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00:00 Hello and welcome to the WrestleTalk News, I'm Luke Owen and this is wrestling news.
00:10 Yesterday saw AEW come into London hard way and put on their record breaking All In event.
00:15 And there was something said by Tony Khan in the post show press conference that really
00:19 stood out to me.
00:20 "I can't stress it enough.
00:22 This was the biggest paid attendance in the history of pro wrestling on the planet."
00:30 All of you were a part of making that happen.
00:33 And most of you are here as unbiased journalists but I know all of you at some point have been
00:38 a wrestling fan.
00:41 And even though you're not here to give favoritism or coverage, I do hope you can all appreciate
00:47 that all of you were a big part of history tonight and saw something really special and
00:51 historic and noteworthy and newsworthy.
00:53 So when you're covering this, I hope you can take a moment to sit back and reflect
00:58 on the fact that pro wrestling is an art form that has been practiced for over 100 years
01:03 all over this planet and in recorded history nobody can ever find an example of more people
01:09 paying to come to a pro wrestling show than this one.
01:12 That is an amazing achievement especially for a company that is a startup company, a
01:17 challenger brand."
01:18 TK is right by all accounts.
01:20 There have been claims that Wembley Stadium had over 90,000 people in the building when
01:25 you take into account all of the comps, guests and staff.
01:28 But of that 90k, 81,035 bought a ticket.
01:34 That is the biggest paid attendance for a wrestling show in the history of the world
01:38 and it's also AEW's biggest gate with more than $10 million.
01:42 It's an incredible achievement for any wrestling company, let alone one that's only been
01:46 in business for 5 years, but it's also great for us as wrestling fans.
01:50 It really does feel like there's never been a better time to be a wrestling fan than right
01:54 now with all of the great wrestling all over the world being put on by the best shows possible
01:59 for our entertainment.
02:00 So we should pause and take a moment to reflect upon 81,000 people buying a ticket for a non-WWE
02:07 wrestling show.
02:08 Because it's mind boggling when you remember just 5 years ago the question was whether
02:11 or not a group of indie wrestlers could do 10k.
02:14 Let's take a moment to reflect upon the niceness of this news.
02:20 With that said, a fight broke out before the show so let's focus on that now.
02:23 A little bit of background first.
02:25 Two weeks ago it was reported that CM Punk had banned certain people from attending tapings
02:29 of AEW Collision, notably Matt Hardy, Isaiah Cassidy, Christopher Daniels and Ryan Nemeth,
02:34 all of which have ties or are friends with The Elite, who Punk had a brawl out with nearly
02:39 a year ago.
02:40 When that report came out it prompted another report that Punk had strong words with Jungle
02:44 Boy Jack Perry about JB wanting to do an angle that would involve real glass as a way to
02:49 write him off TV.
02:50 Punk took issue with the spot, as did, reportedly, doctors, backstage staff and Tony Schiavone,
02:54 and Punk told him that "they don't do that sort of thing on Saturdays, i.e. Collision,
02:59 and if he didn't like it, he could stay on Wednesdays, i.e. Dynamite."
03:03 It was later added that Punk felt that Perry threw a temper tantrum because he couldn't
03:07 do the spot, and felt that he was trying to get himself written off TV so he didn't
03:10 have to come to work the following week.
03:13 It's been revealed that Perry actually had planned holiday for the following week, which
03:16 is why he wanted to do the angle in the first place.
03:18 Fast forward to All In yesterday, and Jack Perry lost his FTW Championship back to Hook
03:23 on the Buy In pre-show.
03:24 During the match Perry did a spot with Hook on the windshield of a London black car because
03:28 UK references and all that, and looked into the camera and said "it's real glass,
03:34 cry me a river".
03:35 Fightful Select report that Perry wasn't happy with how the situation was relayed publicly
03:40 with regards to his altercation with Punk over the summer, especially as the news came
03:44 from those who are close to Punk and not anyone else.
03:47 It's also worth remembering that a lot of Punk's issues with AEW come from his annoyance
03:53 that wrestlers talk to dirt sheets.
03:56 But all of the FTW Championship stuff and the "cry me a river" thing did not sit
04:00 well with CM Punk.
04:02 Which means it's now time to get out your he said she said commemorative coins, as there
04:06 are two sides to this story.
04:08 Side one comes from Punk's side of things.
04:10 Fightful Select report that Perry approached Punk backstage after his FTW match - and before
04:15 Punk's opening match with Samoa Joe - and stepped in his face and bumped past him.
04:21 Punk then pushed Perry, who tried to fight back but got caught in a chokehold by Punk.
04:25 This fight was then broken up.
04:27 Side two of the story comes from other people who saw what happened.
04:30 Fightful Select report that it was Punk that initiated the altercation by approaching Perry
04:35 with heated words and actually threw the first punch before putting him in a chokehold and
04:40 punching him some more, and that fight was then broken up.
04:44 Miro, who was recently brought back to the company to be part of CM Punk's Collision
04:47 Show, posted his thoughts on the situation saying that the version of events that Perry
04:51 started the fight were fake and untrue.
04:53 It should be noted that while I've used Fightful Select when talking about this, the
04:57 story has been corroborated from both sides by PWInsider, Figure Four and Pro Wrestling
05:03 Torch - and even Tony Khan himself who said at the post-show press conference, "There
05:08 was an incident backstage before we went live on tonight's show."
05:12 He added that there would be an investigation into what happened.
