Scott and Jake are covering all the usual shows with NXT Takeover : Vengeance Day in the rearview mirror, we crowned the first ever Women's Dusty Cup Winners, people were kidnapped all over the place, and the Undisputed Era in on thin Ice. Over on AEW Jim Ross forgets what Company he's in and the Women's Eliminator Tournament continues with Riho's return to Dynamite, plus Hangman Adam Page pulls one over on Matt Hardy but also Matt Hardy pulls one over on Adam Page? And in WWE Lacey Evans may be giving birth to the Fiend, Bad Bunny is a champion, and Kofimania 2 gets a sign of hope. All of that and a look ahead towards this weekend's Elimination Chamber PPV!
Elimination Chamber Shapes Up
The Road to Wrestlemania is officially paved and we are rolling down it towards Elimination Chamber. Main Roster WWE is setting the stage for massive structure as McIntyre has massive challenge ahead of him. Edge continues his post Rumble tour of shows, Cesaro and Daniel Bryan share show some respect, and for some reason Bad Bunny is still around! Plus AEW steps it up with a fantastic Dynamite that found NJPW's Kenta in action and Darby Allin defending his TNT Title. All that and NXT sets up this weekends NXT Takeover : Vengeance Day.
Royal Rumbles and a Beach Break
The Royal Rumble is many wrestling fans’ favorite event and for the first time ever there was no one in attendance for it — did it still live up to its own hype? Scott and Jake are talking all about it from surprise entrants, returns, highs, lows, and what the event does to launch the Road to Wrestlemania. All that plus AEW takes a mid-winter Beach Break for some reason and if that’s not enough they threw a wedding in the mix just for fun!
Royal Rumble Preview
Its a Royal episode of the Royal Compadres taking a look ahead at this weekend's Royal Rumble! Scott and Jake make some predictions and hopes for iconic annual event as well as all the usual chatter about AEW Dynamite, NXT and the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic, the go-home Raw and more!
A Birthday Cake, a Playground, and a Fight Pit
Scott and Jake chatting Roman Reigns' music and his Royal Rumble opponent, Wrestlemania announcements and crowds, -1's Birthday Celebration, Punk-Rock Billie Kay, The Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classics, Randy Orton's post murder messaging, Taya Valkyrie's future, NXT's Fight Pit, Pretty Peter Avalon & Cody Rhodes, Alexa Bliss's misses, Non-Rumble Rumble matches and much more!
New Years Smash 2 & Dusty Tag Classic
Scott and Jake are chatting about the good, bad, and ugly of AEW's New Years Smash Night 2 including a new "Talk Show" segment, the TNT title match and Chuck Taylor's new job. Also the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic kicks off on NXT, Xia Li and Boa are going Mortal Kombat, the Royal Rumble shapes up with some great story telling including Adam Pierce on Smackdown, and Raw doubles down on doubling down matches before playing with fire. Plus Drew McIntyre gets COVID and speculation arises.
New Year Catch-up
Scott and Jake are back after a few weeks off. It's been an eventful time off to say the least. The boys are talking about TLC and it's fallout, the Firefly Inferno Match, Roman Reigns vs Kevin Owens vs Damien Priest, Fenix vs Kenny Omega and the Bullet Club ending to AEW Dynamite, NXT's New Years Evil, and of course remembering the life, work, and character of Jon Huber, AKA Brodie Lee/Luke Harper.
Happy New Year!: Holiday Party Pt 3
Happy New Year! It's the third and final episode of the Compadres Holiday party from Dec 17th. Opening up the zoom to chat directly with YOU about the best of worst of 2020 and so much more! We're talking about WWE's Hawaii Visits, all the 2020 Pro Wrestling babies, meeting Taker and crying, Austin's Broken Skull Sessions, companies like Chikara and Evolve closing doors, Raw Underground, AEW video games, the rise of the Hurt Business, the Highs and Lows of 2020s Cinematic Matches including the Firefly Funhouse Match and Money in the Bank, and last but most certainly not least, the returns of both STING and EDGE.
Merry Christmas!: Holiday Party Pt 2
Merry Christmas! We're back with part two of the Compadres Holiday Party from last week and we're even joined by the elusive Dale Rutledge! Continuing to talk directly with our listeners, we chat a little about this week's TLC and then dive back into the highs and lows of 2020 including Sami Zayn & KO being back on top, the potential of a Paul Heyman & Big E story, UK audiences and if NXT UK is unique, the popularity of Impact over the pond, the Impact Wrestling and AEW partnership, Roman Reign's finally turning heel, Vince's general consistency, Drake Maverick putting himself out there, the Undertaker's Cameos, and so much more. Plus the Compadres get some Retribution names of their own and Hotline All Star "Big Al" gives everyone a Wrestling Holiday Quiz!
Happy Holidays!: Holiday Party Pt 1
It's the end of the year and the Compadres have opened up their usual private Zoom room (sounds like an attitude era gimmick) to YOU for the Wrestling Compadres Holiday party. It went on even longer than expected so here is Part 1 in which we chat with quite a few fine folks all about this past week's AEW Dynamite as well as "Pandemic Bayley," The Jericho Cruise, EC3 and COVID, a brick and mortar WWE Hall of Fame, the news of a new Rhodes baby, The WWE Thunderdome, Drew McIntyre and Randy Orton's standout year, how WWE and Antiques Road Show are on a crash course for synergy, AEW's Christmas Story, the Jamacian Wrestling fandom, and SO much more.
Compadres Holiday Party Info!
