Did Mainstream Coverage Hurt Pro Wrestling? Plus, AEW All Out and WWE Wrestlepalooza Picks.

The Ringer Wrestling Show

The Ringer

Sports, Wrestling

4.4 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 18 September 2025

⏱️ 96 minutes

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COLD OPEN QUESTION OF THE WEEK: What’s the weirdest response you've ever gotten from someone when they find out you cover pro wrestling (0:40)? David and Kaz kick off the show with a real conversation about the state of pro wrestling at the moment and its predictability, despite all the publicity and mainstream coverage (5:49). Then they pick up their predictions game with picks for AEW All Out (42:59) and WWE Wrestlepalooza (1:05:00) Be sure to check out our videos on BlueSky, TikTok, Instagram Threads, and X. Hosts: David Shoemaker, Kazeem Famuyide, and Brian H. Waters Producer: Brian H. Waters Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	All right, my birdie buddies, my par-saving pals.
0:03.8	My eagle enthusiast, it's Joe House here.
0:06.2	Major season is finally upon us.
0:10.1	The Masters, the PGA Championship, the U.S. Open, the Open Championship,
0:15.0	and Fairway Rowan is here to break down all of the storylines.
0:20.3	Offer a little help on those betting cards for every
0:24.5	single major this golf season. Join me and our incomparable accomplice, our tour boots on the
0:32.6	ground, Nathan Hubbard, as we guide you from Augusta all the way to Northern Ireland.
0:38.7	Royal Port Rush, away we go.
0:46.6	Cold open question of the week, Kaz.
0:49.1	What up, Shoes?
0:50.5	It's back to school season.
0:52.4	I've been here for a minute.
0:53.2	Tonight, I have my first graders back to school night I've been here for a minute tonight I have my first graders
0:55.4	back to school night
0:56.6	where I get to go
0:57.8	meet the teachers
0:59.3	need some parents
1:02.1	that remit some parents
1:04.0	that whole thing
1:04.8	inevitably when you're in these situations
1:07.6	somebody will ask what you do for a living
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