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00:00 Take 22.

00:03 I'm Oli Davis, this is the WrestleTalk News.

00:11 On Tuesday 12th September, WWE and the UFC finished their five months of business foreplay

00:17 and finally updated their relationship status to…

00:20 Merged Corporate Entity.

00:22 An announcement that came with our first official image of Vince McMahon's new gimmick - owner

00:26 of several regional branches of the Carphone Warehouse.

00:31 Also a supervillain.

00:32 Because WWE was never actually sold to the gigantic talent management agency Endeavor,

00:37 it was merged with the Endeavor-owned UFC and spun off to create a new company called

00:42 TKO Group Holdings, which Endeavor own 51% of, and the former WWE shareholders own the

00:49 remaining 49%.

00:50 There are two main business, business, business theories behind merging these combat sports

00:55 companies together.

00:56 1.

00:57 Saving Money!

00:58 Although professional wrestling is predetermined and MMA is a sporting competition, they share

01:03 many function similarities.

01:05 That means certain generic utility departments that both companies would have their own version

01:09 of - like accounting or marketing or licensing - those can be merged together.

01:15 This was one of the first actions of TKO, with over 100 back office terminations reported

01:20 on Friday.

01:21 The other theory, however, 2.

01:23 Making Money!

01:25 Sure, to us fans, WWE and UFC can be more different, but to a TV company or mainstream

01:32 audience they are similar enough.

01:34 That is, they have people fighting each other, to benefit from being sold as a bulk package.

01:39 WWE and UFC are so well known, putting them together can be a huge advantage when negotiating

01:45 new deals with partners.

01:46 Which is exactly what is happening as WWE's big $1 billion TV rights contracts are soon

01:53 up for renewal.

01:54 Very interestingly, Endeavor and TKO's President and COO Mark Shapiro has spoken to The Town

01:59 with Matthew Bologna about this very strategy, saying they could "strike a short-term deal

02:06 just to align the two media contracts."

02:08 While WWE's TV rights deal expires in October 2024, UFC's media deal with Disney runs out

02:15 in 2025.

02:17 Shapiro is seemingly suggesting they could strike a short-term deal for WWE to line it

02:22 up to expire at the same time as UFC's.

02:25 So TKO can offer a joint package to certain networks.

02:29 That would allow, say, Peacock, if they got that deal, to brand themselves as the home

02:34 of all combat sports.

02:36 Which could be a very attractive idea given the strength of live sports in a landscape

02:40 of heavily falling TV viewership.

02:42 But it's not just big corporate benefits that come with packaging the WWE and UFC brands

02:47 together.

02:48 It could likely also profoundly change the fan experience.

02:52 Speaking on the Bill Simmons podcast, Nick Khan outlined his vision of an All-Star TKO

02:57 weekend where SmackDown goes on Friday, UFC on Saturday with pay-per-view, and WWE goes

03:03 with a premium live event on Sunday.

03:05 There's also Raw on Monday there, Nick.

03:07 He also spoke about how they wouldn't counter-program each other, with UFC and WWE not scheduling

03:12 big pay-per-views for the same day.

03:14 Which is probably bad news for AEW, as that means TKO can, and most likely will, book

03:20 a big show from either whenever AEW runs their weekend events.

03:24 But Khan also teased what sounds like a mega-draft.

03:29 When talking about big, spectacle events outside pay-per-views, Khan mentioned the first NFL

03:34 Draft in Philadelphia, where they took it out of New York and got hundreds of thousands

03:39 of people there.

03:40 What is there like that for UFC and WWE that could work?

03:43 That's something we're hyper-focused on.

03:46 Are they hyper-focused about an annual WWE Draft standalone event?

03:50 Is it one that has a UFC event the same weekend?

03:52 Or one that involves talent from both companies allowing a UFC fighter to be drafted to the

03:57 WWE roster?

03:59 What would you want to see from something like that?

04:01 Fancy book Dominik Mysterio getting drafted to the UFC in the comments down below.

04:05 Also CM Punk return confirmed.

04:11 Another detail has come out about the WWE and UFC merger from the Wrestling Observer,

04:15 but if Endeavor sells TKO Group Holdings at any point, they are unable to re-enter either

04:20 the MMA or pro wrestling business for five whole years.

04:25 This is even longer than the three years Turner Broadcasting agreed to when they sold WCW

04:30 in 2001.

04:31 Because yes, even WWE's own corporate merger includes a crazy non-compete clause.

04:38 Bet AEW wish they had that for Jade Cargill.

04:40 How's that for a contract segue?

04:43 Following her return to AEW on the Saturday 9th episode of Collision, Unlost to Chris

04:47 Statlander on the 15th episode of Rampage, and her own comments on AEW that "there's

04:52 no other place I would want to be" from the previous week, PWInsider is reporting

04:56 Cargill's AEW contract has now in fact expired, and she's expected to join WWE and head

05:03 to the Performance Center this week.

