Finn Bálor Joins the Show and a Supersized Elimination Chamber Preview

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Sports, Wrestling

4.4 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 27 February 2026

⏱️ 119 minutes

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COLD OPEN QUESTION OF THE WEEK: Who do you think is the lone person with a 97 overall rating in 'WWE 2K26'? The show starts off with Kaz taking a victory lap after AJ Styles confirmed that he is retired from the ring (10:27). Then he and David discuss the MVPs of ESPN’s coverage leading into the Elimination Chamber (17:56). They also discuss: Who is the best booker in wrestling today? (33:42) How they would push the young talent in WWE (49:09) Predictions for the men’s Elimination Chamber (54:35) Predictions for the women’s Elimination Chamber (1:11:48) The show ends with Finn Bálor joining before he faces off with CM Punk for the World Heavyweight Championship this Saturday. They discuss the subtle changes to his character recently (1:39:01), his relationship with cannabis (1:49:03), and what AJ Styles has meant to him throughout his career (1:52:46). Be sure to check out our videos on the Ringer Wrestling TikTok account @RingerWrestling, Instagram Threads, and X. Hosts: David Shoemaker and Kazeem Famuyide Guest: Finn Bálor Producer: Bruce Baldwin Additional Production Support: Ben Cruz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Cold open question the week, Kaz.
0:03.9	What's up, shoes?
0:05.8	What's up, man?
0:07.7	Within the past week, I was with my youngest son, seven years old, at a lovely establishment
0:14.1	called Yestercade in Somerville, New Jersey.
0:16.4	Yeah, it's an old-fashioned arcade.
0:19.9	It's an arcade with all the old-fashioned stuff.
0:21.8	All the arcade games are my youth,
0:23.3	all the whole wall of pinball machines.
0:25.7	And then on the other wall,
0:26.7	it's like nice,
0:27.7	like leather couches with giant TVs
0:29.6	where you can just like throw in your,
0:31.5	whatever, like, you know,
0:32.8	whatever modern game you want.
0:34.7	So I got my first taste of WW2K26.
0:45.5	And I am very ashamed to say that between my seven-year-old and I, we could not figure out how to like fast forward through entrances or really do anything.
0:48.8	So I've never played, I was just telling Bruce our producer this before we start.
0:52.8	I've never played a game of 2K without someone there who owned the system that
0:59.1	knew how to, you know, how to like sort of direct me.
1:03.8	So, yeah, so it wasn't that effective.
1:05.6	The whole, this is all a very long setup.
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