Odyssey Jones Fired, WWE Talent Warned, ‘Shock’ WWE Departure, Major AEW Change

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00:15 - Odyssey Jones Fired
02:36 - Shock WWE Departure
03:16 - Guilia Debut Details
05:21 - Gisele Shaw Granted Release From TNA
06:01 - WWE Cancel Film Role
06:57 - WWE Warns Talent
08:29 - AEW Roster Changes
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00:00Odyssey Jones fired over allegations of domestic violence, WWE is still PG, another shock WWE

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

00:15On Sunday it was spotted that Odyssey Jones' profile on WWE.com had been removed, and it

00:20led to a lot of questions and speculation. Jones had become somewhat of a meme amongst

00:25wrestling fans, having been drafted to the WWE main roster in 2023 but never used, only

00:31to be drafted again in 2024 and again not featured on TV.

00:35Then in August following Summerslam, Jones finally debuted on the main roster in a storyline

00:40with The New Day. Jones picked up a tag team win on Raw but was not featured in the following

00:44weeks. Fightful note that Xavier Woods and Kofi Kingston referenced Jones in a backstage

00:48segment but never mentioned him by name. Fightful were informed on Sunday that Jones' status

00:53with WWE might have changed following his profile being removed from WWE.com. He was

00:59not at Raw this past Monday, and Fightful Select reported that Jones was not in immediate

01:04creative plans with no further context provided. His profile removal was not a glitch, and

01:09there were talent who were surprised he was taken off the website according to Sean Ross

01:13Sapp on Twitter. There had been reports that WWE were thrilled with Jones' social media

01:17numbers that he was pulling in following his main roster debut. As with anything, the internet

01:22began to pull the train into speculation station. However those clearly in the know noted that

01:26fans should wait until the full story has come out before they make jokes. Dave Meltzer

01:30noted on Wrestling Observer Radio that he was certain Jones was done with WWE, but there

01:35were still a lot of rumours around the why which would come out in due course.

01:39And now that story has come out, as it has been reported that Jones was removed from

01:43WWE TV due to allegations of domestic violence which had been brought to WWE's attention.

01:49In a Fightful ad, we've not heard of an arrest or charges being pressed in relation

01:52to the situation. We've reached out to WWE for comments, as well as clarification on

01:57his status. Talent had not been informed of the situation.

02:01Nothing official has been said by WWE as of yet. However, Bryan Alvarez said on Wrestling

02:05Observer Live that Jones has been fired by WWE. It is worth noting that Alvarez is the

02:11only person at the time of writing who was using the word fired.

02:15Ibu of WrestlePurist noted on Twitter that WWE apparently learned about this situation

02:20two weeks ago and began looking into it, which coincides with him not featuring on TV and

02:24Woodson Kingston not referring to him by name. If you have been affected by anything that

02:28we've discussed here on the WrestleTalk News today, please do visit our Support Each

02:31Other page which is linked to in the video description if you feel the need to reach

02:35out for help.

02:36Following yesterday's WrestleTalk News where Oli Davis talked about the departure of WWE's

02:40director of production travel Michelle Carlucci, PWInsider are now reporting that production

02:45designer Jason Robinson has also finished up with the company after 23 years following

02:50Bash in Berlin. Mike Johnson writes that Robinson had a hand in creating just about every modern

02:55major event and television set you could think of. This includes WrestleMania sets, Raw,

03:00Smackdown and even the Thunderdome. Johnson adds that there were a lot of people shocked

03:04that he was exiting, noting he was, "...as important as one could imagine when it came

03:09to designing the look and feel of WWE's broadcast product." There are those in WWE

03:14that say that Robinson was a Kevin Dunn guy.

03:17Last night's NXT saw the TV debut of Julia after her PPV debut on No Mercy on Sunday

03:22night. She had a face-off with NXT Women's Champion Roxanne Perez where she challenged

03:25her to a title match on NXT's debut on the CW on October 1st, which will also feature

03:30an appearance from CM Punk. Ethan Page will also defend his NXT Championship on that show.

03:35Corey Brennan of Fightful Select reports that Julia's debut was kept very secretive,

03:40with a producer and temp music being used as stand-ins during rehearsals. He writes

03:44there was a lot of secrecy regarding Julia's debut as one would expect, with sources in

03:49NXT not seeing her until moments before the finish of Roxanne Perez vs. Jada Parker. This

03:54might have included Perez herself, as Brennan was told by his sources that they wouldn't

03:58be surprised if Roxanne was kept out of the loop. He also notes that this debut slot was

04:03always scheduled for Julia and not the likes of Stephanie Baker or Delta.

