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00:00 - Coming up...
00:28 - Major WarGames Swerve
02:34 - WWE Backstage Shake-Up
03:06 - WWE Raw Going TV-14
03:41 - Watch Monday Night WAR On Patreon
04:46 - WWE Raw Review
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00:00A major swerve for the Men's War Games match, a backstage WWE shake-up, my review of last

00:06Monday Night's Raw… that's a joke because it was recorded last week.

00:10I'm actually going to be reviewing the episode that went live yesterday.

00:13And more!

00:14I'm Moustache Davis, and this is the WrestleStash News.

00:24Get exclusive bonus videos over at Patreon.com forward slash WrestleTalk.

00:28Now we've seen the episode of Raw that WWE taped last week, I think we all know who

00:33the fifth member of Team OG Bloodline will be.

00:36Bronson Reed has joined Solo Sakoa's New Blood faction, who helped him beat Seth Rollins

00:41on last night's episode.

00:42And even though Seth has turned down Sami, Jey and Jimmy twice, saying he'll never

00:48stand side by side with Roman Reigns, I've watched one or two wrestlings in my time, Seth

00:53will join them and his former Shield partner to get revenge on Reed.

01:00But just one more thing.

01:01Unless it's a huge misdirect, and we're not giving WWE's multi-layered slow burn

01:06approach to pre-existing inter-character tension credit.

01:09Unlike the Women's division, where characters are friends or enemies depending on what matches

01:13WWE needs to book next month, the male wrestlers are actually fleshed out, three dimensional

01:18personas with long memories.

01:20Seth suddenly teaming with Roman after all that's gone down between them could feel

01:24rushed, and would almost definitely give Kevin Owens an aneurysm.

01:27Which is why several wrestling reporters are speculating that Rollins is a red herring.

01:32And the real fifth member of the OG Bloodline is CM Punk.

01:38CM Punk to OG Bloodline confirmed.

01:40Both Fightful's Corey Brennan and PWInsider's Mike Johnson believe Punk will be the fifth

01:44member, and that Paul Heyman, who Roman couldn't reach because of his disconnected phone on

01:49Friday's episode of SmackDown, is the key.

01:52Johnson has fantasy books that Roman will ask for Heyman's wise man counsel for a

01:56fifth member.

01:58Which will lead to the return of the original Paul Heyman guy, Brock Lesnar, I mean CM Punk.

02:03This could also further the reportedly planned Rollins vs Punk feud, which was originally

02:08meant for WrestleMania 40 until both men got hurt, and Punk's rivalry with Drew McIntyre

02:13caught alight.

02:14When Punk first returned to WWE at last November's Survivor Series, it was Rollins he was supposed

02:19to feud with.

02:20They previously interacted with Seth being the special guest referee for his SummerSlam

02:24match against McIntyre.

02:25How would you book Punk joining the Bloodline?

02:28Let me know in the comments down below where I'll be replying to people FROM OUTTA NOWHERE

02:31SAYING WHATEVER IT IS JUST PLEASE DON'T GET INJURED AGAIN.

02:34The Bloodline segments were always produced by WWE's highest ranking backstage agent

02:39Michael P.S.

02:40Hayes, who was one of the creative minds behind all-time moments like the Trial of Sami Zayn.

02:45But with Hayes recently on leave for personal reasons, PWInsider is reporting Bobby Roode

02:50and Jamie Noble have been producing the Bloodline segments in his absence, and Roode in particular

02:56is receiving tons of praise for stepping up.

02:59Bobby hasn't wrestled since 2022 after undergoing neck fusion surgery, and appears to have fully

03:04transitioned to a backstage role.

03:06Which means he'll be one of the main producers in the latest chapter of WWE's new era as

03:11Monday Night Raw debuts on Netflix from January 6th.

03:15Which now has an actual page on the Netflix app, not just revealing the show's rating

03:19as TV-14, implying a return to more Attitude Era style language and storylines, but also

03:25the show's tone description as rousing.

