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The fun of Halloween is over, and I hope you had a safe time with safe treats- leave the tricks to Blood and Guts! It's the most over-stimulating time of the year in AEW, and Dylan and Eddie are here to cover both the women's and men's cage match (and catch a little mono while doing it). ONE MORE WEEK! 'PAM-Army' Merch Pre-Order: podamania.bigcartel.com ***FIRST 10 ORDERS GET A PAM BUMPER STICKER*** https://linktr.ee/podamaniaPod 🎟️ Buy AEW Tickets (or anything else!) via our StubHub affiliate: https://tr.ee/fHohX9zmr9 🎙️ hosts eddie – https://x.com/_EWL3 dylan – https://x.com/BozoDyls 0:00 eddie drinks the water bottle that gives you mono 0:59 welcome to pod-a-mania 2:55 blood and guts is the purge of AEW 4:25 the women opened tonight up with agony and pain 6:19 the use of weapons tonight were sick af 6:59 willow of course was an all-star for blood and guts 7:48 taz just feels like he has to speak 8:52 dylan loved the cinematography, most of the time 10:38 julia hart taps and surrenders in B&G, we're bummed 13:02 bandido wants the lives of the new level and swerve 14:53 no need to twist the arm of hangman adam page 15:43 is kofi aware he signed up for texas death? 17:18 marina shafir calls mercedes mone a P-A-B 19:59 mox lets orange cassidy decide jay white's fate 21:47 are there any blue-collar boys in the PAM-fam? 22:54 eddie just took dylan's water for the intro 24:15 what are you, personally, doing with mox's fork? 27:08 let's get into the men's blood and guts match 30:24 steven borden is welcomed to the league 31:16 hot take: thumbtacks are getting a little played out 32:04 okada determined to clear the ring of tacks 33:11 will ospreay brought the energy to kyle fletcher 34:58 selfishly wanting fletcher to win at worlds end 37:07 wardlow rips the door off to chase darby allin out 38:45 cope gets choked with a chain till surrender 39:56 WARDLOW THROWS DARBY ALLIN OFF BLOOD AND GUTS CAGE 41:06 thanks for watching! #aew #aewdynamite #wrestling #wrestlingpodcast

Happy Halloween PAM-Fam! IT'S FRIGHT NIGHT YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS! The goblins and ghouls come out for suplexes and slam-o-lanterns, while Dylan and Eddie cover Jay White's new faction 'The Cut' (FKA 'The Last Outfit'), the upcoming anarchy in the arena match, and Queen Aminata becoming your NEW TBS Champion! 'PAM-Army' Merch Pre-Order is LIVE: podamania.bigcartel.com ***FIRST 10 ORDERS GET A PAM BUMPER STICKER*** https://linktr.ee/podamaniaPod 🎟️ Buy AEW Tickets (or anything else!) via our StubHub affiliate: https://tr.ee/fHohX9zmr9 🎙️ hosts eddie – https://x.com/_EWL3 dylan – https://x.com/BozoDyls 0:00 last week we invaded WWE and launched merch 1:50 welcome to pod-a-mania! 3:00 getting into fright night after armoring the tiger 6:45 from winter to spring, the last outfit to the cut 9:08 mox ain't used to losing as much as DG is 10:15 claudio one-mans all of the cut in superman fashion 11:03 claudio knows just the fella to help the death riders 12:43 jack perry faces future AEW champion kyle fletcher 13:42 AEW is the savannah bananas of wrestling 15:13 kyle fletcher makes his claim for the AEW world title 16:15 Dylan is not confident in fletcher's ability 19:03 are we actually seeing the new level in Texas Death? 22:25 who is one guy in AEW you wouldn't want as a rival? 24:08 MCMG gain the lead in the best of 5 against FTR 26:34 not trusting unique teams with title opportunities 31:17 Ciampa wants his shot against Ijla Dragunov 32:53 Speedball is so good at losing to people 34:37 Josh Alexander gets his TNT title opportunity 38:44 AND NEW: Queen Aminata is the NEW TBS Champion 47:24 thanks for watching! #aew #wrestling #wrestlingpodcast

