After an extended January break, Ash and Paul bring back The Hooked On Wrestling Show to take a look back at the 2022 Royal Rumble and well......It's not wholly positive.

We know our slogan is 'It's Wrestling...Enjoy It' but this event certainly tested our ability to live by that mantra...

Happy New Year guys.

Paul & Ash are back for 2022 with the first episode of The Hooked On Wrestling Show of the year.

The guys touch on all the happenings in WWE, NXT and AEW over the last few weeks, make some predictions for the Royal Rumble and even turn their attention to a potentially awesome 2022 Hall of Fame class.

Thank you for listening and subscribing. Please remember you can join us at Royal Rumble Viewing Parties across the UK. Tickets and info from Hooked On Tickets.

In our last episode of 2021, Ash and Paul put the year under review as they pick out the very best of the last 12 months across North American wrestling.

Who is their male and female wrestler of the year? PPV of 2021? Breakout star?

Listen now and let us know your thoughts on social media. @ us at howrestlinguk on Twitter and tag your post #HOWIES2021.

Merry Christmas to all our listeners and supporters. Thanks for being with us during this year and here's to an awesome 2022!

It has been an action packed week in the world of wrestling so join Ash Rose and Paul B as they dive into it all.

- AEW Winter Is Coming: Page vs. Danielson
- New WWE Day One Title Matches
- Raw/SmackDown
- Wrestling's Real Best Friends - Brock Lesnar & Sami Zayn
- Kevin Owens' Shiny New Contract
- Just How Stacked Is The AEW Tag Team Division About To Get?

Next week will be our final episode of 2021 and we will give out our HOWIE awards for the very first time!

When two tribes go to war....We got a decent event.

Join Ash and Paul as they look back at this weekend's War Games PPV, discuss the NXT career and future of Johnny Gargano and bask in the supremacy of Brock Lesnar and Sami Zayn's opening segment on SmackDown.

As always, we value your feedback either as a review wherever you get your podcasts or via social media. We are on Twitter, Facebook and Insta with the same handle, @HOWrestlingUK.

Sunday night sees the dawn of the post-TakeOver era in NXT as the stars of the black & gold brand face off against their new paint-splashed 2.0 edition colleagues inside the famous War Games structure.

Ash & Paul look forward to the big event and also recap recent events in the world of wrestling including the titanic promo battle between MJF and CM Punk that has rocked AEW to its core.

Please do subscribe to the Hooked On Wrestling Show to have it delivered right to your device weekly. Don't forget to join in the conversation on Twitter at @HOWrestlingUK, @AshRoseUK and @HOWPaulB.

This week Ash & Paul focus on the upcoming AEW Full Gear PPV as they give their picks for the winners and assess which matches will steal the show. Not easy to pick just one!

The guys also look back at the positives and negatives of the week in WWE. From the highs of WWE's fantastic UK tour, to the lows of yet another batch of talented stars being released.

You can join the guys for our Full Gear live viewing parties in London, Manchester and Birmingham on Saturday 13th November. Visit www.hookedontickets.co.uk for info.

You can also find us on Twitter and share your thoughts on the wrestling world, either at @howrestlinguk, @AshRoseUK or @HOWPaulB.

Join Paul & Ash as they run down the things that have gone bump in the night this week in wrestling, including:

- NXT Halloween Havoc: Spooktacular or Ghoulish?
- SmackDown
- Raw
- The future of Ring Of Honor
- AEW and Full Gear on the horizon

Thank you as always for subscribing and listening. We really appreciate you lending us your ears for an hour each week.

This weeks Hooked On Wrestling Show runs down WWE's Crown Jewel event from Saudi Arabia.

Ash and Paul run down the key matches and give their verdict on the event as a whole, discuss where it sits in WWE as a whole and break down why this event suggests a positive shift in the positioning of the Saudi events going forward.

This PPV felt like a proper WWE event with substance rather than an odd, non-canon fever dream.

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@HOWrestlingUK
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Find out who this title refers to as Ash and Paul return after a one week break to the Hooked On Wrestling Show.

The guys cover all things WWE and AEW over the last few weeks including:

- The WWE Draft: Thumbs up or thumbs down?
- NXT2.0 in all its 90s goodness
- AEW and the road to Full Gear
- What movie franchise needs an injection of Arn Anderson?
- Looking forward to WWE Crown Jewel. The best WWE PPV card of the year?

Thank you as always for taking the time to listen and subscribe. Please do let us know you listen by reaching out to us on Twitter:

@HOWPaulB
@AshRoseUK
@HOWrestlingUK