Happy Halloween week! Ben, Khal, Brian, and David each get in the spirit of the season and throw on a wrestling-themed costume (2:00). Then they get into the following from Monday Night Raw:

Then, in the Nostalgia Freakz Moment of the Week, they go back to revisit WWE’s only all-women’s pay-per-view, Evolution (27:11).

After the break, they introduce a new segment: “Am I the Heel” where they encourage you, the people, to get in your Reddit bags and voice an unpopular wrestling opinion (48:50).

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Hosts: Ben Cruz, Khal Davenport, and Brian H. Waters

Guest: David Shoemaker

Producer: Brian H. Waters

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COLD OPEN QUESTION OF THE WEEK: WrestleDream starts at 8 p.m. ET. What time will it be over?

David and Kaz kick off the show by recapping SmackDown, where the Motor City Machine Guns won the WWE Tag Team Championship (6:34). Then they get into Sunday night’s Halloween Havoc:

Then they rate a few NXT stars’ readiness on a scale of 1 to 5 using Halloween jack-o’-lanterns (39:29). They also discuss Masha Slamovich’s win over Jordynne Grace for the TNA Knockouts Title (50:15), Wheeler Yuta’s promo (54:18), and the Usos’ big hug on SmackDown (68:00).

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Hosts: David Shoemaker and Kazeem Famuyide

Producer: Brian H. Waters

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COLD OPEN QUESTION OF THE WEEK: What’s the best antidote for hitting the wrestling wall? David and Kaz discuss the state of pro wrestling lately with the following:

Then they welcome Cora Jade ahead of Halloween Havoc and discuss the following:

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Hosts: David Shoemaker and Kazeem Famuyide

Guest: Cora Jade

Producer: Brian H. Waters

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Ben, Khal, and Brian are together in studio! They welcome David Shoemaker and react to the surprising departure of Samantha Irvin (3:05). Then, they discuss highlights from 'Raw,' including:

Then, in the Nostalgia Freakz Moment of the Week, they go back to revisit the time Jake “The Snake” Roberts attacked Macho Man with a literal snake on 'WWE Superstars.(26:38)'

After the break, they go to the Ringer Wrestling Worldwide Hotline for They Said What?! and react to a couple of hot takes from you, the people, regarding a Bron Breakker–Jacob Fatu showdown and a question about Lex Luger’s WCW SuperBrawl VI (37:01).

To close the show, David asks the guys a few questions from a 1997 WWE trivia game (0:00).

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Hosts: Ben Cruz, Khal Davenport, and Brian H. Waters

Guest: David Shoemaker

Producer: Brian H. Waters

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COLD OPEN QUESTION OF THE WEEK: If you could have any president on a podcast with any wrestler, who would you pick? (00:41)

David and Kaz kick off the show with their reactions to the debut of Motor City Machine Guns in WWE (07:26). After that, they dive into the recent Rolling Stone article detailing the “living hell” working as a WWE writer and tap into Kaz’s personal experience (16:37). Finally, they talk about about the lack of creative for Baron Corbin (67:29) and end with their Raw preview (77:33).

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Host: David Shoemaker and Kazeem Famuyide

Producer: Eduardo Ocampo

Additional Production Supervision: Ben Cruz

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COLD OPEN QUESTION OF THE WEEK: If you could bring back an old tag team from WWE’s past, who would it be (0:46)?

David and Kaz kick off the show by discussing David’s new artwork with a sprinkle of pro wrestling history (4:32). They have an honest conversation about pro wrestling the past three days, discussing the following:

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Hosts: David Shoemaker and Kazeem Famuyide

Producer: Brian H. Waters

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Ben, Khal, Brian, and David kick off the show by discussing the return of the War Raiders on Monday Night Raw (3:12).

Then, in the "Nostalgia Freakz Moment of the Week," they go back to revisit the first Buried Alive match between the Undertaker and Mankind (11:34).

After the break, they go to the Ringer Wrestling Worldwide Hotline for "They Said What?!" and react to hot takes from you, the people, regarding a weird thing going on with Liv and Dom that could lead to a Dom babyface run and figuring out the Rock’s messaging at Bad Blood (39:08).

Then, they welcome NXT North American champion Tony D’Angelo, who discusses the following:

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Hosts: Ben Cruz, Khal Davenport, and Brian H. Waters

Guests: Tony D’Angelo and David Shoemaker

Producer: Brian H. Waters

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COLD OPEN QUESTION OF THE WEEK: All of AEW’s Champions are heels. If you had to root for one of them, who would it be?

David and Kaz recap AEW WrestleDream and the brutal ending (and potential retirement?) of Bryan Danielson (07:19). Then they discuss the following and more:

Then, they “Sell or No Sell” on some of the following topics:

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Hosts: David Shoemaker and Kazeem Famuyide

Producer: Eduardo Ocampo

Additional Production Support: Ben Cruz

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COLD OPEN QUESTION OF THE WEEK: WrestleDream starts at 8:00 p.m. ET, what time will it be over?

David and Kaz kick off the show by discussing AEW and NXT going head-to-head on Tuesday night and who won the ratings battle (5:06). Then they discuss the following:

Then they preview WrestleDream (26:24):

And then to close the show they welcome Will Ospreay, who talks:

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Hosts: David Shoemaker and Kazeem Famuyide

Guest: Will Ospreay

Producer: Brian H. Waters

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Ben, Khal, Brian, and David kick off the show by discussing what they did with the extra hour now that 'Raw' has moved to two hours and their thoughts on what the Netflix era could look like in terms of programming (6:26). Then, they discuss how Bron Breakker attacked Jey Uso a week after Breakker showed him respect (14:55).

Then, in the Nostalgia Freakz Moment of the Week, they go back and revisit Bayley and Sasha Banks’s epic Iron Man match at NXT TakeOver: Respect (17:24).

After the break, they go to the Ringer Wrestling Worldwide Hotline for They Said What?! and react to hot takes from you, the people, regarding John Cena and Randy Orton as they make their way to WrestleMania for the title and how you date yourself as a wrestling fan (42:44).

Then, in the Triple-Threat Open Challenge, each of the guys brings the following topics to the table (57:15)

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Hosts: Ben Cruz, Khal Davenport, and Brian H. Waters

Guest: David Shoemaker

Producer: Brian H. Waters

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