This week Tim Kail is joined by pro-wrestling gif-essayist Mith Gifs! 

Among other topics, the two discuss:

• Mith's creative process.
• Why Gifs are so perfect for pro-wrestling.
• What it is about Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens that captivates Mith so much.
• Dealing with the pressures of content creation.
• Mith's favorite wrestling match.
• Mith's favorite films and TV shows.
• The core reason pro-wrestling is so captivating.
• Advice for those just starting out on the internet and eager to find their niche.

You can follow Mith on Twitter @MithGifs.

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*Warning - this episode contains explicit content...

Granny Franny joins Tim Kail for a very special and very personal episode of The Work of Wrestling podcast.

Topics include:

• Bray Wyatt's return address on Friday Night SmackDown.
• Sami Zayn and Roman Reigns stellar segments.
• Tim's new favorite shirt, Sami Zayns "Honorary Uce" tee.
• And just how that shirt helped Tim during a routine medical procedure.

And more!

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This week Tim Kail reviews WWE's latest premium live event Extreme Rules.

Topics include:

• Sheamus being great as a babyface.
• Ronda Rousey's bad attitude affecting her performance.
• The superficiality of the Karrion Kross character.
• Drew McIntyre in need of a reinvention.
• Edge vs Finn Balor bringing the good kind of melodrama.
• The many characters of Seth Rollins.
• Tim's full thoughts on Bray Wyatt.

And more!

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This week Tim Kail talks ticket sales and cognitive behavorial therapy for the entire wrestling fanbase.

Topics include:

• Catastrophizing after the news of AEW's low ticket sales and dipping ratings.
• Why Tim likes AEW more than WWE, but doesn't assume that means anything in particular.
• Different cognitive distortions within the pro-wrestling community.
• Why Tim is more disturbed by AEW's new inability to use the word "shit".
• An alternative rational response to pro-wrestling news.

And more!

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This week Tim Kail dissects a segment from Smack Down and tells a story about sleep walking & wrestling action figures.

Topics include:

• The quality and depth of Sami Zayn's performance.
• Roman being bound for Hollywood.
• Tim's thoughts on the rest of Smack Down.
• How sleep walking has affected Tim's life.
• How a surprise placement of a figure helped him.

And more!

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It's Suicide Prevention Month, and host Tim Kail, who has faced his own mental health issues of late, lets you know you're not alone and that things can get better.

CLICK HERE for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.

Dial 988 for the suicide and crisis lifeline.

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This week host Tim Kail is joined by Kayla Fabienne, a writer, teacher, ring announcer, and lover of professional wrestling.

You can read her and others' work on http://thespectacleofexcess.com.

Topics include:

• the unappreciated role of the ring bell.
• the difficulty of music cues.
• the improvisational nature of pro-wrestling.
• attempting to honor kayfabe.
• the meaning of certain in-ring rituals.
• confronting writer's block.

And more!

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This week Tim Kail talks about CM Punk's post-All Out media scrum, the fallout, what it means from the perspective of art, and Jon Moxley's Dynamite promo. 

Topics include:

• Tim's initially positive response to Punk's press conference.
• Realizing the toxicity of Punk's words.
• Taking issue with the idea that Adam Page has "done nothing..."
• The hypocrisy in some of Punk's statements.
• Jon Moxley's promo as a rebuttal.
• Wanting to move on from what Punk represents.

And more!

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Tim is joined once again by his friend John Macy to discuss AEW's latest pay-per-view, All Out.

Topics include:

• The masked man with the casino chip.
• There being one too many trios matches.
• The trios matches detracting from the Tag Champions.
• Has John changed his mind on Jade Cargil??
• Should Wardlow hug children?
• Powerhouse Hobbs defeats Ricky Starks; how much does this really hurt Ricky's ascent?
• The Acclaimed as fan favorites and how their tag title match has made them a more serious threat.
• The crowd loving Jamie Hayter.
• Was Jungle Boy Jack Peery underserved?
• Chris Jericho and Bryan Danielson put on a low key banger.
• Does Sting belong in AEW?
• And, finally, how could CM Punk possibly defeat Jon Moxley?

And much more!

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This week we journey to Cardiff to review Clash At The Castle.

Tim gives his thoughts on every match and then some.

Topics include:

• an analysis of every woman in the opening six-woman tag match.
• Sheamus and Gunther beating the hell out of each other in the match of the night.
• Some of Liv Morgan's shortcommings and how they could be improved.
• The bad acting of The Judgment Day vs the good acting of Edge and Rey.
• Rollins vs Riddle and how a lack of story reveals itself.
• Roman Reigns knowing his body.

And much more!

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