headline NXT saw a segment involving Tony D'Angelo's family and No Quarter Catch

01:28 Crew - only the latter team was missing a member in Drew Gulak.

01:32 During the promo it was revealed that No Quarter Catch Crew struck a deal with the family to

01:37 "take care of someone for them" and that it was done "for the good of the industry".

01:42 While his name was never mentioned, the implication is that Drew Gulak has been removed from the

01:47 faction and NXT entirely.

01:50 Corey Brennan of Fightful Select reported that there were "no names listed" for

01:54 the segment on the show's rundown, and that Gulak is "no longer listed internally"

01:58 as part of the No Quarter Catch Crew.

02:01 Brennan later added on Twitter the implication is it happened off screen, and they're not

02:05 directly referencing him as the directive has been to avoid mentioning his name in recent

02:10 weeks.

02:11 This all comes off the back of an interview that Ronda Rousey did with NewsNation, where

02:15 she accused Gulak of sexual misconduct, claiming, "I was standing there and this guy who I

02:19 was barely an acquaintance with grabs the string of my sweatpants as I'm walking by."

02:24 She later confirmed in the interview that she was talking about Drew Gulak.

02:28 Gulak responded to the comments on Twitter saying, "Backstage at a WWE event in 2022

02:33 I saw Ronda talking with a group in the hallway.

02:35 I stopped to say hi and shake all their hands and in an attempt to shake her hand I accidentally

02:40 touched her drawstring.

02:41 Complete accident and one that I had apologized to her for the mishap."

02:45 Following the news, Bryan Alvarez on Wrestling Observer Radio said that there were those

02:49 in WWE who expected Gulak to be gone from the company, but nothing official was announced.

02:55 Corey Brennan has now added via Twitter, "I have been told Drew Gulak won't be back for

02:59 a while if at all" and on Fightful's NXT review added that this was done so the group

03:05 can move past this with the idea they could potentially add a new member to replace Gulak.

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03:17 And there are other changes afoot in NXT as it pertains to the WWE Draft.

03:23 This year's WWE Draft will take place on April 26th and 29th, and there is reportedly

03:28 going to be more crossover with NXT this year to firmly establish them as the third brand

03:33 ahead of their debut on the CW.

03:36 Last night on NXT, Carmelo Hayes lost again to Trick Williams, this time in a steel cage

03:40 match - which, let's be honest, was the second best steel cage match held on a Tuesday

03:44 night.

03:45 He was also the first to hustle his Adriano and Rocco cage match on last night's show.

03:48 And following his loss, Hayes was given the big NXT send off by the audience, only he

03:53 flipped them off.

03:54 What a heel.

03:55 Hayes has long been rumoured for a main roster call-up, even featuring on Smackdown late

03:59 last year prior to his heel turn.

04:01 And Corey Brennan of Fightful is reporting that Hayes is one of only two names that are

04:06 for sure getting called up in this year's draft, with the other being NXT Champion Ilya

04:11 Dragunov.

04:12 Brennan has added on Fightful's review of NXT that The Family are also potentially

04:16 getting called up in the draft, but if they do, it will only be Tony D'Angelo and Stax

04:21 going to the main roster.

04:23 Brennan also reports that Baron Corbin has long been considered for a main roster return,

04:27 and that he will likely join Smackdown as there have been lots of pitches for his team

04:31 with Bron Breaker to get a main roster run.

04:33 He also adds that both Triple H and Shawn Michaels are very high on Dijak, whose contract

04:38 is coming up soon, and there's a big push to re-sign him and if he does, he will likely

04:43 stay in NXT.

04:44 And finally though Roxanne Perez was featured on Raw last week and announced as eligible

04:49 for the draft, Brennan has not heard that she's getting called up.

04:53 But in order to make NXT feel like a legitimate third brand, there has to be people from Raw

04:57 and Smackdown going to NXT.

04:59 And Brennan reports that Ivar, Natalya and The Final Testament are potentials to get

05:04 drafted to NXT on a full-time basis.

05:07 However, none of this is confirmed or official.

05:10 Brennan has said that he's asked around about potential call-ups or call-downs, and

05:14 he's not the only one.

05:16 He says that talent have asked Shawn Michaels about the draft, and he can only respond with

05:21 a shrug and has told them that nothing has been finalised yet in terms of who is going

05:26 where.

