Tights and Fights

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Ep. 201: #SpeakingOut Jun 27, 2020

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Unfortunately, this week necessitates another look at Problematic Wrestling Corner. The biggest part of that is the #SpeakingOut campaign that’s outed a number of people’s awful actions in the business, including one person who’s appeared on this show multiple times. We’ll reflect accordingly.

Plus, we’ll look into which company will decide to take Tessa Blanchard despite her litany of accusations now that she’s been let go from Impact Wrestling and we’ll appropriately rage at WWE failing to protect its workers from COVID.

And once we’ve gotten that out of our system… we’ll talk about some of our favorite things that we saw from the shows this week. Don’t worry, there’s still joy to be had!

The Three Count

Lindsey put Yano on New Japan.

Hal Britt Baker vs. Big Swole’s feud..

Hosted by Hal Lublin and Lindsey Kelk

Produced by Julian Burrell for Maximum Fun.

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Ep 200: The 200th episode! Jun 20, 2020

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Hal and Lindsey are here on this seminal episode of Tights and Fights! We’ll reminisce just for a bit, but then we’ll get back to what we love: Talking about wrestling!

We had what will go down as a match that was called The Greatest Wrestling Match EVER, with Randy Orton as the victor and Edge injured. Where do we go from here? And why lead into it with a circus song?

Plus Cody Rhodes is on quite the hot streak lately! We anticipate that his growing success and detachment from his allies has him on the path for a heel turn… but we mostly just remain distracted by that neck tattoo of his.

Finally, we’d be remiss if we didn’t also briefly talk about the #SpeakingOut campaign on Twitter that’s outting a number of wrestlers as sexual predators. There’s still a lot to sort through, but we’ll give our thoughts on everything we’ve heard so far.

The Three Count

Lindsey put Zack Sabre. Jr.'s post-match interview.

Hal put over The Last Ride documentary.

Hosted by Hal Lublin and Lindsey Kelk

Produced by Julian Burrell for Maximum Fun.

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Ep 199: NXT TakeOver & Dagwoodin’ Jun 13, 2020

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Hal, Danielle and Lindsey are back to discuss NXT TakeOver in your House! It was a show that was full of an angry Finn Balor, a new champion, jumping off the house AND the return of our beloved hero Todd Pettengill!

But was this Sunday the swansong for our beloved Velveteen Dream on NXT? We’ll discuss if the Backlot Brawl was a proper farewell.

In other news, Sasha Banks has a new championship! She’s one half of the women’s tag champions with Bayley. But why does this seem to underscore some of the problems we’ve had with her booking? We’ll explain.

The Three Count

Danielle put over Edge’s upcoming movie Money Plane.

Lindsey put Rhea Ripley’s encounter with Robert Stone.

Hal put over Kacy Catanzaro’s TikTok.

Hosted by Hal Lublin, Danielle Radford and Lindsey Kelk

Produced by Julian Burrell for Maximum Fun.

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Ep. 198: The Tennessee Loop Jun 06, 2020

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Hal, Danielle and Lindsey are back, but wow what a trying week it’s been. The protests over the murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor have affected people across the world. Wrestling is no exception.

Dozens of prominent wrestlers have responded to the news in some remarkably encouraging ways that we’ll discuss. But we’ll also properly shame the few that spoke out in bad or questionable faith.

Plus, we’ve gotta talk about some normal wrestling right? There’s been plenty of developments like the road to The Greatest Wrestling Match Ever(?), WWE working us into a shoot with Drake Maverick and why Jim Ross should leave the blue chew at home the next time he’s on comedy.

The Three Count

Danielle put over Big E’s tweets from this past week.

Lindsey put over the best of wrestling’s response to the chaos including Michael Vincent Young.

Hal put over Adam Cole’s staring contest with a hamster.

Hosted by Hal Lublin, Danielle Radford and Lindsey Kelk

Produced by Julian Burrell for Maximum Fun.

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 197: Trouble or Nothing May 30, 2020

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The charming twosome of Hal and Lindsey have joined forces! The biggest subject? AEW’s Double or Nothing PPV! Cody has a brand new and (temporarily?) hideous championship. Is it weird that the boss is the inaugural winner of the new strap? We’ll discuss.

Plus, there were so many women’s matches from AEW this week! Is this a one time thing or can we expect things to be on the up from here? And are we going to survive the absence of our beloved Dr. Britt Baker DDS?

Of course we’ll touch on plenty of things from WWE as well, including our new champion Apollo Crews, one of the most peculiar NXT promos and whether or not we could be saying good-bye to our beloved bro too soon.

The Three Count

Lindsey put over Oney Lorcan and Danny Burch

Hal put over Britt Baker’s promo.

Hosted by Hal Lublin and Lindsey Kelk

Produced by Julian Burrell for Maximum Fun.

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Ep. 196: Give Kairi Sane an Ocarina May 23, 2020

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Hal, Lindsey and Danielle have a whole lot of wrestling to talk about, especially concerning the women.

We’re officially one week into the post-Becky era. You know how we can tell? Because WWE has broken the glass on the Charlotte Flair emergency supply and made sure she’s on every show of the week. Are we excited to see her moonsault her way through the red, yellow AND blue brands?

Plus, Asuka had her official coming out party as RAW women’s champion and it featured Kairi Sane’s adorable recorder play. What other instruments should she be playing? Probably all of them right?

Plus, we’ll discuss what Britt Baker’s injury means for AEW’s women’s division, discuss a bunch of the amazing promos that we saw this week and pay tribute to our lost hero Shad Gaspard.

The Three Count

Danielle put over a wrestling TikTok.

Lindsey put over the silly and fun entrance of Karrion Kross

Hal put over The Undertaker's Last Ride documentary

Hosted by Hal Lublin, Danielle Radford and Lindsey Kelk

Produced by Julian Burrell for Maximum Fun.

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. 195: Mommy in the Bank May 16, 2020

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Money in the Bank! Mom in the making!

WWE’s first post-Mania PPV was not the biggest news of the week thanks to Becky Lynch’s big announcement: She and Seth Rollins are having a baby! That had a number of repercussions across the company’s hierarchy. Most significantly, Asuka is now the RAW women’s champion! We’ll try to digest all of this news, including a Hall of Fame worthy promo from Shayna Baszler.

Plus, do our eyes deceive us or does it look like AEW is set to give a ton of its best women their own rivalries! What! We can only hope, but the signs are looking good.

Plus, the ups and downs of the damndest Money in the Bank ladder match of all time, the return of our beloved IIconics and the tragic farewell to one of the most beloved fwends in the wrestling world: RIP Vanguard 1.

The Three Count

Danielle put over Nyla Rose on AEW.

Lindsey put overRJ City on The Bump

Hal put over Shayna Baszler’s promo on Becky Lynch

Hosted by Hal Lublin, Danielle Radford and Lindsey Kelk

Produced by Julian Burrell for Maximum Fun.

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. 194: The joy of prestling May 09, 2020

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We’ve got us a full house once again! Mike Eagle makes his triumphant return to join Hal, Danielle and Lindsey and he’s got a lot on his mind.

First, he’ll tell us why these empty arena shows, regardless of the quality of the matches, are just not working for him. There’s almost a fundamental disconnect between him and the show when there’s not audience and he just can’t get past it. He’ll explain.

Plus, we’ll go through some of the biggest things from wrestling from Sammy Guevara getting run down by a golf cart, Brandi Rhodes getting attacked by a snake and AJ Styles’ return from the boneyard.

The Main Event

Jon Moxley is the second ever AEW Champion and seems to be set as a cornerstone of the company. In the years prior though, he was WWE’s Dean Ambrose who was by turns a champion and a lunatic. We’ll discuss why his transition to a new company has done him such good and talk about what his legacy ultimately could be.

The Three Count

Danielle put over Nikki realizing that she’s pregnant.

Lindsey put over Brandi’s promo from AEW

Hal put over MJF’s promos and

Mike put over Bryan Alvarez’s recaps.

Hosted by Hal Lublin, Danielle Radford, Lindsey Kelk and Mike Eagle.

Produced by Julian Burrell for Maximum Fun.

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. 193: Wrestling brain food with Simon Gotch May 02, 2020

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Hal and Danielle are joined by Simon Grimm (aka Simon Gotch). He’s perhaps best known for his time in WWE and NXT where he was one half of the Vaudvillains tag team with Aiden English.

He’ll tell us all about what it’s been like to navigate the waters of COVID-19 as an independent wrestler who can’t wrestle right now.

He’s also got thoughts on things like WWE and AEW’s empty arena shows, the evolution of the modern fans’ sensibilities and some of the most disgusting diseases that wrestlers are vulnerable to.

The Three Count

Simon put over Leyla Hirsh and Matt Makowski.

Danielle put over wrestling twitter after dark

Hal put over Dr. Britt Baker DDS’ tour of her office.

Hosted by Hal Lublin, Danielle Radford and Simon Gotch.

Produced by Julian Burrell for Maximum Fun.

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. 192: Colt “Zoom Zoom” Cabana Apr 25, 2020

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Hal, Danielle and Lindsey are joined by podcaster and AEW wrestler Colt Cabana. After years as an independent star, he’s now under contract for a major company. He’ll tell us why he decided to join the land of the Elite and how its impacted his dates with other companies.

Plus, with AEW continuing to broadcast in front of empty arenas, Colt will tell us how that’s affected his mindset as a performer and why he may love working in the new setting.

All of this plus which family member is desperate for Colt to win the title, why wrestlers have gotten a lot less shy with showcasing certain body parts in their ring gear and a lot more.

Hosted by Hal Lublin, Danielle Radford and Lindsey Kelk.

Produced by Julian Burrell for Maximum Fun.

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 brand new 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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