Shake Them Ropes | Pro Wrestling Podcast

With Jeff on vacation, we recorded an Ask Us Anything--The "Everyman" hero, The Suicide Squad, Politicians and kayfabe, Earthquake's debut and more. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Samoa Joe, CM Punk and Bryan Danielson return? Is NXT dead to Vince? What did Chris think of a Raw with fans? All that and more this week. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Paul Orndorff passes away, Vince goes back to the 80s trying to screw rival promotions, and a Money In The Bank preview Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Sponsored by Manscaped this week (Use Code ROPES and get 20 percent off plus free shipping) and MyBookie. AG (Use code ROPES get up to 1000 matched on your first deposit). Jeff mourns the temporary loss of Aunt Pam/Bayley while also suffering from Vertigo. We talk the debut of Malachi Black, the departure of Paul Heyman from Talking Smack, and the call ups of Shotzi, NOX and Toni Storm. Additional...

Sponsored by Manscaped this week (Use Code ROPES and get 20 percent off plus free shipping). Chris and Jeff talk a little about the leagacy of Del Wilkes, Jeff's boring July 4th traditions, Chris' criminal past, the bad RAW women's division booking and take you through the week that was in (mostly) WWE. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redc...

Sponsored by Manscaped this week (Use Code ROPES and get 20 percent off plus free shipping). Chris and Jeff go in to the 14 people let go from NXT/205 live. We dicuss the firing of a WWE writer for going on a podcast, and Jeff tells you why most of the complaints are incorrect or offbase. Also, Ice Cold Takes (TM) on Hell in A Cell and far too many references to the career of Lindsay Price. Plus a...

Sponsored by Manscaped this week (Use Code ROPES and get 20 percent off plus free shipping). We give a post-mortem on the Covid era, Chris hated NXT Takeover: In Your House as we give ice cold takes, and after a few things we liked and disliked on the shows of the week go into a Hell in A Cell preview. Plus, why did Jeff buy 250 dollars worth of bacon. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/...

Sponsored by MyBookie and Manscaped this week (Use Code ROPES on either). Chris turns 35 so as a present, and is in full grumpy old man mode. We talk morale behind the scenes at corporate WWE, amidst criticism of the main roster we delve into Rey Mysterio Theatre, find an oasis of happiness in NXT UK, and preview NXT Takeover: In Your House. If you're a Fugazi fan, Chris is here for you. Adver...

Budget cuts and reckless speculation on acquisitions and where those who were let go will end up. Was that Adam Cole/Karrion Kross exchange good for either guy? We end with ice cold takes on Double Or Nothing. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Chris' weekend dance cards are starting to fill up so we had to record before the week was up. We get to the revolving door of WWE play by play, John Cena's accidental entry into world affairs, and we give predictions of AEW's Double or Nothing Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Sponsored by MyBookie. AG, use code ROPES, get up to 1000 dollars of your first deposit matched. This week: news from almost every company: NXT cuts including Velveteen Dream and Drake Wuertz, WWE goes on the road, AEW moves to TBS. Plus what we liked during the week and again, far too many bad ideas for Slapjack. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redci...

This week Chris and Jeff talk the death of New Jack, AEW Storytelling and preview Wrestlemania Backlash. Additionally, an impromptu Shake Them Ropes Theatre of the 1940s classic Who Wronged Bobby Fish. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

No sponsors, but a show that goes a lot into narrative storytelling. A terrible RAW that did no favor to anyone. The Roman/Uso angle has actual layers, and the narrative issues once AEW Blood and Guts got to the "Match Beyond" where they went for the big ending vs. end of the story. Plus, Lanza and Nov are besties now. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out:...

Sponsored this week by MyBookie, visit http://mybookie.ag and use code ROPES to get up to 1000 matched on your first deposit. Also sponsored by MANSCAPED, use code "Ropes" to get 20 percent off and free shipping at http://manscaped.com. This week we talk Roman's latter stage turn towards MMA moves, Jericho souring the parlay with a ridiculous line, Jeff gushes over Valkyrie vs. Satomur...

