Paul Fontaine and Jeff Hawkins are live to recap the final AEW Dynamite before Sunday's All Out pay-per-view. AEW World Champion Will Ospreay teams with Speedball Mike Bailey to battle Claudio Castagnoli and Gabe Kidd in a stacked tag team showdown. Continental Champion Jon Moxley faces Dezmond Xavier in an…
Garrett Gonzales and Paul Fontaine dig into WWE pulling Trick Williams' "Lemon Pepper Steppers" T-shirt from WWE Shop less than a day after it went up, once fans called out its imagery as a racially insensitive callback to Williams' own catchphrase. The guys aren't debating whether pulling it was the…
Garrett Gonzales and Paul Fontaine's Top 5 kicks off with the business story that could reshape wrestling television: Paramount's roughly $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery has now cleared its last major roadblocks. The guys talk through what a combined Paramount-WBD actually means for AEW's TV home and the…
Mel Gray is back alongside Sam Schipman to break down the news that Ilja Dragunov and Dani Luna are both AEW bound, and what their arrivals could mean for the roster. The two also dig into AEW All Out officially selling out even as the card is still taking shape,…
After years on the air, John LaRocca and Garrett Gonzales sit down for the final episode of The Fight Game Podcast on F4WOnline — one more round before they close the book. Before diving into the news, the guys take time to look back on the show's run: the matches,…
Jeremy Finestone and Steven Conway return with Episode 237 of Speaking of Strong Style! This week, the pair will recap the Road to Destruction show and preview Battle line Hokkaido. Join us in the chat! #njpw #njdominion #g1climax36 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/speaking-of-strong-style/id1664327981 - Find all our podcasts on our website: https://fightgamemedia.com - Follow…
Paul Fontaine and Jeff Hawkins are live to recap AEW Dynamite from Norfolk, headlined by AEW World Champion Will Ospreay teaming with Andrade El Idolo and Francesco Akira to battle Jon Moxley, Gabe Kidd, and PAC in a stacked six-man showdown. AEW Tag Team Champions Adam Copeland and Brian Cage…
Garrett Gonzales and Paul Fontaine break down Scott Coker's surprise new venture, Ki MMA, unveiled at a September 14 press conference in New York. It's the Strikeforce and Bellator founder's first new promotion in years, and it's already got some quirks worth talking about — starting with the decision to…
Garrett Gonzales and Paul Fontaine debut a new segment on Takedown: instead of a shared list of talking points, each host now brings his own Top 5 countdown of the week's biggest wrestling stories — built solo and revealed live, with neither one knowing what's on the other's list until…
Sam Schipman is joined by Keila Cash, filling in for Mel Gray, to reflect on AEW's Rebel Heart edition of Dynamite, the company's tribute to Andy "The Butcher" Williams following his passing. Sam and Keila share their own memories of Williams's run in AEW and talk through how the promotion…
Steven Conway and Jeremy Finestone are back with Episode 236 of Speaking of Strong Style! This week, the guys discussed the passing of The Butcher and Superstar Bill Dundee, the coming Korakuen Hall renovation, and this week's events from Chiba and Tokyo. They talked about Jeff Cobb's return to the…
Paul Fontaine and Jeff Hawkins are live to recap the special Rebel Heart edition of AEW Dynamite, headlined by the in-ring debut of Steven Borden Jr., teaming with Darby Allin against Mark Davis and Josh Alexander. It's a stacked night of stipulation matches and personal stakes across the card. Will…
Garrett Gonzales and Paul Fontaine open on the booking of Je'Von Evans, the young standout who keeps coming up just short in the matches that matter — 0-12 in championship opportunities across WWE, TNA and AAA, including a recent Intercontinental Title gauntlet loss that had him telling fans he's "tired…
Jeremy Finestone and Steven Conway return with Episode 235 of Speaking of Strong Style. This week, Jeremy reported on New Japan's presence on AEW programming surrounding the All In show, which saw Will Ospreay getting a main event victory in Wembley Stadium. They discussed how Callumn Newman and the United…
Paul Fontaine and Jeff Hawkins are live to break down everything that went down at All In and the fallout episode of Dynamite from Allen, Texas. New AEW Men's World Champion Will Ospreay kicks off the show, and new AEW Women's World Champion Mercedes Mone gets her championship celebration as…
Paul Fontaine and Jeff Hawkins dig into the business side of professional wrestling, breaking down the key differences between how AEW and WWE are run. Both companies are finding success with very different approaches, but Paul and Jeff argue each side has real blind spots the other could help fix.…
Garrett Gonzales and Paul Fontaine dive into the fallout from AEW All In at Wembley Stadium, starting with Will Ospreay dethroning Kenny Omega for the AEW World Championship in a bloody, tear-jerking classic that critics and fans are already calling one of the greatest matches in wrestling history. They also…
Garrett Gonzales and Jeremy Finestone go live moments after AEW All In 2026 wraps up from Wembley Stadium in London, breaking down every twist from the biggest show of the year. Kenny Omega defends the AEW World Championship against Will Ospreay in the marquee main event, Willow Nightingale puts the…
Sam Schipman and Mel Gray are joined by Keila Cash for an early Pre-Pre Show, running through the entire AEW All In card from Wembley Stadium before Sunday's show kicks off. Full AEW All In card: AEW World Championship: Kenny Omega (c) vs. Will Ospreay AEW Women's World Championship: Willow…
Raging Bull isn't just one of the greatest films ever made — it's the true story of a fighter who admitted, in his own memoir, that he threw a fight for the mob to buy his title shot. On this episode of Popcorn & Piledrivers, we go deep on Jake…
Jeremy Finestone and Steven Conway return with Episode 234 of Speaking of Strong Style! This week, the pair tackle a bunch ofpreviews because everyone is recovering from the G1! Gonna be a fun medley of topics, join us! #njpw #njdominion #g1climax36 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/speaking-of-strong-style/id1664327981 - Find all our podcasts on our website:…
Paul Fontaine and Jeff Hawkins are live to recap the final AEW Dynamite before Sunday's All In pay-per-view. Swerve Strickland squares off with Jack Perry in a grudge match dripping with tension, and the Continental Cup tournament rolls on with Jon Moxley facing Claudio Castagnoli and Kyle O'Reilly taking on…
B.J. Bethel joins Garrett Gonzales and Paul Fontaine to break down his SEScoops report on the WWE-ESPN relationship, and it isn't pretty. Bethel details how ESPN won't be renewing its five-year, $1.6 billion deal to air WWE premium live events on the ESPN Unlimited app once the current contract expires…
Sam Schipman and Mel Gray open with the news that Ilja Dragunov has hit free agency, and dig into where he could land and what a jump would mean for his career. They also get into the return of Kenny Omega's "The Cleaner" persona and what it signals for his…