Surprises That Make You Feel Good: John Cena Becomes WWE Grand Slam Champion

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4.4 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 11 November 2025

⏱️ 74 minutes

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COLD OPEN QUESTION OF THE WEEK: Now that the Dallas Mavericks have fired Nico Harrison, who is the Nico Harrison of pro wrestling? David and Kaz kick off the show discussing which wrestlers can be considered in the GOAT conversation along with John Cena (3:08). Then they recap the following from ‘WWE Raw’: Men’s and Women’s War Games matches announced for Survivor Series (14:18) Je’Von Evans's chances of beating Gunther on 'Raw' next week (0:00) Potential surprises in the John Cena tournament (22:09) WWE removing WestSide Gunn (49:38) Nikki Bella turns on Stephanie Vaquer (1:04:30) Women’s PWI 250 top 10 (1:09:10) Be sure to check out our videos on BlueSky, TikTok, Instagram Threads, and X. Hosts: David Shoemaker, Kazeem Famuyide 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	A wise man once said in this world, nothing can be certain except death taxes and your boy Johnny Bananas.
0:07.2	Welcome to the brand new Death Taxes and Bananas channel where we'll be recapping season 41 of the challenge every week with all your favorite cast members.
0:15.6	I'm going to dive deep into the drama, get every side of every story, and tell stories about behind the scenes on set
0:22.8	antics. So, follow Death Taxes and Bananas on Spotify, where you can watch every episode
0:28.2	or subscribe to YouTube.com at Death Taxes Bananas on YouTube.
0:35.8	Cold open question of the week, Kaz.
0:38.1	What up, shoes?
0:39.5	I don't know if you heard the news.
0:42.8	To Dallas Mavericks fans like me, it's, it's good news.
0:45.4	Never like to see somebody lose their job, but it looks like Nico Harrison's getting fired.
0:49.0	GM of the Dallas Maps, the guy who traded Luca Donchich.
0:55.0	My question for you is who is the Nico Harrison
0:58.1	of professional wrestling?
0:59.8	Damn.
1:00.5	And there is a right answer, by the way.
1:02.3	Damn.
1:03.0	That's, that's actually kind of mean.
1:08.1	Let me, let me say, if we're going to say to say to Nick Let me give you some hints
1:12.1	Management person obviously
1:15.3	Yes
1:16.0	Let some of the biggest stars
1:18.2	In the history of pro wrestling
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