First-Ever Sunday Edition of Pod-A-Mania! That's because the boys are out of the garage, and on the road to invade WWE Smackdown! How will the WWE Universe react the weekly wrestling podcast take over the live crowd in their BRAND NEW merch! 'PAM-Army' Merch Pre-Order is LIVE: podamania.bigcartel.com ***FIRST 10 ORDERS GET A PAM BUMPER STICKER*** https://linktr.ee/podamaniaPod 🎟️ Buy AEW Tickets (or anything else!) via our StubHub affiliate: https://tr.ee/fHohX9zmr9 🎙️ hosts eddie – https://x.com/_EWL3 dylan – https://x.com/BozoDyls 0:00 the long-term effects of being a fed-head 0:43 welcome to pod-a-mania! 0:53 PRE-ORDER YOUR MERCH TODAY 1:59 talking about ijla dragunov next to a cop 3:45 feels bad for the UK strong-style wrestlers in the fed 4:18 should we watch the ReelShort Drew McIntyre movie? 4:44 is the camera slowly drifting one way or another? 5:07 we can't NOT talk about one of the best PPVs of the year 6:04 Hangman/Brodido and Swerve/The New Level continue! 7:10 it sucks that these are people will be in the audience 7:54 the bucks retain their titles against fletcher/knight 8:50 davis and doyle SQUASH the young bucks 9:38 davis vs moxley might be Dylan's MOTY candidate 10:38 the dogs officially kick gabe kidd out 12:29 power dynamics shift as fletcher's future aligns 15:02 nick wayne beat chris jericho... twice 15:58 persephone retains, and queen aminata is next up 17:34 blake monroe has been in WWE just as long as AEW 24:10 WWE doesn't give AEW talent as many opportunities 26:03 okay, but what's HOOK's gimmick? 26:42 and I WILL compare apples to oranges here 27:26 we have no idea what will be happening tonight 28:40 absolutely loved the goofiness of andrade vs Ciampa 29:06 deeply embarrassed to be going to a WWE show 30:42 paying absurdly too much for parking 32:56 tldw; smackdown was awful and they took our sign 34:52 the WWE branding ruined the aura of talent 35:49 paying too much money to hate watch 36:52 people mistook us for DX cosplayers 37:20 don't watch anything on rumble, not even main event 38:18 damian priest now on main event after r-truth injury 40:08 the real world champion gimmick doesn't work on Sami 41:38 rey fenix warns sami zayn that penta looms with MITB 42:18 we eat up trick williams calling sami a rookie 43:54 these bookings make no sense at all 44:29 i like some of danhausen's curses, what does he know about running a show? 45:18 the opening contest was a street fight during commercial 46:49 why would they not pay-off 'we want tables' 49:26 if its a good B-show, it's a good B-show; say it 50:49 it feels like the women tag teams in WWE make more sense 52:59 the fans yearn for the comeback of titantrons 54:42 there's got to be a middle ground between AEW and WWE 56:12 we rolled well to get this smackdown card 56:50 the worst two sentences Dylan ever said 57:46 the WWE audience paid to see wrestlers they know 58:58 the best wrestling of the night were former-AEW talent 1:01:17 nobody took a second glance to recognize it wasn't DX 1:01:44 thanks for watching! #aew #wwe #wrestling #wrestlingpodcast #fedfearspamfam

We really have a bad habit of getting our predictions in right at the line huh? Dylan and Eddie are back this week to predict EVERY match on AEW WrestleDream 2026, and we'll see if Dylan continues to be a psychic 🔮👀 https://linktr.ee/podamaniaPod 🎟️ Buy AEW Tickets (or anything else!) via our StubHub affiliate: https://tr.ee/fHohX9zmr9 🎙️ hosts eddie – https://x.com/_EWL3 dylan – https://x.com/BozoDyls 0:00 Dylan doesn't wanna this week 0:43 welcome to pod-a-mania! 2:30 the annual LA knight humiliation ritual at MITB 4:28 Roman Reigns wants Conrad Thompson to keep his name out his mouth 7:16 Leon Slater becomes youngest TNA World Champion at 22 9:33 Max Caster speedruns TNA career after one match 11:52 a mixed fight in gay paris between the conglomeration and the death riders 13:11 this is Roderick Strong and Marina Shafir's foreplay 14:19 i saw dog, so i said dog; damn madman gabe kidd 15:36 tired of Nick Wayne and Jericho sequel-itis 16:57 how is Chris Jericho fat, fit, slow, and fast? 18:55 we don't body shame here on the podcast 19:40 these clockwork carnage qualifiers on paper were so obvious 22:28 speedball vs lee moriarty makes us feel bad for nick wayne 24:00 Ciampa wants goldie, but more importantly an AI robot 25:24 why did WrathLander become the #1 contenders? 