LEGENDS AND FUTURE GREATS REVIEW SHOW S2 EPISODE 5 (Wrestling Stew 7.23.25) w/ @Lufisto

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4.4 • 738 Ratings

🗓️ 25 July 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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LFG Episode 5: Wrestling Stew & Size Matters
In this episode of Wrestling STEW, host LuFisto and lawyer extraordinary Jeff Lipman discuss Episode 5 of LFG. The theme of this week is 'Size Matters: Big vs. Small' in wrestling and how it plays into storytelling. The episode also shares their views on wrestling storytelling, performance analysis, and thoughts on the episode's format and structure. With insights from wrestling legends like the Undertaker and Shawn Michaels, this episode dives deep into the intricacies of wrestling psychology and performance.
00:00 Introduction and Episode Setup
00:25 Pre-Production Chaos and Job Talk
00:55 Wrestling Storytelling: Size Matters
05:40 Match Analysis: Anthony Luke vs. Elijah Holyfield
13:22 Match Analysis: Dani vs. P Nasty
18:31 Match Analysis: Drake vs. Chris Island
27:44 Match Analysis: Bailey vs. Summer
30:39 Analyzing Summer's Performance
31:18 Repetitive Moves in Matches
32:04 Booking for TV Competition Shows
33:38 Bailey's Match Critique
34:53 The Executioner's Mask Idea
37:08 Selling Moves and Match Psychology
40:07 Grading the Matches
44:07 Future Prospects and Critiques
50:00 Show Format and Viewer Engagement
56:06 Wrapping Up and Plugs

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0:00.0	All the damn work I put in with you.
0:04.3	Blue Fisto.
0:05.9	What can you do with this person who's new?
0:08.8	So they look good, you look good, and everybody's safe.
0:13.6	Lettersmo put him in a black leather jacket, a black hat.
0:16.5	Jeff Lipman.
0:17.8	It looked like she was too slow for school, but she came out playing the hot mingale.
0:22.7	That looked really good.
0:25.6	Tonight on LFG.
0:28.7	Hello, ladies, gentlemen, and everybody that stands in between.
0:34.0	This is LFG, episode five, And what would you do with the contestants?
0:39.0	We boil them, fry them, put them in a stew, the wrestling stew.
0:42.6	My name is Lofisto, and I'm with Lawyer Extraordinary.
0:46.7	Jeff Liffman, as always.
0:48.3	How are you, Jeff?
0:50.0	I am very well, thank you.
0:51.3	I was talking to you pre-production about how I was scrambling around this morning, but I managed to get things done. None of them actually tied to my, well, only one of them actually tied to my regular job. But since nowhere to my office listens to this, they apparently won't care. What would they say if they would listen?
1:09.3	Probably not much because, I mean, actually, it's really easy for them.
1:14.2	I mean, unlike Max, apparently, to the granular level, they can tell what I'm doing on their systems.
1:21.6	Hopefully.
1:23.2	So this week, it was about size matters, big versus small, how we can work that into
1:31.5	storytelling in wrestling.
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