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Tonight on Wrestle Talk with Arabbidb3aver we talk about the Aftermath of New World Wrestling's debut show Autumn Reigns! All the highs and lows and if we think you should go see them in the future! Also we have some announcements of some upcoming shows and events as well as news from Wrestlinginc.com to go over this and more Tonight!
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00:30Hello and welcome to WrestleTalk with the Rabbit Beaver.
00:35I'm your host, the Elusive Rabbit Beaver.
00:36And joining me today in the hot seat or right across from me is Princess Lady K, the evil Spock Bunny herself.
00:43And we're going to be talking about a little bit of New World Wrestling and some news from WrestlingIncorporated.com.
00:49Come join us today, guys.
00:51We're going to be having some fun.
00:52So we got to see the debut show this weekend of New World Wrestling in Bryceville, Tennessee.
00:58Gee, Spock Bunny, how do you feel about how it turned out, everything that happened there?
01:04Is there some things you would change, some things that you really liked?
01:07I think the show overall was really good.
01:12Really, really good show.
01:13I mean, it started out with Red Riggins.
01:15He was the opening match for the night.
01:18Grease monkey.
01:19Grease monkey himself, Red Riggins.
01:21Unfortunately, Red did not pick up a victory in his match, as there was lots of things that happened during the match.
01:28But we got to see some pretty good wrestling overall.
01:30We got to see Evan Golden, the golden child, come on out.
01:33And he had a great match with RT3.
01:37But he kept saying RT3 was not going to get that spear on him.
01:41But I think he was wrong.
01:42Wouldn't you say so?
01:43I think there was.
01:44You think there was a spear?
01:47Not one, but maybe two.
01:49Maybe two or three, to be honest with you.
01:51There was a few that happened in that match.
01:53What a great match overall.
01:55I also want to give some highlights and some shout-outs to some other matches that took place.
01:59We got to see Axton Ray and Brandon Hartsook win the New World Wrestling Tag Team Championships while we were there.
02:08And they didn't seem to be clicking on the same page the entire match.
02:13It seemed like they were just out of sync altogether.
02:17Wouldn't you say?
02:18That Bobby Kane wanted them.
02:20Bobby Kane became one of them.
02:22Yeah, I think Bobby became one of them.
02:24See, Bobby Kane in that match as well.
02:27And I don't know what was going on, but they were not on the same page.
02:31And Axton was definitely treating Brandon Hartsook like he was not even on his level and shouldn't even be in the ring with him.
02:37But, I mean, to Axton's credit, he's got three other titles he's defending currently in the world of wrestling right now.
02:45Innovate Championship Wrestling, also at Piledriver Pro Wrestling, now at New World Wrestling, and some other promotions.
02:52He's Imperial.
02:53He's got a lot of titles to defend, and he's got a lot on his mind.
02:57So I think that was the last thing that he needed was another championship to be worried about,
03:03especially with a partner that he doesn't really, you can tell he doesn't really trust his brother, Brandon Hartsook, all the way, wouldn't you say?
03:10I just know.
03:11I have a poster that needs a signature.
03:14Oh.
03:16Because he did not sign it, even though he was there.
03:18Oh, Axton.
03:20Oh.
03:20Oh, no.
03:22All right.
03:23Well, we also got to see a brand new world heavyweight champion crowned in Johnny Polk.
03:29No joke.
03:29Johnny Polk defeated the Doctor of Destruction, Joe Briggs, to become the new world wrestling heavyweight champion while we were there.
03:36And that was a phenomenal match as well.
03:38And we're just skipping over a lot of the matches that took place.
03:42But you've got to remember, there was a lot of things that happened during that night.
03:48We got to see a five-way match that took place between Brutus, Devon Belcher, Casey Kazana, and several other competitors that were inside there.
03:56Blade Gibson, to be one of them, and several other competitors that were inside that match as well.
04:02And we got to see Devon Belcher come out on top after pretty much being annihilated by Casey Kazana the entire night.
04:09Poor Casey.
04:10Well, Casey went on his own dime.
04:13I said it before.
04:14I'll say it again.
04:14I think he kind of bullied his way onto this show, especially being in his territory.
04:19You know, the Kazanas, they don't take lightly to anybody else promoting in their territory.
04:22And they want to be a part of the action at all costs when it comes down to it.
04:26I think that Casey went on his own dime just to prove a point that he should have been a part of that show.
04:31And my God, he did a good job being a part of that show and making his name inside that show as well.
04:36So, there was a couple things that were bad, a couple things that were good.
04:41We're going to get over all of them.
