The Story of Wrestling - Episode 7: October 8, 2016

Episode 7: October 8, 2016

10/08/16 • -1 min

Kyle takes time out of a busy Canadian Thanksgiving weekend to talk wrestling with Alasdair. We consider the joys of JeriKO vs the New Day and the future of Raw's women's division, even as we express our trepidations about the newly rebranded Emmalina. We look ahead to No Mercy and wonder just who might be able to take on the Miz if indeed he retires Dolph Ziggler tomorrow night. Then we do a little bracketology with NXT's Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic tournament, and Austin Aries comes out of this looking very good. Finally, Alasdair offers another indie show review with his account of Beyond Wrestling's Midas Touch show, which he was a part of for like five seconds!

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Episode 6: October 1, 2016

Kyle and Alasdair check in on the world of WWE and make at least a half-hearted effort to not constantly say how much better SmackDown is than Raw. They... don't do an amazing job, as they pay homage to all the feuds bubbling up on the road to No Mercy, with particular emphasis on the Talking Smack promo skills of Becky Lynch, Alexa Bliss, John Cena, and Dean Ambrose. But they do check in on Clash of Champions, pondering what the future holds for the uneasy allies of Sheamus and Cesaro. Plus they consider the different roles of the authority figures on the two shows, and why they loved the role Shane McMahon and Daniel Bryan played on SmackDown this week. (Hint: None whatsoever.) Come join us!

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Episode 8: October 14, 2016

Authority figures: What are they good for? Alasdair and Kyle ponder the criticisms of Shane McMahon and Daniel Bryan from this week's SmackDown, with Alasdair inadvertently pointing out the possibility of a Shane/A.J. Styles match at some point. They also look at the slate of Hell in a Cell matches coming up and how really none of them seem to need that stipulation, for whatever that's worse. They look at the meta quality of Sasha Banks' promos and wonder whether that's actually the thing keeping Sasha a face. (Well, that and the adoration of the masses.) Plus some entirely unnecessary praise for JBL and a whole lot of excitement for the upcoming Tye Dillinger/Bobby Roode feud!