Hello and welcome to the WrestleTalk News!
I’m Oli Davis, and I’ll be replying to as many comments as I can in the first 15
minutes of these episodes going live.
AJ Lee and Paige are currently being recreated for the screen with Rock ‘The Dwayne’
Johnson’s new movie Fighting With My Family.
The two, of course, had a memorable frenemy relationship when they were both in WWE, and
one fan asked if they still keep in touch: “Yessss.
We mostly talk about make up, periods and when's the next time we will post underwear
selfies...
@AJBrooks #freaksandgeeks” DON’T EVEN JOKE ABOUT THAT, PAIGE!
AJ replied: @RealPaigeWWE Tuesday.
We agreed the next time is Tuesday.
To which Paige hashtagged: #tittietuesday Of course, they’re just being silly together.
They won’t actually post any underwear selfies today.
I’ll just make sure…[the entire duration of Summerslam 2016 later...]...dammit.
One WWE tease that actually might be happening, however, is Matt and Jeff Hardy returning
to the company.
This has become a rather confusing story.
The Hardy Boys departed TNA Impact Wrestling last Monday, and various sites reported they
were in talks with WWE about a return.
Then, on Saturday’s Ring of Honor show Manhattan Mayhem VI, they shockingly turned up to win
the ROH tag team titles from the Young Bucks.
We were all swerved, The Broken Hardys went and signed with Ring of Honor instead.
But then reports started coming out that their ROH deals might not be as significant as first
thought.
Dave Meltzer has since said on Live Audio Wrestling that while he knows the contract’s
specific details like creative control and ability to take independent bookings, “Whenever
I ask the timeframe, I’m not getting an answer, which makes me think...
Is it three months?
Is it two months?
Is it a year?
It could be like a four event contract...
possibly.”
And then Ring of Honor COO Joe Koff also played coy with the contract length when talking
to ESPN: “we’re very excited to have [The Hardys]...being part of Ring of Honor for
the next set of weeks or months, whatever it ends up being.”
This all while Pro Wrestling Sheet - a very reliable news source - is standing firm by
their report from last Friday, that the Hardys and WWE are in preliminary talks, and that
it was always the plan to do more with the Young Bucks heading into their ROH match on
Wrestlemania weekend.
For what it’s worth, Wrestling News World are reporting these talks are even further
along, with Matt and Jeff starting drug testing, medical screenings and physicals this week.
Pro Wrestling Sheet are also reporting that Matt has officially filed a trademark for
the name ‘Broken Matt Hardy’ for “Entertainment services, namely, wrestling exhibits and performances
by a professional wrestler and entertainer.”
TNA will presumably dispute this, as they claim to have ownership of the character.
It’ll be interesting to see how this affects the Hardys’ gimmick in ROH, and their potential
return to WWE.
A return that Matt continues to tease, warning the Raw tag team champions on Twitter:
“Be aware, @KarlAndersonWWE & @LukeGallowsWWE...I will eat and I will delete you!”
Delightful.
We didn’t get the rumoured Finn Balor return on Raw last night - although he’s still
advertised to come back at the live event on Friday - but The Undertaker did show up
to start his ULTIMATE THRILL-RIDE Wrestlemania 33 feud with Roman Reigns.
It’s happening, folks.
Another match that might be happening, after both sides said it was “probably” off
last week, is Shaq vs The Big Show.
O’Neal revealed on his latest Big Podcast With Shaq:
"I’ve talked to somebody high up in the organization, and...we’re back talking again."
So Triple H pretty much shot on CM Punk on Raw.
Watch my full review of this week’s episode and find out about the botched finish at WWE
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I’ve been Oli Davis, and that was wrestling.