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00:00 I'm Laurie Blake, this is the WrestleTalk News and on Fridays we wear pink.

00:11 Our top story is admittedly not the cheeriest of topics for a day that is usually the most

00:15 exciting of the week, as you know, the weekend.

00:18 Thank god it's Friday and all that.

00:19 But it feels like Black Friday because there is news of some major WWE roster and staff

00:24 cuts coming very soon.

00:26 Yes, with WWE's purchase by the Endeavor Overlords and the merger with UFC now complete,

00:31 it had been feared that layoffs could also be on the cards.

00:35 We already saw that within a WWE boardroom just a day following the launch of TKO as

00:40 WWE's Chief Financial Officer Frank Riddick departed the company on Wednesday.

00:45 While it was not known whether this was a mutual parting of ways, it did potentially

00:49 signify that there was some cause for some fear over job security.

00:53 On Wrestling Observer Radio Dave Meltzer noted that more layoffs were coming and WWE staff

00:58 were "very scared", noting that WWE were set to cut back on employees and on certain

01:03 expenses.

01:05 And yet it turns out that this is in fact what is happening, as in an internal WWE email

01:09 reported by PWInsider, WWE CEO Nick Khan informed employees yesterday that workforce reductions

01:16 would be taking place today, September 15th.

01:20 And no, it's not a honey I shrunk the kids kind of moment.

01:22 Khan noted that those let go would be informed of the news by WWE's Human Resources team

01:27 where severance packages would be discussed.

01:29 Khan also asked all employees to work remotely today in order to ensure all conversations

01:35 with those affected are handled privately and respectfully.

01:38 And while this sucks, reports of layoffs following the WWE/UFC merger had been circulating for

01:45 a while now.

01:46 What was less certain was how TKO would affect existing WWE talent.

01:50 It could be set for our first lot of talent releases in quite some time.

01:55 Well, unfortunately that also seems quite likely.

01:59 When enquiring about the cuts to WWE's workforce, House of Wrestling asked the WWE source whether

02:04 these cuts would be felt in the locker room as well, to which they were told that "major

02:10 cuts" would be coming to the WWE and NXT rosters.

02:14 While it was not confirmed that these would also be coming today, the source did say that

02:17 they had been planned for quite some time.

02:21 So brace yourselves I guess.

02:23 While not confirmed, one source also told House of Wrestling that WWE could space out

02:27 the staff and talent cuts for optics reasons to avoid the overwhelming negative press of

02:33 doing it all at once.

02:34 However that is speculation, it could still happen altogether.

02:38 They might not mind.

02:41 The winds of change are blowing in WWE, but could these changes factor into a brand new

02:46 feel for WWE's product under the TKO umbrella?

02:50 According to BWE on Twitter, WWE may be set to revamp many aspects of the current roster,

02:56 particularly in regards to new title schemes, which entails new names, weight classes and

03:03 a trios division.

03:05 While weight classes would potentially be the most striking change, unless we're forgetting

03:08 about 205 Live, we've all forgotten about 205 Live, and one that would bring WWE closer

03:13 to that of their new sibling UFC.

03:15 The addition of a trios division and title belts has been one that fans have called on

03:19 WWE adding for some time.

03:21 It remains to be seen if all of this will happen, but if believed we could be seeing

03:28 a much different WWE product under Endeavor than we had initially been expecting.

03:33 Despite the news suggesting that talent cuts are coming in the near future, as of right

03:38 now there are only two stars set to officially depart from WWE, that being NXT stars The

03:43 Dyad, Jagger Reed and Rip Fowler of the Schism faction.

03:48 If you've been keeping up with the news this is going to come as no massive shock,

03:52 as it's been publicly stated by both men that they would not be renewing their deals

03:56 once they expired in October.

03:58 There were rumours that they had asked for their WWE release as well.

04:02 The former Grizzled Young Veterans had been requesting their release back in April, however

04:11 they were both turned down, leading to the pair continuing to wrestle on NXT throughout

04:15 the year as generic British baddies.

04:18 However despite us not being in October quite yet, the pair do seem to have been written

04:22 off TV courtesy of a vignette involving Schisms, Eva and Joe Gacy on NXT.

04:27 This rubber stamp on Fowler and Reed's time in WWE was confirmed by Dave Meltzer on Wrestling

04:32 Observer Radio, who said "Rip Fowler and Jagger Reed are gone.

