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Episode 253 of the AEW-some Pod is up. Diana Prince (The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs, Halloween Ends), Johnny Taylor (The Hard Times, Stand-Up! Records, Tubi), and Gringo Fantastico (Troma’s Disasterpiece Theater) break down the WrestleDream fallout Dynamite from Coral Gables. Davis and Doyle fold up the Tag Champs in three minutes, Okada’s belt does Fletcher a favor, Steven Borden comes back for Blood & Guts, Jay White remembers he’s Jay White, Marina Shafir tells Mercedes to toughen up, Jericho says sorry, and Ilja Dragunov finally gets to wrestle. Rate, review, and subscribe, or we’ll make Justin Roberts read your name and demand everyone stand. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

It's episode 252, WrestleDream 2026 is in the books, and Johnny Taylor, Diana Prince, and Gringo Fantastico are back to break down a night of great wrestling, questionable decisions, and a main event that required an abacus, a flowchart, and a degree in theoretical mathematics. The crew celebrates Nick Wayne's continued rise while explaining why the internet wrestling community's obsession with the dreaded "Jericho Vortex" is about as intelligent as the average wrestling Twitter argument. Mercedes Moné apparently mistakes the post-show media scrum for a chance to bury Thekla, Andrade and Tommaso Ciampa put on an absolute clinic (with an unexpected assist from a pair of pants), and Ilja Dragunov arrives in AEW, bringing his trademark brand of brutally stiff, chest-caving violence to a locker room that might want to invest in some extra ice packs. Plus, Jon Moxley and Mark Davis beat the hell out of each other, the trios titles change hands, and Clockwork Carnage somehow makes filing your taxes look like a relaxing afternoon. Was WrestleDream another home run for AEW, or have we reached the point where the next pay-per-view starts before we've finished watching the last one? Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Episode 251 of the AEW-some Pod is up, and we're back to regular programming, croissants and all. Diana Prince (The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs), Johnny Taylor (Stand-Up! Records, Tubi, and Largo this Sunday), and Gringo Fantastico (Troma's Disasterpiece Theater) head to Paris for a Tuesday Dynamite that broke all of our brains about what day it was. Will Ospreay finally beat Kazuchika Okada after losing to him 11 out of 13 times, and the Paris crowd sang through the whole thing. Okada gave the smuggest face in wrestling and demanded the French build him a monument. Jack Perry spat on Samoa Joe and got exactly what he deserved, Darby bled all over France to keep his belt, and Thekla speared Mercedes so hard Diana is now personally guaranteeing a title change at WrestleDream. Gringo spends a good chunk of the episode defending himself against accusations that he hates small people, and then saves the day by actually reading the Clockwork Carnage rules out loud, which none of us had done. Rate, review, and subscribe. Oui oui. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Episode 250 of the AEW-some Pod is a heavy one. Johnny Taylor and Gringo Fantastico sit down, no Diana this week, to talk about the AEW Dynamite tribute to Ben "Pac" Satterley, who passed away in Chicago the day after All Out at just 40 years old. This isn't a traditional episode. No awards, no ratings, no ghost. Just two lifelong fans trying to keep it together while they talk about one of the most beautiful memorial shows wrestling has ever done. We get into the haunting Moxley promo filmed before anyone knew, Orange Cassidy weeping in the corner before their match, the Mox and Danielson embrace, Bryan coming out of retirement for one more night, and tribute after tribute from Hangman, Darby, Ospreay, Ricochet, Swerve, and Roddy Strong. We talk about what Pac meant to us, the bar he set for everyone grinding in the indies, the Death Triangle days, the Neville and Sami Zayn classics, and Tony Khan honoring Pac's full contract and flying the whole roster to the memorial. Pac was your favorite wrestler's favorite wrestler. Rest easy, Ben. 'Til we meet again. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Episode 249 of the AEW-some Pod is up, and Johnny's back from internet exile just in time to recap All Out from Chicago. Diana Prince (The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs), Johnny Taylor (Stand-Up! Records, Tubi, and Largo on October 11th), and Gringo Fantastico get into a night that was overshadowed by a scary spot where Steven Borden went down hard withan injury. Good news: he's okay, and the AEW medical staff hopped to it fast. On the fun side, Okada flipped off Tommaso Ciampa's little girl and she double-bird'd him right back, the Brawling Birds went from a tea party to a genuinely great street fight, and Swerve and Hangman turned a trios match into an instant classic that Johnny may or may not have oversold to Diana before she'd watched it. Then Will Ospreay burned the Death Riders flag, bit clean through Moxley's forearm, and hit a very much not-hidden blade to keep the belt, while Gringo dropped a smoking hot take about wanting Mox to win. Rate, review, and subscribe, and spare a card for Steve Borden. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

