Shake Them Ropes | Pro Wrestling Podcast

Both companies changed their world title on "free" TV. Let's talk about that. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Rob and Jeff are both at different locations and yes, Jeff's audio is hot this week but please go watch Rob on the video. We ask if Oba Femi is a bait and switch then discuss the headlines on F4Wonline. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Rob and Jeff discuss Night of Champions and Forbidden Door and there's no room for anything else except cheap shots at TNA. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Hey, did you miss us last week? If so, we explain. Just a whole lot of nothing happening, we ask questions like "What's the point of L.A. Knight?" "Why follow up an underdog champion program with another underdog champion program," and other banalities. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

What's the hottest program in American wrestling right now? Rob asks reddit then gets deleted. Jeff loved that first hour of Dynamite. WWE is in the summer doldrums before a two night event and AEW is holding out to not peak too soon. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Rob and Jeff waited until after Clash In Italy to record. We go over that, the King and Queen of the Ring brackets and a bit of the AAA show. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Rob is using the holiday weekend to enjoy boats and cider so Jeff's host on the Dynamite Show, Paul Fontaine joins him to talk about Marcel Bartel's arrest, SNME and Double or Nothing. Also Jeff thinks HHH is stuck in Ruthless Aggression. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Rob and Jeff discuss overloading of May, Beyond the Mat, and the goodbye for now of Asuka Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Rob and Jeff discuss Backlash and whether you should ever take a pay cut and stay. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Rob and Jeff discuss the post-Wrestlemania releases, the call ups, and this Backlash ppv that seems to be just there while wondering what do you put on a Peacock only SNME. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Rob and Jeff are back to discuss the odd placement of Jacob Fatu as Roman Reigns' first opponent post Mania, NXT call ups, and the mystery of why you make a guy champion then give him midcard feuds. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This week Rob's back, but solo and Jeff's here but solo, so you get a half hour each of us with our Mania picks and talking Darby Allin as new champ of AEW. Rob goes first, then Jeff. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Rob's back next week, this week some VOW crossover with Mike Gilbert as we talk the petty, McAfee promos, and preview Dynasty Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Rob's out, so filmmaker and comedian Brian O'Connell re-joins Jeff to talk the comedy/improv stuff going on, talk some Jim Crockett about Jimmy Valiant's last match and Dennis Condrey then dig into Raw and Dynamite Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Who is actually going to get cheered at Wrestlemania? Who wants to see WWE Stars do standup? Jeff apparently said "It's Fine" 14 times in the last segment because if you want Jeff not to care about something, it's the state of standup comedy in 2026. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

AEW did a ho hum follow up to Revolution, Mania isn't lighting the world on fire. Rob and Jeff discuss. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

With Rob on the Road, Jeff's host from the Dynamite Show, Paul Fontaine comes in to ride shotgun on MyAew, ESPN getting rid of WWE letter grades and we preview Revolution. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Rob and Jeff hop on and talk the last four days of WWE and Rob actually changes Jeff's mind on some things. Mania, what's the lay of the land? Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Rob got sick so Jeff goes solo on the PLE this weekend, does the WWE buy into the Mania ticket narrative, and Woodrow Wilson. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This week Olympic Fever, AJ Styles, AJ Lee, retconning the Cody stip and semantics in wrestling news. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This week, Rob and Jeff discuss the lack of Brody King on AEW, Bronn Breaker's hernia, and the shifting sands of Wrestlemania plans Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Rob and Jeff begin year 13 of this ridiculous show talking the Roman-CM Punk main event for Mania, a look to the Elimination Chamber, Grand Slam Australia and Rob even tries to get in some TNA talk. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This week we start with some Rob audio as he recovers from surgery then Jeff welcomes his Dynamite Show host to preview the Royal Rumble and the news. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Rob and Jeff talk the upcoming SNME, how it leads to the Rumble and hit a lot of various stuff across Raw and Dynamite. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Contracts expiring, Drew McIntyre is champ and a fun week of graps. Rob and Jeff go through it all. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy