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Nick & Myron are back for your weekly dose of pro wrestling news & notes on a big Royal Rumble week and more including:

• Ronda Rousey arrives at the Royal Rumble
• Women's & Men's Rumble action
• Raw & Smackdown Live recap
• XFL talk
• Cody Rhodes & The Bullet Club attack Kenny Omega
• Jeremy Borash leaves Impact Wrestling for WWE
• Dudleys in the WWE Hall of Fame
• "Rockstar Spud" debuts as 205Live GM as Drake Maverick
• American Ninja Warrior firing up her WWE career
• and more

It’s always a on fire when Dr. Joseph Brock III joins Myron on the show, but this time it got Jagged! The Jagged Edge joins the good doctor, hot off him rejoining JB Enterprises. It got extremely hot at Southern Fried Championship Wrestling that night when they took out the 605 Crew and The Approved. Myron is made an honorary member of the Hottest faction in Georgia wrestling in an episode that will set the state on fire. Dr. Brock and Jagged set their sights on Ike Cross and Xander Ramon in their quest for total dominance over Southern Fried Championship Wrestling.

Lewis returns for another Impact Wrestling Edition of the PWP to recap all of this week's news & notes from Impact on Pop including:

• The huge Brace for IMPACT show coming up on Twitch TV which will see the stars of WrestlePro take on IMPACT stars
• News Rey Mysterio is expected to sign with IMPACT
• Matt Sydal huge Grand Title win over EC3
• IMPACT drops the ball again with the X Division
• The apparent end of the America Top Team angle
• The upcoming March Twitch TV IMPACT/Destiny/ Border City Wrestling Mega Show
• And much more

Lewis is recapping a huge WWE NXT TakeOver weekend as well as all the Ring of Honor news & notes this week including:

• Andrade Cien Almas and Johnny Gargano giving us one of the greatest matches in the history of pro wrestling
• The Velveteen Dream continues to shine
• Bully Ray officially retires on ROH TV
• Punishment Martinez and Dalton Castle confrontation
• How Coast to Coast fared in their “must win” match against War Machine
• Kyle O’Reilly, Bobby Fish, and Adam Cole all have their best NXT matches to date.
• EC3 makes an in crowd appearance
• And much more

On this week's episode of The Guerrilla Press, the guys are touching all of this week's WWE RAW & Smackdown Live news & notes including:

• Jon is terribly disappointed in RAW 25, however Sam thinks differently....did the fans overhype this too much, leading to the disappointment?
• Is Undertaker retired? Sam seems to think not.
• AJ Styles with Mean Gene was absolutely perfect
• Are we tired of the DX reunions yet?
• Is WWE now done with Woken Matt Hardy or was it just a one-off loss to Bray Wyatt?
• The Manhattan Center debacle
• Jon hates that they just trotted out the women from the past
• Royal Rumble picks; you’ll be shocked at Sam’s pick to win the men’s rumble match!
• and tons more 

Lewis had an chance to sit down with WWE Hall of Famer and one half of the legendary tag team, The Rock and Roll Express, Ricky Morton. They discussed:

• His Wrestling School
• The feud with the Midnight Express
• How police officers were stationed at his house to keep fans away
• If he thought the Rock N Roll Express would get as big they did
• The night an amusement park they were in had to shut down due to a mob of fans
• The feud with Ric Flair
• And much more

Nick & Myron return to recap all the news and notes from the world of pro wrestling including:

• WWE Raw 25th anniversary talk & monster viewership
• Undertaker's appearance: Warning or Retirement?
• DX & Balor Club. Did it live up to what you wanted?
• Chris Jericho says he was worth $1.5M to NJPW (sort of)
• Bill Goldberg Hall of Fame discussion
• Alberto El Patron contract talks with Impact Wrestling & WWE
• TV Deals & Digital Distribution 
• Worst Chants in Wrestling
• and more

Part 2 of the Raven Black Tournament Interview shows brings you 3 interviews. Myron was able to speak with Jawsolyn @jawsolyn_ , Miranda Vionette @MirandaVionette and Amazing Maria @Amazing_Maria . These interviews were some of Myron’s most interesting yet. Jawsolyn is an absolutely fascinating individual, Miranda is inspiring and overwhelmingly positive and Maria is perhaps the most complete heel in women’s wrestling today. Listen to these ladies and get out there and support the Capital Wrestling Alliance @CWAAction . Purchase your tickets @ www.cwawrestlingaction.com

The Wrestling Dorks release a special episode this week as the guys sit down and play a Name that Tune with a pro wrestling twist. They play old themes from the classic WWE days and see who can name the most. Listen and play along to see how you fair and test your theme song knowledge. 

It's time to recap all this week's Impact Wrestling's news and notes and our main man Lewis is back to give it to you including:

• How I feel about EC3, Bobby Lashley, Laurel Van Ness leaving Impact
• Impact interested in signing Jeff Cobb
• Barbed Wire Massacre 3 between LAX and OVE
• One Night Only – Collision in Oklahoma review
• Taiji Ishimori/Dezmond Xavier amazing X Division title match
• How I felt about the Kongo Kong/Chandler Kong squash match
• Hania’s big debut this week and the news that she was recently fired from Impact
• And much more