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00:00 AEW stars are reportedly frustrated backstage, the real reason a match was cancelled, Cody

00:06 Rhodes vs. The Rock update and more.

00:09 I'm Luke Owen, Pinch Punch First of the Month, this is the WrestleTalk News.

00:19 I think it's fair to say that AEW has had a turbulent few years since 2022.

00:25 That year started with the conclusion to, arguably, one of AEW's greatest storylines

00:30 of all time with CM Punk vs. MJF.

00:34 But just a few months later, one half of that match got into an actual real life fight with

00:38 the people in charge.

00:40 Multiple people got suspended, all of them came back, and that same person got into another

00:45 real life fight backstage and was fired for it.

00:48 The general consensus from fans that a lot of this meant that AEW lost some of its magic,

00:53 it didn't feel like the hot start-up it was back in 2019.

00:58 But 2024 has felt different.

00:59 The consistent thing I see online about All Elite Wrestling is "we're back" or "the

01:04 feeling is back".

01:06 Whatever that feeling is, fans have been enjoying the product more.

01:09 And that excitement for AEW continues to grow with the arrival of Will Ospreay and the rumoured

01:14 debuts of Mercedes Monet and Kazuchika Okada more on him in a bit.

01:19 Even The Young Bucks themselves did an interview recently saying they're having fun again

01:24 and hadn't been having fun in AEW for a while despite re-signing with the company

01:29 last summer.

01:30 But perhaps they're alone in having fun.

01:33 At least according to Bryan Alvarez.

01:35 Speaking on Wrestling Observer Live, Alvarez and Mike Simpavivi were discussing WWE's

01:40 rather smart tactic of booking names like Cody Rhodes for shows that he's not typically

01:45 booked for like Smackdown, because even if he doesn't work an angle on that show, he

01:50 can wrestle the dark match after the show has finished.

01:53 That way, WWE can sell tickets to people on the promise they'll see Cody Rhodes live

01:58 even if he's not part of the program the rest of us see on TV.

02:02 We'll also have more on that in a little bit.

02:05 AEW doesn't currently do this, though Alvarez claims that many have suggested it to Tony

02:10 Khan, and says that a lot of wrestlers show up for Dynamite shows on Wednesday with no

02:15 idea on whether they'll actually be used on the show.

02:18 He said, "I don't want to compare this to WWE back in the day, but it is very much like

02:23 that, and a lot of people are very frustrated.

02:26 They don't find out what they're doing the Tuesday before Dynamite.

02:30 Some people do because some matches are announced sometimes, but most people show up the day

02:33 of the show and find out if they're doing anything or not.

02:37 There's very little communication.

02:39 I've been hearing about this for months.

02:41 People are very frustrated."

02:43 He then added, "The days of long-term booking are gone."

02:47 There appears to be two avenues of frustration according to Alvarez.

02:52 One of those is that one that's in the quote, where talent are showing up not knowing what

02:56 they're going to do and then find out the answer is, "not a lot".

02:59 But the other avenue is that some talent show up and don't like the creative that they're

03:04 given and get it changed to something they do want to do.

03:08 And again according to Alvarez, Tony Khan doesn't make them do it the way he wants

03:13 it to be done.

03:15 Both Alvarez and Dave Meltzer have previously talked about the likes of Andrade, El Idolo,

03:19 Miro and Malakai Black not wanting to do creative pitches given to them, going as far as to

03:24 say that the reason Malakai Black wasn't in the Continental Classic is because he didn't

03:29 want to lose any matches.

03:31 However it should be noted that they're still the only people saying this.

03:36 While all other reports since the start of 2024 have been that the backstage morale in

03:40 AEW has been much more improved.

03:43 But do these reported issues tie into the reason why a PPV match was cancelled?

03:48 But before we get into that, it is Revolution this weekend where that match was supposed

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04:25 Last week AEW announced Meet Madness which would have seen Wardlow take on Powerhouse

04:30 Hobbs and Lance Archer with more names to be announced.

04:34 However just before this week's Dynamite, TK announced that match had been cancelled

04:38 due to injuries, and instead replaced it with an All-Star Scramble match with the winner

04:43 getting a world title shot.

04:44 That match still includes Wardlow, Hobbs and Archer though, leading to a lot of people

04:49 wondering what happened here?

04:51 Well TK revealed himself on the AEW Revolution Media Call that the plan was to include Keith

04:57 Lee and Miro into the match - which would have been Lee's first appearance since he

05:01 was pulled at the last minute from World's End, and Miro's first appearance since he

05:05 beat Andrade El Idolo at that same show.

05:08 However he notes both of them are currently injured, which is why he's put the match

05:12 on ice for the moment - saying that he will do it another time.

05:16 Dave Meltzer is reporting that Lee is currently suffering from bad knees which has kept him

05:20 out of the match, and Sean Ross Sapp on Fightful Select writes that Miro hasn't been at AEW

05:25 shows of late.

05:26 Interestingly and perhaps quite hilariously, one of the qualifying matches for this All-Star

05:31 Scramble - Matt Sydal vs. Magnus - was actually taped last week where there were no stakes

05:37 attached to it.

05:38 The other qualifier between Brian Keith, Pentakill Jr and Dante Martin was taped after this week's

05:43 Dynamite.

05:44 Also on that media call, TK said next week's Dynamite would feature "a big bit of news"

05:49 and now we know what that might be.

05:51 Sean Ross Sapp on Fightful Select reports that AEW are tentatively planning for Kazuchika

05:56 Okada to be in the fold by next week's show.

06:00 If that is the case, AEW would have three huge debuts in as many weeks, with Ospreay

06:06 making his official debut this week, Okada next week on the 6th and Mercedes Monet the

06:12 week after that on the 13th.

06:14 Speaking of Will Ospreay and Sean Ross Sapp also report that those we had spoken to don't

06:18 expect Will Ospreay to remain aligned with Don Calis on AEW TV for long.

06:23 But while there are plenty of debuts to come, QT Marshall returned to the company just a

06:28 couple of months after originally leaving it.

06:30 Marshall left AEW as he felt the promotion was moving too much into a sport-orientated

06:35 direction and he wanted to be a main event wrestler and not just a producer.

06:40 There was plenty of speculation online that he could be heading to WWE to be with his

06:44 friend Cody Roach, and in an interview with Sportskeeda, QT confirms that he did have

06:49 talks with WWE about joining them and revealed the reason why he decided to go back to AEW.

06:56 He said, "I'm not going to go to WWE just to be a producer.

07:01 I can do that at AEW where I can work one day a week and I'm number whatever in the

07:06 company in the top ten.

07:07 Whereas if I go to WWE, I start at the bottom and make less money and I'm on the road more."

07:14 He said that, "Really, the only perk is that I get to be with my friend Cody and that

07:18 while working for WWE would be a dream job, it's not my dream to be a producer for WWE."

07:25 And according to Roderick Strong, QT Marshall might not be the only return we see soon.

07:31 One of the AEW has lost its feeling arguments has been around the litany of injuries.

07:36 Both MJF and Adam Cole, who were both supposed to be in the hot story coming out at the end

07:40 of last year, are on the injured list along with the likes of Kenny Omega, Wheelie Yuta,

07:45 Julia Hart and as we discussed earlier, Keith Lee and Miro.

07:49 And one name that has been missing for a while is Kyle O'Reilly, who hasn't wrestled for

07:54 AEW since July of 2022.

07:58 There's been lots of speculation on when O'Reilly could be back, and Roderick Strong

08:02 has told WrestleZone, "I think he'll be back sooner than later.

08:06 I mean, hopefully before the summer."

08:09 Moving away from AEW now and Cody Rhodes has announced his frankly insane upcoming schedule

08:15 ahead of WrestleMania 40.

08:17 On top of doing his usual Raw and House show appearances, Rhodes has also revealed that

08:21 he'll be doing three episodes of Smackdown - the first one being tonight, the March 8th

08:26 episode in Dallas and the March 15th show in Memphis.

08:29 While that makes sense given that he's going to be facing Smackdown's Roman Reigns at

08:32 WrestleMania 40, it should also be noted that these three episodes of Smackdown coincide

08:38 with the same episodes of Smackdown The Rock has announced himself for.

08:43 But before we all get too excited, it should also be noted that Rhodes is often booked

08:48 for Smackdown shows as a way to sell extra tickets, and while he doesn't feature on

08:53 the TV show, he wrestles in the dark matches after the tapings.

08:56 Though given how he is now the Bloodline Hunter, you would think he'd be on the same show

09:00 that The Rock and Roman Reigns are on.

09:02 And finally to brighten your mood on a Friday, Dark Side of the Ring have shared a clip on

09:06 Twitter of an interview they conducted with Haku, known as one of the scariest dudes in

09:13 pro wrestling, where he sees the infamous Shockmaster debut for the first time.

09:20 Bearing in mind the myths around Haku, including one where he once bit the nose off a dude

09:25 for saying wrestling is fake, this is just wonderfully joyous.

09:31 "What do you think of what you just saw?

09:38 Crazy right?"

09:41 "Yeah!

09:43 Oh my goodness.

09:47 It looked like he hit that thing and come down.

09:53 He was looking for the gimmick of the towel.

09:57 Swimming, he was looking for the gimmick.

10:00 He was looking for the gimmick of the towel.

10:03 He was looking for the gimmick of the towel.

10:06 He was looking for the gimmick of the towel.

10:09 He was looking for the gimmick of the towel.

10:12 He was looking for the gimmick of the towel.

10:15 He was looking for the gimmick of the towel.

10:18 He was looking for the gimmick of the towel.

10:21 He was looking for the gimmick of the towel.

10:24 He was looking for the gimmick of the towel.

10:27 He was looking for the gimmick of the towel.

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