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Going In Raw: A Pro Wrestling Podcast

Report: WWE In Talks With NJPW For Talent Exchange | Paige Banned From Twitch | Pro Wrestling News

Going In Raw: A Pro Wrestling Podcast

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Wrestling, News, Sports News, Sports

4.82.9K Ratings

🗓️ 28 May 2021

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Thanks to BetterHelp for sponsoring today’s episode of Going In Raw! Go http://www.betterhelp.com/raw to get 10% off your month! Time Stamps: 00:00 Show Starts 00:19 WWE In Talks With NJPW 10:36 WWE Confirms Summerslam Date 18:21 Paige Banned From Twitch 22:20 Shaq Wrestling Again 23:35 Impact Wrestling Recap 27:08 Smackdown Preview 28:00 AEW Dynamite Preview Sources: https://www.f4wonline.com/wwe-news/wwe-njpw-discussing-partnership-no-indication-current-status-342576 https://www.wwe.com/shows/summerslam/article/summerslam-date-announced https://twitter.com/seanrosssapp/status/1398303876785348617?s=21 https://twitter.com/wrestlevotes/status/1398310265062559745?s=21 https://www.wrestlinginc.com/news/2021/05/paige-banned-by-twitch-for-streaming-copyrighted-content/ https://www.fightful.com/wrestling/shaquille-o-neal-says-he-will-be-wrestling-again-summer Be sure to 🚨CLICK SUBSCRIBE🚨 and hit the NOTIFY BELL so you never miss Going In Raw! 🚨 FRIENDO CLUB TV BONUS CONTENT 🚨 Available By: Becoming a $5+ Patron at http://www.patreon.com/steveandlarson Clicking JOIN at http://www.youtube.com/steveandlarson Throwing us a Twitch sub at http://www.twitch.tv/steveandlarson Get THREE WEEKLY LIVE bonus episodes via Friendo Club TV -Power Rank LIVE WITH FRIENDOS Tuesdays 2pm PT 5pm ET -Ask Steve and Larson Wednesdays 2pm PT 5pm ET -GTA Online With FRIENDOS Fridays 3pm PT 6pm ET NEW FRIENDO CLUB MASKS AND TEN FTW SHIRTS! http://www.friendomerch.com FRIENDO CLUB SHIRT X STICKER PACKS http://www.friendomarket.com Contribute to the Going In Raw Set! PO Box 1814 Orangevale, CA 95662 Subscribe and leave us a rating, review or comment! Going in Raw on ITunes http://apple.co/1LpIsZa Larson on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/joyofbearding Steve on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/mfstevehere Going In Raw on Twitter: https://twitter.com/realgoinginraw Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey, friendos, Steve here.

0:10.0

Hey, Lars.

0:11.0

And welcome back to going in, uh, news brief.

0:14.6

We're gonna try to keep this one brief today, but there's a lot going on including.

0:17.8

There is a lot going on.

0:18.8

Some major opening news.

0:21.8

New Japan, WWE working together.

0:24.8

What's going on here?

0:25.8

I don't know.

0:26.8

The wrestling observer himself though, Dave Meltzer dropped quite a bombshell in this

0:30.9

week's wrestling observer newsletter.

0:33.2

You alluded to it.

0:34.2

Here it is.

0:35.2

WWE and New Japan are apparently talking about a partnership.

0:39.0

Meltzer is reporting that Nick Khan has been in talks with New Japan since March, early

0:43.7

April about WWE becoming New Japan's exclusive US partner.

0:49.0

Meltzer notes that he has no idea where the discussions are at currently, but if a deal

0:52.9

is struck, it would quote include WWE sending talent in WWE top stars being allowed to work

0:58.8

in New Japan.

1:00.4

Meltzer adds that quote with Khan, the former isolationist attitude of WWE versus everyone

1:05.8

is changing with the idea.

1:07.7

WWE is part of the wrestling landscape and not separate from the pro wrestling landscape.

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