Tights and Fights

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Ep. 280: Ring Side Story Dec 25, 2021

Show notes

As we prepare for another broadway adaptation to release in theaters with Spielberg’s West Side Story, we can’t help but think how much better it would be with wrestlers.

John Cena as Tony? Zelina Vega as Maria? The Anoa’i family as the Sharks? The Elite as the Jets? Nothing is off limits here, so let’s have some fun!

Hosted by Hal Lublin, Danielle Radford and Lindsey Kelk

Produced by Julian Burrell for Maximum Fun.

The music for our new promo is provided by Incompetech.com

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Ep. 279: Austin Creed Dec 18, 2021

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This week, we’re so excited to welcome Austin Creed onto Tights and Fights. Wrestling fans know him as Xavier Woods. He’s part of one of WWE’s greatest teams of all time: The New Day. Now he’s King of the Ring. He’ll explain why he thinks that title has more power than any championship.

Austin’s also known as a personality for the newly-revived video-game TV network “G4.” How did he land that role? His fans helped ignite a twitter campaign to make it happen. He’ll tell us all about his love of video games and why he’s wanted to be a professional in that space for years.

The Main Event

Austin Creed thinks “The Golden Girls” is the greatest TV show of all time. Not only is it incredibly funny. But it’s also helped inform how he approaches storytelling in wrestling.

Hosted by Hal Lublin, Danielle Radford and Lindsey Kelk

Produced by Julian Burrell for Maximum Fun.

The music for our new promo is provided by Incompetech.com

If you want to talk about more wrestling throughout the week be sure to join us on Facebook and @TightsFights on Twitter and Instagram. PLUS! Check out our Tights and Fights Discord!

If you liked the show, please share it with your friends and be sure to leave us a quick review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get podcasts.

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Ep. 278: Johnny Gargano-TakeOver-Wrestling Dec 11, 2021

Show notes

Wrestling always feels like a weird subject this time of year. But after we discuss some of our favorite Christmas specials, we’ll talk about NXT: War Games!

Overall, it was a fine show… but we just can’t help but mourn for our beloved NXT Black and Gold. Is there any hope to be had as we play the waiting game for whatever the brand turns into?

Plus, we have to shoutout all the women on the main roster of WWE doing such great work. Charlotte got pied! Liv and Doudrop look awesome!

All that, plus MJF and CM Punk proving their two of the absolute best at manipulating a crowd.

The Main Event

For the longest time, Johnny Gargano was the franchise player of NXT. He held every title that he could, main evented tons of takeovers and was part of the biggest stories on the brand. And now his future is up in the air.

The Three Count:

Hal put over Batista's look on Dune

Lindsey put over Kyle O'Reilly's NXT career.

Julian put over the only WWE Christmas special

Hosted by Hal Lublin and Lindsey Kelk

Produced by Julian Burrell for Maximum Fun.

The music for our new promo is provided by Incompetech.com

If you want to talk about more wrestling throughout the week be sure to join us on Facebook and @TightsFights on Twitter and Instagram. PLUS! Check out our Tights and Fights Discord!

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Ep. 277: Seth Beastly Drop-King Rollins Dec 04, 2021

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The year is winding down, but there’s still so much wrestling to catch up on. We’ll get to everything we loved on a brand new Tights and Fights!

But first: Lindsey Kelk is back and better than ever!

She shares tales of her lovely tour of England, including meeting some of YOU! And how she may have to write a story about the Golden Lovers now?

Plus, NXT 2.0 actually had some really good matches cut through the brightly lit NXT arena. There could be some great things on the way for the NXT women’s title, especially!

And over on AEW, CM Punk and MJF finally had the promo-off that we’ve anticipated since Punk’s debut. How did it go? So well that even WWE had to reference it!

Main Event:

Ever since he debuted with the Shield, it was clear WWE had big plans for Seth Rollins. All these years later, after multiple title wins and big PPV matches, he's got a chance for another WWE championship on the first RAW of the new year.

