In his full review of the July 30, 2021 edition of SmackDown, Graham "GSM" Matthews gets into Baron Corbin interrupting John Cena, Rey Mysterio beating Jimmy Uso, Sasha Banks returning to save Bianca Belair from Zelina Vega and Carmella and the idea of Vega getting a SmackDown Women's Championship opportunity being laughable, Reginald now being known as Reggie and his defense of the 24/7 Championship against Chad Gable, John Cena vs. Roman Reigns for the Universal Championship being made official for SummerSlam albeit after a convoluted contract signing also featuring Finn Balor, King Nakamura pinning Apollo Crews in six-man tag team action, Seth Rollins' vicious attack on Edge, Banks turning on Belair following the main event and why their feud needed the heel version of The Boss, and more!

WrestleRant Radio lives up to its name this week as Graham "GSM" Matthews and RJ Marceau share their compete unfiltered thoughts on everything going on in the world of wrestling right now, most notably with WWE and AEW! They're talking AEW running Rampage in Chicago on August 20th and if it means CM Punk is indeed on his way in, Darby Allin being his first opponent and what Allin's current trajectory is, the current state of AEW's women's division and why All Out is too soon for Britt Baker to be losing the AEW Women's World Championship to Thunder Rosa, Miro lacking direction as AEW TNT Champion, if Punk and Daniel Bryan coming in could affect Adam Page winning the AEW World Championship, Cash Wheeler's injury, the No Rules main event between Chris Jericho and Nick Gage, and Hiroshi Tanahashi popping up on Dynamite.

GSM and RJ also engage in a lengthy discussion about a variety of WWE topics including Nikki A.S.H. losing her first match as Raw Women's Champion, the booking of Karrion Kross and why the writing may be on the wall for him, what's up with Keith Lee, a newsworthy NXT featuring Dakota Kai turning on Raquel Gonzalez and Samoa Joe announcing his in-ring return for NXT TakeOver 36 against Kross, the black-and-gold brand's babyface problem, Adam Cole's uncertain future on the main roster as well as other potential call-ups, WWE's weird relationship with NXT and why the "wait and see" excuse doesn't work with the main roster, the women's tag team division, and more!

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The July 23, 2021 edition of Friday Night SmackDown made history by being the first to emanate from two different locations, but was the experiment a success? Graham "GSM" Matthews gives his complete review of the show with thoughts on John Cena addressing out Reigns and Paul Heyman interrupting him, Finn Balor beating Sami Zayn, Big E not getting a chance to discuss being Mr. Money in the Bank, the Rolling Loud crowd in Miami not giving two craps about Angelo Dawkins vs. Chad Gable or Bianca Belair vs. Carmella for the SmackDown Women's Championship, Edge and Seth Rollins kicking off the build to their bout at SummerSlam, Toni Storm debuting against Zelina Vega and why it wasn't a burial of Vega, Jimmy Uso vs. Dominik Mysterio, Balor challenging Reigns, and more!

Before breaking down a massively-newsworthy week in wrestling, Graham "GSM" Matthews welcomes the now-former Raw Women's Champion Rhea Ripley to WrestleRant Radio! They talk her match with Charlotte Flair at Money in the Bank, fans returning, her roller coaster of a last year in WWE, her current character dynamic, why she's reverted back to being the Rhea Ripley from NXT UK, adjusting to the Raw roster, her call-up from NXT and when it was supposed to happen, her interactions with Vince McMahon, her thoughts on the recent call-ups of Toni Storm and Piper Niven based on her history with them from NXT UK, and more!

GSM is then joined by RJ Marceau to talk about the huge breaking news: SummerSlam is coming to movie theaters this August! Okay, so not that (though they do discuss it), but rather CM Punk and Daniel Bryan reportedly being in talks with AEW! How big would they be for the promotion? Who can they face? When should they debut? They talk about all of this and much more, as well as their thoughts on last Friday's SmackDown in front of fans and the newest additions to the blue brand, Sunday's electric Money in the Bank pay-per-view, their thoughts on who won each briefcase, Nikki A.S.H. cashing in to become Raw Women's Champion, if AJ Styles is being underutilized, Bobby Lashley squashing Kofi Kingston before being challenged by Goldberg to a WWE Championship match at SummerSlam, Charlotte Flair vs. Rhea Ripley, John Cena's epic return following Roman Reigns vs. Edge, Karrion Kross' polarizing Raw debut and if he can recover from it, if it takes away from the hype from Kross vs. Samoa Joe at NXT TakeOver 36, and a quick recap of Night 2 of Fyter Fest on AEW Dynamite.

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