05:27 One person who may have found their new home however is Cody Rhodes.

05:30 Cody cut a promo on this week's Raw where he addressed storylines involving The Rock

05:33 and Roman Reigns, but also thanked Seth Rollins before bringing out Jey Uso for his match

05:38 with Finn Balor.

05:39 In the promo, Cody said he was now technically a Smackdown guy, but that doesn't mean his

05:44 time with Raw is over.

05:46 However, Dave Meltzer has said that Cody's promo was designed to be a good buy of sorts

05:51 to the red brand as he goes to Smackdown full time, where he will start his first title

05:55 feud with either AJ Styles or LA Knight-Yair.

05:58 His endorsement of Jey Uso was reportedly done to establish him as the top babyface

06:03 of the brand, with CM Punk out injured, Seth Rollins taking time off and Cody heading to

06:08 Smackdown.

06:09 WWE.com have now also confirmed the decision, listing Rhodes on their website as a Smackdown

06:14 star - and that is not the only change.

06:17 Interestingly, WWE.com also confirms that Cody did indeed keep his promise heading into

06:22 WrestleMania that he will rename the Universal Championship as the website lists him as Undisputed

06:28 WWE Champion, dropping the Universal bit entirely.

06:33 Cody had said leading into WrestleMania that he wanted to rename the title back to simply

06:37 "The WWE Championship", the title his dad never held, and even said that he wanted

06:41 to bring back the old Winged Eagle design - which I think is a better design - similar

06:45 to how he brought back the White Strap Intercontinental Championship in the 2010s.

06:49 However, there's nothing being reported on that change ever being made.

06:54 WWE.com also has The Awesome Truth as the World Tag Team Champions, but still lists

06:58 A-Town Down Under as the Smackdown Tag Champions - though that will likely change this Friday

07:04 when presumably they'll also get new belt designs.

07:07 The other change made is that Vacant has claimed another title, following the sad news that

07:11 Rhea Ripley was injured during a segment on Raw last week with Liv Morgan and had to relinquish

07:16 her title on this week's show.

07:18 It's been reported that Ripley has hurt her AC joint and could be out of action for

07:23 upwards of three months according to Wrestling Observer Radio.

07:26 Fightful Select on the other hand writes that there is no firm timetable on Rhea Ripley's

07:30 return as of now.

07:32 Fightful Select also confirmed that the injury occurred when Ripley went into the wall during

07:36 last week's Raw, and has been described on Twitter by Sean Ross Sapp as a "freak

07:41 accident".

07:42 He also adds that there is no heat on Liv Morgan for the injury, and reported via Fightful

07:46 Select that Morgan was not blamed by Ripley or WWE.

07:51 SRS reports that internal discussions were had about the injury as far back as last Wednesday,

07:56 and that the company had decided by last week that the Women's World title would be vacated.

08:01 Speaking of injuries, and Sean Ross Sapp is also reporting via Twitter that several promoters

08:05 have noted that Matt Cardona has informed them he suffered a torn pec and will require

08:11 surgery.

08:12 We here at WrestleTalk wish both Cardona and Ripley a speedy recovery.

08:16 Lastly for today's show, and a top three agent tag team is now all but confirmed to

08:21 be heading to All Elite Wrestling.

08:23 After landing Adam Copeland, Mercedes Monet, Kazuchika Okada and Will Ospreay over the

08:27 last six months, it was reported last week that former TNA tag team X Division and World

08:32 Champions Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin - better known as the Motor City Machine Guns - will

08:36 likely be signing with AEW.

08:39 And now Bodyslam are reporting that the deal is basically done.

08:42 Shelley and Sabin finished up with TNA at the end of March, and Bodyslam report that

08:46 there were hopes within that company that they would re-sign.

08:49 However, the general belief was that they were headed to AEW.

08:54 Cassidy Haynes has now reported this is the case, and reports via Bodyslam that they are

08:58 working on finalising a deal, but added, "the deal is not going to be finalised for a bit".

09:04 He does add, however, "a deal will be worked out".

09:07 Hey look, I'm a former TNA Tag Team Champion, does that mean I get to sign with AEW as well?

09:13 Did you enjoy WrestleMania 40?

09:14 Well we tried to predict WrestleMania 41 way too far in advance.

09:18 out how I booked Simon Miller on the show by clicking the video on screen.

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