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00:00A former WWE star wants you to know they weren't fired, the real reason for WWE's Netflix

00:06debut Raw booking, AEW has loads of money, which they're choosing to invest in tonally

00:12jarring new theme music, and more.

00:14I'm Oli Davis, you're always defending Jam That Jampion, and I welcome all and any

00:21challengers.

00:22And this is the WrestleTalk News.

00:28With all the excitement and adverts every time you log into Netflix for Raw's streaming

00:32service debut on Monday, New Japan's biggest show of the year, WrestleKingdom, has kind

00:37of been lost in the shuffle.

00:39Because it's tomorrow.

00:41Even I keep forgetting that.

00:43And then, the day after that, on Sunday morning, afternoon or evening, depending where in the

00:48world you live, there is AEW's joint follow-up show with New Japan, WrestleDynasty, which

00:53will see Kenny by-god Omega's first in-ring match since beating Ethan Page on the 5th

00:59December episode of Collision in 2023.

01:03Ethan Page has been NXT Champion since then.

01:05Omega will be wrestling New Japan's Gabe Kidd on the show, who has already publicly

01:09called out AEW for not promoting WrestleDynasty more in advance.

01:13And now, in an interview with Fightful, he's somehow managed to call out the world.

01:18Now Kidd uses quite a few cuss words here, so I've replaced all the F-words with the

01:23great Terry Funk.

01:24FUNK ANYONE WHO IS NEXT UP.

01:27FUNK KENNY OMEGA.

01:28FUNK HIS CO-WORKERS.

01:30FUNK HIS BOSS.

01:31NOT EVEN HIS BOSS, HIS CO-FOUNDER.

01:33FUNK ALL OF THEM.

01:34FUNK THE GUY WHO IS THE WWE CHAMPION.

01:37FUNK ALL OF THEM.

01:38FUNK EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM.

01:40I'M THE ONE UP IN IT.

01:41IT'S MY YEAR THIS YEAR.

01:43EVERYONE LIKES TO SAY THAT, THEN THEY DON'T DO SHAMELESS.

01:46THEY WIN A LITTLE TAG TITLE ON THE INDIES.

01:48THIS IS MY YEAR.

01:49SHUT YOUR FUNKING MOUTH.

01:51THIS IS MY YEAR.

01:53FUNK TONY KHAN AS WELL, LITTLE BITCH.

01:55FUNK YOU.

01:56CRY MORE, PUSSY.

01:58ALL OF YOU.

01:59FUNK HIM.

02:00FUNK ME, HE'S ANGRY.

02:01Perhaps it's because, for, like, the ninth year in a row, New Japan is letting everyone's

02:07contracts expire again.

02:08Back at the start of 2016, WWE signed four of New Japan's top stars, AJ Styles, Luke

02:14Gallows and Karl Anderson, and Shinsuke Nakamura, all in one go.

02:18Because New Japan contracts typically run from January to January.

02:22But don't worry, New Japan learned from this, and quickly moved away from having multiple

02:26high profile contracts expire all at the same time.

02:30In the same month, WWE runs a pay-per-view that is great for surprise entrants.

02:34Oh wait, no, I must've misread that.

02:37I meant THEY STILL HAVEN'T CHANGED ANYTHING NINE YEARS LATER.

02:41Kenny Omega, The Young Bucks, Cody Rhodes and Hangman Page all left together at the

02:45same time in 2019 to start AEW because their contracts expired in January, and Will Ospreay

02:50and Kazuchika Okada both left at the start of 2024 with the same timing.

02:55And this year, not only do TJP, one half of the IWGP Junior Tag Team Champions Kevin Knight

03:00and the FUNKING aforementioned Gabe Kidd all have their contracts up right about now, Fightful

03:06have now added that Dave Finlay, the current IWGP Global Heavyweight Champion and leader

03:12of Kidd's War Dogs faction, also has their deal running out.

03:17Apparently there are a huge number of contracts upping New Japan soon, but Fightful's sources

03:23expect Finlay to remain with the company, and they'll start negotiations soon.

03:27How about do that last year, New Japan?

03:29But arguably the most important New Japan contract of all has already run out.

03:35Since 2014, New Japan has been airing in the United States on AXS TV.

03:39This was a precursor to the promotion's boom in popularity.