04:43Some of the bad things were we had a lot of cancellations.
04:46And so, we had to make time and make do with new people inside those matches.
04:52Impromptu matches kind of took place that weren't supposed to be going on.
04:55That happens in the world of wrestling.
04:57Unfortunately, it's one of those things that does happen in the world of wrestling.
05:00And so, when it does happen, it kind of throws your whole night off for the competitors that were supposed to be inside those matches and supposed to be there taking care of those matches.
05:08And it also caused the matches to go a little bit longer than what you would normally have inside the ring.
05:14So, normally, you do 10 to 15-minute matches and have it go through, have one 30-minute match, maybe one-hour match if you can mustard it up to let it go through that long.
05:23But, my God, I think that it caused a couple of the matches to go a little bit longer than what they were supposed to.
05:29But, however, on the flip side of that, you got a brand-new fan base.
05:33You got brand-new people inside the crowd that got to see your product for the very first time.
05:38And from my understanding, you had a show at the elementary school during the day.
05:42And you got brand-new kids that have never known anything about wrestling whatsoever that got involved and become fans for life just off of one little show that you put on.
05:52And then you went back that night and put on another show for all – so, two shows overall.
05:57And you got fans for life out of it.
05:59They were ecstatic.
06:00Oh, they were greatly ecstatic.
06:02Especially when Wacko –
06:04Crazo?
06:06Crazo.
06:08He was Wacko.
06:09He was.
06:09But when he was out there, they were just going nuts about him.
06:12Oh, they love Crazo.
06:14Crazo has a very cult-like following all over the United States.
06:19Those of you that don't know, Crazo is one of the champions at NetPro Studios LLC in Kingsport, Tennessee, the beautiful Bobby Eaton Arena.
06:27And he's got some fans that run that entire circuit.
06:30And then he just gains new fans everywhere he goes.
06:33He paints his face.
06:34He changes who he is and how he acts inside the ring.
06:38And he's just a great person overall to go out and see whenever you get a chance.
06:41You guys need to know that.
06:43So, if you get a chance, you'll definitely have the opportunity to do that in the future.
06:46And I know that they're scheduling – their next show is going to be in February, I do believe.
06:51I will get all the information for you guys.
06:55Within the next few days, we're going to be cutting it out.
06:57We'll be helping them out.
06:58We'll be doing some promos for them and helping them.
07:00So, we'll be getting all the information out.
07:02And we'll let you know exactly where their next show is going to be and when you can expect to see them back.
07:07And when you can expect Johnny Polk to defend that World Heavyweight Championship.
07:11And don't forget the three-way of the ladies that showed up, too.
07:17That's right.
07:17Serena Vale took on – if I'm not mistaken, it was Valeska.
07:24And the third competitor – I just shot a blank, baby.
07:29I call her Macho Woman.
07:31That was Judy.
07:32That was BBJ.
07:35The Notorious BBJ.
07:36Judy Lee was the third competitor.
07:38I just shot a blank.
07:39My mind just went completely blank on that.
07:41And I'm sorry about that, Judy.
07:42They did a really good –
07:43They did an excellent job inside that ring, especially to hold a women's match in that area.
07:48It's hard to keep the attention of the crowd.
07:51And they're not really – that crowd is not really one for the women.
07:54But when they got inside the ring, they really captivated the crowd on a new level and was able to hold them up and able to run the gauntlet with that crowd and get the crowd involved.
08:03And I believe if it wasn't for Valeska, when Andrew Thomas came out later in the night, he wouldn't have had any of the heat that he got from that match.
08:12So I think that that was one of the best things that happened during the night.
08:15And Andrew Thomas, I mean, we got to speak – I'm going to give you your flowers, buddy.
08:18I'm going to let you know the Kingdom of Perfection was on point that night, especially with the crowd.
08:24You got a bunch of little girls angry at you over nothing.
08:27Is that correct?
08:28Oh, they were bad.
08:30They got a bitch's face so bad.
08:33They were on a different level there.
08:36But, yeah, I mean, I think that's the good and the bad.
08:39I think going into the future, their next few shows – now, for what happened with the people canceling on them and having to stretch out the show and making it a little bit longer than what was expected,
08:50I think that did kind of hurt them a little bit in a way, but it did help them in a way as well.
08:54It hurt them in the fact that you've got a family-friendly show and you really need to have people in and out within like a two to two-and-a-half-hour period.
09:02You kind of stretch it out to about three hours.
09:04You had their attention span kind of cut off at that point, and then you had a lot of people leave right after intermission.
