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‘The Ringer Wrestling Show’ brings you instant reactions to the biggest matches, breakdowns of the hottest feuds, and analysis of all the latest gossip in the wild world of professional wrestling. Join "The Masked Man" David Shoemaker, Kazeem Famuyide, Ben Cruz, Khal Davenport and Brian H. Waters for a podcast feed that redefines what it means to be a wrestling fan.
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David and Kaz kick of the show by discussing reports about Michael PS Hayes and Bruce Prichard taking a leave of absence from WWE (4:11). Then they discuss the release of Baron Corbin, Indi Hartwell, and Tegan Nox (10:11) and Corbin’s BBQ ventures (20:40).
Later they talk about AEW Dynamite, including Powerhouse Hobbs's return to join Ricochet in the main event (23:12). They also cover NXT 2300, which featured Zaria pinning Roxanne Perez as well as the Dudley Boyz standing side by side with Trick Williams (37:34). Then Kaz responds to the timeline's denial of his Jey Uso–Goldberg hot take (52:25)
In the final segment of the show, they welcome Taneah Cooper from X for the Hot Take Championship segment. She discusses her theory about how Jimmy Uso doesn't want to be alone (59:26).
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Hosts: David Shoemaker and Kazeem Famuyide
Guest: Taneah Cooper
Producer: Brian H. Waters
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It’s Election Day, so it’s only right that Ben, Khal, Brian, and David kick off the show by discussing which pro wrestler, past or present, would have been the best presidential candidate (1:04).
They, they discuss the following from 'Raw':
Damian Priest became the no. 1 contender for the World Heavyweight Championship (15:21)
The lack of urgency with Gunther’s title reign (19:37)
What Goldberg’s final match could be (26:01)
A possible Liv Morgan–Raquel Rodriguez tag team run (32:40)
The Wyatt Sicks kidnapping
The Miz and Karrion Kross (34:10)
Then, they go to the Worldwide Hotline to react to a few hot takes from you, the people, regarding the Mount Rushmore of Vince McMahon’s worst booking decisions (37:28) and a question on who has the bigger pop right now: Jey Uso or Roman Reigns (45:55).
They close the show with Am I the Heel. They react to listeners’ situations in which they disliked something that may be considered “popular” within the wrestling community. First up: a listener's gripe with how people wear their championship belts (53:05).
For an opportunity to have your hot take featured on They Said What?!, leave a voicemail at (202) 417-8160 or drop your Am I the Heel situations at ringerwrestlingshowworldwide@gmail.com.
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Hosts: Ben Cruz, Khal Davenport, and Brian H. Waters
Guest: David Shoemaker
Producer: Brian H. Waters
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COLD OPEN QUESTION OF THE WEEK: Goldberg's announced that he will wrestle his last match. Who would you pencil in as his opponent (0:37)?
David and Kaz recap WWE Crown Jewel with the following:
Solo Sikoa pinned Roman Reigns (4:37)
Was LA Knight, Carmelo Hayes, and Andrade the match of the night (18:04)?
Cody Rhodes wins the WWE Crown Jewel title and has a ring to go with it (21:18)
'Raw' spoiler alerts in this episode.
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Hosts: David Shoemaker and Kazeem Famuyide
Producer: Brian H. Waters
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1Happy Halloween, humanoids! David kicks off the show with a few cold open questions for Kaz regarding which wrestlers he would choose to be for Halloween (0:30). Then they discuss AEW Fright Night:
Bobby Lashley shows up and confronts Swerve Strickland (7:50)
Private Party win the tag titles (29:19)
Jon Moxley nearly destroys Wheeler Yuta to get Orange Cassidy’s attention (34:00)
Mercedes Mone’ sends Kamille to the back (41:04)
David Shoemaker’s fashion critiques (43:39)
Then they close the show with WWE Crown Jewel Predictions (47:52)
Roman Reigns and the Uso vs. the Bloodline 2.0 (48:45)
Cody Rhodes vs. Gunther (58:26)
Nia Jax vs. Liv Morgan (62:51)
Seth Rollins vs. Big Bronson Reed (70:27)
Randy Orton vs. Kevin Owens (73:04)
LA Knight vs. Andrade vs. Carmelo Hayes (74:50)
Jade Cargill and Bianca Belair vs. Kairi Sane and Iyo Sky vs. Lash Legend and Jakara Jackson vs. Chelsea Green and Piper Niven (76:02)
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Hosts: David Shoemaker and Kazeem Famuyide
Producer: Brian H. Waters
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Happy Halloween week! Ben, Khal, Brian, and David each get in the spirit of the season and throw on a wrestling-themed costume (2:00). Then they get into the following from Monday Night Raw:
Jey and Jimmy Uso reuniting (6:18)
Sami Zayn inserting himself into the Bloodline story … again (10:40)
Who might be the next contender for Gunther’s world heavyweight title (20:54)
Seth Rollins and Bronson Reed continue to destroy each other (24:01)
Then, in the Nostalgia Freakz Moment of the Week, they go back to revisit WWE’s only all-women’s pay-per-view, Evolution (27:11).
After the break, they introduce a new segment: “Am I the Heel” where they encourage you, the people, to get in your Reddit bags and voice an unpopular wrestling opinion (48:50).
For an opportunity to have your hot take featured on They Said What?!, leave a voicemail at (202) 417-8160.
To submit your “Am I the Heel” questions, send an email to RingerWrestlingShowWorldwide@gmail.com.
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Hosts: Ben Cruz, Khal Davenport, and Brian H. Waters
Guest: David Shoemaker
Producer: Brian H. Waters
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COLD OPEN QUESTION OF THE WEEK: WrestleDream starts at 8 p.m. ET. What time will it be over?
David and Kaz kick off the show by recapping SmackDown, where the Motor City Machine Guns won the WWE Tag Team Championship (6:34). Then they get into Sunday night’s Halloween Havoc:
Trick Williams retains the NXT World Championship (13:00)
Stephanie Vaquer and Giulia are impressive in their win (20:11)
Bully Ray shows up to help Trick Williams (27:13)
Trick Williams’s diss tracks (30:37)
Then they rate a few NXT stars’ readiness on a scale of 1 to 5 using Halloween jack-o’-lanterns (39:29). They also discuss Masha Slamovich’s win over Jordynne Grace for the TNA Knockouts Title (50:15), Wheeler Yuta’s promo (54:18), and the Usos’ big hug on SmackDown (68:00).
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Hosts: David Shoemaker and Kazeem Famuyide
Producer: Brian H. Waters
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COLD OPEN QUESTION OF THE WEEK: What’s the best antidote for hitting the wrestling wall? David and Kaz discuss the state of pro wrestling lately with the following:
WWE and AEW going against the hottest time in sports (4:34)
Fantasy booking AEW power authority (21:22)
Shelton Benjamin being booked like a star (25:08)
Rhea Ripley and her “exes” (40:07)
Then they welcome Cora Jade ahead of Halloween Havoc and discuss the following:
Working with CM Punk, Shawn Michaels, and others she grew up watching (50:29)
Growing up in a wrestling hotbed like Chicago (53:00)
Her and Roxanne being the “Passion Police” (55:40)
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Hosts: David Shoemaker and Kazeem Famuyide
Guest: Cora Jade
Producer: Brian H. Waters
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Ben, Khal, and Brian are together in studio! They welcome David Shoemaker and react to the surprising departure of Samantha Irvin (3:05). Then, they discuss highlights from 'Raw,' including:
Bronson Reed and Seth Rollins are fighting all over the WWE Universe (15:00)
Bron Breakker defeats Jey Uso for the Intercontinental Championship (17:16)
Then, in the Nostalgia Freakz Moment of the Week, they go back to revisit the time Jake “The Snake” Roberts attacked Macho Man with a literal snake on 'WWE Superstars.(26:38)'
After the break, they go to the Ringer Wrestling Worldwide Hotline for They Said What?! and react to a couple of hot takes from you, the people, regarding a Bron Breakker–Jacob Fatu showdown and a question about Lex Luger’s WCW SuperBrawl VI (37:01).
