Wrestle Update

We start the show off giving our memories of Sabu after his recent untimely passing, and his influence on the wrestling business to this day. We then go over the recent cuts from WWE and where we think they all could end up, and if Braun Strowman could make a good bodyguard for the elite, as well as where we would want to eat everything off the menu. Then we finally get into Backlash and their 5 match, 2.5 hour card. Things start off surprisingly great with a breakout performance for Lyra Valkyria and repeated calls for more LJ Cleary bookings. Then the show goes off a cliff, with a wide range of opinions being shared, and a shocking disagreement over how much nostalgia one of us had for the main event. Regardless, fun was had, and another Backlash is in the booms once again in our first post-WrestleMania week show!

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WE MADE IT. All throughout the week, multiple shows, and more types of different wrestling covered than ever before for the WU Crew (and possibly most podcasts ever) in such a short time. But we finally made it to the big one, the last frontier for WrestleMania Week...WrestleMania itself. First off, before we even get into the shows we go about a half hour talking about the sale of AAA to WWE, a bit about AAA's history, how this sale wasn't a surprise to people in the know, and what WWE could gain from it and just why they would do this at this particular time. (We have a theory) After that we go nearly 3 HOURS just talking about the shows to combine for our longest Episode ever covering both nights of WrestleMania, how things came across, the set, the production, and of course the matches themselves and where we could be going forward. Plus, Dylan gets perhaps his last chance for awhile to bury the terrible heel Cena storyline. Finally we reminisce a bit about the week as a whole, where we're at coming out of it compared to going in, our favorite moments and our favorite matches of the entire week. It's long, it's a lot, and we're sending Mania Week out with a bang! Thanks to everyone who followed along with us!

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NXT came through with their biggest show of the year, Stand & Deliver. We discuss the pre-show with Roxanne Perez not making the main card after 3 months of strong main roster booking, Fraxiom as a tag team and their future prospects, we disagree strongly on the women's ladder match but then DarkState brings us back together again (in hating it). We talk about 2 more multiman matches throughout the weekend to close off the show with the matches and booking in question at different points. Also Penn & Teller were here randomly. Finally we also discuss potential Post-WM callups and where NXT is at right now in terms of its champions. They stood. But did they deliver?

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No words can possibly do justice to this show and the absolute insanity broadcast to the world, but what Nello described as "his WrestleMania" certainly came in with everything, topped off by a controversial main event that had a ton of 0 ratings and a ton of 10/10s. Who knows where the truth lies? Who knows why we watch? Who knows what's going on in the NBA right now? We try to figure out as much as we can and answer as many questions as we can, all while maintaining our status in South America due to Dylan's latest recent induction into the Dylan Fabrizio fanclub. There was a great match that contended for match of WM week, nonsensical returns and non-saves, things that knew what they wanted and a whole hell of a lot of jokes about Sabu, it was truly Joey Janela's Spring Break.

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We are kicking off the week of WrestleMania with full coverage of Dylan's favorite show of WM Weekend each year and Nello's favorite so far this year, running down the card. The controversy surrounding the large WWE involvement on the show, Jimmy Smith and the quality of the shoot style graps Josh Barnett presented us with. After a full rundown we dedicated a brief period to talk about what all we watched through Thursday into Friday so far, with a big run down on the absolute disaster known as the WrestleCon SuperShow, the Rebirth of Dragon Gate USA and what it was missing, big matches from Defy, Stardom, Marvelous, TJPW and what we're looking forward to for the rest of the weekend.

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We back! We start off with a brief segment looking at our WrestleMania hype levels and Dylan airs some grievances revolving around John Cena's recent heel work. After that though it's all about Dynasty. Another AEW PPV, another dreadful Death Riders main event. We knew it was coming, but they still defied our expectations in the worst ways. That said there was also a lot of good on the undercard and it's also worth talking about! We get into our star rating systems with Nello shockingly revealing his true influence for using the five stars scale that differs from Dave Meltzer's. We discuss the Owen Hart tournament and the state of the tag team scene, a Rocky tribute, is Kevin Knight like Dragon Kid? Chrono Trigger, Static Shock and much more!

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It's time. Revolution hits us again with a stunning card that features some of the greatest and worst this incredibly chaotic company has to offer. Dylan shockingly gets turned around on a feud he declared "not for me" in the past and Nello gets a few victory laps on his visions for the future in the past working out. In what may be a first Dylan rates things higher than Nello and the inmates at the same time and we try to come to grips with the why of the main event and try to figure things out for you. (Spoiler alert nothing gets figured out and Dylan just gets big mad at Cope) It was an unbelievably bizarre and sometimes fantastic, sometimes kayfabe breaking the likes that we've never seen before Revolution from the Staples Center, the name we truly approve of for LA's greatest sports venue.

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The time is now! Perhaps the biggest show in years in wrestling, especially WWE took place from Toronto, Canada and there is A LOT to talk about, and we get to all of it in this action packed 2 hours which occasionally dipped into Magic talk. Finally we talk about how WM is shaping up and potential matches for the biggest show of the year. Oh yeah, the closing angle gets A LOT of time. Many have called it one of the greatest or most memorable ever. How did it stand up for the WU Crew? Listen on and enjoy our take on WWE Elimination Chamber 2025!

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2 major shows for the big 2 companies, one nobody knew when the hell it would start, 1 we were only vaguely aware of what was going on heading into it, but a fun time was had! We start off talking about the NBA All Star game and our respective NBA teams, then we jump into Grand Slam and in addition to that we talk about all the things AEW are doing right, and the one thing they're getting very very wrong heading into Revolution. We then jump to NXT and have high praise for the women's division despite a seemingly off night with the champion and discuss main roster prospects of the likes of Trick Williams and Fatal Attraction, with praise upon praise for a woman who continues to elevate, as well as discuss the recent releases and potential landing points, with special focus on Ricky Saints and what he brings to the table.

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All rise! GCW has put themselves on trial and have attempted to rectify the crime against humanity that was their first show at the Hammerstein Ballroom by giving us this show. The hype level was absurd and for whatever the show was they successfully got this show into feeling like a big deal territory. Now comes the hard part: Talking about what the show actually was. From things that went sideways, things out of their control and the occasional good match or 2 on this 6 hour broadcast, we break every bit of it down and close with a passionate speech from one of it's biggest supporters about what the company is and what it means. Make your own judgments, but this week we tackle the People vs. GCW 2025.

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