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00:00Wrestlers are refusing to work together, a long-running faction breaking up, a wrestling

00:05pyro near-miss over the weekend, and more.

00:08I'm Oli Davis, and this is the WrestleTalk News.

00:15It's been a pretty good start to 2025 for wrestling so far.

00:18Kenny Omega is back in the ring and immediately putting on the best match of the year.

00:22WWE Raw has moved to Netflix, bringing in a whole new mainstream audience.

00:27And finally, Liv Morgan is no longer the Women's Champion.

00:31But the most exciting tease for something happening this year leaked over the weekend.

00:36Eddie Kingston's beard.

00:37I don't know whether he's a Zen master or he's about to set someone on fire.

00:41Kingston fractured his tibia and tore the ACL and meniscus in his right knee last May

00:46in a New Japan Strong match against Gabe Kidd.

00:48These new pictures have been shared by the former AEW and NXT wrestler Cesar Bononi,

00:52who's helping train Kingston for his return, which will likely be sometime in June.

00:57Which only gives more time for the beard to grow stronger.

01:00It's lucky, in a way, that Kingston wasn't able to wrestle over the weekend.

01:04Because that fearsome beard could've been singed right off.

01:07On Saturday 11th January, Major League Wrestling's Kings of Coliseum show was main evented by

01:12the former WWE star Matt Riddle challenging Japanese wrestling legend Satoshi Kojima for

01:18the promotion's World Heavyweight Championship.

01:21With Kojima being champion since last February, Riddle won to become the new top champion,

01:26kicking off what they're calling the Bro Era in MLW.

01:29Because thank you, Taylor Swift, now everything is an era.

01:33But during Riddle's post-match celebration, F4WOnline is reporting Pyro shot right into

01:38Kojima's face.

01:40He was in a lot of pain and everyone freaked out, but he was ok.

01:43You can't see the exact moment on the show feed, which is available to watch for free

01:48on MLW's YouTube channel, but you can see Kojima on the canvas holding his head seconds

01:52after Riddle's Pyro goes off, with a referee checking on him at ringside.

01:57Because Kojima is freaking tough, though, he still got to his feet to hug Riddle.

02:01Over in WWE, the promotion still seems unsure over what their main events are for their

02:06biggest show of the year WrestleMania in just over three months' time.

02:10A lot of this is down to Rock the Dwayne Johnson, and how he feels at any particular moment.

02:15For instance, after being his uber heel final boss character throughout the majority of

02:202024, where he was explicitly building a match against WWE Champion Cody Rhodes.

02:25From pinning him in the Mania 40 tag match, giving him the secret object on the post-Mania

02:29Raw and doing a throat slit gesture at him at October's Bad Blood, The Rock decided

02:33to drop all that on Raw's Netflix debut, and joke with Cody about how he was going

02:37to shag his mum.

02:39Thanks Rock, I love you too, I'm dying inside.

02:43The Wrestling Observer Newsletter has reported that the planned Rock vs. Cody match for WrestleMania

02:48is, indeed, dead, and now Fightful Select might've revealed how long WWE have known

02:55that that wasn't their direction anymore.

02:58Apparently Rock and Cody filmed an angle of the Moana 2 premiere that served to squash

03:03their beef that may never see the light of day.

03:06We're told after Raw on Netflix, it served basically the same purpose.

03:10The Moana 2 premiere took place on the 22nd November, the week before Survivor Series

03:16WarGames, which Cody attended sharing photos from the event in Hawaii with his wife Brandi

03:21and their daughter.

03:22So that means WWE have known for at least six weeks that The Rock was planning on not

03:27facing Cody at Mania 41, before they shot the weird and abrupt make-up promo on the

03:32Netflix Raw.

03:33Fightful confirmed that Rhodes vs. The Rock is no longer on the Mania card, which is the

03:38reason backstage plans have shifted to Rhodes facing John Cena.

03:42Apparently WWE creative are under the impression that The Rock won't wrestle at all at WrestleMania

03:4741.

03:48But that could always change, as he might decide to face Roman Reigns.

03:52Which all makes a John Cena Royal Rumble win quite a bit more likely.

03:56While I personally wouldn't have Cena win the Rumble, I think the better story is to

04:00have him keep just losing his big opportunities throughout the year, making him increasingly

04:04more desperate to win the 17th World Title.

04:06The current odds have John as the favourite to win.

04:10And just going by cold, hard business metrics, that might be the right decision, as WrestleTix

04:15has posted that 3,112 tickets have been sold in the seven days since Cena announced he'll

04:21be entering the Rumble, pushing the 56,000 capacity stadium event to a near sellout.

04:26And that…

04:27John Cena is once again proving why he's the top draw in the business at the box office.

04:32Since I began tracking major wrestling shows in 2021, his return for the Summer of Cena

04:37added 2-3,000 tickets at minimum to every show he appeared on.

04:42Very few can replicate that today.

04:44The Rock comes close when he's around.

04:46CM Punk moves the needles in key markets like his hometown Los Angeles and New York.

04:50Roman Reigns has become a legitimate draw almost everywhere, though not quite at Cena's

04:55level.

04:56And Cody Rhodes has made a noticeable impact, particularly on domestic house shows when

04:59they were running.

05:00Cena is likely to continue delivering at a very high level in 2025 for his Farewell Tour,

05:05even with ticket prices at an all-time high.

05:08Which is a testament to Cena's appeal, which might drive families, who buy more tickets

05:13as a group, to come see him.

05:15The sad tragedy is, ultimately, when they get there, they can't see him.

05:19I don't know if it's fair to attribute those 2-3,000 tickets in the last seven days

05:23to just Cena, though.

05:24Both Punk and Roman Reigns also declared themselves for the Royal Rumble, and this was Raw's

05:29last week on Netflix, which might've hit a whole load of new ticket-buying fans.

05:33Whatever it is, it's pretty exciting.

05:36Cena winning the Rumble and going against Cody Rhodes at WrestleMania for the WWE Championship

05:41to break the all-time World Title record.

05:44Wow.

05:45With that sort of creativity, I wonder what WWE have planned for the World Heavyweight

05:509!

06:10According to PWInsider Elite, there have been creative pitches for Logan Paul to face

06:15Gunther at WrestleMania 41.

06:18Now, before we spiral into that darkest timeline, let's try Huffocopium.

06:22As PWInsider themselves note of their own report, these are just pitches, and not the

06:27actual plans.

06:28There's plenty of time for that match to change.

06:31In fact, just last week, Logan Paul was reportedly facing Cena before Cena got moved to Cody.

06:36And this is me reminding everyone here, along the road to WrestleMania are strewn many shiny

06:41and distracting objects.

06:44And when you veer off to check them out, you realise you've been tricked by disinformation-a-mania.

06:49This time of the year usually has WWE leak out multiple fake plans to throw dirt sheet

06:55reporters off the scent, and to protect their surprises.

06:59Last year, for instance, Sports Illustrated reported that Gunther was going to squash

07:02Seth Rollins and win his World Heavyweight title at Mania 40.

07:05That didn't happen, and was likely never anything more than an idea thrown around in

07:10the writing room.

07:11While WWE is on the road to WrestleMania, though, they could be swinging by AEW to pick

07:16up a returning passenger.

07:18Will Ospreay had a fantastic match against Buddy Matthews on last Wednesday's AEW Dynamite.

07:23No surprise there.

07:25What was intriguing, however, was Ospreay's post-match speech.

07:28He told Matthews that neither him or Brodie King needed to follow a leader.

07:33This was a reference to their House of Black boss Malakai Black.

07:37After that segment, Fightful reported that Black is expected to be leaving AEW, with

07:41him set to become a free agent in either February or March.

07:46Then, on Saturday's collision, Cope Adam Cope Copeland told Brodie King and Julia Hart

07:51backstage that he respects both of them, and it's time for them to take the reins of

07:55the House of Black faction and run it.

07:58Hart has now told Denise Salcedo about Malakai's potential departure, where she replied,

08:02I think we'll be okay, and whatever he decides to do with his career is his business,

08:07and I wish him all the best no matter what.

08:10But also, the rumours aren't confirmed or anything, so I don't know what exactly is

08:13going on.

08:15Anything could be happening.

08:16We don't know.

08:17So it's just a matter of fact whatever happens, happens, and I'm happy for him no matter

08:21what happens, and I think House of Black will be okay no matter what happens."

08:28But Malakai isn't the only name AEW will be missing, as Fightful is reporting Darby

08:33Allen has been off the road as of late because he's started training for his Mount Everest

08:37climb and isn't expected back for months.

08:40He was supposed to take time off to climb Mount Everest last year, but an injury meant

08:44he had to push it back a year.

08:45Some have speculated that Darby could be the one who eventually beats Jon Moxley for the

08:50AEW World Championship, but with Allen not being around until the Spring, perhaps AEW

08:55have other plans.

08:56A much more problematic wrestler is Tessa Blanchard, who recently returned to TNA after

09:01she was accused of bullying behaviour behind the scenes back in 2020, accusations which

09:06Tessa denies.

09:07She's currently in a rivalry with Jordan Grace, who reportedly pushed back on the idea

09:11of working with Blanchard.

09:12And now a fan has suggested Tessa work with former TNA Knockouts Champion and current

09:16AEW wrestler Deonna Purrazzo, to which Purrazzo simply replied with… nah.

09:23And when Deonna's very good friend and current Women's United States Champion in WWE Chelsea

09:28Green posted about how positive the women's locker room is right now, someone responded

09:32talking about Tessa, to which Green replied in a since-deleted post, this is giving me

09:37the ick.

09:38You thinking defending a racist bully is cool?

09:41Someone tell them, lol.

09:42The Wrestling Observer had previously reported that some women in WWE do want to work with

09:46Blanchard, and her TNA run could be a test to see if she could be brought back.

09:50But given Chelsea's seemingly still strong feelings, that might be a difficult task.

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