John and Anne's Wrestling Podcast

We cover a lot of ground in this episode: from Mercedes Moné to Cope/Cage III (technically IV), as the wrestling world prepares for our big trip to Philadelphia.

We talk about everything: Ring of Honor, The Rock, Bayley, and we start a new thing called the New Japan Minute. It's one minute long!

We go over WWE's Elimination Chamber, AEW news, and John talks about New Japan for awhile!

We unpack the latest news on WWE's bumpy, weird road to WrestleMania, a new conversation with Bret Hart, the latest from ROH, NJPW, and the return of Sasha Banks watch!

We unpack fan reactions to the most recent appalling allegations against Vince McMahon. We also talk about the Royal Rumble! It's a real rollercoaster.

We went to AEW World's End in person and we have lots of thoughts about that. Anne also provides a recap of the other big wrestling event of the week: the season finale of the Real Housewives of Salt Lake City. Finally, we also discuss The Rock returning to WWE, again.

CM Punks returns yet again and we're... bored. Luckily, everything else in wrestling is very exciting right now, from GCW consistent greatness to AEW's Continental Classic to MJF's future. We go into it all!

In this very special episode of John and Anne's Wrestling Podcast, our friend and favorite Luchador Parrot Brandon Zelman stops by the pod to talk about TNA, AEW, and WWE's Crown Jewel. We also look back at a special appearance the one and only Willow Nightingale made to XSW.Check out Brandon's podcast 'Who's That Pokémon' wherever you get your podcasts!https://www.wtpokemon.com/

AEW is getting weirder which is great because weird is what WWE Fastlane could've used more of, we unpack both the companies most recent pay-per-views. Luckily Anne also went to see CHOKE HOLE this week and can report it is in fact one of the best shows you could every stay up way too late for.Seriously, check out Choke Hole: https://www.instagram.com/choke.hole/

Our live account of the events of AEW Grand Slam, our awesome night out at Sukeban, and a really frustrating Smackdown are the topics that absolutely dominate our conversation this week.

Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson returned to WWE to feud with.... Austin Theory? Who knows! One thing we do know: Samoa Joe is overdue for a belt.

This week we talk about all our favorite current storylines: from Toni Storm's Old Hollywood Glamour to Eddie Kingston's quest for revenge, and even Iyo and Asuka are set to finally face each other... almost a year after everyone got excited about it, but still! That's cool!

Our long national nightmare has come to and end, and with this episode we say all we have left to say about (John's former favorite) CM Punk.We also shout out some great matches and stuff towards the end, but really this episode is about purging this from our brains one final time.

We talk some more about just what the heck is going on with AEW's Women's Division, and Anne is only watching Impact now—it was great this week!

We were in a crowd dealing with a lot of CM Punk emotions so we unpack that for awhile, plus Ring of Honor thoughts, GCW highlights, and an update on the MLW lawsuit.

The Joshis are coming to NYC, maybe! Early reports of a new wrestling promotion starring Joshi talent swirled this week, so we talk about how we'll fit it in between Impact, AEW, WWE, oh wow and ROH too gosh there's so much wrestling!

An episode all about wrestling's most important character: the crowd.

We talk about why belts matter even in staged combat, and why the WWE does their unifications all wrong. And of course we can't stop ourselves from talking about AEW Collision, specifically CM Punk getting booed.

CM Punk returned to pro wrestling this weekend, and the promo he cut on AEW's newest show Collision still has us reeling. We unpack it for almost the whole hour.

Reverend Scotland Green Esquire M.D. the infamous host of Pro Wrestling Potluck and House of Glory Wrestling School alum joins us for a discussion of this week in wrestling. AEW is selling tickets to Wembley! CM Punk went to Impact (and so apparently has Trinity Fatu,) and we muse briefly about why the WWE Draft even exists.Follow Scotland on Twitter @scotlandgreen and YouTube @MisterGreenMist

John goes on a rant about championship belts in the WWE and NJPW, and then we gossip about CM Punk some more. Anne also gets BeanBoozled by a box of Jelly Bellys, which she deeply regrets.

Lots of drama in this ep... we discuss CM Punk's roster-splitting rumors, New Japan's new era, Impact, Effys Twitter call out, and then we do the awards about 40 minutes in. Enjoy!

We're pretty upset! Raw was bad (again!) and we unpack everyone being sad and/or hopeful about Cody -- you shouldn't be! We talk about the state of the indie scene (it's good!) We give an award to Charles Mason, even though he's a despicable murderer. And we even have some fantasy bookings we hope you'll enjoy.

We also talk about Andy Kaufman towards the end there.

Comedian Casey James Salengo joins us for a lamenting of RAW, we react to AEW Revolution and ROH's first weekly show. Also, we very briefly visit the complicated legacy of Sable.

This episode has segments, but the first hour is basically us just talking about the wrestling stuff we saw this week: RAW, Impact, and of course AEW and a bunch of podcasts that aren't ours.

A very late, soft launch of a new format, which you can now watch with your eyes on YouTube https://youtu.be/VYwtWExgoO0

Will Vince come back? Is Sasha returning? What does FTR stand for? There's so much to discuss!!

Anne doesn't love the existence of jobber but understands their importance and talks about her new favorite jobber Free-Range Kara, and Our Sasha Banks/Naomi Watch is heating the heck up!

We talk about Twitter's loathing for Rhonda Rousey, and Anne learns a thing or two about Survivor Series.

We unpack everything that happened at Full Gear—which was awesome, by the way.

We love Renee Paquette and we don't care who knows it! We also gab about A24 movies that have traumatized John, predict the fate of Sami Zayn, and take some time to appreciate Kevin Owens.

We talk about Halloween Havoc, AEW injuries, and we even play A GAME.

Orange Cassidy is a champion and everything is looking up, mostly.

We talk about Extreme Rules, Edge's wife Beth, and other concerns.

WWE has new ladders for women, and New York lacks a regional fast food chain with a drive thru.

We talk Grand Slam, cinematic universes, and Sasha Banks's car!

Lots of things seem to be brewing on the horizon, and Logan Paul is the worst one.

John goes deep on his feelings about CM Punk and the future of AEW and Anne is really tired from the Emmys.

John is pretty upset about CM Punk in this episode, but not as upset as he would be later as more was revealed. We also talk about the Rings of Power, which is not wrestling related, and Clash at the Castle, which is!

We talk CM Punk, women's championships (tag and regular), and House of the Dragon.

We discuss movies like Batman vs Superman and also a bunch of wrestling stuff.

We pick our own Mount Rushmore of Wrestling and talk about the G1 and AEW and the quick turnaround of the WWE.

There's a lot happening but we do manage to spend a good amount of time talking about the DCU at the top of this one.

Summer Slam was... good? Brock Lesner was... fun to watch? What is happening!!

In case you forgot (like John did) Summerslam is literally this weekend. No I'm not kidding.

We talk all the latest WWE mess and all the latest AEW goodness, and Tyler Baiting, which is a new thing we invented.

The disappointing comeback of John Cena, an injury plagued Forbidden Door, and a description of the river of time in which we're all floating.

Vince McMahon, Sasha Banks, Elias/Ezekial—what a week it's been!

We talk about Jurassic World Dominion and NJPW Dominion, too.

We talk injuries: pecks and feet and CM Punk. Also, the Super Juniors! And also the role of ego in arguments about pop culture.