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The Ringer Wrestling Show

Saraya Vs. Mercedes Moné Loading? Plus, CM Punk’s Questionable Future. | Wednesday Worldwide

The Ringer Wrestling Show

The Ringer

Wrestling, Sports

4.61.4K Ratings

🗓️ 30 August 2023

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

This week, Ben, Khal, and Brian kick off the show by fantasy booking John Cena’s return. Then they get into the following headlines: Saraya is setting her sights on Mercedes Moné (3:30) CM Punk’s questionable future in AEW and pro wrestling in general (17:10) Will Ospreay is “open to all options” after his New Japan deal expires (31:34) Later, in They Said What?!, they react to Dip’s take on 'Cheap Heat' when he said that Raquel Rodriguez may not be the best opponent for Rhea Ripley (37:52). Then they discuss the legacy of former WWE champion Bray Wyatt (48:16). (Check out this Ringer dot com piece from Ian Douglass and Oliver Lee Bateman titled “The Making of Bray Wyatt.“) The crew closes the show with highlights from NXT (57:10) and a preview of tonight’s AEW ‘Dynamite’ (59:20). For an opportunity to have your hot take featured on They Said What?!, leave a voicemail at (202) 417-8160. Be sure to check out videos on the brand-new Ringer TikTok account @RingerWrestling. We are also on Instagram and Threads. Hosts: Ben Cruz, Khal Davenport, and Brian H. Waters Producer: Brian H. Waters Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Football is around the corner and we are ramping it up, over here on the Ring or NFL

0:04.5

feed in the month of August.

0:06.3

Every week Ben, Solak and I will be bringing you not one but two extra point takins, that's

0:11.1

right, double the trouble as we predict, debate and analyze our way through camp and the

0:16.0

preseason every Monday and Friday.

0:18.0

But that is not all, Steven Ruiz and I will be coming to you every Wednesday, we'll

0:22.0

talk about everything in the world of the NFL, and who knows, maybe Steven will even

0:25.4

have something nice to say about your favorite spot.

0:27.6

So frankly I wouldn't count it.

0:29.0

Subscribe to the Ring or NFL show on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.

0:33.6

And be sure to follow the Ring or NFL on Instagram, TikTok and Twitter at Ring or NFL.

0:57.6

What's up everybody, welcome to another episode of Wednesday world wide world wide, a proud

1:15.2

member of the faction known as the ring or wrestling show.

1:18.8

My name is Ben Cruz and I'm a producer here at the ringer and with me as always are

1:24.4

my tag team partners.

1:26.1

I'm a senior editor at the ringer.com, Cal Davenport and of course the super producer here

1:33.5

at the ringer, Mr. Brian H. Waters, guys, John Cena is essentially a full time member of

1:41.6

the WWE roster for the next style, let's call it two months and change here quickly from

1:48.2

each of you.

1:49.2

Fantasy book is viewed for the next two months.

1:51.8

Don't think about it too hard, just book it, just book that shit.

1:55.6

It's just going to be him and Austin theory, just going back, running it back.

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