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Turnbuckle Talk Wrestling

Turnbuckle Talk Wrestling

por Alexander the Great and Aiden Haystack

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THE VIPER STRIKES IN BOSTON

Co Host Aiden Haystack's first SmackDown!!! 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 Two new champions. Randy Orton loses his mind. And SmackDown somehow leaves some of its most interesting stories on the cutting-room floor. The August 14 edition of SmackDown from Boston gave us major title changes, a personal CM Punk/Kevin Owens confrontation, Chelsea Green fighting to hold onto her championship, and a chaotic ending that stopped Cody Rhodes vs. Sami Zayn before it could even begin. 🤔 But one of the biggest questions coming out of the show might be about what we didn’t see. WWE reportedly cut five backstage segments that would have advanced multiple stories across the roster — which raises a pretty simple question: if those stories matter, why aren’t they making television? ━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🏆 TWO NEW CHAMPIONS The MFTs captured the WWE Tag Team Championship, while Jacy Jayne defeated Tiffany Stratton to become the new Women’s United States Champion. 💔 CHELSEA GREEN FIGHTS TO REMAIN CHAMPION Chelsea makes an emotional plea to hold onto her championship as the uncertainty surrounding her injury continues. 🔥 PUNK & OWENS GET PERSONAL Ahead of their championship match in Toronto, CM Punk and Kevin Owens turn up the intensity with an increasingly personal confrontation. 🐍 RANDY ORTON ENDS THE NIGHT IN CHAOS Cody Rhodes vs. Sami Zayn never even gets started after Randy Orton attacks Cody and brings SmackDown to a chaotic close. ━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎙️ Also on this episode: GUNTHER takes on Matt Cardona. Baron Corbin defends the United States Championship against Carmelo Hayes. We break down the five reportedly cut backstage segments involving Giulia and Blake Monroe, The Miz and Kit Wilson, Ricky Saints and Fraxiom, Shinsuke Nakamura, Paige, and Nikki Bella. ━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🛡️ Sponsored by ZARC International Personal protection starts with being prepared before the moment comes when you actually need it. Check out the full VEXOR lineup on Amazon or at Zarc.com. Be Prepared. Protect Yourself. Carry VEXOR. ━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Turnbuckle Talk Wrestling WWE analysis, long-form discussion, wrestling philosophy, and the bigger stories behind what happens on screen. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Amazon Music. 𝕏 Follow Alexander the Great at @Froe87 💬 Join the TTW Discord and keep the wrestling conversation going between episodes.

The Worst Possible Time to Fall in Line

Solo Sikoa Falls Back Into The Bloodline as Oba Femi & Bron Breakker Battle Over WWE’s Future 🔥 WWE RAW REVIEW Solo Sikoa finally found himself… and WWE immediately forced him back into The Bloodline. Jey Uso defeated Solo Sikoa in the main event, meaning Solo now has to report back to Roman Reigns. But after months of WWE struggling to find the right version of Solo, the crowd is finally connecting with him. 🤔 But here’s the question: Did WWE just find the character that could make Solo Sikoa a star… only to risk putting him back into the exact role he finally escaped? ━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎙️ SOLO SIKOA FALLS BACK INTO THE BLOODLINE Solo Sikoa and Jey Uso collide in a family battle with major consequences. Jey wins, Solo must fall in line, and now WWE has to prove they can keep this version of Solo alive while bringing him back into Roman Reigns’ orbit. 🎙️ OBa FEMI & BRON BREAKKER BATTLE OVER WWE’S FUTURE Paul Heyman continues playing the long game as Bron Breakker demands answers about Oba Femi. Two of WWE’s biggest future stars are beginning to circle each other, and the question is who will prove they truly represent WWE’s next era. 🎙️ THE WOMEN’S DIVISION CONTINUES TO BUILD Stephanie Vaquer and Becky Lynch stake their claims to the Women’s World Championship picture as WWE adds more star power to the division. ━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🔥 Also on this episode: Penta and Laredo Kid tear the house down to open Roman Reigns’ World Heavyweight Championship tournament. LA Knight gets a warning from Solo Sikoa. Danhausen brings his unique brand of chaos to RAW. Joe Hendry continues leaving fans wondering what WWE has planned. And RAW MVP, Final Thoughts, and the biggest takeaways heading into SmackDown. ━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🛡️ Sponsored by ZARC International Be prepared for the situations you hope never happen. Check out the full VEXOR lineup on Amazon or at Zarc.com. Be Prepared. Protect Yourself. Carry VEXOR. ━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Turnbuckle Talk Wrestling Your weekly source for WWE analysis, long-form discussion, wrestling philosophy, and the bigger stories behind what happens on screen. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Amazon Music. 𝕏 Follow Alexander the Great at @Froe87 — fro like afro, add the E. 💬 Join the TTW Discord and keep the wrestling conversation going between episodes.

