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00:00More AEW stars following Penta to WWE, wrestlers upset behind the scenes, WWE and TNA officially

00:07update their Facebook status to In a Relationship, and more.

00:12I'm Oli Davis, and this is the WrestleTalk News.

00:23Some argue that AEW's problems didn't actually start with CM Punk's Brawlout promo.

00:28That it didn't even start with Hangman Page's shoot promo on Punk months before it.

00:32AEW's problems began when one of its founding fathers, Cody Rhodes, left for WWE, and was

00:40booked to become the promotion's top star.

00:42Despite how much The Rock keeps trying to stop that.

00:46Because even before the fans started to sour on AEW's product in the wake of Brawlout,

00:50the actual wrestlers had their heads turned five months before, when Cody returned at

00:55WrestleMania.

00:56AEW, once the place that would bury you if you had tried to find success elsewhere, was

01:01now pushing a previously sworn enemy to the very top.

01:06And once Vince McMahon was removed, for the first time, a few months later, AEW stars

01:10started to see WWE as a viable alternative for actually enjoying their work.

01:16Young former AEW stars J Cargill, Ethan Page and Lexus King followed, who all received

01:22very decent pushes.

01:23Page, who was an afterthought in AEW, won the NXT Championship last year.

01:28But I imagine there was still trepidation amongst AEW's luchadors that they would

01:32get lost in the Mexican division shuffle.

01:35Dragon Lee chose to sign with WWE over AEW, while he had a decent run in NXT, and then

01:40in an initially big call-up, he's now the Speed Champion.

01:58Other Mexican wrestlers have mostly been split into two Mexican factions, either Rey Mysterio's

02:03new LWO or Santos Escobar's Legado del Fantasma, who aren't really focused on.

02:09But that might've changed on the Monday 13th episode of Raw, and the debut of former

02:14AEW star and luchador Penta.

02:17Penta's debut match against Chad Gable, and his fiery promo afterwards, had been received

02:22very well by almost everyone.

02:24WWE officials were apparently very happy with how he was cheered by the San Jose crowd,

02:29and likely even happier by his merch sales.

02:32As Penta just posted, who has the number one and two top selling t-shirts in the WWE shop?

02:38And, reportedly, some AEW stars are now considering following Penta to WWE when their contracts

02:45are up, as Lucha Libre Online have posted.

02:48Oh hell no.

02:49I'm going to copy and paste that into Google Translate.

02:51Our sources confirm that there are several AEW talents who do not feel comfortable with

02:56their role in the company.

02:57These talents did not dare to explore WWE as a real alternative due to the feeling of

03:02uncertainty of getting lost in the monster of a system that is WWE.

03:07This was because they had not previously had the television time and prominence that

03:11they would've liked during their previous stay in WWE.

03:14However, that feeling of uncertainty was eradicated because upon seeing Penta's debut in WWE,

03:20those talents who want to leave AEW due to their current role in the company understood

03:25that having the AEW brand on their resume becomes a strength and a negotiation piece

03:30that they can use to their advantage.

03:33Because of this, said talents who are not happy with their current status in AEW are

03:37more willing to study WWE as an alternative, with two of said talents confirming that they

03:42would explore free agency in 2025, specifically WWE.

03:48Talents feel more secure and confident about achieving success in companies like WWE due

03:53to the administrative change, culture change and the range of opportunities presented to

03:57talent that came out of AEW, as was also the case for Ethan Page and Lexus King.

04:03With Penta's brother Rey Fenix aside, who was publicly talked about trying to leave

04:06AEW, most of the big name wrestlers were signed up to multi-year contracts by either WWE or

04:12AEW last year.

04:14So there's very little reporting to go on to identify who these two AEW talents could

04:19be.

04:20The only AEW names with their contracts known to be expiring in 2025 are Jim Ross, Angelo

04:24Parker, Matt Maynard, Serea, Renee Paquette and Chris Jericho.

04:28None of whom really fit Lucha Libre Online's description.

04:31So some advice to those wrestlers who are looking to become free agents this year.

04:35Refuse to lose and get released from your contract early.

04:38On last Wednesday's Dynamite, Will Ospreay told Buddy Matthews that he should take control

04:42of the House of Black.

04:43This started speculation that the faction's leader Malakai Black was leaving AEW, which

04:49Fightful later confirmed.

04:50Black's AEW deal was previously thought to expire in 2027, but it's now being reported

04:55the final two years were option years, meaning Black could become a free agent in 2025 if

05:02AEW choose not to exercise them.

05:04But PWTorch is now reporting that, just like Rey Fenix, AEW wanted a lot of time added

05:11to the expiration date due to inactive time due to injury.

