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Ep. 469: Wrestling in 2025 Part 2 - What actually happened? Dec 27, 2025

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This is it– the final Tights and Fights episode of the year! We take a look at some of the biggest wrestling stories of the year– which stars took a step forward in their careers? What were the biggest headlines? And why oh why has watching wrestling become so difficult in the era of streaming television?

The Three Count

Danielle put over Nikki Bella and AJ Lee’s big returns.

Lindsey put over the community coming together to Boo someone.

Hal put over John Cena making Chelsea Green regaining the US Title..

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Ep. 468: Wrestling in 2025 Part 1 - John Cena’s Finale Dec 20, 2025

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With the end of the year upon us, it’s time for a lot of reflection on the year in wrestling. But one subject was so big that we couldn’t help but devote an entire episode to: the culmination of John Cena’s final year as a professional wrestler.

In his match against Gunther, he did the one last thing he’d never done before: tap out! While we agree that it was a remarkable way for one of WWE’s all time greats to end his career, we debate on the impact of such a conclusion.

The Three Count:

Lindsey put over Pancho and Mach merch (finally!).

Danielle put over Mick Foley cutting ties with WWE.

Hal put over John Cena making a child a priority at his final match.

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Ep. 467: A preview of John Cena’s final match Dec 13, 2025

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As of the publication of this episode, there are only a few hours left in John Cena’s career as a wrestler. He will take on Gunther at Saturday Night’s Main Event in his final match.

But questions still remain: Where should this monumental match go on the card– near the beginning where it can get as much time as it needs or near the end because nothing else could possibly top it?

Plus, the rest of the night is NXT vs. the main roster, something the WWE hasn’t worked on since the black-and-gold days. We discuss what we’re most looking forward to.

Wiki wiki!

The Three Count

Julian put over the best wrestling cameo ever (Pluribus Spoilers!).

Danielle put over the finale of Hey(EW)!

Hal put over Jey Uso a mash up you CAN see and Becky Lynch revealing the truth!

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Ep. 466: How Lindsey Survived Survivor Series Dec 06, 2025

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Lindsey Kelk is back, fresh off of seeing Survivor Series live in San Diego! The rest of the team made due with watching the show on ESPN’s terrible app.

Response to the last Premium Live Event of the year has been mixed, but there were still things worth looking into: John Cena’s final match on a PLE ended in Dominik Mysterio winning back the Intercontinental Title with the help of a returning Liv Morgan. Just please tell the WWE pre-show team to stop mentioning Dom’s IRL wife, okay?

The women once again had the better of the two War Games match, between Iyo’s antics and Rhea’s star power. But let’s give a shoutout to Bron Breakker for not only getting the win for his team, but also setting the stage for his first World Title match against CM Punk in January.

And once we’ve discussed all the wrestling, it’s time to light a candle and bid fond farewell to Punk’s beloved pup, Larry.

The Three Count

Lindsey put over CM Punk's first of many RomCom appearances.

Danielle put over Seattle legend Lash Legend

Hal put over Jey Uso throwing a lil tantrum.

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BoCo Preview: Lindsey Kelk on All the Formerly Elite Wrestlers Nov 29, 2025

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When we last spoke about the wrestlers who made the jump from AEW to WWE and became champions, our beloved Lindsey Kelk was unable to join us. But for this special Bonus Content, she’s happy to share her thoughts on all the wrestlers that were in the main episode and MORE!

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Ep. 465: All Formerly Elite Wrestlers Nov 22, 2025

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Our beloved Mike Eagle returns to talk all about wrestling! For you longtime listeners, this is the original cast of hosts with him along with Hal Lublin and Danielle Radford.

And we’re excited to catch up with him on several things from wrestling: We have a new Women’s Intercontinental Champion in Maxine Dupree and we’re in the final weeks of John Cena’s in-ring career.

The Main Event

When AEW was first established it felt like the biggest story was always who was going to make the jump from WWE. Now it's more common to see people leave All Elite Wrestling and make their way to WWE, either for their debuts or big homecoming. These days, that includes a good number of WWE's champions! The team will go through those people who left AEW to win gold in WWE.

The Three Count

Mike put over Sam Roberts.

Danielle put over WWE FNYPD

Hal put over The Dupree family and Amazing Royal Rumble ideas.

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Ep. 464: A look at WWE’s newest champions Nov 15, 2025

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Fresh from the West End, Hal Lublin has returned! And there’s tons to catch up on after a couple of weeks away from the news:

There are new champions and challengers across every show for WWE: John Cena is the new Intercontinental Champion; CM Punk is the new World Champion; Jade Cargill is the new WWE Champion; Nikki Bella has set her sights on the world title. And that’s just the beginning.

But is all of this change enough to get WWE back on track? We have no idea, but we’re chuffed to find out!

The Three Count

Lindsey put over the McIntyre family cat collection.

Danielle put over All Elite Women

Hal put over Cody’s babysitters

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Preview: Pokemon and Wrestling Crossover Nov 08, 2025

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Brenda Snell and Austin Taylor from the MaxFun podcast “Secret Histories of Nerd Mysteries” join producer Julian Burrell for an unusual conversation: Pokemon. Already a worldwide phenomenon, franchise recently had a promotional partnership with CMLL for a full Pokemon themed wrestling show.

The panel discusses what made the pairing of wrestling and pokemon work and why the online discourse that surrounds the two entities is so similar.

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Ep. 463: Total Divas: Where are they Now? Nov 01, 2025

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It’s all the latest and greatest of wrestling headlines ahead of Saturday Night’s Main Event. The biggest match of the show will be Jey Uso vs. CM Punk for the World Heavyweight Championship. But did the WWE kind of shoot itself in the foot with their talking segment?

The Main Event

In July of 2013, WWE launched Total Divas on the E! Network. That eventually spun off into Total Bellas, Miz and Mrs. and a fanbase that would help launch the Women's Revolution. And where are the stars of this show now?

The Three Count

Lindsey put over Nikki Bella putting over others.

Julian put over Lucha Libro!

Danielle put over the legend Asuka.

Hosted by Danielle Radford and Lindsey Kelk

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Ep. 461: What’s going on with the World Heavyweight Title? Oct 25, 2025

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It’s a big week for championships in the WWE this week– the deck continues to be shuffled ever since Seth Rollins was injured. Titles were defended and lost across both of the main shows. Which of these new champions are we most excited for? And where are those who came up short left in the final months of wrestling in 2025?

The Main Event

In April 2023, WWE established the newest version of the World Heavyweight Championship. There have been a few highs… and a whole lot of lows because of booking decisions and injuries. Now that they're ready to crown the newest Champion on November first, we take a look at one of WWE's newest titles.

The Three Count

Lindsey put over Ilja Dragunov's big return.

Danielle put over McKenzie Mitchell's wrestling look book

Hal put over Smackdown (on PS1).

Hosted by Hal Lublin, Danielle Radford, and Julian Burrell

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