Giving R-Truth His Flowers

The Ringer Wrestling Show

The Ringer

Wrestling, Sports

4.6 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2025

⏱️ 68 minutes

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COLD OPEN QUESTION OF THE WEEK: If you were starting a wrestling promotion today, R-Truth, Carlito, or Braun Strowman (0:33)? David is joined by Ben Cruz and Brian H. Waters this week and they reflect on the career of R-Truth, whose WWE contract will not be renewed (3:14). Later, they discuss Smackdown, including Naomi’s comments about Bianca Belair (50:52), and then they do a temperature check on Cody Rhodes (56:21). Catch all our video content on ⁠BlueSky⁠, ⁠TikTok⁠, ⁠Instagram Threads⁠, and ⁠X⁠.Hosts: David Shoemaker, Ben Cruz, and Brian H. WatersProducer: Brian H. Waters Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey y'all.
0:00.8	Sirot Sohi from The Ringer here, and I wanted to let you guys know about a new show that I'm hosting.
0:05.5	The Ringer WNBA show.
0:07.6	We're going to be talking about all the biggest personalities,
0:10.3	breaking down and analyzing the latest happenings that make the W so fascinating,
0:15.1	featuring some of the best guests and experts from around the league.
0:18.4	Tap in with us on the brand new Ringer WNBA show feed on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:31.2	Hey Spotify, it's damps and Idris hair to celebrate Tommy Hillfigure's Apex GP collection.
0:37.1	Fueled by the thrill of speed and the power of style,
0:39.3	Tommy Hilfiger's capsule collection
0:41.3	merges performance-driven design with limitless confidence.
0:44.3	This isn't just a lot.
0:45.3	It's the uniform for those on a journey to achieve their dreams.
0:48.3	Discover Tommy Hilfiger's limited edition Apex GP Collection
0:52.3	inspired by F1 the movie only in cinema's June 25th
1:00.2	cold open question of the week ben Cruz shoes if you were starting a wrestling promotion today
1:08.5	here is your choices for number one draft pick, top signing.
1:13.6	Okay.
1:14.6	Artruth, Carlito, or Braun-Stromen.
1:20.6	Ooh, I'm gonna go full recency bias here because there's only one of those guys was recently on Saturday
1:26.6	night's main event.
1:29.1	There you go.
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