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00:00CM Punk return confirmed, a WWE legend shoot on WWE firings, a major AEW creative overhaul

00:08and more.

00:09I'm Luke Owen and this is the WrestleTalk News.

00:19Before we get into the main news, I just wanted to give this little PSA.

00:22No, not that I'm now on Blue Sky, go follow me over there at ThisIsLukeOwen, but this

00:27little fact that this Reddit user has pointed out.

00:30R-Truth, seen in this photo here, is 52.

00:33Sure, we all know that right, but let's compare that to this photo of Hacksaw Jim

00:38Duggan who returned to WWE in 2005 to team with Eugene when he was 51.

00:44What is your secret, Truth?

00:45And because Truth hasn't aged a day since he debuted for WWE in 2000, and he'll outlive

00:50all of us, that means he'll probably be around for the next return of CM Punk.

00:55CM Punk made his first return to WWE nearly one year ago at last year's Survivor Series.

01:04And while he has missed a portion of that year's return due to an injury he suffered

01:08at the Royal Rumble, he has had one of WWE's best and hottest feuds of the year against

01:13Drew McIntyre, which culminated at Bad Blood in October.

01:17Following that match, Punk announced that Hell in a Cell had a lasting effect on him

01:20and he'll be taking some time away.

01:22AKA, I don't really want to work the Saudi shows, so I'm going home for a bit.

01:27It had been previously reported that Punk's next match would be facing Gunther for the

01:31World Heavyweight Championship at this year's Survivor Series, but those plans were either

01:35changed or were never going to happen, as this week's Raw confirmed that Gunther's

01:40World Championship match at Survivor Series would be against former champion Damian Priest.

01:45In Fightful Select reports, CM Punk was not at Raw this week, and we've not heard about

01:50a return date for him as of yet.

01:52But sometimes in this crazy world of wrestling we don't need journalists to leak return

01:56dates when the venues they're booked for can do it for them.

02:00Madison Square Garden have revealed that CM Punk will be part of WWE's Holiday Tour,

02:05wrestling at the venue on December 26th.

02:07This is not a confirmation of his return to television, or of course whether he'll be

02:11factored into creative plans for Saturday Night's main event or the debut of Netflix,

02:15but one would presume he will be featured on the latter.

02:19What would you like to see Punk do when he comes back?

02:22And on the first episode of Raw on Netflix, it is Gunther defending the World Heavyweight

02:30Championship against CM Punk.

02:34Punk wins the world title on the first episode of Raw on Netflix, and your WrestleMania main

02:40event is CM Punk vs Seth Rollins for the World Heavyweight Championship, the match they wanted

02:47to do at this year's Mania but couldn't due to injury.

02:50Meanwhile, Gunther has his match with Ludwig Kaiser.

02:54And that's sort of the blow up and the end of Imperium as a whole.

02:58I gave my pitch on yesterday's WrestleTalk Podcast review of Raw that Punk faced Gunther

03:03for the world title on the Netflix debut and win the championship leading to the WrestleMania

03:08main event we didn't get this year of Punk vs Seth Rollins.

03:12Go check out yesterday's WrestleTalk Podcast in full to hear our in-depth discussions and

03:17thoughts on this week's episode of Raw.

03:19Speaking of creative directions, shortly before AEW's WrestleDream, it was reported that

03:23Jimmy Jacobs would be stepping away from the company.

03:26Jacobs had been credited as a writer for All Elite Wrestling, working closely with Chris

03:30Jericho on his Learning Tree stable and being Tony Khan's right hand man.

03:35It was reported that, outside of Tony Khan, Jacobs was at more AEW shows than anyone else

03:41in the company.

03:42Following his departure, Fightful noted that AEW saw WrestleDream as somewhat of a creative

03:47reset.

03:48Perhaps it's no coincidence that this show also saw the culmination of the teases and

03:53build of Jon Moxley's newly revamped Blackpool Combat Club, his winning the AEW World Championship

03:59from Bryan Danielson and putting an end to the full-time career of the American Dragon.

04:04The group has since been rechristened the Death Riders, and Moxley did an interview

04:08over the weekend, which was covered here on yesterday's WrestleTalk News, that the faction

04:12was forcing a hard reset of AEW.

04:15So that's just a kayfabe in-character interview, right?

04:19Well, maybe not.

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05:47Speaking about the new direction of the company on Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer said

05:51of Jon Moxley, he's getting a chance.

05:54Tony is letting him do what he wants.

05:56Dave goes on to reiterate that Tony Khan is still the lead booker of all elite wrestling.

06:01Whenever a wrestler does something on TV or PPV, that was a Tony Khan decision.

06:05Wrestlers can make suggestions, and they do, but ultimately it's TK who makes the

06:10final call.

06:11However, he goes on to say that this Death Rider storyline is all Jon Moxley, effectively

06:16saying Moxley has creative control.

06:19Tony has to approve everything, but Moxley is pretty much in charge of turning this place

06:24around with this gimmick.

06:26That idea of turning things around comes in a few areas.

06:29The idea that their ratings aren't at the levels they once were, and their live attendance

06:33figures are down.

06:34One of AEW's strongest areas is their PPV buy rates, which still remain strong.

06:39Wrestle Dream, for example, reportedly got around 100,000 PPV buys.

06:43Comparatively, TNA's Bound For Glory got around 5,000.

06:46Meltzer suggests that this would be because AEW is still strong in the male over 34 demographic,

06:53i.e. due to my age, but they've fallen in the 18-34 demographic which usually affects

06:59live attendance.

07:00WWE, by comparison, have soared in this demographic, which dramatically turned around their business

07:06in 2023 and 2024.