To close the show, David asks the guys a few questions from a 1997 WWE trivia game (0:00).
For an opportunity to have your hot take featured on They Said What?!, leave a voicemail at (202) 417-8160 or send an email to RingerWrestling@gmail.com.
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Hosts: Ben Cruz, Khal Davenport, and Brian H. Waters
Guest: David Shoemaker
Producer: Brian H. Waters
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COLD OPEN QUESTION OF THE WEEK: If you could have any president on a podcast with any wrestler, who would you pick? (00:41)
David and Kaz kick off the show with their reactions to the debut of Motor City Machine Guns in WWE (07:26). After that, they dive into the recent Rolling Stone article detailing the “living hell” working as a WWE writer and tap into Kaz’s personal experience (16:37). Finally, they talk about about the lack of creative for Baron Corbin (67:29) and end with their Raw preview (77:33).
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Host: David Shoemaker and Kazeem Famuyide
Producer: Eduardo Ocampo
Additional Production Supervision: Ben Cruz
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COLD OPEN QUESTION OF THE WEEK: If you could bring back an old tag team from WWE’s past, who would it be (0:46)?
David and Kaz kick off the show by discussing David’s new artwork with a sprinkle of pro wrestling history (4:32). They have an honest conversation about pro wrestling the past three days, discussing the following:
The direction of AEW (9:06)
Shelton Benjamin vs. Lio Rush and the wait for Bobby Lashley (25:42)
The worst refereeing ever (41:21)?
AJ Styles’s injury (46:00)
The two-hour Monday Night Raw (52:29)
WWE‘s renewed tag team division (59:38)
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Hosts: David Shoemaker and Kazeem Famuyide
Producer: Brian H. Waters
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Ben, Khal, Brian, and David kick off the show by discussing the return of the War Raiders on Monday Night Raw (3:12).
Then, in the "Nostalgia Freakz Moment of the Week," they go back to revisit the first Buried Alive match between the Undertaker and Mankind (11:34).
After the break, they go to the Ringer Wrestling Worldwide Hotline for "They Said What?!" and react to hot takes from you, the people, regarding a weird thing going on with Liv and Dom that could lead to a Dom babyface run and figuring out the Rock’s messaging at Bad Blood (39:08).
Then, they welcome NXT North American champion Tony D’Angelo, who discusses the following:
What winning the NXT North American title meant to him (58:00)
His inspiration for using the “spinebuster” (68:45)
NXT adapting to the move to The CW network (71:00)
His favorite Rocky film (78:45)
For an opportunity to have your hot take featured on They Said What?!, leave a voicemail at (202) 417-8160 or send an email to RingerWrestling@gmail.com.
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Hosts: Ben Cruz, Khal Davenport, and Brian H. Waters
Guests: Tony D’Angelo and David Shoemaker
Producer: Brian H. Waters
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COLD OPEN QUESTION OF THE WEEK: All of AEW’s Champions are heels. If you had to root for one of them, who would it be?
David and Kaz recap AEW WrestleDream and the brutal ending (and potential retirement?) of Bryan Danielson (07:19). Then they discuss the following and more:
Does this put Bryan Danielson on wrestling Mount Rushmore? (14:20)
Jon Moxley: New AEW World Champion (21:42)
Are we more convinced Shane McMahon is joining AEW (28:02)?
Returns of MJF and Adam Cole (36:08)
Takeshita takes International Championship (47:09)
Then, they “Sell or No Sell” on some of the following topics:
A renewal of the Billy Gunn-Rico storyline (59:00)
Bobby Lashley not appearing at WrestleDream (60:40)
Zach Sabre Jr. wins IWGP World Heavyweight Championship (64:08)
Sports Illustrated’s kayfabe reporting on Kevin Owens-Randy Orton brawl (68:34)
No Rock at WrestleMania? (71:14)
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Hosts: David Shoemaker and Kazeem Famuyide
Producer: Eduardo Ocampo
Additional Production Support: Ben Cruz
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COLD OPEN QUESTION OF THE WEEK: WrestleDream starts at 8:00 p.m. ET, what time will it be over?
