The Ringer Wrestling Show

COLD OPEN QUESTION OF THE WEEK: Which one of the mainstream world champions would you pick to start a wrestling company around?

David and Kaz kick off the show by discussing Will Ospreay vs. Jon Moxley being announced as AEW All Out’s main event (08:41), as well as Cope and Cage defending the AEW Tag Team Championships against FTR and the Young Bucks in a match with chairs, ladders, and tables (18:08). The guys continue by discussing the New Level and Swerve making their first defense of the AEW Trios Championships (21:59), before moving on to Mercedes Moné’s championship celebration (29:05).

David and Kaz move their attention over to this weekend’s ‘Sunday Night’s Main Event’ (30:52), including what they think about Quavo’s announced performance at the show (31:07). The guys continue by giving their predictions for Lil’ Yachty’s wrestling debut against Baron Corbin (35:49); Charlotte Flair, Alexa Bliss, and Tatum Paxley’s match against Jade Cargill and the Baddies (41:30); Oba Femi vs. Bron Breakker (45:22), and Cody Rhodes vs Randy Orton (53:09).

The show ends with friend of the show Phil Schneider stopping by to talk about the upcoming ACTION/PRODUCE DEAN~!!! Sunday School show on Sunday, September 13th at the White Eagle Hall in Newark, New Jersey (1:08:58). Phil talks about putting the show together, booking Low-Ki vs. Karl Malenko (1:16:03), his favorite match at All In (1:24:15), and more!

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Hosts: David Shoemaker and Kazeem Famuyide

Guest: Phil Schneider

Producers: Bruce Baldwin and Ben Cruz
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COLD OPEN QUESTION OF THE WEEK: Which bump would you rather take: Darby Allin’s scaffold dive, or his flip onto chairs?

David and Kaz kick off the show by discussing whether AEW All In had the best final two matches for a major wrestling show in history (03:59). The guys continue by talking about Will Ospreay’s win over Kenny Omega for the AEW World Championship (06:15), which might have been the best AEW match ever (10:16), and whether this is the last big-time Kenny Omega match (23:37).

David and Kaz move on to give their thoughts on Mercedes Moné’s win over Willow Nightingale for the AEW Women’s World Championship (26:07), before making a quick detour to give a free agency update about Bayley (36:49). The guys continue by discussing Swerve and the debuting New Level winning the AEW Trios Championship in Roulette Royale (40:00), and Kazuchika Okada’s International Championship win over Kyle Fletcher and Konosuke Takeshita (59:36).

Next, David and Kaz move on to the Casino Battle Royal that saw Andrade become the no. 1 contender for the AEW World Championship (1:02:49), before asking who Will Ospreay will face at All Out in Chicago next month (1:06:05). After that, the guys give their takes on Darby Allin’s win over Kevin Knight for the TNT Championship (1:12:24), followed by their thoughts on Cope and Cage retaining the AEW Tag Team Championships over the Young Bucks (1:15:37).

David and Kaz continue by discussing Jon Moxley’s win over Nigel McGuiness in the Continental Challenge Cup final (1:19:36) and the Brawling Birds’s AEW Women’s Tag Team Championship win over Divine Dominion (1:26:17). The show wraps up with an All In food and drink report, and the guys' quick takes on NXT Heatwave and AAA Ola de Calor (1:28:18)

Hosts: David Shoemaker and Kazeem Famuyide

Producers: Bruce Baldwin and Ben Cruz

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COLD OPEN QUESTION OF THE WEEK: Who would you rather face in a dark alley: Royce Keys and OTM, or the Bloodline?

On today’s show, David is joined by producer Bruce Baldwin to dive into everything AEW All In. David and Bruce start by discussing the AEW Championship match between Kenny Omega and Will Ospreay (3:48), giving their thoughts on the build, the match itself, and what they may have done differently. After that, the guys dive into the Casino Gauntlet match (25:12), predicting both who will win and what surprise entrants may show up.

Following that, David asks Bruce whether Zack Sabre Jr. or Ilja Dragunov would be a bigger deal in AEW (30:36), before pivoting to talk about Swerve Strickland’s win over Jack Perry on ‘Dynamite’ (35:04). Next, David takes a quick detour to discuss an update to the WWE–ESPN report from earlier in the week (41:56), followed by David and Bruce giving their predictions for the AEW Women’s World Championship match between Mercedes Moné and Willow Nightingale (45:57).

The show continues with David and Bruce discussing their thoughts and predictions on Divine Dominion vs the Brawling Birds for the AEW Women’s Tag Team Championship (56:05), Jon Moxley vs. Nigel McGuinness in the Continental Cup finals (1:00:21), and the newly announced Roulette Royale for the AEW Trios Championship (1:07:45). The show rounds out with the guys giving their predictions for the AEW Tag Team Title match between Cope and Cage and the Young Bucks (1:23:32), the TNT title match between “The Jet” Kevin Knight and Darby Allin (1:25:10), and the International title match between Kyle Fletcher, Kazuchika Okada, and Konosuke Takeshita (1:28:43), before ending with some quick discussion about AAA Ola de Calor and NXT Heatwave (1:33:02).

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Hosts: David Shoemaker and Bruce Baldwin

Producers: Bruce Baldwin and Ben Cruz

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Today, David is joined by executive producer Ben Cruz while Kaz is on assignment. David and Ben discuss OTM’s debut on ‘Raw,’ where they aligned themselves with Royce Keys (15:32), before pivoting to Rey Fénix’s win over Dragon Lee to advance to the finals of the luchador tournament (21:24). After that, David takes a moment to talk about TNA’s Lockdown pay-per-view from this past Sunday (23:28), and then Ben and David give their thoughts on the Oba Femi–Bron Breakker contract signing (28:04).

Next, David takes a moment to address Ilja Dragunov's departure from WWE (33:55) before starting today’s mailbag. The mailbag starts with David and Ben discussing who they think will win a world title in WWE first: Jacob Fatu, LA Knight, Pénta, Chad Gable, or Bron Breakker (41:51). After that, the guys answer which wrestlers transitioned from heel to face smoothly (48:34) and discuss what’s stopping WWE from turning Cody Rhodes heel (54:38).

The show wraps up with David and Ben answering what old territory footage they would want weekly on the WWE Vault YouTube page (1:02:06) and quickly discussing the ESPN-WWE deal report (1:06:33).

Hosts: David Shoemaker and Ben Cruz

Producers: Bruce Baldwin and Ben Cruz

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David is joined by AEW TNT champion “The Jet” Kevin Knight! David and Kevin discuss whose idea it was to blow up Darby Allin, what weapon in wrestling frightens him the most, Mara Sadé’s wrestling free agency, and so much more!

(5:26) Kevin’s favorite wrestlers

(7:21) What you learn in the L.A. Dojo most wrestlers don’t

(8:42) How the tag team mindset applies to Kevin’s singles career

(9:59) What it’s like being surrounded by wrestlers just as hungry as he is in the Don Callis Family

(12:24) If he was left to his own devices more in AEW than New Japan

(14:43) Where Mara Sadè will show up next

(16:14) Kevin’s non-wrestling influences

(18:24) Kevin’s other sport

(20:12) Second-guessing high-risk maneuvers

(21:54) How exciting All in is for someone not from the U.K.

(23:30) Kevin’s upcoming falls count anywhere match against Darby Allin

(25:01) Appreciating what’s happening in real time

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Host: David Shoemaker

Guest: Kevin Knight

Producers: Bruce Baldwin and Ben Cruz

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