Under the Ring

This week, we're joined by NXT superstar Bron Breakker, who will be facing Seth Rollins for the World Heavyweight Championship on Tuesday in the first part of NXT Gold Rush at 8 p.m. on USA Network. Bron discusses his fast rise from college football to an NFL tryout to pro wrestling where he quickly adapted. He talks about what it was like growing up as part of the Steiner wrestling family, and also discusses reports of his father's comments toward transgender Impact Wrestling wrestler Gisele Shaw from earlier this spring.

This week on Under The Ring: Pro Wrestling Conversations, we're joined once again by World Women's Champion, "The Eradicator" Rhea Ripley. Rhea discusses what it's like to be on the very top of WWE and wrestle in a marquee match at WrestleMania. She discusses her partnership on screen with Dominik Mysterio and how it's surprised her and grown. She also talks about being the intimidating physical force she is, both in the ring and at ringside for her partners in the Judgment Day.

Today, we're joined by New Japan veteran Rocky Romero to discuss the upcoming Forbidden Door pay-per-view in Toronto, a collaboration between New Japan Pro Wrestling and All Elite Wrestling. We discuss how a card like that comes together and how difficult is to plan, as well as break down the two dream matches. Rocky also touches on other parts of his career, including his run under the Black Tiger mask and his buzzworthy feud recently with Volador Jr. in Mexico's CMLL, the oldest pro wrestling company in the world.

This week on Under The Ring: Pro Wrestling Conversations, we're joined by the co-creator of Vice's Dark Side of the Ring series, Evan Husney. Evan takes us through the process of how a season comes together and what some of the ups and downs of producing wrestling documentaries are. He takes us through some of the criticisms of the show and how he handles them. Dark Side of the Ring airs on VICE at 10 p.m. on Tuesday nights.

This week on Under The Ring: Pro Wrestling Conversations, we're joined by NWA's Trevor Murdoch, former two time Heavyweight Champion and three time WWE World Tag Team Champion. Trevor Murdoch is set to team with Mike Knox in The Crockett Cup, which will take place from June 3, 2023 to June 4, 2023, at the Winston-Salem Fairgrounds Annex in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

This week on Under The Ring: Pro Wrestling Conversations, we're joined by NXT's Tiffany Stratton. Stratton is part of the NXT women's championship tournament this week vs. Roxanne Perez, which will lead to the final at NXT Battleground in Lowell, Mass. on May 28. She discusses how she broke into pro wrestling and how she transformed from an elite gymnast into having her first match about four months after beginning training at the WWE Performance Center.

This week, we're joined by Anna Jay of All Elite Wrestling, who talks about how she got started in the wrestling business, what it's like wrestling in crazy brawls and how she does it, what it's been like being in the Dark Order and the Jericho Appreciation Society and how the idea came about for her latest t-shirt and much more.

This week on Under The Ring: Pro Wrestling Conversations, we're joined by "Man Scout" Jake Manning, an independent wrestling veteran who also works in merchandise at AEW. We discuss how he became the Man Scout and how he made tweaks to the character, the place that comedy has in pro wrestling (he also does standup), and how he fits on the various wrestling cards he works on.

This week on Under The Ring: Pro Wrestling Conversations, we're joined by WWE superstar Santos Escobar. He discusses the recent reformation of the Latino World Order and his tag team with the legendary Rey Mysterio. He discusses Bad Bunny's upcoming San Juan Street Fight against Damian Priest at Backlash and he also explains his own history in Lucha Libre, growing up around all the stars of Lucha Libre.

This week on Under The Ring: Pro Wrestling Conversations, we're joined by Bill Eadie, best known to fans as Ax from the famous tag team Demolition. In addition to his awesome run as three-time tag team champion in WWE, Eadie wrestled for years as the Masked Superstar all over the U.S. and internationally.  He and Smash are appearing at 80s Wrestling Con on May 6 in Morristown, New Jersey for ISPW.