Stumps & Bumps

India's teen prodigy Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has finally made his international debut in a T20 International against England and we look at the extraordinary journey this 15 year old has been through, plus we recap the Australian Women's Cricket Team righting the timeline and winning the T20 World Cup at Lords, as well as preview WWE SummerSlam in just under a month. Learn more about your ad choices....

On this week's episode we look at the parallels between Ben Stokes career and that of Hulk Hogan in WCW during the 90s, we discuss Sami Zayn winning the WWE Championship, and look at the ramifications of Ireland's series victory against India. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Major League Cricket is in it's fourth season at the moment and it looks like cricket is finally getting a bit of traction in the United States. We look at the fascination of bringing the game to America, as well as preview WWE Night Of Champions this weekend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The NBA Finals captivated sports fans as the New York Knicks ended a 53 year drought and won the Championship against the San Antonio Spurs 4-1 - but an unlikely player in this real life sports storyline has been WWE Superstar Danhausen who has seen his stock rise incredibly since his debut with the company in February. We look at where the ceiling is for Danhausen, and how someone who's only had...

The WWE's 'King Of The Ring' tournament has traditionally been a good indication for future World Champions and Superstars, and the 2026 edition looks to be headed that way. We give our predictions on who will be crowned, and we're joined in studio by Melbourne City Wrestling's interim General Manager ahead of their next event - Ballroom Brawl Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/a...

We recap the WWE's latest premium live event Clash In Italy plus have a look at the Aussie B-Team's performance in Pakistan as well as the IPL final. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bharat's been dabbling in the local wrestling scene and recaps the latest Melbourne City Wrestling show High Stakes, plus we look at when fans take it too far - in both cricket and wrestling, and cross the line when it comes to interaction. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

World Series Wrestling concluded their recent tour of Australia brining some of the biggest international names in pro wrestling to mix with some local talent here. Plus we celebrate Sri Lanka's 1996 Cricket World Cup victory! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Generally premium live events around the tentpole events like WrestleMania, SummerSlam, or the Royal Rumble have been colloquially referred to as 'B shows' by professional wrestling fans. Well the WWE delivered anything but in their latest offering Backlash which featured Roman Reigns defending his title against Jacob Fatu. Bharat and Nims recap the PLE - and look at the 'B' tours of Australian cr...

Roster cuts in pro wrestling is just the nature of the business, but nobody was expecting that The New Day would be exiting the WWE after decade long careers. On this week's episode we look at the business decisions behind the move, and how we're seeing wrestlers - and even cricketers like Adam Zampa, choosing their own destiny and going to work where they are paid where they think they're worth....

Vaibhav Suryavanshi is fast becoming one of the rising stars of the IPL, and at just fifteen years old his ceiling is limitless. We look at the rise of this youngster and look at the parallels to a young Hulk Hogan - and try and predict what the future holds! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bharat and Nims recap WrestleMania 42 and do a deep dive on both nights of the WWE's premiere event of the year Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's the biggest week in pro-wrestling with WrestleMania 42 in Las Vegas this weekend, and we look at the confusing build up to the biggest show of the year for the WWE - plus we look at Vaibhav Suryavanshi the 15 year old sensation who's in his second season in the IPL... and see how he compares to the OG teenage prodigy Sachin Tendulkar. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adcho...

In the past week we've seen Pat McAfee make a shocking return to the WWE and injected himself into the Cody Rhodes and Randy Orton storyline allegedly at the request of TKO the owners of World Wrestling Entertainment, and in the past few days we've seen one of the IPL team owners Sanjiv Goenka publicly get into a heated discussion with the captain and coaches of the Lucknow Supergiants - the franc...

The IPL is underway, but there is another multi million dollar Twenty20 league running at the moment loaded with talent as well. The Pakistan Super League is going head to head with the Indian Premier League and we look at how competition has made both tournaments rise - plus we look at some of the names announced for the WWE Hall Of Fame Class of 2026. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit mega...

We look at the schedule for the 2026-27 Australian summer of cricket which features the return of England, plus we preview the latest match addition to the WrestleMania card as Oba Femi takes on Brock Lesnar. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Indian Premier League isn't too far away, and we look at how Lalit Modi changed the face of cricket and invertedly started a Twenty20 boom after the first tournament in 2008. Plus Eric gives us an insight into what makes Randy Orton such a captivating opponent for WWE Champion Cody Rhodes for WrestleMania 42 in Las Vegas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

India have had a fairytale finish to their T20 World Cup campaign, becoming the first team to retain the title and the first host nation to win the championship - while New Zealand once again fall short in claiming the ultimate prize. Meanwhile on the road to WrestleMania, Drew McIntyre has lost his WWE Championship to Cody Rhodes after a 55 day reign and much like the Blackcaps, he has to pick hi...

After a week where they were firmly under scrutiny, India have defied the odds and have made it through to the Semi Finals. Will the team 'Finish The Story' ala Cody Rhodes did and win the title at home - or will the unstoppable South Africa tell the cricket world to "acknowledge me!" Bharat Sundaresan and Nims Azoor look back at the defending champions journey this Twenty20 World Cup, and review...

We're into the Super 8s of the Twenty20 World Cup and we're facing the prospect of the host nations India and Sri Lanka on the verge of being eliminated. We look at the potential fallout if they don't make the semi finals, - plus we look at this weekend's WWE premium live event Elimination Chamber and if the WrestleMania main event has jeopardised this weekend. Learn more about your ad choices. Vi...

The T20 World Cup is underway with it's share of surprises, and we look at the plight of the Australian cricket team that is on the brink of being knocked out of the tournament. Plus with the ICC relying so heavily on India vs Pakistan to generate interest and revenue in the game, is every global tournament becoming a one match card - and are we seeing that in the WWE now where they're relying too...

After a week of chaos, cooler heads have prevailed and Pakistan have agreed to play India in their Group A match after declaring they would initially boycott the match - which leads us to look at some of the great feuds in wrestling where personal differences were cast aside in order to do what's best for business. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Twenty20 World Cup is just over a week away and without a ball bowled the tournament is in chaos as Pakistan elects to boycott their clash with India. We go through the ramifications of what this might mean to the game as a whole - plus we recap the WWE Royal Rumble as we march towards WrestleMania in Las Vegas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The dust has barely settled on BBL|15 and before the Perth Scorchers have had a chance to put their trophy in the cabinet we're already talking about what the Big Bash's future looks like. Will we see an influx of investors looking to buy in to the competition, and what will this mean for the six franchises? Plus with the Royal Rumble this weekend potentially the last time we see AJ Styles as an a...

Jason Gillespie joined Bharat and Eric on this week's episode to talk about his love of wrestling, meeting The Undertaker, and how a tour in India back in 2001 featured a triple threat match at the hotel between Australia's pace attack! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices