Between The Ropes

Brian and Michael talk about WWE Raw from Monday night including a very good taped interview from Brock Lesnar, Paul Heyman doing his magic again and a strong promo from Roman Reigns, Sting appears and a bunch of other stuff too including the fake Russian lawyer that almost derailed the John Cena — Rusev angle. So, the discussion somehow includes talk about Smokey and the Bandit and the sweet Trans Am from the movie. Plus, the guys talk about WrestleMania hype now that we’re less than two weeks away from the show, NXT having a show that week and the response to it, Snoop Dogg and Bill Simmons coming to Raw next week, Brian going to the TNA tapings in Orlando over the weekend and they answer your questions. And there were lots and lots of questions.

There’s plenty for Brian and Michael to talk about as the guys discuss AJ Lee’s retirement and they recap WWE Raw from Monday night which saw plenty of Big Show, Kane and Ryback. Plus, they talk about Chris Jericho’s live sitdown on the WWE Network with John Cena, Steve Austin explaining if he has heat with the WWE, SmackDown changing channels, Tough Enough returning, Scott Steiner allegedly threatening to kill Hulk Hogan and more including your questions.

Brian and Michael are back for another podcast to talk about WWE booking over the next few months and answer your questions! They share some ideas for the WWE for what they would like to see over the summer and who they think will headline SummerSlam come August. Plus, they answer your questions and there were a lot of them!

Brian and Michael recap their week in the Bay Area covering WWE WrestleMania 31! The guys talk about all the events they attended from NXT to the Jim Ross show, the WWE Hall of Fame, WrestleMania and Raw the following night. Plus, they talk about Seth Rollins becoming the WWE Champion, the position Roman Reigns is in, how over NXT was with the audience and the chants and reactions at Raw on Monday. And some shout outs to all the people they met during the trip along with a few questions as well.

Artist Rob Schamberger joins the podcast to talk about his WrestleMania Series of paintings with a piece for each event, his Canvas 2 Canvas YouTube videos for WWE which are posted every Monday, painting during WWE Axxess this year where he’ll be working on a “Macho Man” Randy Savage piece, working in public, how special the Connor The Crusher work he did was, how much he is working this time of year, getting in the zone as an artist and more.

One-half of the most decorated tag-team in wrestling history Devon Dudley joins the podcast to talk about working on the House of Hardcore show last weekend and returning to the ECW Arena and the memories it brought up, thoughts when he first started teaming with Bubba, if he’s suprised they are still together as a team, why he feels there is a lack of respect in the business now from some younger guys, his wrestling school Team 3D Academy in Central Florida, his relationship with TNA over the past few years, why he and Bubba aren’t currently working in Japan, if they would be interested in a return to the WWE, WrestleMania memories, giving back to the business and much more.

Brian and Michael talk about WWE Raw from Monday night which left plenty to desire, Wiz Khalifa and his tweets following his performance, Paul Heyman boasting that Brock Lesnar will unify the WWE and UFC titles if he wants this summer, Sting turns into the Black Scorpion(?) and a whole lot of other stuff on the show. They also talk about the hype for WrestleMania 31 right now, who will or won’t be on Raw before then, the Bill DeMott situation and your questions.

Former WWE Divas Champion and TNA Knockouts Champion Mickie James talks about appearing at WrestleCon 2015 on March 27 and 28 in San Jose, being around her friends including Ric Flair, being a mom now and a wrestler, how she looks at her career now going forward, how close she came to retiring from the ring, her recent return to TNA in Glascow, if she would like to wrestle full-time again and possible for the WWE, the #GiveDivasAChance movement and women in wrestling right now, her memories of WrestleMania 22 against Trish Stratus, the “memorable moment” during that match and the reaction it got from Vince McMahon and more.