The Elite Beat

Bryan Danielson is a mean boy. Tomohiro Ishii is a thicc boi. MJF is a fuccboi. All this and more on another episode of The Elite Beat.

It's our quarterly post-ppv B-B-B-Bonus episode! Join Megan and Andy as they give out roses and thorns, talk in depth about the implications and ramifications of the Jay Lethal signing, and cover Full Gear match by match!

Megan wants you to know that this go home Dynamite feels a little different. We discuss Tony Khan's Full Gear media call, the logistics of acquiring budget 4K Blu-Rays, 1997 Monday Nitro, and even Rampage and Dynamite! 

We talk the Mox news, and a little about his book before our big BOOK CLUB debut later this month, then cover the WWE releases right after they were made official. Usual Dynamite and Rampage recaps follow, but it's a front-loaded news night here on the pod. Enjoy!

Another week, another non-AEW story dominating the headlines. We do a deep dive on the unfortunate Ring of Honor news, and then Megan returns to the captain's chair for the big recap of Dynamite from Boston!

It's a rare occasion when our number one topic of conversation comes to us from WWE-land, but that's the situation we find ourselves in this week as we talk about the Charlotte and the Becky of it all. In-depth analysis of all the reporting that's come out about their confrontation, and it dovetails nicely into an overall check-in on the state of AEW's women's division. All that, plus recaps of Ra...

Hoo boy, it's a long one this week, folks. We were so excited to all be back together, and there was so much discuss here on SHOOT WEEK! Roman Reigns thought he was Lou Thesz, Tony Khan whipped out his bank account and slammed it on the table, Junior Dos Santos embraced the AEW FAMILY! Speaking of family, Justin Shapiro PREDICTED THE FUTURE. All that plus full recaps of the weekends' Rampage and D...

It's a solo crash course as real life infringed upon podcasting opportunities last week. We will be back in full force next time, but for now, Andy takes you on a tour of two Rampages and a Dynamite (featuring Megan's notes!) at a breakneck pace! Why watch four hours of wrestling when you can hear it described in twenty-two minutes?

It's the long-delayed AEW debut in Rochester, New York! Brodie Lee looms large over a night of great action, featuring Adam Cole versus Jungle Boy, and an utterly satisfying tilt between Miro and Sammy Guevara for the TNT title!

Please do listen as our dear friend Justin Shapiro joins (well, founds) the FIVE-TIMERS CLUB here at the Elite Beat. It's fawning praise for a super show, and lots of dark history lessons as we comb through the Owen Hart news, TALL WRESTLERS and their greatness as a concept, and the ever-scintillating DEMOGRAPHIC DISCOURSE. All that and more!

As they head into one of the biggest television weeks in AEW's history with Arthur Ashe Stadium looming, join Jenny, Megan, and Andy for a rollicking ride up and down the most hypetastic Dynamite in recent memory. Keep your four-star matches and flashy debuts. This is a show that got us actively excited for EVERY. SINGLE. MATCH. IN. QUEENS. Don't miss it!

It's fallout from All Out and we've got a hometowner in the mix to talk the essence of Cincinnati, and missed opportunities of stalking tattoo parlors and autograph seeking. So much news including the future of Mt. Rushmore, the Nature Boy makes his VLOG debut, and quite an eventful Dynamite! A fun, loose two hours!

Nothing to cure your post-ppv doldrums like an hour and a half of fawning praise for one of the best ppv shows in recent history. Roses and thorns, are handed out, sparkling wine is drunk, and QT Marshall works a semi-main event!

It's the tightest fifteen minutes in the biz as Andy recaps both Rampage AND Dynamite in that time frame!

What if you only half-heard and one-quarter saw an episode of Dynamite? How would you recap it!?

If you want to hear three thirty-somethings wax rhapsodic about the best moment in American wrestling in twenty years, have I got the show for you! Also it's Megan's birthday! You should really listen just out of respect for that.

On Punksmas Eve, we gather together to tell stories of seasons past. Of 2.0 and Sting and Darby, of Jericho's 5 Labours of Love, of the Bucks of Youth and a Boy and his Dinosaur. All this, and a batch of news and ratings notes right before the world changes FOREVER!

Content Era Engage! It's time for a whole new hour on Friday nights! Will Christian turn us around on this All Out build? Will Fuego figure out why the Hell he had to stay in the ring through a commercial break? Will Tony Khan give in and just turn Britt babyface? It's all up for grabs on another episode of The Elite Beat!

It's the Dante Martin Show this week on The Elite Beat, as Megan and Andy wax rhapsodic about the gravity-defying near-teenager's feats of derring-do. Hometown conquering hero Dr. Britt Baker D.M.D is on the scene as well, but we're mostly just baffled by the Christian of it all. Join us, won't you?

We've got a big block on free agent speculation (a regular feature in this silly season), and then Megan's Dynamite recap featuring the simple joys of a trios match and the glory of Malakai Black versus Cody Rhodes. All that plus the first appearance of New York state's Jeff Jacobs!

It's minimum time, minimum effort on this week's Elite Beat, as Andy and just Andy take you on a sub-ten minute tour of last week's Dynamite. Andy's voice, Megan's notes, and hopefully not too much echo in my new digs.

Punk! Danielson! Rosa! All the new signings, speculative and confirmed, along with SO MUCH NEW JAPAN ON THIS HERE DYNAMITE!

Okay, towns around the country. I'm looking at you, Dallas. You too, Charlotte. And Chicago especially, get it together. There's a new bar to clear, and it is that of Austin, Texas, the greatest crowd in the history of wrestling. I think this show was really good? It's honestly hard to tell, because these people loved EVERYTHING. Join Jenny, Megan, and Andy in their mirth as WRESTLING IS TRULY BAC...

Let's hit the road! Wrestling! In different buildings! In front of FANS! All that, plus true-crime creepos, Ball Watch 2021, fans hitting the ring, and of course, THE LORE OF MALAKAI BLACK. It's all here on The Elite Beat!

Two crackerjack matches bookended this largely great Dynamite! Check it out!