Fight Forever

Two weeks removed from a fundamental realignment of the wrestling industry, and two months since their last episode, the Fight Forever crew returns! We talk AEW Dynamite's first steps as a television product, WWE's reliance on buying outside names to prop up interest, the continuing blurring of MMA & pro wrestling, Connor McGregor's growing irrelevance to the UFC... PLUS we 100% accurate predict EXACTLY what the Masvidal/Diaz BMF title will look like. If you're thinking it's a belt, well, you're not thinking DIAZ enough, brüther. VISIT OUR WEBSITE: fightforever.fireside.fm EMAIL FIGHT FOREVER: fightforeverpod@gmail.com FIND US ON FACEBOOK- facebook.com/fightforever/ FIND US ON INSTAGRAM- instagram.com/heyimadethatpro/ FIND US ON TWITTER- twitter.com/heyimadethatpro

Are the Fight Forever boys punch drunk from a long holiday weekend of excellent wrestling and sensational combat sports, or was it just the Nine Lokos we all slammed before the recording? Both! But mostly the latter. How successful was the G1 Climax opening day? Where does UFC go after 239? Is WWE's dramatic creative shifts already putting the heat on AEW? All this important questions are ANSWERED, plus... what would Shakespeare call his finisher? VISIT OUR WEBSITE: fightforever.fireside.fm EMAIL FIGHT FOREVER: fightforeverpod@gmail.com FIND US ON FACEBOOK- facebook.com/fightforever/ FIND US ON INSTAGRAM- instagram.com/heyimadethatpro/ FIND US ON TWITTER- twitter.com/heyimadethatpro

We're recording trios style this month, as Colin suffered what can only be described as a medical misadventure that prevented his appearance on this episode. But don't worry, Zach's got enough anger and disdain for the both of them as we talk the WWE's series of blood money shows with Super Showdown. Plus, Ruiz v. Joshua, AEW Double or Nothing, UFC 238, and the rebirth of Jon Moxley. VISIT OUR WEBSITE: fightforever.fireside.fm EMAIL FIGHT FOREVER: fightforeverpod@gmail.com FIND US ON FACEBOOK- facebook.com/fightforever/ FIND US ON INSTAGRAM- instagram.com/heyimadethatpro/ FIND US ON TWITTER- twitter.com/heyimadethatpro Special Guest: Banks.

Experiences are slippery things. Sometimes, they're 18 matches, 8 hours, and two weeks of filler television long. Sometimes, they're uncomfortably close, too close to make a joke of yet. Sometimes, they're just Viking Experiences. What's the Fight Forever Experience this week? Well, Mania 35 & the Superstar Shakeup in brief, UFC 236 & Fight Night 149 chats, speculation on New Japan's plan for G1 in Dallas, rumors on the elusive AEW television deal, plus, a little game we like to call DOGMEAT. VISIT OUR WEBSITE: fightforever.fireside.fm EMAIL FIGHT FOREVER: fightforeverpod@gmail.com FIND US ON FACEBOOK- facebook.com/fightforever/ FIND US ON INSTAGRAM- instagram.com/heyimadethatpro/ FIND US ON TWITTER- twitter.com/heyimadethatpro Special Guest: Banks.

When they said Ben Askren was an excellent wrestler, I didn't think they meant he took a good suplex. But as wrestling invades MMA like MMA invaded wrestling, Fight Forever is here to discuss them both, like a Venn Diagram of violence and stupid nicknames. We talk the weirdness that was UFC 235 and where the company goes from here, the return (and temporary reprieve of) Roman Reigns, Kane's greatest gimmick yet, Becky Lynch, New Japan coming to Dallas, and more. Oh, and Colin finds the sound effects buttons. VISIT OUR WEBSITE: fightforever.fireside.fm ADVERTISE ON FIGHT FOREVER: fightforeverpod@gmail.com FIND US ON FACEBOOK- facebook.com/fightforever/ FIND US ON INSTAGRAM- instagram.com/heyimadethatpro/ FIND US ON TWITTER- twitter.com/heyimadethatpro Special Guest: Banks.

