WrestleMania's Ticket Sales. Plus: NXT Champion Joe Hendry and Charlotte Flair Join the Show.

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The Ringer

Sports, Wrestling

4.4 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 10 February 2026

⏱️ 103 minutes

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COLD OPEN QUESTION OF THE WEEK: What was your favorite part of the Super Bowl halftime show (0:37)? David and Kaz kick off the discussion about which wrestler would host the best Super Bowl party (4:10). Then they discuss the following: WWE prohibiting local bars from showing WrestleMania (8:41) Whether or not a year-long story would help WrestleMania (20:44) AJ Lee-Becky Lynch and Liv Morgan- Stephanie Vaquer showdowns on 'Raw' (55:01) Rhea Ripley and LA Knight qualify for the Elimination Chamber (59:06) Then, new NXT Champion Joe Hendry joins the show and discusses the following: Working in the United States during the pandemic and going back to the U.K. (1:15:18) Going from having a viral song to becoming NXT champion (1:23:20) Being NXT champion and facing WWE champion Drew McIntyre (1:2434) Learning how to approach the art of timing from John Cena (1:27:23) And in a bonus interview, Ben Cruz speaks with Charlotte Flair at Super Bowl’s Radio Row, where they discuss the following: Throwing Alexa out at the Royal Rumble 1:31:47 Charlotte shows Ben how to do the heart hands (1:33:44) Joining Bayley at her Lodestone Women’s Wrestling camp (1:35:20) Her relationship with Bayley (1:36:57) Be sure to check out our videos on⁠ BlueSky⁠,⁠ TikTok⁠,⁠ Instagram Threads⁠, and⁠ X⁠. Hosts: David Shoemaker, Kazeem Famuyide, Ben Cruz and Brian H. Waters Guests: Joe Hendry and Charlotte Flair 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	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
0:28.3	or subscribe to YouTube.com at Death Taxes Bananas on YouTube.
0:36.2	Cold open question of the week, Kaz.
0:38.3	What up, shoes?
0:39.3	I know, I saw you tweet about it.
0:41.3	I know you probably talked about it on the radio.
0:43.3	What was your favorite part of the Super Bowl halftime show?
0:46.3	I mean, go Lord.
0:49.3	Uh,
0:50.3	finding out that we can unite the world through thick Latinas throwing ass.
0:57.5	That was my favorite part of the halftime show.
1:00.4	I mean, what could you get?
1:01.5	Like, there was a moment within the show where you're watching so much ass being thrown.
1:07.6	You're like, I can't believe they try to politicize ass.
1:11.2	Like, they try to make this
1:12.5	a political thing.
1:14.7	Like, nobody, like, everybody
1:16.6	in the world doesn't enjoy
1:18.1	watching.
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