27:44 TK should give us and the PAM-fam women's creative 28:31 Davis and Doyle continue to be THE tag team of the DCF 30:08 Josh Alexander's in-ring presence was missed! 32:58 Adam Copeland forreal never-wrestling after 2027 36:35 Is Konosuke Takeshita good enough to be world champ? 38:22 we are actually excited to see FTR vs Motor City Machine Guns' best-of-5 40:52 really thought you had something with Okada vs Myron Reed? 42:09 i fear Mercedes Mone will win every time i see her 44:17 lena kross is championship material in the making 45:54 the lackluster tag main event from dynamite 48:06 jon moxley scares the sh*t out of his wife 50:10 can't believe it's been a year since ace Austin debuted 51:33 should've shown talent off that aren't on the PPV 53:16 let's predict AEW's WrestleDream 2026! 53:42 predicting the pre-show matches first 56:34 picture this and predict: young bucks vs fletcher/knight 58:09 if you give fletchknight a tag title run, and not jetspeed... 59:38 who's taking the TBS title home from WrestleDream? 1:01:26 will jon moxley hold on to the title till the C2? 1:03:44 why is chris jericho vs nick wayne III a thing? 1:05:12 is 2-out-of-3 falls leading to swerve vs hangman again? 1:07:37 you can't use psychic powers on command 1:08:10 will the national championship become Ciampa's NEW goldie? 1:09:19 we've been WAITING for Mercedes Mone vs Thekla 1:11:32 Predicting AEW's FIRST EVER Clockwork Carnage Match! 1:15:16 thanks for watching! #aew #wrestledream #wrestlingpodcast #wrestling #wwe

AEW went to Paris, France to showcase their best card of the year for GRAND SLAM! Join Dylan and Eddie as they break down Ospreay and Okada's 12th singles contest together and The New Level's Kofi's exciting new run on the AEW roster! https://linktr.ee/podamaniaPod 🎟️ Buy AEW Tickets (or anything else!) via our StubHub affiliate: https://tr.ee/fHohX9zmr9 🎙️ hosts eddie – https://x.com/_EWL3 dylan – https://x.com/BozoDyls 0:00 Dylan uses the podcast to test fits to wear outside 1:18 welcome to pod-a-mania! 3:28 MJF live via satellite at NJPW king of pro wrestling 6:03 jesse the body shoots on jalen brunson in the WWE PC 8:56 necro butcher signs a WWE legends contract for some reason 12:30 WWE is petty for always trying to counter program AEW 13:35 Bandido defends the ROH world title against Kofi 14:14 The New Level still adjusting to the AEW locker room 15:50 Swerve and Hangman's lust set up the two-out-of-three at WrestleDream 16:41 Kofi and Bandido's in-ring chemistry was insane 18:39 Darby Allin puts it all on the line against Kyle Fletcher in TNT title defense 25:02 Kyle Fletcher just looks better with a belt 26:03 Davis and Doyle can dominate the AEW tag division 26:44 Gabe Kidd is a dog... literally 30:01 Gabe Kidd is a wild card when paired with Mox 31:07 should we rank finishers we'd kick out of? 32:58 Mark Davis earns a shot at Mox's continental title 33:42 Will Ospreay's Clockwork Carnage comes to AEW 35:32 Jack Perry finally gets his hands on Samoa Joe 37:39 Pod-A-Mania does not support the use of AI Image Generation 39:03 Mercedes Mone tries to avoid Queen Aminata's chocolate kisses in France 39:59 this is an undashing cody rhodes thing 40:49 round of applause for Queen Aminata 44:17 Grand Slam France had a PPV-level card on television 45:06 Dylan wishes Eddie would sell out one of these days 46:06 Will Ospreay defends AEW World Title against Okada 46:40 Okada is a comedy wrestler stuck in a GOAT body 49:14 Oversea Crowds always have a different energy 50:04 Okada and Ospreay face-off in their 12th singles contest 51:50 every week Will Ospreay gets better in the ring 52:54 final thoughts on Okada vs Ospreay 53:57 who will end up beating Ospreay for the AEW world title? 55:31 thanks for watching! #aew #wrestlingpodcast #wrestling #grandslamfrance #grandslam

A grief-stricken week for AEW, as we lost Benjamin Satterley- known to many as "The Bastard" PAC. Death Rider teammates, Jon Moxley and Marina Shafir, as well as AEW World Champion Will Ospreay and Ricochet took center-stage this week on Dynamite as AEW paid tribute to PAC. Rest in Peace Benjamin Satterley "PAC" (August 22, 1986 – September 27, 2026) https://linktr.ee/podamaniaPod 0:00 Rest in Peace Benjamin "PAC" Satterley 2:18 welcome to pod-a-mania 2:55 PAC was loved by so many wrestlers 6:18 Ospreay showed Moxley everything he taught him 8:42 Moxley's post-All Out promo, do something with life's gift 16:06 can't imagine the pain these wrestlers are carrying 17:05 PAC's last PPV match against Andrade El Idolo 20:34 PAC consistently stole the show, making history 21:31 Moxley and Orange Cassidy open the Tribute to PAC 22:01 Dylan finds an old PAC/Mox photo on Twitter 22:57 taking their time before the show must go on 25:19 Mox and OC lightens the mood with tributes 28:08 Bryan Danielson RETURNS to comfort Mox 31:23 the ONLY title change from All Out 2026! 32:28 THE ELITE REUNION IN HONOR OF PAC 35:18 Thekla is next in line for Mone's Women's World Title 37:21 The New Level and Swerve remain our trios champions 39:17 Dani Luna debuts at All Out in TBS Open Challenge 42:20 Okada embarrasses Ciampa in front of his daughter 45:26 telling you rn, this segue isn't worth the effort 46:51 Brawling Birds defeat Divine Dominion in Chicago Street Fight 49:08 being exposed to female-on-female violence 51:20 Ricochet and Will Ospreay pay tribute to PAC in every way 54:05 Will Ospreay is NOT "Jim from The Office" 56:07 Will Ospreay is a cheeky lil focker 57:56 Wardlow is BACK! WOOF WOOF WOOF 59:34 the first time i thought the death riders may not have this 1:01:17 BRYAN DANIELSON RETURNS TO IN-RING COMPETITION 1:04:27 wheeler yuta does not have the body of a deathrider 1:05:40 Death Riders stand tall at the end of the night 1:06:58 wardlow will eventually kick our ass 1:14:18 Moxley's post-show promo reminds us to keep doing  what we love 1:17:15 thanks for watching #aew #wrestlingpodcast #PAC

Barely getting in our predictions before All Out TODAY, Dylan and Eddie also go over Pro Wrestling Illustrated's Top 500 wrestlers of the 2025/26! https://linktr.ee/podamaniaPod 🎟️ Buy AEW Tickets (or anything else!) via our StubHub affiliate: https://tr.ee/fHohX9zmr9 🎙️ hosts eddie – https://x.com/_EWL3 dylan – https://x.com/BozoDyls 0:00 trick williams graced the cover of SLAM magazine 0:44 welcome to pod-a-mania! 2:08 we're doing predictions later and covering the PWI 500 2:32 let's talk about roman reigns not making the list... 6:20 highlights from the PWI 500-150 8:31 LENA KROSS DIDNT MAKE THE LIST AT ALL? 9:28 MORE highlights from the PWI 500, 105-26 12:21 just a moment for the ones that didn't make it 12:40 should KRULE be on our Halloween episode? 13:50 now the top 25 of the PWI 500 21:00 PWI's Top 10 wrestlers of 2025/26 22:27 Trick Williams possibly the most improved this year 23:42 Should we become more familiar with Yota Tsuji? 24:15 Hangman Page grew on Dylan more and more this year 25:02 When's Takeshita getting his world title run? 26:08 How much of Mistico's placement is his theme song? 26:33 How did CM Punk get such high placement at #3? 28:07 Cody Rhodes at #2 is dumb but yeah i guess.. 