EVERYBODY'S HERE (except Waluigi) on this episode of Fight Forever, and man, we got pretty punchy... FOR WILDER V. FURY! We break down boxing's latest double undefeated clusterfuck draw (I'm seeing a pattern here?), DC's "retirement", the all the bullshit WWE'S been as of late, and our struggles pretending that the fight game is anything but astoundingly, hilariously, inextricably corrupt. VISIT OUR WEBSITE: fightforever.fireside.fm ADVERTISE ON FIGHT FOREVER: fightforeverpod@gmail.com FIND US ON FACEBOOK- facebook.com/fightforever/ FIND US ON INSTAGRAM- instagram.com/heyimadethatpro/ FIND US ON TWITTER- twitter.com/heyimadethatpro Special Guest: Banks.

UFC champs are attacking innocent bystanders on live PPV. WWE is legitimizing a brutal, repressive regime for a cut of Big Oil money. In a time where fight sports are seemingly seedier than ever somehow, Fight Forever is here to crack jokes about it. We're here to take deep dives on the MMA, Pro Wrestling, and combat sports stories that matter, and promptly chock them full of our silly bullshit to make the crappy stuff go down a little easier. We talk the Khabib/McGregor, WWE/Saudi Arabia, our UFCs 228 live experiences and look ahead to UFC 230. VISIT OUR WEBSITE: fightforever.fireside.fm ADVERTISE ON FIGHT FOREVER: fightforeverpod@gmail.com FIND US ON FACEBOOK- facebook.com/fightforever/ FIND US ON INSTAGRAM- instagram.com/heyimadethatpro/ FIND US ON TWITTER- twitter.com/heyimadethatpro

Hey, did you know you can call anything with fur a Panda, and its Permanent? Cause fuckin' WAYNE certainly didn't, and now we have to call those big dumb foxes 'red pandas' cause of his bullshit. At least Brock Lesnar's going to beat Roman again, right? Right? Find out our prediction as we talk Summerslam '18, chat UFCs 227 & 228, and blow Vince's mind with the all-time turducken of evil foreigner gimmicks. VISIT OUR WEBSITE: fightforever.fireside.fm ADVERTISE ON FIGHT FOREVER: fightforeverpod@gmail.com FIND US ON FACEBOOK- facebook.com/fightforever/ FIND US ON INSTAGRAM- instagram.com/heyimadethatpro/ FIND US ON TWITTER- twitter.com/heyimadethatpro Special Guest: Banks.

Boy howdy, it's a good thing that UFC 226 was so awesome, cause everything else kinda sucked butt, you know? We never shy away from the tough stuff, so you'll get your fill of race, sex, and broken necks, sure... but don't worry, we still find a way to bag on Roman, turn Braun into an accountant, and and christen Daniel "DC" "The Daddest Man On The Planet" Cormier as the patron saint of chubby dudes everywhere. VISIT OUR WEBSITE: fightforever.fireside.fm ADVERTISE ON FIGHT FOREVER: fightforeverpod@gmail.com FIND US ON FACEBOOK- facebook.com/fightforever/ FIND US ON INSTAGRAM- instagram.com/heyimadethatpro/ FIND US ON TWITTER- twitter.com/heyimadethatpro Special Guest: Banks.

We're Back! Technical issues ate our last episode, but we're back baby. We briefly recap the last two-ish months in WWE, including a Wrestlemania bet gone hilariously wrong, the continuing misadventures of The Big Dolphin Roman Reigns, make a lot of references that probably don't play outside of DFW, and of course, chronicle the beginning of the greatness that is CHAD. VISIT OUR WEBSITE: fightforever.fireside.fm ADVERTISE ON FIGHT FOREVER: fightforeverpod@gmail.com FIND US ON FACEBOOK- facebook.com/fightforever/ FIND US ON INSTAGRAM- instagram.com/heyimadethatpro/ FIND US ON TWITTER- twitter.com/heyimadethatpro

Before we get to the show notes proper, let me just get this one little thing off my chest... DANIEL BRYAN IS BACK OOOOHHHHHHH MYYYYYYY GOOOOOOOOOODDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD also maybe Undertaker and Chuck Liddell too BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY DANIEL BRYAN WHAT THE FFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUU- VISIT OUR WEBSITE: fightforever.fireside.fm ADVERTISE ON FIGHT FOREVER: fightforeverpod@gmail.com FIND US ON FACEBOOK- facebook.com/fightforever/ FIND US ON INSTAGRAM- instagram.com/heyimadethatpro/ FIND US ON TWITTER- twitter.com/heyimadethatpro Special Guest: Banks.

This week, we cover a lot of subjects that may make you... Question Reality. Was Wilder/Ortega fixed? Are we really doing Reigns/Lesnar again? Can a man win a UFC fight by being knocked out? Are nootropics actually a thing? We might not have all the answers yet, but we can be absolutely sure of one thing... Connor MacGregor ate the hell out of that chicken sandwich. VISIT OUR WEBSITE: fightforever.fireside.fm ADVERTISE ON FIGHT FOREVER: fightforeverpod@gmail.com FIND US ON FACEBOOK- facebook.com/heyImadethat/ FIND US ON INSTAGRAM- instagram.com/heyimadethatpro/ FIND US ON TWITTER- twitter.com/heyimadethatpro Special Guest: Banks.

LET'S GET READY FOR RONDAAAAAAAA! The Fight Forever boys put on some comically oversized leather jackets and dig into the biggest combat sports crossover since May-Mac! We give Stipe Miocic a can't-miss gimmick makeover, put the longstanding Bill Nye / Beakman beef to rest, and give our long-running Jon Jones overage the smooth jazz makeover it needed. Oh, and we talk UFC 220, Royal Rumble, New Beginning in Sapporo and Takeover: Philadelphia, because FIGHT SPORTS. VISIT OUR WEBSITE: fightforever.fireside.fm ADVERTISE ON FIGHT FOREVER: fightforeverpod@gmail.com FIND US ON FACEBOOK- facebook.com/fightforeverpod/ FIND US ON INSTAGRAM- instagram.com/fightforeverpod/ FIND US ON TWITTER- twitter.com/fightforeverpod Many thanks, as always, to Mo Goodly & Ryder Johnson for the music we use on the show. Special Guest: Banks.

What’s that you say? Podfading? Side projects? Them Fight Forever boys giving up on combat sports? HARDLY! We’re back and better than ever with a DOUBLE-SIZED episode for you this month, chock full of Royal Rumble 2018 predictions, Wrestle Kingdom 12 reactions, UFC 220 previews, the continuing saga of Jon “That Much Of An Idiot” Jones’ doping case... and a lot of men... eating a lot of oats. ADVERTISE ON FIGHT FOREVER: fightforeverpod@gmail.com FIND US ON FACEBOOK- facebook.com/fightforeverpod/ FIND US ON SOUNDCLOUD- @fightforeverpod FIND US ON INSTAGRAM- instagram.com/fightforeverpod/ FIND US ON TWITTER- twitter.com/fightforeverpod Many thanks, as always, to Mo Goodly & Ryder Johnson for the music we use on the show. Special Guest: Banks.

Honk honk—Everybody get in! Grab a seat on the Lex Express, cause we're in for a wild ride this week on Fight Forever! That's right, we've got cutting edge Victor Hugo literary analysis, Stranger Things spoilers, UFC 217, a Survivor Series preview PLUS— A shockingly earnest discussion about modern American labor relations in creative industries, and the steroid thriller documentary Icarus. (That's why we're on the Lex Luger bus, you see. BECAUSE STEROIDS.) ADVERTISE ON FIGHT FOREVER: fightforeverpod@gmail.com FIND US ON FACEBOOK- facebook.com/fightforeverpod/ FIND US ON SOUNDCLOUD- @fightforeverpod FIND US ON INSTAGRAM- instagram.com/fightforeverpod/ FIND US ON TWITTER- twitter.com/fightforeverpod Many thanks, as always, to Mo Goodly & Ryder Johnson for the music we use on the show.

Listen, we love our listeners, but I'm sorry to say we've found a new meal ticket. ATTENTION WHATCULTURE: IF YOU'RE READING THIS, CONSIDER THIS EPISODE OUR JOB APPLICATION. WE CAN WRITE JOKES, WRESTLING SCRIPS, AND A NEVER-ENDING TORRENT OF LISTICLES. Plus, Colin does a decent King Ross impersonation... for a schmuck from Texas. ADVERTISE ON FIGHT FOREVER: fightforeverpod@gmail.com FIND US ON FACEBOOK- facebook.com/fightforeverpod/ FIND US ON SOUNDCLOUD- @fightforeverpod FIND US ON INSTAGRAM- instagram.com/fightforeverpod/ FIND US ON TWITTER- twitter.com/fightforeverpod Many thanks, as always, to Mo Goodly & Ryder Johnson for the music we use on the show.

YOU'RE AD HERE (released internationally as Night of the USADA Piss Vamps) is a 2017 episode of the combat sports news / comedy Fight Forever podcast written, directed, produced & distributed by Hey, I Made That! Studios. The episode follows Zach and Colin, two doofus underachievers, as they discuss Canelo vs. GGG, The Four Horsewomen (MMA) vs. The Four Horsewomen (WWE), Vince McMahon vs. Common Sense... and hilariously fail at selling ad space in their show. FIND US ON FACEBOOK- facebook.com/fightforeverpod/ FIND US ON EMAIL - fightforeverpod @ gmail FIND US ON SOUNDCLOUD- @fightforeverpod FIND US ON INSTAGRAM- instagram.com/fightforeverpod/ FIND US ON TWITTER- twitter.com/fightforeverpod Many thanks, as always, to Mo Goodly & Ryder Johnson for the music we use on the show.

We find ourselves in a bit of a dead zone for fight sports this week, everybody. In this liminal space, beyond the sound and fury of Mayweather/McGregor, we bullshit a bit about the weird worked shoots of WWE's No Mercy build, Buzzfeed quizzes about your genitalia's zodiac signs, and Jon Jones' steroid coach and aspiring stand-up comedian Boris, the single most interesting character we've ever created ever, hands down. FIND US ON FACEBOOK- facebook.com/fightforeverpod/ FIND US ON SOUNDCLOUD- @fightforeverpod FIND US ON INSTAGRAM- instagram.com/fightforeverpod/ FIND US ON TWITTER- twitter.com/fightforeverpod Many thanks, as always, to Mo Goodly & Ryder Johnson for the music we use on the show.

It's finally here folks! The biggest fightsports clusterfuck to shame our national airwaves since Butterbean clowned Bart Gunn- Floyd Mayweather vs. Connor McGregor! We dish on this shitshow spectacle of a lifetime, plus Jon 'Bones' Jones' drug suspension, Summerslam fallout, and what I can only describe with a great sense of shame as... "Vince Milk." FIND US ON FACEBOOK- facebook.com/fightforeverpod/ FIND US ON SOUNDCLOUD- @fightforeverpod FIND US ON INSTAGRAM- instagram.com/fightforeverpod/ FIND US ON TWITTER- twitter.com/fightforeverpod Many thanks as always, to Mo Goodly or the use of his music for the show. You can find him on Soundcloud at @mogoodly

Tear up those missing persons reports, call off the search, cause we're back after a harrowing ordeal with the zip ties, blindfolds, and unmarked vans of certain other wrestling podcasters of which we'll never ever speak poorly of ever again. Instead, we cover AJ Styles' awful tourist etiquette, accidentally hiring prostitutes in Roppongi, Vince's 20 year rib on Kurt Angle, and our Summerslam 2017 predictions! FIND US ON FACEBOOK- facebook.com/fightforeverpod/ FIND US ON SOUNDCLOUD- @fightforeverpod FIND US ON INSTAGRAM- instagram.com/fightforeverpod/ FIND US ON TWITTER- twitter.com/fightforeverpod Many thanks, as always, to Mo Goodly & Ryder Johnson for the music we use on the show.

Yo we're Fight Forever and we're here to say, this week we talk rappers in a major way. Seriously, its kind of unprecedented how fluent we managed to be on the subject. Usually it's... I dunno, an hour of jokes about Vince putting leaves inside of people, or tidal waves of syphilis, or John Cena making love to the Statue of Liberty... but this episode, we actually gave some serious time to the best feud of 2017: Joe Budden vs. Migos. Oh, and wrestling too. FIND US ON FACEBOOK- facebook.com/fightforeverpod/ FIND US ON SOUNDCLOUD- @fightforeverpod FIND US ON INSTAGRAM- instagram.com/fightforeverpod/ FIND US ON TWITTER- twitter.com/fightforeverpod Many thanks, as always, to Mo Goodly or the use of his music for the show. You can find him on Soundcloud at @mogoodly

Let it never be said those Fight Forever boys don't get you your hour's worth of podcast. From WWE's 'apology week' of women's wrestling main events, to Ring of Honor's Best In The World 2017, to a series review on Netflix's GLOW, to a brief retrospective of the first decade of post-Benoit WWE, we tackle some pretty meaty stuff for y'all this week. Also we made jokes about Hulk Hogan's penis, but now I just feel weird, mentioning it after I just typed the word 'meaty'. Ugh, see, just did it again. Giving myself the shudders here, yikes. FIND US ON FACEBOOK- facebook.com/fightforeverpod/ FIND US ON SOUNDCLOUD- @fightforeverpod FIND US ON INSTAGRAM- instagram.com/fightforeverpod/ FIND US ON TWITTER- twitter.com/fightforeverpod Many thanks, as always, to Mo Goodly or the use of his music for the show. You can find him on Soundcloud at @mogoodly

Meaty show this week, folks. Aside from, yawn, Big Cass' sudden but inevitable betrayal of his forever best friend, we cover Brawn Strowman's Summer Vacation, that miserable 2017 Money In The Bank ladder match, and Corey Graves: World's Vapest Detective. Look, Enzo had it coming, alright? Any man dresses like a Spencer's and a Foot Locker had a baby, dude needs a swift kick to the head is alls I'm saying. FIND US ON FACEBOOK- facebook.com/fightforeverpod/ FIND US ON SOUNDCLOUD- @fightforeverpod FIND US ON INSTAGRAM- instagram.com/fightforeverpod/ FIND US ON TWITTER- twitter.com/fightforeverpod Many thanks, as always, to Mo Goodly or the use of his music for the show. You can find him on Soundcloud at @mogoodly

There's nothing quite like the severe whiplash of watching some of the greatest in-ring performers of a generation turn in arguably the best match ever in the history of the sport, only to have to wash it down with a limp week of tv wrestling like usual. At least it brings us one of our more... punch drunk episodes? We give our predictions for Money in the Bank, turn Vince into Snake Plissken, review NJPW Dominion, speculate on the upcoming Mayweather/McGregor train wreck, and somehow confuse Bayley for Ol' Blue Eyes. Many thanks as always, to Mo Goodly or the use of his music for the show. You can find him on Soundcloud at @mogoodly FIND US ON FACEBOOK- facebook.com/fightforeverpod/ FIND US ON SOUNDCLOUD- @fightforeverpod FIND US ON INSTAGRAM- instagram.com/fightforeverpod/ FIND US ON TWITTER- twitter.com/fightforeverpod

It's another week of wrestling, and we're bringing you the hot pro graps content you crave: old memes and Hanna-Barbera jokes. We cover the desperately one-note Extreme Rules PPV, fat guys choking out fat guys, Lana's debut, Matt Hardy's likely baby names, and definitely, definitely the first match Shinsuke Nakamura and Kevin Owens have ever had ever, for sure, yep. 100% truth in advertising there, mhm. Definitely. :wink: Many thanks as always, to Mo Goodly or the use of his music for the show. You can find him on Soundcloud at @mogoodly FIND US ON FACEBOOK- facebook.com/fightforeverpod/ FIND US ON SOUNDCLOUD- @fightforeverpod FIND US ON INSTAGRAM- instagram.com/fightforeverpod/ FIND US ON TWITTER- twitter.com/fightforeverpod