04:07Plans for Julia's debut and title program with Roxanne Perez date back as far as NXT

04:12Stand and Deliver, where Julia was shown in the crowd. Debuting at No Mercy meant that

04:15Julia could finish up her date with Marigold, which she had extended. Reportedly this got

04:20her no heat from WWE, who expected it. Brennan adds it was known as a possibility even prior

04:26to her fractured wrist. Brennan also adds that his sources expect Julia will wrestle

04:30in NXT before the CW debut. Dave Meltzer had noted on Wrestling Observer Radio that

04:36Julia might have to tone down her strong style, but Brennan writes there is also little concern

04:42with Julia changing up her style now she's in NXT, with concerns of her being too stiff

04:47being waved off by several sources back when she signed in April. Brennan also reports

04:51that Julia will stay in NXT and is set to become one of the faces of the brand as they

04:56move to the CW, but tenure in the brand will be relative to how fast she takes to the American

05:01television style.

05:02Also on last night's NXT, it was revealed that Jordan Grace will return to defend her

05:07TNA Knockouts Championship in an open challenge next week. The show also saw a continuation

05:12of the NXTNA partnership as Rosemary lost to Tatum Paxley, but there is one TNA Knockout

05:17who will not be featuring on NXT as part of this partnership. As Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful

05:22Select is reporting that Giselle Shaw has been granted her release from TNA.

05:27SRS reports that Shaw recently requested her release from the company, which was granted

05:31under the proviso that she work the recent Louisville tapings and put someone over on

05:35her way out. Fightful report sources claim that TNA worked smoothly to grant the release

05:40and didn't put up a fight in keeping her around. Shaw made a return to RevPro over

05:44All In weekend, teaming with Team RevPro to take on the Cutthroat Collective in an awesome

05:49ten woman tag that you should go out of your way to watch. She's also been announced

05:53for former TNA booker Scott D'Amore's Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling, and Fightful were

05:57told by those in TNA that they expect Shaw to be a regular there.

06:01Speaking of being a regular, and Damian Priest could have been a regular in Marvel movies.

06:06How's that for a segue? Pretty good. The haters didn't think I could make that work,

06:11and they were correct. Great call from the haters.

06:14Anywho, Chris Van Vliet sat down with Damian Priest for an episode of Inside where Priest

06:17revealed, confirming an old Fightful report, that he was offered a role in Marvel's Black

06:22Panther Wakanda Forever. However, he was not able to take that role. He says in the interview

06:27that he was prevented from starring in the movie, and while he doesn't say who it was

06:31that took the role away from him, he notes that it wasn't Marvel. Gee, I wonder who

06:36it could have been then.

06:38CVV says that we can read between the lines when talking about how different the new regime

06:42is to the old one, to which Priest replies, exactly. He adds, look, come what may, I'm

06:47good with it. Maybe I do something like that, I go a different route, and I'm not sitting

06:51here with you being a world champion. Like I won a world championship at WrestleMania,

06:55I don't know if that happens.

06:57It's been noted by fans, and has been brought up in a lot of interviews, that the new regime

07:01of WWE does feel different to the old one. Not only is the TV and PPV output so much

07:06better than it was just a few years ago, but talent themselves feel like they have a bit

07:11more freedom. And one of those freedoms is using naughty words. The S-word in particular

07:16has been used more frequently on Raw and Smackdown in 2024, and it has felt that WWE

07:21was moving away from its PG output and back to TV-14. And this was expected to go even

07:27harder once WWE moves to Netflix in 2025.

07:30However, according to Fightful Select, WWE had a meeting with talent ahead of this week's

07:35Raw where they encourage talent to not curse as much on camera and be cognizant of when

07:40a camera is on them. Fightful add that while there will be less censorship on Netflix,

07:45it won't be a free-for-all. Better tell that to The Rock. PWInsider add in their report

07:50of the meeting that WWE wanted to remind talent that WWE is still a PG product. And this is

07:57not the first time this has come up in 2024, as a memo was distributed to talent earlier

08:01this year during the build to WrestleMania which told them not to curse on TV. According

08:06to Wrestling Observer, this led to some frustration within WWE as they were told The Rock, who

08:11was doing the majority of the cursing, could get away with it because he's The Rock and

08:15some talent felt that was a double standard. Triple H has said that cursing will not be

08:19an issue when Raw moves to Netflix, but that's more of a censorship of the crowd swearing

08:24during chants like holy s***, which have to be cut at the request of USA Network and Fox.

08:29And speaking of changes, eagle-eyed Twitter users spotted that AEW have made a major change

08:34to their roster page. They've removed the win-loss records. This has been a huge part

08:40of AEW's identity since they launched in 2019, noting that wins and losses matter in

08:45their storytelling. This has factored into stories less and less over the years. They

08:49even got rid of the rankings system for a bit and then brought it back and then seemingly

08:53got rid of it again. And the removal of the wins and losses entirely from the website

08:57shows a further step away from that being a focus. Case in point, Kyle Fletcher is challenging

09:02Kazuchika Okada for the Continental Championship on Dynamite this week, despite losing to Ricochet

09:06on Dynamite last week.

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