On this episode we get into the final segment from this past Monday’s ‘RAW’ show with Solo Sikoa not falling in line to the Bloodline, Oba Femi & Bron Breakker has their first one on one match set for ‘Sunday Night’s Main Event’, some strong matches from this past Monday we dig into, what we think happens this Friday with CM Punk vs Kevin Owens on ‘SmackDown’, how AEW should handle The New Day’s arrival to the company, + MUCH MORE!

⏱️ Chapters:

0:00 Intro/Selling Johnny Gargano on his current gimmick

04:00 Solo Sikoa, Roman Reigns, and the Bloodline saga: good storytelling or same sh*t?

25:43 Adam Copeland speaks on the topic Roman Reigns being overrated along with his thoughts on WWE vs AEW

33:12 Oba Femi vs Bron Breakker set for ‘Sunday Night’s Main Event’

44:42 Lyra Valkyria vs Sol Ruca from ‘WWE RAW’

52:19 Rey Mysterio vs Chad Gable from ‘WWE RAW’

56:57 WWE has pulled back on Danhausen TV segments

58:48 Chelsea Green’s incredible performance on ‘SmackDown’ this past Friday

1:07:08 Kevin Owens vs CM Punk for the world title this Friday and last week’s promo battle

1:16:50 Tiffany Stratton’s future now that she lost the U.S. title to Jacy Jane

1:21:17 Should AEW announce Kofi Kingston & Xavier Woods before their debut @ ‘All In’ or have it a surprise?

1:27:56 MJF not involved in the world title match @ ‘All In’: Yay or nay?

1:36:36 AJ Styles son’s independent wrestling controversy

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We have another fun one for you this week!

On this episode we talk Solo Sikoa being forced back to Roman Reigns and where the story could be headed, Bron Breakker and Oba Femi week 2, how Roxanne Perez and Dominic Mysterio have been used on WWE TV in 2026, SmackDown having another really strong show this week + MUCH MORE!

⏱️ Chapters:

0:00 Intro/Comparing corporate world job to Solo Sikoa & Jey Uso

06:32 Is Solo Sikoa heading back to the family?

22:36 Zilla Fatu debuts on NXT & if the Bloodline being involved in War Games is getting old

28:00 Bron Breakker’s 2nd week in the company and his segments on ‘WWE RAW’ with Oba Femi & Paul Heyman

37:10 Roxanne Perez’s usage on WWE TV

49:00 Is Oba Femi going to be more Brock Lesnar or Roman Reigns?

53:40 Lucha tournament that started on RAW this past Monday

1:01:31 The conversation on social media surrounding if Roman Reigns is overrated

1:07:10 Dominic Mysterio reportedly is frustrated with is WWE booking

1:14:30 SmackDown talk including CM Punk, Kevin Owens, Cody Rhodes, and Randy Orton promo segments

1:32:18 Raquel Rodriquez barb wire IC title belt

1:35:20 Matt puts over the beginning of Penta’s match from RAW

1:36:41 Trick Williams vs Baron Corbin from ’SmackDown’

1:40:21 Chelsea Green injury and position on ‘SmackDown’ last week

1:42:20 Shout out to AEW for ‘Grand Slam Mexico’ & Ric Flair’s latest tweets on ‘X’

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We’re back from Minnesota and ready to tell The Freaks all about our experience at ’SummerSlam’!

On this episode we discuss our live thoughts from ‘AEW Dynamite’ in Detroit as well as the 2 night party of the summer! From Brock Lesnar’s retirement, to Kevin Owens return to the ring, to Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins giving us an awesome conclusion to the Shield story, we cover it all!

We also discuss RAW from this past Monday and give our thoughts on the new direction for WWE heading into the fall, strap in and enjoy!

⏱️ Chapters:

0:00 Intro/Ranking the wrestlers that have retired in the last year

10:12 Congrats to Bianca Belair & Montez Ford on the birth of their newborn baby!

12:12 AEW Dynamite live thoughts

19:30 Travel to Minnesota and ‘SummerSlam’ night one in person thoughts

1:05:26 ‘SummerSlam’ night two in person thoughts

1:52:03 ‘WWE RAW’ thoughts including LA Knight’s performance with Roman Reigns, Becky Lynch & Stephanie Vaquer’s return, & the rehabilitation of Bron Breakker

2:11:39 RIP Dory Funk Jr. & New Day’s contract status

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On this jam packed episode of the TFW podcast, we discuss our thoughts on season 3 of ‘WWE Unreal’ and what our biggest takeaway’s were, this past Monday’s head scratching episode of ‘WWE RAW’, we also preview this weekend’s 2 night SummerSlam event that we’ll be in attendance for, AEW Redemption from this past Sunday, + MUCH MORE!

