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00:00Multiple WWE names heading to AEW, Smackdown frustrations with Fox, my review of Monday

00:07Night Raw, and more. I'm Luke Owen and this is the WrestleTalk News.

00:17Say it with me now, 2024 is the year of contracts.

00:20It was revealed last month that Ricochet would be leaving WWE once his contract was up and

00:25he was written off Raw in an angle with Bron Breakker. There was talk that Ricochet could

00:29come back for one more angle, but that now seems off the cards, as he was moved to WWE's

00:34alumni section ahead of his contract expiring. The timing of this had many fans holding their

00:39breath for a shock Forbidden Door debut, however Fightful Select have reported this wouldn't

00:43have been possible, as Flippy Trev's WWE deal actually expired yesterday on July 1st.

00:48Despite this, Fightful Select report those from both WWE and AEW expect Ricochet to join

00:54Tony Khan's company, but don't expect an all-in match with Will Ospreay. If he does,

00:58that reportedly is not the current plan.

01:01Despite Ricochet exiting WWE, Fightful Select did confirm that Samantha Irvin will continue

01:05with the company. Unlike Ricochet, Natalya is still with WWE, with her deal long reported

01:10to be up this summer, potentially the end of July. And in a development that is sure

01:15to get the rumour mill turning, Fightful Select revealed that Natalya was not backstage at

01:20last night's Raw. According to their report, WWE have been very quiet internally regarding

01:25Matty's contract status, however the two sides have been in talks regarding a new deal.

01:30As of yet, there is no word on how those talks are going, with it only being said that WWE

01:34are hopeful to keep the veteran. SRS noted on his Raw Review podcast that he does expect

01:39Natalya to re-sign.

01:41However, numerous talent and staff in AEW reportedly want to see the company sign Natalya,

01:46with Mercedes Monet even alluding to her wanting a certain girl in her husband to move to AEW

01:52in a recent interview, referring to Natalya and TJ Wilson.

01:56Dijak, like Ricochet, is now officially a free agent following his WWE contract expiration

02:01on June 29th. While Ricochet's AEW debut at Forbidden Door was a pipe dream, some did

02:06expect to see Dijak show up. After all, the former T-Bar showed up at a Blitzkrieg Pro

02:11event on the day his deal expired. While he didn't show up at Forbidden Door, it has

02:15now been reported by PWInsider that Dijak was backstage for the show. Something confirmed

02:20by the man himself on Twitter, replying to a Tony Khan tweet by thanking the AEW President

02:25for having him there.

02:26There's one more name who could be linked to AEW, the unlikeliest of all, Shane McMahon.

02:31Jim Ross said on his podcast recently that he'd spoken with Shane O'Mac about coming

02:35into AEW, but Tony Khan downplayed the rumours saying he's not spoken to the man.

02:40And now, according to PWInsider, Shane was seen speaking with TBS Champion Mercedes Monet

02:46at an airport in Queens, New York. While there was no confirmation as to what was being

02:50discussed, PWInsider are saying that it was AEW related. Who would you like to see show

02:55up in AEW the most? Let me know in the comments down below.

02:58While the June 28th edition of Smackdown was, yet again, another great show, it was plagued

03:03by some annoying censorship issues. With the expletive crowd chant being muted and the

03:08screen cutting to black when a child flipped off Nia Jax. Now that's heat, brother.

03:13SRS on Fightful's Backstage Report podcast noted there was, "...frustration among talent

03:17due to the censorship, with the feeling that they cannot wait for the show to begin life

03:21on the USA Network later this year, where they hope this will be a less frequent occurrence."

03:26Before we jump into the Monday Night Raw review, here's a clip from yesterday's Monday

03:30Night Raw, where, well, this happened.

04:00Now it's time for my review of Monday Night Raw, aka, I guess, the go-home edition for

04:22Money in the Bank edition of Monday Night Raw, in about 5 minutes.

04:26The show opened with Jey Uso coming out to say he'll be mon YEET in the bank this weekend.

04:31Yes, Money in the Bank is this weekend, I can't quite believe it myself. And Chad

04:34Gable came out to tell Jey that YEET isn't a word. Now, I hate to be a contrarian here,

04:39Mr. Gable, but I've checked Dictionary.com and it appears that YEET is a real word. It

04:43reads, "...an exclamation of enthusiasm, approval, triumph, pleasure, joy, etc. No

04:48wonder your academy fell apart."

04:50However, miracle is a word I didn't need to look up, and Gable said it's a miracle

04:54that he's alive and well. He said that the Wights will be coming after Jey next because

04:58he also abandoned his family and they had a brief brawl. Chad, however, found that he

05:02was surrounded by the Wights before he left through the crowd, and Abby gave a new VHS

05:06tape to Michael Cole. Disappointed it wasn't a mini-disc as Oli Davis predicted, but still

05:10cool nonetheless.

