Shake Them Ropes | Pro Wrestling Podcast

This week Chris and Jeff talk Stephanie McMahon leaving, sales rumors, AEW House shows, FTR taking a break and Mercedes selling out San Jose. Then the LAZY RIVER of WRESTLING CRITICISM: Dynamite, Guillotine Leg Drops, Dominik Mysterio, and is MJF being too funny to be an effective heel? Plus, Jeff says "Like what you like" when it comes to graps. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.co...

Shake Them Ropes returns, and so does...Vince McMahon? Vince is back with George Barrios and Michelle Wilson! Oh hoorah hooray...oh hooray hoorah. Dragon Lee to NXT, Sasha Banks/Mercedes Mone to Stardom, Charlotte back and killing Ronda? After that our LAZY RIVER OF WRESTLING CRITICISM: Nakamura/Muta, Bron/Waller, and we celebrate the unrepentant stupidity of Thea Hail and Dominick Mysterio is no...

This week, we talk Bronson Reed being back in WWE then the LAZY RIVER OF WRESTLING CRITICISM. Jeff was very high on Shida/Hayter and Becky/Bayley; taking things more seriously for AEW, the Elite/Death Triangle and Bryan Danielson segments, the follow up to Action Andretti and NXT was good in ring but the storytelling had issues. Then a LAZY RIVER OF WRESTLING AWARDS AND PREDICTIONS: who were our M...

Someone forgot his power cord for his computer, so pardon his audio. This week, Vince McMahon wants back in, Mandy Rose is out and on the LAZY RIVER OF WRESTLING CRITICISM: Top Dolla, Briscoes/FTR, NXT Deadline, Apathetic Kenny and Penta and MORE! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This week the guys talk Barry Windham, Sasha Bank in Japan, William Regal, ratings talk. Then, on THE LAZY RIVER OF WRESTLING CRITICISM: preview of NXT Deadl1ne, ROH Final Battle, the bad conclusion of Regal's run, MJF/Starks, Diamond Mine and Jeff loves the Outrunners. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

By request, we start with some music geekery due to the passing of Christine McVie. Then, we talk WWE's cynical India strategy and the low AEW rating takes us to THE LAZY RIVER OF WRESTLING CRITICISM where we talk the baffling promos of MJF and Jade Cargill, Jeff geeking out to Wrestlecade, the weird Iron Survivor meetings on NXT and the RAW follow up to Survivor Series WarGames. Advertising I...

Recorded mere minutes after Survivor Series, the guys give their thoughts on both Full Gear and War Games with a morsel of NXT in this week's LAZY RIVER OF WRESTLING CRITICISM Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Full Gear Preview and last night's AEW Dynamite has Jeff going into theories. Like what if the Devil that doesn't exist is CM Punk. Chris humors him.  Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

In the news: Nick Aldis and if either WWE or AEW is a better fit if either wants to sign him this time around. Then THE LAZY RIVER OF WRESTLING CRITICISM: ICE COLD TAKES on Crown Jewel; promos from Iyo/Asuka, Xavier and MJF to the Saraya/Britt promo that did more harm than good. The ridiculous lack of telling a story in the Seth Rollins/Bobby Lashley/Austin Theory angle, the lack of planning for F...

This week: Jeff Jarrett gets another check, the WWE is making bank, NXT is making cuts and booking arenas it can't fill. Colt Cabana makes an appearance as does Shibata, and did they beat Damage CTRL just to make a political statement in Saudi Arabia? Then in the LAZY RIVER OF WRESTLING CRITICISM: we preview Crown Jewel, the greatness of the Bloodline segment last week, the noble attempts on R...

This week the guys discuss the newest twist and turns in the CM Punk/Elite story including a new hero in all of this emerging, just ask him. We talk a few signings by both companies then the LAZY RIVER OF WRESTLING CRITICISM: Jeff re-watched both Halloween Havoc 1989 and 1990 which is full of tag team wrestling; NXT Halloween Havoc ice cold thoughts, could Katana Chance as a heel work, the MJF pro...

This week, we talk Chris Jericho re-signing, Ace Steel departing, and CM Punk possibly being bought out. Karl Anderson is double booked, leading Chris to rant about people who worry about integrity in pro wrestling. Then, the LAZY RIVER OF WRESTLING CRITICISM. MJF's promo is one of the more fantastic things this year, Halloween Havoc is this weekend, Jeff hates heel color commentators and MORE...

This week the guys talk the signing of Mox and Renee, Warner Brothers Discovery and brand expansion, and the lack of any action post-All Out. Then, THE LAZY RIVER OF WRESTLING CRITICISM. Ice Cold Takes on Extreme Rules including the baffling booking of Damage CTRL and the return of Bray Wyatt, then the week that was as we talk promos from MJF and Nyla and the Daniel Garcia "turn?" The unre...