THE STORIES HIT. WHERE WAS THE WRESTLING?

🔥 SmackDown finally gave its biggest post-SummerSlam stories some real heat. CM Punk and Kevin Owens got personal. Cody Rhodes and Randy Orton finally found the fire that feud should’ve had at WrestleMania. And Chelsea Green’s first SmackDown as champion raised a much bigger question about how WWE presents its women’s world titles. 🤔 But here’s the contradiction: The stories worked. The wrestling we got mostly worked. And somehow SmackDown still gave us only three matches in two hours. ━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎙️ CM PUNK VS. KEVIN OWENS GETS PERSONAL Owens returns after 17 months of uncertainty, immediately confronts Punk, and turns their WWE Championship feud into something much more personal than a simple number-one contender story. 🎙️ CODY RHODES & RANDY ORTON FINALLY FIND THE FIRE Randy says something snapped inside him after losing to Cody at WrestleMania. Cody fires back with: “I don’t have to be the damn good guy anymore.” This already feels more personal than the WrestleMania version ever did. 👑 CHELSEA GREEN’S FIRST SMACKDOWN AS CHAMPION Five days after SummerSlam, Chelsea gets pinned in a tag match while WWE uses the result to advance the Women’s U.S. Championship picture. If Chelsea is your world champion — interim bullshit or otherwise — present her like one. And now her fractured orbital bone makes an already complicated women’s title situation even messier. ━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🔥 Also on this episode: Baron Corbin and Trick Williams have a much better rematch than they did at SummerSlam. Carmelo Hayes steps into the U.S. Championship picture. Sami Zayn continues circling CM Punk and the WWE Championship. Shinsuke Nakamura says he won’t be fighting alone. And Alexa Bliss brings Tatum Paxley into the mix alongside Charlotte Flair — a direction that could be huge for Tatum’s main-roster future. ━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🛡️ Sponsored by ZARC International Be prepared for the situations you hope never happen. Check out the full VEXOR lineup on Amazon or at Zarc.com. Be Prepared. Protect Yourself. Carry Vexor. ━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Turnbuckle Talk Wrestling Your weekly source for WWE analysis, long-form discussion, wrestling philosophy, and the bigger stories behind what happens on screen. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Amazon Music. 𝕏 Follow Alexander the Great at @Froe87 — fro like afro, add the E, 87. 💬 Join the TTW Discord and keep the wrestling conversation going between episodes.

WHERE THE HELL WAS THIS?

SummerSlam should never feel like the end of WWE’s stories—it should launch the next chapter. And after months of inconsistent weekly television, Monday Night RAW finally delivered a show that felt inspired, consequential, and genuinely interested in moving WWE forward. 🎙️ On this episode: ⚡ Oba Femi vs. Bron Breakker? — WWE wastes no time teasing a collision between two of its biggest young stars. 🔥 Women’s Division Reborn — After months of frustration, RAW gives the women’s division a massive shot in the arm and suddenly creates multiple stories worth caring about. ⛓️ Fatu Unleashed — Jacob Fatu reminds everyone exactly what makes him feel different when WWE simply lets him loose. 🔒 Women’s Title Held Hostage — Rhea Ripley has undergone surgery, so why the hell are we still pretending an interim Women’s World Championship makes more sense than vacating the actual title? 🎤 Triple H Says WWE Stars Must “Earn” Their Push — We discuss why that argument gets a lot more complicated when creative controls who gets television time, wins, stories, and opportunities in the first place. 🦅 Brock Lesnar Retires — Brock officially calls it a career after SummerSlam, while The Miz claims his post-match endorsement of Oba Femi wasn't even part of WWE's creative plans. 🇲🇽 Roman Reigns’ Next Challenger? — A new tournament will determine Roman’s World Heavyweight Championship challenger in Mexico City, 🔥 Was This the Best RAW of 2026? — Why this show finally felt like WWE understood that the RAW after SummerSlam should begin the next chapter instead of simply wrapping up the last one. 🎧 Sponsored by ZARC International. Check out the full VEXOR lineup on Amazon or at Zarc.com. Be Prepared. Protect Yourself. Carry VEXOR. 📱 Follow Alexander the Great on X: @Froe87

THEY FINALLY TRUSTED WRESTLING AGAIN

SummerSlam 2026 Fallout Apologies for the mic issues! Did SummerSlam quietly become the blueprint for WWE's future? For the first time in a long time, it felt like WWE trusted its wrestlers to tell complete stories instead of rushing from one big moment to the next. But while Night One embraced that philosophy from top to bottom, did Night Two begin slipping back into old habits? 🎙️ On this episode, we break down the biggest stories from SummerSlam 2026, including CM Punk vs. Cody Rhodes, Roman Reigns vs. Seth Rollins, Oba Femi's career-defining victory over Brock Lesnar, Chad Gable finally completing his redemption story, and why Penta vs. Gable became the perfect example of WWE leaving a great match wanting more time. 🔥 We also discuss why Roman Reigns vs. Seth Rollins is our new WWE Match of the Year, whether WWE finally remembered what made professional wrestling great, and why trusting the wrestling may have been the biggest lesson to come out of SummerSlam weekend. 🎧 Sponsored by ZARC International. Check out the full VEXOR lineup on Amazon or at Zarc.com. Be Prepared. Protect Yourself. Carry VEXOR. 📱 Follow Alexander the Great on X: @Froe87

SUMMERSLAM HAS TO DELIVER

WWE SummerSlam 2026 Predictions, Top 5 Moments & Top 5 Main Events SummerSlam has always been defined by unforgettable moments. The question heading into this weekend isn't whether the card looks good on paper—it's whether this roster can create something worthy of standing alongside the greatest SummerSlam matches and moments in WWE history. 🏆 TTW Vault Before making our official SummerSlam predictions, we open The TTW Vault to count down our Top 5 SummerSlam Moments and Top 5 SummerSlam Main Events. From Daniel Bryan's unforgettable victory over John Cena to Brock Lesnar creating Suplex City, The Fiend's unforgettable debut, Shawn Michaels overselling Hulk Hogan, and the greatest SummerSlam main events ever, we debate what truly belongs among WWE's biggest summer classics. 🎯 Predictions Then it's time to make our official SummerSlam 2026 predictions. We break down every announced match on the card, including CM Punk vs. Cody Rhodes, Roman Reigns vs. Seth Rollins, Brock Lesnar vs. Oba Femi inside Hell in a Cell, Chad Gable vs. Penta, Liv Morgan vs. Iyo Sky, and much more. Along the way, we discuss Cody Rhodes' need for a heel turn, Solo Sikoa's character evolution, Chad Gable's full-circle redemption story, and the biggest bold predictions heading into WWE's biggest weekend of the year. 🎙️ Go-Home SmackDown Preview Before signing off, we preview tonight's final SmackDown before SummerSlam, including CM Punk and Cody Rhodes' final face-to-face, Giulia vs. Lash Legend for the final ladder match spot, and what surprises could still change the card before the weekend begins. 🎧 Sponsored by ZARC International. Check out the full VEXOR lineup on Amazon or at Zarc.com. Be Prepared. Protect Yourself. Carry VEXOR. 📱 Follow Alexander the Great on X: @Froe87 Chapters: 00:00 SummerSlam Has to Deliver 01:05 Why SummerSlam Matters 02:00 TTW Vault: Top 5 SummerSlam Moments 05:05 Honorable Mentions 08:18 #5 Shawn Michaels Oversells Hulk Hogan (2005) 10:54 #4 The Fiend's Debut (2019) 19:01 #3 Brock Lesnar Destroys John Cena (2014) 25:52 #2 Seth Rollins' "Ruse of the Century" (2026) 28:23 #1 Daniel Bryan Defeats John Cena • Randy Orton Cashes In 35:32 TTW Vault: Top 5 SummerSlam Main Events 44:51 SummerSlam 2026 Predictions 01:05:21 Go-Home SmackDown Preview 01:09:00 Outro

