WWE Cancels Talking Smack

WWE has decided to cancel Talking Smack’s weekly series and will only continue to air as a post-PPV broadcast instead.

Dave Meltzer mentioned on Twitter that the reason the company decided to cancel the show was because not enough people were watching it.

According to Daniel Bryan, he wasn’t even aware of the show being canceled until he came online:

Dana Warrior Says there Were No Plans for Ryback vs. Ultimate Warrior

Ryback claimed in a recent installment of Heated Conversations with The Big Guy that there were plans originally for The Ultimate Warrior to work with him at WrestleMania 30 before he passed away.

When asked about these rumors on Twitter, Dana Warrior claimed they were false. She wrote, “Not true. It always saddens me when people tell untruths on a man’s grave to promote their lives. Do your OWN work. Dana”

When Ryback asked Dana how she was doing, she called him out for living in a “fantasy” with the following remarks:

Reason The Hardy Boyz’ Deal with Anthem Sports Went Sour

Sports Illustrated claims that The Hardy Boyz were willing to pay between $10,000 and $15,000 for the rights to the “BROKEN” gimmick. This same deal would have included a non-disparagement clause and the Hardys sending out a press release to end the conflict on good terms.

As the deal was approaching completion, Anthem Sports reportedly tried to pull a a fast one and wanted more out of the deal. One of the things they asked for was 50% of all Hardy revenue which including Jeff Hardy’s art and music. The Hardys saw this as a ‘monumental heist and money-grab’ and the deal was not made.

The plan now is for Jeff Jarrett to stall the agreement in hopes that The Hardys will give up pursuing the case.

Bayley Comments on Possible Heel Turn

While appearing on Steve Austin’s podcast, Bayley made the following remarks about possibly turning heel:

“It breaks my heart even thinking about it! And so, when I do have these ideas, like, I write everything down, ideas, just in case, they want ideas, ‘like, okay, we’re going to do this,’ I have ideas for that. But even just thinking about that, like one day, I was like, ‘yeah, I’m going to pitch this! I’m going to do it! Like, I want to be a heel!’ And then, I went out that night for our match and I saw maybe five or six girls dressed up like me and we had met these girls before the show that were just in tears meeting us. I was like, ‘okay, no, I can’t do it! I can’t turn my back on them. I don’t know what would happen.’”

You can check out the full podcast at this link.

Plans Nixed for Top SummerSlam Match

The original plan heading into this year’s SummerSlam event would have seen Jinder Mahal defending the WWE Championship against John Cena, however that doesn’t appear to be the case anymore.

Dave Meltzer reported on the latest installment of Wrestling Observer Radio that WWE appears to be building towards a match between Cena and AJ Styles at SummerSlam this year. Meltzer indicated that the planned match between Cena and Mahal may still take place at a later date but they aren’t doing it now.

WWE Teases Huge UFC vs. WWE Feud

During Friday’s Mae Young Classic tapings at Full Sail University, WWE did an angle that saw a tease between WWE and UFC’s Four Horsewomen.

After one of Shayna Baszler’s matches in the tournament, Charlotte, Becky Lynch and Bayley were shown at ringside on the opposite side of Ronda Rousey and her crew. Both sides had words with each other and it was made obvious WWE has something planned between the two sides, as the angle was recorded.

Here is footage from the angle:

WWE Mae Young Women’s Tournament Results – July 14th, 2017

WWE heads to Full Sail University for tonight’s Mae Young Classic tournament. Here are spoiler results from the show:

* Dark match: Dianna & Jesse James defeated Nicole Mathews & Hayden.

* Abby Laith defeats Rachel Evers.

* Piper Niven defeated Serena Deeb.

* Mercedes Matinez defeated Princesa Sugehit.

* Kairi Sane defeated Bianca Belair.

* Toni Storm defeated Lacey Evans.

* Shayna Baszler defeated Mia Yim.

* Dakota Kai defeated Rhea Ripley.

* Candice LeRae defeated Nicole Savoy.

* Mercedes Martinez defeated Abby Laith.

* Shayna Baszler defeated Candice LeRae

* Toni Storm defeated Piper Niven.

* Kairi Sane defeated Dakota Kai

* Tessa Blanchard, Jazzy Gabert and Kay Lee Ray defeated Santana Garret, Sarah Logan, Marti Belle.

* Triple H comes out to thank fans.

* Shayna Baszler defeated Mercedes Martinez to advance to the finals. Triple H, Sarah and Stepanie come out after the match and congratulates her for the victory.

* Kairi Sane defeated Tomi Storm to advance to the finals. Triple H, Sarah and Stephanie comes out to congratulate her.