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

The Ringer Wrestling Show

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Sports, Wrestling

4.4 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 7 August 2025

⏱️ 92 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.
0:04.6	And we are covering all the latest news, trades, rankings, and more on the Ringer Fantasy
0:09.3	Football Show with my two co-hosts who are both named Danny.
0:12.8	Check the Ringer Fantasy Football Show out on Spotify or on our new YouTube channel.
0:20.2	Cold open question of the week, Kaz.
0:23.2	What's up, shoes?
0:24.3	So my older son had ACL surgery this week.
0:28.0	Actually, a week ago today.
0:29.3	Oh, okay.
0:31.3	And, you know, we've been taking care of him.
0:33.1	He's been babying him.
0:34.0	He's going through a lot.
0:35.0	So there's been a lot of food ordered to the house over the past week, just whatever he wants. We had IHOP delivered this morning. I can make pancakes. My wife
0:45.9	can make pancakes. We probably had all the ingredients here, but he wanted IHop delivery. I'm very
0:52.3	full right now, because of course, I partook.
0:59.9	So it just got me thinking, what is the best delivery food?
1:02.3	Don't say something obvious.
1:05.0	What's the best delivery food for wrestling watching?
1:08.3	For wrestling watching?
1:11.2	Oh, gosh, that's a good question.
1:14.9	Now, you got to walk with me here, okay?
1:22.1	The best delivery food for wrestling watching is some sort of brunch, all right?
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