Down The Middle

SO MUCH has happened in the past two weeks!  AEW Revolution was phenomenal, Tony Khan announced that he has purchased Ring of Honor and the ROH video library and the world is still waiting to see where Cody Rhodes will reappear.  All this and more on this episode of Down The Middle!

The pro wrestling world is abuzz with Cody and Brandi Rhodes's departure from AEW.  Is he retired?  Will he return to WWE?  How will this affect the landscape of professional wrestling?  All this and more!

The Rumble has passed!  We'll see where we were right and discuss the future of AEW & WWE.

The Royal Rumble is today!  Jake and Ben are making predictions.  Let's see how accurate we are and how predictable WWE is!

A lot has happened in the past two weeks.  This episode we're just gonna try to catch up on everything that happened.

The first Down the Middle Podcast of 2022!  We're covering WWE Day 1 as well as other big news across AEW and other wrestling promotions including our predictions for the first ever TBS Champion.  Buy The Death of WCW on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3mGPiQl

The last podcast of 2021!  We'll talk about AEW Dynamite: Winter is Coming, the awesome debut of Hook, our wrestling resolutions for 2022 and more!

Jake and Ben make some light predictions for AEW: Winter is Coming and speculate on whether WWE will be for sold and to whom?

Jake and Ben give their thoughts on AEW Full Gear 2021 and the most recent round of WWE releases.

This week we talk about the most recent round of WWE released, the future of Ring of Honor and the release of Jon Moxley's new book!

Jake and Ben talk about the trials and tribulations of being a wrestling fan today.

This episode, Ben and Jake sit down to go through the major events in pro wrestling over the last two weeks.

Jake and Ben talk about the decline of WWE and the meteoric rise of AEW and how it will affect the landscape of professional wrestling.

Jake and Ben talk about All Out Week including things you would have had to have been in Chicago to see!

This week we sit down and talk with RD Reynolds, the author of The Death of WCW.  We cover what killed WCW, whether or not AEW is going down the same path and all the other crap going on in pro wrestling today.

Ben and Jake talk about the ups and downs these past two weeks in wrestling, particularly with AEW, but we touch on the entire wrestling world.

This week Ben and Jake talk about toxic fans and the ridiculous things they say.

This week on the podcast we talk about CM Punk and Bryan Danielson coming to AEW and how we think/hope they will be used.  We also talk about the now infamous Nick Gage as well as Bray Wyatt being released.

Ben and Jake discuss one of the many rounds of WWE releases and what the future may hold for these wrestlers.

This week we go through the major wrestling companies and predict where they will be one year from now.  A year later we'll go through it and see where we were right and where we were wrong.

A look back when Ben and Jake made predictions for Wrestlemania 2021.  How right were we?

This week we go through yet another round of releases and a few returns.  We're still trying to figure out what's going on with WWE and Ben shares his Match of the Fortnight.

Ben and Jake play a fun little game this week and talk about which company a certain wrestler would most belong.  

This week we're addressing the many rumors of New Japan Pro Wrestling and WWE negotiating a working relationship, how it would affect the landscape, and what we as fans would like to see happen.  

Jake and Ben "The Referee" talk about being a wrestling fan today and the we have to explain it to non-wrestling fans.