The Sorry Pal Podcast.

SORRY PAL PODCAST – BONUS EPISODE

Is It a Platform or an Anchor? What's Holding You Back?

In this special bonus episode of the Sorry Pal Podcast, Levi Blue sits down with the intergalactically known superstar, The Mysterious Movado, for a conversation that goes well beyond the squared circle.

Levi and Movado tackle the question of whether having a platform is an opportunity to bring people together or an anchor that ultimately holds you back. When entertainers use their influence to push political agendas, are they exercising their right to speak freely, or are they alienating portions of the very audience that helped build them? Can you stand behind your beliefs without sacrificing the fans who may see things differently?

But things take an unexpected turn when The Mysterious Movado SHOOTS on Levi Blue, bringing up something Levi did to him over 20 years ago! Movado reveals that he hasn't forgotten what happened and shares exactly how he was planning to get his revenge. What did Levi do, and just how close did Movado come to settling an old score?

The conversation also gets personal as the two share experiences from their wrestling careers, discuss life beyond the ring, and explore the challenges of moving forward when the spotlight begins to fade.

And with The Mysterious Movado entering his final orbit, what's next for the intergalactic superstar? Is this truly the end of his journey, or is there another chapter waiting among the stars?

It's an honest, entertaining, and occasionally surprising conversation about wrestling, life, personal beliefs, old grudges, and knowing when the platform you've built might actually be the anchor holding you back.

No scripts. No agendas. And apparently, no forgetting old grudges. Sorry Pal!

SORRY PAL PODCAST — SEASON 3, EPISODE 20: THE SEASON FINALE

Twenty episodes. One hell of a season.

On the Season 3 finale of the Sorry Pal Podcast, Levi Blue looks back at the road that began May 20th with “Guess Who’s Back?” and became one of the most personal, opinionated and unapologetic seasons of the show yet.

From accountability, mental health and paying your dues to wrestling history, promos, legacy, life after wrestling and the uncomfortable conversations the business would sometimes rather avoid, Levi revisits the moments that defined Season 3.

But special attention is given to Episodes 17, 18 and 19—the Let’s Get Cancelled trilogy. LGBTQ+ wrestling. Women’s wrestling. Black wrestlers and the cookie-cutter problem. Three subjects where it would have been much easier to keep his mouth shut.

Levi explains why he didn't.

This isn't about pretending to have all the answers. It's about refusing to become afraid of the questions.

“I don't ask the hard questions because I think I have all the answers. I ask them because somebody has to be willing to have the damn conversation.”

And before the final bell rings on Season 3, Levi talks about what comes next. There is no timetable for the return of Sorry Pal, but Season 4 WILL happen.

Plus, remember that question Levi asked The Dark Star Logan at the end of Episode 16?

Now you get the answer.

Season 3 ends here.

Sorry, Pal.

Not so sorry.

LET’S GET CANCELLED PT. 3 — BLACK WRESTLERS AND THE COOKIE CUTTER PROBLEM

This week on Sorry Pal Podcast, Levi tackles a subject that's probably going to piss some people off.

Why does it seem like so many young Black wrestlers today are being given the same handful of looks, styles and characters?

Is it creative? Is it the wrestlers themselves? Is it simply what's popular today? And most importantly—where has the individuality gone?

This isn't about telling anybody what they can or can't be. Be a gangster. Be a high-flyer. Be a monster. Be whatever the hell you want.

But when 100 other wrestlers are doing the same thing...

What are YOU doing to stand out?

Levi looks at today's wrestling, compares it with generations of unmistakable Black stars from the past, and asks one simple question:

WHO THE HELL ARE YOU?

It's uncomfortable. It's probably going to get taken out of context.

So what better title than...

LET'S GET CANCELLED PT. 3

Sorry, Pal.

LET’S GET CANCELED PT. 2: WOMEN’S WRESTLING — The Conversation No One Wants to Have

This week on Sorry Pal, Levi steps into a conversation that’s almost guaranteed to piss somebody off: Can an all-women’s wrestling promotion truly compete with a traditional wrestling product in America?

But this isn’t an attack on women’s wrestling. It’s a deeper look at why women have historically been presented as attractions within professional wrestling—and what needs to change for women to receive the same respect, opportunities, training, and expectations as the men.

From Mildred Burke, The Fabulous Moolah and Wendi Richter to GLOW, WOW, SHIMMER, WWE Evolution and the success of women’s wrestling in Japan, Levi looks at the history, audience demographics, independent wrestling economics, and the shrinking pool of properly trained female talent.

He also asks a tougher question of the independent wrestling business itself: Are we actually training women to become professional wrestlers—or are some being rushed into the ring before they’re ready?

The goal isn't fewer women in wrestling.

It's more properly trained women, more opportunities, better storytelling, and the same damn bar for everybody.

Women’s wrestling shouldn’t have to be treated like its own separate genre.

It should simply be called professional wrestling.

This is Sorry Pal.

Season 3. Episode 18.

The conversation no one wants to have.

Canceled for Asking the Wrong Questions: Is Fear Hurting LGBTQ+ Wrestling?

In this episode of Sorry Pal, Levi takes a flamethrower to a conversation about LGBTQ+ representation in professional wrestling that most people would rather bury under hashtags, corporate statements, and carefully rehearsed bullshit.

He makes it clear this is not an attack on gay or transgender people, nor is it an argument that LGBTQ+ wrestlers do not belong in wrestling. In fact, he argues the opposite: that fear of association may be keeping promoters, wrestlers, fans, sponsors, and even venues from fully supporting LGBTQ+-focused wrestling events.

Using magician Adam Schill’s experience at a Pride festival as an example, Levi examines how quickly people can invent an entire story based on nothing more than a photograph, an event, and the people involved. He asks whether that same cowardice affects wrestlers who work LGBTQ+ shows, fans who attend them, and promoters who advertise them.

Levi also looks at the visibility of LGBTQ+ wrestlers in major companies, the end of Enjoy Wrestling, and the brutal reality facing independent promotions trying to build an inclusive product in an already miserable business.

But the conversation does not stop there.

Levi questions whether parts of the LGBTQ+ wrestling community can sometimes become so defensive from years of legitimate attacks that ordinary wrestling criticism is immediately branded homophobia or transphobia. He argues that inclusion cannot mean building a criticism-proof bubble, and that there has to be room between hatred and mindless agreement.

Is fear from outside the LGBTQ+ community holding LGBTQ+ wrestling back?

Are promoters, sponsors, wrestlers, and fans terrified of what people might assume?

Could defensiveness from within parts of the community be making it harder to reach a broader wrestling audience?

Is it both?

Or is Levi completely fucking wrong?

This episode is not about slogans, politics, or secondhand locker-room gossip. It is about firsthand experiences, professional wrestling, and whether people are willing to discuss the uncomfortable parts of the conversation without immediately throwing a label at somebody and pretending the discussion is over.

And if asking those questions gets Levi canceled?

Good.

Because some questions need to be asked

Sorry, Pal, Not So Sorry

Sorry Pal Podcast — Season 3, Episode 16

“Life After Wrestling” featuring The Dread King Logan

What happens when the music stops, the crowd disappears, and the wrestling business moves on without you?

Levi sits down with special guest The Dread King Logan for an honest, no-bullshit conversation about life after wrestling. They discuss how quickly the phone stops ringing, how people you once considered family suddenly disappear, and how attitudes change when you can no longer do anything for somebody’s career.

They also get into the physical damage, the personal sacrifices, the loss of identity, and the brutal reality of watching a business you gave everything to slowly forget your name.

This episode gets real—and real emotional. Behind every character is a human being, and behind every wrestler who walks away is someone trying to figure out who they are without the ring, the attention, and the brotherhood they thought would last forever.

No gimmicks. No working the crowd. Just two former wrestlers speaking honestly about what comes after the final bell.

Then in a surprise move, Levi asks Logan a question that could change the Sorry Pal Podcast forever

Life after wrestling isn’t always about moving on. Sometimes, it’s about learning how to live with what the business left behind.

Sorry Pal.

Season 3, Episode 15 — HONESTY: Until It’s About You

Everybody says they want honesty… until the honesty is about them.

This episode of Sorry Pal started with one clip from a wrestling show. Just a few moments that got Levi thinking—not only about wrestling, but about ego, criticism, accountability, and why the truth can piss people off so badly.

Why do we ask people to be honest with us, then get angry when they actually are? Is it because the truth hurts—or because the truth threatens the version of ourselves we’ve worked so hard to believe?

Levi digs into honesty vs. validation, why ego can turn criticism into “disrespect,” why the person delivering the message sometimes matters more than the message itself, and the difference between being genuinely honest and using “I’m just brutally honest” as an excuse to be an asshole.

But there’s another side to this conversation.

If you’re going to demand honesty from everybody else, can you take it yourself? Can you look in the mirror and admit when you’re wrong? Can you hear something you don’t like without immediately making excuses, blaming somebody else, or attacking the person who said it?

From professional wrestling to friendships, work, relationships, social media—and his own life—Levi asks one uncomfortable question:

Do people really hate honesty… or do they hate what honesty forces them to confront?

The truth is easy when it’s about somebody else.

But what happens when it’s about YOU?

Sorry Pal.

Season 3 Ep 14

Super Shogun Wrestling and DeathMatch Wrestling

Levi Blue recently attended Super Shogun Wrestling, and the promotion caught him completely by surprise—in the best possible way.

