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00:00 I'm Laurie Blake, welcome to the WrestleTalk News, on Fridays we wear pink.

00:11 And it's happy International Women's Day!

00:15 There's reportedly a sad time for the women's divisions on both sides of the wrestling

00:35 aisle with backstage unrest in both WWE and AEW.

00:38 We're going to start with the Fed as WRKDRW on Twitter, I'm not calling it X, have claimed

00:44 that there are growing frustrations backstage in WWE regarding the handling of the women's

00:48 division.

00:49 This comes amid fan outrage that Becky Lynch vs Trish Stratus was pulled from the Summerslam

00:53 card despite both women being healthy and available for the match and Women's World

00:58 Champion Rhea Ripley not being booked for the show.

01:01 So what, now we don't get to see mommy on the weekends?

01:05 What is this?

01:06 My childhood?

01:07 Becky Lynch posted some images to Instagram that she had taken as part of the press for

01:10 the show with the caption "This was the shoot I did for Summerslam...".

01:15 We all know you only use dot dot dot for a dramatic pause when you're going to continue

01:19 saying stuff and show it when you think something is a load of crap.

01:23 And before you get on my case that I only care about what the man thinks in this situation

01:28 of WWE women's division turmoil, Rhea Ripley also posted a reply to WWE PR's Twitter post

01:33 about her Summerslam glam, noting that it should be "Summerslam media appearance look

01:39 for reasons we all know of".

01:42 Those reasons reportedly being timing related according to Dave Meltzer who said that time

01:46 restraints are the major reason matches are being pulled from the show.

01:50 But funnily enough it's two women's matches having been pulled from the show and not the

01:54 men's ones.

01:55 Headline: Dynamite Calls For A Women's Division Match

01:56 Over the fence at AEW they've got their own issues, firstly with signage making a prominent

01:59 appearance on Dynamite calling for the company to book the women's division better.

02:04 Admittedly the women's title match closed the 200th episode of Dynamite this week with

02:08 Hikaru Shida walking out as the new champion.

02:11 Small steps.

02:12 But all is seemingly not as it would outwardly appear as the company has also come under

02:16 fire from independent scene veteran Lufisto who worked for the company briefly and said

02:21 that some women had too much power backstage and trash talked newcomers in the locker room

02:26 calling the whole thing a toxic environment.

02:30 She also implied that someone had used their backstage influence to keep her out of AEW

02:34 which many people speculated was Britt Baker as rumours had also pointed to a backstage

02:39 rift between the two of them.

02:41 But then sources close to Wrestling Inc and Baker told them that Baker had no involvement

02:45 with keeping Lufisto out of AEW.

02:49 But Lu's issues didn't end there as she also detailed an awkward encounter with Ruby

02:53 Soho and Dustin Rhodes where it was claimed that Dustin referred to all French-Canadian

02:57 people as "assholes" backstage and criticised her after her match for AEW saying that she

03:03 had made the other women look bad.

03:06 Rhodes responded to the comments on Twitter saying that "sometimes as a coach I have

03:09 to be very honest and I won't tell you a lie about how good or bad it was.

03:15 Sometimes hard love comes out and I wouldn't have it any other way."

03:19 Hard love the title of your next AEW pay-per-view.

03:21 Rhodes also denied the French-Canadian bit to a fan saying he didn't say that.

03:26 And here I was, naively thinking that Barbie had solved this whole thing.

03:31 That's what I get for wearing pink I guess.

03:33 Before we crack on with the rest of the news I'm just going to hop in here and say that

03:36 you can head on over to PFK and watch the finale of me, Luke and Pete playing AEW Fight

03:40 Forever's Road to Elite mode right now.

03:43 It goes so horribly wrong.

03:47 Please watch it because we love making this series and we'd love to make more like it

03:51 with other wrestling games but we could only really do that if people watch them.

03:56 While we're on the topic of Tony Khan's women's division there is a rather large

03:59 Jade Cargill shaped hole in AEW at present, isn't there?

04:04 Because yes, despite many naturally expecting Cargill to continue that 60-0 momentum into

04:09 the AEW Women's World title scene following her loss of the TBS Championship at Double

04:13 or Nothing, Jade has instead vanished.