Thursday Dec 17th at 6pm EST we’re OPENING up our usual weekly zoom recording to YOU! Join us live on Zoom by clicking this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88179512914 (Meeting ID: 881 7951 2914) and you can be a part of the show.
The fine details:
The entire Zoom session will be recorded. All guests will be muted upon entry. You do NOT have to turn on your video to participate, but are free to do so if you’d like. Ugly holiday sweaters are welcome.
Please make sure your name is filled out on Zoom so we can easily see who you are!
The Compadres will request unmuting for each guest we decide to speak to. Anyone who unmutes themselves without being asked to may get booted or re-muted at Scott’s whim! Don’t be a jerk! We will be using Zoom’s chat feature to communicate with those currently watching to decide who we are going to chat with next. Anyone who joins is free to stay in the meeting and watch for as long as you like regardless of whether you participate or not.
Omega on Impact / War Games Fallout
Scott and Jake have plenty to chat about between this past weekend's NXT War Games PPV, Kenny Omega bringing the AEW Title to Impact Wrestling Tuesday night, Sting speaking his mind on Dynamite, and main roster WWE setting up TLC! The Dark Order makes an offer, Karrion Kross returns, Shaq appears on Dynamite, Kevin Owens and Roman are on a crash course for TLC, the Fiend and Randy Orton get in each other's heads, and much much more! Get in there.
Winter has come and IT'S STING!
Scott and Jake welcome Shane Hartline to the show because he happens to be the biggest fan of the Ultimate Warrior's former tag partner. It's been an eventful week in wrestling as WWE main roster starts to work it's way towards TLC and away from Survivor Series, NXT sends (some of) us home hyped for this weekend's Takeover War Games, and AEW's Winter is Coming special found us with a new AEW World Champion and an invite to... watch Impact?
And that was it! No other thing happened at all since our last recording involving two of the biggest names in wrestling history who never crossed paths but everyone wanted to.
Thanksgiving Patreon Freebie!
Happy Thanksgiving! We're giving thanks to YOU, our loyal listener today by giving you a free taste of the sort of silly stuff we do over on our Patreon. It's the first episode of the Wrestling Compadres Hair Hall of Fame from just a few weeks back. We hope you enjoy it and will consider checking out our Patreon for a ton of great series and shows.
We want to wish all of you a happy, healthy, and safe Thanksgiving. It's been a rough year and it's STILL a rough year. So if you're doing your part and staying home this holiday we want to sincerely, from the bottom of our hearts, thank you.
Zelina Vega Release / Survivor Series Preview
Scott and Jake are taking a look back on this week's highs and lows of Raw, SD, NXT, and AEW as well as a look ahead at his weekend's Survivor Series PPV which marks 30 years since the Undertaker first debuted, and will also act as his "final farewell," whatever that means in pro-wrestling terms. But aside from the week in Kayfabe there is a TON of news including the release of Zelina Vega and the outpouring of support she received, a 30+ million dollar lawsuit WWE just settled, news of new wrestling babies, new wrestling engagements, new wrestling tik-toks, new wrestling show locations, and more. Get in there.
AEW Full Gear Fallout
Scott and Jake are talking about this past weekend's AEW Full Gear PPV and the fallout this week on Dynamite including the new TNT Champion, the return of the Bastard PAC, the AEW Tag Titles, MJF and the Inner Circle, and a warning from Shaq! Plus NXT has a surprise title change that Jake loved and Scott didn't (SURPRISE!), and Raw and Smackdown continue to build towards Survivor Series while establishing a brand new Roman Reigns and a new twist on the Old Randy Orton. All that and more so get in there.
AEW Full Gear Preview
We're all on the edge of our seats checking twitter every 2 minutes to see if there are any new updates on WHO THE WINNER IS. But unfortunately we'll all be forced to wait till this Saturday's AEW Full Gear to find out because Pennsylvania didn't put Moxley vs Kingston on the ballot. Jake and Scott are previewing the PPV as well as talking all about the best and worst of Dynamite, NXT, Raw, and Smackdown including how Alexa Bliss and the Fiend is working, the Kings of NXT, Murphy and Aalyah locking lips, Survivor Series on the Horizon, the AEW storytelling problem, and much more!
Hell, Havoc, and a Town Hall
Scott and Jake are going to Hell in a Cell and back in this Halloween Havoc SPOOKTACULAR!!!! What's that? It's not a spooktacular? They didn't do anything to celebrate the season or plan anything special for Halloween to bring you joy? Honestly they're the worst. It's like they're not even trying. They DO however chat all about this past weekend's Hell in a Cell PPV, NXT's polarizing Halloween Havoc, and AEW Dynamite's Town Hall and more!
Le Hell in a Cell Preview Debonair!
Scott and Jake both missed their favorite shows this week! The world is upside down! But don't worry - there's plenty to chat about with WWE's Hell in a Cell slowly lowering from the ceiling as we speak! From Raw's go-home show to the WWE Draft Fallout, NXT UK's Heritage Cup, AEW's Championship Eliminator Tournament, Kenny “The Sweeper” Omega, and the song and dance number that has the wrestling world buzzing - Jericho and MJF's Le Dinner Debonair! All that plus your hotline calls and more.
Drafts and Anniversaries!
Unfortunately Scott and Jake both went undrafted. Leaves them plenty of time to talk all about the one year anniversary of AEW Dynamite, the WWE Draft, and the continuing build up to NXT Halloween Havoc and this years Hell in a Cell! All that plus someone gets married, a belt is officially cursed, the most beloved trio in wrestling gets kinda sorta maybe split up, and Jake the Snake really needs someone to see his vest... oh he's like Mr. Burns! Remember? From the Simpsons? The song?