09:13And so it just kind of hurt you in that aspect because you needed to have a quick show.
09:17However, on the flip side of it, the people that stuck around got to see everybody that was involved, and I missed his name.
09:23His name was Brutus.
09:24I missed his name.
09:25He was the other one in the five-way competitor.
09:27So I'm sorry about that, Mr. Miracle, Mr. Brutus.
09:30But you had a lot of people that stuck around for you, a lot of people that were fanatics.
09:34Calvin Maddox was out there.
09:35Brittany Diamond was there.
09:37You had, of course, the Shotgun Stevie B.
09:40He was running the promotion.
09:41He was helping get that promotion up there now.
09:43Dan, Danny Jones, Dangerous Dan Matthews was out there in the crowd.
09:47I mean, you had a lot of people that were there from other wrestling organizations that were wanting you to succeed and wanting you to be a good show and wanting you to put on a good show.
09:56And, hell, you really did a good job.
09:58I mean, overall, other than the time, I think everything else kind of fell smoothly for you other than your cancellations.
10:07To me, it fit perfectly.
10:09It fit really good.
10:10It really felt like it was put together well and that everything that you did had a purpose behind it and you could really see the storyline start to develop and evolve.
10:21Now, like I said, there was a couple matches that took a little bit longer than normal.
10:25But if I can get over that, then we can have everything.
10:28Chris Hendricks did a really good job inside the ring.
10:30I mean, you got to see you had a lot of people that normally wouldn't be there that were there that got a chance and got an opportunity inside that ring that made a difference for the community.
10:42So, I think overall, it was a great show.
10:44I think so, too.
10:45Do you have any other feedback for them?
10:48Just keep going.
10:49Yeah, and she wants her autograph accident.
10:52Yes, I do.
10:53She's going to go somewhere and find you and make you sign that poster.
10:56Everybody else did.
10:57I didn't think he was going to be there.
11:00And then when he showed up, I was like, wait, he did not sign the poster and he was here.
11:05Yeah, yeah.
11:06Well, I mean, and here's the thing is we'll see him later on down the road.
11:10We'll be able to get his signature later on down the road.
11:12It's not going to be a big thing.
11:13We're just giving you a crap accident.
11:15We love you, buddy.
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11:18And in December, we're going to be doing the Wrestler of the Year Awards for WrestleTalk with a Rabbit Beaver.
11:24We will be doing that on our second show in December.
11:28We'll be talking about who we think deserves to be the Wrestler of the Year from all the promotions that we've been to.
11:35And we'll be going over that.
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11:47All right.
11:48Moving on into the world of wrestling, according to WrestlingInc.com, the viewership for Raw ratings is in from 11-17-25.
11:57And moving forward to today, the three-hour appearance was the final appearance of Raw for John Cena.
12:01And we've been following this very closely.
12:04You know, there's very few people in the industry who've had the impact that John Cena's had.
12:07Hulk Hogan is one of them.
12:08The Macho Man Randy Savage is another.
12:09But on the stratosphere level of superstars that we can point to and say they changed the business, they changed the way.
12:16The Rock's another one.
12:18Stone Cold Steve Austin's another one.
12:19CM Punk may be another one.
12:21But there's nobody who's done it better in the past 20 years than John Cena.
12:25And I think that we're seeing an increase in viewership.
12:28We also saw an increase in Netflix subscriptions just for Raw just to see what's going to be happening with John Cena.
12:35And a lot of people wanted to see his last time.
12:37A lot of people wanted to be there in person but weren't able to be there in person.
12:40So this actually changed the game for them to get those extra subscriptions, just those people that were just wanting to see his last Raw of the year.
12:48And moving forward, I mean, I don't know where they're going to be taking it to, but they had a 0.3 increase from Netflix.
12:57And I believe that they are also on the way because the data said it was like 3.1 million new viewers globally.
13:03So that's a really good thing.
13:04That's up from 2.8% the previous week.
13:08So they really had a big viewership, a big draw for John Cena, which made a big night for them specifically.
13:17So we're really happy for that.
13:19We're really happy to see what's going to be happening.
13:20I mean, I've said it before and I'll say it again.
13:24I think they're going to let John Cena go out on a high note.
13:27I think they're going to give him the World Heavyweight Championship match one more time.
13:30He's going to capture it.
13:31He's going to turn it in.
13:32He's going to relinquish it the following night or wherever he's at.
13:36He's going to relinquish that title and he's going to walk away into the sunset with the most titles in WWE history.
13:42Now, not the most titles in history whatsoever.
