What's been going on this week in the world of professional wrestling? On the latest HOT TAGS edition of the Smark Out Moment wrestling podcast SMACK TALK, the panel discusses the following topics and more:
HOT TAGS OF THE WEEK:
Sami Zayn defeated CM Punk on Friday Night SmackDown to recapture the Undisputed WWE Championship, immediately putting Punk, Kevin Owens, Gunther, Finn Balor, Randy Orton, Cody Rhodes, Johnny Gargano and others into the conversation around Zayn's new reign.
Stephanie Vaquer defeated Liv Morgan at a WWE live event in her home country of Chile to win the Women's World Championship before returning to Raw as champion.
Damian Priest finally turned on R-Truth after they failed to win the AAA World Tag Team Championship from The War Raiders on SmackDown.
Thoughts on AAA Triplemania 34, including El Grande Americano beating Dominik Mysterio for the AAA Mega Championship, La Catalina ending Flammer's 1,128-day Reina de Reinas Championship reign and the other major developments from the show.
Roman Reigns vs Penta absolutely delivered in the World Heavyweight Championship main event on Raw in Mexico City, with Reigns retaining after Penta received one of his biggest showcases since joining WWE.
The CMLL 93rd Anniversary Show takes place tonight at Arena Mexico, with a loaded card including Hechicero vs Claudio Castagnoli vs Zack Sabre Jr., Volador Jr. vs Andrade, Persephone vs Tessa Blanchard vs Mina Shirakawa vs Starlight Kid, Bandido vs Soberano Jr., Titan vs Komander and Blue Panther vs Jeff Jarrett.
MLW has signed a new streaming distribution deal with Tubi, with MLW Fusion airing free on Thursdays at 8 p.m. ET.
WWE officially introduced its newest Performance Center rookie class: Aalyah Gutierrez, Zoë Sager, Katie Reynolds, Cara Brown, Ana da Silva and Australian tag team The Dropouts, Jackson Goonrey and Tyran Tuckey. Gutierrez is Rey Mysterio's daughter, Reynolds previously worked for TNA as referee Alice Lane, and Sager moves over from the WWE ID program.
WWE is bringing back the men's Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic for NXT, with talent expected from NXT, Raw, SmackDown, EVOLVE, AAA and elsewhere in the WWE system.
AEW Dynamite continued building toward All Out with Will Ospreay and Jon Moxley clashing ahead of their title match, Hangman Page and Brodido earning an AEW World Trios Championship opportunity, Willow Nightingale vs Thekla being set for All Out, Tommaso Ciampa targeting Kazuchika Okada and more.
Highlights and thoughts from the rest of WWE and AEW television this week, including Raw, SmackDown, Dynamite, NXT, Collision, ROH and more random wrestling topics.
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