Adnan Virk Joins the Show! Plus More on the ESPN-WWE Merger

The Ringer Wrestling Show

The Ringer

Wrestling, Sports

4.6 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 7 August 2025

⏱️ 94 minutes

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David, Kaz, and Adnan Virk fire up the mics early Thursday morning to discuss the WWE-ESPN deal and what it’s like working as a broadcaster at WWE! They talk about the following: Who’s most likely to win a title: LA Knight, CM Punk, or Roman Reigns (0:22) Virk joins to talk about his new book 'Cinephile' (22:01) How WWE can benefit from working with ESPN (30:10) Virk’s as a WWE broadcaster (33:22) Karrion Kross and Scarlett contract extensions (1:05:00) MJF and the Hurt Syndicate (1:10:15) Be sure to check out our videos on⁠ BlueSky⁠,⁠ TikTok⁠,⁠ Instagram Threads⁠, and⁠ X⁠. Hosts: David Shoemaker and Kazeem Famuyide Producer: Kyle Williams Additional Production Support: Ben Cruz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Craig Horlebeck here to tell you that the NFL is back, whether you like it or not,
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0:45.8	It's so funny because when you look at the guys, that's never a topic of conversation.
0:50.8	Yeah.
0:51.3	What you look like?
0:52.6	Did you watch the football last night?
0:54.9	It's never about, I'll watch your skincare routine. Whereas women walk into a room and because we've
0:59.4	been taught to be pitted against each other. Yeah. Not always, but sometimes there's, oh my God,
1:04.9	you know, I can't. It's a bit of a barrier. Yeah, yeah. And it shouldn't be there.
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1:16.8	Cold open question of week, Kaz.
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