NEWS: 12/11-12/12

· Bronson Reed had his surgery yesterday, December 11th, and post-surgery his surgeon said it was more complex than expected. His rehab is expected to take a long time. No time table has been set for a return at this early stage.

· In a video released via social media on Wednesday, Triple H presented a gift case to the Undisputed WWE Champion, Cody Rhodes.

Factoid: The WWE Winged Eagle Title originally debuted in 1988 and remained in use until 1998, when it was replaced during the rise of the Attitude Era.

· Corey Graves on Wednesday posted about his anniversary since being forced to retire.

· Logan Paul allegedly retires from Wrestling

· WWE Creative Team Working This Week On Plans For Charlotte Flair’s Return

· Season 6 of Dark Side of the Ring premiers on March 25th

· WWE has reportedly booked several iconic personalities for SNME, including Ted DiBiase, Jimmy Hart, Tito Santana, Greg Valentine, and Koko B. Ware. Whether these legends will appear in segments or simply be spotted in the audience remains to be seen.

· WWE is preparing for a major milestone with the final Monday Night RAW episode on the USA Network, airing on December 30, 2024, from Houston, Texas. After nearly two decades on the USA Network, the show will make the move to Netflix, with the debut episode set for January 6, 2024, at the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles. According to a report from WrestleVotes Radio, WWE is putting significant effort into ensuring the final episode on the USA Network is memorable, especially for the Houston crowd. A video package will look back at the most iconic moments from RAW’s long history on the USA Network. Additionally, the episode will feature the highly anticipated finals of the Women’s Intercontinental Championship tournament.

· WWE Content on Netflix

· An Item Just for Jarret: ROH will be holding its annual December PPV: Final Battle. It will take place on Friday, December 20th at the Hammerstein Ballroom. Chris Jericho will defend the ROH World Championship against Jarret’s absolute favorite wrestler… "The Deathmatch King", "The Internet Sensation", "The King of the Indies"... MATT CARDONA!

NEWS (12/8-12/10)

· WWE files to trademark “Raw Vault” and most are assuming this will be the name of the section of Netflix to find Monday Night RAW archives.

· Jesse Ventura Scheduled For Four WWE Saturday Night Main Event Appearances Per Year

· Bryan Danielson interviewed by Denise Salcedo (Instinct Culture)

· Bronson Reed Expected Out “A Long Time,” Likely to Miss WrestleMania 41

WWE Smackdown (12/6/24) - Minneapolis, MN

Top Moments:

- Tiffany Stratton advances in U.S. Title tournament

- The Bloodline 2.0 takes out L.A. Knight and Andrade

- Michael Cole interviews Kevin Owens in KO’s rental car

- DIY turns heel together and defeats MCMG to win Tag Team Titles

- Cody Rhodes def. Chad Gable amid news of the “Transfer Window”

- Josh talks about repetitive / concurrent booking between brands

- Jarret talks about Cody’s selling

WWE RAW (12/9/24) - Wichita, KS

Highlights

- GUNTHER’s promo - quasi face turn incoming?

- World Title match is now a triple threat with Damien Priest added

- Wyatt Sicks surprisingly lose to Final Testament + Miz

- CM Punk sit-down interview

- Seth Rollins in-ring promo

- Sami Zayn challenges Drew McIntyre for SNME

- Lyra Valkyria advances in Intercontinental tournament

- New Day heat goes scorched earth

- Rhea Ripley def. Raquel Rodriguez in an Anything Goes Match

[recorded Nov 22, 2024]

NEWS (11/21/24–11/22/24)

· WWE Network No Longer Available In Europe Starting On January 1, 2025· WWE released a CM Punk Signature series championship title belt.· WWE is relaxing the brand split through WM 41· WWE is making Bron Breakker a TWEENER. Heel in the ring, but Babyface with his promos and interactions with the crowd.