05:11Xavier Woods beat Karrion Kross in a short match, and Final Testament laid out both guys

05:14afterwards with Kross seemingly breaking Kofi's arm. Dominic Mysterio got caught in a lie

05:18when he told Damian Priest that Rhea Ripley was all cool about what was going on, because

05:23Priest revealed he's actually spoken to Rhea and she's pissed about what's going

05:27on. Uh oh. They went into the Judgment Den to find Liv hanging out with the rest of the

05:31crew and excused herself. Finn suggested to Priest that she join the group, then got into

05:35an argument about Damian's comments from last week's Raw about him not needing Judgment

05:38Day. Finn told him that since he's won that world title, you've changed, man.

05:42After a wonderful tribute video to Sika, we got Zelina Vega vs. Liv Morgan for the Women's

05:46World Championship, which got pretty good by the end, and the crowd got super into the

05:49closing few minutes. Especially with all the sports entertainment nonsense of Dom and Rey

05:53Mysterio coming down to the ring and getting involved for the finish. They did such a good

05:56job of this that it did look like Vega might win the title at one point, but Liv used an

06:00accidental Dom distraction to hit Oblivion for the win. Better than expected, but that

06:04does not excuse WWE's lack of build for challengers in their women's division.

06:08After that two minute preview for the WrestleMania 40 documentary that airs tomorrow, Seth Rollins

06:12came out for a promo where he said he needed to win that title back. Priest didn't come

06:16out, and instead Balor came out to attack Seth. However Priest did come out and said

06:20that wasn't their plan. After some brief miscommunication, Priest laid out Seth with

06:23the South of Heaven and helped Balor to the back. He later told him to not get involved

06:27in his match this weekend. Ludwig Heiser cut a promo revealing that he's broken his ribs

06:31but will be back soon, and Zoey Stark beat Ivy Nile and Dakota Kai in a triple threat

06:35to qualify for Money in the Bank. Now I would imagine that the internet was a little bit

06:39upset about this, especially after Kai had that emotional plea on Twitch to just be given

06:44a chance. But I think that this does work for the breakdown of Damage Control storyline

06:48that they've been playing up for the last few weeks. Granted, I don't think Zoey Stark

06:52is an inspired choice for the ladder match, but that's more on WWE's lack of building

06:56for credible world champion contenders than the talent themselves. Now look, I also tried

07:01to find a way to crowbar in a Limp Bizkit lyric when talking about Damage Control, but

07:04I just couldn't do it this week. I'd have had to re-arrange the order of the words.

07:12So there's Wyatt, huh? We got the second Wyatt VHS, which is a lot like the one from

07:16last week, and so Bo said that this is a real family, and the reason they've targeted

07:20Chad is because he's abandoned his. After some front camera trickery, Bo fully became

07:24Uncle Howdy once again, the voice and embodiment of The Reckoning. This again was really cool,

07:30and I want to put over the editing in particular because it's spectacular. Chad approached

07:34Otis in the Enjoys Nice Catering section, and said that the Wyatts would come after

07:37him next, and if they do, he will have their backs. Because Otis is his number one guy.

07:43I thought this was a great wrinkle to the story and characters of the academy.

07:46Rey beat Dom after the inverse of the world title match as it was Liv and Vega that came

07:50down for the distractions and interference. Liv saved Dom from the 619, but Rey dropkicked

07:54his son to land on top of Liv in the missionary position and she wouldn't let him off. Dom

07:57eventually got crotched on the top rope, and Rey hit an innovative 619 and dropped the

08:01dime for the win. Good stuff, I was sports entertained.

08:04Sami Zayn cut a promo on Brom Breaker, and Brim Brockle said that while everyone else

08:08is scared of him, Sami actually had the guts to challenge him to a fight. Sami said that

08:12many have tried to break him, but he always gets back up, and maybe Brom isn't as good

08:16as he thought. Brom went to leave, but quickly turned into a spear. And in what was the best

08:21thing on Raw in probably a decade, he then ran around the ring for another one, but Sami

08:25leapfrogged over him and they continued to brawl. It was awesome. He then tried for a

08:29Helluva Kick, but Breaker speared him once again and held the title above his head. Of

08:32all the segments on Raw, this was the best build for the PPV this weekend.

08:37Damage Control got into a brawl with Lara Valkyrie and the Party Girls, they'll have

08:40a match next week, and the main event saw Drew McIntyre qualify for Money in the Bank

08:44by beating Ilja Dragunov and Sheamus in a great match. Much like My Sex Life, the action

08:47was hard, fast, physical, and did not disappoint. Drew hit the Claymore for the win, and cut

08:52a promo saying that he would leave Money in the Bank as World Champion.

08:55Last week I suggested that maybe Punk could screw Drew in the ladder match, but I really

08:59liked an Ultra Chat we got on the WrestleTalk Podcast that said, it would be better if Drew

09:03won and Punk screwed the cash in. Because then it would be the third world title that

09:09he screwed him out of. And I like that so much more. Plus, of all the guys in the match,

09:14Drew feels like the only one who could actually feel like a credible world title challenger

09:18right now. It capped off a fine edition of Monday Night Raw, which is your usual Triple

09:22H uninspired go-home show, which means it'll be a banger of a PPV this Saturday. I'm

09:27not usually one for clock watching, but around 50 minutes of wrestling just isn't enough

09:31for me. Under an hour of grabs on a three hour show is not the one, this week's Raw

09:36is three out of five. Now click the link on screen to watch this season of Monday Night

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