03:42Speaking of rousing, the penultimate episode of Luke vs Pete The Last Chance has just gone

03:48live exclusively on Patreon.com forward slash WrestleTalk.

03:51Go to Patreon.com forward slash WrestleTalk right now to watch the whole MyGM series so

03:56far ahead of next Monday's finale.

04:42The show opened with Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez

04:53inviting Nia Jax, Tiffany Stratton and Candice LeRae down to the ring.

04:57Yes, Liv and Nia were feuding for the Sportswashing Championship belt just two weeks ago, but

05:02WarGames is at the end of the month, so they have to be friends now.

05:04Nia told both Liv and Raquel that she doesn't like them.

05:07She doesn't dislike them.

05:09In fact, she doesn't think of them at all.

05:11Which is how I am with pineapples on pizza, I just don't care about that debate.

05:15But she can't stop thinking about Jade Cargill, Bianca Belair and Naomi.

05:19The Powerbuff Girls and Naomi interrupted to reveal they've got back up to Io Sky.

05:24Yes, Bianca and Jade were feuding with Io just last month, but WarGames is soon, so

05:28they've got to be friends now.

05:30But Liv pointed out it's still 4-on-5, teeing up an excellent surprise if we hadn't all

05:35ruined it for ourselves by reading last week's spoilers.

05:38Rhea Ripley awesomely marched down to the ring with an orbital bone-protecting face

05:42mask on and just screamed WARGAMES.

05:44That's quite a tonal difference from William Regal's WARGAMES announcements.

05:49This was the coolest Rhea had looked in months, and the faces stood tall.

05:53While this has nowhere near the level of character depth as the men's storyline, it was very

05:57well done.

05:58WARGAMES was made official for later in the show, and Bianca will face Nia in an advantage

06:03match on next week's Raw.

06:05Rey Mysterio and Zelina Vega then beat Chad Gable and Ivy Nile in an intergender tag,

06:09with Chad heelishly trying to hold back Vega.

06:12But she's a woman, and Vega getting revenge with a launch top rope hurricanrana.

06:16Chad's American Maid faction felt like one of the hottest in the company when they formed

06:20in the Summer, but he's lost two feuds in a row now against the Wyatt Sixx and then

06:25the LWO.

06:26Chad slapped Julius Creed afterwards, making me scared they were already breaking them

06:30up like every other team on the roster, but thankfully this just fired the Creeds up.

06:34Hopefully this is a sign that they'll actually start winning now, because they deserve so

06:38much more.

06:39Gunther told Ludwig Kaiser that he wants him to be his own man backstage, and then sought

06:43reassurance that he was still the Ring General.

06:46When Ludwig replied, of course you are, it made Gunther a bit too confident, as he went

06:51to attack Damian Priest, who, conveniently, was sat at a table like 10 feet away.

06:56Like he would've definitely heard all of this happening.

06:59He's world title opponent, having a conversation right there, and he just decided to, I dunno,

07:05he just arts and crafts with his back to them.

07:08At least put some headphones on the guy.

07:10Anyway, Gunther jumped Priest with a sleeper, and Damian fought him off super easily, barely

07:14an inconvenience, whacking him with a steel pipe.

07:17Priest finished with the admittedly very cool line, while Gunther might be the General of

07:21the Ring on the streets, he's King.

07:24This is building Priest very strongly, but it is at the expense of Gunther's dominating

07:28character, turning him into a champion racked with self-doubt.

07:31Which I'm not really into.

07:34There are three things that are certain in life.

07:36Death, taxes and Sheamus wanting the IC belt.

07:39Sheamus and Bron Breaker put on a terrific hoss fight, with a leaping clothesline through

07:43the table, some kind of blockbuster style move off the top rope to the outside which

07:47more looked like Bron trying to headbutt the centre of the Earth, and even a Breaker running

07:51Frankensteiner.

07:52After several near falls, the crowd broke into this is rousing chants.