AEW Full Gear Predictions

— AEW Tag Title Match / 4-Way Match — [3 pts]

Private Party [c] vs. The Outrunners vs. Kings of the Black Throne vs. The Acclaimed

— Singles Match —

MJF vs. Rodderick Strong [1 pt]

— AEW TBS Title Match —

Mercedes Mone [c] vs. Kris Statlander [4 pts]

— Singles Match —

“Hangman” Adam Page vs. “Switchblade” Jay White [1 pt]

— Singles Match —

Will Ospreay vs. Kyle Fletcher [1 pt]

— AEW TNT Title Match —

Jack Perry [c] vs. Daniel Garcia [4 pts]

— AEW International Title Match —

K. Takeshita [c] vs. Ricochet [3 pts]

— Singles Match —

Swerve Strickland vs. Bobby Lashley [1 pt]

— AEW World Title Match —

Jon Moxley [c] vs. Orange Cassidy [5 pts]

[recorded Nov 21, 2024]

NEWS: 11/19-11/21· WWE Signs Indie Star and former AEW Wrestler Kylie Rae (aka overly Happy Bayley) to its WWE ID Development Program· TONI STORM RETIRES FROM WRESTLING

Prime Cut: Wrestling Bucket List Items

[recorded November 19, 2024]

NEWS (11/17-11/19)

· Rhea Ripley New T-Shirt

· Netflix and WWE announced on Monday that the brand-new Intuit Dome (capacity 18,000) in Los Angeles will be the home of Monday Night RAW’s debut on Netflix, LIVE at 5‍pm PT/8pm ET on January 6, 20‍25.

· AEW has finally decided to run smaller venues for TV while keeping the larger venues for PPVs.

· AEW announces the International Women’s Cup.

WWE Smackdown (11/15/24) - Milwaukee, WI

Top Moments:

- Cody Rhodes / Nick Aldis in-ring segment

- Start of Women’s Tournament to crown a new United States Champion at Saturday Night’s Main Event.

- Bayley def. Candice LeRae + B-Fab

- L.A. Knight’s Open Challenge def. Berto / Return of Shinsuke Nakamura

- Bloodlines brawl / Jacob shines / Bronson Reed is the 5th Man / Reigns eats a Samoan Spike, Moonsault, and Tsunami

- Ciampa turns heel apparently

- Nia Jax retains against Naomi

- Roman calls the Wiseman / The number is not in service / Earlier callback to Sami throwing a phone on the couch

WWE RAW (11/18/24) - Grand Rapids, MI (recorded last week)

Highlights

- Women’s War Games

- GUNTHER + Ludwig backstage / Damien Preist backstage

- Sheamus vs. Bron Breakker / Ludwig crashes the party

- The Judgment Day fractures further?

- Bronson Reed def. Seth Rollins / Rollins vehemently declines OG Bloodline for 2nd straight week

NEWS: 11/15-11/16

· Fightful Select has learned that former TNA President Scott D'Amore was at the WWE Performance Center on November 8. We're told that he was just visiting, and was given a tour of the facilities. There were also some informal conversations along the way. We've not heard of anything more emerging from the meeting as of yet. D'Amore is heading up the revived Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling, which is planning on returning with more dates in 2025. Maple Leaf's return shows featured talent from AEW, NJPW, TNA and ROH.

Wrestling Merchandise

* What is out there that you want but just haven’t pulled the trigger on yet?

* Your Past Merch that isn’t around

* Your current stash

* What is your feeling on Replica Championship Belts?

[recorded November 14, 2024]

NEWS (11/13-11/14)

• Netflix is open to the idea of broadcasting the RAW episodes live taking place during the European tour on the road to WrestleMania 41. So in the U.S the episodes will air live in the afternoon.

(@WrestleVotes Radio - Backstage Pass)

• Sources indicate NBC’s second episode of Saturday Night’s Main Event is set for January 25th, with the location still TBD. (WrestleVotes Radio) “A bold scheduling move, as it lands just one week before the Royal Rumble.”

• WWE has confirmed that John Cena will be participating in the 2025 Royal Rumble.

