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Chicago played host to the biggest wrestling weekend of the fall, and The 2 Count picks it apart. AEW sold out the NOW Arena for All Out while WWE ran Worlds Collide across town with CM Punk, Oba Femi and Omos. Coach and JDFromNY debate who actually won the weekend — sell-out vs. bigger house — and whether AEW's pay-per-views need more story and less length. Then it's Will Ospreay's defiant "don't step to us" promo against Swerve Strickland's celebrate-the-20,000 take, and a no-holds-barred review of the Ospreay vs. Jon Moxley main event.

On the business side, the guys break down WWE's new multi-year content deal with Bleacher Report — a WBD-owned brand — and what it could signal for AEW's TV future. Over on Raw, Jaida Parker's debut ends with Jacob Fatu under her car and a 946 cliffhanger, plus the Penta-over-Bron Breakker Money in the Bank rumors and CM Punk's qualifying win over Gunther and Finn Bálor.

The back half turns serious. JD and Coach question who green-lit the spot that injured Steven Borden at All Out, and close by remembering PAC — Benjamin Satterley, the NXT black-and-gold flag-bearer beloved across the locker room. Super Chats, a nod to Dennis Haskins, and where to find JD round it out.

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Case Keenum was the Bears' third-string quarterback and hadn't started a game since December 2023. On Monday night he went 24-of-34 for 247 yards and two touchdowns with no interceptions, added a rushing score, and Chicago beat Philadelphia 27-7 to move to 2-1 (ESPN). He started because Caleb Williams is out with a hamstring injury (ESPN). Coach, Mikey P and Supi relive the night, from Keenum's locker-room line ("I may not be a cowboy, but this ain't my first rodeo") to Caleb Williams' sideline robe. Mikey P argues Nick Sirianni should take a page from Dan Lanning's book after Jalen Hurts' sideline blow-up. Coach can't believe the Eagles' red-zone call before Andy Dalton's end-zone interception.

Then the question of the week: who is the best team in the NFL right now? Mikey P says the Bears, Supi takes Brock Purdy's 49ers, Coach sticks with his 3-0 Chiefs, and Raphael Esparza makes the case for the 3-0 Vikings. Only five teams are still unbeaten after Week 3. In Inside Info, Raphael likes Iowa +14 against Ohio State, the Bengals on the moneyline against Jacksonville, and betting the Vikings' number against Miami before it moves. Picks and lines are the hosts' opinions, and lines move.

Coach's Top 5 games of Week 4 starts with Steelers at Browns on Thursday night. Supi says Deshaun Watson's Browns win; Mikey P says Pittsburgh by double digits and predicts the Cleveland crowd will boo Watson (Fox Sports). Next come Patriots at Bills, Jaguars at Bengals (Supi says Zac Taylor's seat gets hot with a loss), and Rams at Eagles. The countdown ends with Chiefs at Raiders, a 3-0 vs. 3-0 matchup nobody predicted (ESPN). Supi calls it the game of the week and predicts a shootout. The show closes with a stat: teams starting a quarterback other than their Week 1 starter are 6-0.

Housekeeping: Afternoon Drive with the Coach breaks down all 16 Week 4 games in two minutes or less at 2 PM ET. The 2 Count with Coach and JDFromNY is on at 11:30 AM ET. Raphael is back Thursday. Betya is BTT's watch-along partner for the football season. BlueChew GOLD: buy two months and get the third free with promo code COACH at bluechew.com, plus 10% off and free overnight shipping on your first order. Supi's Fantasy Life has launched "Pregame with Matthew Berry" with Michelle Beadle on the Roku Sports Channel (Barrett Media).

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This isn't the usual Coach and Bro. In three weeks, the wrestling world lost "The Butcher" Andy Williams at 48 (https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/pro-wrestler-collapses-during-show-in-pittsburgh/) and Pac at 40 (https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/28/sport/pac-benjamin-satterley-death-hnk), and Sting's son Steven Borden was stretchered out of AEW All Out (https://www.pwtorch.com/site/2026/09/27/tony-khan-gives-update-on-steven-bordens-condition-after-all-out-says-he-is-hopeful-he-will-fly-home-with-his-family/). Vince Russo asks the question nobody in the business wants to answer: if this were baseball, football or basketball, what would the headlines, the coverage and the changes look like? And at what point does wrestling finally say enough?

Coach and Vince break down the culture behind the high spots. They ask who okays these spots in the back, why the old-timers' number one rule was protecting your opponent, why the biggest stars never needed to go off the top rope, and why chasing a "this is awesome" chant is the lazy way out. They call out the wrestling media for tossing softballs, challenge veterans like Chris Jericho and Jon Moxley to lead the next generation, and make the case for mental health support in every locker room. Coach relives the night Owen Hart died, and your super chats cover Pac's legacy, Bret Hart vs. Mr. Perfect, the Stone Cold Zamboni anniversary and Sami Zayn's miscasting.

Coach closes the show with a tribute to his friend Rick Achberger, WWE's Sign Guy (https://www.fightful.com/wrestling/wwe-sign-guy-rick-achberger-passes-away/). He tells the story of the promise Rick made to his late wife, the night Triple H told him he'd never buy another ticket, and the birthday text that came every year. Plus, Vince announces the Bro and Coach Show, coming twice a month on Russo's Brand (https://www.patreon.com/RussoTWC). RIP Pac. RIP Sign Guy.

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Tyson Fury vs. Anthony Joshua was finally signed for December 11 at Principality Stadium in Cardiff. The fight is bankrolled by Turki Alalshikh and carries a reported purse of about $200 million. Within a day, it was in doubt over Dana White's involvement (Spokesman-Review/AP). Eddie Hearn says Joshua's contract bars White from the event: "We stand by our contract." White fired back, "Who's going to stop me?" (Sky Sports). The fight isn't officially off, but it's wobbling.

Coach brings in his friend of 25 years, Todd Grisham, and it turns into a real fight. Coach says nobody will care about promoter politics in 20 years, while $100 million a man is life-changing, so take the money. Grisham argues loyalty with a Hollywood analogy. Hearn has built AJ since the Olympics, he says. White's camp is trying to dismantle Matchroom, having reportedly lured Conor Benn to Zuffa Boxing (ESPN). And the no-Dana clause is in a contract AJ already signed. Grisham also turns Coach's own words about honoring contracts back on him. Mikey P and Brandon Combs split the difference, and Coach wants to know which side you're on in the comments. Round two, possibly with Eddie Hearn, is promised.

Then comes the Weekend Rewind of a wild Week 3.

In Gridiron Time, the Eagles visit a Bears team expected to start Case Keenum with Caleb Williams out (CBS Sports).

Picks are opinion, not advice. Lines move, so check your book.

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It's Friday story time, and Coach shows up sunburned. He just drove 90 minutes each way to watch his son JJ shoot a 73 in his first Texas high school golf tournament, and JJ later walks into the shot to thank the chat. Coach and Vince take it somewhere real: know what matters before it's too late. Then the news. JBL says WWE won't air Worlds Collide live the same weekend AEW All Out has sold out in Chicago. Coach asks whether WWE is quietly conceding the weekend rather than paying to fly in a full production crew.

A comment Coach attributes to Kevin Owens (he says it may have come from a parody account) about the NXT women carrying the brand leads to the big question: is it still cool to be a pro wrestler in 2026? Vince compares it to the vanishing male rock star. Coach tells the story of meeting The Rock on August 24, 1999. Then the conversation Vince had with Al Snow turns into a masterclass on heels: Superstar Billy Graham begging off from Bruno, why Dominik is the last heel who does it, and how two-time WWE Champion Sami Zayn should be playing a chicken-shit champ who dodges every defense. Vince also tells the story of calling his old friend Vito LoGrasso to read him the riot act over a JCW pre-tape.

The super chats cover a lot. Vince responds to Jim Cornette's coverage of his exit from JCW. The hosts talk wrestling journalism and Road Dog's exit, and Coach brings in the new Tyson Fury vs. Anthony Joshua deal in Cardiff. They each name the one thing they'd change if WWE hired them tomorrow, and they talk about what a Mason Rook promo should have sounded like. On the 26th anniversary of Vince winning the WCW title, there are Goldberg stories on both sides. Then comes the debut of Keyboard Heels — Tough Talk. Tiny Thumbs. — followed by Kevin Dunn and the Friday pay-per-view package room, the Coach and Bro-lette wheel, and one more run of the BlueChew spot.

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Mikey P sits in for Coach alongside numbers guy Raphael Esparza for an all-football Friday. First, a baseball detour: Raphael celebrates Pete Crow-Armstrong becoming just the seventh 40-40 player in MLB history as both the Cubs and White Sox clinched. Then the best bets:

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The TNF recap is blunt. Atlanta won 35-14 at Lambeau, and Green Bay ran for just 17 yards. Raphael blames the play-calling and offensive line more than Jordan Love, and predicts LaFleur lasts the season but not beyond it. Mikey P calls Bijan Robinson the NFL's No. 1 running back "by a long two" over Jahmyr Gibbs. Both agree Michael Penix Jr., who threw for 239 yards and hit Drake London for 68 in his first game back, is QB1 in Atlanta. Raphael notes Kyle Pitts' blocking on Bijan's touchdown, and they wonder whether the Falcons could shop Tua Tagovailoa.

For college football, Raphael takes Tennessee on the money line and Mikey P takes Texas in No. 1 Texas at Tennessee, with President Trump expected to attend. They also discuss how his arrival and exit could affect sideline communication and live betting. For Sunday, Raphael's game of the week is Ravens vs. Cowboys in Rio, and Mikey P wants more Derrick Henry. Mikey P's "HMM" game ("how much more?") is the 0-2 Chargers at Buffalo, where Raphael likes a Chargers upset. They finish with the over in Raiders at Saints and Oregon at USC.

Housekeeping: Two Coach and Bro episodes and The 2 Count are out on BTT Wrestling, including Vince Russo explaining his JCW departure on Wednesday's show, with a Friday Coach and Bro still to come. Fight Time with Mikey P and Leah Dorchenez is in the feed, with Till vs. Romero on deck. Afternoon Drive runs Tuesdays and Thursdays, and BTT Tailgate Saturday with Mikey P and Brandon Combs is Saturday morning.

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Coach starts with the Falcons at Packers on Thursday Night Football. Michael Penix Jr. takes over for Cooper Rush after Atlanta's 0-2 start, and every best bet on the morning's Coach and Company went Atlanta's way. For Coach, the game is really about Green Bay. He argues Jordan Love is playing well below his level at a 52% completion rate, and that the Packers were a Jets collapse away from 0-2. He still thinks an "adequate" Green Bay can win a wide-open NFC North. He also points to the injury wave reshaping teams across the league.

Next come Coach's top three games of Week 3:

He then answers super chats on Shough as a breakout QB, whether the Cowboys' defense is good enough, the Bills against the 0-2 Chargers, and whether Cousins should keep the job.

The second half moves off the field. Fury vs. Joshua is official for Dec. 11 at Principality Stadium in Cardiff on Netflix. Coach covers the reported roughly £200M, 50-50 purse split, Turki Alalshikh's backing, Eddie Hearn's cut, and why he's watching the spectacle rather than complaining that both fighters are past their prime. Last comes Vladimir Guerrero Jr.'s "they paid me for what I already did" quote. Coach sets it against the owners' proposed salary-cap system and the reported five-year / 15%-of-payroll contract limits, and explains Shohei Ohtani's deferrals. He argues that under those rules, Vlad's deal would be one of the last of its kind.

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Coach, Peyton Lodge and Mikey P open Thursday with best bets for Falcons at Packers, and every pick leans on Michael Penix Jr.'s return. Mikey P takes Penix over 206 passing yards and Kyle Pitts at four or more catches. Peyton takes Atlanta +3.5 and Drake London's receiving yards, pointing out that London has topped 100 yards in five of his last six games with Penix at quarterback. Coach adds two international plays for Thursday four-ball at the Presidents Cup at Medinah: Ryan Fox and Adam Scott, and Tom Kim with Si Woo Kim.