04:15 However, what at first seemed like a bit of time off has now turned into serious questions

04:20 whether the 31-year-old will in fact return to AEW at all.

04:25 This has largely stemmed from Cargill's extremely non-committal tweets regarding an

04:30 AEW return and pro wrestling in general.

04:33 The Wrestling Observer's Dave Meltzer then added to this by claiming that Cargill was

04:36 not expected back in AEW any time soon.

04:40 So what's the actual situation?

04:45 Speaking to PWInsider's Mike Johnson, AEW President Tony Khan said Jade is still with

04:49 the company and has just been taking a sabbatical since losing her TBS title.

04:54 Khan would then add that he couldn't say for certain what anybody is going to do in

04:57 the future, but "certainly we value Jade and everything she's done here."

05:01 For what it's worth, Cargill has continued to do a lot of retweeting of Tony Khan and

05:05 AEW roster tweets, so it seems likely a return will in fact come at some point.

05:09 You would imagine.

05:10 No bad blood there.

05:11 Moving over to AEW's newest arrival now that there have been some fresh details on

05:15 what we can expect from Mr. Rob Van Dam, following his appearance on this week's Dynamite.

05:21 As we know that RBD is going to be stepping into the ring for an FTW Rules match on next

05:25 Wednesday's show against Jack Perry, but now that Rob is Mr. Wednesday Night, what

05:29 can we expect from him going forward?

05:32 Nothing.

05:33 Nada.

05:34 Nothing is the answer.

05:36 Because yes, similar to the fleeting appearance of Rob's fellow ECW alumni Sabu, it looks

05:41 like the whole effing show is looking set for a one and done with AEW.

05:46 As PWInsider is reporting that the Hall of Famer is only due for this one match with

05:50 Perry and nothing else.

05:52 Despite these short term plans, the appearance of RVD in AEW has reportedly been discussed

05:57 for a wee while according to Fightful Select.

05:59 What was supposedly holding up the whole debut was the clearing of the license to use Walk

06:03 by Pantera for RVD's entrance music.

06:06 You ought to admire the appreciation for nostalgic pro wrestling theme music.

06:12 Tony Khan's deep pockets in buying all those songs.

06:15 Despite Rob showing up in AEW, PWInsider is interestingly reporting that he is also advertised

06:20 for WWE's WrestleMania 40 weekend packages in Philadelphia, which of course is the home

06:27 of ECW.

06:28 While RVD may end up appearing in AEW and WWE in the next year, one act that will not

06:34 do both is The Elite.

06:36 The.

06:37 The.

06:38 Elite.

06:39 The.

06:40 Elite.

06:41 The.

06:42 The.

06:43 Elite.

06:44 Because yes, with Nick and Matt Jackson, Kenny Omega and Hangman Adam Page all re-signing,

06:45 and the dotted lining for AEW, any and all WWE speculation has now been bedeaded.

06:51 It's been deaded.

06:52 But how close were the former Bullet Club boys from crossing over the battle lines after

06:57 all?

06:58 According to Dave Meltzer on Wrestling Observer Radio, the four men went back and forth on

07:01 the decision, but one thing that was for certain is that they would all be sticking together

07:05 whether that was in AEW or WWE.

07:08 Meltzer continued that they actually conducted a "majority rules" pact on the decision,

07:12 which clearly went the way of them landing on staying with AEW.

07:17 While WWE were reported to have interest in all members of The Elite, there was particular

07:20 interest in Stanford for obviously Kenneth Omega, one of the best wrestlers in the world.

07:25 With Meltzer saying WWE did have interest in all of them, especially Omega.

07:30 They had great interest in Omega in particular.

07:33 As for the length of the deals, Meltzer was a little less sure, with the exact number

07:37 of years supposed to be a secret.

07:39 However Meltzer had heard that it could be as many as four years.

07:53 While WWE have to contend without The Elite on their books, they do of course have more

07:56 than enough talent to play with.

07:58 So many they can't fit them all on Summerslam.

