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0:00 - Welcome...
0:10 - Izzy (aka Bayley Girl)’s In-Ring Debut
1:37 - AEW Stars Sent Home
7:59 - Punk Vs. Ospreay?
8:38 - Asuka Fires Back
10:06 - LA Knight Popularity Update
AEW Stars SENT HOME Because Of CM Punk? LA Knight Actually Popular? Asuka FIRES BACK! | WrestleTalk
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00:06Hello and welcome to the WrestleTalk News,
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undefined:undefinedglory days of NXT who dressed like Bayley
00:26and Sasha Banks once made her cry during a
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undefined:undefinedin a losing effort to Jazmin Allure; wearing
00:44Bayley inspired gear and - at times - doing
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undefined:undefinedbig leagued me in the build to Survivor Series
01:022020 by refusing to join my team against Oli
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01:22I’m on Instagram now!
01:23Which is why when CM Punk said what he said
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undefined:undefinedloaded an old WrestleTalk News script from
01:46this time last year.
01:47But actually not!
01:48This is a new story.
01:49And if you’ve not been on the Twitter-sphere
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undefined:undefinedexample, was a peg warmer during my days in
02:10the toy retail world.
02:11Punk noted that Page’s toys don’t sell,
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undefined:undefinedpromo when The Elite reformed on Dynamite
02:30a few months ago.
02:31With Page, Omega and The Bucks all recently
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02:52But, apparently, it wasn’t.
02:55According to Dave Meltzer in the Wrestling
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undefined:undefinednot to go to the show.”
03:17Page himself confirmed that he was in Greensboro,
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undefined:undefinedissues with The Elite stemmed from Page’s
03:44additional line he added into a promo segment
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undefined:undefinedtherefore is not part of the agreement that
04:02Omega, The Bucks and Punk have made where
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04:23As according to Voices of Wrestling, the promo
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undefined:undefinedto work with Punk - with the latest attempt
04:47being made last week - but Kenny Omega is
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undefined:undefinedbacked up some of what Meltzer reported writing,
05:07“We were flat out told the promo after Collision
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05:31but was confronted by Punk who had taken issue
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undefined:undefinedthe show by an AEW coach, and a flight was
05:47booked to send him home.
05:50Fightful Select write, “We haven't heard
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06:08that he was booked for the show and then sent
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undefined:undefinedbeen happening since day one, and most of
06:30it has been kept quiet.
06:31A lot of people really wanted to keep this
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06:55He added, “there may be others, but those
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07:20a match, adding that every time Punk does
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undefined:undefinedTony Khan would say it isn’t - but the locker
07:45room believes that it is Punk making the call.
07:49There’s a lot of murky waters here, and
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undefined:undefined“Bruv, very disrespectful to just change
08:17the belt like this.
08:18You cannot just do things like this, this
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undefined:undefinedback at his critics, as WWE’s Asuka went
08:43on a Twitter tirade and blocking spree against
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09:01She then went one to call out some of the
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09:19It was before I came to America.
09:21Now the organization has changed and there
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undefined:undefinedcould not bring me down when I came to America.
09:40They must have really wanted me to fail.
09:43I am used to it because I have been fighting
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10:05I grab everything.”
10:07Looking to the male side of the SmackDown
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10:27list as you might think.
10:29Cody Rhodes tops out most live shows, with
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10:52So, where does this leave LA Knight?
10:56Well, Fightful add that all of Knight’s
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undefined:undefinedof contention internally recently regarding
11:17the lack of merchandise for LA Knight at certain
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undefined:undefinedhave to go over to the WrestleTalk Podcast
11:37to check out mine and Dan Layton’s review
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