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00:00A change to the Vince McMahon lawsuit, WWE fans change WWE plans, my review of AEW Dynamite

00:07Grand Slam and more. I'm Luke Owen and this is the WrestleTalk News.

00:16We are just over one week away from WWE's next PPV Bad Blood, which will see Triple

00:21H continue his tribute to 1997 by having a Hell in a Cell match at Bad Blood between

00:26CM Punk and Drew McIntyre. This had been the reported plan for some time, and the near

00:31year-long feud certainly felt like a Hell in a Cell match was the only way it could

00:35end. But speaking of endings, there has been some debate over what the ending of the PPV

00:40will be. Because Punk and McIntyre isn't the only big time match taking place at Bad

00:45Blood, as Roman Reigns is set to team with his WrestleMania main event dance partner Cody

00:49Rhodes to take on the bloodline of Solo Sakoa and Jacob Fatu. Fightful Select reported that

00:55as of the filming of the Rhodes and Reigns vignette that aired on Smackdown, that tag

00:59match was the planned main event of Bad Blood. Dave Meltzer added that while Punk and McIntyre

01:05was also at one point in discussion to be the main event as a tribute to 1997's Bad

01:09Blood and the first Hell in a Cell, which was officially declared the best Hell in a

01:13Cell match by last week's Gripe Bombs, there were those who felt that Roman and Cody teaming

01:17together for the first time and their connections to the Atlanta area means they should close

01:23the PPV. CM Punk having his PPV main event taken away by someone from the Anoa'e family?

01:29Some things never change. But change they might, as these reports caught the ire of

01:34fans who felt that Punk and Drew should be the main event of the show given how good

01:39the feud has been. PWInsider add in their report, the final decision has not been made

01:45on which match will close the show, and Fightful Select add, WWE has taken online reception

01:51into consideration on which match will take the top slot. This ties into a previous report

01:56that Triple H, who claims he is never online, monitors online conversation about WWE and

02:02his booking decisions and makes changes accordingly.

02:06Speaking of online reactions and opinions are flying on social media about Netflix's

02:10docuseries Mr. McMahon, which was once upon a time a joint venture between WWE and the

02:16streaming platform, but became something very different once sexual assault, sex trafficking

02:21and hush money allegations about Vince McMahon became public.

02:24Prior to the series being released, Vince McMahon did some rarely seen tweeting, denouncing

02:28the series for misrepresenting him. And that might have come from a new change in the story

02:33of the lawsuit filed against him, John Laurinaitis and WWE by Janelle Grant. The day after the

02:38tweet, Post Wrestling and WrestleNomics reported that Vince had parted ways with the PR firm

02:43that he'd hired following the lawsuit, and Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer reported

02:48that he replaced them with new representatives in Edendale Strategies, which has since been

02:52backed up by Post Wrestling and WrestleNomics.

02:55Edendale Strategies market themselves as communications, counsel and crisis management specialists

03:01with their goal being to, "...hone and convey their messaging effectively, especially in

03:06high stakes situations where there is little to no margin for error."

03:10According to their website, their clients include Fortune 100 companies, major civic

03:14institutions and prominent charities, as well as legendary sports franchises, high

03:18net worth individuals and some of the most famous actors, directors, writers and musicians.

03:25Dave Meltzer reports, sources close to the situation said McMahon made the switch because

03:29he believed the new company was more up to date with the modern media landscape, notably

03:34having a better understanding of the digital and online modern reporting landscape.

03:40And if you've now had the chance to catch up on the whole Mr. McMahon series on Netflix,

03:44Oli Davis has looked at the 10 most shocking revelations from the show.

03:48Here's a clip.

03:49The Mr. McMahon character.

03:51Vince revealed he based his Mr. McMahon persona on his favourite wrestler as a kid, Dr. Jerry

03:55Graham.

03:56Graham was a flamboyant big heel with bleach blonde hair.

03:59Teenage Vince dyed his hair to look like him, and even copied his strut.

04:03Graham took Vince under his wing, and one day took him for a joyride, speeding through

04:08red light to intersections.

