Waffly Bollox

Vibe's way off this week, lads. (00:00:00) News bits, including MyAEW nabbing some indie promotions, ROH Global Wars, Mark Davis coming to RevPro this weekend and ZSJ coming to Anniversary, and a garden update from Hangman (00:10:49) Will Ospreay’s terrible promo and the even more terrible fan response that followed (00:21:07) The steel cage match teams are confirmed… or are they? (00:29:50) Never let them take Mercedes Moné away from us again (00:34:22) Survival of the Fittest updates (00:37:11) Thekla is keeping the door open (00:39:00) Kenny has also opened the Forbidden Door, somehow in the wrong order (00:43:26) Anyone know what Shota Umino’s deal is these days?(00:45:08) That Chicago Street Fight ruled (00:51:13) Are the Bucks coming to Forbidden Door? (00:54:34) Where next for Speedball? (00:59:08) Which PPVs would you cancel? (01:00:38) Fantasy booking the women’s world title (01:02:46) Happy things Email: [email protected] Shop: ko-fi.com/wrassletrash/shop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We’re still missing a load-bearing Hangman, but you know what? Kenny Omega vs Zack Sabre Jr moves us. Forbidden Door promises to be fun… as long as Andrade keeps his pants on. Email: [email protected] Shop: ko-fi.com/wrassletrash/shop  (00:00:00) Newsy bits: three women announced for the RevPro Women’s Grand Prix; Eddie Kingston might be coming back to London for a tag match; David Francisco attacked JJ Gale but we’re on his side; Michael Oku beat Jay Joshua for the British Heavyweight title and did super sinister heel work; Progress’s ticket prices are wild; EVE needs a female commentator; we’re doing a Mick Foley livestream next week! (00:25:04) Ciampa and Jericho could work a crowd in their sleep (00:27:39) Women’s Owen Hart tournament updates (00:34:55) Other things the AEW women’s roster are up to, including speculation on what Thekla might be doing at Forbidden Door (00:39:00) Men’s Owen Hart tournament updates (00:44:19) What’s going on with the Death Riders? Do we all remember that they broke Chuck Taylor’s neck and made Orange Cassidy drink bleach? (00:50:59) MJF’s lack of friends makes us sad (00:56:48) Andrade face turn when? (01:06:08) Forbidden Door is two weeks away!!!! (01:11:19) Make Orange Cassidy the men’s world champion please (01:14:41) Forgotten why we were angry at Excalibur but we seem to have forgiven him (01:15:19) Happy things! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Basically just an hour and a half of Blackheart Lio Rush impressions. (00:00:00) Newsy bits and pieces including the upcoming RevPro Women’s Grand Prix, Progress’s new owners, Beyond drama, and losing the Butcher and the Blade (00:17:38) Mercedes Moné is back in AEW! (00:23:22) Give us Persephone on commentary every week forever (00:29:26) All hail the Toxic Spider, her live promos are everything (00:32:57) We’re Best Friends girlies (gn) forever and you can’t stop us (00:37:50) Lio Rush is a gremlin and we love him (00:46:04) Bye bye now Rush, we don’t need any more from you (00:54:35) Don Callis is taking over the show and his amorphous blob of men only grows (01:07:17) TayJay survived five with the tallest women alive (01:11:13) Happy times Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Bit of a different one today! After a bit of back and forth on social media about women's wrestling at RevPro, Andy Quildan offered to come and have a proper chat with us about his women's division, including the upcoming Women's Grand Prix shows, that unfortunate International Women's Day show, and much more. (Also, we got into it a bit about Blackheart Lio Rush and David Francisco, because why not?) The tweet that started it all: https://x.com/awfullywaffly/status/2057074718826483877 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Two things happened this week: an AEW pay-per-view, and a record-breaking heatwave in the UK. Your girlies (gn) made it through both, but we couldn’t say we were at our best. (00:00:00) We’re too hot and we’ve watched too much wrestling (00:04:52) Mick Foley is All Elite! (00:07:38) Pre-show: just a five-minute eliminator for the Divine Dominion, while people are still coming in? (00:10:54) Pre-show: Death Riders vs The Opps, for some reason (00:11:48) Pre-show: The Conglomeration plus Boom and Doom vs Shane Taylor Promotions (00:16:39) Pre-show: Some words of wisdom from Mick Foley for MJF and Darby Allin (00:21:22) Tag Team Championship New York Street Fight I Quit Match: FTR vs Cope and Christian (00:28:39) International Championship Match: Okada vs Takeshita (00:37:43) Owen Hart Foundation Quarter Final: Athena vs Mina Shirakawa (plus a heat-induced meltdown) (00:54:06) No Time Limit Continental Championship Match: Jon Moxley vs Kyle O’Reilly (00:59:51) Owen Hart Foundation Quarter Final: Will Ospreay vs Samoa Joe (and why we will never take on board what’s “definitely” going to happen six months down the line) (01:08:37) Owen Hart Foundation Quarter Final: Swerve Strickland vs Bandido (and some wrestlers we’d put on the bench) (01:16:24) Women’s World Championship 4-Way Match: Thekla vs Jamie Hayter vs Hikaru Shida vs Kris Statlander (and Kris vs Shida’s Philly Street Fight) (01:26:43) A moment of losing our minds in the heat (01:27:20) Stadium Stampede Match: Jericho and the Hurt Syndicate and the Young Bucks and Kenny Omega and Jack Perry vs The Demand and The Dogs and Andrade El Idolo and Mark Davis, with bonus Luther, Lio Rush, MVP, and more (01:46:25) Men’s World Championship Hair vs Title Match: Darby Allin vs MJF (02:03:47) A heartbreaking heel turn, plus an outfit that defies description (02:10:10) The next challengers for the Men’s World Championship (02:21:15) Happy times Email: [email protected] Shop: ko-fi.com/wrassletrash/shop  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices