In his full review of the August 26, 2022 edition of Friday Night SmackDown, Graham "GSM" Matthews discuss how the video packages for Drew McIntyre and Shayna Baszler (as well as the latest sit-down between Roman Reigns and Sami Zayn) were the highlights of the night, who advanced in the semifinals of the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship tournament, Ricochet scoring a second straight win over Happy Corbin, Gunther and Sheamus engaging in a great face-off, Xavier Woods pulling a Kevin Nash on The Viking Raiders, Drew McIntyre battling Zayn in the main event, an excellent post-match angle, what's on tap for next week, and more!

Fresh off Edge's main event win over Damian Priest on Monday's Raw, Graham "GSM" Matthews airs his exclusive interview with The Rated-R Superstar to kick off this week's WrestleRant Radio! They talk his A&E doc, facing Priest, his thoughts on Triple H running WWE Creative, working with The Judgment Day, turning face and making his heel run work, using the Brood entrance and music, if he's eyeing retirement, and more!

RJ Marceau also returns to discuss a whole heap of AEW-related topics, starting with the most obvious elephant in the room: What the hell happened with Jon Moxley squashing CM Punk on Wednesday's Dynamite to become the AEW Undisputed World Champion? Was it a good idea or was it a swerve for the sake of a swerve? What's the main event of All Out now? They attempt to answer all of these questions while also addressing what the messy build to the upcoming pay-per-view including Eddie Kingston's apparent suspension, The Motor City Machine Guns teaming with Jay Lethal against Wardlow and FTR, Ricky Starks vs. Powerhouse Hobbs being made official, The Acclaimed getting the next AEW World Tag Team Championship opportunity, Bryan Danielson vs. Chris Jericho, an AEW Interim Women's World Champion having to be crowned in light of Thunder Rosa getting injured, and who will end up in the finals of the AEW World Trios Championship Tournament.

The duo also discuss Johnny Gargano's surprise WWE return on Raw and why it was booked perfectly, if we're headed toward Edge and Beth Phoenix vs. Finn Balor and Rhea Ripley at Clash at the Castle, and Dexter Lumis kidnapping The Miz and reuniting with Indi Hartwell.

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It was another highly entertaining edition of Friday Night SmackDown this week, largely thanks to the hot Montreal crowd in attendance. Graham "GSM" Matthews gives his complete thoughts on the August 19, 2022 episode including Ronda Rousey getting arrested, Toxic Attraction making their SmackDown debut and advancing in the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship Tournament over Natalya and Sonya Deville, The Viking Raiders' "funeral" for The New Day and if Sarah Logan could be added to the act, Sami Zayn meeting with Roman Reigns backstage and where it should be leading, the great video package for Karrion Kross, Hit Row's performance, Sheamus winning a fantastic Fatal 5-Way to become the number one contender to the Intercontinental Championship at Clash at the Castle, Liv Morgan battling Shotzi and Shayna Baszler's post-match attack, and Drew McIntyre besting both Reigns and Zayn in the night's closing segment and how it might mean Reigns will retain at Clash at the Castle after all.

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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