07:08And just to make some people feel they might want to turn to dust, there are some 18-year-olds

07:13out there who were born after Jim Duggan made his 2005 return to WWE to team with Eugene.

07:18Speaking of those ratings, and they sent shockwaves across social media when the results of the

07:23Wednesday Night War from last week came in.

07:25It had been reported that The CW expected that episode of NXT to be the highest rated

07:30show they've ever done, but I speculated on this show that I wouldn't be so sure

07:35of that.

07:36It's on a different night, it didn't have big main roster styles like the first two

07:39episodes did, and it was going head-to-head with AEW Dynamite and presidential election

07:44coverage.

07:45And while AEW was the lowest factor on that list, it would likely still be a factor.

07:50And in the end, it wasn't much of a factor.

07:53As I expected, it was not NXT's highest rated show ever, but it did beat AEW in the

07:58ratings.

07:59A truer sign, if any, that WWE is currently hot and AEW is not.

08:05But while it sent shockwaves across social media, it might not have done in All Elite

08:09Wrestling.

08:10In a Q&A post when asked if there was any reaction within AEW to losing the ratings

08:14war on home night turf, Sean Ross Sapp replied that there wasn't much of a reaction at

08:19all.

08:20Fans are far more worried about that kind of thing in 2024 than I think companies are.

08:25SRS adds that Warner Bros. Discovery are less concerned about the overall rating number

08:30and more where they rank in the most watched shows on cable.

08:34And that episode ranked 6th for primetime shows on cable, which is the usual good performance

08:38for AEW Dynamite.

08:40And it may not just be AEW that is over the ratings discourse.

08:44As SRS adds, WWE typically tout those numbers internally and to some media members, but

08:50I didn't hear of anything last week.

08:52With both shows heading to streaming platforms next year, Raw on Netflix and AEW on Max,

08:57we are truly seeing the end times for the ratings discussion here on the WrestleTalk

09:01News.

09:02I'm going to miss you, DemoCharts.

09:05And speaking of missing things, it's been two weeks since the news broke that WWE had

09:10released Tegan Nox, Indi Hartwell and Baron Corbin, and two weeks since my mustache debut

09:15was spoiled.

09:16It's been reported that Corbin's contract was coming to an end and WWE decided not to

09:20re-sign him.

09:21There was some speculation that the same thing was the case for Nox and Hartwell, but nothing

09:25has been confirmed.

09:27Corbin himself replied to a comment on Instagram saying that WWE fumbled his push, agreeing

09:32with the statement.

09:33And it's not just that fan, as Kurt Angle has taken his shot against Baron Corbin not

09:37being re-signed by WWE.

09:40Speaking with WrestleZone, Angle said that he was, "...disappointed in WWE's follow-up

09:44to Baron Corbin beating him at WrestleMania 35, Angle's last match."

09:49He said, "...it's a little disappointing to know that he beat a legend at WrestleMania,

09:52the legend's last match, and they didn't really do much with him after that.

09:56For me, it makes me feel like I did that for nothing."

10:00Angle says he had no issues losing to Corbin, but did so because he thought WWE might have

10:07some plans to push Corbin as a top guy after the win.

10:11He added, "...so I was a little disappointed that they didn't do much with him and then

10:15they let him go."

10:16Corbin himself retweeted Fightful's aggregation of the Angle quote with, "...to be fair,

10:21that's one of the reasons I wish I'd become world champion.

10:24It would have paid honor to what Kurt did for me.

10:27I will forever appreciate it and wish I could have done more to make it worth it for him."

10:32Nox and Hartwell won't be around for the chance to become the inaugural WWE Women's

10:36United States Champion, which was announced on last Friday's Smackdown.

10:40The idea of a mid-card title for the women's division has long been rumoured, especially

10:44after NXT debuted the Women's North American Championship, with the idea that Smackdown

10:48would have a Women's United States title and Raw would have a Women's Intercontinental

10:53Championship.

10:54But on this week's Raw, there was no announcement of a title made.

10:58And now Fightful Select our reporting talent we spoke to said, there was no discussion

11:03of a Women's Intercontinental title backstage at WWE Raw.

11:07And lastly for today, there was some online speculation that Speedball Mike Bayley could

11:11be on his way to All Elite Wrestling, but Fightful Select reported that Bayley is still

11:16under contract with TNA.

11:18He adds, I don't believe they've had any conversations as his deal extends through

11:22the end of the year.

11:24Similarly, it would appear that the early speculation that British wrestling sensation

11:27Michael Oku could be AEW bound was misplaced.

11:31Oku, accompanied by Amira, picked up a win on a dark match prior to the Dynamite taping

11:35in Wales ahead of All In, and over All In weekend, dropped his Riott Cabaret World Championship

11:41to Mark Andrews and the British Heavyweight Championship to Luke Jacobs.

11:45Many, myself included, thought he'd be in the Casino Battle Royal, but he wasn't.

11:50Hilariously, he told me ahead of time he wouldn't be in the match, and I just didn't believe

11:54him.

11:55In an update, Fightful Select write that AEW still have eyes on him and Tony Khan likes

11:59him, but he's not signed and we haven't heard he's going to be imminently.

12:03I've used words on this show like kayfabe and shoot, but what exactly do those words

12:08mean?

12:09Here's Oli Davis to explain.

12:10Do you ever get confused when people use pro wrestling language like kayfabe and heat?

12:17Are you concerned you might be a queen or a strawb?

12:22Does this Hulk Hogan tweet melt your brain?

12:25Goodnight Hulkamaniacs and Jabroni Marks without a life that don't know where to work when

12:29you work a work and work yourself into a shoot marks.

12:33Then you need to learn how to speak wrestling with me, Oli Davis.

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