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00:00The drama over the size of an AEW ring, AJ Styles shoots on Vince McMahon, WWE stars

00:08pay revealed and more. I'm Luke Owen and this is the WrestleTalk News.

00:15It was a rather tumultuous journey for AEW Grand Slam. It was the company's first big

00:20show in Australia and originally booked for a stadium. However, reportedly due to poor

00:25ticket sales, the show was moved to the smaller Brisbane Entertainment Centre. There was also

00:31some uproar among some fans online who claimed they'd been misled on their tickets, thinking

00:36they were getting a pay-per-view and Grand Slam ended up being a TV special. For what

00:41it's worth, Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful Select reported that Grand Slam was never planned

00:45to be a pay-per-view. But with all that said, it ended up being a great show, headlined

00:50by a terrific tag match between Kenny Omega and Will Ospreay vs. Karl Fletcher and Kanushka

00:55Vitkeshta, with a superb atmosphere from the crowd which was said to be around 10,000

01:01in total. It had been reported, and Tony Khan had even claimed, that it was AEW's third

01:06biggest gate in company history behind the two Wembley shows, and Dave Meltzer has said

01:10that it will fall to fourth as the advance for All In in Texas is very strong and that

01:15will probably take third place. But tell all that to wrestling fans on Twitter. Because

01:20for whatever reason, the big talking point coming out of the show, at least according

01:24to Twitter, was the size of the ring. Title of your sex tape. There were even claims that

01:31AEW mismanaged the shipment of their ring to Australia and had to borrow one from a

01:36local indie promotion at the last minute. Like WWE, AEW uses a 20x20 ring, however the

01:43one used for Grand Slam was 18x18 rented from PWA. This was apparently not a mistake or

01:50a shipping error. Sean Ross Sapp writes for Fightful Select, AEW typically uses a 20x20

01:55ring in the United States and doesn't ship their rings overseas. There was no instance

02:00of forgetting the ring, not planning freight or anything like that. The plan was to always

02:06use an 18x18 ring. AEW's QT Marshall wrote on Twitter, the AEW ring is a design that

02:13only AEW has. It's very rare that an independent company or a major company has a 20 foot ring.

02:19This ring is an 18 foot ring, TNA's been using for years an older Ring of Honor as

02:23well. Why is this a talking point? He clarified in a reply that WWE also use 20x20 rings and

02:30he meant their unique design was specifically for their apron sizes. As to why this was

02:35a talking point, AEW's Ricochet argues, because people are sheep. Sean Ross Sapp adds

02:40that WWE store rings overseas for when they do their international shows. It's also

02:45been pointed out that an episode of Rampage used an 18x18 ring and no one noticed, and

02:50the episode of Dynamite with the cage match between Thunder Rosa and Britt Baker also

02:54had an 18x18 ring. When someone argued that a company the size of AEW shouldn't make

02:59miscalculations like this, Marshall replied, who said we miscalculated? Are you involved

03:04in our calls? Are you aware that we ordered 18 foot skirts and ring assets? We were told

03:09three months ago that it would be an 18 foot ring. Just like the Jericho Crews, relax.

03:15During the show it appeared that Buddy Matthews rolled his ankle during his entrance for his

03:19match against Kazuchika Okada and would later put up a post on Twitter blaming the small

03:24ring. The tweet has since been deleted, but also appears to be a kayfabe deal as he also

03:29claimed that Okada used the smaller ring to cheat his way to victory.

03:32Steph DeLanda joined the conversation adding, MF has been arguing about the ring AEW used

03:37Let me tell you, out of every single wrestling ring in Australia, I promise you they chose

03:42the best one by far. No other ring in the country I'd rather bump in lol.

03:47And being the cheeky little shappy that he is, Will Ospreay simply tweeted, I like the

03:51ring. Perhaps this is a good and gentle reminder that Twitter is not a real place and the wrestling

03:57world would be better off without it.

03:59We've got some more news coming up shortly, but before that, here is a clip from our most

04:03recent episode of Tables, Lists and Chairs where we looked at the 10 Worst Elimination

04:33And speaking of, Roman Reigns wins again A$AP.

04:45It was reported by PWInsider that Road Dogg Jesse James would be rejoining the Smackdown

05:13writing team, and will in fact be the show's co-lead writer alongside Joe Suakata. He's

05:19been a long time ally of Triple H, and the two have seemingly put behind all that Voodoo

05:23Kin Mafia stuff from TNA, but I'll never forget the Alamo.

05:27Road Dogg had been part of the Smackdown writing team back in 2016, which I hate to point out,

05:33was somehow 9 years ago. Which oddly means that Captain America Civil War is nearly a

05:3810 year old movie. How did that happen?

05:41Road Dogg left that writing position following WrestleMania 35 and moved to NXT to help run

05:45promo classes before being released in January 2022. He was later brought back that summer

05:51to replace Jeff Jarrett as Senior Vice President of Live Events.

