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00:00Clarification on a WWE rule change, a huge rejected AEW pitch, my review of Raw and more.

00:06I'm Pete Quinnell and this is the WrestleTalk News.

00:12The Paul Levesque era of WWE has certainly brought about a huge amount of change to the

00:17once stubborn company.

00:18Big crossovers with the likes of TNA, NOAH, GCW and more.

00:22Wrestling is a word again in the WWE vocab, no more wasted gimmick PLEs, we could go on

00:27and on.

00:28While crossovers are big changes, a report from Bryan Alvarez on Wrestling Observer Live

00:31yesterday was one that really had people talking.

00:34That being that WWE were now allowing stars to use their WWE ring names after leaving

00:38the company, something certainly not allowed in the previous regime, Cody Rhodes having

00:42to be called just Cody being a notable example, as WWE owned the rights to Rhodes.

00:48Alvarez used Ethan Page and Stephanie Vaquer as examples, noting how WWE will trademark

00:52their names while contracted to the company, but then, if they should leave, will then

00:56give those rights back.

00:57Following Alvarez's comments, Fightful Select would provide some clarification on the matter

01:01because the conversations surrounding this seemed to be misinformed.

01:05Their report made it clear that WWE in most cases does not have the ability to prevent

01:09a talent using a name they used before signing with WWE, once they then leave the company.

01:14Examples such as Samoa Joe, Adam Cole and Tony Storm were cited.

01:18WWE also does not have the power to control someone's real name, hence why people like

01:22Ultimate Warrior Ryback and Tess changed their legal names so WWE couldn't own it.

01:27As mentioned with the Cody situation when he left WWE, partial names can continue to

01:32be used if a talent leaves WWE, if they use that part of the name outside the company

01:37already, as seen with Christian using Christian Cage, and Gran Metalik using Metalik.

01:42So in the case of Ethan Page and Stephanie Vaquer, as they used their names before WWE,

01:46they will most likely still be free to use them if they left, despite WWE trademarking

01:50them.

01:51Someone else who kept his name when he went to AEW was Ric Flair, who arrived in the company

01:55at the sprightly age of 74, seemingly for two reasons.

01:58Number one, stand in Sting's corner in the lead up to his retirement at Revolution 2024,

02:02and number two, that big woo energy sponsorship deal.

02:06What he absolutely wasn't there for was to wrestle, or get physical in any form, despite

02:10his many teasers that he was going to do so.

02:12Speaking on Busted Open Radio, Flair revealed a creative pitch that he'd made for Sting's

02:16final match at Revolution, one that would have seen him turn heel on his old rival at

02:20the end of the match.

02:21At the end, as Sting is standing there and those guys are gone, I jump on Sting, boom

02:25boom boom, he does one big move to me, puts a scorpion deathlock on me, and we go out

02:29the way we started 31 years ago.

02:31Despite AEW seemingly telling Flair this was a great idea, those who watched Revolution

02:36will know that didn't happen, and that conversation was the last Flair heard from the company.

02:41This comes off the back of Flair's reported departure from AEW in the last week.

02:45Speaking of AEW, we are just over a month away from the company's second annual trip

02:48to Wembley Stadium for All In, but that might not be the only stadium show AEW are eyeing

02:54up, because according to Fightful Select, there could be a major stadium event planned

02:57for 2025 in the Dallas slash Arlington area.

03:01Many sources they spoke to seem to hint towards that being a reality, though more details

03:05are as of yet unclear.

03:07Now this past weekend we uploaded our video of the 10 worst Money in the Bank cash-ins

03:11of all time in our most recent episode of TLC, which was recorded before the PLE this

03:15year, so no Drew McIntyre on any of our lists.

03:18He wouldn't have been on mine anyway though, I thought it was fine.

03:20Anyway, here's a clip.

03:48And now it's time for my review of Monday Night Raw, aka the Luke Isn't Here So I'm

03:55Filling In episode of Monday Night Raw, in about 5 minutes.

03:58This show began how last week's Raw ended, with Rhea Ripley.

04:01She came out to the ring and says she'll handle Dom Dom later, but right now she wants

04:05Liv Morgan in the ring.

04:06Instead, Dom Dom answers the call, sheepishly coming out to the ring holding a rose for

04:10her, saying he can explain everything that happened while she was gone, but that's

04:13when Liv appears on the screen, and after some taunting, Rhea challenges her at SummerSlam

04:17for the world title, which Liv accepts, saying that she's not the same Liv anymore.

04:22Rhea looks down-lens and says she's going to end Liv Morgan's career.

04:25As they're walking away, Dom tries to give Rhea the flower, and she throws it away.