04:10Vince reminisced, this is grand, man, I want to live my life like this, i.e. a life without

04:15traffic regulations.

04:17He took the walk and swagger from Dr. Graham, but the rest, he says, came from the rich

04:22people he hated when he was growing up dirt poor.

04:24He knew how to get into character because he knew all the things he disliked.

04:29But then he contradicts himself again, saying he was so good at a lot of the character traits,

04:33like cheating, not fighting fair, how to just be an arrogant person that throws his weight

04:38around and is a bully because those were his traits.

04:41And now it's time for my review of AEW Dynamite Grand Slam, aka the RIP FTW edition of AEW

04:47Dynamite Grand Slam, in about 5 minutes.

04:50The show opened with one of the most anticipated matches for those who love a certain era of

04:55Ring of Honor, Bryan Danielson vs. Nigel McGuinness.

04:58Nigel's return to the ring at All In, for me, was an out-of-body experience.

05:03For the weeks leading up to the event, and all over All In weekend, we speculated on

05:07names that could be in the Casino Gauntlet.

05:09Bobby Lashley, Ricochet, Jay White, Adam Cole, Michael Oku, all of which seemed like they

05:14would be lovely surprises.

05:16But one that never crossed my mind was Nigel McGuinness.

05:19One of my all-time favourite guys, one of my all-time favourite characters, one of my

05:23all-time favourite wrestlers.

05:25I screamed so hard when he came out, I nearly threw up and I lost my voice for the next

05:29few matches.

05:30And there he was, in a wrestling ring in Wembley Stadium.

05:33And I thought that was it.

05:35A nice, fun cameo, never did I think that just three weeks later he'd be in the ring

05:39with Bryan Danielson having an awesome match.

05:42And despite not having a match for a decade plus, it didn't feel like Nigel had missed

05:46a step from being Nigel McGuinness.

05:48Or even Desmond Wolfe.

05:50The problem for me, and I think a few others, is that it was a bit clunky getting here.

05:54Bryan Danielson was supposed to face Darby Allin for the title on Grand Slam, but Darby

05:58put that title shot on the line against Jon Moxley at Grand Slam because it was unclear

06:02if Danielson would wrestle on Grand Slam.

06:04Then on the same episode of Dynamite, Nigel announced he would be facing Danielson at

06:08Grand Slam, and sure enough, here he is wrestling Bryan Danielson at Grand Slam.

06:12So while the final countdown reveal was cool, because it will always be cool, no one really

06:16believed that Danielson wasn't going to show up.

06:19And I think that hurt some of the crowd heat for the match, which never really kicked into

06:22the gear the match deserved.

06:24The two worked really well and told a great story, but the crowd gave a half-hearted this

06:29is awesome chance as they went to the finish.

06:31While the in-ring work certainly felt like they'd reached the climax of the match,

06:34this New York crowd had not.

06:36Bryan tapped out McGuiness with the LaBelle Lock.

06:38I hope this is not the end for McGuiness in the ring, but if it is, I'm glad he got

06:42to do it with Bryan Danielson.

06:43Let's just hope WWE don't copyright strike that one, eh?

06:46Christian Caged teased cashing in his casino gauntlet in the bank, but Kip Sabian stole

06:50his pen and then got scared by Pac and Claudio.

06:53This all would have worked better if Nigel had won the gauntlet.

06:56Hook beat Roderick Strong to retain the FTW Championship, had a show of respect following

07:00the bell and then announced he would be officially retiring the FTW Championship, just three

07:05miles from where the title was born back in 1998.

07:08He handed the belt to a teary Taz in what was, actually, a remarkably sweet moment.

07:14The Young Bucks retained their tag team championships against United Empire in a fantastic match

07:19that somehow blew away the expectations it had going in.

07:23Ospreay is just on another level from the rest of the AEW locker room, and he is raising

07:29the ships of Matt and Nick, but crucially Kyle Fletcher, who was quickly becoming one

07:34of AEW's fastest rising stars.

07:36Their comeback from the second heat spot was superb.

