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The Ringer Wrestling Show

Did The Rock Ruin John Cena’s Retirement Tour? Plus, Building New Stars in Wrestling.

The Ringer Wrestling Show

The Ringer

Sports, Wrestling

4.41.4K Ratings

🗓️ 23 January 2026

⏱️ 93 minutes

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Summary

David and Kaz fire up the mics and discuss whether or not the Rock ruined John Cena’s retirement tour by filming ‘The Smashing Machine’ (8:19). Then, they discuss a few things from Season 2 of 'WWE Unreal' (20:25). They also discuss the following: The debate whether or not AEW is building new stars (35:00) Lainey Reid and Ricky Sosa grab the attention of wrestling fans everywhere (1:02:21) David’s rant of the week: Wrestlers should never wear plaid on television (1:14:34) Saturday Night’s Main Event preview (1:22:9) 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 Additional Production Support: Ben Cruz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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