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00:00Bullying accusations against WWE, an update on WWE cancelling major shows, my review of

00:06NXT and more. I'm Luke Owen and this is the WrestleTalk News.

00:13The first story we're going to cover today contains talk of self-harm and suicide, so

00:17trigger warning. If you want to skip that chat, please use the timestamp on screen.

00:22Priscilla Kelly, who wrestled for WWE as Gigi Dolan, was released from her contract in May

00:26of this year, despite having just started a group with Tatum Paxley and Shotzi, the latter

00:30of which also didn't have her contract renewed when it came up. She had been a featured character

00:34in NXT as part of Toxic Attraction with Mandy Rose and JC Jane, but the split of that group

00:39didn't give her a huge amount of direction. And in a new interview with the always excellent

00:44Denise Salcedo, Kelly has opened up about her struggles with her mental health while working

00:49for WWE and accuses them of bullying. She told Denise Salcedo,

00:53I went through a lot of stuff in WWE that kind of shot me into this horrible depression

00:58at the tail end of Toxic Attraction. I was severely depressed. She adds that she put on

01:03weight and stopped caring about her in-ring work, saying I was just so depressed because

01:07of things that were happening behind the scenes.

01:11She adds that while she was also dealing with a lot in her personal life, including her father

01:15being in prison, the pressure of WWE is a lot. She says, I don't want to bring it up

01:20because I know it'll blow up and then it'll become a whole thing, but let's just say,

01:24some people were very, very, very not nice to me, to the point that I was suicidal for

01:30a little bit because I was really going through it.

01:33She says that once she got out of NXT and started working for the main roster on Main Event,

01:37she started to feel more like herself.

01:39This is not the first time that a former NXT star has talked about the bullying culture behind

01:43the scenes. As Elena Black, the former Cora Jade, said in an interview with Ariel Helwani,

01:48I definitely think things could have went differently in WWE if it weren't for certain

01:53things like the body shaming thing.

01:55I came in at 19 years old. I was like 110 pounds. I was so small. It was just constant

02:01comments, whether it was from guys who think they're being funny or, I'm not going to

02:04name names again, but I remember specifically being told that I wasn't and wouldn't be

02:09champion in that company because I looked like I couldn't crack an egg. Multiple conversations

02:13about my body, which I don't think anyone, especially another man, should be saying that

02:18to a female. I was so young and it created a lot of issues for me body-wise.

02:23She was clear in the interview that the men she's referring to were not Shawn Michaels

02:26or Triple H. Black herself was accused of bullying in NXT by WWE trainee Alexis Letty, accusations

02:33which Black denies, posting on Twitter,

02:34there is absolutely no respect for wrestling with people like this and it's not my job

02:39to care about anymore. Which is exactly what is wrong with that entire place, that entire

02:44place being WWE, in general. I spoke to her maybe five times, if that. Blunt to a fault,

02:49yes, but bullying is crazy.

02:52Since leaving WWE, Priscilla Kelly has been a busy bee working around the indies, including

02:56places like Maple Leaf Pro, Juggalo Championship Wrestling, GCW, TJPW and more. And in that interview

03:01with Denise Alcedo, she talked about the amount wrestlers earn while working in WWE's developmental

03:07system, which has been a big talking point over the last week or so following the release

03:11of Ridge Holland. She said a lot of fans, for some reason, think that if you work in WWE

03:17and you're under the umbrella, you're a millionaire. That's not the case. In NXT,

03:21there's contracts as low as 30 grand a year, and they do not go as high as you think.

03:26She says that living in Florida, which you have to as part of the developmental process,

03:30is expensive, on top of things like having to buy your own gear. She adds that because

03:34you can't earn money outside of WWE, you actually don't earn a lot being part of WWE.

