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Starting off with the UFC 266 preview.
Moving on to NJPW G1 Climax Nights 1 & 2 results.
Previewing AEW's upcoming week in NYC.
Congratulating Big E on his WWE Championship win. Well deserved!
Wrapping up by discussing Tommy Dreamer's highly insensitive comments on Dark Side of the Ring.

Hi everybody!!!
We start with discussing the Triller Celebrity Fights from this weekend.
Moving on to the happenings in ROH's Death Before Dishonor PPV.
Keeping on with the latest in AEW.
Then finishing up with the latest WWE news.

Tangent: Alex has been somewhat stressed lately and kinda goes off about working in the retail world. Lol.

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHH BOOOOOYYYYYYYYY! What a weekend to be a wrestling fan!
We start with NJPW and their 2-day Wrestle Grand Slam PPV! (There were some great matches..)
And we finish with the all-important AEW ALL OUT PPV! We have not seen such an amazing PPV in a very very long time.
So much wrestling fun this weekend. Hope you all enjoyed it as much as we did.

We start off with talking about NWA EmPowerrr & NWA 73.
Moving on to the Stupidfight III starring Jake Paul & Tyron Woodley.
Finishing up with AEW happenings and the all-important All Out preview.

We start off talking about THE BIGGEST NEWS IN PRO WRESTLING: CM PUNK IS BACK!!!
Reluctantly moving on to talking about WWE SummerSlam.
Finishing up by reviewing the swan song to the NXT we know and love: NXT Takeover 36.
Did we mention CM PUNK IS BACK?!?!?!?!

*Apologies for Alex's audio. Don't know why he sounds like that today."

A big two weekends for wrestling!
We start with talking about the awesome premier of AEW Rampage and its happenings.
Moving on to going over the AAA Triplemania PPV and the Andrade vs Omega match.
Then jumping to NJPW's surprisingly great Resurgence PPV.
Finishing off with previewing WWE's SummerSlam & NXT Takeover 35 PPVs.

Back for another week!
We start with talking about what we've been watching: Doctor Death & The Suicide Squad (No Spoilers).
Moving on to the relatively good UFC 265 PPV.
Up next is AEW talk: Homecoming wrap up and Rampage thoughts.
Ending with more WWE releases and news.

Another week, another show.
We preview this Saturday's UFC 265 card.
Moving on to AEW's Fight for the Fallen and discussion.
Ending with WWE news and the randoms.

We talk UFC Fight Night.
The latest happenings/rumors in WWE.
And the huge news and happenings over at AEW.
Shout out to Jobber Tears Podcast and their upcoming Jobber Slam event!

*Please excuse the audio issue with Koola. Alex noticed his audio was doubling for some random reason and fixed it midway.*

Back for another week! We're talking PPVs again!
Starting off with UFC Fight Night.
Moving on to AEW FyterFest Night 1.
Continuing with IMPACT's great Slammiversary PPV.
Ending with WWE's pretty damn good Money In The Bank PPV.

We're back again! And we forgot to record on Monday.. Lol
Starting with some random stuff.
Moving on to recapping UFC 264. (We think Conor might be done..)
Previewing WWE's upcoming Money In The Bank PPV.
Recapping last week's AEW ongoings.
Finishing off with a tiny random thing.

And the podcast champs are back from a much needed vacation!
Alex talks a bit about his first time Disney World experience.
Koola talks about doing a whole lot of nothing.
We get into the latest in WWE and the latest HIAC ppv from like 10 days ago.
Moving on to talking about how AEW is shaping up, and why all the marks need to chill.
Then not so much randoms.. And Lomachenko won again!

We kick off with UFC Fight Night as an honorable mention.
Moving on to the Stupidfight between Mayweather & Paul.
A recap of NJPW's Dominion PPV.
Finishing off with Women's Boxing's GWOAT Claressa Shields and her upcoming MMA debut.

We hope everyone had a great Memorial Day weekend.
Starting off with AEW's Double or Nothing PPV review.
Moving on to the NJPW Dominion mini-preview and wishlist.
Ending with the random news and thoughts.

*Thank you to all the servicemen & women who paid the ultimate sacrifice in service to this country. We wouldn't be where we are today without you.*

We start with latest NJPW news, cross promotion, and trying to figure out how they move forward with Ospreay vacating the title right before Dominion due to injury. *This takes up most of the episode.*
AEW Double or Nothing preview.
We end with quick random news about more WWE releases, including Velveteen Dream.

We start with UFC 262 after a technical issue that cost us 10 min.
Moving on to IMPACT's Under Siege.
Then talking about WWE's WrestleMania Backlash.
Finishing up with last week's AEW Dynamite.

Tangent: RIP Jerome "New Jack" Young

We're back after technical difficulties last week.
We start with Wrestling Dontaku and the amazing 6 star match between Ospreay & Shingo.
Moving on to previewing the upcoming UFC 262.
After that we preview WWE Backlash.
Finishing off with AEW Blood & Guts.

We start off discussing Nutella.
A review of the great UFC 261 PPV.
Moving on to IMPACT's Rebellion PPV and results.
Finish up talking about WWE and their most recent releases.

Alex & Koola get to sit down and have an awesome chat with Invictus Pro Wrestling's EVP: Nick Goutman. 
We have a bit of a deep dive into the promoter's side of the business, then get to previewing/predicting UFC 261.
Also, a cat shows up on the podcast. Lol.

It was a long WrestleMania week! It's the review episode.
Who came out on top this year?
We talk about the awesome NXT Takeover Stand & Deliver.
And finish with better than we thought it would be WWE WrestleMania 37.

WE'RE TALKING WRESTLEMANIA WEEK!!
We start off with talking about NJPW Sakura Genesis and the major change that occured.
Moving on to previewing Nights 1 & 2 of NXT Takeover Stand & Deliver.
Then a quick rundown of what's going on with AEW this week.
Alex has a quick rant about Nike.
Finishing off with the all important preview of Nights 1 & 2 of WrestleMania.

Tangents: Alex gives his thoughts about the whole Lil Nas X vs Nike situation. Koola goes over the massive wrestling week that is Mania Week. 
Shout out to HALFKAYPODCAST for providing the 2021 WrestleMania Week graphic!

Alex and Koola had the privilege to hang out with one of wrestling's up and coming bright prospects: The Limit Breaker Sabin Gauge. Find out what he's all about in this interview. We're hoping to see him on TV in the future. Please follow him on Twitter & IG.

Starting off the week with talking about some WWE Hall of Fame news (among other things).
Moving on to discussing the ROH 19th Anniversary show and why they need a better Marketing team (Alex kept saying PR).
Going over the happenings at UFC 260.
Finishing up with AEW News & some randoms.

Tangent: Alex talks about his experience with DDP Yoga (DDPY for short), why he began doing it, and why he likes it.

Starting off with the NJPW NJ Cup Quarters, Semis, & Finals results.
Moving on to WWE Fastlane and its results. Our take on Andrade's release from WWE.
Talking about AEW and the amazing Britt Baker v Thunder Rosa match (Alex forgot to watch).
Ending with a discussion of the movie everyone is talking about: Zack Snyder's Justice League. **HEAVY SPOILER WARNING. Starts at around 38 min**

Note: There is not enough time to talk about everything else great about the Snyder Cut without going for hours talking about it. Lol.

Starting off not knowing the episode number once again.
Moving on to the UFC Fight Night results.
Previewing the incomplete WWE Fastlane PPV.
Talking the results of Impact's Sacrifice PPV.
Realizing that we haven't been watching NJPW's NJ Cup.
Finishing off with AEW news & other stuff.

Tangent: Quick random GME tangent. Alex is hurting a little. Lol

We start with the huge UFC 259 PPV and it's results.
Talk about Amanda Nunes in lieu of International Women's Day & Women's History Month.
Then we review AEW's Revolution PPV.
Finishing off with the randoms.

Tangent: Alex remembers something about Sunny and shares it.

We kick off with UFC Fight Night.
Moving on to previewing the megacard that is UFC 259.
Shift gears to the latest ongoings in NJPW.
Ending with a preview to AEW's Revolution PPV.

Tangent: Not entirely sure there was one...

Yerrrrrr!
Starting off with the WBC Junior Lightweight Championship bout: Berchelt v Valdez
Moving on to UFC Fight Night: Blaydes v Lewis
Talking about the latest in AEW and the lead up to Revolution
Ending with WWE Elimination Chamber review/results. Hint: Someone came to play... =)

Tangent: Alex forgetting to charge the camera battery again, La Fin Du Monde and old anecdote about going to see WWE Live over a decade ago.

Happy belated Valentines Day! (We forgot to say this during recording)
We start with the latest happenings in AEW.
Moving to talk about the meat & potatoes of IMPACT's No Surrender PPV.
We then review NXT Takeover Vengeance Day & preview WWE Elimination Chamber.
We wrap up with UFC 258 and the beast that is Kamaru Usman. Also, congratulations to Bruce Buffer on 25 years with the UFC. Wouldn't be the same without him.

Tangent: Our shirts? Alex refocusing his camera? Who knows...

We start off with a weird DM from Twitter.
Moving on to talking about UFC Fight Night: Volkov v Overeem
Afterwards we preview UFC 258 (and look a little further down the line)
Get to talking about AEW Beach Break
Finishing up with the NXT Takeover: Vengeance Day preview.

Tangent: Random question about Dogecoin

We start with previewing AEW Beach Break.
Then moving on to the latest news from NJPW.
Quick mention of latest from ROH.
Lastly we get into talking about WWE Royal Rumble.
Alex's camera dies towards the end.

Tangent: Koola has been noticing Alex streaming games on Twitch and decides to bring it up.

HAPPY BLACK HISTORY MONTH

J-Bushii is back on the podcast!
We catch up on the latest from Bushii.
Moving on to talking about UFC 257.
Then we speak about the latest from AEW & Impact.
Real quick NJPW news.
Talking WWE Network moving to NBC Peacock and previewing the non-existent Royal Rumble card.

Tangent: Too many to count.

Starting with the WWE Wrestlemania announcement.
Latest speculation surrounding Jay White & NJPW. US & UK TV deals coming soon?
Moving on to UFC on ABC: Holloway v Kattar. Just wow. Watch the main event. Lol
Finishing strong with a review of Impact's Hard To Kill PPV. Yes, Alex actually watched the PPV.

Tangent: Apparently Alex had a tangent. He has no clue what it was.

We discuss the latest news coming out of the WWE camp.
Moving on to IMPACT's Genesis PPV.
Talking about AEW news and results.
Finishing up with NJPW New Year Dash and the latest surrounding Jay White.

Tangent: Stay safe out there everyone. Wear masks and get tested for Covid-19!

Happy New Year! We're back after a quick holiday break!
We talk some WWE news.
Move on to AEW's Tribute to Brodie Lee. Rest In Peace good sir..
Finishing up with NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 15. Let's just say it was worth watching 9 hours of wrestling. Lol.