05:15 PWInsider add that the fight took place in guerrilla position and Pro Wrestling Torch
05:19 add that the start of the show was nearly delayed as the production crew scrambled to
05:24 find a way to fill time if Punk wasn't able to go out on time.
05:28 Mike Johnson of PWInsider then reported that Jack Perry had been escorted from Wembley
05:33 Stadium and sent back to his hotel while Punk got to remain backstage.
05:38 Bryan Alvarez then reported that Punk was also sent back to his hotel, but that didn't
05:43 happen immediately like it did with Perry, likely due to him being in the middle of a
05:46 wrestling match with Samoa Joe.
05:48 Dave Meltzer added on Wrestling Observer Radio that Punk was asked to leave and both men
05:52 were removed by security.
05:54 But all of this heat is making me sweaty, so we'd better check in with our heat expert
05:59 Helen Temperature to find out just how hot this heat is.
06:07 And to tie back into my brilliant joke I made at the start of this episode, PWInsider add
06:12 in their story that there were some in AEW who were worried that this story would overshadow
06:17 the success of All In.
06:19 Which, in some ways, it had.
06:22 So let's reiterate again as I'm being handed an AEW press release right now which
06:28 reminds me that All In was a big success both in terms of attendance and the monies.
06:33 So thank you very much for that press release.
06:36 Thank you.
06:37 What else is in the news?
06:39 Oh, there's more heat with AEW wrestlers.
06:42 Santana made his return to AEW this past week to join the Blackpool Combat Club side of
06:47 things in their Stadium Stampede match against best friends Orange Cassidy, Penta and Eddie
06:51 Kingston.
06:52 Not only did he return, he also seemingly reunited with his former tag partner Ortiz.
06:57 The two had a big falling out last year according to Konnan, which is why the act was split
07:01 up, and it led to speculation that Santana was trying to get his release from All Elite
07:05 Wrestling.
07:06 It was also reported that Santana also had some issues with Eddie Kingston, but with
07:11 his return and working with both those guys, it was presumed that all issues had been resolved.
07:17 But not so according to Fightful Select who write, "As of now, things haven't improved
07:20 with Santana's relationship with either Ortiz or Eddie Kingston."
07:24 Fightful also add that AEW were aware that Rey Fenix wouldn't be able to travel for
07:29 All In and do the Stadium Stampede match, and there wasn't any consideration to find
07:33 a replacement for him, which is why the match was booked to be five on five.
07:37 But that wasn't the only change made to the All In card on last week's Dynamite.
07:42 Just a few weeks ago it was announced that Sting and Darby Allin would team up to take
07:45 on Swerve Strickland and A.R.
07:46 Fox who shot a brutal angle where they attacked and left Nick Wayne looking like a scene from
07:51 CSI Seattle.
07:52 However on Dynamite, Swerve kicked A.R.
07:54 Fox out of his group and replaced him with Christian Cage as his tag partner for All
07:58 In.
07:59 It was a busy and overbooked angle that seemingly did a month's worth of story in one five
08:03 minute segment.
08:04 There has been a lot of speculation about why Fox was removed from the match from visa
08:10 issues - which is why Fenix was kept off the show - to a bereavement in the family.
08:14 Whatever the truth is, Fightful Select add that Fox being removed from the match was
08:18 not always the plan and the changes having to be made to the match resulted in some heat
08:23 on A.R.
08:24 Fox.
08:25 But exactly how much heat?
08:26 Let's head back to Helen.
08:27 There's some heat here, but you'd still need a jacket when you go outside today.
08:32 That's a three on the scale today.
08:35 But look, I get that people are sick of hearing about backstage fights and backstage heat.
08:40 Believe me, I'm kind of sick of it too.
08:42 The truth of the matter is that everywhere in the wrestling world, behind the scenes,
08:46 there's various forms of heat and disagreements.
08:49 Not everyone is friends.
08:51 WWE will have talent that don't have heat with each other, NXT will be the same, Impact
08:56 will be the same, Rev Pro, Progress, they're all the same.
08:59 Not everyone can be friends.
09:01 So for the final word on this, let's hear from a very sweary world champion, MJF.
09:19 [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible]
09:41 [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible]
10:10 And yes, for those who saw the press conference, MJF did refer to me as 'The Bald Guy',
10:14 so um… we're basically best friends now.
10:16 Lastly on the AEW news, an All In was treated to a surprise appearance from former WWE star
10:21 Sasha Banks, now known as Mercedes "Money", who learned a lot from her time in NXT as
10:26 she was shown in the crowd like she was the latest signing of the company.
10:29 Money had revealed that she was in London ahead of the show by posting pictures of herself
10:33 in Our Nation's Capital on Instagram like a little tourism mark.
10:36 I would never do such a thing, I only post cool things on Instagram, but you would only
10:40 know that if you followed me on there.
10:43 Speaking with fans ahead of the event, I had a lot of people speculate to me that they
10:47 thought she could be part of the show following the Women's Fatal 4-Way, but that would
10:51 require the creative department to put some thought into that match which was clearly
10:54 not on the to-do list for yesterday.
10:56 And despite being shown in the crowd, it does not mean that Mercedes "Money" is All
11:01 Elite.
11:02 However, Fightful Select report that Money and AEW have had recent conversations and
11:07 that she is open to appearing on a show at some point.
11:10 Sean Rossahap adds, "One source even showed heavy optimism that the two sides will be
11:15 working together.
11:16 Another source spoke as if it was in the works."
11:18 But that's all from me, go and watch Oli Davis' review of AEW All In by clicking
11:22 the video onscreen right now while I try and get some sleep.

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