05:55His return to the writing room caused some fans, unsurprisingly on Twitter, to bemoan

05:59the choice. However jumping to his defence was AJ Styles, who was a big part of the Smackdown

06:04brand when Road Dogg was the lead writer, which would include the rather disappointing

06:08WrestleMania run between Styles and Shinsuke Nakamura. Styles posted his defence of Road

06:13Dogg on Twitter, whilst also adding in a little dig at a certain someone. He posted, before

06:19judging this guy from his past performance as the head writer, just know that there was

06:23a man who picked it apart to the point it was no longer his idea anymore. Gee, I wonder

06:30who he could be talking about.

06:33So an unlikely return to the writing table for WWE, however, is Jib Cornette. Cornette

06:38has made a successful career for himself in the podcast realm and has been very critical

06:42of both major wrestling promotions in the past. However, this is a new era for WWE with

06:47new creative heads which prompted a Fightful Select user to ask Sean Ross Sapp if WWE would

06:53ever consider bringing Cornette back at any point. SRS replied, I've not heard him mentioned

06:59in those circles in recent years, not in a we aren't bringing him in way, instead noting

07:04that those in WWE recognise that Cornette is doing very well with his podcast and feel

07:08that he's content in that world. He adds he's not been brought up creatively.

07:13As we head up the road to WrestleMania, we often have to take a quick stop at the service

07:17station known as the Hall of Fame Speculation. It was revealed over the weekend that Michelle

07:22McCool will join Triple H in the 2025 Hall of Fame class, and PWInsider have now reported

07:27that Axe and Smash of Demolition have signed WWE Legends deals, ending the long-running

07:33war between the two groups.

07:35Demolition were a legendary WWE tag team, and at one point, the longest reigning tag

07:41team champions with over 470 days with the belts. In fact, their run with the tag belts

07:47is the third longest reign behind New Day in 2016 and The Usos in 2022, and it's been

07:54argued by Pedant that their run was with the Classic tag titles which have been defunct

07:59since about 2010, meaning they are technically the longest reigning champions of all time

08:05with those belts. Some other Pedants might also point out Gallus and NXT UK who held

08:09tag golf for nearly 500 days, but honestly, who remembers NXT UK?

08:14Demolition also have one of the raddest theme songs of all time, so add it to your Spotify

08:17playlist today and let me know in the comments how rad it is.

08:21Demolition did have their issues with WWE. They filed a lawsuit against them in the mid-1990s

08:26to get the rights to the Demolition name, and were part of a 2016 class action lawsuit

08:30against WWE for incurred traumatic brain injuries during their time with the company. They did

08:34appear in the WWE 12 video game and signed a deal with Jax to make action figures of

08:39them, and signing this legend's deal means that WWE will now be able to license Demolition

08:45merchandise. And it also means there is a chance for them to go into the WWE Hall of

08:50Fame. Sean Ross Sapp writes, Fightful Select has been told, under the current regime, Demolition

08:55have been brought up as potential inductees. We've not heard if it has been nailed down.

09:00Fightful Select add they're not sure if this will include Crush, who joined the group

09:04between 1990 and 1991. But who else would you like to see added to this year's Hall

09:09of Fame? Let me know in the comments below.

09:11Fightful Select also had an update on the current pay for WWE wrestlers. Triple H had

09:16previously noted that the minimum a WWE star would earn on the roster for Raw or Smackdown

09:21was around $250,000 a year. However, that has grown in the last couple of years, and

09:26several talent and talent agents reached out to Fightful Select to let them know that the

09:31minimum is now around $350,000 per year. What hasn't changed however, is that while airfare

09:38is covered for WWE main roster talent, hotels and rental cars are usually not. SRS adds

09:44that sometimes these things can be included, but it depends on what was negotiated when

09:48their deal was signed. It should also be noted that this is a minimum, and there are

09:53some talent that earn significantly more. The Good Brothers and FTR were reportedly

09:57offered upwards of $700,000 a year five years ago according to Fightful Select.

10:04And perhaps this is why WWE reportedly lost out on signing Josh Alexander, who recently

10:10finished up with TNA. His contract with TNA finished up on February 14th. Valentine's

10:15Day. Bummer. And on that same day it was reported that his agent Barry Bloom had secured

10:20him a landing spot, and it wasn't the one that people expected. Alexander was apparently

10:25quite high on WWE's list last year to sign when his TNA deal was done, similar to how

10:30they were keen on bringing in Jordan Grace. His former North tag partner Ethan Page is

10:35also in NXT. However according to Fightful Select, we've not learned if the deal is

10:39officially signed as of yet, but AEW is the expected landing point.

10:44Speaking about this on Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer noted that Alexander chose

10:49AEW over WWE because he wanted to secure a future for his family and sign the deal that

10:55offered him the most money.

10:57Speaking of money and WWE's Asuka has posted to her YouTube channel to announce that her

11:02Twitter account has been hacked, saying,

11:04If you see any posts from my account promoting products, services or sharing suspicious links,

11:09there is a high chance it's a scam.

11:12This comes one month after Asuka posted a series of tweets about unwanted romantic advances

11:17to the point that TKO had to step in and take action to protect her. Be smart about the

11:22links you click people. But do click the video that is on screen right now to watch the latest

11:26episode of Tables, Lists and Chairs, where myself, Sat, and wonderful Tempest look at

11:31the 10 worst Elimination Chambers of all time.

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