NXT Releases and Other News

NXT has released more Black and Gold talent including Dakota Kai and Dexter Lumis, Killer Kross and Scarlet tie the very cold knot as does Bray and JoJo, the IIconics are feeling un-IInspired, Adam Page catches COVID from all that Cowboy Shit, a WWE ring in the UK just falls apart under the might of Bobby Lashley and a whole ton more. Plus we name the NEW PWP Champ for the month of May.

What's in a Name 3

A slew of NXT Talent are getting name changes as a new “no real or indies name” decree lands on WWE. Some of those rebrands include Kacy Catanzaro, Marcel Barthel, Raquel Gonzalez, and more. The Palskis chat all about which new names are good, bad, and ugly. It’s What’s in a Name 3!

Tony Khan's Twitter Bots

A ton of fun wrestling news to chat about and relish in including a pair of wrestling weddings, Bret Hart finding his way to FTR's corner, a Regal Podcast coming our way, Women's Wrestling Army Women's Wrestling Revolution Plus, and Tony Khan uncovering the greatest wrestling conspiracy theory of all time!

Wrestling Reinvention

Wrestlers have often reinvented themselves (or were reinvented by others) and with folks like Elias and Pete Dunne going through some changes the Palskis thought it would be fun to take a look at some of the most successful and unique wrestling reinventions in history. From Sting to Bray Wyatt, Kane, the Godfather and many more.

Wrestlemania Weekend News

Wrestlemania weekend is in the rearview and were talking all about the weekend and current news. From the debut of Cody Rhodes, the return of Stone Cold and greatest stunner of all time, the Undertaker becoming a Hall of Famer and a bronze statue, ROH Supercard of Honor making waves, Control Your Narrative maybe happening, and SO much more.

The 2nd Match on the Mania Card

It’s WrestleMania weekend and we’re sitting down for a STUPENDOUS extra long PWP. In honor of the weekend’s spectacle we’re going to examine a quote from Chris Jericho on why he left WWE, in regards being the 2nd Match on the Card against KO when they had the hottest story on the show. Is the 2nd Match REALLY that much worse than going on first? We’re taking a look at EVERY 2nd match of Mania!

Team Players

Pro Wrestling characters are constantly fighting with one another. Honestly it's a real problem and one day we hope they address it. But in the meantime, we're going to take a look at those very special people always seem to make friends, from Cody Rhodes to Kofi Kingston to Edge and Kane -- today we're talking all about Team Players!

Stone Cold Steve Austin @ Wrestlemania

The boys are covering a whole slew of news topics from a bunch of AEW debuts including Jeff Hardy and William Regal, the purchase of ROH by Tony Khan, quite a few title changes including a Scott Narver favorite capturing the IC title and a main roster veteran becoming NXT champ, WWE 2K22 bizarre DLC roster, and so much more before talking about the glass shattering story of Stone Cold Steve Austin accepting KO’s invitation to WrestleMania.

Cody Rhodes Leaves AEW

Tons of news to talk about this week including a new wrestling baby, a new AEW Buddy, a new AEW Hardy, Cesaro and AJ Styles' respective relationships with WWE, the loss of long time referee Mickie Jay, and much more before the HUGE news of AEW Co-Founder Cody Rhodes leaving this passion project in the rear view and becoming All WWElite.

Best and Worst : Debuts

It's time to talk highs and lows, bests and worsts! This time we're diving into wrestling debuts. A great debut can set the stage for an iconic run, or stop a superstar's momentum cold in their tracks. We're dissecting great debuts like AJ Styles WWE debut in the Royal Rumble to the Outsiders "invading" WCW television to the not so great ones like Albert's rebrand and whatever the heck Danhausen was doing on AEW Dynamite last week.

Requesting Releases from WWE

Lots of news to talk about this week as Danhausen is All Elite, Sammy Guevara is champion, Becky Lynch is scheduled for a Broken Skull Session, The Rock is in the shoe game, ROH announces a Hall of Fame, Walter is now Gunther Stark is now Gunther, and Wrestlemania weekend events are in the works. All that and more, plus Mustafa Ali requests his release from WWE publicly and he's not alone.

The Royal Rumble Forbidden Door

Word on the streets and in the sheets is that WWE is looking to make waves by opening up the Forbidden Door for a "high profile" non WWE entrant in this years Royal Rumble. The Palskis speculate on which talents from AEW, Impact, NWA, NJPW and more would make for great Rumble surprises, and how those appearances would be best for the companies involved.

Mickie James, Sunny Trouble, Corey Graves, and More

It's the first full news week of PWP and the boys are diving into all the hot topics including Brodie King and PCO's new contracts, New WWE Raw Tag Champions and an interim TNT Championship. Tony Schiavone's AEW involvement, Tammy Sitch aka Sunny finding herself in trouble once more, Corey Graves getting cleared to wrestle, WWE announcing Impact Knockouts Champion Mickie James for the Royal Rumble and much much more.

Two Night Events

The Palskis are back for the first show of the year and with the Road to Wrestlemania on the horizon, we're talking all about Two-Night Events. From Wrestle Kingdom to Mania, when is two nights too much, not enough, or just right? What makes them work and when are two nights called for?

News of the week includes more NXT layoffs from William Regal to Road Dogg, Danny Burch, Scott Armstrong, Timothy Thatcher and others, Mercedes Martinez in AEW, some positive COVID-19 cases in both companies including Roman Reigns and Jake Roberts, Jim Ross being Cancer Free and a whole ton more!