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00:00WWE released several names, John Cena and AJ Styles bust out all the tributes, and Seth

00:05Rollins beat Cody Rhodes to win the Crown Jewel Championship.

00:09Hi I'm Luko and welcome to WrestleTalk, this is my review of Crown Jewel 2025.

00:14But first, news.

00:20Fightful Bodyslam and The Wrestling Observer reported that WWE released several names from

00:24their contracts yesterday evening whilst not picking up some that were expiring.

00:28It's quite typical of WWE to release talents from their contracts on a Friday so that

00:32it gets buried in the Smackdown news cycle.

00:35The names include Jamar Hampton, Brandon, BJ Ray, Summer Sorrell, Hayes Jamison, Draco Knox

00:40and Jin Tala, with the most notable names being Lance Anawaii, Stevie Turner and Wes Lee.

00:45Anawaii was signed by WWE last year but got injured rather quickly.

00:48Fightful's Lake reported just last week that word was he'd picked up another injury that

00:53would keep him on the shelf for the rest of the year.

00:56In a Twitter post, Anawaii said, I didn't have the best of luck since I arrived.

01:00I will not let this stop me from achieving to be great.

01:02I've worked hard on the indies for 15 years now, let's get back to work.

01:06Stevie Turner posted, My time with WWE has come to an end.

01:10I've had a brilliant time and I'm so excited for the future.

01:13See you soon.

01:14Earlier this year she'd been made the general manager of the Evolve brand.

01:16Wes Lee formed the group High Rise in NXT with Tyreek Igway and Tyson Dupont, but the group

01:21hasn't done much of note since the start of the year.

01:23It is important to note that these are releases and thus they have 30 day non-compete clauses.

01:29Elsewhere, WWE ID prospect Zadea Steel announced that she's departing the company of deciding

01:34not to resign with WWE.

01:37She tweeted, I've decided not to renew my WWE ID contract.

01:40I'm incredibly grateful for all the knowledge, experience and opportunities I've gained along

01:44the way, but at the end of the day I have to do what's best for me.

01:47I'm only 21 and I've already done so much, but I'm just getting started, thank you.

01:52Unlike the releases, Steele is free to work wherever she wants, and has already been announced

01:56by House of Glory to be facing Indi Hartwell for their Women's Championship.

02:00Zahra Sackher has announced that her WWE ID contract has not been re-signed, and tweeted

02:04that she'll be taking a step back from pro wrestling.

02:07Perhaps the most surprising name of the lot though, is Kylie Rae, who was the inaugural

02:11WWE ID Women's Champion, a championship she had to vacate when she announced just a couple

02:16of weeks back that she was pregnant.

02:18Rey had previously worked for AEW, but requested her release.

02:21Their split was said to be amicable.

02:22Fightful Select report, in addition to the WWE ID contracts that have come to an end, we're

02:27told that some were extended.

02:29WWE continues to recruit talent for the program.

02:32But that's enough news, let's get into this Crown Jewel review, which kicked off with

02:35Roman Reigns taking on Bronson Reed in an Australian Street Fight which featured

02:39Aussie rules, footballs and cricket bats, which I understand might be confusing to some of

02:44our American viewers because, as we're all aware, you need to know what a crump it

02:48is to understand cricket.

02:50This was your standard WWE hardcore match, and featured Reed absolutely battering Reigns

02:54until he did a Samoan drop through a chair.

02:56He kicked out of a Death Valley driver and set up for a spear on the outside, but got caught

03:00by Brom Breaker.

03:01They hit the Shield powerbomb through the announcer's table, which brought out the Usos to make the

03:05save.

03:06But in the madness, Jay hit Roman with a spear through a table, and Reed hit the Tsunami

03:11to get the pin.

03:12Making him, as best as I and our Patreon backers could work out, only the second person in

03:16wrestling to pin both Roman Reigns and Kazuchika Okada.

03:20Very unique group, I'd say.

03:22The others Finn Balor, in case you were curious.

03:23We then got Bloodline Acting, as Roman Reigns told his cousins that while he loves them,

03:28he doesn't want to see them until Christmas.