04:29A very effective opening segment setting up a match we all knew was coming, and one I'm

04:32very much looking forward to.

04:33Now I'll go over all of the Judgment Day backstage segments later on, because boy howdy

04:38there are a lot of them on this show.

04:39Sheamus faced Bronson Reed next, and after a fun, meaty match, Bronson Reed missed a

04:43big moonsault, allowing Sheamus to win with a knee.

04:45Pete Dunne came out after the match, saving Sheamus, but then also turned on Sheamus,

04:49leaving him laying for Reed to hit a Tsunami on him.

04:52Not the most effective heel turn I've ever seen, but hey, it's something for Pete Dunne

04:55to do, so that's a plus for me.

04:57Sami Zayn backstages with Ilja Dragunov, who will be challenging for the Intercontinental

05:01Championship later, and Ilja thanks him for the opportunity and clarifies that he didn't

05:04save Sami just so he could get a title shot.

05:06Sami hypes him up, calling him a special talent and that he better bring his absolute best,

05:11with Ilja echoing that Sami should do the same.

05:13Oh man, I sure hope that match doesn't get ruined by anything later.

05:16Gunther got a video package next, and it was great, putting over his NXT UK title reign

05:21how he brought prestige to that belt, and then came to the main roster and sought to

05:25do the same thing with the Intercontinental title, which he did.

05:28And now he has his eyes on the World Heavyweight Championship, and will bring prestige to that

05:32belt too.

05:33I believe him.

05:35Zelina Vega has a backstage interview which was interrupted by Sonya Deville, Shayna Baszler

05:38and Zoey Stark, setting up a match between Zelina and Sonya, which lasted all of about

05:4230 seconds, with Shayna stomping on Zelina's arm on the apron, allowing Sonya to win.

05:46This was fine, but really could have done with a bit more time.

05:49Zelina was saved from a post-match beatdown by Chance Carter and Lyra Valkyria.

05:52Chad Gable backstage wants to know the disciplinary action that will be taken against Bo Dallas,

05:56who he has ingeniously figured out is the person behind Uncle Howdy.

06:00Pearce says that Bo Dallas is here tonight, so if you want to talk to him, you can.

06:04Damian Priest calls out Gunther ahead of their SummerSlam match, where Gunther runs down

06:07Priest saying that he brings no prestige to the world title.

06:10We're not cut from the same cloth.

06:12Priest puts over his struggles to get here, how he was fighting on the streets while Gunther

06:16was being handed everything.

06:18Gunther replies that Priest will always be street trash, and Priest fires back that after

06:22SummerSlam, Gunther will have to fight back from the bottom for the first time in his

06:25life because he's going to have nothing left.

06:28I liked this promo back and forth, I think it could have maybe been done so it wasn't

06:31quite so on the nose about classist differences, with Gunther saying that being on the streets

06:35is a choice.

06:37But aside from that line, I think this really worked.

06:39Let's face Braun Strowman next, which is a great choice of opponents, show how Priest

06:42deals with bigger opponents, and the answer is knees.

06:46He targeted Strowman's knee after he injured it with a failed charge into the barricade,

06:49and won with a South of Heaven.

06:51Gunther came out after the match and delivered some chops to Priest, but Priest actually

06:54stood tall, taking Gunther by surprise.

06:56I like this as a narrative structure, with Gunther underestimating Priest right now,

07:00but learning he's not as much of a pushover as he thought.

07:03Alpha Academy are backstage, minus Chad who was saying, you know, I really think we should

07:07help him, like he's our friend.

07:09And that's when Chad appears and says, that's great, you've come around, you'll back

07:12me up when I call out Bo Dallas later.

07:14But they say, ooh, actually, we weren't talking about you, we were talking about Woods,

07:18they're gonna back him up while Kofi's out against the Final Testament.

07:21Caden Carter and Katana Chance face trainer Baszler and Zoey Stark next, which was a neat

07:25little match where the party girls got some really fun offense in before Baszler and Stark

07:28picked up the win with their powerbomb into knee combo.

07:31Adam Pearce brought out Drew McIntyre after that to potentially call off Drew's suspension.

07:35He wants to see CM Punk vs. Drew McIntyre.

07:38Drew says that the only voice that matters is the WWE Universe, brownnosing the audience

07:42and Pearce to try and get this match.

07:44Pearce can make that match official right now, and all Drew needs to do is apologise

07:49to the referees he attacked.

07:51And Drew can't do it.

07:53He says the referees have been screwing him over all year, he won't apologise, and he

07:57goes off on one, screaming at Pearce, he's pissed off with the refs, he's pissed off

08:01with Pearce, he's pissed off with Seth Rollins thinking he can skip the cue to Punk, and

08:04Pearce says fine, in that case, you're still suspended.