Hello everybody, it's ya boys at Fight Forever, back after a little bit of an unplanned hiatus. It's been a... bad three weeks on WWE television not really worth recapping, so we just talk the biggest news of the past month, Jinder Mahal, and a retro review of Armageddon 2000! Thanks for bearing with us during these little speed bumps, we're back on course to cover all our favorite fake fighters fighting fake fights, so you don't have to. Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more. FIND US ON FACEBOOK- facebook.com/fightforeverpod/ FIND US ON SOUNDCLOUD- @fightforeverpod FIND US ON INSTAGRAM- instagram.com/fightforeverpod/ FIND US ON TWITTER- twitter.com/fightforeverpod Many thanks as always, to Mo Goodly or the use of his music for the show. You can find him on Soundcloud at @mogoodly

With WWE solidly in the "post-Mania hangover" season of weak writing and weaker ratings, we're valiantly watching and talking sports entertainment so you don't have to. This week, we cover the continued, painful restructuring of Smackdown, a wrestling stable made entirely of famous magicians, WWE's Most Likely To Deny Climate Change, and an illuminating conversation between Dennis Miller & John Layfield! Oh, and Zach gets mad about fonts. Like, really mad. For a couple of minutes. Fucking designers, man. FIND US ON FACEBOOK- facebook.com/fightforeverpod/ FIND US ON SOUNDCLOUD- @fightforeverpod FIND US ON INSTAGRAM- instagram.com/fightforeverpod/ FIND US ON TWITTER- twitter.com/fightforeverpod Many thanks, as always, to Mo Goodly or the use of his music for the show. You can find him on Soundcloud at @mogoodly

Brief episode this week folks, on account of Colin being the one near death this week. Don''t fret though, because in his last remaining hours on Earth, we covered Raw's post-Superstar Shakeup plans, WWE's least fashionable ginger, the continued weakness of the Smackdown women's division, Tomohiro Ishii's travel hacks, PLUS a special appearance by NPR's Ira Glass and Tom Bodett! FIND US ON FACEBOOK- facebook.com/fightforeverpod/ FIND US ON SOUNDCLOUD- @fightforeverpod FIND US ON INSTAGRAM- instagram.com/fightforeverpod/ FIND US ON TWITTER- twitter.com/fightforeverpod Many thanks, as always, to Mo Goodly or the use of his music for the show. You can find him on Soundcloud at @mogoodly

This week on Fight Forever, one of us is going to die at the hands of a Swiss export. It's not Cesaro, cool as that would be, but we do talk the big guy, along with Dolph Ziggler-based schadenfreude, the right and wrong way to get talent over, celebrity lookalikes, the ever-growing list of who exactly Maryse will and will not make crepes for, and our dream cast for Shrek (as brought to you by WWE Films.) Many thanks, as always, to Mo Goodly or the use of his music for the show. You can find him on Soundcloud at @mogoodly FIND US ON TWITTER- twitter.com/fightforeverpod FIND US ON FACEBOOK- www.facebook.com/fightforeverpod/ FIND US ON SOUNDCLOUD- @fightforeverpod

The wheel just keeps on'a turnin' folks, and we're in fine form this week as we talk about those crazy New Day unicorn frappuccinos, Batista's surprise celebrity parents, and Zach's quintessentially American ignorance of Indian culture, Indian cuisine, and basically anything tangentially related to the Indian subcontinent... With the sole exception being the 2015 crime drama Beeba Boys. Look, he's trying, alright? He can't help that he's an idiot sometimes. Many thanks, as always, to Mo Goodly or the use of his music for the show. You can find him on Soundcloud at @mogoodly FIND US ON TWITTER- twitter.com/fightforeverpod FIND US ON FACEBOOK- www.facebook.com/fightforeverpod/ FIND US ON SOUNDCLOUD- @fightforeverpod

I'll be frank folks, this week sucked in WWE. We managed to find plenty of topics to joke about and have fun with, mostly by talking UFC 210, NJPW Sakura Genesis, and limiting WWE chat to the most interesting roster switches to come out of the shakeup. Oh, and that awesome Brawn Strongman segment. The rest is a rather serious discussion about the Mauro Ranallo situation, the toxic culture of old school wrestlers, and the ethics of consuming pro wrestling in light of it's.... ah, decidedly mixed treatment of the talent. Fair warning if you'd rather just listen to us joke about Air Bud doing MMA. I wouldn't blame you. C'est la vie. Many thanks, as always, to Mo Goodly or the use of his music for the show. You can find him on Soundcloud at @mogoodly FIND US ON TWITTER- twitter.com/fightforeverpod FIND US ON FACEBOOK- www.facebook.com/fightforeverpod/ FIND US ON SOUNDCLOUD- @fightforeverpod