It's the tired Christmas/Holiday episode!!!
We start with a UFC card we didn't watch. Bye bye Showtime!!! You'll be missed!!
Moving on to boxing and talking about the beast that the Pound-For-Pound King Canelo Alvarez is.
Then mostly wrapping up with WWE's Tables, Ladders, and Chairs PPV.
Tiny mention about ROH's Final Battle PPV and the interesting matches on it.\

HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL!!!!

We start off with talking about the championship match between Kenny & Laredo Kid during Triple A's Triplemania PPV.
Moving on to Impact's Final Resolution PPV and discuss what happened.
After that it's on to NJPW's Best of the Super Juniors 27 & World Tag League Finals, and the outcome of the Super J-Cup tournament.
Quick preview of WWE's TLC PPV this upcoming weekend.
Finishing off with a quick discussion of AEW working with multiple other promotions and hoping for more.

Ohhh man! We somehow made it to 200 episodes over 4 fun years. Thank you to everyone for their support and to all of the guests we've had on the show so far!

We start with the results from NXT War Games that we didn't know was happening.
Moving on to NJPW for updates on the Best of the Super Juniors 27 & World Tag League tournaments before the finals.
Then onto what happened with AEW and how they stirred up the industry, not once, but twice in the same night.
Ending with the random side notes.

Tangent: Alex's story about heartburn over the weekend.

Starting off with the NJPW Best of the Super Juniors & World Tag League updates.
Running through the UFC Fight Night results.
Reviewing the quite entertaining Tyson v Jones PPV by Triller.
Finishing with AEW & Random news. 

Starting off with NJPW with the latest in the Best Of The Super Juniors & World Tag League Tournaments.
Talking about Saturday's UFC 255 PPV.
A mention about the upcoming Tyson v Jones PPV.
A quick look at Survivor Series PPV.
Ending with random news that took too long.

We're starting this week off quickly!
We preview WWE Survivor Series and give our thoughts on the PPV as a whole.
We talk about the Zelina Vega release/firing that made news throughout the weekend.
Talk about AEW Games and speculate/predict what will happen with Moxley v Omega.
Ending the show with small news tidbits throughout the industry.

A double wrestling PPV Saturday!!
We talk NJPW Power Struggle.
Moving on to AEW Full Gear.
Ending with random news & rumors.

Starting off with UFC Fight Night.
Moving on the latest in AEW & the upcoming AEW Full Gear PPV
Ending with a bunch of random news and notes in the wrestling world.

Stay safe everyone!

Alex is back from vacation! We can have a normal episode again.
We talk AEW.
Move on to the UFC 254 PPV.
Discuss what happened at WWE Hell In A Cell.
Finish off with random happenings.

We start with the latest from AEW Dynamite.
Move on to WWE's Draft 2020 night 1.
Then finish up with the latest results from NJPW's G1 Climax 30. NJPW is the best.. lol.

No tangents!!

We talk the latest updates to NJPW's G1 Climax 30.
Reviewing this weekend's NXT Takeover 31 PPV.
Finishing off with AEW & NWA tidbits.
No real tangents. Surprisingly.

We start off discussing the great UFC 253 PPV.
NJPW G1 Climax 30 tournament update.
Rounding off with WWE Clash of Champions (mainly the main event).
Minor AEW news.

RIP Joseph Michael Laurinaitis aka Road Warrior Animal. Our hearts and deepest condolences go out to you family and friends.

We have a bit to discuss this week!
Starting with the latest in AEW. Miro was signed! (We're late, I know.)
We discuss this weekend's WWE Clash Of Champions PPV.
We finish up with Nights 1 & 2 of NJPW G1 Climax 30 results. (We love the G1 Tournament)

Tangent: There were quite a few. Alex was feeling some type of way.

What is Vince McMahon doing to his wrestlers?
Is David Arquette's wrestling movie any good?
Some IMPACT news.
Review of AEW's All Out PPV. What did we think?

The guys are back talking PPVs.
What happened at NJPW Summer Struggle?
How did WWE Payback turn out?
What can we expect at AEW All Out?

Tangent: Our deepest and most heartfelt condolences go out to the family and friends of Chadwick Boseman. He was a true leader and inspired millions with his cinematic portrayals of some of the most iconic historical figures and characters. He was a wonder to behold and has cemented his legacy in history. We shall not see his like again. Rest In Power King. Wakanda Forever.

Going over what happened with NJPW NJ CUP USA.
Moving on to the AEW happenings of the week.
Discussing NXT Takeover XXX results.
Ending with out WWE SummerSlam in the Thunderdome review.

Quick Tangent: Alex got his first win in Call Of Duty Warzone

We jump right in to the week. 
We talk some AEW.
Discuss what happened in the NJ Cup USA.
Going over what happened at UFC 252.
Finishing off with NXT Takeover XXX & SummerSlam previews and predictions.

Alex and Koola had the privilege to hang out with one of wrestling's up and coming bright prospects: #WUW Light Heavyweight Champion J Bushii. Find out what he's all about in this interview. We're already hoping the best for him as he moves foward. Please follow him on YouTube, Twitter, & IG.

We begin with MMA talk. Reviewing some Bellator and previewing UFC 252 Stipe v DC.
We move on to the latest in WWE. What's Raw Underground? What is Retribution? RIP Kamala. Our hearts and condolences go out to your family and friends.
We then talk AEW and the latest news/rumors.
Ending with NJPW and the NJ Cup USA tournament.

WWE News
Kairi has left back to Japan.
Sasha Banks has 2 belts now.
AJ Syles denied IMPACT HOF
Bray took out Alexa Bliss.. Is she going to be Sister Abigail?
Big E finally getting pushed?

AEW News
Eddie Kingston officially signed.
Matt Cardona (Zack Ryder) debut.
Deadly Draw (women's tag tournament) started on YouTube.
Orange vs Y2J w/ guest moderator. A talk off? Who cares.

NJPW News
Juice Robison out with leg injury
NJ Cup USA starts this week. 

We quickly go over NJPW's Sengoku Lord in Nagoya.
Talk WWE rumours and news and what they should be doing better.
Discuss AEW's latest news/results.
Finish off talking about NWA's closing rumors and Nick Aldis chatter.

We have Rayshawn back in the building (or Skype) to discuss the PPV weekend.
We talk AEW's Fight For The Fallen.
Move onto WWE's Extreme Rules.
Then finish off with IMPACT's Slammiversary, which Alex actually watched!

Tangent: Batman and the Joker

THE SHIVA GANG IS BACK
We start with the UFC 251 megacard and give our thoughts.
Move on to a lightning fast recap of the NJ Cup Finals and NJPW Dominion at Osaka-Jo Hall. Stuff went down.
We preview Impact's Slammiversary PPV.
A preview of WWE's Horror Show Extreme Rules PPV.
We end with a quick look at AEW's Fight For The Fallen slotted for this Wednesday.

Mahomes 10 yr $500m contract. It had to be discussed.
More #SpeakingOut fallout.
Mysterio working without contract for WWE, Charlotte taking a break, & Kairi about to leave.
Fyter Fest & Great American Bash Night 1 results
NJPW NJ Cup Round 3 results (we didn't watch the Semi-Finals yet).

Speaking out fallout
Tessa Blanchard stripped and terminated from Impact
Fyter Fest v Great American Bash
NJPW NJ Cup Round 1 & 2 results

We start with news of the retirement of possibly the greatest sport entertainer/wrestler of all time: The Undertaker.
We then discuss the news of numerous sexual assault allegations and abuse coming to light within the wrestling industry following the #SpeakingOut movement on Twitter.
Thank you for being so brave and speaking on something terrible that needs to be addressed.
We end with NJPW & AEW news.

Alex & Koola are back with special guest and friend of the podcast, Rayshawn.
We discuss the Backlash PPV. Was it really "The Best Wrestling Match Ever?"
We then move on to a little extra WWE news.
Finishing up with the return of NJPW and the NJ Cup. We're excited to watch.

Alex & Koola discuss ESPN's latest 30 For 30 "Be Water." They discuss the phenom that Bruce Lee was and the massive cultural impact he had on the world during the short time he was alive.

They also give their thoughts on the new PlayStation 5 reveal.

What happened at UFC 250? Is Amanda Nunes still the GOAT? (Short answer: DUH)
What happened at NXT Takeover In Your House?
We end with AEW & NJPW talk.

No more curfew! Yay! 

#BLM #BlackLivesMatter #Pride #PrideMonth 

Alex & Koola are joined by Sir Wilkins & Mr. Blacc of The Jobber Tears Podcast in order to have a very real and necessary conversation about racial inequality and systemic oppression plaguing this country. We talk about how this stretches into the wrestling industry and give our overall thoughts as to how the top wrestling promotions, indie promotions, and wrestling community as a whole can help tackle this issue.

Tangent: Sir Wilkins' love/hate relationship with AEW.
#BlackLivesMatter #BLM

Koola and Alex are back. 
We talk UFC Fight Night and the whole Dana White vs Jon Jones issue.
Then get into AEW and the TNT Championship being open to all wrestlers.
End with our thoughts on the Jeff Hardy "alcoholic" angle.

Stay safe everyone.

It's Friday night and we're here to discuss our top 5 heels of the past decade while playing Cards Against Humanity online.
Our good friend Mr. Blacc from The Jobber Tears podcast joins us in a long overdue appearance (mostly Mr. Alex's fault)!
The homie Tevin is also back again for the discussion.
We then proceed onto tangents related to the wrestling world.

We discuss the sad news about Hana Kimura and her untimely passing.
We touch some more on Shad Gaspard and his passing.
We review AEW Double Or Nothing.

Side Note: Apologies for Alex's low audio, he didn't check it before beginning.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TEV!!!
We talk UFC Fight Night.
We go over the latest news coming out of WWE/NXT.
We preview this weekend's upcoming AEW Double Or Nothing PPV.

Our thoughts and prayers go out to Shad Gaspard, his family, and friends after his disappearance. 

Alex, Koola, Tev, & E are back for another week of discussion following the latest Dark Side of the Ring episode on VICE. They give their thoughts on the Road Warriors careers and troubles. We also speak on what we learned while watching the episode.

Alex & Koola are back to discuss the PPV weekend.
We finally got our first live sporting event since the pandemic began with UFC 249. It felt good to watch.
We also had WWE's Money In The Bank PPV. Who were the biggest winners and losers? 

The gang discusses the latest Dark Side of the Ring episode about Herb Abrams and the now defunct UWF. Wrestling, millionaire, hookers, and coke.. What could possibly go wrong with that combination?

Apparently Alex takes too long with the intros according to Koola.
We preview the relatively stacked UFC 249 card. It's the first sporting event in the US since the pandemic, can't wait to see the fights.
We give our thoughts on the upcoming Money In The Bank PPV this Sunday.
Lil E drops from the call at the end, and Koola doesn't put his foot in his mouth this week. Lol

We're back together to discuss the latest Dark Side Of The Ring episode revolving around David Shultz. We talk about his career and how the "Slap Heard Around The World" actually makes sense and why it did to an extent.

