Ringside Heat

Lex, John and Chico talk about a nearly forgotten song about "Rasslin" from back in the 1980s, the collection scene, a tee-up of AEW Full Gear as well as Lex's trip to Long Island, New York for "The Big Event" and "Victory Pro Wrestling"

Director of Digital Content Jose Taboada and AEW Expert Colin Dodge chat about the big news coming about WWE Elimination Chamber officially confirmed to be coming to Toronto's Rogers Centre in March of 2025! That will make it the first WWE event held at stadium since WrestleMania X8 in 2002 when it was still called "SkyDome"!

Lex, Jose and Chico bring ALL THE HEAT in this episode as tnhey discuss the nuances, the grievances, the fascination, and complications of reporting on injuries from the major wrestling promotions! Do they need to settle their differences at WAR GAMES (well, maybe Jose, because he's actually going to "Survivor Series: War Games"!)

Lex, Jose, Colin, and Chico chat about the big news of Samantha Irvin's departure from WWE; what is the legacy that she leaves behind? Where does she rank among the great ring announcers, being that Michael Buffer and others have been praising her work?

The RIng Crew also talks about the growing level of dissatisfaction with WWE Music's def Rebel as the ones responsible for penning WWE superstars' theme music!

Lex, Jose and Colin process the possibilities and the reasons why London may be pivoting away from bidding on a getting a WrestleMania and instead pursuing a Super Bowl!

It's also a huge weekend for the Canadian pro wrestling scene as Scott D'Amore and his team relaunch one of the original brands of North American pro wrestling history: Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling. This weekend's "Forged In Excellence" featured a star studded cast including Takeshita and Josh Alexander wrestling for the AEW International Championship, Bully Ray, Raj Dheshi, Harley Cameron, Kylie Rae with Mauro Ranallo and Don Callis at the announce desk!

Director of Digital Content Jose Taboada guest-hosts this alongside Colin Dodge as they assess and review AEW WrestleDream. Find out what they thought about the Bryan Danielson vs Jon Moxley match and where the ending puts everyone involved in the story, and other highlights and lowlights of the pay-per-view!

Lex Tan and Colin Dodge welcome guest panelist Josh Dias of MJDD Collectibles and they review WWE Bad Blood, which emanated from the State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia on October 6, 2024!

What did they think of the 5-match event which inlcuded a Hell In A Cell, a Shark Tank, and the return of Jimmy Uso and The Rock with the People's Championship belt in tow?

The "Mr. McMahon" Netflix series dropped this past week, and Lex and Colin give their initial thoughts and analysis on the series on the whole as well as individual insights!

A fuller discussion on the series with more of the RIng Crew will be made available on our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/RingsideHeat

This episode is brought to you by "Outlier" by John Dawson, and his newest single "Where You Belong" available wherever you get your music as well as the 180 gram Vinyl version at JohnDawsonMusic.myshopify.com

It's a two-man RIng Crew with Director of Digital Content Jose Taboada filling in for Lex's hosting duties, alongside our very own diamond-selling recording artist John Dawson!

Jose and John take a deep dive into the current developments in the Cody Rhodes-Roman Reigns saga; not just between these two of the biggest stars in this generation of WWE wrestlers, but also their entanglements with each other's families especially The Bloodline of the Anoa'I wrestling dynasty, as well as the confusing, yet downright effective social media post of Jey, Jimmy, and Solo's dad, Rikishi!