The production looked professional, the show was presented like it mattered, and the people behind it clearly cared about the product they were putting in front of the fans. But the biggest surprise came backstage.

Levi found a locker room filled with wrestlers who actually wanted to learn. They approached him for feedback, asked for advice, and listened when he gave it. No oversized egos. No pretending they already had all the answers. Just wrestlers trying to get better and a promotion working to build something worth watching.

Super Shogun reminded Levi of what he still loves about independent professional wrestling.

Then he came home from vacation, opened Facebook, and watched Mickie Knuckles nearly get burned alive in a death match spot that never should have reached that point.

Now Levi has something to say.

Death match wrestling is supposed to create the illusion that anything can happen—not prove that nobody bothered to consider what might happen. There is nothing tough, creative, or entertaining about watching a preventable stunt spiral out of control. When the pursuit of one more shocking moment becomes more important than getting everyone home safely, professional wrestling has lost the plot.

Super Shogun showed Levi what can happen when wrestlers care about their craft and want to improve. What happened to Mickie showed him what can happen when spectacle gets ahead of judgment.

So where is the line? And does somebody actually have to die before death match wrestling finally decides it has gone too far?

Sorry Pal Podcast — Season 3, Episode 13“The Ladder Analogy”

You climbed the ladder. Congratulations. But who the hell gave you the right to kick it out from underneath everybody else?

On Season 3, Episode 13 of the Sorry Pal Podcast, Levi tackles an attitude in professional wrestling that pisses him off: a wrestler who reached the national level looking down at wrestlers who didn't make it as far and telling them they shouldn't be giving advice about the business.

Levi doesn't deny the accomplishment. Making it to national television matters. Working for major companies matters. Reaching a level most independent wrestlers never reach deserves respect.

But does reaching a higher rung suddenly mean everybody below you knows nothing?

That's where “The Ladder Analogy” comes in.

Levi compares it to a guy who climbs a ladder, reaches the roof, then kicks the ladder away and looks down at everybody underneath him saying:

“If you knew anything about climbing, you'd already be up here with me.”

There's just one problem...

You didn't build the fucking ladder.

This week, Levi talks about the difference between success and knowledge, why a wrestler's résumé doesn't automatically make every opinion correct, and why someone who never reached national television can still have decades of experience worth listening to.

Coaches don't have to be Hall of Fame players.

Trainers don't have to be world champions.

And a wrestler doesn't need to have worked WrestleMania to recognize bad wrestling, bad psychology, bad business or bad advice.

Levi also turns the argument around and asks a simple question: If only wrestlers who reached the highest levels are qualified to give advice, how many trainers, bookers, veterans and wrestling minds throughout history would suddenly have to shut their mouths?

Levi never claims he reached the same heights as the people he's talking about.

He doesn't need to.

He trained. He wrestled. He paid dues. He took bumps. He set up rings. He sat in locker rooms. He made mistakes. He learned from veterans. And after spending enough time inside professional wrestling, you learn some shit.

You don't have to take his advice.

But don't tell him he's not allowed to give it.

Because sometimes the guy halfway up the ladder sees something the guy standing on the roof has forgotten.

And sometimes...

the guy you're looking down on is the guy holding the fucking ladder steady.

It isn't all Levi being pissed off this week.

Levi is fired up about XICW bringing back PROVING GROUNDS for SEASON 9!

For a show that's always been about giving wrestlers an opportunity to prove themselves, develop, learn and earn their way up that ladder, the timing couldn't be more perfect considering this week's topic.

While some people are busy looking down from the top, Proving Grounds is about giving the next generation a place to start climbing.

Levi talks about why he's excited to see Proving Grounds return, what a platform like this means for developing talent, and why opportunities to learn and grow are so damn important to independent wrestling.

AND THEN THERE'S SOME DAMN GOOD NEWS...

SORRY PAL PODCAST — SEASON 3, EPISODE 12

THE ART OF THE PROMO

Everybody thinks they can cut a promo—until somebody hands them a microphone and tells them to make people care.

In this episode, Levi breaks down the lost art of the professional wrestling promo. It isn’t about screaming until your face turns red, repeating the same tired catchphrases, or tossing around insider terms to impress the boys in the back.

A great promo has a purpose. It tells a story, sells a fight, builds an opponent, and convinces the people watching that what happens next actually matters.

Levi pulls no punches as he explains why so many promos today sound rehearsed, phony, and completely forgettable. He talks about knowing your character, believing the words coming out of your mouth, listening to the crowd, and understanding that burying your opponent only makes beating them mean less.

You can have the look. You can have the moves. You can even call yourself a professional wrestler. But if you can’t make the audience care about you—or pay money to see somebody kick your ass—then you’re missing one of the most important parts of the business.

No scripts. No excuses. No sugarcoating.

Sorry, pal—that’s the art of a good promo.