If we're a little punchier than usual in this episode, folks, it's because consume the 11 billion hours of post Wrestlemania content is driving us completely mad. Like "Alzheimer's in our fingers mad." Like "a sequel to the maligned 2007 Jim Carrey thriller 'The Number 23' mad." Like "Vince McMahon almost manages to not ruin Shinsuke Nakamura" levels of out there wackadoo. You've been warned. Many thanks, as always, to Mo Goodly or the use of his music for the show. You can find him at- https://soundcloud.com/mogoodly FIND US ON TWITTER- https://twitter.com/fightforeverpod FIND US ON FACEBOOK- https://www.facebook.com/fightforeverpod/ FIND US ON SOUNDCLOUD- https://soundcloud.com/fightforeverpod

And just like that, our long national nightmare is ov— I mean Wrestlemania 33 has come & gone! We're running down the weekend's events as we explore the growing representation of frogmen, reimagine some classic comedy bits for WWE and yes... we bag on Roman Reigns, like a bunch. I mean, c'mon. Duh.

This week on Fight Forever, we're previewing and predicting the winners at Wrestlemania 33, and NXT Takeover: Orlando! We uncover what's really motivating John Cena's Wrestlemania matchup, Daniel Bryan's complete inability to fake a phone call for television, and Big Cass' checkered history with spelling bees.

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Look, if I could put the explicit tag on this episode twice I think I just might, because man, this episode goes some PLACES, y'all. Let me just go ahead and issue a pre-emptive apology to, uh, basically everybody... especially Amy Schumer... again. Also, the "R" stands for Roman Reigns as we manage to actually, thoughtfully, meaningfully discuss the character & why we've got such scorn for the Big Dog. Plus Raw, Smackdown, NXT, Wrestlemania speculation & more!

This week on Fight Forever, we're not sure how to feel about anything... Not Roman Reigns and his bestseller autobiography, not CM Punk, The Looser King of Chicago, not Randy Orton WHO NEED I REMIND YOU DESECRATED A CORPSE TO RAUCOUS CHEERS... not anything, really... except for Fastlane. I think we know exactly how we feel about that mess.

I'm not gonna lie folks, we go to some strange places on this episode of Fight Forever, including Vince's preparations for the afterlife, getting intimate with automobiles, AJ Styles' efforts at inclusiveness, and tradecraft tips for cheating on the road! Oh, and the week in wrestling too, I guess. It's hard to recall much besides a bunch of talk about wrestler dicks. That... ah, that kept coming up.

This week on Fight Forever, Zach & Colin talk the sorry state of the Raw tag team division, Naomi's injury & title forfeit, who should replace Mick Foley PLUS, maybe you've heard of this Kevin Steen guy? Max Landis sure wants you to know he has. Also, AJ Styles is an idiot.

Bite-sized for your pleasure, it's a Fight Forever minisode! Zach & Colin talk the New Beginning in Sapporo & Osaka cards, Lesnar's retirement from MMA, Cena's backstage politicking, and energy drink ASMR in this laid back af minisode of Fight Forever!

This week on Fight Forever, Zach & Colin review the Elimination Chamber PPV, mourn the breakup of WWE's cutest couple, talk about the 3(!!!) new champions we got this week and dish some hot takes about crowds and the stuff they chant.

This week on Fight Forever, Zach & Colin break down the week in WWE, including the mirror match between 2 samoan Joes, Dadberg in the Universal title picture, 'progressive' womens' feuds, our ambivalence on Smackdown's upcoming pay-per-view and Zach's complete inability to get anybody's names right.

Welcome to the inaugural episode of Fight Forever, the new professional wrestling discussion and review show all about our favorite fake fighters fighting fake fights. This week, host Zach & Colin break down the Royal Rumble, NXT TakeOver: San Antonio, and the explosive first week on the Road To Wrestlemania 33.