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On this episode we discuss the major happenings from both ‘WWE RAW’ & ‘AEW Dynamite Grand Slam France’ including Roman Reigns having a great night, a fan’s theory on who the leader of 946 is, John Cena comments on the ‘QB1’ moniker for Cody Rhodes, ‘Clockwork Carnage’ announced for ‘AEW WrestleDream’, Darby Allin’s in ring style + MUCH MORE!! ⏱️ Chapters: 0:00 Intro/What would Rhodesia’s win/loss record be if she was the booker of WWE & AEW for the rest of the year 7:33 Roman Reigns on ‘RAW’ and his promo segment with L.A. Knight along with Solo Sikoa being back in the fold 22:06 Wild fan speculation on who the leader of 946 is 28:47 Other ‘WWE RAW’ highlights from Monday including the triple threat women’s match for ‘Money In The Bank’, Oba Femi, Bronson Reed & Paul Heyman, what position this is putting Bron Breakker in & more 35:08 Keanu Carver reportedly released from WWE 37:53 Big Cass current booking 41:10 Female passenger caught masturbating on a flight to Miami 49:51 ‘SmackDown’ talk including Kevin Owens and Tiffany Stratton advancing to ‘Money In The Bank’, Sami Zayn’s promo, and Cody Rhodes & Randy Orton’s storyline 57:39 Cody Rhodes promo segment with Trick Williams, John Cena discussing the QB1 moniker and Roman breaks kayfabe about Cody 1:09:59 Nikki Bella, Damien Priest & Blake Monroe’s entrance this past Friday 1:19:49 ‘AEW Grand Slam France’ talk 1:28:45 Clockwork Carnage match happening at WrestleDream 👍 If you enjoy thoughtful wrestling discussion with a lot of laughs along the way, subscribe, follow and join us every week! Watch exclusive episodes and segments from the TFW Podcast: 🎥YouTube: tinyurl.com/2fs5d743

We’re back with another fun episode as we discuss Jaida Parker’s shocking appearance on ‘WWE Raw’ this past Monday and all things Bloodline/946, the beautiful and emotional tribute episode of ‘AEW Dynamite’ to Ben “PAC” Satterley, NXT’s Keanu Carver gets into some legal trouble which leads to Rhodesia’s hardest question she’s ever had to answer + MUCH MORE!! ⏱️ Chapters: 0:00 Intro/Which wrestlers would be #1 NBA draft picks based off of their TV presentations 11:00 Jaida Parker debuts on ‘WWE RAW’ and aligns with 946 against the Bloodline 21:42 Wrestling fans looking for a swerve in the 946/Bloodline storyline 37:23 Lola Vice vs Roxanne Perez from RAW & the ‘Money In The Bank’ card being stacked 41:16 The incredible tribute show AEW put together for Ben “PAC” Satterley 1:02:06 Order of protection filed against NXT’s Keanu Carver 1:10:31 Bayley and Lyra Valkyria set for a “rare” women’s match? 👍 If you enjoy thoughtful wrestling discussion with a lot of laughs along the way, subscribe, follow and join us every week! Watch exclusive episodes and segments from the TFW Podcast: 🎥YouTube: tinyurl.com/2fs5d743

We’re back after missing an episode due to moving to Spain (!!!) but start off the show with the unfortunate news of Benjamin ‘PAC’ Satterley’s passing on Sunday which shocked everyone in the wrestling world. We discuss the PWI’s 500 list, who are top 3 male wrestlers were from this past year, AEW All Out from this past Saturday, highlights from both RAW & SmackDown from last week + MUCH MORE!! ⏱️ Chapters: 0:00 Intro/Moving to Spain 4:37 Benjamin Satterley AKA PAC passes away 13:11 RIP Rick Achberger AKA “Sign Guy” 16:21 PWI Top 500 Men’s wrestling list & our personal favorites from the past year and who we think will make the top 3 in 2027 37:00 ‘AEW All Out’ recap 54:43 Highlights from last week’s ‘WWE RAW’ and the show being dedicated to the pod 1:02:51 Highlights from this past Friday’s ‘SmackDown’ 1:15:20 Social media’s hypocrisy surrounding Trick Williams new t shirt last week 👍 If you enjoy thoughtful wrestling discussion with a lot of laughs along the way, subscribe, follow and join us every week! Watch exclusive episodes and segments from the TFW Podcast: 🎥YouTube: tinyurl.com/2fs5d743