The Story Should Come First

RAW Fallout • SummerSlam Momentum Stalls • WarGames Announced The road to SummerSlam should be driven by compelling stories. Instead, WWE continues to rely on moments, surprise appearances, and annual gimmick matches to carry the momentum. Monday Night RAW featured good wrestling and a few entertaining segments, but with SummerSlam just around the corner, it felt like the stories themselves took a back seat. On this week's episode of Turnbuckle Talk Wrestling, we ask a simple question: Has WWE started prioritizing moments over meaningful storytelling? On this episode: Vince McMahon & Janel Grant lawsuit update AJ Lee says WWE finally paid her equally John Cena explains the philosophy behind Brock Lesnar squashing him Why Survivor Series: WarGames has become a calendar event instead of the culmination of a war Full Monday Night RAW review Solo Sikoa tries to recruit Seth Rollins CM Punk & John Cena's emotional WWE: Unreal moment Paul Heyman sells Brock Lesnar vs. Oba Femi inside Hell in a Cell Joe Hendry, Danhausen & Judgment Day continue their rivalry LA Knight shines once again Roman Reigns' absence continues to raise questions Why RAW featured ZERO women's matches RAW MVP Final Thoughts SmackDown Preview This episode is sponsored by ZARC International. Protect yourself with the VEXOR line of pepper spray and self-defense products. Be Prepared. Protect Yourself. Carry VEXOR. Available on Amazon and at Zarc.com. Join the TTW Discord and keep the conversation going long after the episode ends. Whether you agreed with our takes, completely disagreed, or just want to talk wrestling with fellow fans, we'd love to have you in the community. Follow Alexander the Great on X: @Froe87 (Fro... like afro... add the E... 87.) Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Amazon Music. 00:00 Cold Open & Episode Preview 01:59 The Story Should Come First 03:52 Vince McMahon & Janel Grant Lawsuit Update 11:48 AJ Lee Finally Gets Equal Pay 19:58 John Cena Explains Brock Lesnar's Squash 40:00 Why WarGames Has Lost Its Meaning 49:55 RAW Opens with High-Octane Tag Action 29:50 Big Cass Returns to WWE 59:50 Danhausen Returns & Judgment Day Chaos 1:02:28 Solo Sikoa Tries Recruiting Seth Rollins 1:07:52 CM Punk & John Cena's Emotional WWE: Unreal Moment 1:11:48 Penta, Chad Gable & the IC Title Picture 1:20:27 Paul Heyman Sells Brock vs. Oba 1:25:29 Joe Hendry, Danhausen & Judgment Day 1:30:44 LA Knight vs. Jacob Fatu 1:34:57 RAW MVP & Final Thoughts 1:40:24 SmackDown Preview & Outro

THEY ALREADY HAD THE STORY

Smackdown Fallout, Saturday Nght's Main Event Review & SummerSlam Chaos. 🤔 WWE didn't have a bad weekend. The wrestling delivered, Madison Square Garden felt important, and several SummerSlam stories moved forward. But SmackDown and Saturday Night's Main Event both had the same problem: WWE kept adding new layers to stories that were already working. So why does WWE have such a hard time leaving a good thing the fuck alone? ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎙️ On this episode of Turnbuckle Talk Wrestling... 👑 We break down WWE creating only the second interim championship in company history, why Tiffany Stratton should be focused on establishing the Women's United States Championship, and whether the entire situation surrounding Rhea Ripley creates some very questionable optics. 🔥 Then we head to Madison Square Garden for Saturday Night's Main Event, where CM Punk and Cody Rhodes battle Gunther and Sami Zayn in one of the best television main events of the year. We discuss Nick Aldis finally snapping after weeks of Gunther pushing him too far, why Justice for Sami is absolutely deserved, and how CM Punk has already made Cody Rhodes the most interesting he's been in over a year. 🏀 Plus, Lyra Valkyria's bloody statement against Bayley, Roman Reigns and Jalen Brunson closing the show, and our biggest discussion of the night: why WWE already had the perfect Madison Square Garden story with Danhausen and the New York Knicks... and walked away from it just days before the payoff. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🛡️ Sponsored by ZARC International. Check out the full VEXOR lineup on Amazon or at Zarc.com. Be Prepared. Protect Yourself. Carry VEXOR. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Alexander the Great on X: @Froe87

That's More Like It!