Sponsored this week by MyBookie, visit http://mybookie.ag and use code ROPES to get up to 1000 matched on your first deposit. Also sponsored by MANSCAPED, use code "Ropes" to get 20 percent off and free shipping at http://manscaped.com. Trashbags and the fallout. Was the response worse than the optics and pr? Is AEW falling into a narrative vs. feud trap? Are Rhea or Bianca getting that &#...

Sponsored this week by MyBookie, visit http://mybookie.ag and use code ROPES to get up to 1000 matched on your first deposit. Also sponsored by MANSCAPED, use code "Ropes" to get 20 percent off and free shipping at http://manscaped.com. The yearly week after Wrestlemania purge happened: out with the old, in with....nobody yet. Backlash is now Wrestlemania...Backlash. How were the follow-up...

Sponsored this week by MyBookie, visit http://mybookie.ag and use code ROPES to get up to 1000 matched on your first deposit. Also sponsored by MANSCAPED, use code "Ropes" to get 20 percent off and free shipping at http://manscaped.com. WrestleMania was mostly a fun watch over two nights, being helped by good in-ring performances, it being two nights, and having a crowd. Perhaps the best M...

Sponsored this week by MyBookie, visit http://mybookie.ag and use code ROPES to get up to 1000 matched on your first deposit. Also sponsored by MANSCAPED, use code "Ropes" to get 20 percent off and free shipping at http://manscaped.com. Mostly analysis of the week of both nights of NXT Takeover: Stand and Deliver and a palate cleanser in between reviewing NXT UK: Prelude. Chris rants about...

Sponsored this week by MyBookie, visit http://mybookie.ag and use code ROPES to get up to 1000 matched on your first deposit. Also sponsored by MANSCAPED, use code "Ropes" to get 20 percent off and free shipping at http://manscaped.com. This week an AWESOME AEW that Jeff and Chris script doctor a bit then it's onto the previews of the headline week in the WWE: Two Nights of Takeover: S...

Sponsored this week by MyBookie, visit http://mybookie.ag and use code ROPES to get up to 1000 matched on your first deposit. This week, a long discussion on Peacock and the decision to edit content, Andrade leaves WWE, Cody and Brandi do reality television, Edge looks older on tv because he's no longer 27 and Ilja Dragunov and Sam Gradwell have a manly match on UK TV. Advertising Inquiries: h...

Sponsored this week by MyBookie, visit http://mybookie.ag and use code ROPES to get up to 1000 matched on your first deposit. This week, Charly Caruso is out, Hulk Hogan and Titus O'Neil are co-hosting Wrestlemania, Britt Baker and Thunder Rosa blow the roof off the dump. All of this, a preview of Fastlane and our usual fun including references to comedian Dennis Wolfberg and Flowers for Alger...

We talk WWE wanting to fill stadiums three quarters, Johnny Ace coming back to head Talent Relations as well as the rest of the news and in depth looks at the builds to Fastlane and the post-mortem on AEW's ppv and the follow up. NXT has new titles and there's a lot to say on how they handled that as well. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redci...

The guys cover the death of Jim Crockett Jr and NXT's probable move to Tuesday. Then we gush about the first hour of AEW including the Shaq tag match and Jeff turns 14 as he watches his hero Tully Blanchard. The fun stops after that as we cover the rest of the week that was including an abysmal RAW where every segment did nothing for the talent in it. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.c...

The death of Jocephus/Question Mark, AEW signs Paul Wight, Elimination Chamber cold takes, geeking out over Tully Blanchard possibly destroying Marko Stunt and what was up with that Apollo Crews promo. All this with our usual look at the week that was on this week's STR. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Chris gets hit by winter storm 2021, Jeff gives an update on his quest to run the WWE network, ice cold takes on NXT Takeover: Vengeance Day and a preview of Elimination Chamber. Plus, a thorough deconstruction of Bayley's ridiculous turtleneck. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy