The Story of Wrestling - Episode 33: July 16, 2017

Episode 33: July 16, 2017

06/16/17 • 0 min

We look ahead to Money in the Bank and try to figure out what holding the briefcase means when Jinder Mahal is champion. These times remain exquisitely weird. A listener managed to leave us a comment through the Wordpress site where we host these podcasts, which we didn't even realize was possible, and Alasdair wastes some amazingly British turns of phrase by reading it in his coarse American accent. Plus we take some Twitter questions on what to do with Rusev, how to deal with so much wrestling content out there, and what new kinds of stories WWE could be looking to tell.

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Episode 32: June 11, 2017

We look back on Extreme Rules and its dynamite main event, which mostly turns into a lengthy homage to the greatness of Samoa Joe. Also, it turns out most of the stories we're most interested in on Raw weren't even on the pay-per-view. What's the future of the Titus Brand? Who is beating up Enzo, and why is it probably that dastardly faker Big Cass? Is the main event of WrestleMania big enough to contain R-Truth and Goldust? All that plus Alasdair and Kyle run down the longest-reigning IC champs of all time, for some reason!

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Episode 34: July 1, 2017

Not going to lie: Money in the Bank was so brutal we just needed to take last week off. (Also, there was some wedding-related scheduling issues. But mostly that PPV was not very good, main event excepted.) Anyway, we get right back into the swing of things with a lot of Raw talk ahead of Great Balls of Fire, with some praise for Enzo, Samoa Joe, and the actual, honest-to-goodness meta-booking brilliance of Roman and Braun's feud. Also, we try not to talk about the women's Money in the Bank brouhaha, but then we totally talk about it for like 10 minutes. All that and a look at a brilliantly hard-hitting NXT episode, featuring a historic main event between Asuka and Nikki Cross and the return of your friend and mine Mauro Ranallo to the broadcast booth!