Contesting Wrestling

In which we reflect upon a surreal Wrestlemania, and make corrections to the Charlotte Flair episode.

We delve into the history of the Cersei Lannister of wrestling, Charlotte Flair, and watch her matches with Sasha Banks, Nikki Bella, and Asuka.

In which we reflect on the Squash Matches episode, wax wistfully about the Big Boss Man, and ruin a fan's birthday.

We (sort of) revisit Kenny Omega, talk about whether wrestling without an audience is wrestling, and speculate on how to make a Social Distancing Match actually work.

We examine the history of the "squash" match, in which a superstar utterly destroys either some rando, or possibly another superstar, much to everyone's chagrin.

We delve into the career of renaissance man Kenny Omega. He drowns a man, fights a child, glues several dozen mousetraps to a board, and travels through time to quote Schwartzenegger in flawless Japanese. He is now Evan's favorite wrestler.

In our continuing exploration of possibly the greatest wrestler of all time, we watch him try to buy the affections of Kevin Owens, and engage in a masterpiece of a match with JRPG boss Kenny Omega.

On today's minisode, we talk about whether you can ever learn what makes wrestling interesting if you just watch the product, and never have anyone explain the mechanics to you.

We sit down with photographer and podcaster Matt Josephson (insta: @matty2jay, twitter: @m2j) to talk about his lifetime passion for sports entertainment, and dissect his favorite match of all time. Evan thinks this match is the Hill Street Blues of wrestling. It makes sense, trust us.