07:56Everyone speared Sheamus, but Sheamus rolled out the ring, which is when Ludwig Kaiser

08:01tried to stand out on his own.

08:03He attacked both men, causing a DQ, but this was a good kind of DQ, furthering the feud

08:08between all three men.

08:09Dakota Kai got a pre-filmed vignette talking about how she's ready to show everyone why

08:13she's a champion.

08:14It felt like a separate presentation to Damage Control, and could imply that Raw is also

08:19getting a women's midcard belt soon.

08:21With Liv stressed out by Rhea's return, Finn Balor took charge of the Judgment Day,

08:24stepping up Dominik Mysterio and Carlito ahead of their tag match against the War Raiders.

08:29But it was really a way for Finn to undermine Dom, furthering their tension.

08:33Because if you're in a WWE team or faction right now, you will have tension.

08:37I don't know how Dom can be at heel with that moustache.

08:40Because this month is Movember!

08:42Please go support our Movember page, links in the video description below.

08:46Because if you send proof of your donation and a picture of your own moustache to support

08:50at WrestleTalk.com, you'll get your very own moustache break.

09:21Thank you so much to Dom, Daniel, Gilberto, Nick and Julian for donating there, and for

09:26joining the SWAFT Nation Movember moustache movement!

09:30Oh, that's what that is.

09:34What do you mean?

09:35Well, I didn't realise you have a moustache.

09:38Are you being serious?

09:41I've had this for like two weeks.

09:45Yeah, I just thought it was a Luke thing.

09:47I didn't really notice yours.

09:50The War Raiders beat Dom and Carlito pretty easily for Finn and JD to attack the number

09:54one contenders afterwards.

09:55Which is good, because I legitimately forgot Finn and JD are the tag champions again.

09:59My brain keeps thinking the Motor City Machine Guns are the only tag champs.

10:03The Wyatt Six Final Testament feud was furthered really well by two excellent pre-filmed promos.

10:08The first was of Miz and Karrion Kross.

10:10Kross accused the Wyatts of just using people to make themselves feel better.

10:15Pot Kettle Black Karrion Kross.

10:17While Miz was obsessed about his performance last week to trick the Wyatts into thinking

10:21he was remorseful.

10:22He thought that acting could be the jumpstart for the Marine Seven to be directed by Scorsese.

10:27Maybe it could even be Tarantino's final film.

10:30While that sounds like dumb comedy on paper in an otherwise serious programme, it actually

10:34shows how Karrion is controlling an increasingly deranged Miz.

10:38Bo Dallas' reply later in the show promised vengeance, with Bo really looking like Bray

10:42with his long hair and beard.

10:44Otis' manipulation was felt later on in the show too, making him feel like the Undercard's

10:48final boss.

10:49Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods had another argument, with Woods fixating on what Kross

10:53said all those months ago.

10:55The New Day is dead, and Woods and Kofi are the only ones that don't know it.

10:59This set up the New Day vs American Alpha, where Otis was only trying to help Woods for

11:04next week.

11:05Earlier on, Seth turned down Jey, Jimmy and Sami to join their WarGames team.

11:08I guess we're not going to hear anything about Jimmy approaching Brom Breaker last

11:12week.

11:13Nope, no follow up on that.

11:14I'll just pop Bloodline Bron next to my babyface Bron and goop the FeudBron storyline

11:18Brons that have been Broned.

11:20But Jey, Jimmy and Sami still fought off the new blood members at ringside at the start

11:24of the Seth vs Bronson Reed main event.

11:26They had a really decent match, built around Seth not being able to put Bronson down for

11:30the count of three, even though he's already put him down for the count of three at Crown

11:34Jewel two weeks ago.

11:35Reed would kick out at one, or stand up pretty quickly after a stomp for the finish.

11:39Seth was distracted by Solo Sakoa just doing this on the announcers table, letting Reed

11:49hit a single Tsunami to win.

11:51This week's Raw is 69%… nice.

11:54Remember a time when WWE was no good?

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