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[ENG] @wrestleupdate.bsky.social #52: State of the Scene - Strengths, Weaknesses & Changes Needed in WWE & AEW

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A return for the ages! Talking about the NGI9 from @gcwrestling.bsky.social ! Nello killed it with his knowledge of the scene in and out and I added what I could. Was truly a hell of a show with a great debut (Deathmatch Miyu) & a great closing with Sawyer Wreck & the return.

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When I say everything was covered for the best of the year for 2023, I mean EVERYTHING in American wrestling. Best attire & theme song all the way up to overall MVP. If there's 1 episode of WU to check out, it's this 1. WWE - AEW - TNA - GCW - everywhere is covered!

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Check out our show, we finish off our draft arc era by putting together our cards with the rosters we picked, but before that breakdown Crown Jewel and talk about how they may set up Survivor Series. You can listen anywhere or check it out on YT!

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Part 2 of our look at our drafts, this time with the women's side of WWE.

WWE (Women):

ZPW:
Iyo Sky
Tiffany Stratton
Meiko Satomura
Wendy Choo
Roxanne Perez

Sicko Pro:
Bianca Belair
Jade Cargill
Candice LeRae
Shotzi
Dakota Kai

To take a deeper look at the Wrestle Update Draft, here is our picks broken down by how we took them from each company and how our roster ended up regardless of selection placings.

WWE (Men):
ZPW:

Drew
Cody
GUNTHER
Kaiser
Vinci

SPW:

Kofi
Carmelo
Shinsuke
Ilja
Sami Zayn

First ever DRAFT EDITION of Wrestle Update! Dylan and Nello draft their own special companies using the rosters of all the top US companies (WWE - AEW - IMPACT + the Indies) as well as 10 International slots with unique rules...that sometimes get tested.

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Japanese online tv company ABEMA, a subsidiary of CyberAgent, announced today that WWE programming will return to being broadcast in Japanese with Raw, Smackdown as well as their premium shows airing in Japan within a day in Japanese for the first time in nearly two years.

Tony Khan isn't buying NJPW, be serious

AEW Grand Slam instant reaction show, check it out, love Eddie getting his big win!

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I think WU may now be known as the Hideo Kojima-cast. What about a world where he was in the PWI 500? We don't know, but we do know Big Dust. Regardless! The Rock's back, WWE/UFC Merger talk, Grand Slam Preview. AEW, WWE, The Rock, Jade Cargill, shenanigans!

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In my opinion they made the right decision. Some could argue as I did above it should have been a year ago but we can't change the past. Right now, at this moment this firing is a benefit to the company as a whole, and it shouldn't be. But that is how I feel looking at it.

no matter where he goes will pop up again and again. There's undeniable upside in him, but not nearly enough to be worth the negative, as this run proved. As all of his runs have proved. It's the sad reality of CM Punk, and I believe unchangeable at this point in his 40s.

I expect Punk to go on a hiatus for a few months, but around Rumble time expect to see his name bantered about by every usual source, and the thought there to get him in. Although I feel it will be only a matter of time before the same issues that always follow that man around-

intelligence to at least get the chance to dip his toe in the WWE waters. At the moment they're so successful no 1 person is that necessary no matter how great they may be, but in the ego driven world of wrestling will they be able to resist yet another chance to outmanuever AEW?

Finally, where does Punk go? What we've heard to this point is WWE doesn't want any part of him, but in wrestling of all places there's no such thing as "forever". You have to think Punk already had this outcome as a possibility in mind when he visited Raw months ago, showing his

Despite their tone they will take burying the company, I'm certain nobody is happier than those who have crafted a brand around bashing AEW & defending Punk as this whole saga & now firing has given them ammo for months, if not infinitely, even though a lot was his fault, truly.

I said it on the last episode, but the ultimate blame has to lay at the feet of Tony Khan for not definitively putting everyone in their place before All Out LAST year. I highly doubt he's a Wrestle Update listener, but it appears he himself came to the conclusions I did.

The truth is there's plenty of blame to go around. Obviously it's hard to ignore the fact of just how frequent things hit the fan around Punk with him in the middle of it so often, but it's also hard to argue that he wasn't pushed at times, specifically by Jack Perry at All In.

There's always something else though and on some level it's disappointing that they couldn't have come together and used the passionate (and sometimes dangerously passionate) fan base for the sides of the Elite & Punk into something productive & an epic money making angle on TV.

But it does feel like a dark cloud was lifted from the company & they can put an end to the separate locker rooms & the tension that was clearly coming to a boiling point, even spilling out amongst their own fans and perhaps this is a second chance for there to be less toxicity.

Only Khan knows the large amount of money Collision brought into AEW & how integral Punk was to getting it. If it was $50 Million as was reported then it really was worth it despite all of the massive repeated headaches his presence, and actions brought to AEW & the locker room.

Analysis: A stunning move given all the leeway Punk has been given to this point. This wrecks the entirety of Collision & their plans for the real world title. If reports are true about how much stock the network put into him, the whole show has to be in question going forward.

Update: CM Punk has been fired from AEW.

Episode 12: AEW All In 2023 - A show of extremes, spectacles, and extreme spectacle. We cover everything and at the end go over the latest goings on with CM Punk, Jack Perry, Tony Khan as well as the wrestling media at large's coverage of everything.

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need every bit they can get. Thanks for taking the time to read this and enjoy the shows, both watching them and listening to us when we watch them too if you like.

There are too many kayfabey type of answers for this for my liking. They have 3 TV shows for that stuff, this is an inappropriate forum for it in my opinion. But it's an extra avenue for PPV hype which is about as far as the thinking likely goes. And especially for this one they-

Regardless of my/our/anyone's thoughts on the buildup and main event, it's clear All In was a massive success. Both in terms of ticket sales as well as PPV buys. In this day and age they should be proud, even with the dark cloud of negativity following the company at every turn.

The other questions were either uninspired or not answered in inspiring ways, although I was happy to hear people wanting to work with Diamante. She is someone that deserves a bigger role and to work with people on TV really, but at least in ROH.