2025 WrestlePalooza
SINGLES MATCH
JOHN CENA vs. BROCK LESNAR
TAG MATCH
USOS vs. THE VISION
MATCH FOR THE VACANT WOMEN’S WORLD TITLE
STEPHANIE VAQUER vs. IYO SKY
WWE TITLE MATCH
CODY RHODES [c] vs. DREW McINTYRE
MIXED TAG MATCH
CM PUNK & AJ LEE vs. SETH ROLLINS & BECKY LYNCH
NEWS (9/14 – 9/18)
· Cena/Lesnar placement on WrestlePalooza Card
· Opening Match Announced for AEW All Out
· AEW is going to plan a huge AEW Revolution in Spring 2027
· Bianca Belair Still Dealing with Broken Finger Suffered at WM
“Top Stories” - One Thing Done Well in Wrestling This Week
- Josh: NXT Homecoming
- Jarret: Jey/Jimmy interactions
“Same Brethren Time, Same Brethren Channel” - One Thing You’re Looking Forward to Next Week
- Josh: Ramping up towards Crown Jewel: Perth - who will be highlighted?
- Jarret: Et Tu, Jey Uso?
Sound-Off
- Josh: What the Hell? (Jacob Fatu)
- Jarret: iPhone 13 (work phone)
NEWS (9/11 – 9/13)
· WrestleMania reported cost and Royal Rumble
· Andrade gone from WWE
· Eddie Kingston’s Return to the Ring Set
* Shooting The Ish
* Sound Off!
Smackdown 9/5
* John Cena's first hour
* The middle full of people who we like but didn't want to see this night
* Main Event Segment (Return of AJ Lee)
NEWS (8/31 – 9/2)
· WrestlePalooza Guesstimated Card
· AEW Breaking Their Thanksgiving Tradition This Year
· Roman Reigns Contract Details and Demands for a New Contract
“Top Stories” - One Thing Done Well in Wrestling This Week
- Josh: The build to the return of AJ Lee, without saying AJ Lee (but the crowd said it and Jackie and Big E said it).
- Jarret: Roman being written off TV
“Same Brethren Time, Same Brethren Channel” - One Thing You’re Looking Forward to Next Week
- Josh: Can we please get back to Natalya/Nattie and Bayley?
- Jarret: Becky in The Vision
Sound-Off
- Josh: Health Update
- Jarret: I don’t wanna work
NEWS (8/27 – 8/30)
· Congratulations to Cody and Brandi Rhodes on the birth of their second daughter
· Seth Rollins Joins NFL Network’s ‘Good Morning Football’ Talk Show As Host For This Season
· DDP Hospitalized Due To Heart Issues (but since released)
· WWE Speed Titles Coming to NXT
· Kevin Owens provides update on neck and future
· HBO Max and Pay-Per-View Events
PREDICTIONS FOR CLASH IN PARIS
NEWS (8/24 – 8/26)
· Mercedes Moné is now “Nine Belts Moné”.
“Top Stories” - One Thing Done Well in Wrestling This Week
- Josh: Bayley’s Third Vignette: Return of the Hugger vs Role Model
- Jarret: Lights Out Unsanctioned Match in AEW Forbidden Door
“Same Brethren Time, Same Brethren Channel” - One Thing You’re Looking Forward to Next Week
- Josh: Post-Clash RAW, heading towards Crown Jewel in Perth, AU
- Jarret: Jey Uso… based on the end of RAW this week
Sound-Off
- Josh: YouTubeTV and FOX
- Jarret: Ice Skating
- Both: Nattie
NEWS (8/20 – 8/23)
· WWE/ESPN drop the WrestlePalooza announcement - but also another bombshell
· WWE and Peacock announced a new multi-year partnership to exclusively stream "Saturday Night's Main Event" on Peacock
· Pat McAfee to return at WrestlePalooza
· Chris Jericho Rumors of Return to WWE in 2026; with some in AEW Believing he’ll be at the Royal Rumble
· WWE’s Deal with X has come to an end
The State of Wrestling - From our perspective
Podcast Announcement
NEWS (8/13 – 8/19)
· Apparent trade made between RAW and Smackdown
· TNA Sale Rumors and Report
· WWE to Counter-Program against All Out with old ECW PPV Named Event
· Naomi is the latest woman to announce pregnancy and head off for maternity leave
· Roman Reigns Reaches Milestone
“Top Stories” - One Thing Done Well in Wrestling This Week
- Josh: Bayley’s 2nd Vignette - with a caveat of where it’s going
- Jarret: TripleMania Event
“Same Brethren Time, Same Brethren Channel” - One Thing You’re Looking Forward to Next Week
- Josh: Still need to get some movement towards Nattie
- Jarret: Natalya
Sound-Off
- Josh: Happy Birthday, Lillian Garcia (8/19) who turns 59 today – MIND BLOWN
- Jarret: Nattie / Natalya
NEWS (8/6 – 8/12)
· ESPN and WWE
· Roman Reigns booked for 2 RAWs and Clash in Paris; not filming just yet
· Karrion Kross and Scarlett for all intents and purposes appear to be gone from WWE
· WWE Purposely Scheduling a PLE against AEW All Out on Sept 20
· Naomi not medically cleared - rumors running rampant
“Top Stories” - One Thing Done Well in Wrestling This Week
- Josh: Bayley’s vignette on RAW
- Jarret: Maxxine Dupri’s shot at the IC Title with Becky Lynch
“Same Brethren Time, Same Brethren Channel” - One Thing You’re Looking Forward to Next Week
- Josh: The reaction to Becky Lynch… are we getting a response from Natalya… or Nattie?
- Jarret: The Maxxine Dupri Story
Sound-Off
- Josh: TKO impacting WWE prices / Wrestling Content Creators / Podcasting
- Jarret: Eddie Van Halen
NEWS (7/31 – 8/5)
· Dustin Rhodes is set for double knee-replacement; but insists this is “not the end”... at 56
· GUNTHER is having nose surgery and that is why they said he’s out indefinitely.
· Two-night PLEs coming to Survivor Series and Royal Rumble?
· Jade Cargill’s decent down the pecking order
“Top Stories” - One Thing Done Well in Wrestling This Week
- Josh: John Cena’s Face Turn on Smackdown 8/1
- Jarret: Result of Punk/Gunther match
“Same Brethren Time, Same Brethren Channel” - One Thing You’re Looking Forward to Next Week
- Josh: How they craft CM Punk / LA Knight / Seth Rollins
- Jarret: Tying all the main event players together
Sound-Off / SummerSlam Review
Jarret and Josh discuss the passing of Hulk (Terry Bollea) Hogan, and then they make their SummerSlam 2025 predictions!
2025 SummerSlam Saturday
SINGLES MATCH
SAMI ZAYN vs. KARRION KROSS
TAG TEAM MATCH
RANDY ORTON/JELLY ROLL vs. DREW McINTYRE/LOGAN PAUL
WOMEN’S TAG TITLE MATCH
JUDGMENT DAY vs. ACQUANTANCES OF CONVENIENCE
TAG TEAM MATCH
ROMAN REIGNS/JEY USO vs. BRON BREAKKER/BRONSON REED
WWE WOMEN’s TITLE MATCH
TIFFANY STRATTON [c] vs. (QOTR) JADE CARGILL
WWE WORLD TITLE MATCH
GUNTHER [c] vs. CM PUNK
2025 SummerSlam Sunday
WWE TAG TEAM TITLE SIX-PACK TLC MATCH
WYATT SICK6 [c] vs. DIY vs. STREET PROFITS vs. ANDRADE/FENIX vs. FRAXIOM vs. MCMG
INTERCONTINENTAL TITLE MATCH - NO DQ / NO CO
BECKY LYNCH [c] vs. LYRA VALKYRIA
WOMEN’s WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP - TRIPLE THREAT TITLE MATCH
NAOMI [c] vs. IYO SKY vs. RHEA RIPLEY
INTERCONTINENTAL TITLE MATCH
DIRTY DOM [c] vs. AJ STYLES
UNITED STATES TITLE MATCH - INSIDE A STEEL CAGE
SOLO SIKOA [c] vs. JACOB FATU
UNDISPUTED UNIVERSAL TITLE MATCH - STREET FIGHT
JOHN CENA [c] vs. (KOTR) CODY RHODES
[recorded July 22, 2025]
Jarret and Josh ponder "why do we do this?"... just to start off the show.
After that, they scour the Internet to find topics to discuss "live" and off-the-cuff on this episode just before SummerSlam Predictions.
[recorded July 9, 2025]
NEWS (7/3 – 7/9)
· Shayna Baszler has returned to WWE – kinda
“Top Stories” - One Thing Done Well in Wrestling This Week
- Josh: The continued rising star of Lyra Valkyria
- Jarret: Bron Breakker’s promo to start RAW this week
“Same Brethren Time, Same Brethren Channel” - One Thing You’re Looking Forward to Next Week
- Josh: Not really next week, but this weekend - GAB, SNME, Evolution 2
- Jarret: Same
Sound-Off
Mutual Discussion Point: True Heels in Today’s Wrestling Landscape
[recorded July 2, 2025]
NEWS (6/27 – 7/2)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BRET HART! (68)
· WWE Takeover: Perth Announced For October With Raw, SmackDown & Crown Jewel 2025 In Western Australia
· Report: Cody Rhodes To Play Guile In New Street Fighter Movie, Will Join Cast That Includes Roman Reigns, Jason Momoa & 50 Cent
· Several AEW Talent Might Be on Their Way to WWE
· Britt Baker is Reportedly Trying to Get Out of Her AEW Contract - AEW has no plans to release her
· Adam Copeland reveals that his in-ring time is just about up
· Ruby Soho is training to return to the ring - congrats again out to her and Angelo Parker.
“Top Stories” - One Thing Done Well in Wrestling This Week
- Josh: Solo’s Group + Jacob Fatu + Jimmy Uso
- Jarret: NXT’s Jacy Jayne + Jordynne Grace + Blake Monroe
“Same Brethren Time, Same Brethren Channel” - One Thing You’re Looking Forward to Next Week
- Josh: Building towards SNME and Evolution
- Jarret: Blake Monroe + Jordynne Grace
Sound-Off
- Josh: MLB
Jays tonight, Trade HRs, and Baez/PCA in ASG
- Jarret: Joe Hendry
[recorded June 26, 2025]
NEWS (6/19 – 6/26)
· Gail Kim is reported to have been backstage at NXT recently, but WWE is keeping it quiet for now.
· Smackdown on 7/4 and some August dates appear to be 2 hour shows; this is one of the weirdest on again / off again stories lately.
· WWE is not planning to vacate Women’s Tag Titles, despite Liv Morgan’s injury and not returning to TV anytime soon.
· Big Smackdown booked for Saudi this week (LWS Title match, more + John Cena said We’re Cooking Up Something Special…)
· KEITH LEE UPDATE 🤬🤬🤬🤬
· Bron Breakker reveals that WWE offered the Steiner Name to him.
“Top Stories” - One Thing Done Well in Wrestling This Week
- Josh: The “Reverse-Pipebomb” - Smackdown, June 20th
- Jarret: The “Reverse-Pipebomb” - Smackdown, June 20th
“Same Brethren Time, Same Brethren Channel” - One Thing You’re Looking Forward to Next Week
- Josh: Post-Saudi storylines moving out of NOC
- Jarret: Tony D’Angelo and The Family
Sound-Off
- Josh: (positive) Podcasts this week: Cody/KO + CVV/Rhea, Pro Wrestling Nation 24/7
- Jarret: Mobile Tech Giddiness
[recorded June 18, 2025]
NEWS (6/10 – 6/18)
· Liv Morgan’s Shoulder Injury
· Mariah May is now Blake Monroe
· Mercedes Moné becomes the Ultimate Belt Collector with her 5th Championship tonight on Dynamite (CMLL World Women’s Championship)
· Okada v Omega at All In: Unifying Continental and International Titles
· July 12: All In (Mox v. Page/Moné v. Storm) vs. SNME (Goldberg v. GUNTHER)
“Top Stories” - One Thing Done Well in Wrestling This Week
- Josh: Jacob Fatu’s SD Promo / Next Steps in the Story Arc
- Jarret: D’Angelo Family Story Arc in NXT
“Same Brethren Time, Same Brethren Channel” - One Thing You’re Looking Forward to Next Week
- Josh: Ron Killings story
- Jarret: D’Angelo Family continuation - who authorized the title shot for Stacks?
Sound-Off
- Josh: Charlotte Flair
- Jarret: Driving Hell
Jarret and Josh make their predictions for WWE Money in the Bank 2025!
A mixed bag of topics discussed about the world of Professional Wrestling!
NEWS (5/23-5/29)
· Nikki Bella Shoot Down Evolution Rumor with Different News
· Evolution part of Weekend in Atlanta with SNME (oh… and AEW All-In)
· Rick Derringer passes away - creator of Hogan & Demolition themes
· WWE Reportedly Considering Asking Fans To Stop Cussing At Its TV Tapings
· Two Top WWE NXT Superstars Moving To WWE Main Roster Soon
· Issues Surrounding WWE’s Attempt To Lock In Dates For WrestleMania 42 In 2026
· Keith Lee Provides An Update On His Status
· Deonna Purrazzo Gives Sarcastic Response To Question About Whether She’ll Be On AEW Dynamite
· SmackDown To Remain 3 Hours
DISCUSSION TOPIC:
* Are there too many WWE “special” shows and PLEs?
-> June 7 - NXTxAAA Worlds Collide // MITB
-> June 28 - Night of Champions (Riyadh)
-> July 12 - Great American Bash (NXT)
-> July 12 - Saturday Night’s Main Event
-> July 13 - Evolution
-> August 2/3 - SummerSlam
-> August 31 - Clash in Paris
Smackdown - 5/23
* Tiff / Bliss / Charlotte in-ring promo
* Giulia qualifies for MITB
* Candice LeRae reunites with DIY
* L.A. Knight qualifies for MITB
* Wyatt Sicks returns on Bray’s birthday
SNME - 5/24
* Bronson Reed returns and joins Seth’s group
* Drew loses to Priest in a cage; and will be taking some time off
* Cody returns to fight off Cena
RAW - 5/26
* Penta qualifies for MITB
* Liv returns + drama in JD clubhouse
* Liv + Kairi VERY sloppy
* Becky + Lyra in-ring promo
* Seth qualifies for MITB
* Punk returns at the end
NXT - 5/27
* Ethan Page def. Ricky Saints to win NA Title
* Jacy Jayne def. Stephanie Vaquer to win Women’s Title