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- Triple H noted that someone rolled their ankle on the way back from the ring at Money in the Bank. We weren't told who, but were told that it doesn't look serious.

- Natalya was backstage at WWE Money in the Bank getting certificates from Guinness World Records.

- The call to run back the Shotzi/Bayley match that got canceled by Vince McMahon was made quite a while back and Shotzi was brought to the UK.

- Vince McMahon was not in London for the shows, and we haven't yet heard of any major changes he made.

- There was a pop in the arena for an Edge video airing. We're told that he wasn't in the plans for the show at any point.

- WWE sources told us they're tentatively planning a press conference for after Detroit's Summerslam, but that we'd get more details. 

- SRS will be traveling home Monday, so Denise will be joined by Phil Lindsey for the Raw post show. SRS will try to join that show briefly. The Backstage Report Podcast will be delayed, but will have a lot of news in it. 

- It should be no surprise that Jey Uso pinning Roman Reigns served as our most consumed media from the Money in the Bank live show across social media. The photo/video of IYO SKY's win, with Bayley and Becky Lynch featured was second.

- WWE sources told us almost everything on the Money in the Bank show went as planned outside of the Logan Paul/Ricochet spot, and even they recovered well.

On June 25th, 2023, “The Locksmith” Brandon Williams faced Blake Christian for the GCW Championship at GCW vs New South 2. Williams would be a guest on The Spotlight with Fightful’s Jeremy Lambert and Stephen Jensen a few days later to discuss numerous topics, including his career, music, and more.


Brandon said he and Christian had a good match at GCW vs New South 2. He noted that Christian is very quick and unbelievable with his movements. Williams said he had seen Christian’s work in person before. Brandon said it was a heavy hitter [match] and said you could see the bruise on his face but was thankful he did not get knocked out.


Brandon said working in the Von Braun Center [Huntsville, Alabama], where he attended his first wrestling show,”was off the chart”. He noted that it was a WCW House Show that he attended. Brandon said that was only the second show GCW has held in Alabama and added that it was a hot crowd. 


Brandon noted that GCW is planning on returning to Alabama sometime in the future, whether that was at the end of the year or sometime next year, he was not sure about.


Brandon would talk about his history with Dump Sanders. He said he’d known him since he was 18 or 19 and in the Backyard Wrestling scene. Brandon said there is a gap in his wrestling career because he moved to California. 


When he moved back to Alabama, Brandon said he went to a wrestling show and said it was bad. He felt like they could do something better. Brandon said mentioned saving money and making plans. They now do shows, in his words, “like every damn week.” Brandon said they have had some ups and downs, but it’s been good. He and Sanders run the New South shows together.


Brandon said he got into Backyard Wrestling when he was in sixth grade. When talking about some of the dumb things he did, Brandon said he broke his arm and sliced his arm open. 


He spoke about how they used barbed wire and light bulbs. He said there was no way he would do some of those things today. He doesn’t think he would get back into the Death Match scene to the extent that it involves light bulbs and glass because of a past injury that included a visit to an emergency room. He said the light bulb nearly got to his artery.


He mentioned growing up being a fan of Shawn Michaels, Jeff Hardy, and Rob Van Dam. Brandon talked about being an ECW mark and being in the Rob Van Dam and Jerry Lynn feud. He mentioned that he would like to wrestle Nick Gage.


Brandon spoke about his experience living in California and trying to make it into the entertainment business. He talked about being into the hardcore music scene and being in a band.

This interview is available for viewing on our Fightful Overbooked at this link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtqKELg1N50