It's Pokes&Chokes x Jobber Tears! After almost 2 years, Sir Wilkins is back on the podcast in this long overdue podcast team up. We discuss the overall state of wrestling and have a little fun towards the end playing GM Mode with some of WWE's currently released talent. 

Alex, Koola, Erick, & Tev are back to discuss some more Dark Side Of The Ring. They focus on this week's story of Dino Bravo and his journey from renown wrestler in Quebec to being a Mafia enforcer, which unfortunately leads to his mysterious unsolved death. We give our thoughts on what we think could have happened and why.

The gang is back together to discuss the speculation surrounding the tragic death of Nancy Argentino and Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka's potential involvement. Did he do it? Was there a cover-up? We give our thoughts on the episode.

Huge WWE news revolving wrestlers and staff being released and/or furloughed, despite the revenue generated last year.
Ronda Rousey talks about "fake fighting" and gets heat for it.
WWE being considered an "essential business" after donating money to Florida.
AEW Dynamite & Double Or Nothing news.
A discussion about a racist post on TikTok by wannabe wrestler Jeffery Hume & his girlfriend Stephanie Freeman.

We're joined once again by our good friends Tevin "The Destroyer" & Erick the "Lil Spoon" for another extra episode. We discuss VICE's Dark Side of the Ring and it's exploration of the highly controversial New Jack, giving our thoughts and opinions about the episode.

We're joined by our good friends Tevin "The Destroyer" & Erick the "Lil Spoon" in this bonus episode. We discuss VICE's Dark Side of the Ring, its exploration into the Benoit tragedy, and give our thoughts and opinions on the matter.

We have our good friends Lil E and Tevin "The Destroyer" join us for our WrestleMania review. 
It was a very different WrestleMania this time around. 
Was it any good?
What titles changed hands? 
Who performed the best? What were the best matches? 
We talk both nights: what we liked, what we didn't like, and what could have been improved.

No Tangent

Thank you to all the healthcare, postal, emergency services, transit, supermarket, and restaurant workers still keeping us going. Content creators too for helping with keeping our sanity. You're all the real heroes!!
It's another quarantine week. But this time, we have WrestleMania coming up. We discuss the matches, changes to them, and other news revolving around WWE.
We also talk some AEW and their announcement of an 8-man tournament for the new TNT Title.
Koola somehow keeps extending the episodes... lol.

This Quarantine doesn't have us too down to talk about wrestling. There's a ton of ongoing changes to address.

NHL, NBA, MLB, MLS, etc all canceled or postponed. Some even want empty arena events like UFC & WWE & AEW.

WWE Hall of Fame Jushin Thunder Liger & British Bulldog.

Martin Kirby retirement from the wrestling ring.

#TangentInducer: The Pandemic

Alex & Koola rank the Elimination Chamber without any problem! 
Moving on to the hardest fought fights on a Saturday night UFC 248 thanks to Strawweight Championship match.

Then onto AEW and Jake The Snake Roberts debut instead of Lance Archer. 
With mentions of Tyson Fury, Triple H, NJPW & Dark Side of the Ring.

#TangentInducer: WWE Ruthless Aggression Series

We start with a mention of Luis Pena latest fight at UFC Fight Night 169. 
A quick rundown of WWE's Super Showdown, the few of the Elimination Chamber matches announced, then on to AEW Revolution.

Finishing off with AEW for a "Hangman" Adam Paige storyline theory and breakdown.

No Tangent Inducer

Starting with the blowup of the weekend Fury's shutout win over Wilder (and his lame excuse).

Where's our interest for WWE's Super Showdown. Nowhere. Can't find it.

AEW's Revolution: 6 big PPV matches including a Jake Hager debut.

NJPW canceling shows and Alex being said that his Japan visit is no more (for now)

Tangent Inducer: Live action Tarzan for some reason.

Here's to another week of a ton of things to watch.

Alex & Koola are excited for Wilder v Fury 2.
Keeping the same energy talking about NXT Takeover Portland.
Congratulations to Nyla Rose on winning the AEW Women's championship on Dynamite.
PPV card for AEW Revolution
Honorable Mention: Ring of Honor.

TangentInducer: Nothing really.

UFC 247's indifferent decision on Jon Jones & Dom Reyes. 
AEW & Cody's Backlashes.
WWE's Showdown build up. Rumors & news Simone Johnson at the PC, Brian Kendricks has perform for all shows. XFL news and contracts.
NJPW's violent New Beginning in Osaka with Moxley & Suzuki, Naito & Kenta, Hiromu & Dragon Lee.

#TangentInducer: Always Sunny in Philadelphia

UFC 247 Rundown with Jon Jones. Also Ian Pomfret sidelining injury. 
Congratulations to the 2020 Superbowl Champs Chiefs!
Gervonta Davis gets physical. 
AEW leveraged by Edge for WWE. 
Marty Scrull's pull in ROH/NWA/NJPW cross promoting.

Shotzi Blackheart & IDGAF_VIDZ

(Brock is a friend of the show, LOL)

#TangetnInducer: NJPW's The New Beginning in Sapporo.

Starting with condolences and the somber news of Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gigi and the 7 others including her teammates and her parents.

AEW Dynamite's great night on The Jericho Cruise.

WWE's Worlds Collide & the 2020 Royal Rumble with all of the surprises even EDGE.
Lastly, NWA's Hard Times ppv crowning Ricky Starks as the TV Champions.

Tangent Inducer: Kingsman - The Golden Circle

Jumping back into the drama we speak about the Tessa scandal with new information from Allysin Kay.
THE KING IS BACK as we talk about UFC 246.
AEW's Bash at the Beach special episode with DDP, Mox, Cody and Jericho.
The 2020 Royal Rumble PPV preview to close out the show. No predictions. We dont care enough.

#Tangent Inducer: John Wick 3: Parabellum

Starting off with love for a legend RIP La Parka. 
UFC 246 Main Event McGregor v Cerrone, with Showtime Pettis coming back. 
NXT UK Blackpool II review. 
Marty Scrull's new role & strong friends in high places. 
Tessa's bad behavior coming back to bite in the ass as she win Impact title & NWA Hard Times PPV preview.

#TangetInducer: Kill Bill Vol. 1

Happy New Year!!

New Japan Wrestle Kingdom 14 episode.

Nights 1 & 2's Craziness, high spots and high stakes. Even with the yearly streaming flubs NJPW had a high profile 3 day event adding New Year's DASH to send off the legend Jushin Thunder Liger.

Few points AEW, Impact, NWA, and even more for ROH (mainly get it together).

Tangents Inducer: The League

Getting ready for Wrestle Kingdom with Christian Gray back in town again. We go over the week in wrestling and the highly anticipated Wrestle Kingdom 14, play a round of Heads Up, and sit through an Enzo rap because reasons.

Sticking to mainly WWE TLC and a few of its funny flubs.

NWA introducing it's TV Title at Into the Fire. ROH Final Battle title changes and the great AEW promos.
Btw.... EVERYONE NEEDS TO SEE WATCHMEN!!! Go binge it!

#TangentInducer: FightWorld & Rumble in the Bronx

We went to Queens to see the House of Glory 9 show. We start off with our recap, then into Tito v Alberto El Patron for a replica title. WHY?!

The upcoming TLC PPV (with no card) & making fun of Roman Reigns and dog food, then the WWE talent releases. Thoughts on too many destroyers all over wrestling. Impact's Table for 3 and getting suspended from Twitter over something dumb.

Tangent Inducer: #HomeAlone

This is what a dry week of wrestling sounds like. We dissect Starrcade's match card, jump in and out of AEW Dynamite many times, and House of Glory Nine this upcoming weekend. 

IMPACT women & Tessa vs Sandman at Wrestlecade Supershow.

The pattern of the women's rosters.

#TangentInducer: The League, Watchmen, The Irishman, Always Sunny in Philadelphia

Back into the WWE swing. After a good PPV weekend we review NXT Takeover War Games & Survivor Series and the Wilder vs Ortiz 2

Random

Tessa is #1 contender

Ring of Honor Kelly Klein update

Kylie Rae is awkward

Marty Scrull a free agent

Corey Graves' opinion

#TangentInducer: It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

Back again Koola updates Alex on wrestling this week AEW Dynamite, AEW Dark, NXT Takeover: War Games 3, Survivor Series & Wrestle Kingdom 14 and more.

Cross promotion with AAA & AEW

Killer promos from SCU

BTE aka The Elite going their separate ways

#TangentInducer: #AEWDynamite

Back with the Big Dawk

All AEW Full Gear review with Dawk again we get into all of the promos, matches and post match activities. A few jabs at and realizations.

RIP Matt Travis

#TangentInducers: Rick & Morty

Fresh off his Cali trip Mr Alex is jet lagged but still powers on for the podcast.
Cody Rhode's "Most Ridiculous" merch (No Limit) vs Street Profits "We Want The Smoke" shirts!!

Then we get into AEW Dark, Dynamite & Full Gear

UFC 244 / Canelo vs Kovalev

Lastly WWE's Crown Jewel/Saudi debacle & NXT main roster Invasion.

Tangent: AEW Dynamite & Alex anecdote

Chicago's trip recap

Tevin The Destroyer's USAPL Rankings

AEW's & NXT Live 1st month progress report.

WWE 2019 Draft...

Random:

#FixWWE2K20

More Over Than Your GF

Marti Belle on NWA Power

US IWGP title Hurricane Hagibis

ACH/Jordan Myles debacle

Tangent Inducer: Insidious (Not Really)

Alex and Koola spend the day with their good friend Tevin "The Destroyer" (a.k.a. The Big Spoon) before their trip out to Chicago for powerlifting RAW Nationals. We watch his workout routine, then question him about everything from powerlifting to wrestling to food.

Tangent: Food, Wrestling, More Food

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WWE premiere week was a bust no help to Brock's rampage on Monday & Friday and Finn Balor on NXT.

The anger of the casual WWE fan after HIAC (ALEX WAS RIGHT).

The upset of GGG vs Sergey

AEW's premiere of Dynamite winning the 1st night of the Wednesday Night Wars.

Tangent: Watching Scream

Season premiere week is upon us and there's a sh*t ton of weekly wrestling show happening: WWE, AEW, ROH, MLW, NWA, IMPACT, and others as well.

We jump into the highlights of the week:

Battle Club Pro's #AnythingYouCanDo

NJPW's Fighting Spirit Unleased 

HIAC this Sunday, NWA's Power and of course AEW: Dynamite
Alex refuses to talk about ROH Death Before Dishonor

Tangent: Scary Movie 2

Koola's recount of his time at Evolve 136. 
Alex's thoughts on the King of the Ring Tournament.