03:31More on that later.

03:32Stephanie Bakker pinned Tiffany Stratton to win the Women's Crown Jewel Championship in a perfectly

03:36fine match that really felt much like the TV leading up to it, it didn't really build

03:40too much.

03:41It went just over 10 minutes, but those 10 minutes weren't spent telling a story in

03:44the ring.

03:45They just did some stuff, and then Stephanie won.

03:48Quite underwhelming considering that there was a decent story to be told, as this is Tiffany

03:52Stratton's first loss all year.

03:54Bakker cut a nice promo after the match, and the reported plan for Tiffany next is facing

03:59Jade Cargill again for the Women's Championship, where they might do a title switch.

04:03Before we get into the rest of the show, there's the small matter of Brian Children getting

04:07his shot at redemption.

04:09We tasked him with interviewing the top stars of Clash of the Comics, and if he didn't

04:13cause any screw ups, he might just get his job back.

04:17Well he handled the solo interviews with Phil Wang and Ed Gamble very well, but what will

04:22happen during the sit down interview with both men where they are contractually not allowed

04:28to touch each other?

04:29Over to you, Brian.

04:30I'm reading for you, pal.

04:31Hello, it's me, Brian Children, on behalf of WrestleTalk with my final chance, and I've

04:36got a huge question for these two who are going to be facing each other at the Clash

04:40of the Comics.

04:41Am I currently doing an alright job?

04:43Well, I don't know the context, I've never, never seen you work before, so, I mean, to

04:49me I'd probably give it a 6 out of 10 at the moment, but if you're normally worse

04:53than this, it's probably a 9 out of 10.

04:55So it depends who the alternatives are and if they would do better or if you're as good

04:59as it gets.

05:00Well, I'm as good as I get, for sure.

05:02Now it's very, very key that the two of you do not make any physical contact with each

05:07other because otherwise I will lose my job.

05:09That being said, Phil, I must ask you about Ed's comments from earlier.

05:13He called you a slug man.

05:14What do you think?

05:15Well, just because my mucus has healing properties, I don't take that as an insult at all.

05:20I might be a little slug to him, but he is a liar, a gambler and a delinquent.

05:25He's a thief who stole my belt and he might have my belt.

05:29He might have a cool pair of sunglasses.

05:32He might have a debilitating gambling addiction.

05:35What he doesn't have are friends he doesn't pay.

05:38Ed, that is a huge allegation and of course everyone's been saying that you have stolen

05:43this belt.

05:44I don't take any of what Phil said as an insult.

05:47People say I've got a debilitating gambling problem.

05:50I say I have a strong hobby.

05:52I've not stolen this belt.

05:53This belt was there, open for the taking.

05:56It was there.

05:57You've got to know when to hold them.

05:58You've got to know when to fold them, know when to walk away, know when to run.

06:02And that is the lyrics to a song about gambling, in case you didn't know.

06:06No, that is very true.

06:08Very true indeed.

06:09So who, Ed, do you think will come out on top if things are fair and square between the

06:13two of you?

06:14Well, I don't think I'm going to come out on top.

06:16I know I'm going to come out on top.

06:18I'm a dead sir.

06:20I'm the favourite.

06:21Imagine this is the Grand National.

06:23I am the horse who is still alive after all the other horses have died in a horrific crash

06:28on the M1.

06:29Strong words there from Ed and you must be feeling a little bit scared about maybe the

06:34Gambler's Anonymous gang that Ed has amassed.

06:39You worried about them at all?

06:40That gang of misfits.

06:41Grishy Ghosh, who I defeated for that title.

06:44And Bullet, who's just a hairy rock.

06:46No, I'm not scared of his so-called friends.

06:50Employees, really.

06:52Ed Gamble, when the fun stops, stop.

06:55And a clash of the comics, your fun's going to stop.

06:59It never stops for me, Phil.

07:01Kill Wang.

07:02It never stops.

07:03It's fun.

07:04Right through the night.

07:05The sun comes up.

07:06I've got tears in my eyes.

07:07I'm still gambling.

07:08I'm the better wrestler.

07:09I'm the better gambler.

07:10Right, we'll do it.

07:11We'll do it.

07:12We'll do it right now.

07:13Right, simple game.

07:14Simple gambling game.

07:15What number am I thinking of?

07:18Five.

07:19Well, I don't...

07:24How?

07:25This is...

07:27Come and get it.

07:29Come and get it.

07:30Come and get it.

07:31Ah!

07:32Ah!

07:33Ah!

07:34That's Brian Children from WrestleTalk.

07:36I think they just had a very aggressive couple.

08:06Well, Brian, you funked it, mate.

08:14Still, that clash of the comics sure looks fun.

08:16And speaking of fun, AJ Styles vs John Cena was so much fun.

08:21Like, this was a blast.

08:23It wasn't really a wrestling match per se, but more like being down the pub on a Saturday

08:27night with a really good tribute band playing all your favourite songs.

08:31But it's not just your favourite songs, it's the entire pub's favourite songs.

08:36So you're all just having a bloody lovely time.

08:38There's even a point where you start chanting at the band to play another of your favourite

08:41songs and they tease playing that one too.

08:44Off the bat, AJ Styles came out in his 2005 TNA gear, which felt like it was done to pop

08:49people like me.

08:50When I got back into wrestling in 2005, it wasn't really WWE that made me fall in love

08:55with wrestling again after a few years of not watching it.

08:58It was people like AJ Styles.

09:00I'd actually say Styles was the first new guy I properly got into.

09:04So seeing AJ Thiles back was rather delightful.

09:10And this crowd were super here to see John Cena.

09:13With the amount of yellow shirts in this blue arena, I felt like I was watching from the

09:16inside of an Ikea showroom.

09:18It's a totally original joke and not one I stole from Dan Layton.

09:21And speaking of stealing other people's material, this match had tributes to The Miz or Jeff

09:25Jarrett if you're cool, Sting, Rusev, Samoa Joe, Chris Jericho, Christopher Daniels,

09:29Hangman Adam Page, Randy Orton, The Big Show, Shawn Michaels, and one final tribute to The

09:33Undertaker with a hellacious tombstone.

09:36And before you argue with me in the comments, I think The Chokeslam was a showstopper chokeslam

09:41rather than the one Kane and Undertaker do.

09:43Don't at me, I'm not on Twitter anymore.

09:45And also, I don't know if The Dead Eye really was a tribute to Hangman Page, but I was just

09:49having so much fun that I started looking for things that might not be there.

09:53And this crowd were having the time of their lives.

09:56At one point they started chanting 619, and I laughed that one off because there's no

10:00way Mr Roboto John Cena is going to do a 619, so it was actually hilarious when he teased

10:06doing one.

10:07AJ even did AJ tributes of his own, like a Springboard 450.

10:11The most touching tribute, of course, was the one to Bray Wyatt.

10:14Cena hit the sister Abigail, and when it came back from the replay, the entire crowd were

10:18doing the fireflies and led a thank you Bray chant.

10:21It was a genuinely lovely moment.

10:24Cena won with a tombstone and won final AA and hugged AJ Styles afterwards.

10:28This was ridiculous fun.

10:30The commentators put over that Styles will be hanging up his own boots in 2026, and I

10:34don't know if I'm fully ready to accept that just yet.

10:37Despite the build for Rhea Ripley and Eosguide taking on Kabuki Warriors being around

10:40the drama between Sky, Asuka and Sane, because of the country this match took place in, it

10:45was all really built around Rhea Ripley.

10:47Not that Sky was particularly selling the drama.

10:49Michael Cole said during her entrance that he felt so sorry for her because of all the

10:52traumatic events that have happened to her over the last couple of weeks.

10:55Meanwhile, she's smiling, high-fiving fans and doing her finger point thing.

10:59It might be the happiest I've ever seen her.

11:01The Kabuki Warriors worked over Eosuke for an eternity to build to the Ripley hot tag.

11:05They all did some moves, and Rhea and Sky won.

11:08The crowd helped what was otherwise a perfectly cromulent match.

11:10I'm not saying that as a negative, by the way.

11:13Like Roncil, this did exactly what was on the tin.

11:15This is exactly what it needed to be.

11:17It was like the first in a series of matches.

11:20And it very well could be, as the Wrestling Observer is reporting that Sky and Rhea will

11:23be part of the Women's War Games match alongside AJ Lee, Charlotte Flair and Alexa Bliss against

11:28Asuka, Kairi Sane, Nia Jax, Becky Lynch and Lash Legend.

11:31But the main event of this show was the excellently billed Cody Rhodes vs Seth Rollins match for

11:37the Men's Crown Duel Championship.

11:39The story that led to the finish was told right from the get go, as the insecure Seth

11:43Rollins could not get out of the blocks against Cody, and he let the crowd calling him a wanker

11:48rattle him.

11:49When the commentary pointed out he was being rattled, he rattled even further and had a

11:53go at Michael Cole and Wade Barrett.

11:55He had gear made up of the three previous gears he'd worn against Cody, but those mind games

11:59had no effect.

12:00He did the stardust pose, and again, it had no effect.

12:04So he went to get the watch.

12:06Boy, Triple H really does love wrist accessories and storyline crutches, doesn't he?

12:10But Seth didn't want to win this way.

12:12If he's going to be the man around here, the actual quarterback of WWE, he needs to do

12:16this the right way.

12:17Earlier in the night Paul Heyman told Bronson Reed and Brom Breaker to stay in the back,

12:21Seth needs to do this on his own.

12:23So he put the watch down and he gave it his all, but what he gave wasn't good enough.

12:27He did this wild coast to coast diving headbutt, he hit a crossroads of his own, he hit the

12:32manhandle slam, and Cody kept kicking out.

12:36So did Seth for the record, when Cody hit him with an avalanche crossroads.

12:40And in the end, Seth ended up back next to the watch.

12:43He picked it up and after a ref bump, punched Cody in the mouth with it.

12:47And because of the symbolism, it had a plus two damage buff.

12:50He then hit a stomp and a super stomp to get the win.

12:52And after weeks of insecurity eating away at him, he reverted right back to cackling Seth

12:58Rollins during his post-match promo on the fans.

13:01Seth is now the quarterback of this company, and he did it the only way he knew how.

13:06Now according to the Wrestling Observer, Seth is set for some big matches coming up, and

13:10that might explain why he won here.

13:13They report the next Saturday night's main event will be main evented by Seth vs CM Punk

13:17for the World Championship, before Punk teams with Roman Reigns, Jacob Fatu, Jey Uso and

13:22either LA Knight or Jimmy Uso in war games against Seth Rollins, Brom Breaker, Bronson Reed,

13:28Brock Lesnar and Austin Theory.

13:30Wait, what?

13:32I'm pretty sceptical about this report, not the least of which because Roman seemingly wrote

13:35himself off TV for the rest of the year with that Christmas line, but also LOL Austin Theory.

13:40Like I know he has connections to Seth, but LOL Austin Theory.

13:45According to Fightful Select, when Fightful enquired about this as it seemed out of left

13:49field, we were told it is actually one of the options moving forward.

13:55The Wrestling Observer say that those wargames planned were as of a few weeks ago.

13:59And as we saw on Unreal, there's every chance it's just an option that's written on the

14:02whiteboard, not an actual direction, because again, LOL Austin Theory.

14:08As for Cody, they report he's going to face the winner of Drew McIntyre and Jacob Fatu from

14:12Saturday Night's main event at Survivor Series.

14:14And given that Jacob is in that proposed wargames line-up, that sets up a Cody vs Drew WrestleBalooza

14:18rematch.

14:19And speaking of WrestleBalooza, well Crown Jewel was way better than that, wasn't it?

14:22The Cena Styles match was a huge part of it, and will likely be ranked highly as some people's

14:27favourite match of the year.

14:29The Lost TLC video for worst wrestling catchphrases, sorry that got taken down last week, will be

14:32live tomorrow, so catch up on the previous TLC video by clicking the one on screen right now.

14:37Now, the Avengers match was a great plan.

14:38Now we can see how the suits carried less.

14:42OK?

14:43Well done.

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