• JBL says Bruce Prichard came up with idea for his current return run: “There is an endgame to this”

• More WWE Double-Tapings announced:

• The November 29th episode of SmackDown will be pre-taped on the November 22nd episode of SmackDown in Salt Lake City, UT

• The December 20th episode of SmackDown will be pre-taped on the December 13th episode of SmackDown in Hartford, CT

• The December 23rd episode of RAW will be pre-taped on the December 16th episode of RAW in Boston, MA

AEW Analysis

The Bad

* Talent that can’t get on TV or haven’t been in over 4 weeks

→ Men: 17(112) / Women: 11(35)

* Mercedes Moné and Kamille

* Kenny Omega’s long-awaited return … for NJPW

* Jay White’s face run

* The Learning Tree / Chris Jericho as ROH World Champion

* Adam Cole / MJF / Roderick Strong / Undisputed Kingdom / Kyle O’Reilly

The Gray Area

* The Death Riders (fmr Blackpool Combat Club)

* Ricochet (blasphemy, I know Jarret, I’m sorry)

* Christian Cage + The Patriarchy

* The Conglomeration

* Britt Baker, D.M.D.

* Penelope Ford

* Jamie Hayter

The Good

* The announced return of the Continental Classic (starting somewhere… that might be close by to someone on this show… I can’t put my finger on it…)

* Kris Statlander

* Powerhouse Hobbs as babyface bad-ass

* Kyle Fletcher + Will Ospreay

* Harley Cameron

* The Hurt Syndicate

* Swerve Strickland

* Julia Hart

[Recorded Nov 12, 2024]

NEWS (11/7-11/12)

· NXT announced Deadline PLE for Saturday, Dec 7th from Minneapolis, MN at The Armory

· Reportedly Ava has quietly retired from being an in-ring competitor and is focusing exclusively on her on-screen GM character.

· Karl Anderson, who suffered a torn rotator cuff and partially torn labrum, said he expects to be in the post-surgery brace for six weeks, and expects to be out of action for anywhere from six-to-nine months.

· Last year, it was announced that Lance Anoa’i and MLW had parted ways. On November 7, the Twitter page of MuscleManMalcolm posted a photo of Lance Anoa’i in an NXT outfit at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, FL. According to a report from Fightful Select, multiple sources have confirmed that Anoa’i signed with WWE over the summer. However, he’s been sidelined with an injury. It was added that he isn’t currently planned for any creative within NXT or the main roster, but he is signed with the company.

· WWE Elimination Chamber 2025 Announced For March 1 At Rogers Center In Toronto

It will be the first time going back to Rogers Center in over 20 years (since WMX8).

· Pwinsider is reporting that the current plan is for both RAW and SmackDown to expand to three hours in January 2025

· During last week’s episode of AEW Collision, a new vignette aired where Julia Hart’s past cheerleader gimmick was referenced. The character wound up being killed by her House of Black character. Julia then appears to wake up from a dream.

NXT Thoughts

WWE Smackdown (11/8/24)

Top Moments:

- Show starts with the OTC + “Big Jim” Jimmy Uso, “Main Event” Jey Uso, and eventually Sami Zayn

- Randy Orton suffers a piledriver from Kevin Owens; taken out on a stretcher

WWE took to Twitter on Saturday to provide a storyline update on Orton, noting that he has been diagnosed with cervical cord neurapraxia.

- Jade + Bianca vs. Nia + Tiffany

- MCMC def. A-Town Down Under // Subsequent tag team turmoil (not the match)

- Nick Aldis unveils the Women’s U.S. Title

- Main Event segment with Roman, Solo, etc.

WWE RAW (11/11/24) - Grand Rapids, MI

Highlights

- Damien / GUNTHER in-ring

- Bronson Reed / Seth Rollins brawl

- Return of Dakota Kai // PFC vs Damage CTRL

- Final Testament + Miz + Wyatt Sick6

- New Day Drama continues

- Jade + Bianca def. Liv + Raquel // Building towards Women’s WAR GAMES

- Both Bloodlines recruiting for a 5th member

The Brethren are here to discuss WWE Crown Jewel results, Smackdown, and Monday Night RAW. They also go over the prediction results and where the scoreboard stands as of Crown Jewel... as WWE races towards Survivor Series: WAR GAMES!

The Brethren are here to discuss their predictions for WWE Crown Jewel 2024, where two new titles were awarded. They also discuss the latest in wrestling news (talent releases).

(recorded November 1, 2024)