Genuine Wrestleboys

Esai and Matt were attacked backstage and couldn’t make this episode, so Derek and Zack are holdin’ down Fort Wrestleboy this week, Solo Bolo style! They talk about Chris Jericho’s shocking appearance on New Japan Pro Wrestling, the wrestling references in Thor: Ragnarok (and some of their favorite wrestling references in pop culture), the wrestlers released by WWE last week, and NXT bringing back War Games for their next TakeOver PPV. This is some good wrestling...uhh...content. Make sure to go to audibletrial.com/wrestleboyscast to get a free 30-day trial of Audible while supporting Genuine Wrestleboys. The song Zack references and plays in the pop culture section is “Does It Make a Sound?” by Aviator, off their latest album, Loneliness Leaves the Light on For Me. You can find Aviator’s music and more info about the band at AviatorMA.com.

Brady Sauvageau of HeaterWrestling.com makes his surprise return to be the Wrestleboys' mystery tag team partner again in this week's episode, and friends, you can blame Jolly Rancher for this one. We talk about tables! We talk about ladders. We talk about chairs! We talk about The Mumps! (aka last week's TLC PPV). Including the last-minute changes WWE had to make in order for the show to go on, how (Too) Sweet the Finn Balor vs. AJ Styles match was, and how happy Daddy Kurt Angle was to hang out with his Shield Sons. We also wrap up the second round of The Wrestleboys Classic Tournament with the dream match we saved for last in this round, Shawn Michaels vs AJ Styles, before previewing the third round of the tournament! You can follow Brady at HeaterWrestling.com or on Twitter @HeaterWrestling. Don't forget to go to AudibleTrial.com/WrestleboysCast for your FREE 30-day trial of Audible while supporting Genuine Wrestleboys, and please leave us a rating and review on the podcast service of your

This episode starts with Matt sniffing his microphone and, honestly, we can't say it ever starts making any more sense than that. We recap Raw and SmackDown, preview the upcoming Tables, Ladders, & Chairs PPV, discuss the recently released WWE 2K18 video game and its BUCK WILD character creator, then wrap things up by finally getting back into a HUGE Wrestleboy Classic Tournament match up of The Rock vs. Shinsuke Nakamura. By the end of it we're all VERY sleepy and you can tell by how delirious we all are. Don't forget to go to audibletrial.com/wrestleboyscast to get your FREE 30-day trial of Audible while supporting Genuine Wrestleboys! HELP KEEP THIS FREE!

FightDad vs. CashDad, inside Bad in a Sad! Two Dads enter; still two Dads leave and just fight outside instead! Will FightDad sufficiently yell at CashDad’s kids to teach them about Kayfabe? Will CashDad finally land an attack without his opponent moving out of the way at the last moment for the first time in his 20 year career? Or will the sudden appearance of a mysterious hooded figure from FightDad’s past change everything?! Tune in to find out! In the words of FightDad, “Do it for your kids! Do it for your dad!” All the ‘boys are back! In town? In black? In the saddle again? To the future, even? Yes. We recap the eventful week in wrestling, especially the Hell in a Cell PPV, the innovative violence of the Usos vs. New Day match, the buck wild way the PPV closed with Kevin Owens vs. Shane McMahon, and theme of rekindling old friendships across both Raw and SmackDown this week. Don’t forget to go to audibletrial.com/wrestleboyscast for your FREE 30-day trial of Audible and help out Genuine Wrestleboys while

1, 2, 3! What's that? You thought that series of numbers meant the end of a wrestling match? Wrong! It was a strikeout from the USA Pastime Sport, Baseball, this time! Wrestleboys Esai and Matt were missing in Parts Unknown this week, so Derek and Zack were fortunate enough to be joined by Mystery Tag Team Partners Matt Melton and Jimmy Bowman from That Baseball Show podcast! We talked about the Baseballboys' backgrounds with wrestling, the SmackDown Live Event we all attended last week (including seeing Shinsuke Nakamura in person, the glory of Bobby Roode, and the racist trashgoblins also in the crowd), and the rare but incredibly strange crossovers between WWE and MLB. You can follow Matt and Jimmy on Twitter @thatbbshow and @jimmy_bowman and listen to That Baseball Show on iTunes, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts. https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/that-baseball-show/id983019015?mt=2 https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/adrella-media-2/that-baseball-show-2 Please subscribe, rate, and revie

Matt is leaving us for Parts Unknown (aka, touring with his band), so we decided to record a very quick episode with him before he left. So here it is! The squash match of episodes! We talk about how we feel about the current state of wrestling and the WWE and what we think needs to change for wrestling to be better moving forward. Enjoy Wrestlefriends!

The 'boys are back! Sorry for the delay between episodes, but life gets busy sometimes, y'all. This week we're talkin' a whole lot of No Mercy™ with a dash of Raw and, as always, various asides and tangents.

Derek won't stop yelling and we're so sorry. We talk about Vince McMahon's nasty old man blood, Kevin Owen's good good push, the wonderful finale to the Mae Young Classic, and more from this week in pro wrestling. We then discuss the next second round matchup in The Wrestleboys Classic Tournament, Brock Lesnar vs. Eddie Guerrero! Don't forget to go to audibletrial.com/wrestleboyscast to sign up for a free 30-day trial of audible and support the podcast!

Esai disappeared to Parts Unknown this week and there aren't any PPVs or big wrestling things to cover, really, so instead of doing a normal episode, we were graced with the presence of a downright regal guest! We talked with Logan Finch, (aka Marcus "King" Anderson), current Heavyweight Champion of our very own local indie promotion, Idaho Wrestle Club! We talked to him about his journey so far as an indie wrestler, Idaho Wrestle Club, his exciting plans for the near future and beyond, and most importantly, WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO TOUCH TANAHASHI'S BEAUTIFUL HAIR!!! You can follow Logan/King Anderson on Facebook and Instagram: facebook.com/MarcusKingAnderson/ @consatan91 Also make sure to check out Idaho Wrestle Club and support local independent wrestling! You can find them at idahowrestleclub.com, or on Facebook and Instagram: facebook.com/idahowrestleclub/ @wrestle_club Don't forget that if you enjoy what us Wrestleboys do and want to support the podcast, you can go to audibletrial.com/wre

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The boys are a little sleepy because we had to record on a Sunday morning, but we made it work. We talk about NXT Takeover: Brooklyn III, SummerSlam, and the following Raw and SmackDown before finally starting off our second round of the Wrestleboys Classic Tournament with a couple incredible match ups: Antonio Inoki vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi Bret "The Hitman" Hart vs. "Stone Cold" Steve Austin Don't forget to go sign up for your free 30-day trial of Audible and also help us out! Go to http://audibletrial.com/wrestleboyscast to sign up!

Unfortunately we're down a Wrestleboy in Matt this week, but we have our first guest ever to fill in for him, Brady Sauvageau from HeaterWrestling.com! We spend most of our time previewing the 160 hours of wrestling this weekend between NXT Takeover: Brooklyn III and SummerSlam. We also recap the week in wrestling, including Raw, SmackDown, and the BUCKWILD last two days of NJPW's G1 Climax Tournament. Speaking of that, we take some time to talk about some of the best trilogies and series of matches between two wrestlers in history, and the big differences between WWE and NJPW. Also, big news! We now have a partnership with Audible! Go to audibletrial.com/wrestleboyscast and sign up for your free trial now and not only will you get a free month of Audible, you will also be helping out us Wrestleboys!

Sorry this episode is a little late, Wrestlefriends! Derek and Zack had to travel to go see a Solange concert, and Zack was too busy crying tears of joy to edit the episode in a timely Fashion (Peaks). This week, we recap a mostly unexciting (minus innovative office furniture weaponry and Cena's next-level verbal savagery) week of Raw and SmackDown, then get into some of wrestling's most SHOCKING moments. That ends up leading us down a pretty sobering but important discussion of brain injuries in wrestling and how we handle some of the darker aspects of being a wrestling fan, including how to handle when someone you're a fan of ends up doing something disappointing or downright horrible (warning now that we talk about Chris Benoit more than we ever hope to in an episode, but it was fitting for the discussion). We finish out the episode with the conclusion of the first round of the Wrestleboys Classic Tournament, starting by going back to decide on the Kenny Omega vs. "Stone Cold" Steve Aus

We all have cool new wrestleboy names (brought to you in part by Dr. Pepper memes) now. Say goodbye to Derek, Esai, Matt, and Zack. Say hello to Master Radical, Senator Popper, Lord Taste, and Father Hit. We talk about the week in wrestling, including Jason Jordan stickin' up for his Pa, Lesnar leavin', Finn Balor's new spooky abilities, woke(n) Hardys,The Small Man Chad Gable picking up The Big Man Rusev, (almost) seeing the actual and literal death of John Cena, and SHINSUKE FREAKIN' NAKAMURA! (Plus Zack tells everyone that NXT was good since he's the only one that watched it). We then talk about how to convince your friends to actually watch wrestling (PLEASE JUST TRUST US THAT IT'S GOOD). Finally, we get into this week's matches in The Wrestleboy Classic Tournament, including our most hotly debated match yet! This week's matches are: Sabu vs. Kazuchika Okada Finn Balor vs. Dalton Castle Brock Lesnar vs. Tetsuya Naito Kenny Omega vs. "Stone Cold" Steve Austin

Boy howdy is there a bunch of stuff to cover from the last week of wrasslin' y'all! We talk about collective prison Sunday's Battleground PPV made us feel trapped in, a shockingly good week for Raw and SmackDown, Tuesday's shocking return, the first week of New Japan Pro Wrestling's aptly-named G1 Climax Tournament, and some of our favorite surprise returns and debuts of all time. We then close the episode with the second week of matches for our 2017 Wrestleboys Classic Tournament! This week we discussed the next four matches: Phantasio vs. Antonio Inoki Rey Mysterio vs. Shawn Michaels Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Kota Ibushi CM Punk vs. Hulk Hogan.

In this episode, we introduce the Wrestleboys Classic Tournament, where we will be debating who would win in a tournament of the 32 wrestlers we selected across all of time, space, notoriety, and ability over the coming weeks. We introduce you to the entire bracket then talk about the BUCK WILD first four match ups: El Generico vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi AJ Styles vs. Booker T Daniel Bryan vs. The Rock Katsuyori Shibata vs. Triple H We also talk about the week in wrestling, the upcoming Battleground PPV, our thoughts on if CM Punk will ever come back to the WWE and who we would want to see him have matches with, and Ginuwine.

In this episode we talk about a bunch of stuff, but mostly hair. Oh ya, and also wrestler name changes, WWE's Great Balls of Fire, New Japan Pro Wrestling's G1 Special in USA event, and more hair.

In episode 2, we take another swing at introducing ourselves (since our first attempt was lost to the decay of time (and bad audio quality)), and talk about things like essential wrestling terminology, best friends betraying each other, and the time Matt met Goldberg and some random skier at a car dealership. We then spend the bulk of our time discussing a big week in women's wrestling and the progression of women's wrestling over the last few years to where it stands today. Also, more ski talk.

In the first episode of Genuine Wrestleboys, Derek, Esai, Matt, and Zack talk about some of the current goings on in the wrestling world, have a hefty chat about entrance music in wrestling, and Derek says to kiss your mom.