Evolution Radio Network Presents:

What an incredible past several days. Please note, depending on circumstances, we may be covering part of these stories tomorrow night on Wrestling Authority Radio based on time constraints.

WWE has been incredibly busy with NXT TakeOver this past Saturday, Survivor Series on Sunday, RAW Monday and SmackDown Live Tuesday. Now while TakeOver was well planned and set out, the Becky Lynch injury put Survivor Series into panic mode, with a lot of changes having to be worked out between Tuesday, after Becky had been examined by doctors, and most likely Thursday, when the plans must have had to be finalized so they could go over scripts with the producers and talent. Speaking of scripts, the Charlie Caruso/Daniel Bryan encounter that you saw on Sunday was NOT how it was originally written. We will tell you literally word for word what the original scene called for.

Survivor Series also had a visitor who didn't quite recieve the warm welcome I'm sure they thought they were going to. The same person also had another incident just a few days prior to Sunday. There were also reports about former WWE performer James Ellsworth and former ECW performer Sabu, both involving the same person, and in Sabu's case, there were comments involving Jim Ross as well.

We also have news concerning a current Ring Of Honor star who may be headed to WWE as well as a Lucha Underground star and past guest of our show. Be ready to call in because if we go covering everything we will be going beyond our two hours of "live" time.

Tonight is going to be very controversial as we are going to continue to cover the hottest topic in the industry right now. After a review of last night's SmackDown Live we will discuss more about the Becky Lynch/Nia Jax situation which is blowing up all over social media as well as the NXT War Games go home episode.

After that, we have a couple of other hot subjects that will stoke some fires.

First, we have been alerted to a wrestler who apparently has been sending out messages, not just to other wrestlers, but to fans as well.

Second, we have been alerted to another promoter who apparently has been sexually harassing people.

Get ready for the conversation to get hot and heavy.

Becky Lynch is OUT for Survivor Series! A concussion, combined with a broken nose has put "The Man" on the shelf for an undetermined amount of time, which leaves SmackDown Live scrambling tonight as creative tries to come up with a suitable opponent for "The Baddest Woman On The Planet". There might be one solution, as a certain Hall Of Famer is reportedly backstage in St. Louis who is related to one of the SDL women.

There is now a point to this year's Mixed Match Challenge, and it involves Royal Rumble. We've also found out that Hall Of Famers have problems just like the rest of us. The Undertaker's son has talked about his life plans and they don't involve joining the family business. Cody has also issued an update on his condition from a recent injury.

We'll talk about all of these things, plus a whole lot more. Join Katie, Sean and Steve tonight right after SmackDown Live.

Tonight should be one of those fun, entertaining nights that we as hosts love to present to you our listeners. We have quite a bit scheduled so as the expression goes, you can't tell the players without a program, so here is the program:

A. Our occasional contributor Crimefighter will join us to talk about the upcoming Pinfall Wrestling Association event which will be held this weekend in Springfield, IL.

B. Scott County Wrestling, run by the Black & Brave Wrestling Academy (yes, this IS the training school co-owned by that long haired guy you see on TV on Monday nights) will talk about their event which will be the following week in Walcott, IA.

C. Trevor Murdoch will be joining us. Outside situations forced him to reschedule until tonight. The two time WWE tag team champion will talk about his current run on the independent scene, including leading seminars.

D. Mike Knox will also be with us. The former WWE, ECW and TNA performer will be quizzed about working with Kelly Kelly, CM Punk, Bully Ray as part of Aces & Eights and the very unique group known as The Menagerie.

Have your questions ready, we will take the best questions posted in the chat room.

The past few days have not been good for WWE in terms of public perception. First was the controversial Crown Jewel. Between the location, the controversial Universal Championship match, the even more controversial "World Cup" final and the main event, which caused WWE EVP Paul "Triple H" Levesque to have surgery this morning to reattach his torn pectoral muscle, the fallout has been swift and negative. Add to that last night, which many on social media referred to as "RAW Is SNORE" and the number one company in the industry is not getting much love from the fans.

As of now tonight's SmackDown Live episode has finished taping but we are not going to look at results, we want to hopefully be pleasantly surprised. 

Earlier this afternoon we were alerted to some serious news concerning a former manager and promoter that Steve has worked for. A former ROH star made his NXT debut over the weekend and a retired WWE star made a surprise in ring return. The rumors have been flying since Cody and the Young Bucks have announced they are not re-signing with ROH and now another well known ROH star has announced that he is not re-signing either.Speaking of contracts, a major promotion is reaching out to WWE stars who have contracts that are expiring. Impact Wrestling saw a slight rise in ratings while also revealing their plans for WrestleMania week. Former Impact Knockouts Champion and Hall Of Fame member Gail Kim also clairified some recent comments she made on Twitter regarding racism in the industry.

Tonight will be a loaded episode so vote with your ears by listening to us tonight.

We hope you have not eaten too much candy so that you will be able to spend your time enjoying the next two hours.

We wrote this as an introduction when we had the cousin of tonight's guest on a couple of years ago, the description fits very well.

Many families have businesses that go from father to son to nephew to cousin. For some, it is a grocery store. For others, a restaurant or some other business. For the Fatu family, the family business is professional wrestling. Tonight, we talk to Sam Fatu, known to some as Headshrinker Fatu, to others as The Tonga Kid.

Trained by Afa and Sika,Sam started working house shows as an unnamed Samoan before being given the name Tonga Kid. His first major feud was with one of the legends of our industry, Rowdy Roddy Piper. Over the years he has shared the ring with some of the greatest names wrestling has had to offer. He has been a fixture throughout the US as well as Puerto Rico.

His stories are wonderful to listen to, including spending time with The British Bulldogs mascot Matilda. Get ready for a fun and entertaining evening.

Sunday night was a momentous event in the world of professional wrestling. For the first time ever, an entire event was based on women's wrestling in a major promotion. While SHIMMER, Shine and Rise are all female events, none of them have ever been on a major broadcast outlet. Now it does help when you own the network the event is on, but the fact that they felt confident enough with the talent and the matches that they put them on their own event speaks volumes.

Concering other big events by now everyone knows that Crown Jewel will be held in Saudi Arabia this Friday, We also got confirmation via Bobby Lashley being put in the tournament that John Cena did,in fact tell management he was not going to go. Tonight, they will have to come up with a way to remove Daniel Bryan as it is now confirmed he also won't be going. 

Last week we talked about the comments made by Chris Jericho regarding the rumors of his starting a new promotion. Well now we have comments from his alleged partner in the operation, Jim Ross, and let's just say he took his cue from his "business partner" in terms of a response. We also have word concerning the future of the former NWA World Champion Cody Rhodes.

These and other stories will be covered by your intrepid team of Katie, Steve and Sean tonight.

Due to circumstances beyond his control Trevor Murdoch will not be able to join us tonight, we will reschedule with him.

Crank up Kool And The Gang, it's Ladies Night!  We would like to thank our friend Randi West for jumping in at the last minute and being our guest this evening.

The "Tough Broad" is a Michigan native who trained under well known Ring Of Honor manager Truth Martini. She has traveled extensively throughout the Midwest. 

We are looking forward to catching up with Randi, who just wrestled last night in Kentucky so if she's a little spent please understand.

Last night the wrestling world was hit with the most shocking piece of news ever. No matter what you thought of "Roman Reigns" the character, Joe Anoa'i is a human being with a family and friends and shouldn't have to be dealing with this. We offer our thoughts and prayers to Joe's family.

This situation has overshadowed almost everything in the wrestling business, but there have been other situations, including a big pay per view that occurred over the weekend. This past Sunday NWA 70 aired live from the Nashville Fairgrounds. We actually had a semi regular guest of ours appear on the card. 

Crown Jewel is the problem that just can't seem to be resolved. There are now rumors floating that two major stars, both of which were going to appear in headline matches, have told the office that they will not go to Saudi Arabia. There are even other clues that show that event is in trouble. Now in regard to Sunday's Eveolution pay per view event one of the major stars of the current roster may not be able to participate. We will tell you who and why along with who the penciled in replacement is. Another star was pulled from house shows over the weekend although they are still slated to be on SmackDown tonight. Speaking of SmackDown, Fox is laying down some things they want to see change when they get SmackDown next year and it may even mean some roster changes.

All of this and more with Sean, Steve and Katie TONIGHT!

During Anniversary due to a mix-up Cauliflower Alley Club president B. Brian Blair was not able to join us. He is coming on tonight so that we can enjoy his great and very funny stories, such as the infamous Dusty Rhodes/Andre The Giant "Cooler" story. In addition, we will talk to him about "The Ring Of Friendship", AKA The Cauliflower Alley Club which he serves as president, his famous Legends Lunch that he helps host in Tampa every few months and other subjects.

In hour two we bring in second generation star Cody Jones. In the past few months, not only has he married long time girlfriend, independent star Paloma Starr. In recent weeks, Cody has shown off an amazing physical transformation that we will discuss along with his current activities along with his future plans.

Join us as we continue our new year with some great guests and continue the path that we have continued to make in the wrestling and podcast industries.