The Story of Wrestling - Episode 57: December 17, 2017

Episode 57: December 17, 2017

12/17/17 • 0 min

With Kyle busy on a special project, Alasdair podcasts with a broomstick for a ridiculous 42 minutes of solo talking on Clash of Champions. He breaks down the title matches, including a lengthy discussion of the SmackDown women's division, whether Baron Corbin can continue his streak of shockingly good triple threat matches, how pretty much all the teams in the tag title match feel like fleshed-out people beyond how they function as faces or heels, and just what the story is with the Yep Movement and the show's authority figures. Also, let's just take a moment and recognize the brilliance of Roman Reigns and Cesaro. Don't worry, Kyle will be back soon.

Previous Episode

Episode 56: December 10, 2017

We're back after a week off with plenty to talk about, thanks to another fantastic round of listener questions. We look at the two new women's factions on Raw and SmackDown and how they look in their first few weeks. We're optimistic about Absolution and think the Riott Squad could be good, but the general state of SmackDown's women's division is so weird it's hard to say for sure. We take a closer look at NXT stars Velveteen Dream and Kassius Ohno and consider what their potential is in WWE. And, of course, we take plenty of time to appreciate the woken brilliance of Matt Hardy.

Next Episode

Episode 58: December 23, 2017

Never fear, listeners, Kyle is back to stop Alasdair from just talking to himself for another 42 minutes. We talk all things "Clash of Champions," including the shocker that was the United States Championship match being maybe the best of the night. Possibly? Kyle is ready to say so, but Alasdair doesn't want anyone discounting how Jinder Mahal (and A.J. Styles) wrestled a damn mat classic. We also grapple with the psychology of the tag team and women's matches, and segue into some discussion of the women's Royal Rumble match, which is awesome, but also how it highlights the lack of individual storytelling in the division, which is less awesome. Also... yeah, let's talk about Kane.