We have another fun episode for you today as we talk the latest list WWE has released surrounding their biggest rivalries in the 2020’s, we deep dive the Montreal screw job, discuss our move to Spain this weekend, give our thoughts on this past Friday’s ‘SmackDown’ + MUCH MORE!! ⏱️ Chapters: 0:00 Intro/WWE ranks their rivalries for the 2020’s 9:48 Viewer comments on Rhodesia saying there’s nothing WWE can do for her to watch ‘Worlds Collide’ over ‘All Out’ 13:55 Matt discusses why he thinks the Bret Hart Montreal screw job is a work 25:04 Leaving California and getting ready to move to Spain this weekend 32:52 SmackDown thoughts including Sami Zayn vs Kevin Owens for the world title, Cody Rhodes sit down interview, & Trick Williams and Jacy Jane advancing to ‘Money In The Bank’ 53:51 Dragon Lee’s WWE contract is expiring per reports 56:52 A cancelled segment and Tiffany Stratton coming for Chelsea Green’s title 👍 If you enjoy thoughtful wrestling discussion with a lot of laughs along the way, subscribe, follow and join us every week! Watch exclusive episodes and segments from the TFW Podcast: 🎥YouTube: tinyurl.com/2fs5d743

We begin this episode by discussing Roman Reigns vs Penta from this past Monday’s ‘WWE RAW’ show in Mexico City and all surrounding it, the other highlights from RAW, some more of our California experiences from this week, Matt has some strong words about AEW, + MUCH MORE!! ⏱️ Chapters: 0:00 Intro/Cody Rhodes selling his soul to The Rock’s daughter? 3:00 The Rock not being involved in WrestleMania plans next year 8:29 Roman Reigns vs Penta from ‘WWE RAW’ in Mexico City 25:09 L.A. Knight challenging Roman Reigns @ ‘Money In The Bank’ on October 10th 29:27 Chad Gable vs Dragon Lee for the I.C. title 36:01 Judgement Day, the women’s MITB qualifying match, & Je’Von Evans qualifying for the MITB match 41:01 California experiences 45:12 Lil Yachty discusses silliness in pro wrestling 47:42 AEW Dynamite thoughts including what AEW at it’s highest level feels like to Matt, Jericho, and more 👍 If you enjoy thoughtful wrestling discussion with a lot of laughs along the way, subscribe, follow and join us every week! Watch exclusive episodes and segments from the TFW Podcast: 🎥YouTube: tinyurl.com/2fs5d743

The two show a week era is here for the TFW podcast! On this episode we talk the multiple title changes this past weekend with Sami Zayn & Stephanie Vaquer, Damian Priest’s heel turn, AEW Dynamite and thoughts on The New Level attracting more veterans to AEW, life updates for us, + MUCH MORE!! ⏱️ Chapters: 0:00 Intro/Biggest story from this weekend and September 11th reflections 5:25 Sami Zayn beats CM Punk for the world title on ‘SmackDown’ Friday 18:27 Stephanie Vaquer wins the world title against Liv Morgan at a house show in Chile 23:56 Damian Priest turns heel 28:53 Penta vs Roman Reigns on RAW 30:24 California thoughts and Spain update 35:51 AEW Dynamite ‘Rebal Heart’ thoughts 41:12 Will The New Level prompt more veteran wrestlers to want to go AEW? 46:56 Ilya Dragunov signing with AEW 53:09 Jordynne Grace & Ivy Nile becoming a potential team on WWE tv 55:48 Bret Hart’s thoughts on Gunther’s chops 👍 If you enjoy thoughtful wrestling discussion with a lot of laughs along the way, subscribe, follow and join us every week! Watch exclusive episodes and segments from the TFW Podcast: 🎥YouTube: tinyurl.com/2fs5d743

The empty nester road trip is in full effect as we’re on the west coast and we give our condolences to who we lost last week in the wrestling world, talk ‘Sunday Night’s Main Event’, WWE RAW, AEW Dynamite, a big announcement for the future of the podcast + MORE!! ⏱️ Chapters: 0:00 Intro/Wrestling and football comparison 6:34 RIP and condolences to Andy Williams, Bill Dundee & Pharaoh 13:28 A social media influencer passed away getting a penis enlargement in Thailand 18:13 Life updates 21:24 Big announcement for the TFW podcast 22:47 What is WWE doing with Cody Rhodes? 34:27 Was the payoff worth it for Johnny Gargano? 41:29 Trick Williams wins back the U.S. title from Baron Corbin 47:50 Oba Femi vs Bron Breakker with Bronson Reed’s return 1:00:50 Royce Keys and his new group and The Bloodline is starting to heat up 1:02:37 Solo Sikoa & LA Knight 1:08:13 Roman Reigns vs Penta next week on ‘WWE RAW’ 1:13:21 Shouting out the women’s triple threat match from this past Monday & Bayley’s return to WWE TV 1:22:34 Little kid’s reaction to Liv Morgan & Stephanie Vaquer 1:26:35 AEW’s excellent post PPV ‘Dynamite’ show last week 👍 If you enjoy thoughtful wrestling discussion with a lot of laughs along the way, subscribe, follow and join us every week! Watch exclusive episodes and segments from the TFW Podcast: 🎥YouTube: tinyurl.com/2fs5d743

We take the show on the road and talk ‘AEW All In’ and what we loved about the show, including the debut of the New Level, Will Ospreay winning the AEW world title, Mercedes Moné adding to her legacy, Sting sharing a moment with his son, among other things. We also talk about Netflix censoring this Monday’s ‘WWE RAW’, Penta vs Roman Reigns, + MORE!! ⏱️ Chapters: 0:00 Intro/Ranking 7 WWE legends 9:06 Life updates 14:50 AEW All In Recap 1:00:27 Netflix censoring the opening to RAW this past Monday with Jacob Fatu, The Uso’s, Royce Keys and OTM 1:09:37 Roman Reigns vs Penta set for ‘WWE RAW’ in Mexico City on September 14th and other quick hits 👍 If you enjoy thoughtful wrestling discussion with a lot of laughs along the way, subscribe, follow and join us every week! Watch exclusive episodes and segments from the TFW Podcast: 🎥YouTube: tinyurl.com/2fs5d743

On this jam packed episode of the TFW podcast, we deep dive the potential of a Cody Rhodes heel turn involving Paul Heyman before getting into CM Punk vs Kevin Owens from ‘SmackDown’, Ilya Dragunov leaving WWE, Oba Femi & Bron Breakker’s contract signing segment for ‘WWE RAW’ this past Monday, AEW All In talk before their biggest show of the year this Sunday, + MORE!! ⏱️ Chapters: 0:00 Intro/6 year anniversary of The Tribal Chief Roman Reigns 9:53 Cody Rhodes the next Paul Heyman guy? 36:29 CM Punk vs Kevin Owens from Friday’s ‘SmackDown’ show 46:54 Ilya Dragunov leaving WWE & talk of needle movers in wrestling 1:05:46 Bron Breakker & Oba Femi’s contract signing from ‘WWE RAW’ Monday and how their match @ ‘Sunday Night’s Main Event’ should end 1:15:06 Royce Keys returns to TV with a new faction 1:20:11 Inauthentic actions from people 1:29:10 Updates on Roxanne Perez, Je’Von Evans and tribalism among wrestling fans 1:44:45 Dragon Lee vs Rey Fenix from ‘WWE RAW’ 1:49:30 Quick hits on Blake Monroe, Giulia, Bayley, and Iyo Sky 1:55:32 AEW ‘All In’ talk for this Sunday 2:07:00 Avery Styles signs with TNA 2:08:11 Life updates for us 👍 If you enjoy thoughtful wrestling discussion with a lot of laughs along the way, subscribe, follow and join us every week! Watch exclusive episodes and segments from the TFW Podcast: 🎥YouTube: tinyurl.com/2fs5d743

On this episode we get into the final segment from this past Monday’s ‘RAW’ show with Solo Sikoa not falling in line to the Bloodline, Oba Femi & Bron Breakker has their first one on one match set for ‘Sunday Night’s Main Event’, some strong matches from this past Monday we dig into, what we think happens this Friday with CM Punk vs Kevin Owens on ‘SmackDown’, how AEW should handle The New Day’s arrival to the company, + MUCH MORE! ⏱️ Chapters: 0:00 Intro/Selling Johnny Gargano on his current gimmick 04:00 Solo Sikoa, Roman Reigns, and the Bloodline saga: good storytelling or same sh*t? 25:43 Adam Copeland speaks on the topic Roman Reigns being overrated along with his thoughts on WWE vs AEW 33:12 Oba Femi vs Bron Breakker set for ‘Sunday Night’s Main Event’ 44:42 Lyra Valkyria vs Sol Ruca from ‘WWE RAW’ 52:19 Rey Mysterio vs Chad Gable from ‘WWE RAW’ 56:57 WWE has pulled back on Danhausen TV segments 58:48 Chelsea Green’s incredible performance on ‘SmackDown’ this past Friday 1:07:08 Kevin Owens vs CM Punk for the world title this Friday and last week’s promo battle 1:16:50 Tiffany Stratton’s future now that she lost the U.S. title to Jacy Jane 1:21:17 Should AEW announce Kofi Kingston & Xavier Woods before their debut @ ‘All In’ or have it a surprise? 1:27:56 MJF not involved in the world title match @ ‘All In’: Yay or nay? 1:36:36 AJ Styles son’s independent wrestling controversy 👍 If you enjoy thoughtful wrestling discussion with a lot of laughs along the way, subscribe, follow and join us every week! Watch exclusive episodes and segments from the TFW Podcast: 🎥YouTube: tinyurl.com/2fs5d743

