Wai Ting is joined by Nate Milton to review WWE SmackDown as new Tag Team Champions are crowned. Damian Abraham joins us to discuss the official launch of Viceland’s The Wrestlers.
Wai Ting and upNXT’s Davie Portman discuss Vince McMahon’s new “Wild Card Rule”. SmackDown’s Roman Reigns, Kofi Kingston, Daniel Bryan and Lars Sullivan appear. The Usos continue humiliating The Revival by engineering the shockingly-effective Ucey Hot. Sami Zayn is thrown into a dumpster.
John Pollock and Wai Ting review WWE New Year’s Revolution 2006 featuring the first-ever Money In The Bank cash-in as Edge challenges WWE Champion John Cena.
John Pollock & Wai Ting review both nights of NJPW’s Wrestling Dontaku 2019 from Fukuoka featuring Kazuchika Okada vs. SANADA. Plus, Chris Jericho announces his return to New Japan.
The BDE celebrate Star Wars Day with their latest upNXT movie review, Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace. Was this movie really as bad as people remember?
Martin, Benno, and new co-host Jamesie talk Fight Club Pro Dream Tag Invitational (Will Ospreay vs. Dan Maloney), Riptide Wrestling Rumble (Chuck Mambo vs. TK Cooper) and OTT Contenders 14.
John Pollock and Wai Ting review WWE SmackDown as the remaining participants are revealed for the Men’s and Women’s Money in the Bank Ladder matches and The Hardys vacate the SmackDown tag titles. Plus, John & Wai spend the final 45 minutes of the show reviewing Avengers: Endgame (spoilers inside).
John Pollock and Wai Ting review WWE Raw from Lexington, Kentucky as the mysterious Superstar Shakeup continued with more roster moves reflected on the show, the Raw participants for both Money in the Bank Ladder matches were announced, Seth Rollins and AJ Styles had a contract signing for their upcoming Universal title match, the return of the Firefly Fun House, Shane McMahon chokes The Miz unconscious, and The Revival are caught shaving.
John Pollock is joined by Nate Milton to review Impact Wrestling’s Rebellion pay-per-view featuring Johnny Impact vs. Brian Cage, Pentagon & Fenix vs. LAX & more.
On this edition of The Rocky Maivia Picture Show, Nate Milton welcomes Brent Chittenden (the “True North Nerds” podcast) into the theater to review 2005’s Be Cool!
John Pollock and Wai Ting welcome Brandon Howard Thurston (Wrestlenomics, Fightful) to break down WWE’s First Quarter 2019 Earnings report. We discuss the company’s net loss of $8.4 million for the quarter, plus whether “superstar absences” may have truly contributed to WWE’s live event and ratings decreases.
John Pollock & Wai Ting review the tenth Marvel Cinematic Universe film, Guardians of the Galaxy (2014). On the week of Endgame’s release, we discuss Marvel’s first deep dive into its cosmic side as we learn more about the Infinity Stones and the world of Thanos. We discuss the risks Marvel took by dedicating a movie to its least known property to date, the casting of a relative unknown in Chris Pratt as lead while relegating stars such as Bradley Cooper and Vin Diesel to voice-acting roles, as well as the show-stealing performance of WWE wrestler Dave Bautista.
Braden Herrington and Davie Portman review this week’s edition of WWE NXT featuring Johnny Gargano vs. Roderick Strong (and the possible break-up of The Undisputed Era?), War Raiders vs. Street Profits for the NXT tag titles, Candice LeRae & Kacy Catanzaro in action, Kassius Ohno shows up… and more!
John Pollock & Wai Ting review Dark Side of the Ring on ‘The Killing of Bruiser Brody’, Being the Elite, Ten Pounds of Gold, MLW Fusion, Road to Double or Nothing & more.
John Pollock and Wai Ting review Tuesday’s episode of WWE SmackDown as Kofi Kingston took on Shinsuke Nakamura with a big angle closing the show to set up Kingston’s next program, Charlotte Flair took on Bayley in a #1 contender’s match, Roman Reigns was not fired for attacking Vince McMahon, and we played Memento with Finn Balor and Andrade going right back to where they started last week.
The mysterious Superstar Shakeup continued with more roster moves reflected on the show, a pair of three-way matches took place with the winners facing off to determine Seth Rollins’ next challenger for the Universal title, an insane re-introduction of Bray Wyatt, the transformation of Bobby to Robert Roode, an update on The Vikings and their call-up experience, and a three-hour build up to a Baron Corbin main event.
John Pollock and Wai Ting welcome NWA Vice President David Lagana to discuss the revival of The Crockett Cup tag team tournament, the selection process of participants such as Yuji Nagata, PCO and The Rock ’n’ Roll Express, the importance of basing storylines on reality in the Cody vs. Nick Aldis build-up to ALL IN, and how he and Billy Corgan want to make the most out of the average wrestling fan’s limited supply of time.