In this WrestleTalk News, what really happened with Charlotte and Nia Jax, Vince McMahon
furious, Buddy Murphy controversy and more.
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On Monday’s Raw, Charlotte Flair and Nia Jax decided to party like it was Brawl for
All 1998, where the second half of their match descended into a weird sequence of real-ish
looking slaps to the face, no-selling, and Jax refusing to take moves.
Shibata and Ishii have nothing on Flair vs Jax.
It was so fascinatingly weird and clumsy, they both trended on Twitter the following
day.
Dave Meltzer said on Wrestling Observer Radio that he’d heard it was a worked shoot - where
you pretend to be actually fighting while you’re already pretending to fight.
But according to PWInsider, they did actually come to non-worked shoot blows.
Even I’m confused no- The site reported there was a breakdown in
communication throughout the match, which led to both wrestlers getting legitimately
physical with each other.
But while Jax appeared to recklessly drop Charlotte on her neck and shoulders several
times and the two looked visibly annoyed with each other following Nia’s win, apparently
there were no issues between them backstage following the match.
It doesn’t bode well for what appears to be a Jax vs Flair title program heading into
Extreme Rules - unless they really are bringing back Brawl for All - as not only is Nia a
statistically dangerous worker - injuring numerous opponents during her time on the
main roster - her and Charlotte have anti-chemistry in the ring.
Like when you try to force the same poles of a magnet together, as Reddit user Strike_Gently
pointed out with these two botches from a previous match:
-Jax not catching Charlotte’s top rope moonsault to the outside properly
-and Nia then dropping Flair on her head off a move still unidentified by modern science.
We all thought Charlotte entering a feud with a puppet was her punishment for her dad leaving
the company.
Turns out that was probably the good timeline.
How would you deal with the Nia problem?
Let me know in the comments because I’ll be replying to as many people as I can for
the first 30 minutes after this video goes live FROM OUTTA NOWHERE.
But while Nia and Charlotte might not have been angry with each other after the match,
their boss sure was.
PWInsider described the backstage atmosphere at Monday’s Raw as “one of the longest
days in a long time for the WWE creative team” as Vince McMahon “ripped up the script several
times” including what was originally planned for the show, and then the rewrite too.
He then rejected everything else pitched to him before deciding the new plans himself.
As of 6pm EST, so two hours before the show went on-air, “there was no official direction
or plan for the episode”.
One person said Vince was “the loudest and angriest they’d ever seen [him] on a show
day”.
And it involved scrapping plans for at least one top star.
Despite seemingly setting up a women’s title feud with Flair on the post-SummerSlam Raw
last week, Alexa Bliss was nowhere to be seen on Monday’s episode - with WWE seemingly
changing the direction to Flair vs Nia Jax.
Which worked out brilliantly.
Bliss vs Flair was set to take place after the success of Alexa’s Lily doll sales on
WWE Shop, to the extent where they keep running out of stock, and WrestlingNews.co have reported
there were plans for Bliss to appear on Monday’s episode before McMahon ripped up the script.
Bliss then confirmed herself she “didn’t miss Raw.
I was very much there CRYING WITH LAUGHTER FACE EMOJI” and simply sent a SHRUGGING
WOMAN EMOJI to a fan asking where she was on the show.
It’s also being reported that The Miz, who was advertised for a blood feud match against
John Morrison that never happened, wasn’t even backstage.
Asuka has also been weirdly missing from Raw, with her last match being in the women’s
Money in the Bank ladder match in mid-July.
It’s been reported she’s been backstage for tapings, but creative currently have nothing
for her.
However, she might have now revealed the actual reason for her absence, tweeting:
“I finally got new teeth!
It took 6 months since I lost my teeth😬” with a photo of her and her dentist.
I don’t want to cause undue alarm, Asuka, but it looks like that dentist just operated
on your arm.
Your arm isn’t your teeth.
Of course, this suggests that Asuka has actually been off TV because of an arm injury.
Nevertheless, next time, go Britt Baker, DMD.
Like one of the hottest free agents in wrestling right now Adam Cole Bay-Bay, who appears to
have celebrated his WWE contract officially expiring last Friday with a trip to his real
life girlfriend’s dental practice for a check-up.
The Undertaker is turning in his kayfabe grave right now.