This week Jeff starts by trying to teach Chris about Judy Tenuta. Then we talk about the death of Sara Lee, Rob Fee's hiring, Sammy and Andrade, WWE's new broadcast teams, Dan Lambert, Big Time Wrestling's Thanksgiving weekend, Gable Steveson and Bobby Fish's boxing debut. Then, THE LAZY RIVER OF WRESTLING CRITICISM: Extreme Rules preview (and the fear of overbooking), Braun Stroma...

News on the death of Antonio Inoki broke as we went to air, so even though he might not be in our wheelhouse, we do have a nice discussion. After that we talk ticket sales and signings, then the LAZY RIVER OF WRESTLING CRITICISM, a lot of talk on Jericho, the Saraya promo and all that was wrong about it, crowd shaming when its the company not doing its job, the body language of Yuta, the awesomene...

This week, Logan Paul/Roman at Crown Jewel, War Games at Survivor Series, and Grand Slam doing a million bucks. Plus THE LAZY RIVER OR WRESTLING CRITICISM: the return of Saraya, praise for Smackdown, especially Sami and Liv Morgan, the preposterous first hour of Dynamite, the promos of MJF and Marina Shafir, and MORE! Plus, Nov starts with feud with Joe Lanza. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcir...

Nov is traveling, filling in is the creator of Shake Them Ropes, Rob McCarron (@RobFromIndiana). We talk the end of NXT 2.0, his feelings on the state of play in the business, and just meander a bit on the LAZY RIVER OF WRESTLING CRITICISM. Rob also has the first question someone in that scrum should have asked Tony Khan that nobody has asked (not a bit, this is a legit great question). Advertisin...

This week, the guys start with a new sponsor before going into the "Fall Out from All Out" and we go into Punk, Page, Tony, The Bucks, Kenny, the locker room and Larry the Dog. The LAZY RIVER OF WRESTLING CRITICISM sort of pales in comparison, but there was a lot of good wrestling, where we praise Sheamus and Gunther, Meiko and Roxanne, Carmelo and Ricochet. Plus, Jeff's Kiana James th...

Lots of graps. This week the boys talk Bobby Fish gone from AEW and a few other stories then it's previews previews previews on THE LAZY RIVER OF WRESTLING CRITICISM: Clash at the Castle, Worlds Collide and All Out. All the matches and anything we noticed on the go homes. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This week, Chris and Jeff had an extra day and watched more. Johnny Wrestling is back in WWE. Jeff Jarrett says goodbye and Road Dogg says hello to management gigs in WWE, Tony Khan has a family meeting before Dynamite, Eddie Kingston got suspended, Thunder Rosa gives her title back, more people are watching week to week and nights are selling out. Then, THE LAZY RIVER OF WRESTLING CRITICISM: Garg...

This week: Punk and Page need to have a fist fight. WWE angling for the big money, NXT UK is no more or expanding to all of Europe depending on who you ask. Then the LAZY RIVER OF WRESTLING CRITICISM: Was Punk heeling on the crowd, DDT's on concrete, RAW had wrestling, and NXT Heatwave. Bron Breakker is boring as champ, make him a Steiner. All that and not much more. Advertising Inquiries: htt...

This week, Internet carnies, then the news: More Vince McMahon hush money, the end of NXT UK? Then the comings and goings of AEW and WWE and injury news. Then THE LAZY RIVER OF WRESTLING CRITICISM: HHH's interesting ideas, Nov gets skittish about blood, and MORE. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Everyone seemed to have a good week in the graps. AUNT PAM IS BACK! We talk the injury to Becky Lynch, USA wanting an interim Raw champion, Time Warner Discovery and their cost cutting and parlay it all into a discussion as to whether WWE is serving one too many masters and whether AEW goes with one of them or stays. We also talk AEW hiring more talent relations staff. Then the LAZY RIVER OF WREST...

This week the guys give more tempered takes on the lay of the WWE land including the news that HHH has taken over creative. Plus the fallout from ROH and the Jonathan Gresham/Tully Blanchard situations. Then the LAZY RIVER OF WRESTLING CRITICISM: SummerSlam Preview, Mox/Rush, Danielson/Garcia, promos by Jungle Boy/Wheeler Yuta and Anna Jay (AS) and the implosion of Team Taz Advertising Inquiries:...

The dangers of recording on Friday. An hour ago, Vince McMahon stepped down from WWE, Brock Lesnar left Smackdown, and HHH is now EVP of Talent Relations. We also talk the Briscoes to ROH, AQA and Biff Busick taking time off and Jake Atlas finishing rehab. Then the LAZY RIVER OF WRESTLING CRITICISM: Titus opening Raw, Barbed Wire Everywhere, Tyrus and the NWA, Luchasaurus re-turns? the awesomeness...