The Three Count:

Danielle put over Ryan Nemeth’s video on mental health

Lindsey put over Big Swole upon her leaving AEW

Hal put over MJF’s “Tough Enough” entry

References

Becky’s promo on Survivor Series

CM Punk and MJF’s promo

Edge and Miz’s promo

Hosted by Hal Lublin, Danielle Radford and Lindsey Kelk

Produced by Julian Burrell for Maximum Fun.

The music for our new promo is provided by Incompetech.com

If you want to talk about more wrestling throughout the week be sure to join us on Facebook and @TightsFights on Twitter and Instagram. PLUS! Check out our Tights and Fights Discord!

If you liked the show, please share it with your friends and be sure to leave us a quick review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get podcasts.

Plus our brand new T-Shirt is available now!

Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/jointights

Ep. 276: The 2021 Thankful Episode Nov 26, 2021

Show notes

Happy Thanksgiving!

We’re rejecting the pilgrim motif and instead focusing on what we’re thankful for after another year has gone by… after we talk about some of the food we’re eating first.

But then we’ll get into it all from the great returns to all the amazing black wrestlers we got to see work this year to some of the things YOU told us you love most of all.

References

Kenny Johnson’s documentary on Effy’s Big Gay Brunch

WWE’s feature on Becky Lynch’s return

Mick Foley introduces Mr. Socko

Hosted by Hal Lublin and Danielle Radford.

Produced by Julian Burrell for Maximum Fun.

The music for our new promo is provided by Incompetech.com

If you want to talk about more wrestling throughout the week be sure to join us on Facebook and @TightsFights on Twitter and Instagram. PLUS! Check out our Tights and Fights Discord!

If you liked the show, please share it with your friends and be sure to leave us a quick review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get podcasts.

Plus our brand new T-Shirt is available now!

Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/jointights

Ep. 275: Full Gear, Full Beer Nov 20, 2021

Show notes

Grab your letterman’s jackets and dancing shoes, it’s a brand new episode of Tights and Fights!

There was another late-breaking case of “budget cuts” from the WWE this week. This included the faction Hit Row just weeks after they made their debuts on Smackdown! We’ll lament the talent lost and try to make sense of it all.

But it’s not all bad news, AEW had another really good PPV this past weekend. It showcase everything that the promotion does well (like paying off long term stories) and not so well (like still having just one women’s match on the show).

All of that, plus a look at how to cheat on retro video games. Seriously!

Main Event

Sometimes we're not quite sure what to pick for the main event, we let Danielle play with one of her requests. This time we're going to take a look at the wrestlers who have appeared on Dancing with the Stars! Dancing with the Superstars, if you will.

The Three Count

Hal put over Paul Heyman’s business advice for AEW

Danielle put over Xavier Woods’ promo on twitter

Julian put over CM Punk vs. Eddie Kingston

Hosted by Hal Lublin and Danielle Radford

Produced by Julian Burrell for Maximum Fun.

The music for our new promo is provided by Incompetech.com

If you want to talk about more wrestling throughout the week be sure to join us on Facebook and @TightsFights on Twitter and Instagram. PLUS! Check out our Tights and Fights Discord!

If you liked the show, please share it with your friends and be sure to leave us a quick review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get podcasts.

Plus our brand new T-Shirt is available now!

Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/jointights

Ep. 274: Kevin Owens - Prize Fighter Nov 13, 2021

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Tape up your fists and play that guitar, it’s a brand new episode of Tights and Fights!

WWE just let another group of wrestlers go, including some who are no doubt going to be stars wherever they land. We’ll take a guess as to what went wrong with some of their WWE tenure and where some stars may end up soon.

Plus, as AEW prepares for Full Gear this weekend, the world is aglow about the potential of an Adam Page world title run and angry at Tony Khan’s recent media call. We’ll take a look at both!

Main Event

Kevin Owens has been a fixture of WWE programming since his NXT debut in 2014. And now that he's once again turned heel and has a lot of questions surrounding his contract status we thought we'd take a look back at the Prize Fighter's career so far.

Hosted by Hal Lublin and Danielle Radford

Produced by Julian Burrell for Maximum Fun.

