Olympic Pro Wrestling and the Injuries Threatening WrestleMania Plans

The Ringer Wrestling Show

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Sports, Wrestling

4.4 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2026

⏱️ 82 minutes

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COLD OPEN QUESTION OF THE WEEK: If professional wrestling were an Olympic sport, who would represent the United States? David and Kaz kick off the show by discussing WWE superstars who are appearing on ESPN shows (10:01), before David doubles down on his Seth Rollins injury take (19:57). They also discuss: Kaz’s insights into how the WWE creative team pivots when wrestlers get injured (28:10) Whether recent injuries have thrown the WrestleMania plans out the window (36:20) Who the most surprising winner of the Men’s Elimination Chamber would be (47:50) Who they think the masked man is on 'Raw' (1:01:48) AJ Styles's retirement celebration on 'Raw' last night (1:10:12) Be sure to check out our videos on the Ringer Wrestling TikTok account @RingerWrestling, Instagram Threads, and X. Hosts: David Shoemaker and Kazeem Famuyide Producer: Bruce Baldwin Additional Production Support: Ben Cruz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Cold open question the week, Kaz.
0:05.4	What up, shoes?
0:07.5	Not much, man.
0:08.9	Here's my question for you.
0:10.0	I was just scrolling.
0:11.8	I was just a, what's the opposite of doom scrolling?
0:14.3	When it's doom scrolling, but you're in a good mood and it's, and it's enriching your day.
0:18.3	Um, joy watching.
0:20.7	Joy. Okay. I just made it up on the spot. I was joy watching some of the. enriching your day? Joy watching.
0:23.7	I just made it up on the spot. I was joy watching some of those social media videos.
0:27.8	That was not my question, actually.
0:30.0	And I found one of Elisa Liu.
0:34.2	Alyssa Liu.
0:35.0	Am I saying that correctly?
0:36.7	I think so.
0:38.7	I think so. I'm sure something.
0:43.4	There's been a lot of videos of her. Congratulations, winning the gold medal in Olympic figure skating.
0:49.9	I saw a super cut of her various performances put to Kurt Engels theme song.
0:54.6	And it had her holding the gold medal and the whole thing was very,
0:55.7	it was very wonderful.
0:57.8	But here's my real question for you.
1:00.8	If pro wrestling was an Olympic sport,
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