03:41She says, I arguably think I actually make more than I did in NXT now working the indies,

03:45which is wild for people to comprehend. This isn't the first time a wrestler has said

03:50this either. Even at the heights of NXT in its black and gold era, several indie names

03:54who were getting regular bookings turned down NXT contracts as they would make more money

03:59outside of WWE than within it. Jasmine Nix, who turned down a WWE contract renewal offer

04:04recently, said the reason she decided to leave was because she wasn't offered enough money

04:09to stay. It's a great interview by the always great Denise Salcedo, and you can watch the

04:13full thing by clicking the link in the video description down below.

04:16Speaking of money, TKO's Mark Shapiro did an interview recently where he said the company

04:21needs to move on from certain WWE PLEs that were created by Vince McMahon, specifically

04:26pointing to the financial success of Wrestle Palooza, which led to some fan speculation

04:34that WWE would drop shows like SummerSlam, Survivor Series or even WrestleMania.

04:39However, I felt that Shapiro wasn't really talking about those shows, i.e. the tentpole

04:44PPVs or The Big Five, and he was more talking about the B-level shows like Backlash, Fastlane,

04:50Bad Blood, that sort of thing. Rebranding some of those to new names, new IPs like they did

04:55with Wrestle Palooza, the idea being that one day they can be seen as big brand names like

05:00WrestleMania or Money in the Bank that cities will be willing to pay for. And that would

05:04appear to be the case, according to Fightful Select, who were told by a WWE higher up, Saudi

05:09Arabia isn't paying for Wrestle Palooza, they're paying for WrestleMania and the value

05:13of that name and brand is the reason for that. Fightful add in addition that same WWE higher

05:18up noted that Indianapolis and New Orleans had future events committed to them under the

05:23WrestleMania and SummerSlam banners beyond what is already announced.

05:27Speaking of big shows, next year's Wrestle Kingdom will see the retirement match of the

05:31legendary Hiroshi Tanahashi, where he will face his longtime rival AEW's Kazuchika Okada,

05:38which is down to the working partnership and relationship between New Japan and All Elite

05:42Wrestling.

05:43Now partnerships and working relationships seem like a good idea in theory. You can exchange

05:47talent, get your talent exposure in other regions and it can usually benefit both sides.

05:52While the actual record-breaking attendance for Bound for Glory has since been disputed,

05:56the name value of TNA is probably at its highest since before Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff destroyed

06:02it and a good part of that is because of their relationship with WWE. So in theory, partnerships

06:09are great. But in theory, communism works. In theory. Because partnerships can create roadblocks.

06:15AEW, for example, struggled with booking some of their own talent who had a history with

06:20AAA on the early Forbidden Door shows because New Japan have a working relationship with

06:25CMLL, who are rivaled to AAA. That of course has been sorted out because AEW are also working

06:30with CMLL and WWE have purchased AAA.

06:34And while Okada was always the obvious name for Tanahashi's final match, there were some

06:38reports that believed there was a chance it could be someone else, WWE's Shinsuke Nakamura.

06:45Dave Meltzer reported that discussions were taking place between New Japan and WWE to make

06:50this happen, but it would be very difficult politically given the relationship and partnership

06:55New Japan has with All Elite Wrestling.

06:58And now Tanahashi has confirmed this himself with an interview with NKH Radio, saying that

07:03he met with Nakamura ahead of one of WWE's shows in Japan, and while the pair did want

07:08to do the match, it was impossible due to AEW being a rival promotion to WWE.

07:16Kakatulog add in their report that they've heard there are delicate negotiations between

07:21New Japan and Noah to get a match between Tanahashi and Nakamura in January before Wrestle

07:26Kingdom as Noah is a partner promotion of WWE, which would allow that to happen.

07:31And it's Wednesday, you know what that means, it's time for my review of this week's

07:34NXT.

07:35The show opened with Tatum Paxley cutting a promo alongside The Culling, with Izzy Dame

07:39telling Paxley that she needs to stop handing out title shots because she might lose the

07:44title.

07:45Tatum agreed, but spinning that wheel is so much fun and she wants to provide the sort

07:48of opportunities she got that made her a champion.

07:52This brought out JC Jane who wanted a rematch for her title, Dame told Paxley, you've already

07:56beaten her, and Tatum agreed.

