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Real Reason Talking Smack Was Canceled

While Dave Meltzer reported that Talking Smack was cancelled because of lower viewership, Justin Barrasso of Sports Illustrated is saying otherwise.

According to Barrasso, WWE canceled the weekly show because Vince McMahon was not pleased with the show and felt it wasn’t best for the company’s interests. Vince apparently made the decision last week while he was present for the show.

WWE issued the following statement on Friday regarding the cancellation of the show:

“We continuously review WWE Network’s programming line-up based on a variety of factors, including viewership and subscriber research. Talking Smack and Raw Talk will air following pay-per-view events, and Tuesday will continue to feature 205 Live.”

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UFC Fighter Cris Cyborg Wants Becky Lynch at SummerSlam

UFC Fighter Cris Cyborg and Becky Lynch’s had yet another exchange on Twitter. This time around a challenge was issued. We noted earlier this week that Cyborg sent out a warning to Triple H to keep Lynch away from her.

Cyborg is now looking for some action and has challenged Becky to a match at this year’s SummerSlam event. She wrote the following:

Becky responded to the challenge with the following remarks:

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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.

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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.

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Shelton Benjamin Has Not Signed With WWE

There were reports surfacing online this week regarding Shelton Benjamin possibly returning to WWE, however that doesn’t appear to be the case.

The Wrestling Observer Newsletter reports that Shelton Benjamin has not re-signed with WWE as of earlier this week. If his status changes, we will keep you updated.

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Matt Hardy Responds to a Critic Saying He Betrayed TNA

The fight for the BROKEN Gimmick is still on between Anthem and The Hardys. Recently, after a lot of heated public discussions over the issue, Matt Hardy was accused by a Fan of “Betraying TNA”.

Hardy Replied:

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Triple H Welcomes Bobby Fish to NXT

As previously reported, the recent episode of NXT saw the long-awaited debut of former ROH and IWGP tag team champion Bobby Fish. Fish squared off against Aleister Black in a losing effort. You can read our full spoiler report from Wednesday’s tapings here.

Triple H took to his Twitter to react to Fish’s arrival to the NXT brand:

https://twitter.com/TripleH/status/885338756785491968reac

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Jinder Mahal Flaunts 50th Day of WWE Championship Reign

The ‘Modern Day Maharaja’ Jinder Mahal on his Instagram, posted the following on his 50th day as the WWE Champion:

“Showing my dominance on the 50th day of being the 50th WWE Champion … Long Reign The Maharaja. #WWE #wwechampionship #ModernDayMaharaja”

Showing my dominance on the 50th day of being the 50th WWE Champion … Long Reign The Maharaja. #WWE #wwechampionship #ModernDayMaharaja

A post shared by The Maharaja (@jindermahal) on Jul 11, 2017 at 9:02pm PDT

Jinder Mahal pinned Randy Orton to become the 50th WWE Champion at Backlash on May 21.

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Matt Hardy Threatens Anthem Sports — “Things Will Get Nasty”

Matt Hardy took to Twitter to respond to a fan question about the legal situation between The Hardy Boyz and Anthem Sports. This time around Hardy threatened to expose the company and mentioned that things would “get nasty” if they don’t wrap up the deal.

For those not following the story, The Hardy Boyz have been trying to work out a deal with Anthem Sports so that they can bring their “BROKEN” gimmick to WWE. Things between the two haven’t been exactly smooth between everyone involved.