05:15But Malakai recently pushed back against the extension of his contract, and sources say

05:19a deal has been either already reached or is in the works for him to become a free agent

05:25soon.

05:26The report notes that the AEW locker room might be better off without him, as,

05:29"...Black was criticized by colleagues in AEW who were frustrated by the perception

05:34that he was resistant to doing business, including a reluctance to doing jobs and frequent claims

05:40of injury issues.

05:41He and Tony Khan never developed rapport."

05:44Whether it was because he was actually injured, or because he refused to lose, his record

05:49in AEW is stark.

05:51In the three and a half years since he joined, he's wrestled just 15 singles matches, of

05:56which he won 12 of.

06:00Despite starting his run with the potential to be a main event title challenger, he quickly

06:04became a tag and trios wrestler.

06:07The speculation is that he'll return to WWE, which is now run by his NXT papa Triple

06:12H and where his real-life wife Zelina Vega works.

06:15Eric Bischoff has also recently said in an interview that Black is a Paul Heyman guy.

06:20Paul Heyman was very high on Malakai, almost like overly aggressive about trying to push

06:25him.

06:26Paul spent hours and hours and hours in catering talking with Malakai, helping Malakai understand

06:31his character.

06:32Triple H and Paul Heyman are pretty influential in WWE.

06:37So remember that when I read this next part of PWTorch's report.

06:40PWTorch has heard that there are influential people in WWE who are big fans of Black, and

06:46see him as a possible top singles act in the company.

06:49So it seems as if he'd be welcomed back and embraced.

06:52But Malakai Black isn't the only thing talent is unhappy about in AEW.

06:56They also didn't like the MJF line from Wednesday's Dynamite.

07:01During a segment with Jeff Jarrett, MJF said, but allow me to school all you simple-minded

07:05folk on the real legacy of The Last Outlaw, emphasis on last, because Jeff Jarrett is

07:11the last thing you see before your favourite wrestling company dies.

07:15You know, Double J, this whole one more year with the possibility of you winning my Triple

07:19B would be a whole lot cuter and warmer and fuzzier if you weren't literally the definition

07:25of a pro wrestling Grim Reaper.

07:27MJF still mourning what could have been for Global Force Wrestling.

07:30He is, of course, actually referring to TNA, which somehow never died, and is anything

07:35just getting stronger.

07:37But according to Wrestling Observer Radio, they've heard from many people backstage

07:40who were bothered by MJF's line, because of how it plays into the unhelpful perception

07:45that AEW is also a dying brand, despite it recently securing the next three years of

07:51its future on TV and becoming the second most profitable North American wrestling promotion

07:55ever.

07:56Talking of TNA, mine and Luke's full five episode series on their historic Samoa Joe

08:01vs Kurt Angle feud from 2006-2008 is up in full to watch on Patreon.com forward slash

08:09WrestleTalk right now.

08:10That's an insane 20 hour long series on Patreon.com forward slash WrestleTalk.

08:17There's never been a better time to go watch that, as after courting for almost a year,

08:22WWE and TNA are taking the next step in their relationship, issuing a press release announcing

08:27a multi-year partnership.

08:29The new working agreement claims it will create unprecedented crossover opportunities within

08:34WWE and TNA programming for NXT superstars and TNA wrestling stars, which includes the

08:40TV for TNA and NXT, and select WWE Premium Live events.

08:47So Joe Hendry's in the Royal Rumble, then, Bayley posted of the announcement.

08:50Finally, my TNA gut check tryout has paid off, and TNA's former Consequences Creed

08:56who now goes by the name Xavier Woods tweeted.

08:58As the very first TNA homegrown talent to find success in WWE, I just think it's funny

09:04that no one who came after me had the manners to say thank you as I held the door open for

09:09them.

09:10It has led to TNA's Genesis PLE this weekend to now be advertised with the NXT logo, despite

09:15no NXT wrestlers being announced for matches on it.

09:18And it likely turns the prohibitive portal into, well, a facilitative portal.

09:26Just weeks before WWE's Royal Rumble PLE, which has two matches designed for surprise

09:31appearances, which, of course, the Hardy Boyz are immediately trying to promote themselves

09:36onto.

09:37Matt Hardy replied to the announcement with a gif of him and Jeff in their WWE Team Extreme

09:41gimmick, and he also told Chris Van Vliet that they've already filmed some content

09:45for WWE that will come out soon, and that he feels good about having a crossover match

09:50in WWE this year.

09:53That five episode, 20 hour long TNA series I referenced earlier, well, the first episode

09:59is available to watch for free on our YouTube channel right now!

10:03Click the video onscreen now to enjoy the absolute lunacy that is 2006 TNA as slowly

10:10being taken over by Vince Russo.

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