29:30 MJF: The Year of The Devil and it wasn't close 31:36 the biggest snubs of the full 500 33:46 genuinely where was el grande americano on the list? 35:05 Nick Wayne out-mogs Jericho by dropping F-bomb 37:56 The Acclaimed (Max Caster and Anthony Bowens) contracts set to expire 39:29 Speedball Mike Bailey joins the United Empire 40:35 was the big show an original non-binary icon? 42:29 you're a commentator, wear a suit 44:32 our official all out 2026 predictions 45:02 jack perry gets katsuyori shibata instead of samoa joe 46:43 coach juice leads bang bang gang against the dogs and the deathriders 47:58 will the Chicago street fight even be on the main card? 50:28 will the new level and swerve retain their trios titles? 51:48 call and response is so fun and satisfying 52:37 welcome to the santizap gooning channel 53:56 Andrade El Idolo takes his pants off to face PAC 55:47 who will be the number one contenders for the AEW tag team titles? 59:14 the ladder match that may involve tables and chairs as well 1:01:35 who will answer Persephone's TBS open challenge? 1:06:32 willow vs thekla in a last b*tch standing match 1:08:57 AI knows the psycho killer better than the rainmaker and his wife 1:11:49 could Okada be doing bigger and better things? 1:16:05 will ospreay challenges former teacher jon moxley 1:19:45 will gabe kidd break the death riders up? 1:22:20 thanks for watching!  #aew #wwe #wrestlingpodcast #pwi500

A fresh-from-flu Dylan joins Eddie again to catch up on what AEW has been building to for All Out in Chicago, and try to finally figure out if John Bradshaw Layfield was ACTUALLY a billionaire 🤔 ❤️ DONATE TO 'I AM ALS': https://www.iamals.org/give/ https://linktr.ee/podamaniaPod 🎟️ Buy AEW Tickets (or anything else!) via our StubHub affiliate: https://tr.ee/fHohX9zmr9 🎙️ hosts eddie – https://x.com/_EWL3 dylan – https://x.com/BozoDyls 0:00 Dylan got a lil snippy in our comment section 2:41 welcome to pod-a-mania! 3:39 did JBL actually own that limo of his? 4:42 was lil yachty LARP-ing for his first WWE match? 6:35 Bayley returns to RAW, without a new contract? 7:14 what licensed song would be your entrance theme? 8:55 Dylan narrowly avoids his reputation for first time viewers 9:42 we're a triple entendre of a podcast most of the time 12:52 Dylan educates Eddie on what a tax write-off is 15:05 did you think JBL was a billionaire as a kid? 18:19 the doctor Britt Baker is in and Dylan is confused 21:02 Rest in Peace The Butcher Andy Williams 21:33 Daniel Garcia wins $100,000 in The Butcher Battle Royale 22:25 we'd never get wrestlers on the show acting like this 23:39 Divine Dominion vs Brawling Birds II set for Chicago Street Fight 24:26 can we talk about how Lena Kross is an absolute star 26:25 Mercedes Mone NOT CLEARED to wrestle 27:23 thekla is the last real b*tch standing 28:49 we gotta talk about steven borden 30:39 aw dude is a dead meme but happy for cope's wallet 31:49 we need the tag division to move on already 34:32 Psycho Killer Ciampa calls out the Rainmaker Okada! 36:28 Jon Moxley vs Will Ospreay unexpectedly set for All Out 37:41 Ospreay wants recruits for the United Empire 38:47 Darby Allin has an in-ring victory over WALTER 39:49 the novelty of darby allin has old jackass vibes 43:34 i gotta remember you're a mark sometimes 45:13 darby allin matches give me a hint of scrotum 48:31 jon moxley wants a hard time with will ospreay 49:44 Andrade and Ospreay have their own sense of tension 50:20 Francesco Akira wants to kick the chia out of the DR 51:10 Gabe Kidd is a primary death rider now 51:56 pod-a-mania has BEEN on gabe kidd time 52:29 the build for mox/ospreay II is spotlighting others 52:54 it feels like a brand new season of AEW is starting 54:58 thanks for watching! #aew #wrestlingpodcast #sundaynightsmainevent