We have another fun one for you this week! On this episode we talk Solo Sikoa being forced back to Roman Reigns and where the story could be headed, Bron Breakker and Oba Femi week 2, how Roxanne Perez and Dominic Mysterio have been used on WWE TV in 2026, SmackDown having another really strong show this week + MUCH MORE! ⏱️ Chapters: 0:00 Intro/Comparing corporate world job to Solo Sikoa & Jey Uso 06:32 Is Solo Sikoa heading back to the family? 22:36 Zilla Fatu debuts on NXT & if the Bloodline being involved in War Games is getting old 28:00 Bron Breakker’s 2nd week in the company and his segments on ‘WWE RAW’ with Oba Femi & Paul Heyman 37:10 Roxanne Perez’s usage on WWE TV 49:00 Is Oba Femi going to be more Brock Lesnar or Roman Reigns? 53:40 Lucha tournament that started on RAW this past Monday 1:01:31 The conversation on social media surrounding if Roman Reigns is overrated 1:07:10 Dominic Mysterio reportedly is frustrated with is WWE booking 1:14:30 SmackDown talk including CM Punk, Kevin Owens, Cody Rhodes, and Randy Orton promo segments 1:32:18 Raquel Rodriquez barb wire IC title belt 1:35:20 Matt puts over the beginning of Penta’s match from RAW 1:36:41 Trick Williams vs Baron Corbin from ’SmackDown’ 1:40:21 Chelsea Green injury and position on ‘SmackDown’ last week 1:42:20 Shout out to AEW for ‘Grand Slam Mexico’ & Ric Flair’s latest tweets on ‘X’ 👍 If you enjoy thoughtful wrestling discussion with a lot of laughs along the way, subscribe, follow and join us every week! Watch exclusive episodes and segments from the TFW Podcast: 🎥YouTube: tinyurl.com/2fs5d743

We’re back from Minnesota and ready to tell The Freaks all about our experience at ’SummerSlam’! On this episode we discuss our live thoughts from ‘AEW Dynamite’ in Detroit as well as the 2 night party of the summer! From Brock Lesnar’s retirement, to Kevin Owens return to the ring, to Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins giving us an awesome conclusion to the Shield story, we cover it all! We also discuss RAW from this past Monday and give our thoughts on the new direction for WWE heading into the fall, strap in and enjoy! ⏱️ Chapters: 0:00 Intro/Ranking the wrestlers that have retired in the last year 10:12 Congrats to Bianca Belair & Montez Ford on the birth of their newborn baby! 12:12 AEW Dynamite live thoughts 19:30 Travel to Minnesota and ‘SummerSlam’ night one in person thoughts 1:05:26 ‘SummerSlam’ night two in person thoughts 1:52:03 ‘WWE RAW’ thoughts including LA Knight’s performance with Roman Reigns, Becky Lynch & Stephanie Vaquer’s return, & the rehabilitation of Bron Breakker 2:11:39 RIP Dory Funk Jr. & New Day’s contract status 👍 If you enjoy thoughtful wrestling discussion with a lot of laughs along the way, subscribe, follow and join us every week! Watch exclusive episodes and segments from the TFW Podcast: 🎥YouTube: tinyurl.com/2fs5d743