It's time for episode 248! Johnny’s having technical difficulties, so Gringo and Diana are left without adult supervision. Somehow they still manage to review three hours of Dynamite and Collision from Fishers, Indiana. They were actually in the building for a night of bangers, a completely unhinged crowd, Will Ospreay casually ignoring the laws of physics, and Nick Wayne trying to survive a verbal sparring session with Chris Jericho. But none of that answers the episode’s most pressing question: "Just how tight are Hangman's jeans?" Fortunately, Diana conducted some accidental investigative journalism after ending up on the same plane as Hangman—and folks, those pants are apparently fighting for their lives. Add Diana’s eternal war with Claudio, Gringo continuing his completely one-sided vendetta against Gabe Kidd and his alleged black hole of charisma, some Wheeler Yuta appreciation, and Gringo and Diana repeatedly realizing how much they rely on Johnny, and you’ve got another impeccably professional episode of the AEW-Some Pod. Journalism has never sounded this unhinged Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Episode 247 of the AEW-some Pod is up. Diana Prince (The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs, Halloween Ends), Johnny Taylor (The Hard Times, Stand-Up! Records, Tubi), and Gringo Fantastico (Troma's Disasterpiece Theater) break down the final All Out build, starting with a Jon Moxley promo we all agreed is Mox's best work, the one where he pre-blames Will Ospreay for whatever he's about to do to him and tells him it's his responsibility. Diana has officially come around on Mox. Gringo's favorite part was watching Mox and Pac physically fight the urge to roll their eyes at Gabe Kidd. Then Jericho and Nick Wayne stole the night, and even the Nick Wayne haters at this table admit the kid gave great face, right up until his puka shells got ripped off and he cared more about that than the loss. Christian's father-obsession has curdled into full Father Tourette's, Ciampa got Okada to accept a title match by calling him a bitch, Jack Perry decided to poke Samoa Joe with a stick, and Akira swore on live TV so Ospreay offered to pay the fine. Rate, review, and subscribe, or we'll tell you it's your responsibility. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Episode 246 of the AEW-some Pod is up. Diana Prince (The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs, Halloween Ends), Johnny Taylor (The Hard Times, Stand-Up! Records, Tubi), and Gringo Fantastico (Troma's Disasterpiece Theater) open by paying tribute to Andy Williams, The Butcher, who passed away this week, a scary-looking guy who by every account was one of the kindest people in the business, and a hell of a musician too. From there we get into the Rebel Heart episode, a cause-driven night for ALS awareness that had a genuinely moving Rebel moment and one heel-face alignment that made everyone tilt their head. Ospreay beat David Finlay while Jon Moxley sat on commentary praising him like a proud dad, then threw a chair backstage when Ospreay wouldn't play along. Steven Borden won his first TBS match, Andrade defended his belt and got his chest rubbed by strangers again, and Thekla told the best raw-chicken-carcass origin story you'll ever hear. Rate, review, and subscribe. And go do the ice water challenge Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Episode 243 of the AEW-some Pod is up. Diana Prince (The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs, Halloween Ends), Johnny Taylor (The Hard Times, Stand-Up! Records, Tubi), and Gringo Fantastico (Troma's Disasterpiece Theater) head to Arena Mexico for Grand Slam, where MJF came back, took his ring, threw Andrade off a ramp, and insulted an entire country in the span of one promo. Hangman Page wrestled for the first time in 144 days and walked out with trios gold. Ospreay beat Mark Davis in a fork-and-barbed-wire street fight that had the announcers wondering if he ever really left the Death Riders. Fletcher retained and got the stink eye from his own stablemate. Willow pinned Mercedes again. And Tommaso Ciampa took a photograph we are not going to describe on a family podcast. Rate, review, and subscribe, or we'll pin your pants for the three count. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Episode 242 of the AEW-some Pod is up. Diana Prince (The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs, Halloween Ends), Johnny Taylor (The Hard Times, Stand-Up! Records, Tubi), and Gringo Fantastico (Troma's Disasterpiece Theater) break down a Detroit Dynamite that bounced back hard, headlined by Kenny Omega and Will Ospreay standing nose to nose and slapping each other silly while building the Wembley main event better than anyone's built anything all year. Ospreay quit the Death Riders for good, Hangman Page came back and started sticking his nose everywhere, and Willow and Mercedes both cut the best promos of their lives to set up All In. Andrade kept his belt and his catchphrase, Maya World keeps collecting wins, and Jon Moxley told the morality police exactly where they can put it. Rate, review, and subscribe, or we'll show and tell you how we feel. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.