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Busted Open

The Week in Wrestling / Kofi Kingston

Busted Open

SiriusXM

Mark Henry, Professional Wrestling, Nxt, Njpw, Dave Lagreca, Tommy Dreamer, News, Leisure, Sports, Wwe, Sports News, Ring Of Honor, Aew, Bully Ray, Wrestling

4.62.1K Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2021

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Dave LaGreca & Tommy Dreamer break down some of the biggest stories from the world of pro wrestling this week, alongside analyst Justin LaBar; also, WWE's Kofi Kingston stops by, following his big win this past Monday on RAW ... are we seeing 'Kofimania' Part II? And what part of his wrestling career means the most to him? To visit our partners at Chewy, click here.   The Master's Class is now available on its own podcast feed! SUBSCRIBE NOW to hear over 50 episodes of Dave, Bully, Mark, and Tommy taking you behind the scenes like only they can, plus BRAND NEW episodes every week.   Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of Busted Open ad-free and get exclusive access to bonus episodes.    Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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0:00.0

This is the busted open podcast. You can listen to the full show Monday through Saturday

0:07.1

from 9 a.m. to noon Eastern on serious XM fight nation channel 156.

0:14.4

Welcome to the busted open podcast. This is Dave LaGrecca. On today's episode,

0:19.9

the innovator of violence, the landlord of the House of Hardcore and the heart and soul

0:25.5

of professional wrestling Tommy Dreamer and I go through all the news and rumors with their

0:31.8

very own Justin LaBar right here on the busted open podcast. Also, one of the greatest moments

0:39.6

in WrestleMania history was the match between Kofi Kingston and Daniel Bryan at WrestleMania 35.

0:47.6

We really live that moment. Let's talk about the big win over Bobby Lashley on Monday Night Raw

0:54.0

with Kofi Kingston right now on the busted open podcast.

1:06.8

How about the fact that they're going back to a live event schedule July 16th? Interesting.

1:14.4

Interesting, exciting, huge. I mean, this is, you know, every week, I feel like every day,

1:19.8

in fact, in the past, you know, I think a couple of weeks, it feels like there's another sense of

1:23.8

normalcy, not with just pro wrestling, but just in life. Returning and this is huge, you know,

1:30.0

and I think WWE fans, so if you're a WWE fan, maybe you don't watch AEW, you don't watch

1:35.4

anything else, you need to thank AEW because I alluded to such, you know, in a previous Friday,

1:41.3

when we, whenever AEW announced, you know, they're opening up back to fans or double nothing,

1:48.4

and then they're, they're touring, they're going to do in Texas and in Florida.

1:52.0

And I said, this is great news because this is going to force the hand of a WWE especially,

1:57.6

because you don't want to be, you know, the last, you know, you don't want to be the last one

2:01.4

to the dance, right? And I think WWE's, you know, original plan was, okay, summer slam with fans,

2:07.8

and then from that point on, we're out of the Thunderdome, we're back to conventional touring

2:13.2

in arena shows. And this is obviously now accelerated that to where now they're, you know,

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