NEW FLAGSHIP: Keller & Fann dissect Reigns-Punk pros & cons, was Drew damaged by them, AEW's hot start to 2026, Impact's momentum, Ava, NJPW
Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast
Wade Keller
3.9 • 903 Ratings
🗓️ 4 February 2026
⏱️ 106 minutes
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Summary
- Dissecting the Roman Reigns-C.M. Punk segment that closed out Raw last night. What could have been left out, what was essential, and did this segment cement this as the right choice to headline WrestleMania?
- Related listeners emailers including whether Cody Rhodes cost himself a chance to headline night 2 and what possible other headline matches did this displace
- Liv Morgan's win, the pros and cons of other possible winners, the latest on Bianca Belair, and the overall Women's Rumble
- A.J. Styles removing his gloves and then putting them back on, and whether he'll be a good fit in AEW after the strong showings from Andrade and Tomasso Ciampa so far
- AEW Dynamite's momentum with a viewership boost last week and the general momentum with new stars, the returns of Kenny Omega and MJF, and overall booking
- TNA Impact's week three viewership increase and overall product direction
- Ava's immediate anti-ICE comments after leaving WWE
- "Hangman" Adam Page clearing up the details and content of photo with Marty Scurll
- The latest New Japan roster departure and state of the company
- Listener email frustrated with lack of clean finishes in WWE TV main events
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| 0:56.9 | flagship talking current events in pro wrestling. |
| 1:04.4 | Art, Rich, let's start with the Royal Rumble and the Fallout from the Royal Rumble, certainly |
| 1:09.0 | the top two stories of the week so far with |
| 1:12.6 | the the rest of media made event being cemented i talked at length in a really fun conversation |
| 1:17.1 | yesterday with griffin on the weight color posing post show with uh callers and and chat uh interaction |
| 1:23.6 | throughout about that show closing segment that didn't milk the moment. They didn't add |
| 1:29.9 | suspense. They went right to it. Roman's going to be on the show. He might address who he's going to |
| 1:34.2 | face. The fans kind of chose punk compared to Drew. And then punk comes out and they have a 15, |
| 1:41.7 | 20 minute segment setting it up. And I don't think they have to do much more to build it, although it's months away. So, you know, 15, 20-minute segment, setting it up. And I don't think they have to do much more |
| 1:45.9 | to build it, although it's months away. So, you know, they will. Rich, tell me what you thought of |
| 1:51.4 | that segment. In fact, kind of start with Roman winning the Rumble and walk all the way through |
| 1:55.7 | Rock. Sure. So Roman winning the Rumble and him being the last person there with Gunther made a lot of sense because of the fact that Gunther had just previously retired AJ Styles earlier in the evening. So the threat was there that this was going to be this massive coronation. And Roman had not been on television. Other than him showing up on Pat maccophie show and saying the creative stunk |
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