Then the breaking news. Tyson Fury vs. Anthony Joshua is official for Friday, Dec. 11 at Principality Stadium in Cardiff, live on Netflix, with around 80,000 expected under the retractable roof. Mikey P calls it a sure record for Netflix. The previous benchmark is Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson, which Netflix says drew 108 million live viewers worldwide. In Inside Info, Raphael Esparza says Fury opened around -180/-190 and has moved to about -200, and he expects the price to keep climbing. He also likes the Packers' team total over 23.5, both the Jets and Lions to score 25+, and Drake Maye's passing yards. Next, Coach and the panel take apart Vladimir Guerrero Jr.'s "they paid me for what I already did" comment. He made it after a .263, 9-homer season, in the first year of his 14-year, $500 million extension, and right after the Blue Jays were eliminated in a doubleheader sweep. Mikey P argues that part of the quote is technically right.

The show closes with the full TNF breakdown. The panel covers whether Penix is Atlanta's best option over Tua Tagovailoa, Jordan Love's 52% completion rate, and a Green Bay roster missing RT Zach Bako-Bewele (out for the season) and Jayden Reed (neck). Josh Jacobs is on the commissioner's exempt list. Coach argues a loss tonight could snowball into a brutal 10-week stretch before the bye. Picks are opinion, lines move, and please bet responsibly.

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Mikey P and Lia Dorchinez work "backwards to the future," starting with UFC 331:

The centerpiece is Sean Sharaf knocking out Gable Steveson in 12 seconds as a heavy underdog. Mikey P's line is that "a fighter is not determined by his betting odds." Leah calls Steveson's early exit from the cage disrespectful but human. Mikey P plays devil's advocate on whether the walkout only adds to Sharaf's moment. They float Anthony Wint and Tai Tuivasa as possible next opponents, while flagging the brain-health risk of two heavy hitters back to back.

The pair then move on:

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It's Wednesday, the show is now Monday–Wednesday–Friday at about an hour a pop, and BTT is live in Austria for the first time (not Australia — though Vince confirms Australia belongs on Coach's bucket list). After Vince's fantasy-baseball anxiety — "Wolf Mall" just took first place for the first time all season — Coach goes straight to the story the chat came for: Vince Russo has parted ways with Juggalo Championship Wrestling after a year as head writer.

Vince is clear there was no falling-out with Violent J ("I would take a bullet for this dude") and gives his two real reasons: a rock-star world that runs day to day versus a writer who lives on structure, and the rule that every wrestling-fan promoter — Violent J, Billy Corgan, Tony Khan, Triple H — eventually writes the show, even on a show sold as "written and produced by Vince Russo." Coach would rather win than be right, and says he'd have stepped away and let Vince cook. Vince's answer is the heart of the episode: Vince McMahon left him alone because McMahon was a businessman, not a mark. Going forward he'll consult for anyone, but he'll only take the pen again with a businessman boss who has his back. Along the way: why "clean finishes" in a scripted business are an oxymoron, the Jack Tunney rule he brought back at JCW, and Vince's Airbnb lesson — if you buy something you don't know, pay the guy who does to teach you.

The back half is super chats, and they go deep. Coach admits he's been thinking about working as an on-screen character again. Vince watched two in-ring promos from last night's NXT — including Grayson Waller vs. Mason Rook ahead of their NXT Title match — and calls it high-school-play level. That turns into a talk on promo class, Ohio Valley, the Sean Waltman house-show story, and why Brock Lesnar getting cut by the NFL shows how low wrestling's bar has fallen. Also covered: WWE pulling Trick Williams' "Lemon Pepper Steppers" shirt, Jacy Jayne as a natural heel who belongs at the top, John Cena's comments on his heel turn and what The Rock could have changed, a rotating guest GM from the legends list, and a song-vs.-song showdown between Jimmy Fingers and Joe set for Friday.

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