Episode 367: Darby Allin Wins!
Grilling JR
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4.7 • 6.1K Ratings
🗓️ 16 April 2026
⏱️ 81 minutes
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Summary
On this episode of Grilling JR, Jim Ross and Conrad Thompson break down one of the biggest moments in AEW as Darby Allin captures the AEW World Heavyweight Championship on Dynamite. JR shares his thoughts on what the victory means for the company, what it does for Darby as a top star, and where it leaves MJF moving forward.
With WrestleMania 42 on the horizon, JR gives his unfiltered predictions who's going to win, who's going to lose, and ultimately, who will be remembered when the dust settles on the biggest weekend in wrestling.
Plus, JR reflects on some of his all-time favorite WrestleMania moments, offering personal insight and behind the scenes perspective from decades at the announce desk.
And in a special segment, the show revisits an excerpt from JR's book Business is About to Pick Up, as Jim looks back at WrestleMania 19 and the emotional night Stone Cold Steve Austin stepped away from professional wrestling.
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| 0:00.0 | tonight's episode comes to you from the blue chew studio right now when you buy two months |
| 0:05.3 | of bluechew gold you get the third for free with the promo code jr at bluechew.com It's Wednesday. |
| 0:26.0 | You know what that means. |
| 0:27.7 | AEW Dynamite was on the air, |
| 0:29.7 | and we are live at grillingj.R.com immediately after an incredible main event with a title |
| 0:35.9 | change. |
| 0:37.1 | J.R., we've got a new world champion in Darby Allen. |
| 0:40.1 | What do you think, man? |
| 0:41.4 | Could be more proud of somebody who's a great kid. |
| 0:45.5 | He's an overachiever. |
| 0:47.6 | God damn, he don't wait 200 pounds. |
| 0:49.9 | So I'm happy for him. |
| 0:52.3 | He works hard. |
| 0:53.3 | He takes too many chances, in my opinion. |
| 0:56.4 | But needless to say, he's going to be a great representative going forward for AEW. |
| 1:03.0 | He's reliable and he's unpredictable. |
| 1:07.1 | All the good things he's got. |
| 1:10.7 | What a story too. You know, you go back a few years ago during mjf's |
| 1:14.3 | first title run and there was a big pay-per-view where they had a four pillars match and you've had |
| 1:19.7 | jungle jack perry and you had sammy gavara and derby allen and of course the champ mjf and now man |
| 1:26.5 | two out of the four are world champions. |
| 1:30.4 | MJF has been on quite a tear. |
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