07:58She will be more selective on who she gives title shots to.

08:02After New York.

08:03Because she'll be defending the NXT Women's Championship against JC Jane at next week's

08:07Gold Rush.

08:08I'm really enjoying this Paxley run with the title, and the relationship with Izzy Dame

08:11is so much fun.

08:12Paxley had a conversation with Ricky Sainz later in the show who told her to be the champion

08:16she wants to be, rather than the one people are trying to make her be.

08:20Fantasy Project, Ethan Page and Chelsea Green met with Ava to talk about their title defenses

08:24at Gold Rush, and speaking of titles, Jasper Troy defeated El Grande Americano to win the

08:28vacant Speed Championship.

08:29Americano tried to use the medal plate, but Troy just grabbed him into a black hole slam

08:33and won.

08:34He got a fired up promo later in the show.

08:36Speaking of the Speed Championship, and it looks like WWE might have pulled the trigger

08:40on stripping Sol Rooker of both her North American Championship and Speed titles, as she's

08:44already been medically cleared and will face Blake Monroe for the North American Championship

08:48next week.

08:49While Fallon Henlund beat Skylar Ray in a Speed match for the vacant championship Sol Rooker

08:53just vacated.

08:54Thea Hale will be Albert Fire of the Secret Hervest to build the AAA Mixed Tag Team Championship

08:58match next week against Green and Paige, Joe Hendry's ringside, as he'll be tagging

09:01with Hale, and at this point he just feels like a WWE star rather than a TNA star appearing

09:07on a WWE show.

09:09This one isn't much of anything, but it made me laugh.

09:12We don't get the ad reads on our broadcast on Netflix, so when the commentators are talking

09:16about whatever sponsor it is for whatever segment it is, the feed for us just goes quiet and

09:21we get shots of the crowd.

09:22And on this week's NXT, we got 30 seconds of silence while the camera panned past a bunch

09:28of people looking at their phones and not looking enthused about a wrestling show.

09:33I don't know, maybe they were looking at the sponsor.

09:35Blake Monroe did an interview with herself, specifically the darker side of her personality.

09:41DarkBlake said that LightBlake had the title because of her and she will crack under

09:44the pressure of Sol Rooker if they don't work together.

09:47LightBlake agreed, saying that a spotlight needs darkness and they need each other.

09:52Yeah, I get it, it feels like Teemu, Toni Storm, but I actually quite liked it.

09:56Monroe's performance was very good, and while it has got big warrior in the mirror energy,

10:00this was on the right side of Goofy for me.

10:02Jordan Grace did an interview saying she'll win back the TNA Knockouts title, and Javon

10:06Evans announced that he and Neon Slater will be facing Darkstate for the tag titles next

10:09week, but sadly Slater couldn't be there.

10:12Darkstate came out, with this one guy being so bored of Darkstate he was literally looking

10:16at his phone while the Darkstate guy was stood next to him, and then they came down to the

10:20ring to beat a solo Evans, but it was all a ruse as Slater was there all along.

10:24They cleared house and stood tall.

10:26Leon Slater is so quite clearly WWE bound when his TNA deal is done.

10:31Tavon Heights beat Josh Briggs at a good hard hitting match, Laney Reid brawled with Kendall

10:34Grey backstage, and the main event saw Ricky Sainz retain his NXT Championship against Trick

10:38Williams in a really good last man standing match.

10:41They told a fun story of plunder and increasingly violent spots, and ended with a wild spear from

10:46the stand through the commentary desk.

10:47Obafemi then made his return to NXT, which might pour some water on Oli's fantasy booking

10:52fire of him winning the Cena tournament.

10:55This was another good edition of NXT, which continues to be WWE's best weekly show.

10:59But Raw was no slouch this week, with a superb edition of the show, including John Cena winning

11:05the IC title.

11:06Oli and I reviewed it in full over on the WrestleTalk podcast, which you can check out by clicking

11:10the video on screen.

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