⏱️ Chapters:

0:00 Intro/SummerSlam Personal Memories

9:43 Unreal Season 3 thoughts and biggest takeaways

40:13 Bron Breakker and how he was presented on Unreal

47:03 Sol Ruca losing the IC title this past Monday on ‘RAW’ and WWE continuing to drop the ball on their young stars

57:45 ‘RAW’ talk including the bad SummerSlam go home segments and discussion around younger talent getting title reigns early in their career

1:17:04 Sami Zayn’s incredible backstage promo from ‘SmackDown’ this past Friday

1:19:58 SummerSlam night 1 preview

1:41:50 SummerSlam night 2 preview

2:00:20 AEW Redemption talk including Matt’s thoughts on Kyle Fletcher, the post main event match angle with Jon Moxley, Kenny Omega, and Will Ospreay, along with discussing Thekla dropping the world title a month before ‘All In’ & what should happen with Willow vs Mercedes Moné at ‘All In’

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On this episode of the TFW podcast, Matt & Rhodesia give their take on the week that was in WWE and pro wrestling!

We begin by discussing what we did outside of wrestling this past week, the big talking points coming out of Saturday Night’s Main Event including the usage of the New York Knicks players & Bayley’s future in the WWE, CM Punk’s impact on WWE programming, + MUCH MORE!

⏱️ Chapters:

0:00 Intro/Which free agent we want to see debut this weekend @ AEW Redemption

5:43 Matt shares a story about putting out content and backlash on social media

15:21 ‘Odyssey’ non spoiler movie experience & Christopher Nolan’s top movies

21:48 ‘Saturday Night’s Main Event’ review including the women tag team title changing hands, New York Knicks players involvement, Lyra Valkyria vs Bayley, & CM Punk’s impact on screen

1:00:21 Updated SummerSlam card, biggest takeaway from ‘WWE RAW’ this week, and talk on Big Cass’s return presentation

1:10:53 WWE creative not having anything for Jordynne Grace

1:16:11 WWE Unreal season 3 release this past Tuesday

1:18:05 ‘AEW Redemption/Dynamite’ talk

1:27:56 Rhodesia highlights her favorite match from this past week on WWE TV

1:30:06 Next week’s pod plans

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On this episode of the TFW podcast, we get into WWE seemingly running the same play for CM Punk vs Cody Rhodes for SummerSlam as they did for Roman Reigns vs Seth Rollins (and the contract signing segment from RAW), if Oba Femi has completely lost his world title opportunity, Je'Von Evans or Chad Gable being next in line for IC gold, AEW putting weeks of good TV together heading into ‘All In’, + MUCH MORE!

⏱️ Chapters:

0:00 Intro

4:38 CM Punk & Cody Rhodes is official for SummerSlam

16:03 Punk’s first night on the blue brand

18:24 Trick Williams debuts a new U.S. title belt

22:34 Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins contract signing segment

31:28 Oba Femi: Did he relinquish his title shot opportunity?

38:35 Je'Von Evans, Chad Gable, & the IC title gauntlet match from ‘WWE RAW’ this past Monday

52:37 The Bloodline vs Solo Sikoa, Royce Keys & LA Knight made official and thoughts on Jacob Fatu’s current position

1:05:19 Bron Breakker’s role this past Monday and the strong segment from Maxxine Dupri, Austin Theory, & Otis

1:12:19 Lyra Valkyria & Bayley’s promo segment from ‘WWE RAW’

1:20:38 Update on Rhea Ripley’s status and Tiffany Stratton strikes again

1:23:51 Funny video of a Jim Ross impersonation

1:27:54 Honorary TFW host Baron Corbin returns to WWE on ‘SmackDown’

1:28:51 WWE announces ‘Worlds Collide’ for the same day and city as ‘AEW All Out’

1:31:03 ‘AEW Dynamite’ talk including the Kenny Omega winning the world title from MJF, who should headline ’All In’

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CM Punk returns and captures the Undisputed WWE title and we talk all about it!

On this episode, we discuss the fun episode of ‘WWE RAW’ this past Monday and everything involving Sami Zayn losing his title in 9 days.

We also get into our 4th of July weekend, Matt’s issue with Montez Ford, Sheamus turning down WWE’s restructured contract extension, + MUCH MORE!

⏱️ Chapters:

0:00 Intro

2:58 Sami Zayn loses the title to CM Punk

34:13 Our weekend adventures including going to the Chris Brown & Usher concert

56:09 30 years ago this week was the WCW Hulk Hogan heel turn

1:00:46 LA Knight’s promo with Seth Rollins & Oba Femi’s promo with Paul Heyman on ‘WWE RAW’

1:04:26 Maxxine Dupri aligning with The Vision

1:07:14 Bron Breakker’s presentation this week

1:08:50 Montez Ford’s presentation on WWE TV

1:15:07 A student pilot landed a plane by herself

1:18:57 Royce Keys on his WWE experience thus far

1:21:25 Congrats to Darby Allin & other quick hits

1:24:35 Sheamus leaves WWE and other contract talk

1:30:46 Shout out to Sol Ruca

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Wrestling fans are divided on WWE’s decision to have Oba Femi skip his world title opportunity @ ‘SummerSlam’ for winning the King Of The Ring to face Brock Lesnar and we’re here to talk all about it!

We discuss that decision, Seth Rollins vs Roman Reigns being made official for ‘SummerSlam’, Mercedes Moné’s ranking in the four horsemen group, Tiffany Stratton not knowing who SGT. Slaughter is, maybe the top storyline in all of wrestling in Will Ospreay, MJF, and Kenny Omega. + MUCH MORE!

⏱️ Chapters:

0:00 Intro/What talent exchange would you do right now between WWE & AEW?

7:09 Matt gives out an apology

12:24 Oba Femi accepting Brock Lesnar’s Hell In A Cell challenge for SummerSlam & Seth Rollins challenging Roman Reigns

49:32 Mecedes Moné’s ranking in the Four Horsewomen

58:13 Tiffany Stratton not knowing who SGT. Slaughter is

1:06:51 Blake Monroe debuts (again) on SmackDown and the MFT’s are no more

1:08:49 Comparing NXT, WWE, and AEW

1:12:40 The Kenny Omega, Will Ospreay, and MJF’s storyline in AEW

1:25:35 Switchblade Jay White’s return at ‘Forbidden Door’ and his promo on ‘AEW Dynamite’

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Even though we had some technical difficulties getting this episode out in a timely fashion, we weren’t going to leave you hanging on talking WWE Night Of Champions!

Recorded before ‘WWE RAW’, we discussed Sami Zayn’s huge world title victory, Oba Femi defeating Jey Uso for the KOTR, Seth Rollins moving on from The Vision, + MUCH MORE!

⏱️ Chapters:

0:00 Intro

1:35 Sami Zayn wins his first WWE world title against Cody Rhodes and Gunther

22:13 Oba Femi defeating Jey Uso in the finals of the King of The Ring tourney

32:55 Seth Rollins and Bron Breakker’s cage match

42:13 Iyo Sky defeating Liv Morgan in the QOTR finals

46:48 Giving Lil Yacthy his flowers for the work he’s done with Trick Williams

53:22 Jade Cargill vs Tiffany Stratton

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This week on That's Freakin Wrestling, we're celebrating the 30th anniversary of Austin 3:16, discussing what it means when childhood heroes don't live up to our expectations, and breaking down the biggest stories from WWE including Cody Rhodes, Gunther, Sami Zayn, Charlotte Flair, Liv Morgan, Lyra Valkyria's heel turn, Chad Gable, Penta, Bully Ray's comments on Jon Moxley, and our predictions for Night of Champions.

⏱️ Chapters:

0:00 Intro / 30 Years of Austin 3:16

3:44 Celebrating childhood heroes & navigating personal morality

13:25 Trick Williams & Lash Legend get married / Jimmy Uso's post to Naomi

21:26 Cody Rhodes, Gunther & Sami Zayn fallout

28:34 Babyface wrestling tropes / Charlotte Flair vs. Liv Morgan

38:08 Criticism of the Women's Tag Team Championship scene

44:13 Lyra Valkyria's heel turn on Bayley

48:56 Maxxine Dupri's promo performance

50:13 Chad Gable's new theme song

56:15 Penta's true identity

1:03:39 Bully Ray's comments about Jon Moxley

1:10:15 WWE Night of Champions predictions

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