On this jam packed episode of the TFW podcast, we discuss our thoughts on season 3 of ‘WWE Unreal’ and what our biggest takeaway’s were, this past Monday’s head scratching episode of ‘WWE RAW’, we also preview this weekend’s 2 night SummerSlam event that we’ll be in attendance for, AEW Redemption from this past Sunday, + MUCH MORE! ⏱️ Chapters: 0:00 Intro/SummerSlam Personal Memories 9:43 Unreal Season 3 thoughts and biggest takeaways 40:13 Bron Breakker and how he was presented on Unreal 47:03 Sol Ruca losing the IC title this past Monday on ‘RAW’ and WWE continuing to drop the ball on their young stars 57:45 ‘RAW’ talk including the bad SummerSlam go home segments and discussion around younger talent getting title reigns early in their career 1:17:04 Sami Zayn’s incredible backstage promo from ‘SmackDown’ this past Friday 1:19:58 SummerSlam night 1 preview 1:41:50 SummerSlam night 2 preview 2:00:20 AEW Redemption talk including Matt’s thoughts on Kyle Fletcher, the post main event match angle with Jon Moxley, Kenny Omega, and Will Ospreay, along with discussing Thekla dropping the world title a month before ‘All In’ & what should happen with Willow vs Mercedes Moné at ‘All In’ 👍 If you enjoy thoughtful wrestling discussion with a lot of laughs along the way, subscribe, follow and join us every week! Watch exclusive episodes and segments from the TFW Podcast: 🎥YouTube: tinyurl.com/2fs5d743

On this episode of the TFW podcast, Matt & Rhodesia give their take on the week that was in WWE and pro wrestling! We begin by discussing what we did outside of wrestling this past week, the big talking points coming out of Saturday Night’s Main Event including the usage of the New York Knicks players & Bayley’s future in the WWE, CM Punk’s impact on WWE programming, + MUCH MORE! ⏱️ Chapters: 0:00 Intro/Which free agent we want to see debut this weekend @ AEW Redemption 5:43 Matt shares a story about putting out content and backlash on social media 15:21 ‘Odyssey’ non spoiler movie experience & Christopher Nolan’s top movies 21:48 ‘Saturday Night’s Main Event’ review including the women tag team title changing hands, New York Knicks players involvement, Lyra Valkyria vs Bayley, & CM Punk’s impact on screen 1:00:21 Updated SummerSlam card, biggest takeaway from ‘WWE RAW’ this week, and talk on Big Cass’s return presentation 1:10:53 WWE creative not having anything for Jordynne Grace 1:16:11 WWE Unreal season 3 release this past Tuesday 1:18:05 ‘AEW Redemption/Dynamite’ talk 1:27:56 Rhodesia highlights her favorite match from this past week on WWE TV 1:30:06 Next week’s pod plans 👍 If you enjoy thoughtful wrestling discussion with a lot of laughs along the way, subscribe, follow and join us every week! Watch exclusive episodes and segments from the TFW Podcast: 🎥YouTube: tinyurl.com/2fs5d743

On this episode of the TFW podcast, we get into WWE seemingly running the same play for CM Punk vs Cody Rhodes for SummerSlam as they did for Roman Reigns vs Seth Rollins (and the contract signing segment from RAW), if Oba Femi has completely lost his world title opportunity, Je'Von Evans or Chad Gable being next in line for IC gold, AEW putting weeks of good TV together heading into ‘All In’, + MUCH MORE! ⏱️ Chapters: 0:00 Intro 4:38 CM Punk & Cody Rhodes is official for SummerSlam 16:03 Punk’s first night on the blue brand 18:24 Trick Williams debuts a new U.S. title belt 22:34 Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins contract signing segment 31:28 Oba Femi: Did he relinquish his title shot opportunity? 38:35 Je'Von Evans, Chad Gable, & the IC title gauntlet match from ‘WWE RAW’ this past Monday 52:37 The Bloodline vs Solo Sikoa, Royce Keys & LA Knight made official and thoughts on Jacob Fatu’s current position 1:05:19 Bron Breakker’s role this past Monday and the strong segment from Maxxine Dupri, Austin Theory, & Otis 1:12:19 Lyra Valkyria & Bayley’s promo segment from ‘WWE RAW’ 1:20:38 Update on Rhea Ripley’s status and Tiffany Stratton strikes again 1:23:51 Funny video of a Jim Ross impersonation 1:27:54 Honorary TFW host Baron Corbin returns to WWE on ‘SmackDown’ 1:28:51 WWE announces ‘Worlds Collide’ for the same day and city as ‘AEW All Out’ 1:31:03 ‘AEW Dynamite’ talk including the Kenny Omega winning the world title from MJF, who should headline ’All In’ 👍 If you enjoy thoughtful wrestling discussion with a lot of laughs along the way, subscribe, follow and join us every week! Watch exclusive episodes and segments from the TFW Podcast: 🎥YouTube: tinyurl.com/2fs5d743