08:08And Drew pushes over the referees again, looking like he's going to attack Pearce before

08:12he's saved by Rollins.

08:14Drew storms away, and once again I really liked all of this, the dynamics are great

08:17between everyone and it was just a fun segment.

08:20It was then time for the latest Wyatt Six VHS tape, and this one featured Erick Rowan

08:24and it was fantastic.

08:26He spoke candidly about the last few years, saying he once had a family, they were unstoppable,

08:30inseparable, they always had each other's backs.

08:33And then one day, the whole world changed, he lost a brother.

08:36It knocked him on his ass, but he got back up and brushed the dust off him because that's

08:39what you do.

08:40But then just when he thought he had everything together, he lost his other brother.

08:44Now he had no more family.

08:45He holds the sheet mask from the Wyatt Family Days and the voice says, how does that make

08:49you feel?

08:50It gives him hope.

08:51When he was at his lowest, he reached out and he pulled me out.

08:53We're going to take our broken hearts and make some beautiful art.

08:57I thought this was awesome, homerun segment, no notes.

09:00Now next was Dominik Mysterio vs. Jey Uso, so we should talk about how we got here.

09:05So after the opening segment, Dom Dom tried to make it up to Rhea, leaving flowers in

09:08the locker room, but she slammed the door in his face.

09:11Later on, Priest and Ripley are hanging out, having a good time, and once again Dom tries

09:14to make amends, saying that he was trying to reach her all week.

09:17Rhea says, what about all the time I was out, or were you too busy with your little girlfriend?

09:21Jey Uso later said, does this mean mommy's single?

09:24Tell her I said hi.

09:26Priest says to Dom, you can't let people talk to you like that, you need to let them

09:29know who mommy belongs to.

09:30Dom later tells Rhea he's got a match with Jey Uso, and Rhea says, what are you stupid,

09:34why are you picking a fight with him?

09:36Dom says, oh, okay, I can cancel the match, and Rhea says, what are you a coward now?

09:41Dom doesn't know what to do and just says, look, I just want the world to know that you're

09:45my mommy, that you still belong to me.

09:47Rhea recoils and simply says, excuse me?

09:49Before leaving, and Carlito capped off the segment saying, not cool.

09:53This was great, I love how Dom is floundering the whole time not knowing how to make it

09:57up to Rhea.

09:58We get to the Dominik Mysterio vs. Jey Uso match, and of course there was Liv Morgan

10:02interference where she pulled Dom out of the ring, Jey dropkicked him and Dom fell on Liv

10:06before Rhea came out and Liv ran away.

10:09Dom got back in the ring and Jey immediately won before signalling to Rhea to call him.

10:14She smiles at him before walking away.

10:16But one last Judgment Day backstage segment, Rhea approaches Dom and says, let's get

10:20one thing straight, I don't belong to anyone, I'm not yours, you're mine, and hands

10:25him a rose.

10:27Does Rhea actually want him back?

10:29Or is she trying to manipulate him too?

10:30Does she have plans with Jey Uso?

10:32Is she trying to get back at Liv, trying to prove that her tactics aren't working?

10:35It's really interesting, I'm into all of this.

10:38Chad Gable in the ring revealed to the world that Uncle Howdy is actually…

10:42Bo Dallas, he's very smart.

10:44And he called out Bo to the ring, which he did, Bo receiving a big pop from the crowd

10:48as he came out as just Bo.

10:50But before he can even make it to the ring, he's ambushed by the Creed Brothers, who

10:54stand aligned with Chad and beat down Bo.

10:57But Bo laughs, unaffected when the lights cut out and the Wyatt Six make their incredible

11:01entrance to the ring.

11:02The Creed's and Chad run away, and the Wyatt Six are still awesome, I love it.

11:07And the main event was Sami Zayn vs. Ilja Dragunov for the Intercontinental title.

11:10Earlier in the night Braun Breaker was annoyed Dragunov was getting a shot at the title,

11:14so Pearce had security escort him out of the building.

11:17Yeah, very convincing.

11:19Breaker caused a DQ because of course he did, and that's how Raw ended, which was lame.

11:23In spite of the bad finish, I enjoyed this episode of Raw a lot.

11:26It could have done with a bit more wrestling in the ring, but the stories all worked for

11:29me and were furthered for Summerslam, which is a big thumbs up from me.

11:32This week's Raw is 4 out of 5.

11:34Now check out our TLC episode where we rank the 10 worst Money in the Bank cash-ins of

11:38all time.

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