Between The Ropes

A pair of interviews in the latest! First, a conversation with Daria Berenato about her elimination from WWE Tough Enough, her experience on the show including coming out, the support she has received since that and what she has planned for her future. Then, Erig Gargiulo of CamelClutchBlog.com joins the podcast to talk about the unique Beast in the East show, NXT as a brand right now and how it is used, its affect on Ring of Honor, the upcoming invasion angle between TNA Wrestling and Global Force Wrestling and more.

Brian and Michael are back for the latest Between the Ropes broadcast talking WWE Raw, Brock Lesnar utterly destroying J&J’s pricey Cadillac, Cesaro answering John Cena’s US Title open challenge for a second week, whether or not “Match of the Year” gets thrown around too much, and more. Plus, they talk about all the latest news and notes in wrestling and takes your questions.

It’s a two-part Between The Ropes podcast! First, a conversation with WWE Tough Enough contestant Alex Frekey as he talks about being eliminated from the show, his “knowledge means nothing” comment, trying to swim in a lake with a gator and snakes, if Patrick and Dianna are really disliked by the others, being in the movie John Wick which starred Keanu Reeves and more.

Then, we move over to Scott Fishman — contributor with the Miami Herald and Channel Guide Magazine — as we discuss TNA Slammiversary, what is going on with the company, the comments he receives on Twitter when he says something positive about TNA, WWE Tough Enough, the low Raw rating, what is missing in WWE right now, the Saturday show on the WWE Network from Tokyo and more.

Brian and Michael break down what’s been an interesting week in wrestling. They talk about Jeff Jarrett and his newsworthy deal with Impact Wrestling (and how that might affect Global Force Wrestling), what they thought about TNA Slammiversary 2015, and more. Plus, a look at WWE Raw and a fantastic match between Cesaro and John Cena along with early thoughts on the WWE Network Special “Beast From the East.”

Brian and Michael discuss everything in the wild world of wrestling: Seth Rollins proving that Brock Lesnar is in fact human on Monday Night Raw, John Cena debating Kevin Owens’ challenge, and more. Plus, other news and notes, and your questions answered LIVE on-air!

One-half of The Addiction CHRISTOPHER DANIELS joins the podcast to talk about the big weekend for him and Frankie Kazarian as they take on reDRagon Friday at Ring of Honor Best in the World ’15 for the tag titles and the next night will have a dream match against AJ Styles and Samoa Joe. Plus, he talks about growing up a wrestling fan and the teams that influenced him, working with Dusty Rhodes in TNA Wrestling and his influence on the business, if the mid 2000’s was the height of TNA, if he thought he was face Samoa Joe again, Kevin Owens’ success in WWE, what comics he’s reading right now and more.

Brian and Michael talk about a busy few days in wrestling including WWE Raw from Monday night with the awesome Kevin Owens – John Cena segment coming off Owens huge win over Cena at Elimination Chamber, Roman Reigns having three matches to Dean Ambrose once again screwing with Seth Rollins by having his championsihp title. Plus, they talk about Money in the Bank coming up in less than two weeks, the Stone Cold podcast on WWE Network with Paul Heyman and if they think Austin will come back for a match at WrestleMania 32 against Brock Lesnar, what WWE will do with Lesnar when he returns in a few weeks, the latest on Samoa Joe’s deal with the company and more. Plus, they take your questions as always!

Ring of Honor’s Bobby Fish — one half of reDRagon along with Kyle O’Reilly — talks about the big week for the company next week with the War of the Worlds ’15 shows on May 12 and 13 in Philadelphia as well as the Global Wars ’15 shows on May 15 and 16 in Toronto. Plus, he discusses the current scene of tag team wrestling, how he fell in love with it growing up, when he became fond of Japanese wrestling, facing the stars of NJPW in the upcoming shows and his tours to Japan, the Best of the Juniors tournament which he will be a part of for the first time, teaming with Kyle, the FISH TANK, his mustache, Tom Lawlor and more.

TNA Wrestling’s Mica talks about Friday night’s live edition of Impact Wrestling on Destination America at 9:00p ET, his joining the company earlier this year, how the transition has been for him, knowing the other members in The Rising before coming in (Drew Galloway and Eli Drake), his time with WWE developmental as Camacho and his release, following in the footsteps of his dad Haku and winning him and his mother over to becoming a pro wrestler, Bill Corgan joining the TNA creative team and more.

WWE superstar Adam Rose talks about the E:60 documentary “WWE Behind the Curtain” on ESPN, if he knew what to expect out the film, if it was tough it was for him and his family to watch and how personal the film was, why he thought the Leo Kruger character didn’t work, if he knew how close he was to being released by the WWE, the thoughts from some of the coaches on the show about him, how he came up with the Adam Rose character and who helped mold it into what it has become, the NXT audience compared to the WWE audience, if that audience can boo him after watching this film and more.