In his day, wrestlers would’ve celebrated by stabbing a guy and then cheating on their
wives, like real men.
Not these cuck snowflake kids with their video games and healthy relationships.
Baker tweeted: “I can confirm @AdamColePro has no cavities.”
- with a video of the two together.
Adam Cole has no cavities confirmed… and is the new leader of the Dark Order.
But take note, free agents: while Adam Cole is over here playing chequers, teasing his
status with trips to AEW-sanctioned dentists, Buddy Murphy is playing 4D chess by offending
people with images referencing slavery.
Today marks 90 days since the mass WWE releases that happened on the 2nd June this year - meaning
Buddy Murphy, Braun Strowman, Lana, Ruby Riott and Santana Garrett could show up wherever
they want imminently.
Aleister Black was also released on the 2nd June, but because WWE never updated his NXT
contract to the main roster terms, he only had a 30 day period - which is why he debuted
as Malakai Black in AEW in July.
Despite being repeatedly referenced in AEW by her real life husband, the TNT Champion
Miro, Lana is only currently booked for two signing appearances in wrestling, and she’s
set to appear on VH1’s Surreal Life later this month.
Garrett has teased she’s “making moves” on Instagram.
Ruby Riott has been posting highly produced vignettes on social media, now going by the
name Ruby Roho, with reported interest from AEW, potentially for the women’s Casino
Battle Royale at this Sunday’s All Out.
And Braun Strowman will apparently have an announcement at midday today.
He’ll reportedly use the new name Titan, and there have been rumours about him going
to both AEW and IMPACT.
And then there’s Buddy Murphy…
To celebrate his 90 day non-compete clause finally expiring, Buddy tweeted a picture
of two hands breaking the chains around their wrists with the caption “it’s here!
#FreeAgent”.
He ended up deleting that post, though, when people accused him of comparing his situation
with slavery.
Prison, Buddy Murphy.
You are only allowed to compare WWE contracts to prisons.
It seems he had simply Google image searched the word freedom and used one of the top results.
He quickly put up an explanation tweet: “My apologies for the tweet I posted earlier
today if it offended you.
It wasn’t my intention AT ALL!
And FAR from what I intended it to mean! deleted the the tweet.
Once again.
My apologies!”
He then replaced his original post with a picture of two birds flying out of a birdcage,
also from the first few Google Image results.
Quick, let’s cancel this guy before he makes another innocent mistake.
We have yet to see Buddy Murphy’s initials - or Buddy Matthews, as he now goes by - written
on CM Punk’s trainers during an AEW show.
So far, he’s had the letters BW, AC, BD and CF scrawled on his sneakers during his
in-ring segments.
Which just so happen to be the same initials as Bray Wyatt, Adam Cole, Bryan Danielson
and Charlotte Flair.
Noted troll of wrestling fans Punk has now explained these initials to the New York Post,
though, saying that CF stands for Chicago Forever, and AC stands for Always Chicago.
He didn’t explain BW or BD, nor the Fiend-referencing t-shirt he wore on last Wednesday’s Dynamite.
The transcription doesn’t include Punk’s facial expression when revealing this, so
thankfully we’ve actually got some exclusive footage of it.
Punk will be making his in-ring debut for AEW at this Sunday’s All Out, but it’s
the promotion’s next major show that’s experiencing issues.
Full Gear is set to take place on Saturday 6th November in St Louis, but the event is
no longer listed on the AEW events ticket page.
There are rumours the show could move either location or date now that both the UFC have
a stacked card that same night in Madison Square Garden, and boxing will see Saul Alverez
take on Caleb Plant.
AEW made a similar move with Revolution this year, pushing the show back from February
27th to the 6th March not to clash with the Jake Paul pay-per-view.
Tempest is travelling to Chicago for All Out right now, so you’ll have to head over the
WrestleTalk Podcast channel for our NXT review today.
Which means we’re ending on some sombre news.
Former Ring of Honor champion Rush has had to undergo “emergency surgery” after his
condition was described as “serious” before the operation.
There is no word on why Rush had to be hospitalized, but the family will hold a press conference
tomorrow to update everyone on his status and future.
Rush only competed in ROH’s Glory By Honor 18 show just two weeks ago, where he suffered
a knee injury on
Night 2.