Contesting Wrestling

In honor of the upcoming Royal Rumble event, we've unlocked our Rumble Premium Episode from last year, covering the '99, '05, and '07 Royal Rumble matches!

We discuss two classic "strong style" matches: Kenta Kobashi vs. his protege KENTA and Samoa Joe battling Low-Ki.

We are joined by English Professor and media scholar Geoff Klock for a mind-bending conversation about the surrealist 1991 Coen Brothers film Barton Fink.

Ohhhhhhhhh Yeeeeahhhh!!! "Macho Man" Randy Savage. Dig it!

Our first film club episode, discussing the 1988 film Hell Comes to Frogtown, starring "Rowdy" Roddy Piper

Chris Olson, co-host of the Pop Culture Lens podcast and member of the Professional Wrestling Studies Association, joins us to examine a key match in NXT history, and the fates of its participants.

Jen Ortiz, Deputy Editor at Cosmopolitan and scholar of the Bellas, joins us for a discussion about the pivotal role Nikki and Brie played in the women's division.

In which we reflect on the end of our Eddie Guerrero series, and talk about the changing future of Contesting Wrestling.

Writer, comedian and actor extraordinaire Eddie Dougrou (@didgeridougrou) joins us to examine the beautiful, decades-long relationship between two great wrestlers who just love hurting each other.

We return to the illustrious career of the late great Eddie Guerrero. A major event happens in the Contesting Wrestling storyline.