The music for our new promo is provided by Incompetech.com

If you want to talk about more wrestling throughout the week be sure to join us on Facebook and @TightsFights on Twitter and Instagram. PLUS! Check out our Tights and Fights Discord!

If you liked the show, please share it with your friends and be sure to leave us a quick review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get podcasts.

Plus our brand new T-Shirt is available now!

Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/jointights

Ep. 273: SummerSlam 1992 Nov 06, 2021

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This episode is an edited version of the show that was recorded LIVE as part of the London Podcast Festival!

Summerslam 1992 represents a strange era of WWE. Business was down in the states, but live tours were doing great in England. So WWE decided to have one of their biggest shows in London at Wembley Stadium.

We’ll be talking about so much from The Ultimate Warriors weird gear of the night to Sensational Sherri’s eternal attraction to one of the greatest main events in SummerSlam history.

Hosted by Hal Lublin, Danielle Radford and Lindsey Kelk

Produced by Julian Burrell for Maximum Fun.

The music for our new promo is provided by Incompetech.com

If you want to talk about more wrestling throughout the week be sure to join us on Facebook and @TightsFights on Twitter and Instagram. PLUS! Check out our Tights and Fights Discord!

If you liked the show, please share it with your friends and be sure to leave us a quick review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get podcasts.

Plus our brand new T-Shirt is available now!

Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/jointights

Ep. 272: Royal Concussion Protocol Oct 30, 2021

Show notes

Break out the ice-cold corn dogs, it’s a brand new episode of Tights and Fights!

We’ve been a little pessimistic about NXT 2.0, but we did get to see some great women’s wrestling on the show this week and our first faction holding all the women’s titles!

Plus, AEW’s gotten the TBS title off to a really good start. But we’re faced with the duality of the promotion with fun things like Shida vs. Deeb and the Elite’s Halloween match on one side; and the Bobby Fish vs. CM Punk on the other. We’ll explain.

Plus: frozen corn dogs help with swelling!

Main Event:

Xavier Woods has said that he had two major goals in WWE: help Kofi Kingston win the WWE championship and to win the King of the Ring tournament. And as of last week he’s officially 2 for 2!

The Three Count

Lindsey put over Bianca Belair's promo on RAW.

Danielle put over The Miz's spooky dance.

Hosted by Danielle Radford and Lindsey Kelk

Produced by Julian Burrell for Maximum Fun.

The music for our new promo is provided by Incompetech.com

If you want to talk about more wrestling throughout the week be sure to join us on Facebook and @TightsFights on Twitter and Instagram. PLUS! Check out our Tights and Fights Discord!

If you liked the show, please share it with your friends and be sure to leave us a quick review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get podcasts.

Plus our brand new T-Shirt is available now!

Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/jointights

Ep. 271: Ring Tones for the Block Party Oct 23, 2021

Show notes

It’s the second week of the Max Fun Block Party, so let’s kick out the jams on a brand new Tights and Fights!

As we welcome new listeners, we feel it necessary to explain some of the TnF lexicon. What’s Ice Cream Christmas? When is it Big Boi Season? What does it mean to Tap Titles? All that and so much more will be explained!

Plus, if you’re just getting into wrestling, it can be a little hard to know where to start with all the content on TV and the internet. We’ll tell you about some of the fun stuff we watched and recommend some easy things to get into.

Ring Tones

So we must confess, it's really weird when wrestlers start singing. The results range from average to terrible. But at least it's usually memorable.

The Three Count

Lindsey put over the G1 Climax.

Hal put over The Miz as Genie.

Hosted by Hal Lublin and Lindsey Kelk

Produced by Julian Burrell for Maximum Fun.

The music for our new promo is provided by Incompetech.com

If you want to talk about more wrestling throughout the week be sure to join us on Facebook and @TightsFights on Twitter and Instagram. PLUS! Check out our Tights and Fights Discord!

If you liked the show, please share it with your friends and be sure to leave us a quick review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get podcasts.

Plus our brand new T-Shirt is available now!

Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/jointights

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