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For the Love of the Show: Pro Wrestling Fans Tell Their Stories by Dr. Jeremy Housewright

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This week on Bakers Bantering, we prepare for the holiday season and recap our visit with Drew McIntyre! Derek sends some love to Valerie and appreciates her strength throughout this year. Jenna and Ellis are hyped for Mizzou getting the chance to play against Ohio State in the Cotton Bowl. In other Missouri football news, the Chiefs suffer another loss, the first time Taylor Swift saw her man Travis Kelce lose in person (0:28-9:58). Derek showed his bravery this week with the addition of the CPAP machine to his nighttime routine, which many of you probably saw on Snapchat. It’s not working properly so we’re giving it another shot next week (10:00-14:52). Jenna and Valerie checked out a wedding venue for the first time! Jenna got in the Christmas spirit with some friends at a fun pop-up bar called “Miracle”, and thought she was going to be enjoying dinner there, but had to make an unforeseen audible (15:13-18:27). Mimi Warren’s celebration of life was this weekend, so this holiday season is going to be a little different than years past. Valerie’s got some big shoes to fill in preparing Mimi Warren’s famous spaghetti and other Christmas traditions, but the family is sticking together and staying strong to ensure there is plenty of Christmas cheer to go around (18:26-31:46). Hanukkah started this week, and Ellis and Derek share some of their favorite parts about the holiday (31:48-38:47). Our TikTok was popping off this week with exciting commentary involving our boy “Dirty” Dominik Mysterio and Derek’s ideas for Triple H, plus a potential gift exchange between Derek and our friend Jared in Philadelphia (38:50-48:05). Speaking of gifts, Derek was sent a handful of wrestling goodies, as well as a copy of “For the Love of the Show” by Dr. Jeremy Housewright, which features a whole chapter about Derek and Jenna (48:06-56:11). Thanks to our friends at Cricket and The Herbert Hoover Boys and Girls Club of Greater St. Louis, we got to partner with WWE Superstar Drew McIntyre to spread holiday cheer for the “12 Days of Cricket” campaign. After the event, Derek and Drew sat down and hashed out their differences, with an apology in order, but from who? (56:14-1:15:04). Transitioning to the Weekly Wrestling Wrap Up, we start off with some big news in AEW involving a new member, seasoned veterans potentially leaving, and more points toward the Intercontinental Classic (1:15:13-1:23:44). Moving on to NXT and WWE, we met a potential superstar in the making last week, and there are a lot of badasses right now. Derek predicts Dom losing his title, and Damage CTRL might be getting some new members (1:23:46-1:38:18).