Each week two strapping joke slingers bring you news and comments from the lighter side of wrestling nostalgia. They pay homage to their favorite and too often forgotten southern territory of the '80s - The Southern Gentleman of Wrestling.
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Listeners of The Rough House Podcast 3.0 that love the show mention: even watch wrestling,The WWE takes 'run it back' to a whole new level, and AEW does the most AEW thing possible - running a killer show in Mexico! We break it all down with a staggering amount of Simpsons references!
This week the WWE continues to be a morally bankrupt corporation, NJPW has a big show, and AEW gave us a PPV quality match on another solid (but exhaustingly long) night of wrestling!
Marty and Christoff dig into the shady business side of TKO/WWE and work through a review of a FOUR hour AEW broadcast from this past Wednesday.
THIS WEEK - Johnny Ace turns face, Triple Paul is a dick, R-Truth gets released in real time and AEW puts on a banger PPV and starts a solid build to All In
THIS WEEK - WWE gets greedy, NJPW gets better(?), and AEW builds to a PPV about which Marty and Christoff have concerns.
We're back as we remember the career of Sabu, roll our eyes at the latest WWE developments, and talk about some bright spots on the build to AEW Double or Nothing!
It's a special preview episode of Schlegel's Soapbox as Justin joins us this week to discuss the current problems plaguing WWE. If you enjoyed it, sign up for our Patreon where Justin joins us for monthly episodes just like this!
We're back with a full recap of WrestleMania 41, big changes in NJPW, and AEW getting back on track with some all-time great matches!
We're back with a supersized episode discussing the build and card for WrestleMania, AEW Dynasty and Marty's experiences at Dynamite in Baltimore!
We check in on the odd build to WrestleMania and cautiously enjoy AEW hopefully righting the ship in their booking problems!
THIS WEEK - John Cena falls into a wrestling trope, NJPW continues to make baffling booking decisions, and AEW goes viral with a gnarly bump and some spicy commentary! PLUS we ask big AEW questions about Cope's future and how to solve the World Title dilemma.
THIS WEEK - Triple Paul nukes kayfabe, AEW puts on an all-timer of a PPV (until it sucked) and the post-PPV Dynamite & Collision sets up some interesting and some questionable stories.
THIS WEEK - WWE follows up on the biggest heel turn in recent memory HOW? Jade Cargill got into a fight with WHO? NJPW did WHAT to improvise after a major incident? And AEW builds to a PPV by copying WHO? All these questions are answered and MORE as Marty becomes the newest member of a wrestling faction!
THIS WEEK - The impossible happened, chambers were eliminated, returns were made, and we have a serious discussion about melodrama in wrestling.
Dwayne blows up the WrestleMania card, the Elimination Chamber field is set, Thunder Rosa doesn't know how to do a run in, MJF & Hangman talk (A LOT), and the road to AEW Revolution becomes more clear in this week's episode!
What a wild week in pro wrestling - industry morons in government, awards for bracelets, debuts, releases, trips to Australia, returns to form and complete indifference into a world title storyline AND MORE!
THIS WEEK - WWE releases another round of talent, we try to figure out what the WrestleMania card will look like, and over in AEW we continue to ponder how MJF has fallen so hard but discuss some very good matches from the week!
It was another busy week in pro wrestling as WWE hosted the Royal Rumble, new lawsuit details confirm Christoff's suspicions, and AEW continues to give us high highs and low lows.
It's Royal Rumble season and the boys discuss the upcoming annual event PLUS AEW is both really good and really bad simultaneously and it's all broken down!
THIS WEEK - Marty talks Christoff through his feelings of Penta debuting in WWE, Corey Graves tweets and deletes, and AEW continues to be a bafflingly frustrating experience!
It's the Rough House 400th Episode Spectacular - where we do the same thing we do every week, make fun of WWE and give suggestions on how to help AEW be the company we know it can be!
WE'RE BACK - so pack a lunch because we've got a TON to discuss including WWE, NJPW's Wrestle Kingdom/Dynasty, AEW World's End, new streaming homes, new theme songs, and MORE!
In our last episode of the year we address a misnomer in our intro, discuss the WWE Saturday's Main Event, and dig into Continental Classic matches and what continues to baffle us about AEW.
It was another busy week of prowres and SOMEBODY didn't watch any of it! So Marty has the Herculean task of trying to explain it to a punchy and Dayquil-hopped Christoff!