08:00 While we've already discussed all the women that were cut from the Summerslam card, of

08:03 course there is a member of the male roster that may be sneaking back into the fold come

08:07 tomorrow's show.

08:08 The man in question is former NXT Champion Bobby Roode, who has been out of action for

08:14 well over a year now, undergoing serious neck surgery in late 2022.

08:19 While it had previously been reported earlier this year that the Roode boy was expected

08:22 to be out for quite some time, perhaps that may no longer be the case.

08:27 PWInsider is reporting that Roode has been spotted in Detroit just days before the biggest

08:32 party of the summer, so perhaps there could be another surprise come back on the cards.

08:37 Whether this will come to fruition remains to be seen, especially considering the severity

08:41 of Roode's neck problems and the recency of his surgery.

08:44 However if it did there is perhaps a perfect opportunity to reintroduce Roode courtesy

08:48 of the Slim Jim Battle Royal.

08:51 What's a Slim Jim?

08:53 But hey, how would you book Roode's return to WWE?

08:56 Let us know in the comments down below.

08:58 Speaking of Summerslam, the card for the show is now seemingly set in stone and it's pretty

09:02 dang solid, it has to be said.

09:04 Although that finalisation comes with its own disappointments because of the Rhea Ripley

09:08 vs Raquel Rodriguez and Trish Stratus vs Becky Lynch not making the card and the lack of

09:12 a stipulation for Cody vs Brock 3.

09:15 Because while there have been murmurs regarding WWE granting Cody the best early Christmas

09:19 gift ever in the form of a dog collar match, he just loves them, that unsurprisingly hasn't

09:25 happened.

09:26 With the match set to be the pair's third straight standard singles encounter.

09:29 But despite some form of stipulation being expected by fans, was it ever close to being

09:33 implemented by WWE?

09:35 According to Fightful Select, despite the speculation, there was never a stipulation

09:38 pitched or considered heavily by the WWE.

09:41 The dog collar match in particular was reportedly never on the cards, according to sources on

09:46 both sides.

09:47 Supposedly the limit of the whole stipulation idea was 'does this match need a stipulation?'

09:52 and it was agreed that it doesn't.

09:54 Something I disagreed with.

09:57 Did the third match need to happen?

09:59 Not necessarily.

10:00 But yeah, no dog collars, weapons or bleeding for Cody and Brock.

10:04 I think Cody specifically would be very upset by that.

10:08 Speaking of upset, we're going to tie up today's news in a little bow of anger as

10:13 we once again return to another disgruntled talent in the WWE locker room.

10:17 This particular talent however has not been shy at all lately inventing his frustrations.

10:21 I am of course talking about Sheamus, who had plenty to say prior to Money in the Bank

10:27 regarding his lack of a match on the card and now ahead of Summerslam he's been at

10:31 it once again.

10:32 Despite actually having a match on August 5th at the aforementioned Slim Jim Battle

10:36 Royale, Sheamus still carries a little bit of resentment regarding WWE's booking of

10:40 him ever since his banger with Gunther at Clash at the Castle.

10:44 Speaking to the Daily Star, the Celtic Warrior revealed that he was upset regarding WWE not

10:48 capitalising on the momentum he had following his war with the Ring General.

10:53 Sheamus said "I came out of that with so much organic momentum and it was just wasted.

10:59 It didn't go anywhere.

11:00 It was a dead end, just like with WrestleMania.

11:03 Drew went away because he was injured, but I was ready to go and then just nothing.

11:08 There were no avenues and nowhere to go and that's frustrating."

11:13 Sheamus even went on to call the War Games match at Survivor Series 2022 "s***",

11:18 clearly feeling he could have been positioned for more.

11:20 Just don't let Vince hear that or War Games will be dead forever.

11:26 It was good.

11:28 We all loved it.

11:30 We can definitely see Sheamus' point though, it really did feel like they were perhaps

11:33 going to potentially book him in a major Roman Reigns title angle post-Clash, but that just

11:38 never materialised.

11:39 Come on WWE, throw him out of the boat and have him be the one to dethrone Gunther after

11:44 the record.

11:45 I don't know how Sheamus can do that.

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