Mercedes Moné Returns! Plus, Kevin Knight Joins the Don Callis Family

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4.4 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 4 June 2026

⏱️ 63 minutes

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COLD OPEN QUESTION OF THE WEEK: What manager from wrestling history would you choose to guide your heel turn? David and Kaz kick off the show by discussing Kevin Knight joining the Don Callis Family on Wednesday's AEW 'Dynamite' (08:03). Next, the guys ask the age-old question: “Why can't wrestlers dress well?” (15:57) before talking about Mercedes Moné’s return to the ring (24:24). After that, David and Kaz discuss WWE putting the El Grande Americano vs. El Grande Americano match from Noche de los Grandes on Netflix after RAW this week (27:02). Following that, Kaz introduces David to the 82-0 Game, which spawns their own ideas about a wrestling version of the game (31:01). The show rounds out with some talk about the Queen of the Ring quarterfinals (42:22) and a quick vibe check on Tony D’Angelo and NXT (50:44). Don’t forget to subscribe to our YouTube channel! Hosts: David Shoemaker and Kazeem Famuyide Producers: Bruce Baldwin and Ben Cruz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Cold open question of the week, Kaz.
0:07.4	What's up, shoes?
0:08.6	Your favorite wrestler, Kevin Knight.
0:11.5	Okay.
0:12.2	Join the Don Callis family this week.
0:14.8	Okay.
0:15.9	My question for you is, of all the managers in the history of wrestling, who would you choose to guide you
0:23.8	through your heel turn?
0:25.9	Oh, Vincent McMahon.
0:28.9	He's not a manager.
0:30.1	Well, I guess he kind of is.
0:31.1	He's a manager.
0:32.0	I'm taking it.
0:33.6	It counts.
0:34.3	It counts.
0:34.9	Okay.
0:35.9	He'd probably be,
0:41.8	if I needed to absolutely positively become somebody that everyone absolutely hated,
0:43.9	you align yourself with Vince.
0:45.8	I think he has like a 99% success rating of like getting heel heat.
0:52.8	Like,
0:53.3	can you think of one person who aligned himself with like the corporation and didn't,
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