David and Kaz kick off the show by discussing AEW and NXT going head-to-head on Tuesday night and who won the ratings battle (5:06). Then they discuss the following:
Randy Orton vs. Je’Von Evans (16:32)
Tony D’Angelo wins the North American Title (18:45)
Sami Zayn and Gunther’s World Title match on Raw (27:45)
Raw moving to two hours (33:50)
Then they preview WrestleDream (26:24):
Bryan Danielson vs. Jon Moxley (40:54)
Jay White vs. Hangman Adam Page (46:04)
And then to close the show they welcome Will Ospreay, who talks:
His match with Ricochet and Konosuke Takeshita (55:03)
American crowds vs. Japanese crowds (57:53)
The differences in his latest match with Ricochet and their match in 2016 (65:29)
Whether or not he keeps tracks of his five-star matches (71:52)
His response to people who say he doesn’t “sell enough” (76:43)
His relationship with Tony Khan (85:34)
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Hosts: David Shoemaker and Kazeem Famuyide
Guest: Will Ospreay
Producer: Brian H. Waters
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Ben, Khal, Brian, and David kick off the show by discussing what they did with the extra hour now that 'Raw' has moved to two hours and their thoughts on what the Netflix era could look like in terms of programming (6:26). Then, they discuss how Bron Breakker attacked Jey Uso a week after Breakker showed him respect (14:55).
Then, in the Nostalgia Freakz Moment of the Week, they go back and revisit Bayley and Sasha Banks’s epic Iron Man match at NXT TakeOver: Respect (17:24).
After the break, they go to the Ringer Wrestling Worldwide Hotline for They Said What?! and react to hot takes from you, the people, regarding John Cena and Randy Orton as they make their way to WrestleMania for the title and how you date yourself as a wrestling fan (42:44).
Then, in the Triple-Threat Open Challenge, each of the guys brings the following topics to the table (57:15)
Brian: In or out—one more reign for the Rock?
Khal: Who are we siding with more, Kofi Kingston or Xavier Woods?
Ben: What is the Rock’s best movie?
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Hosts: Ben Cruz, Khal Davenport, and Brian H. Waters
Guest: David Shoemaker
Producer: Brian H. Waters
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David and Kaz recap WWE Bad Blood, which may have featured the match of the year! They kick off the show by discussing an epic match between CM Punk and Drew McIntyre (3:58)! They also discuss Raquel Rodriguez’s return during Liv Morgan and Rhea Ripley’s match (25:54). Later, they do a deep dive on the main event with Cody Rhodes and Roman Reigns squaring off against Solo Sikoa and Jacob Fatu (32:10). Plus they discuss the returns of Jimmy Uso and the Rock (39:55). They close the show with a “work, shoot, or work-shoot” discussion and preview Monday Night Raw (54:14)
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Hosts: David Shoemaker and Kazeem Famuyide
Producer: Brian H. Waters
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David and Kaz dive into a loaded night of ‘Dynamite,’ including Will Ospreay and Ricochet’s clash, a potential Hurt Business reunion, and more! Later, the guys preview WWE’s ‘Bad Blood’ (1:18:00).
Hosts: David Shoemaker and Kazeem Famuyide
Producer: Jonathan Kermah
Additional Production Support: Ben Cruz
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Ben, Khal, Brian, and David recap friend of the program Roxanne Perez retaining her NXT Women’s title against Giulia on NXT’s CW Network debut (3:22).
Then, in the Nostalgia Freakz moment of the week, they go back and revisit SmackDown’s debut on Fox with an impromptu watchalong of the dreaded main event (14:22).
After the break, they go to the Wednesday Worldwide Hotline for They Said What?! and react to a hot take from you, the people, regarding a possible Bron Breakker–Bronson Reed feud (43:53).Then in the Triple Threat Open Challenge, each of the guys bring the following topics to the table (52:51)
Khal: Last Monster Standing Match (53:36)
Brian: The World Title vs. AEW Continental Title match on Dynamite (60:02)
Ben: Early favorites to win the Royal Rumble (65:12)
For an opportunity to have your hot take featured on They Said What?!, leave a voicemail at (202) 417-8160 or send an email to RingerWrestling@gmail.com.
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Hosts: Ben Cruz, Khal Davenport, and Brian H. Waters
Guests: David Shoemaker
Producer: Brian H. Waters
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Seth Rollins Returns After Bronson Reed and Braun Strowman Break the Ring! Plus, AEW Fifth Anniversary Show Preview. | The Masked Man Show
COLD OPEN QUESTION OF THE WEEK: Who do you think super-producer Brian H. Waters would have a better chance against: Bronson Reed or Braun Strowman (0:43)? David and Kaz have a special Tuesday episode of 'The Masked Man Show' for you. They recap 'Raw,' discussing the following:
The Last Monster Standing Match (4:02)
Whether or not the ring collapse spot has run its course (8:20)
Could Xavier Woods and Kofi Kingston both be turning heel (18:17)?
The Miz turns on R-Truth (32:26)
Bron Breakker’s pending face turn (37:50)?
Bryan Danielson vs. Kazuchika Okada at the AEW fifth anniversary show (46:35)
Plus, another fantasy booking championship belt contender calls their shot (55:34)
Be sure to check out our videos on the Ringer Wrestling TikTok account @RingerWrestling, Instagram Threads, and X.
Hosts: David Shoemaker and Kazeem Famuyide
Producer: Brian H. Waters
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Humanoids, we have a special episode of 'The Ringer Wrestling Show.' First, David and Kaz speak with the Heartbreak Kid and senior vice president of talent development creative: Shawn Michaels. They discuss the following:
The reason he began coaching the next generation (2:00)
Cinematic television in pro wrestling (13:00)
CM Punk possibly leading 'NXT' in the future (23:00)
What does the Shawn Michaels Instagram Explore page look like (24:45)?
Then, Ben, Khal, and Brian speak with NXT Women’s champion Roxanne Perez ahead of her big match with Giulia on the debut of 'NXT' on the CW Network (35:32). She discusses the following:
Being on the same screen with Giulia and Stephanie Vaquer (37:00)
Women to watch on the independents (38:21)
Reactions to the Worldwide Hotline regarding a WrestleMania match with Cora Jade (45:43)
A trivia game on how well she knows her coworkers (54:43)
Hosts: David Shoemaker, Kazeem Famuyide, Ben Cruz, Khal Davenport, and Brian H. Waters
Guests: Shawn Michaels and Roxanne Perez
Producer: Brian H. Waters
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Humanoids, Kaz and Brian ask David Shoemaker questions about the Netflix docuseries ‘Mr. McMahon’ (2:44. He answers about the following subjects:
Who gave the best interviews (15:00)
Reactions to Bruce Prichard calling his name out (21:06)
Sitting down with Vince McMahon (24:51)
Then they discuss SummerSlam, which will go to two nights in 2025 (40:02); Shane McMahon's photo with the Young Bucks (43:35); and Darby Allin losing his title opportunity 48:58).
Later, they are joined by NXT champion Ethan Page, who discusses:
Being the guy at NXT (56:00)
His Canadian Mount Rushmore (65:44)
NXT's move to CW (74:11)
Be sure to check out our videos on the Ringer Wrestling TikTok account @RingerWrestling, Instagram Threads, and X.
Hosts: David Shoemaker, Kazeem Famuyide, and Brian H. Waters
Guest: Ethan Page
Producer: Brian H. Waters
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giving 50 year old rock any title devalues it and the entire roster
What the fuck is a Nadine smith. Can i get a content warning heads up next time
audio is terrible on these.
I guess no review of Full Gear, huh?
Kaz sufficates the show. I blame David for not interjecting himself enough. Show has lost its way.
it was neat to watch a boy (Mike) hit puberty and turn into a man by the end of it.
meh
Has this podcast stopped updating? #support
Anyone else having sound issues?