Grunt GanG Podcast | AEW Owen Hart, NJPW & NOAH Tournament Predictions, plus WWE’s Wild John Cena Classic

Talk'n Shop

Bleav + TNS Media

Sports, Society & Culture, Wrestling

4.9 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2026

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

The Grunt Gang podcast reunites on the Talk’N Shop network and opens with banter, shoutouts, and updates on the Good Brothers wrestling in Australia and heading to Japan’s Global Tag League. Tony reviews TNA Plus and recent TNA happenings, including Leon Slater vs. Cedric Alexander, Eric Young winning a No. 1 contender battle royal after beating EC3, Rosemary’s return, and a street fight featuring AJ Francis vs. Casey Navarro with a major table spot; the group discusses TNA as a place to rebuild or elevate talent and praises its supernatural storytelling. They preview multiple tournaments: AEW’s Owen Hart Cup (men’s and women’s brackets), New Japan’s Best of the Super Juniors and upcoming US G1 show, GCW Tournament of Survival, and debate WWE’s John Cena Classic concept where fan voting can advance wrestlers, then speculate on potential participants and winners. They close by planning a future King of the Ring deep dive and more community shoutouts.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Warning, the views of the grunt gang are not necessarily the views of the Good Brothers or the Talking Shop community.
0:06.7	Brothering should always be done softly and at a safe distance.
0:10.1	Please enjoy the show at your own risk.
0:15.2	Ladies gentlemen, hoots and falcons nesters.
0:18.2	You are now tuned in to a Talk and Shop Patreon community podcast.
0:21.9	Your host, Darren, Big Mail, Tony, the Falldown Man, and DJ Dominguez, also known as
0:28.8	Grunk Gang, it's the Grunk Gang podcast.
0:36.0	Grunk Gang is the Grunk Gang podcast. Grunk Gang is the Grunk Gang podcast. Grunk game. It's the Grunk Gang podcast.
0:39.3	Grunk Gang.
0:40.4	It's the Grunk Gang podcast.
0:43.6	We're here.
0:47.8	You were here to listen to it?
0:49.0	We're just dancing the whole episode.
0:50.9	Yes.
0:51.4	We're going to groove.
0:52.5	Dancing like Ted.
0:53.5	The whole time. Absolutely. That's what we're here for. Moving, grooving, grunting, and ganging. It's me, DJ Domingo, head of collusion. I got Tony the falldown man, the research man, head of recruitment here with me. VP, producer man, very good producer man, male slim majors in the
1:14.1	house, and of course, our prez, the originator, non-creator. I believe in miracles, and the miracle
1:19.8	has happened tonight. Darren is with us. We're back, baby. how's everybody doing?
1:28.3	Good chill man, doing fucking great and how about yourself, homie?
1:33.3	We good man once I'm chill with my husband the energy changes everything happens we're catching up of course beforehand talking about a lot of wrestling because that's what we're here for. We're on the Talking Shop network. Two of the greatest pro wrestlers on the planet put us on their network to be out here to talk to you, the people. They're out there in Australia. You didn't see us on Talking Shop live for the first time in a very long time. The brother said, hey, take the night night off thank you guys for your service we thank
2:03.0	our falcons nest friends are talking shop.com our patreon.com talking shop patreon people for being in there
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