07:40Double Styles Clash for a nearfall, Hidden Blade and Stormbreaker for a nearfall, Turnbuckle

07:44Brainbuster for a nearfall, TK Driver and David Kureos for a nearfall.

07:49This was edge of your seat stuff, but it was Don Callis that was the team's undoing.

07:55Callis was great on commentary, not only putting over how good Fletcher is, but bragging

08:00about how he's brought Ospreay back into the faction, not knowing that this is spelling

08:04the end of Fletcher's time with him before they fully reunite United Empire.

08:09As his team were on top, but unable to put the Bucks away, he handed Fletcher the screwdriver,

08:14but Ospreay reasoned with his friend that this was not the way to do things, and it

08:18led to Ospreay and Fletcher getting clocked with the title belts for a nearfall and EVP

08:23trigger for the win.

08:24The camera then beautifully framed Kyle literally between Callis and Ospreay.

08:29This was just fantastic.

08:30The conglomeration welcomed Rocky Romero into their group ahead of their trios match with

08:34The Learning Tree on Collision, and Prince NaNa came out for a promo about how Swerve

08:38Strickland is doing.

08:39But despite his guy having a terrible, no good, very bad week where he lost the World

08:44Championship, his childhood home and got beat by Hangman Page in a cage match, boy that

08:48escalated quickly, NaNa was smiling and selling his coffee.

08:53And I thought that was odd.

08:55But I was getting worked, as MVP came out to put over Swerve's accomplishments and

09:00asked why his manager was acting like this.

09:02Perhaps Swerve's losses weren't because of Swerve, but because of his representation.

09:07So he asked NaNa to give Swerve his card, because when he's back, he wants to talk

09:12to him about business.

09:14You become a man of business.

09:17I'm looking forward to it, Headmaster.

09:20You will love business.

09:22This was a very cool debut for MVP, and it made Swerve feel like a massive deal.

09:28It also means that we now know not only Swerve's next feud, but Bobby Lashley's first feud

09:33if he does come into AEW.

09:35Because Swerve vs. Hurt Syndicate sounds pretty good to me.

09:38Mariah May beat Yuka Sakazaki in a fine little match with Little Heat, which is understandable

09:43as Yuka has not been built to feel like a credible challenger for May, and May won with

09:47a Storm Zero.

09:48This was your only women's match on the card, do better.

09:51May was about to attack Yuka after the match, but Willow Nightingale came down for the save.

09:55Alright, now I'm listening.

09:57Mina Shirakawa's music hit was Distracted Willow, allowing May to hit her and bail.

10:01May took this as a sign that Mina was on her side, but it didn't feel like that was her

10:06intentions.

10:07And while this was good, sadly it had TNA to the back vibes as we did not get enough

10:11time to process this as we had to cut to a commercial break.

10:14And the main event saw Jon Moxley beat Darby Allin to earn a title shot against Bryan Danielson

10:18for WrestleDream.

10:19The match was awesome and really worked to the strengths of both guys.

10:23Moxley felt dangerous, and Darby felt dangerous, but, you know, with his own body recklessness.

10:30The crowd even chanted at one point, you can't kill him!

10:34But kill him he did, as Mox reversed a superplex into an avalanche Death Rider for the win.

10:39Bryan Danielson ran in to try to choke out Moxley with a tie, I see what you did there,

10:44but the Blackpool Combat Club made the save.

10:45Private Party and Commando evened the odds, and BCC saved Mox from getting hit with a

10:49Bisaiko Knee.

10:50Commander Party will face BCC for the trio's titles on Collision.

10:54Didn't, um, didn't we break the hand of Isaiah Cassidy last week?

10:59Danielson declared a thumb war and said that he would kick Moxley's effing head in, delightful.

11:03It capped off a very good edition of Dynamite for in-ring work, which is what Grand Slams

11:07should feel like, and the cherry on top was MVP's teases.

11:10And it was worth your time to watch just for that Young Bucks tag match.

11:14Now go and watch Oli Davis count down the top 10 most shocking revelations from the

11:18Mr. McMahon Netflix show by clicking the video on screen now.

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