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The Ringer Wrestling Show

The Ringer

Wrestling, Sports

4.6 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 13 January 2025

⏱️ 109 minutes

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COLD OPEN QUESTION OF THE WEEK: Would you go to a WWE show dressed up as Penta if you were getting free front-row seats (0:29)? David and Kaz kick off the show by discussing whether The Rock is working fans and if he will appear at WrestleMania (8:50). Then, they discuss the following: Kenny Omega not going after The Elite in his return (23:00) WWE’s reaction to Hulk Hogan getting booed during his Real American Beer promo (37:22) SmackDown being the Jacob Fatu showcase (46:30) ‘Monday Night Raw’ preview (55:43) Later, they welcome the brand-new NXT champion, Oba Femi, and he discusses the following: Crossing paths with The Rock after winning the NXT title (67:32) The NXT Platinum Era (67:34) His relationship with Shawn Michaels and Matt Bloom (79:33) Respect for Trick Williams (96:23) Be sure to check out our videos on BlueSky, TikTok, Instagram Threads, and X. Hosts: David Shoemaker and Kazeem Famuyide Producer: Brian H. Waters Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	A restaurant's best dishes tell stories. Their flavors embed themselves in our memory like song
0:06.8	lyrics or lines from a movie. So much so that a little slice of a restaurant's story can become
0:13.2	part of our own. I'm Danny Chow and this is ShiftMeal, a new video podcast from the Ringer where
0:19.6	we're sharing a bite and chopping it up with chefs and restaurant people during their off hours.
0:24.5	All episodes of ShiftMeal are out now on Ringer food.
0:28.9	Spice Lovers. Are you ready to fill the fire this winter?
0:34.1	Heat up the coldest month for the year with new limited edition
0:37.7	Extra Flaming Hot Walkers
0:39.6	Bringing the heat to Britain's most love Chris brand
0:42.7	Don't be a denier, own the fire
0:45.3	Try new extra flaming hot walkers
0:49.0	And try the rest of our range
0:50.7	With Extra Flaming Hot Doritos
0:52.3	Walker's Max and What's It's Crunch, and What's It's Crunchy.
0:58.7	Cold open question of week, Kaz.
1:01.6	What up, shoes?
1:03.4	If you look on WWE shop right now or shop.w.W.com, sorry, I'm still stuck in the
1:08.9	Ice Age. Uh, there is still stuck in the Ice Age.
1:16.4	There is actual merch on sale for a wrestler named Penta.
1:24.0	You might be familiar with him from his exploits in the rest of the pro wrestling world as Penta, or Pentagon Jr.
1:28.3	Pena L. Sierra, Mied, I don't know, whatever.
1:29.3	Penta Dark.
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