Credit where credit's due... After a couple of weeks of wondering where the SummerSlam momentum was, WWE finally delivered a Monday Night RAW that actually felt focused from beginning to end. This week on Turnbuckle Talk Wrestling, we're breaking down Brock Lesnar and Oba Femi making Hell in a Cell feel personal, Chad Gable earning what should be his first singles championship opportunity, Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins delivering one of the strongest contract signings of the year, and why this was the first RAW in weeks that genuinely felt like it was building toward SummerSlam. We also catch up on SmackDown, discuss CM Punk and Cody Rhodes officially becoming SummerSlam opponents, Baron Corbin's return, Gunther completely snapping on Nick Aldis, and why WWE may finally have its biggest stories moving in the right direction. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Also discussed: • Brock Lesnar vs. Oba Femi continues to heat up • Roman Reigns COOKS Seth Rollins on the 🎙️ • Chad Gable wins the Intercontinental Championship Gauntlet • Maxxine Dupri breathes new life into The Vision • Iyo Sky vs. Roxanne Perez • LA Knight's future after The Bloodline • SmackDown preview and Saturday Night's Main Event Predictions ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ This episode is sponsored by Zarc International. Check out the full VEXOR lineup on Amazon or at Zarc.com. Be Prepared. Protect Yourself. Carry VEXOR. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Turnbuckle Talk Wrestling is your weekly source for WWE analysis, long-form discussions, wrestling philosophy, and the bigger stories shaping WWE. Follow Alexander the Great on X: @Froe87 Join the TTW Discord and keep the wrestling conversation going between episodes. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Amazon Music. 00:00 Cold Open – "That's More Like It!" 02:06 Intro & SummerSlam Momentum 04:08 SmackDown Catch-Up 14:10 Brock Lesnar, Paul Heyman & Oba Femi 23:45 Iyo Sky vs. Roxanne Perez 31:15 The Vision, Maxxine Dupri & Alpha Academy 39:45 Royce Keys vs. Jimmy Uso 47:05 Bayley & Lyra Valkyria 55:10 Intercontinental Championship Gauntlet Match 01:08:20 Roman Reigns & Seth Rollins Contract Signing 01:33:10 Final Thoughts & RAW Co-MVPs 01:38:20 SmackDown Preview 01:40:30 Saturday Night's Main Event Preview 01:45:30 Outro

THE SUMMER OF PUNK II

C.M Punk Is WWE Champion, But Was Sami Zayn's Reign Cut Too Short? CM Punk is WWE Champion again... But the biggest conversation coming out of RAW wasn't actually about CM Punk. We sat down expecting our Main Event Discussion to turn into a heated debate over CM Punk ending Sami Zayn's nine-day WWE Championship reign. Instead, something unexpected happened. About halfway through the discussion, we both stopped arguing because we realized we'd been debating the wrong thing. The more we talked about it, the more we came to the same conclusion: This is still bad booking. We don't believe Triple H had some brilliant six-month master plan. In fact, we wouldn't be surprised if the decision to put the WWE Championship on Sami Zayn happened at the last possible minute simply because he deserved his flowers before WWE got back to the match that always felt inevitable—CM Punk vs. Cody Rhodes. It's messy. It's inconsistent. It doesn't make much sense... ...but somehow it also gave WWE the spark it desperately needed heading into SummerSlam. That's where the conversation went, and it ended up being one of our favorite Main Event Discussions we've ever had. ━━━━━━━━━━━━ On this week's Turnbuckle Talk Wrestling: 🔥 CM Punk shocks Chicago and wins the WWE Championship 🔥 Why Sami Zayn's nine-day reign still mattered 🔥 Cody Rhodes' unfinished business after Gunther's attack 🔥 The Vision wins World Tag Team gold 🔥 Gunther's master plan continues to unfold 🔥 Is LA Knight right? 🔥 Oba Femi, Paul Heyman & Brock Lesnar head toward Hell in a Cell 🔥 Sol Ruca challenges Raquel Rodriguez for the Women's Intercontinental Championship Plus RAW MVP, Final Thoughts, and a Main Event Discussion that ended up somewhere neither of us expected. ━━━━━━━━━━━━ This week's episode is brought to you by Zarc International. With the weekend finally here, a lot of people are packing up for camping trips, heading out on hiking trails, spending the day on the lake, or taking the RV out for a few days. Most people assume nothing's going to happen... Until they're walking back to the campsite after dark. Or they hear something outside the tent. Or they realize they're a lot farther away from help than they thought. Those are the moments where being prepared suddenly matters. This week we're featuring the VEXOR Outdoorsman. It's built for exactly those kinds of situations, with a powerful 25–30 foot range, a heavy-duty belt clip that attaches easily to your backpack or gear, and maximum-strength protection designed for the outdoors. Check out the full VEXOR lineup on Amazon or at Zarc.com. Be Prepared. Protect Yourself. Carry VEXOR. ━━━━━━━━━━━━ Turnbuckle Talk Wrestling is your weekly source for WWE analysis, long-form discussions, wrestling philosophy, and the bigger stories shaping WWE. Follow Alexander the Great on X: @Froe87 (fro like afro... add the E... 87). Join the TTW Discord and keep the wrestling conversation going between episodes. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Amazon Music.

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