13:45I think Ric Flair holds that titles if you count all the unsanctioned titles that he's won.
13:50But the most titles in WWE history will be going to John Cena at that point.
13:55And, I mean, it just seems like that's where they're wanting to go, Spock Bunny.
14:00I mean, do you have an opinion?
14:02Nope.
14:03No opinion whatsoever?
14:04No opinion.
14:08Well, I think that's what's going to be happening there.
14:11I also think that Claudio, well, those of you who may know him from WWE, Claudio Castanoli,
14:19he aligned in AEW with Allies, the CLLM for upcoming world title match there.
14:24I don't really think that's a good deal for him in the future.
14:28But, however, storyline that's running with AEW and it's going on right now.
14:33So we'll see what's going to be happening.
14:35You can catch all of it according to WrestlingInc.com.
14:39And you can scroll down and it'll be on my page.
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14:47But you can catch up on all the news and gossip right there off WrestlingInc.com.
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14:57in the future right there.
15:00So I also believe we've kind of, we kind of say that, boy, you know,
15:07we were listening to the Busted Open podcast a little bit yesterday.
15:10And about 10 hours ago, you know, Nishat and J-Ram posted for Bully Ray.
15:16He believes that Samoa Joe outperformed Hangman Adam Page at AEW Full Gear 2025,
15:22which you can catch on repeat on the HBO Max app.
15:26You can go back through and watch that.
15:29And he made a remarkable point.
15:31He said Hangman Adam Page, after watching his face off against Samoa Joe,
15:37loses his title Samoa Joe at Full Gear.
15:38And I think it was the right move for them to put the title back on Samoa Joe.
15:43I think that he has something to give to the younger generation,
15:46to all the fans that are out there watching currently.
15:50I don't think that Adam Page was ready to give up the title.
15:54However, I think it's the right move in the right directions currently for AEW.
15:59Do you have an opinion?
16:01It might happen.
16:02It just did.
16:04All right.
16:06So, Bully Ray said, quote, we're always talking about Hangman, Hangman, the Hangman,
16:11the Hangman experiment.
16:13Is Hangman the guy?
16:14When you talk about Hangman, Adam Page, and Samoa Joe, in the same sentence,
16:18the AEW World Heavyweight Champion, is there even a choice in your mind who the guy is?
16:24It's like almost it's so right there in front of you in your face.
16:29I remember seeing Joe in the ring with Hangman when the match started,
16:33and Joe had Hangman in the corner.
16:36And just the way Joe was punching and chomping him in his aggressive manner
16:40and the way that he engulfed Adam Page, I'm like, there's two different dudes in there.
16:45There's two different dudes inside that ring.
16:47One man, one looks like a boy, and one looks like a man.
16:52One looks like a wrestler.
16:54One looks like he's playing wrestler.
16:56And that's the feeling that he got.
16:57And that's a direct quote from Bully Ray off of his page,
17:02off of the Busted Open podcast that he's done.
17:04And I couldn't agree more.
17:06I think that he was absolutely right by calling him out and talking about it
17:10and saying directly.
17:11And I do think the right move was made for AEW overall with Samoa Joe.
17:15I think Samoa Joe had something to prove.
17:18He's been put on the back list, the back burner for so long,
17:21that this was the opportunity to get him back into the limelight where he needed to be,
17:26and he could show the world who he was, and that Joe is going to kill you.
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18:42So, baby, in further review for New World Wrestling, let's talk about it.
18:48What is your major takeaway of the night?
18:54I like Evan's match a lot.
18:58Evan and RT3.
18:59You think that was the match of the night?
19:00Well, there's several, but I think his would be the first one.
19:06I think that that was one of the most memorable matches that stuck out in my mind, the way that he had it.
19:11I think Andrew Thomas' match was the second one that really sticks out in my mind just for how the crowd reacted to him
19:18and how over he got and how much heat he had from little children.
19:23It made a difference.
19:25So, I think that those two matches are tied for second in my mind.
19:29But I think the world title match with Joe Briggs and Johnny Pope was the official match of the night that really took over.
19:36In a third place, I would give it to BBJ.
19:39I'd give it to the girls.
19:40The girls' match was awesome.
19:42Serena Bell, BBJ, and Valeska really did have a great match.
19:45At the very end, she's like, who drank my blood?
19:48Yeah.
19:50Oh, gosh.
19:51That's what gave her powers, you know.
19:53Oh, yeah.
19:53I'm sure it is.
19:54We'll go with that.
19:56Her and the coven, right?
19:57Oh, gosh.
19:59But overall, I think we had a good time.
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