Wrestle Update

Nello's away this episode so Dylan goes solo, talking about all that's been in the news recently about the lawsuit regarding various sexual crimes within Vince McMahon, the WWE and all the way back to the scandal in the 80s with the inappropriate behavior surrounding ring boys that have come out through various interviews of late in mainstream media. After this admittedly difficult but important to talk about time, we do take a shift towards updating on the various in-ring happenings in the top companies in the US. First off Dylan goes in on AEW during their week off Collision and the build to the biggest matches for Revolution as well as the pending Big Business show. From there he goes on about TNA and their latest meltdown just 1 month into their rebranding, and speaks on the cold likely realities of having a corporation own your parent company that counters with the human element of the relationships in wrestling Scott had built up over decades, as well as some talk about the Roster at large for TNA. Finally I speak on Eimination Chamber for a brief preview and predictions segment, and question some of the ways they've set this show up in Australia, but nevertheless me and Nello agree on all our predictions and we suspect most of our listeners also would as well.

For time stamps:

0:00 - 0:50:55 - Vince McMahon/John Laurinaitis/WWE Lawsuit Updates/Interviews w/Paul Roma & former WWF Ring Boy

0:50:55 - 0:55:10- NBA All Star Weekend

0:55:10 - 1:10:45 - AEW Update

1:10:45 - 1:22:50 - TNA Update

1:22:50 - END - Elimination Chamber Preview

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and look forward to our Elimination Chamber review episode coming soon after the show itself, provided we don't goof and forget it's happening in the middle of the night in North America.

The second episode of C.R.I.M.E covering Effy's Big Gay Brunch 8, a live report of GCW's Phoenix, the 2024 Jersey J-Cup, ICW No Holds Barred Vol 57 and what's going on with ICW !?

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The unthinkable occurred, and Dylan was dragged to a wrestling show live and person. Traveling from his beloved Memphis all the way...very shortly Northward actually to Clarksville, Tennessee Dylan was gifted tickets to the first ever major wrestling show in his sister's hometown: NXT Vengeance Day as a late birthday present by his sister. And joining the show: His sister herself! Cheyenne is far from a wrestling super expert, but she has watched a lot in her childhood, tunes in every once in awhile when Kota Ibushi (or the Rainmaker) is on, and watched 2 episodes of NXT to catch up on! After a brief Power Rangers diversion and reassuring her nobody watches that much wrestling anymore anyway she gets into the vibe as apart of the WU Crew, and we talk a lot about the show, but moreso our live experiences at her first ever live wrestling show and Dylan's first as purely a fan in 25 years. The scenery, the expensive sodas, insane fans including the Ultimate Karen, cool people who acted nice and respectful and Cheyenne angrily judging Dylan's star ratings for not being high enough. It was quite a show, and an edition of WU like none before it and maybe none after it. For better or worse.

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Coming off a week that was anything but amazing for the WWE, Dylan & Nello discuss the lawsuit brought forth this past week, naming Vince McMahon, John Laurinaitis and WWE all in the lawsuit as was served. We take our time with things and look at this subject and the potential consequences to these alleged actions, as well as the extremely questionable way Paul Levesque chose to answer the questions at the post show media press conference with the allegations revolving around such heinous crimes. The actions of Slim Jim, the faults of the law itself to the point where things could even be a possibility to happen.

From that point, we talk a bit about WWE & Netflix, with the news of Raw to Netflix and what the contract as well as the cable and streaming scenes heading into 5, 10, maybe 20 years.

Finally we do get to the Royal Rumble, a show that somehow packed 4 matches into 4 hours. We talk about the Rumble, and go through everything, the surprises, TNA getting spotlight in the women's Rumble, the flat attempts at comedy, some good showings for NXT talent and some fun stuff from the final four of the men and where things could go going forward.

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We did it for the best, and we'll do it for the worst. A follow up to our best of 2023 Awards. Now we hit you with the worst of awards. Take a journey along the worst of the worst in pro wrestling in the USA in 2023. Well...according to us anyway.

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A deep dive and quick ride through the current ongoings of the US independent pro wrestling scene. From big names like GCW to local titans like Prestige all the way to obscure local indies like Idaho Wrestle Club, we tackle everything and anything. If you'd like to see a recent match, promotion, or show be discussed -- please let us know! Enjoy the first episode of this independent wrestling focused spinoff Nello has put together!

Criminally Underrated Wrestling!

Championships

Rivalries

Independents

Matches

Everything Else

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Dylan & Nello are proud to present our most important and biggest episode of Wrestle Update yet, testing the waters of the best of the entire year to take place in pro wrestling in North America! From WWE to AEW to TNA to GCW to ICW to DPW to everything happening of note, every major and many indeed many smaller companies get love on this show. With a loaded lineup of awards, some split into multiple, company specific winners, Nello showing love to both men and women, we covered so much! Some picks you won't believe, but we assure you it's real and we did it. Hopefully you enjoy the show and let us know your picks of any of our categories, including MVP, Match of the Year, Show of the Year, Best Gimmick, Best Feud, Best Entrance Theme, Move of the Year and Best Attire, and more!

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A first, as we talk about every TV show in depth as Dylan & Nello look at the first week as a tone setter for the new year. We cover Raw - Day 1, NXT - New Year's Evil, Smackdown - New Year's Revolution as well as cover AEW's two main shows, Dynamite and Collision with extended talk about the Devil's rollout as we get into the next chapter of that story. Finally Nello has a bone to pick on the MLW show, Kings of Colosseum (Dylan didn't watch) and discusses the comments Matt Striker made that went viral. Some shows made us interested for what's coming up in 2024, others utterly failed but we cover it all in this special edition of Wrestle Update!

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We kick off the new year with the right vibes...Nello hitting us with a live report of a show he went to, the King of the Deathmatch! He talks about the delay in time, taking some of his friends to their first deathmatch show and the shock of seeing real blood in person like that. After the vibes are good we get serious and unfortunately talk about the Chris Jericho situation over the weekend and the irresponsibility of pro wrestling reporters in how this came about and the damage in how the story was handled to the detriment of Jericho, fans and most importantly Kylie Rae, as well as the flaws of Tony Khan's handling of the questions at the Press Conference about it. We finish up talking about the show itself, and ALL that went into it, along with thoughts on where things could go from here after the dramatic reveal of the Devil and an unexpected positive outlook on everything somehow?

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Wrestle Update is back as promised with our final standalone coverage episode on the CC, with both semi-finals matches covered along with the excellent final promo segment between the two finalists. Then we have an extender preview of World's End, covering every match announced, going over some of the buildup for the matches on the TV heading into the PPV, and even try to discuss potential identities for the Devil without our brains completely malfunctioning.

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