we're one week away from Forbidden Door so it's time to talk strategy. do you reckon they'll let us in with a pillow to sit on? and are we ever gonna get the women's blood & guts match of our dreams? also: AEW has signed some new people, TNA is on a hiding to nothing, and the Young Bucks let us laugh at them and honestly that's all we ever want. links and things: follow us on Bluesky: @wafflybollox, @wrassletrash, @awfullywaffly email: wafflybollox@gmail.com buy t-shirts: ko-fi.com/wrassletrash/shop and hey. if you enjoyed this podcast? tell a friend. why not. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

why are heels more fun than babyfaces, and why is everyone fantasy booking Hangman dropping his belt already??? we want to celebrate our sweetie pie good guys as well as our gremlins! the countdown to Forbidden Door is on, and Dynamite was extra silly this week, so we're in a good mood. nice, that, innit? links and things: follow us on Bluesky: @wafflybollox, @awfullywaffly and @wrassletrash email us: wafflybollox@gmail.com buy MJ's silly t-shirts: ko-fi.com/wrassletrash/shop subscribe to Sarah's newsletter: https://doitthehardway.beehiiv.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

the Forbidden Door opens in three weeks!!! that's so soon!! this week, we're diving into the Triangle of Madness, fantasy booking ways out of THAT angle that we still haven't forgiven MVP and MJF for, and advocating for de-programming sensitivity training for wrestlers new to AEW. or just, you know, everyone. also David Francisco continues to be our fave. links and things: follow us on Bluesky: @wafflybollox, @awfullywaffly, @wrassletrash email us: wafflybollox@gmail.com buy t-shirts: ko-fi.com/wrassletrash/shop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

the Headbutt Messiah himself joined us to play Random Numbers, so you can officially consider this podcast part of the TK Cooper toxic positive echo chamber. we talked Pro Wrestling Colossus, the origins of Slam Ball, the best kinds of potatoes, and that Ain't No Sunshine musical mashup... more from TK: @pureTKC on X, Instagram, and Twitch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

sometimes in wrestling you don't get the result you want... and then sometimes you do!!! Chuck Mambo shocked the world at Summer Sizzler and we screamed ourselves hoarse. also, Hangman had to run a gauntlet of all the most annoying people in AEW and that probably wasn't any fun for him, and we've filled in AEW's blank tag team tournament bracket for them. why not eh. why not. links and things: follow us on Bluesky: @wafflybollox, @awfullywaffly, @wrassletrash email us: wafflybollox@gmail.com get 10% off t-shirts: ko-fi.com/wrassletrash/shop with code BSKYBAYBAY Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

too many of our guys keep getting hurt, so we've got an idea for Tony Khan: pillow fights. all the chaos, none of the injuries. worth a shot? this episode, we run through the developments on Dynamite this week, as the dust from All In settles and new storylines emerge. plus: tag teams, they'll break your heart every time. links and things: follow us on Bluesky: @wafflybollox, @awfullywaffly, @wrassletrash email us: wafflybollox@gmail.com buy t-shirts: ko-fi.com/wrassletrash/shop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

cancel all our "we're not going to watch wrestling any more if Hangman doesn't win the AEW men's world championship!!!!" threats because he only bloody went and won it!!!! all of our many many All In thoughts are in this episode. it's a long one. links and things: follow us on Bluesky: @wafflybollox, @wrassletrash, @awfullywaffly email us: wafflybollox@gmail.com buy silly graps t-shirts: ko-fi.com/wrassletrash/shop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

quirks of AEW scheduling meant we got Dynamite 300 this week, and only Dynamite 300, but luckily they gave us a Hangman-Kenny sandwich again, so there was plenty to talk about. also, we don't like pickles. links and things: follow us on Bluesky: @wafflybollox, @awfullywaffly, @wrassletrash email us: wafflybollox@gmail.com buy t-shirts: ko-fi.com/wrassletrash/shop support Masa Takanashi: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-masa-takanashis-recovery-journey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

more wrestlers than you'd think live on farms -- or maybe we're confused? this week, it's very hot and we're very caffeinated so you might need to listen on 0.5 speed or something, because we're also feeling aggrieved about referee decisions in RevPro but very very excited about the prospect of getting everything we ever wanted from Tony Khan. for starters, we saw upwards of 8 women on AEW shows this week!!! keep it up!!!! links and things: follow us on Bluesky: @wafflybollox, @awfullywaffly, @wrassletrash email us: wafflybollox@gmail.com buy t-shirts: ko-fi.com/wrassletrash/shop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

AEW went to Arena Mexico this week, so Hangman cut an impressive five minute promo entirely in Spanish and let us tell you, we were impressed!! promotions still aren't booking enough women though. come on. sort it out. links and things: follow us on Bluesky: @wafflybollox, @wrassletrash, @awfullywaffly email us: wafflybollox@gmail.com buy silly graps t-shirts: ko-fi.com/wrassletrash/shop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hangman made his bed and the Bucks are gonna make him lie in it! Summer Blockbuster was probably the most bondage-heavy episode we've had to date, but hey - at Waffly Bollox, we don't kink shame. elsewhere, there was a mini Best Friends reunion, and then a Best Friends wedding - and Crispy Billy popped the question! romance all around then. get stuck in. links: follow us on Bluesky: @wafflybollox, @wrassletrash, @awfullywaffly email us: wafflybollox@gmail.com and buy Pride t-shirts from: ko-fi.com/wrassletrash/shop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

this Wednesday was FyterFest, a whole four hours of AEW, but somehow this week we also made time for a load of indie wrestling and also plenty of fantasy booking! links and things: follow us on Bluesky: @wafflybollox, @awfullywaffly and @wrassletrash email us: wafflybollox@gmail.com buy MJ's Pride t-shirt: ko-fi.com/wrassletrash/shop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tony Khan brought us a new wrestler this week and we are already OBSESSED. Thekla, we love you. we've known you for approx 10 seconds of screentime and we love you. we also love Hangman Adam Page and van pizza. just go with it. links and things: follow us on Bluesky: @wafflybollox, @wrassletrash, @awfullywaffly email us: wafflybollox@gmail.com buy silly graps t-shirts: ko-fi.com/wrassletrash/shop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

someone suggested we record this episode inside a bouncy castle and you know what, it wouldn't have been inappropriate!! thanks to AEW's Double or Nothing and a cheeky RevPro show, all our guys are getting title shots, and there are gremlins everywhere. this is what happiness feels like. links and things: follow us on Bluesky: @wafflybollox @wrassletrash @awfullywaffly email us: wafflybollox@gmail.com buy silly t-shirts: ko-fi.com/wrassletrash/shop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

this week the Crispy Cowboys took on the Don Callis Family and the winners? were us. we also locked Samoa Joe and Jon Moxley in a cage, had an unexpected visitor from Japan, and, closer to home, got some culture with an ambitious wrestling adaptation of A Midsummer Night's Dream. plus, spiders, spiders everywhere. links and things: follow us on Bluesky: @wafflybollox, @awfullywaffly, @wrassletrash email us: wafflybollox@gmail.com and use code BLUESKYBAYBAY for 10% off at ko-fi.com/wrassletrash/shop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

this week on your favourite wrestling podcast... well, we don't know, but we can at least say that we're talking about how Ricochet stole a man's leg, Trent continues to be furious, and Hangman deserves to finally get gold, dammit. plus? Lemmings chat. why not. links and things: follow us on Bluesky: @wafflybollox, @wrassletrash, @awfullywaffly email: wafflybollox@gmail.com silly t-shirts: ko-fi.com/wrassletrash/shop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

which member of the Don Callis Family would you least like to go on a roadtrip with? how many wrestlers do you think we can convince to declare themselves gremlins? and shall we make the Kenny-and-Hangman sandwich our standard episode format? all this and more nonsense in between. it's been a week. links and things: follow us on Bluesky: @wafflybollox, @awfullywaffly, and @wrassletrash email us: wafflybollox@gmail.com buy silly graps t-shirts or commission your own artwork: ko-fi.com/wrassletrash/shop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

the long awaited day finally came to pass: Mercedes Moné came to the Doncaster Dome! and lo, it was fucking awesome. elsewhere, for some reason Dynamite still included a really long segment with MJF and the Hurt Syndicate and we were not here for it. shall we just rage quit? links and things: follow us on Bluesky: @wafflybollox, @wrassletrash and @awfullywaffly check us out on youtube: @wafflybollox email us: wafflybollox@gmail.com and buy silly graps t-shirts: ko-fi.com/wrassletrash/shop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

it's been a little while since we've been this angry about a segment. buckle up. that "explicit" rating isn't messing around. links and things: follow us on Bluesky: @wafflybollox, @awfullywaffly, @wrassletrash email us: wafflybollox@gmail.com buy t-shirts: ko-fi.com/wrassletrash/shop and use WAFFLY25 for 25% off your first order at renderbomb.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

the hosts of the brilliant Tunnel Talk podcast joined us for maybe our most chaotic episode yet. Allie, Anne and Lea renamed "jobbers", added to Darby Allin's backyard wrestling school lore, and taught us about eggs over easy. also we got into it about our philosophies on wrestling podcasting and the horrors of being perceived. it was a fun time! PLEASE NOTE: due to a technical issue, MJ's audio is lower quality than usual in this episode! sorry about that!! more Tunnel Talk: @tunneltalkpod on X, Bluesky, and Tumblr tunneltalkpod@gmail.com and find Tunnel Talk in whichever podcast app you like to use! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices