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The Ringer Wrestling Show

Shoemaker Plays Catch-Up With Everything He Missed in Pro Wrestling

The Ringer Wrestling Show

The Ringer

Sports, Wrestling

4.41.4K Ratings

🗓️ 8 January 2026

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

COLD OPEN QUESTION OF THE WEEK: For $600, would you rather have a bad Ric Flair cameo or nosebleed seats at the Elimination Chamber (1:00)? Shoes is back, and he is joined by Ben and Brian. He has a few more cold open questions, including: A bad Ric Flair cameo or an immaculate AI ’80s Ric Flair promo (3:32)? Bigger loss: EC3 leaving NWA or Brock Lesnar retiring from wrestling events (6:19)? Who is the wrestling Trae Young (7:38)? Then they discuss the following: Bron Breakker’s path to the main event of WrestleMania (14:37) Oba Femi vacating the NXT title (21:53) Trick Williams and Matt Cardona join 'SmackDown,' Je’Von Evans joins 'Raw,' and Jordynne Grace is still deciding (27:34) Ricky Saints is now the guy in NXT (34:43) Andrade and Jake Doyle debut in AEW (36:00) Jon Moxley’s babyface turn (42:05) MJF’s reign as AEW World Champion (45:12) CM Punk’s comments about fans complaining (53:23) Why Damian Priest is too cool to be a babyface (59:19) Be sure to check out our videos on⁠ BlueSky⁠,⁠ TikTok⁠,⁠ Instagram Threads⁠, and⁠ X⁠. Hosts: David Shoemaker, Ben Cruz, and Brian H. Waters Producer: Brian H. Waters Additional Production Support: Ben Cruz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

As the 21st century was getting underway, Hollywood released a series of films that were daring,

0:06.0

entertaining, and absolutely unmissable.

0:09.0

Films like 25th Hour, Bring It On, Zodiac, and No Country for Old Men.

0:15.0

They arrived during the George W. Bush era, a chaotic time in America.

0:19.0

Think 9-11. Katrina, the mortgage crisis. After the Bush era, a chaotic time in America. Think 9-11, Katrina, the mortgage crisis. After the

0:24.3

Bush years, the country would never be the same, and neither would Hollywood. I'm Brian Raftru,

0:31.8

and in my new limited series, Mission Accomplished, we're going to dive into some of the biggest

0:35.9

movies of the bush years.

0:39.5

And look at what they said about the state of the nation.

0:45.5

We'll go behind the scenes with filmmakers and experts and relive some of your favorite movies from the early 2000s.

0:48.9

From Donnie Darko to Michael Clayton, from Anchorman to Iron Man.

0:55.5

So slip on your sketchers, dig out your old Nokia, and join me from Mission Accomplished, starting August 12 on the Big Picture Feet.

1:01.6

Why do growing businesses love working in Slack? Let's ask Christia Ari Bikes. Running things in Slack

1:07.6

saves me so much time. AI summaries save 97 minutes per week.

1:12.3

What say you?

1:13.2

Rocks from Gosney.

1:14.2

Slack helps us build community.

1:15.7

It helps us build connection.

1:17.0

Your partners, vendors and customers all in one place.

1:20.2

Take us on home, Ashley from Carraway.

1:22.2

If we did have Slack tomorrow, I would explode.

1:25.3

Well, let's not let that happen.

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