03:43For the first time, they invested in consistent English language commentary, with announcers

03:47like Mauro Ranallo, Josh Barnett, Jim Ross, Kevin Kelly and Don Callis making what was

03:52widely considered to be the best wrestling in the world accessible to the English speaking

03:57nations and, in a pre-AEW industry, arguably becoming the No. 2 promotion to a very poorly

04:05booked WWE.

04:06New Japan left AXS in 2019, when the station was bought by Anthem Sports & Entertainment,

04:11who were the owners of TNA, which back then was called IMPACT.

04:14They pretty much bought the network, so IMPACT had a place to air.

04:18New Japan returned to AXS in 2022, when both sides agreed to a new deal, which also started

04:23a new relationship with TNA.

04:25But following the Wrestling Observer's report that New Japan was now finished on AXS, Post

04:29Wrestling have received the following statement from the station.

04:33We will not be airing New Japan Pro Wrestling for the foreseeable future.

04:36Our agreement expired at the end of 2024, and we do not comment on the state of current

04:42or future agreements.

04:44This comes at the same time as TNA's working relationship with New Japan also seems to

04:48have ended.

04:49This time last year, the start of 2024, TNA and New Japan were going so far to sign wrestlers

04:54like Kushida to joint contracts, a way to band together and compete with the bigger

04:58WWE and AEW for talent.

05:01But then Anthem got rid of TNA's President Scott D'Amore, who was behind ideas like

05:06that, and the promotion got in a working relationship with WWE.

05:09Which was kind of fun in the short term, but will likely end with WWE just taking TNA's

05:14top talent, like Jordan Grace and Joe Hendry.

05:16With the WWE relationship, TNA's partnership with New Japan, who are affiliated with AEW,

05:22was never going to last.

05:24Do you long for the glory days of TNA, back when Kevin Nash was genuinely the funniest

05:29thing in wrestling, and Road Dogg and Billy Gunn tried to call out Vince McMahon, Triple

05:33H and Shawn Michaels for an actual shoot fight?

05:36Then you'll love our 20 hour long, 7 episode series on TNA's Samoa Joe vs Kurt Angle

05:43rivalry from 2006 to 2008.

05:46The whole thing is available to watch right now on Patreon.com forward slash WrestleTalk,

05:50which coincidentally is the best way to support us here.

05:54Head to Patreon.com forward slash WrestleTalk for that, and loads more exclusive WrestleTalk

05:58videos like the ongoing Monday Night War series right now between me and Luke.

06:03No disrespect, WrestleKingdom and or Dynasty, but the biggest wrestling event of January

06:07is WWE Raw's debut on Netflix this coming Monday.

06:11The card currently has Roman Reigns vs Solo Sakoa for the Tribal Chiefdom's Oola Fala,

06:16Liv Morgan defending and most likely losing her Women's World Championship against Rhea

06:20Ripley, Drew McIntyre vs Jey Uso and CM Punk vs Seth Rollins.

06:25That's four pre-announced matches for a reported three hour show.

06:29It will also likely include several big in-ring segments, like an appearance from Cody Rhodes,

06:34something from John Cena, and Rock the Dwayne Johnson talking about how Red One was actually

06:38a success.

06:39Yes, it bombed at the box office, but look at the streaming minutes on Amazon Prime.

06:43Look at those rock hard verticals, there's multiple of them.

06:47Some voters are reporting that WWE also originally planned for the final of the Women's Intercontinental

06:52title tournament to take place on the Netflix debut, but it has now been moved to a later

06:57episode.

06:58In order for the match to not get lost in the shuffle, it seems like WWE wants to get

07:03this title off and running in a big way, and felt as though having it mixed in with a show

07:07the size of Netflix's premiere would not do that justice.

07:10Instead, the final of Dakota Kai and Lyra Valkyria, which will crown the inaugural Women's

07:15Intercontinental Champion, will take place on the second Netflix Raw episode on January

07:2013th.

07:21With the Royal Rumble weirdly taking place in February this year, WWE appear to be planning

07:26a stacked road to the Road to WrestleMania.

07:29One rumoured name to return between Monday's Netflix debut and the PLA is Becky Lynch,

07:34with WrestleVotes reporting Lynch's impending return will factor heavily into high level

07:39WrestleMania plans as the Road to Las Vegas begins.

07:42And Fightful Select is denying a rumour that John Cena's WWE return will be a swerve

07:47while he'll turn heel for his retirement year.

07:50Instead, WWE have planned very heavily to factor Cena into major plans throughout 2025.

07:56PWInsider claims this will involve Cena challenging Cody for the WWE Championship at WrestleMania

08:0241, but it's also rumoured Cena could face Logan Paul there instead.

