Classy Ring Attire

Smackdown closes the year off strong with it's TLC event, showing the world once again that a smaller card where the matches have room to breathe is the way to go for a more satisfying show all around. Plus, as always discussions of the weekly shows.

205 Live (i.e. the third hour of Smackdown) premiered this week and we discuss the highlights of the first episode as well as the pitfalls that WWE will have to avoid if they want this new show to be a success. Also, since TLC is this weekend, we breakdown the card and make predictions for Smackdown's final PPV of the year. And even though it's a Smackdown heavy week, we have to take some time to discuss Raw since it's one of those rare weeks where Raw had a better show that Smackdown did. (Don't get used to it.)

Survivor Series ened a bit unexpectedly didn't it? We discuss the ending, whether or not it was a good idea, and the fallout to Brock vs Goldberg. We also discuss the fallout from other Survivor Series matches as well as looking foward to TLC.

We've made it to the prediction episode. We've only got six matches on the Survivor Series card (for a four hour show) but those six matches come with a lot to talk about. Also, the NXT takeover card is discussed as well.

Most of the technical issues from last week seem to have worked themselves out. (Special thank you to sound champ Heather for helping us on that one.) We go through the latest week including Raw, Smackdown, the latest updates for the Survivor Series lineups, as well as more of the non-stop discussion when it comes to the Goldberg/Lesnar match.

Warning: Audio issues plague this episode of CRA throughout, We've done what we could and will be back next week with hopefully an easier to listen to product. Still, we wanted to make the episode available to the CRA competitionists out there. So in this episode we discuss Hell in a Cell and try to get some wrestling talk in, but really Chris is far to giddy about the Cubs which dominate a fair share of the show. Also look out for Chris and special guest Blair to touch on what is going on with TNA and try to break down the whole legal kerfuffle for everyone.

On the latest episode of Trashy Ring Attire, the hosts of our sister show took issue with some things we said recently. So in addition to breaking down the Hell in a Cell card, we take some time to respond to them as well.

This week the next item on the list of "things that will never happen" happens. Goldberg returns to the ring to announce that he will be facing Brock Lesnar at Survivor Series in November. We also talk Smackdown, the rest of Raw, the lack of PPV this week, and Chris gets distracted by The Cubs.

There are a myriad of topics to discuss this week including but no limited to, No Mercy recap and fallout, Goldberg all but confirmed to return and face Brock Lesnar at Survivor Series, the prospect of three different traditional SS Elimination Matches this year, and Paige in all of her latest shenanigans.

The whole week has had all of us constantly trying to find some scrap of information about the future for TNA and for the TNA library, and whether or not those futures were going to be separate. We also delve into predictions for the second Smackdown exclusive PPV with No Mercy.