It's Continental Classic season and the action has begun in AEW along with attempts being made to clarify ongoing storylines. But first, War Games happened and was more dangerous than ever - aside from some of the worst chair shots we've ever seen!
AEW Full Gear 2024 is in the books - and it's a mixed bag! Marty and Christoff break down the results, along with their continued concerns for the company AND touch on the build to WWE Survivor Series WAR GAMES.
Marty and Christoff are back and - after a tangent on Kevin Smith movies - go through the big stories in WWE, NJPW, and AEW including new titles, new matches, the build for Full Gear, and wardrobe complaints!
It's been a LONG week, but Marty and Christoff are here to bring you up to date on the world of wrestling with NXT's suspect bookings, NJPW possibly turning a corner, and AEW building to Full Gear with faction warfare.
A busy week of wrestling is recapped - including a plethora of injuries, more Blood Money, a sub-par in-ring return, and trying to make sense of AEW's non-intersecting storylines!
Marty and Christoff are back - and punchier than ever - in a recap of the week in WWE, Impact, NJPW, and AEW! Will recent moves get Christoff to watch WWE again? Will Lio Rush return from retirement? Will The Learning Tree get sent to the woodchipper? Listen to find out!
Marty and Christoff are back with AEW Wrestle Dream in the books, Bryan Danielson retired, Moxley and company taking over as well as debuts in WWE and Marty bestows an unexpected award on Christoff!
It was a BUSY week as WWE had Bad Blood, Triple Paul put his entitle foot in his mouth, Tony Khan makes a good chunk of the internet eat crow and then put on a 5th Anniversary show of Dynamite on the build to Wrestle Dream!
Marty and Christoff are back talking about the build to WWE Bad Blood, digressing into Drew Carey lore, AEW Grand Slam week and what's shaping up storyline-wise in AEW leading to Wrestle Dream.
Marty and Chris are back and worry about the future of AI, complain about WWE's latest attempt at 'cinema' and talk about the current positives and negatives of AEW and the potential of a new TV deal.
It's been another busy week in wrestling as WWE starts a new era of Smackdown, NJPW limps through the fall, and AEW (maybe) signs a new deal and puts out some questionable choices on their weekly shows. Marty and Chris are here to break it all down!
AEW's All Out 2024 is in the books in all of it's ultra-violent glory! Marty and Christoff break down the show and wonder where big angles will go next!
It's been another busy week as Marty and Christoff break down AEW All In from Wembley, WWE Bash in Berlin, the weekly AEW shows AND a preview of next weekend's All Out PPV!
Marty and Christoff are back and they cover the big news of the week(s) from WWE, NJPW, and AEW - as well as a preview of the big Wembley show for AEW, ALL IN!
Marty and Christoff are back! They discuss the sad possibility of the Lucha Bros jumping ship to WWE, Summerslam, G1 Climax, and the current doldrums of AEW.
It's been another busy week with WWE quickly approaching SummerSlam, contracts expiring, more G1 math, CMLL firing up, and AEW/ROH hosting 3000 shows in a one week span!
Marty and Chris are back with a rundown of the current happenings in WWE on the road to SummerSlam, the beginning of G1 Season in NJPW, a Match of the Year candidate on free TV and how AEW is looking heading into Blood and Guts and the build to All In!
THIS WEEK: Triple Paul has been busy poaching talent and booking nonsense while AEW has been building to All In & Blood & Guts while wrapping up the Owen and executing a top notch heel turn!
Money in the Bank and Forbidden Door are in the rearview mirror, MJF and Tonga Loa are back to their respective forms, and AEW has another killer Dynamite - all that and more broken down by Marty & Christoff!
Did the new Wyatts already jump the shark? Did Smackdown achieve "CINEMA" status? Were there too many randos on Dynamite? Are doors even Forbidden anymore? All these questions and more answered on this week's show!
THIS WEEK: The Wyatt Sicks have arrived, WWE storytelling is showing cracks again, AEW's struggling with their audience, and that Forbidden Door doesn't feel so forbidden anymore, does it? But who cares: TONY KHAN JUST BOOKED THE MOST ROUGH HOUSE MATCH POSSIBLE
Marty has returned and he and Chris go through the busy week in wrestling including WWE's Clash at the Castle, G1 Climax surprises, and a VERY good installment of AEW Dynamite on the road to Forbidden Door.
It's a Rough House v2.0 throwback this week and Christoff is joined by Justin Schlegel to discuss the current state of pro wrestling with pending lawsuits, booking frustrations, and suspect hiring choices for the new Star Wars series!