04:37 Their contract is up.

04:38 I thought there was going to be some angle or something, but they're just gone.

04:41 Good for them.

04:42 Back to Grizzled Young Veterans."

04:44 Moving away from WWE departures now and onto what could be the company's biggest arrival

04:52 of 2023, that being the former AEW TBS Champion Jade Cargill.

04:58 The news of Cargill's impending departure from Tony Khan's company was shocking on

05:02 a few levels.

05:03 First of all, she had only just returned to TV after a three month hiatus on last week's

05:08 collision.

05:09 And secondly, a week prior to that she had said the following when discussing Tony Khan

05:13 and AEW on the Women's Wrestling Talk Podcast.

05:16 "There's no other place I would want to be.

05:19 He doesn't look at me as a number.

05:20 He looks at me like a human being and he knows my journey and he understands my purpose in

05:25 the wrestling community and what I want to achieve and I don't think you can beat that."

05:29 Does any of that suggest the move to WWE just weeks later?

05:34 I don't think it does.

05:36 In the latest update it has been revealed that Cargill to WWE could be happening in

05:40 the next few weeks.

05:42 PWInsider have revealed that Cargill's AEW deal is up as soon as next week, with Fightful

05:47 Select noting that sources within WWE believe that Cargill's contract could be structured

05:52 in a way that she could sign with WWE imminently.

05:56 Interestingly, according to Fightful some top stars in WWE had heard that Cargill could

06:00 be hopping the fence backstage at this week's Raw before any news on this situation actually

06:05 broke.

06:06 But why oh why is Cargill doing this I hear you ask?

06:09 Pete ask it.

06:10 Pete ask why oh why is Cargill doing this.

06:15 Good you asked, I've got the answer, it's just up here.

06:18 Especially when you read the above comments.

06:20 I don't know, I'm doing a bit and it didn't work.

06:23 Is it about the money?

06:25 The paper?

06:26 The moolah?

06:27 Apparently not as a source told Fightful that Cargill's decision is not financially

06:32 motivated.

06:33 In fact after her final AEW match with Chris Statlander on Wednesday's Rampage taping,

06:40 a reportedly teary eyed Cargill had perhaps suggested that a WWE move may not be a sure

06:47 thing.

06:48 Because yes, Jade had reportedly instead told people that she may just be taking some time

06:52 to focus on her family and/or the Texas Smoke, the softball team that she and husband MLB

06:58 player Brandon Phillips own.

06:59 Interestingly, Wrestling Inc's Raj Giri has stated on Twitter that contrary to reports

07:03 he had heard Cargill had re-signed with AEW.

07:06 While Fightful Select noted that an option to extend Cargill's AEW deal was potentially

07:10 on the table, however this hasn't been confirmed and it's unclear on what side this option

07:16 lays or now lied.

07:21 Now as for WWE's plans for Cargill, she did in fact join and perhaps surprisingly

07:25 they may not volvomassive splash on the main roster right away.

07:28 As according to PWInsider, some within AEW believe that Jade would be heading to NXT

07:33 upon signing with WWE instead.

07:36 A damning indictment of her skills.

07:38 But how would you fantasy book the WWE debut of Jade Cargill?

07:42 Let us know in the comments down below.

07:44 So with all the talk of WWE departures and arrivals today, what of a man that falls somewhere

07:49 in the middle of employed and not employed.

07:52 Yes for the first time in literally forever we've got an update on the drifter, the

07:56 Zeke Freak.

07:57 Ladies and gentlemen, it's Elias.

08:03 While many would be forgiven for forgetting about poor old Elias due to his lack of screen

08:07 time in 2023, last appearing on the May 15th edition of Raw, he is still in WWE.

08:14 So says the roster page.

08:16 However a new update has cast some doubt over his status as BWE on Twitter has stated that

08:21 the 35 year old is currently working without a professional contract but is in fact still

08:28 in the company.

08:30 Whatever that mean.

08:31 What does that mean?

08:32 He's not working is he?

08:33 If he's not got a contract and he's not actually on the show, he's not working.

08:36 That's not work.

08:37 So there's been little news on the Elias front in quite some time with no reason known

08:42 as to why he's been off TV for so many months.

