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00:00Multiple WWE names heading to AEW, Smackdown frustrations with Fox, my review of Monday

00:07Night Raw, and more. I'm Luke Owen and this is the WrestleTalk News.

00:17Say it with me now, 2024 is the year of contracts. It was revealed last month that Ricochet would

00:22be leaving WWE once his contract was up, and he was written off Raw in an angle with Bron

00:27Breaker. There was talk that Ricochet could come back for one more angle, but that now

00:31seems off the cards, as he was moved to WWE's alumni section ahead of his contract expiring.

00:37The timing of this had many fans holding their breath for a shock-forbidden door debut, however

00:41Fightful Select have reported this wouldn't have been possible, as Flippy Trev's WWE deal

00:46actually expired yesterday on July 1st. Despite this, Fightful Select reports those from both

00:50WWE and AEW expect Ricochet to join Tony Khan's company. But don't expect an all-in match with

00:56Will Ospreay. If he does, that reportedly is not the current plan.

01:01Despite Ricochet exiting WWE, Fightful Select did confirm that Samantha Irvin will continue

01:05with the company. Unlike Ricochet, Natalya is still with WWE, with her deal long reported

01:10to be up this summer, potentially the end of July.

01:14And in a development that is sure to get the rumour mill turning, Fightful Select revealed

01:18that Natalya was not backstage at last night's Raw. According to their report, WWE have been

01:23very quiet internally regarding Natalya's contract status, however the two sides have

01:28been in talks regarding a new deal. As of yet, there is no word on how those talks are going,

01:32with it only have been said that WWE are hopeful to keep the veteran. SRS noted on his Raw review

01:38podcast that he does expect Natalya to re-sign. However, numerous talent and staff in AEW reportedly

01:44want to see the company sign Natalya, with Mercedes-Monnaie even alluding to her wanting a certain

01:49girl and her husband to move to AEW in a recent interview, referring to Natalya and TJ Wilson.

01:56Dijak, like Ricochet, is now officially a free agent following his WWE contract expiration on

02:01June 29th. While Ricochet's AEW debut at Forbidden Door was a pipe dream, some didn't expect to see

02:07Dijak show up. After all, the former T-Bar showed up at a Blitzkrieg Pro event on the day his deal

02:12expired. While he didn't show up at Forbidden Door, it has now been reported by PWInsider that Dijak

02:18was backstage for the show. Something confirmed by the man himself on Twitter,

02:21replying to a Tony Khan tweet by thanking the AEW president for having him there.

02:26There's one more name who could be linked to AEW, the unlikeliest of all, Shane McMahon.

02:31Jim Ross said on his podcast recently that he'd spoken with Shane O'Mac about coming into AEW,

02:36but Tony Khan downplayed the rumours saying he's not spoken to the man. And now, according to PWInsider,

02:42Shane was seen speaking with TBS champion Mercedes Monet at an airport in Queens, New York. While

02:48there was no confirmation as to what was being discussed, PWInsider are saying that it was AEW

02:54related. Who would you like to see show up in AEW the most? Let me know in the comments below.

02:58While the June 28th edition of Smackdown was, yet again, another great show,

03:02it was plagued by some annoying censorship issues, with the expletive crowd chant being

03:07muted and the screen cutting to black when a child flipped off Nia Jax. Now that's heat, brother.

03:12SRS on Fightful's Backstage Report podcast noted there was frustration among talent due to the

03:18censorship, with the feeling that they cannot wait for the show to begin life on the USA Network

03:22later this year, where they hope this will be a less frequent occurrence. Before we jump into the

03:27Monday Night Raw review, here's a clip from yesterday's Monday Night War where...

03:31Well, this happens.

03:34S*** and f***!

03:40I have noise cancelling headphones on. That's how loud this breakdown is.

03:45Actual s*** and actual f***!

03:48F***!

03:52Actual s***!

03:54F***!

03:56F***!

03:57F***!

03:58F***!

03:59F***!

04:00F***!

04:01F***!

04:02F***!

04:03F***!

04:04F***!

04:05F***!

04:06F***!

04:07F***!

04:08F***!

04:09F***!

04:10F***!

04:11F***!

04:12F***!

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04:16Get the little card up there, it'll take you right to it!

04:18Now it's time for my review of Monday Night Raw, aka, I guess the go-home edition for Money

04:22in the Bank edition of Monday Night Raw, in about five minutes.

04:26The show opened with Jey Uso coming out to say he'll be Mun Yeet in the Bank this weekend.

04:31Yes, Money in the Bank is this weekend, I can't quite believe it myself.

04:34And Chad Gable came out to tell Jey that Yeet isn't a word.

04:37Now, I hate to be a contrarian here, Mr Gable, but I've checked dictionary.com and it appears

04:42that Yeet is a real word. It reads an exclamation of enthusiasm, approval, triumph,

04:47pleasure, joy, etc. No wonder your academy fell apart.

04:50However, miracle is a word I didn't need to look up, and Gable said it's a miracle that

04:54he's alive and well. He said that the Wyatts will be coming after Jey next because he also

04:59abandoned his family and they had a brief brawl. Chad however found that he was surrounded by the

05:03Wyatts before he left through the crowd, and Abby gave a new VHS tape to Michael Cole.

05:07Disappointed it wasn't a mini-disc as Oli Davis predicted, but still cool nonetheless.

05:11Xavier Woods beat Karrion Kross in a short match, and Final Testament laid out both guys afterwards,

05:15with Kross seemingly breaking Kobe's arm. Dominic Mysterio got caught in a lie when

05:19he told Damien Priest that Rhea Ripley was all cool about what was going on,

05:23because Priest revealed he's actually spoken to Rhea and she's pissed about what's going on.

