For the first time ever, two-time WWE Hall of Famer Shawn Michaels is on WrestleRant Radio with Graham "GSM" Matthews talking about the latest A&E documentary on D-Generation X, if he'd change anything about the group's history and if it's work today, his vision for NXT 2.0, why the NXT call-up process will be more seamless going forward, building relationships with the talent, who he'd put in a modern-day DX, and more!
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From there, GSM flies solo and has a ton to say about Hit Row's return to SmackDown last Friday night, why Theory vs. Dolph Ziggler may have headlined Monday's Raw, AJ Styles challenging Bobby Lashley for the United States Championship and why Dexter Lumis' first feud on Raw should be with The Phenomenal One, the terrific promo exchange and subsequent match between Drew McIntyre and Kevin Owens, highlights from Tuesday's NXT Heatwave special including Santos Escobar's final NXT match and several familiar faces from NXT UK showing up, the latest on the future of the NXT UK brand and how it'll be evolving into NXT Europe in 2023, thoughts on Wednesday's very newsworthy edition of AEW Dynamite, why rushing into CM Punk vs. Jon Moxley for the Unified AEW World Championship next week is a bad idea and what they might be going for, news on apparent heat between CM Punk and Adam Page, and Kenny Omega's long-awaited return to the ring.

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Graham "GSM" Matthews breaks down yet another eventful and enjoyable edition of Friday Night SmackDown for August 12, 2022 featuring Raquel Rodriguez and Aliyah advancing in the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship Tournament with a win over Xia Li and Shotzi, Karrion Kross explaining his return, The Viking Raiders attacking Kofi Kingston, Hit Row reuniting (sans Swerve Strickland) and how they can be a boost to the blue brand's tag team division, Ronda Rousey returning, the SmackDown Women's Championship contract signing between Liv Morgan and Shayna Baszler, Drew McIntyre and Madcap Moss besting The Usos in tag team action, Gunther vs. Shinsuke Nakamura in a terrific Intercontinental Championship main event that successfully made the title feel important again, and more!

Lex Luger is on this week's WrestleRant Radio talking to Graham "GSM" Matthews his A&E documentary, his scrapped WWE Icons special from last summer, his reaction to Ric Flair's Last Match, modern-day similarities to the Monday Night Wars, using social media, some of his current favorites, and more!

Plus, GSM and RJ Marceau are discussing the big return of Karrion Kross to SmackDown and how it affects the world title picture, how NXT could be affected by all the changes coming from Triple H, predictions for next Tuesday's Heatwave edition of NXT, Dexter Lumis returning to Raw, Ciampa's strong showing for the United States Championship, Kevin Owens reverting to his roots and what his ceiling will be, and who should win the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship Tournament.

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The Triple H effect was certainly felt on the August 5, 2022 edition of Friday Night SmackDown, and in his full review of the show, Graham "GSM" Matthews discusses Ricochet getting a rare win over Happy Corbin and what should be next for Corbin, Shinsuke Nakamura earning an Intercontinental Championship opportunity with a win over Ludwig Kaiser, The Usos teasing tension with Sami Zayn and where it should ultimately lead, Liv Morgan getting booed and why WWE shouldn't turn her, Shayna Baszler becoming the number one contender to the SmackDown Women's Championship, Kofi Kingston beating Erik, the return of Karrion Kross and why he deserves a chance to get over, and more!