WWE: AJ Styles sets Royal Rumble retirement? Drew McIntyre, Finn Balor flex in Europe

Getting Over: Wrestling Podcast

Adam Silverstein

Professional Wrestling, After Shows, Wwe Raw, Sports, Aew, Wrestling, Wwe Nxt, Aew Dynamite, News, Smackdown, Wwe, Pro Wrestling, Nxt, All Elite Wrestling, Wrestlemania, Raw, Njpw, Wwe Smackdown, Wwe Wrestlemania, Sports News, Tv & Film

4.8 • 544 Ratings

🗓️ 21 January 2026

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

AJ Styles put his retirement into question as Drew McIntyre celebrated and Finn Balor competed in Europe -- and Getting Over is here to break it all down. Host Adam Silverstein tackles what's ahead for Cody Rhodes and Jacob Fatu in pursuit the WWE Championship, GUNTHER's stipulation to rematch at the Royal Rumble and what it means, CM Punk and Becky Lynch retaining their titles, IYO SKY and Rhea Ripley leading nine declarations, Adam Pearce delivering in his role, Trick Williams continuing to stand out, Je'Von Evans avoiding injury and more.

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0:00.0	Hey now, we are getting over, and I am the Silver King, Adam Silverstein, coming to you live from a hotel room in Orlando to lead you through these hard times.
0:24.5	As we break down everything that happened in the world of WWE over the last week.
0:30.8	Now, this is going to be a pretty unique episode of getting over.
0:35.2	Things are shifted around, messed up, but I'm going to explain all of that to you in a moment. Before we get to that, we got to get to this, of course, a reminder with the Getting Over Wrestling podcast.
0:46.8	It's all about defied. So please, folks, stop being marks for yourselves and go back to being a mark for me.
0:55.6	Go back to being marks for the Silver King, Adam, Silverstein, vintage Chris Vinini, and the entirety of the Getting Over Wrestling podcast.
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1:30.8	No matter where you're listening, no matter where you're following, it's always at getting
1:35.6	overcast. Now, Vintage Chris Manini will not be on today's show for really a variety of
1:42.2	reasons. First, we were coming off the college football
1:45.2	playoff national championship. Who, who, Hoosiers, congratulations to Indiana going 16 and
1:52.1	0 undefeated, incredible game, incredible team. Kirk Gignetti, Fernando Mendoza is just,
1:57.6	tremendous work from the Hoosiers on Monday night and really the entirety of the season.
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