05:27Uh oh. They went into the judgement den to find Liv hanging out with the rest of the crew,

05:31and excused herself. Finn suggested to Priest that she join the group,

05:34then got into an argument about Damien's comments from last week's Raw about him not

05:38needing judgement day. Finn told him that since he's won that world title, you've changed man.

05:42After a wonderful tribute video to Seeker, we got Zelina Vega vs Liv Morgan for the Women's World

05:46Championship, which got pretty good by the end, and the crowd got super into the closing few minutes,

05:50especially with all the sports entertainment nonsense of Dom and Rey Mysterio coming down

05:53to the ring and getting involved for the finish. They did such a good job of this that it did look

05:57like Vega might win the title at one point, but Liv used an accidental Dom distraction to hit

06:02Oblivion for the win. Better than expected, but that does not excuse WWE's lack of build for

06:06challenges in their women's division. After that two minute preview for the WrestleMania 40 documentary

06:11that airs tomorrow, Seth Rollins came out for a promo where he said he needed to win that title back.

06:15Priest didn't come out, and instead Balor came out to attack Seth. However, Priest did come out

06:19and said that wasn't their plan. After some brief miscommunication, Priest laid out Seth with the

06:23South of Heaven and helped Balor to the back. He later told him to not get involved in his match

06:27this weekend. Ludwig Kaiser cut a promo revealing that he's broken his ribs but will be back soon,

06:32and Zoe Stark beat Ivy Nile and Dakota Kai in a triple threat to qualify for Money in the Bank.

06:36Now, I would imagine that the internet was a little bit upset about this, especially after Kai had that

06:41emotional plea on Twitch to just be given a chance. But I think that this does work for the breakdown

06:47of Damage Control's storyline that they've been playing up for the last few weeks. Granted,

06:51I don't think that Zoe Stark is an inspired choice for the ladder match, but that's more on WWE's lack

06:56of building for credible world champion contenders than the talent themselves. Now look, I also tried to

07:01find a way to crowbar in a Limp Bizkit lyric when talking about Damage Control, but I just could not

07:05do it this week. I'd have had to re-arrange the order of the words. So there's Wyatt's, huh?

07:14We got the second Wyatt's VHS, which was a lot like the one from last week, and saw Bo said that

07:18this is a real family and the reason they've targeted Chad is because he's abandoned his.

07:22After some fun camera trickery, Bo fully became Uncle Howdy once again, the voice and embodiment

07:27of The Reckoning. This again was really really cool, and I want to put over the editing in particular,

07:32because it's spectacular. Chad approached Otis in the enjoys nice catering section,

07:35and said that the Wyatt's would come after him next, and if they do,

07:39he will have their backs, because Otis is his number one. Gah!

07:43I thought this was a great wrinkle to the story and the characters of the Academy.

07:46Rey beat Dom after the inverse of the world title match, as it was Liv and Vega that came down for

07:50the distractions and interference. Liv saved Dom from the 619, but Rey dropkicked his son to land on

07:55top of Liv in the missionary position and she wouldn't let him off. Dom eventually got crotched on the top rope,

07:59and Rey hit an innovative 619 and dropped the dime for the win. Good stuff. I was sports entertained.

08:04Sami Zaynk had a promo on Bron Breaker, and Bryn Bruckle said that while everyone else is scared of

08:08him, Sami actually had the guts to challenge him to a fight. Sami said that many have tried to break him,

08:13but he always gets back up, and maybe Bron isn't as good as he thought. Bron went to leave,

08:17but quickly turned into a spear. And in what was the best thing on Raw in probably a decade,

08:22he then ran around the ring for another one, but Sami leapfrogged over him, and they continued to brawl.

08:27It was awesome. He then tried to throw a halluva kick, but Breaker speared him once again and held

08:31the title above his head. Of all the segments on Raw, this was the best build for the PPV this weekend.

08:37Damage Control got into a brawl with Lara Valkyria and the Party Girls,

08:40they'll have a match next week, and the main event saw Drew McIntyre qualify for Money in the Bank by

08:44beating Ilya Dragunov and Sheamus in a great match. Much like My Sex Life, the action was hard,

08:48fast, physical and did not disappoint. Drew hit the Claymore for the win, and cut a promo saying

08:52that he would leave Money in the Bank as world champion. Last week I suggested that maybe Punk

08:56could screw Drew in the ladder match, but I really liked an ultra chat we got on the Rust Talk podcast

09:01that said it would be better if Drew won and Punk screwed the cash in, because then it would be

09:07the third world title that he screwed him out of. And I like that so much more. Plus, of all the guys in

09:14the match, Drew feels like the only one who could actually feel like a credible world title challenger

09:18right now. It capped off a fine edition of Monday Night Raw, which is your usual Triple H

09:22uninspired go home show, which means it'll be a banger of a PPV this Saturday. I'm not usually one

09:28for clock watching, but around 50 minutes of wrestling just isn't enough for me. Under an hour

09:33of graps on a three hour show is not the one, this week's Raw is 3 out of 5. Now click the link on

09:38screen to watch this season of Monday Night War from the very start.

09:42Welcome to the Monday Night War.

09:44Charlotte Flair calling out. F**k me running.

09:47Call out promo for you didn't work.

09:48Nope.

09:48Two call outs for you didn't work.

09:49Yeah.

09:50And both of mine did.

09:51Uh, come on, come on, come on.

09:54I want a giant man.

09:58Don't we all?

10:00100k bonus. Nope.

10:05No!

10:06Then she went, all right, bye then.

10:09She just walked out!

10:11What are you, everyone f**king?

10:12What are you talking about with your engines?

10:13You're not seeing everybody else that's not on the show!

10:16I scrambled to make that show because I didn't have enough people.

10:18Are you f**king high?

10:19She's 90 popularity!

10:21I'm talking about she's stamina!

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