08:06Alexa Bliss has also teased her return, posting a picture of her walking out on a WWE entrance

08:12She's apparently been cleared to return for some time.

08:14Backstage name Bruce Prichard, who is the company's Executive Director for Creative

08:18Writing and Television, is also expected to return at tonight's episode of SmackDown.

08:23Prichard has been on leave since last November for family and health reasons.

08:27And onscreen, there's meant to be a soft Super Shake-Up mini-draft transfer portal

08:31to freshen up the Raw and SmackDown rosters for the New Year.

08:34We'll have to wait and see what that means for the wrestlers, but PWInsider is already

08:38reporting the ring announcers will swap, with Lillian Garcia moving to SmackDown and

08:42Alicia Taylor going to Raw from the January 6th show.

08:46This further implies Raw will be the A-Show again, with Michael Cole and Pat McAfee being

08:50the brand's new commentators, while Joe Tessitore, Wade Barrett and Corey Graves will

08:54be a three-man booth on SmackDown.

08:56But missing in all of this, sadly, is Baron Corbin, who announced on the 1st November

09:02That's all she wrote, folks.

09:03Peace sign emoji.

09:04It's been real, and I appreciate everyone who supported me.

09:08That was at the same time PWInsider reported WWE was releasing several wrestlers, which

09:13would also end up including Indi Hartwell and Tegan Nox.

09:17But now Corbin, whose real name is Thomas Pestock, has started the new year by announcing

09:21he is a free agent, and he wasn't fired from WWE.

09:26I'm officially no longer under contract since I was not fired.

09:30I was told they were not extending.

09:32So if you're making a horror movie, let me know.

09:34Ha ha ha ha.

09:35New year.

09:36No contract.

09:37Let's see what we can create.

09:38He then responded to someone who called him a midcarder.

09:41Spent almost three years in the main event every night, dickhead.

09:44Or chalk that up as a draw.

09:46Those three years of Corbin in the main event were some of the worst years ever for WWE.

09:50He did finish on a great run with Brom Breaker in NXT, though.

09:53Corbin vs Corbin's situation is an important distinction to make.

09:57If Baron was released at the start of December, his 90-day non-compete clause would be in

10:02play, meaning he couldn't wrestle until February 1st.

10:05But because his contract simply wasn't renewed or extended, he can wrestle anywhere as soon

10:09as it's up.

10:10Which appears to have been on New Year's Day.

10:13Which makes it very interesting that Corbin was reportedly backstage at AEW's World's

10:18End pay-per-view last Saturday.

10:20AEW has a casino gauntlet match planned for next week's Dynamite, a stipulation perfect

10:25for shock debuts.

10:26And that the promotion currently has loads of money.

10:31The Wrestling Observer is reporting that now AEW's new media rights deal with Warner Bros

10:35Discovery is underway, which includes Dynamite now being simulcast on their max streaming

10:40platform.

10:41The promotion is receiving $3.6 million a week.

10:46As a result, there is expected to be a lot more money being spent and reinvested into

10:50the shows.

10:51This could be why AEW have oddly chosen the 1982 Pointer Sisters song I'm So Excited

10:56for Dynamite's opening new theme, and that they're bringing back Elton John's 1973

11:01hit Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting for Collision.

11:03AEW have also brilliantly used Guns N' Roses licensed tracks for video packages recently.

11:08Remember that 20 hour, 7 episode epic series of me and Luke reviewing Samoa Joe and Kurt

11:13Angle's rivalry from TNA I mentioned earlier?

11:15Well you can actually watch the first 4 hours of it for free by clicking the link in the

11:20video description below right now.

11:22Here's a clip.

11:46Yeah, double down.

11:47Yeah, so it definitely wasn't a kip-up, but here he goes.

11:53Oh!

11:54And now the referee comes over to him to help him up.

11:59And that's the hot tag.

12:01Yeah.

12:02So, um, what does Shawn Michaels famously do?

12:04Kip-up.

12:05Yeah.

12:06Oh, so it's intentional!

12:07It's an intentional.

12:08It's a shot at what Shawn Michaels does.

12:11Oh.

12:12Oh, that's so lame.

12:16I don't know what's worse, that they did it, or that I got confused by it.

12:22Because now you say it, of course.

12:24Yeah, I mean, all the best shots and references are ones that you have to explain.

12:29The ones that look like you're bad at your job.

12:32Yeah.

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