NXT's first Live show split and the WWE Draft.

Slow news week everyone waiting for October!!!

Tangent: Superbad

Happy Birthday to Koola!!!

Tyson Fury v Otto Wallin.

AAA's Lucha Invades NY.

The AXS & Anthem (Impact Wrestling) deal, Wrestling rumors and more.

Clash of the Champions outcome.

Tangent: The Office, Birthday Cake, & Whiskey

UFC 242 Co-Main Events.

A little AEW update.

The sad state of ROH and its great champ Matt Taven.

The AAA Lucha Invades NY show with IMPACT.

WWE's Clash of the Champions preview.

Tangent: Alex watching Monday Night Football

Happy Labor Day Everyone!!

What an eventful Saturday UFC Shenzhen started the weekend off, followed by Lomachenko vs Campbell. 
New Japan's London stop: Royal Quest, and NXT UK Takeover.

The highlight of the Weekend was AEW's All Out PPV.

We even get into Kacy Catanzaro & Kylie Rae future in wrestling.

Tangent: NJPW Royal Quest

Our confusion with the Super J Cup

PCO's eventful weekend at ROH Saturday Night & Honor For All

Mox pulls out of 2 shows (including All Out)
AEW All Out Preview
The future of NXT & WWE's King of the Ring situation

Tangent: "Power" Season 6 premiere

Sasha Banks & King of the Ring returns to WWE. Bray may get toned down. Vince juggling 4 shows?

AEW's sell out/announcement combo

New Japan Super J Cup 

UFC 241 results: Stipe vs DC

Tangent Inducer - The Righteous Gemstones

What a weekend! Kinda like a Summer Wrestlermania weekend in Canada with everything. ROH's Summer Supercard, NJPW's G1 Climax 29, NXT Takeover & SummerSlam... even a little bit of UFC. 

Tangent Inducer: Spider-Man Homecoming

Coming back after a 2 week break feeling golden!

Congratulations to Tevin the Destroyer!

Our scattered G1 Climax 29 Standings Update 

AEW's weekly show 

ROH Summer Supercard, NXT Takeover Toronto, & SummerSlam previews

Tangent Inducer: Triplemania & Naito v Shingo

Lets Start off Fresh.

We start with AEW's 3rd show: Fight for the Fallen.

A quick run through of the G1.

Evolve 131 10th Anniversary show on WWE Network (Alex didn't know).

And the Endpoint of the possibly historic we jump into what is Extreme Rules and where the Brock Party hits. 

Tangent: NJPW G1 Climax 29

We start with the love/hate relationship we have for WWE and its STILL lackluster track record.

We run through both WWE's Extreme Rules & Impact Wrestling's Slammiversary XVII.

UFC 239 Top 3 fights surprising moments

NJPW's G1 climax 29 A Block match-ups

AEW's Fight for the Fallen

Tangent Inducer: Forged In Fire

Alex forces Koola to start with ROH's Best in the World just to crap all over it (Koola wrote this lol).

A few thoughts on the WWE product. 

G1 Climax 29 day 1 card and all the exciting match ups.

AEW's Fyter Fest Private Party's Drip & Darby Allin's Coffin Drop and more.

Rolling Through the Indies: BCW Summer On Smash with fellow wrestling fans and friends.

Tangent Inducers: Fyter Fest

Jumping head first into the violent stuff The Korean Zombies' recent KO at UFC Fight Night 154

Then we get into some Bare Knuckle boxing courtesy of BKFC and Artem Lobov vs Paulie Malignaggi

The rankings of the WWE stomping Grounds we give.

ROH Best in the World preview

AEW Fyter Fest preview

BCW Summer On Smash preview

Tangent: The League

WE ARE RED HOT! And we start off giving all the fire to HBO.

After that we junp into Boxing and the Tyson Fury and Tom Schwarz fight. 

Forbes sees the demand of AEW & All Out

NJPW's G1 Climax 29

Dark Side of Wrestling: Moolah owns all. Gino's downfall.

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Starting with what we didn't watch UFC 238 and Tony Ferguson's dance skills.

Shingo & Will Ospreay dominating the Super Juniors tournament.

Moxley & Okada defend their titles, while Ospreay continues dominance at Dominion.

WWE Super Showdown's Main Event is a super let down but we knew that already.

Tangent Inducers: The League

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Starting with the Ruiz v Joshua surprise knockout and jump right into UFC FN 153.

Then we jump into the back and fourth that is AEW vs. NXT

NXT XXV card & review 

More AEW vs. NXT

Tangent Inducer: The League

Welcome us back from Vegas!!!

Welcome us back from AEW's Double or Nothing!!!

We run through some fun of Vegas and all of the Double or Nothing card, with a ton of cross promotion & partnership talk as well, the weekend's happenings and a little NXT Takeover XXV love, but even more love for NJPW!!

Tangent: Us watching Double or Nothing

Coming off of a tough Sunday night sulking in our disappointment from Game of Thrones, we dive into Money in the Bank and AEW's Double or Nothing. Then we basically pick apart the best and worst moments of the Finale of Game of Thrones.

Tangent but not really: Zombieland

Want a quick WWE rundown? We'll deliver Money in the Bank match card, a rumor or 2.

AEW new signing and matches and a ITV deal.

Game of Thrones spoilers and a ton of reasons why this was a weeeeaak episode.

Tangent: Austin Powers

New Japan Wrestling Dontaku nights 1 & 2 highlights.

A strategic break down of the 4th episode of Game of Thrones.