05:05 This could potentially make her available to debut on TV as early as tonight's episode

05:10 of Raw, because if this is truly an AEW contract expiry, there's no non-compete period.

05:16 Apparently the amount of money WWE is potentially paying her to beat an AEW offer means she'll

05:22 head straight to the main roster as opposed to NXT.

05:25 Now that the TKO merger is complete, it feels as though whatever creative plans Triple H

05:29 had in store for the post-WrestleMania months can now go into motion.

05:32 While authors of pain are reportedly re-signed and ready to go, Nia Jax returned last Monday.

05:37 We can see John Cena on SmackDown again, and some movie star called Rock Johnson turned

05:43 up on Friday's episode.

05:45 The same day as his appearance on Pat McAfee's podcast Rock, the Dwayne Johnson made his

05:49 WWE return on SmackDown, where he instantly went way over time for his segment Classic

05:54 Rock - in what I'm now calling the Black Vest segment.

05:57 The Rock, wearing a black vest, hit a people's elbow on Austin Theory, who was wearing a

06:01 black vest, while Pat McAfee cheered on from inside the ring.

06:06 Also wearing a black vest.

06:07 And it turns out, black vests are a draw, as Sean Ross Sapp has added up all the views

06:12 The Rock's return has had on WWE's social channels, and it hit over 100 million in a

06:19 day.

06:20 That's inflation for you, though.

06:21 I remember the days when it just used to be the millions and millions of Rock fans.

06:25 Of course though, it is best to wait a few days to confirm that number.

06:28 NO DON'T GET ANOTHER TATTOO, WILL O'SPRAY!

06:30 The Rock himself has now reacted to the segment on his Twitter, calling it one of the top

06:34 5 loudest crowd reactions of his career, and thanking everyone who joined us to go ALL

06:41 IN.

06:42 Rock to AEW next August confirmed?

06:50 Apparently the working idea is for the Dwayne to face Roman Reigns at WrestleMania 40, after

06:55 the supposed 'locked in' plans didn't happen for 39 in Hollywood.

06:59 This all could depend on the writer's strike, though, as Rock is likely appearing for WWE

07:03 right now because his movie projects are currently halted.

07:06 Which is also probably the same reason John Cena has also started showing up on WWE TV.

07:11 And according to F4WOnline, he'll even appear on a show that was previously thought to be

07:16 off-limits.

07:17 Saudi Arabia are announcing Cena for the 4th November Premium Live event there.

07:21 Meltzer writes that it's no longer an issue that could have negative effects on his career

07:26 since everyone is back doing business with the country now, and that there is basically

07:29 nobody left on the WWE roster as far as they know that is either refusing to go or banned

07:35 from going.

07:36 The stars are literally aligning for WWE, as Roman Reigns will also reportedly be at

07:41 the Crown Jewel show, and he's now being advertised for the October 27th episode of

07:45 SmackDown in Milwaukee just over a week before.

07:48 There are also reports of WWE's next big international event, with the West Australian

07:52 Sunday Times reporting a massive stadium show in early 2024 on the road to WrestleMania

07:58 in the Optus Stadium in Perth, which has a capacity of 70,000 people.

08:03 We've got a full review of AEW Collision over on the WrestleTalk Podcast channel today,

08:07 but for now, here's my recap of the episode in one minute.

08:12 In one take.

08:13 Not 22 this time.

08:14 3, 2, 1, go.

08:15 Big Bill and Ricky Starks beat Bryan Danielson and Claudio Castagnoli, where Starks managed

08:20 to do his pose while Claudio was swinging him.

08:23 Ricky low blowed Danielson to get the win, setting up another match between them.

08:26 Hangman and The Bucks set up an ROH six man title match for the Grand Slam Rampage special.

08:31 There are too many belts.

08:33 Miro is angry with God for tempting him with his hot and flexible wife.

08:37 FTR beat the Iron Savages, Ozzy opened, got an enhancement win later, and called out FTR

08:44 for a tag title match at WrestleDream, which is exactly one year from their fantastic New

08:49 Japan match.

08:51 Someone left in the producer saying 'take 22' for a Keith Lee promo.

08:54 22 takes!

08:56 What is this, a David Fincher movie?

08:58 John Silver beat Anthony Bowens thanks to Evil Uno interference, setting up a trios

09:02 title program there.

09:03 Eddie Kingston got a great promo on Claudio.

09:05 Andrade beat Scorpio Sky, J White continued his feud with Andrade after, and The Righteous

09:10 were really impressive in their AEW debut beating the Hardys in the main event.

09:15 So I'm actually off to Japan in exactly 14 hours from right now for a few weeks.

09:33 Yes, I have booked tickets to a wrestling show.

09:36 And yes, it is DDT.

09:38 I can't wait.

09:39 I'll see you all soon.

09:40 Now go watch 10 WWE stars who should dethrone Gunther.

09:43 Thanks for watching.

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