08:45 However he did reappear on Instagram recently to celebrate that he had been recently baptised

08:49 in the River Jordan in Israel.

08:51 So at least it seems like he's doing well in his time away from our screens.

08:54 While Elias' contract status is a big old question mark, one contract we do have more

08:59 clarity on is that of the Scottish Warrior Drew McIntyre.

09:03 Clarity that is expiring soon.

09:06 Real soon.

09:07 Reports have circulated all year that McIntyre and WWE were yet to agree to a new contract

09:11 despite the former two-time WWE Champion's deal running out early next year according

09:16 to Dave Meltzer.

09:17 While Drew did recently say in an interview with the Hindustan Times that he doesn't

09:21 plan on being anywhere else, that is pretty much what Cargill said about not leaving AEW

09:29 for WWE.

09:30 Don't feed me your lies wrestlers.

09:31 Don't feed me your lies.

09:32 I can see right through them.

09:35 But hey, maybe Drew wasn't lying.

09:37 Because according to BWE McIntyre will soon be re-signing with WWE.

09:41 Hopefully this impending new deal can coincide with a good old heel turn that seems to be

09:46 on the horizon.

09:47 He's been a bit more edgy recently hasn't he?

09:51 If a heel turn does come for Drew it would almost certainly come at the expense of his

09:56 Glasbro Matt Riddle.

09:58 Although Riddle would need to be present on WWE TV for that to happen, something he was

10:03 very much not this Monday on Raw.

10:06 The official line on Riddle's absence from Raw was that he was out with a medical issue,

10:10 or at least that's what WWE told the roster according to PWInsider.

10:14 However, given that Riddle was also involved in an incident at JFK International Airport

10:19 just a day prior in which he had alleged that he had been sexually assaulted by a police

10:23 officer, the timing certainly raised some eyebrows.

10:27 However according to Wrestling Observer's Dave Meltzer, Riddle was in fact suffering

10:29 from a double ear infection and bronchitis, so maybe the timing might have been unfortunate.

10:34 It seems that despite everything going on with the incident, Riddle's health, PWInsider

10:38 is now reporting that he is expected back on WWE TV for the September 18th edition of

10:44 Raw.

10:45 Speaking of Riddle and McIntyre, they like every other wrestler on the planet were undoubtedly

10:49 waiting with bated breath for this year's 2023 PWI 500 list that was released yesterday.

10:56 While many dispute the value of the list and likely don't care all that much, it does

11:00 make for some interesting reading and sparks a fun little debate.

11:03 Did I say fun debate?

11:05 I meant accusations of criminal bias.

11:08 Because yes, upon seeing the list, the sister of one Cody Rhodes was not best pleased with

11:13 her brother's ranking of 10th.

11:15 Teal tweeted or...

11:16 Xed, what are we calling them now?

11:19 Do you know what time their stand-up set starts?

11:21 Because these jokes.

11:22 Should we then go a step further claiming that PWI carries biases against the Rhodes

11:27 family saying "Someone at PWI has a beef with someone in our family and it's really

11:32 ugly on their end, so that's why I care.

11:35 They are lucky certain people take the high road, because it's cancellable.

11:39 He was the 10th best wrestler in the world."

11:42 I think that's fair.

11:45 Cody placed behind the likes of Impact's Josh Alexander in 9th, AEW's Orange Cassidy

11:50 in 8th, NJPW's Kazuchika Okada in 7th and AAA's El Hijo Del Valkingo in 6th.

11:57 Following those names was AEW World Champion MJF in 5th, Intercontinental Champion from

12:00 WWE Gunther in 4th and an all Shield affair at the top with Jon Moxley placed 3rd, Roman

12:05 Reigns in 2nd and Seth Rollins landing it numero uno.

12:10 I can't do Spanish.

12:12 In celebration of the former Hound of Justice taking top honours, the World Heavyweight

12:15 Champion will post a picture to X of that classic Shield fist bump.

12:20 How lovely.

12:21 What a lovely way for the news to end for a change.

12:24 Happy Friday.

12:25 Cody Rhodes was robbed.

12:27 He was robbed.

12:28 What a dishonour to his family.

12:31 10th best wrestler in the world.

12:33 10th.

12:34 Can you believe it?

12:37 What an insult to his legacy.

12:39 10th.

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