Back before we even get a chance to see the fallout, Dylan and Eddie cover everything that has to do with AEW's All In 2026! From the debut of Kofi and Austin Creed (The New Level), the handful of new champions that were crowned, but most importantly Will Ospreay sealing his legacy in the main event at Wembley Stadium! https://linktr.ee/podamaniaPod 🎟️ Buy AEW Tickets (or anything else!) via our StubHub affiliate: https://tr.ee/fHohX9zmr9 🎙️ hosts eddie – https://x.com/_EWL3 dylan – https://x.com/BozoDyls 0:00 you remember this young buck bio? 0:18 welcome to pod-a-mania! 1:47 they tricked us with more pre-show matches 2:11 we recorded TUESDAY, WE MISSED DYNAMITE THIS WEEK 2:44 very glad Lio Rush and The Rascalz made it to Wembley! 3:53 Harley Cameron and Kris Statlander are back to teaming 5:14 i wish HOOK would be a less performative leader 6:19 running a big rizzler check to the hurt syndicate 7:56 this production error would've driven us crazy 9:00 eddie says something and gets sent to the penalty box 9:46 Dylan on Persephone's TBS title win over Maya World 11:03 unfortunately the doctor is in, Britt Baker returns 14:29 ON A NEW LEVEL: Kofi and Austin Creed are ALL ELITE 18:58 Eddie's live feed got cut before New Level's debut 19:58 The New Level are your NEW Trios champs 20:25 Tony Khan hates his own women's tag team champs 22:06 it was time to move on from the Divine Dominion 23:34 plot armor fails to protect McGuinness against Mox 28:41 kyle fletcher did this specifically for Dylan 31:13 don callis didn't know what was gonna happen, but we did 34:33 what's the plan for the future of kyle fletcher? 35:20 that was third best match of the night 35:38 what happened in the casino gauntlet match 38:11 Jericho's entrance would've funnier by anybody else 40:07 Andrade from one to WINNING over the one true champ 41:01 MJF's "real" title reign is so much funnier now 42:40 Tony Khan's Tag Team money spread post-match 44:21 the young bucks aren't so young anymore 46:26 damn it, another darby allin banger for TNT title win 48:47 Dylan's match of the night: Mercedes vs Willow 52:12 Willow could've used her hand cast for defense 53:34 Mercedes Mone works a story into a match so well 54:26 Dylan's favorite match from All In changes daily 54:40 Ospreay's past meets him before the main event 57:02 Kenny Omega's "My Hero Academia" entrance 59:24 Tony Khan finds a way to make me cry every All In 1:02:46 thanks for watching! #aew #aewallin #wrestling #wrestlingpodcast 

AEW has made their way across the pond for the biggest event of the year for All Elite Wrestling, ALL IN 2026! We're so excited for everything that is going to unfold, that we're predicting EVERY match from All In: London! https://linktr.ee/podamaniaPod 🎟️ Buy AEW Tickets (or anything else!) via our StubHub affiliate: https://tr.ee/fHohX9zmr9 🎙️ hosts eddie – https://x.com/_EWL3 dylan – https://x.com/BozoDyls 0:00 do you feel like the third person in the room? 1:19 welcome to pod-a-mania! 2:25 Dylan needs water before we start talking wrestling 3:02 Blake Monroe's main roster debut delayed AGAIN! 8:31 Hiromu Takahashi "Kyoki" WWE Smackdown Debut 9:38 WWE storylines have been SO repetitive for years 11:23 women's wrestling in the states have been lacking 13:40 ALL IN 2026 is actually unpredictable 15:57 Kyle Fletcher and AEW promote their french/euro road trip 18:12 pod-a-mania's song of the week: ass boy freestyle 19:45 have you caught any of AEW's tea parties? 22:08 Lio Rush and Action Andretti's Fight Without Honor! 26:03 Ospreay breaks the hearts of many supporting Real Madrid 27:11 Will The New Day make their debut at All In? 30:47 maybe an idea for a future predictions stipulation 33:30 the divine dominion actually get on the main card 36:21 either cage'n'cope retain or divine dominion retain 38:51 Dylan makes surprise choice for casino gauntlet 41:43 it's funnier if MJF loses and keeps the bit up 45:04 predicting a kevin knight retain in falls count anywhere 47:03 the C3 finals could really go either way 50:19 the match why everybody bought the PPV 51:30 predicting how the don callis cookie crumbles 55:37 Mercedes Mone vs Willow Nightingale better not end in a roll-up 1:00:26 predicting the main event of Wembley, Omega vs Ospreay III 1:05:43 thanks for watching! #aew #aewallin #wrestling #wrestlingpodcast