Tangent Inducer: Wedding Crashers

Fresh off a overwhelming Sunday thanks #AvengersEndgame & #GameofThrones (and Crockett Cup for Koola).

We jump into The NWA Crockett Cup & their ROH partnership.

Koola jumps to the conclusion of an AEW Streaming Service based on Starrcast 1 & 2 and more.

Game of Thrones episode 3 review.

Avengers Endgame Review.

Tangent: Pineapple Express (not really)

We discuss the little bit of what happened since the Thursday episode of Viceland's Dark Side of the Ring and its 6 episodes.
NJPW Sengoku Main Events: Juice v Fale & Ibushi v ZSJ.

NWA's Crokett Cup card and the Women's Champion Jazz vacating the title after 1,000+ days.

UFC vet Rodrigo De Lima.

The calm before the storm that is Episode 2 of Game of Thrones.

Tangent Inducer: BBC Blue Planet II

How badly did WWE shake things up? We don't know as we barely watched it this week.

NWA Crockett Cup

Koola finally saw Shazam so we break that down... Somewhat.

Game of Thrones happened so we get fully into that.

Tangent Inducers: Black Summer & Archer

WalemaniaV 

NXT Takeover New York 

G1 Supercard & WWE HOF

Wrestlemania 35

What a wondrous week-weekend so many thing to talk about but when its home in NYC so many reason to to be sleep deprived and we give a few of them. 
And we give an update as to what we're gonna be talking about for the next 6 weeks (hint: it's the tangent inducer).

Tangent Inducers: Game Of Thrones 

We talk about everything W/ DAWK!!

WE Talk WWE: RAW SMACKDOWN WRESTLEMANIA & NXT (too much to talk about).

We finally get into the show we're going to ROH/NJPW G1 Supercard (we covered most of it last episode).

John Oliver's "Talking Smack" part 2 (about how athletes are treated as an asset in the WWE).

And also the other event we'll be a at this weekend WalemaniaV. 

Tangent Inducers: NXT & NXT UK

With a quick rundown of this weeks WWE TV Raw & Smackdown and the Road to Wrestlemania. A word for Superstar Billy Graham.

Quick overview of the New Japan Cup Tournament.

The wayyyyy more exciting G1 Supercard (It's gonna be better than WM35)

THANK YOU: BCW, Austin Theory, Faye Jackson, Tasha Steelz, fellow Podcasters, and everyone invovled!!!

Tangent: Wrestlemania 25

A quick Wrestlemania tangent.

Ronda owns Raw & Smackdown belongs to #Kofimania.

The Angle bros make bad decisions one worst than the other but both for their careers.

NJPW New Japan Cup 2019

The very exciting ROH 17th Anniversary Show

Tony Ferguson v Anthony Pettis 

BCW's 3rd Anniversary show 3 THE HARD WAY in Woodside, Queens 3.22.2019

Tangent: Some Archer

The Fastlane Ups and Downs but more low spots than highs. The many obvious points of writing on the spot and all the changes. The slow pacing of Kofimania

The IC title change on RAW, Kurt Angel farewell Match, and two grown men arguing like children.

ROH wrestling injuries.

BCW announcements!!!

Tangents: Game of Thrones, F1 Formula & NYCFC v DC United

And we sound like NORMAL thanks to Koola double checking with Alex. An MLW Imitation Game & Bein Sports salute for using YouTube steaming.

A quick G1 Supercard & AEW tangent.

The regular rundown of RAW & Smackdown.

WWE Fastlane matchcard.
NJPW's 47th Anniversary rundown

Society vs Intergender Wrestling

BCW's Anniversary show 3 The Hard Way

Tangent inducers: A bit of Rick & Morty and MLW Imitation Game

Alex messes up the audio big time, but somehow manages to salvage it. Forgive him.
Koola makes sure we know that "Pimpin' Ain't Easy" while Alex wants to sing "Peaches n Cream" by 112.

We try to run through WWE RAW & SDLive but slow down when we get to the Kofi Kingston segment. 

We touch on #NJROH Honor Rising nights 1 & 2, some AEW news, and ROH Weekly and some #ImpactWrestling update. 

We also name our favorites African American wrestlers and their influence on the wrestling community.

Tangent: Wrestlemania 2000

This week we review the Elimination Chamber of the 1st WWE Women's Tag Team title since 1989, another 1:40 match for Ronda Rousey, and a Kofi Hall of Fame performance. 

RAW & SDLive debut of 4 NXT superstars.

NXT crowning of a new North American Championship Velveteen Dream.

Tangent Inducer: Velveteen Dream's title win & Hell's Kitchen

AEW presser and the new signees and the heightened hype of Double of Nothing

NJPW's New Beginning title defenses & title Wins!

WWE's Raw & SDLive & NXT new signees along with Elimination Chamber preview

Tangent Inducer: Passport Gift's No Hard Feelings

Done quick fast and in a hurry while soooo damn eagerly waiting for the All Elite Wrestling Presser. We run through this week's WWE Raw & Smackdown shows along with some rumors and such.

Tangents: Taylor Swift songs PPV Titles & Casino Royale

We jump to Ring of Honor and its 3 night tour Road to the G1 Supercard it was kind of a long-winded segment.

We jump into the WWE weekend with 2 exciting shows in NXT Takeover Phoenix & of course the Royal Rumble PPVs.

And finally we gloss over Raw & Smackdown.

Tangent Inducers: Cody's AEW announcement, we get into another adoration of The Miz segment & Bruce Lee Enter the Dragon