The High Risk Wrestling Podcast

The year is coming to a close and as we wrap things up, you know we've gotta go over the top of the top. What were the best matches of the year? Well, what were they? Who had the most? I've got you covered. Previously - The Top Stories of 2023 Today - The Top Matches of 2023

The year is coming to a close and after last week's show of the worst of the year, we'll follow up with the top stories of the year and oh boy were there many. Roman Reign's dominance. All In. Dream Matches. Impact 1000! I'm covering it all. Previously - The Worst of 2023 Today - The Top Stories of 2023

The year is quickly coming to a close and you know how we end the year. Let's get the rant and the bad out of the way. There were many highs this year, but lows as well. We can't ignore them. We've to examine them and see how to proceed forward. Previously - Fantasy Booking a Women's Continental Classic Today - The Worst of Wrestling in 2023

The men's Continental Classic is well underway and I felt it was appropriate to show the ladies some love. They have more than earned themselves a similar tournament and I think it'd be highly successful. In today's show, I'm going to book the whole damn thing. Maybe this reaches Tony Khan and he gives us what we want. Previously - Survivor Series '23 Today - Fantasy Booking a...

Yeah, Hell froze over. A certain Pepsi Phil has made his way back to the WWE, but before we get into that, we've got to discuss and go over what just happened at Survivor Series. Match Card Damage CTRL (IYO SKY, Asuka, Bayley, and Kairi Sane) w. Dakota Kai vs. Becky Lynch, Shotzi, Charlotte Flair, and Bianca Belair in a WarGames Match Santos Escobar vs. Dragon Lee Gunther [c] vs. The Miz for t...

WAR GAMES!!!! The match beyond has made it's return and we've got two of them on the horizon. The men and women are represented with a lot of bad blood to satiate your needs. There are three other matches going down as well. Let's get into it. Today - Survivor Series Episode List - The Five People Who Need to Have a Good Showing Superstar Spotlight - Randy Orton Main Card Dragon Lee vs...

Another show is in the books and you're asking yourself what just happened at AEW Full Gear. Well, I got you. How was it? What was the match of the night? Did we get any new champions? Let's find out. Match Card Zero Hour – Eddie Kingston [c] vs. Jay Lethal for the ROH World Championship Zero Hour – Claudio Castagnoli vs. Buddy Matthews Zero Hour – MJF [c] and Samoa Joe vs. The Gunns for t...

Full Gear is here! Will MJF survive? Will "Timeless" Toni win gold? Will the Devil make an appearance? It should be a good show. We've also reached 150 episodes! I can't believe it! Previously - ep. 140 | What to Do with Ring of Honor Today - Full Gear '23 Episode List - The Top 5 Matches from Full Gear 2022 Superstar Spotlight - Jay White Full Gear '23 Match Card Zero Ho...

I know we've done this show before, but it's always good to revisit things. Re-evaluate. Ring of Honor has great wrestling tradition and will always carry that honor. Since Tony Khan purchased ROH, it's been woven in and out of storylines, but it hasn't truly stood on its own. It's time we change that. We're going to go everything from what to do about the arena to filming...

Blood money 88 is here and it's got a solid card. There was a surprise here, but we'll get into it. Previously - Where'd They Go? Today - Crown Jewel '23 Episode List - Ranking the Past 5 Crown Jewel Main Events Superstar Spotlight - Damien Priest Match Card Pre-show - Sami Zayn vs. JD McDonagh Seth Rollins [c] vs. Drew McIntrye for the World Heavyweight Championship Rhea Ripley [c...

This happens all of the time -- wrestling companies have a large roster and many go untouched, unused, and unnoticed. It's very prevalent in WWE and has started to become an issue in AEW. Impact rarely has this issue. Today, we'll be taking a look at a few people that have disappeared, where they are, and how can they be used. Previously - Bound for Glory Preview Today - Where'd They G...

It's here! Bound for Glory, Impact Wrestling's biggest show of the year is tonight and with a good card to boot. You know what we're here for. We're going to preview the show and make our predictions. Let's do it. Previously - The Biggest Company Jumps, Pt. 1 Today - Bound for Glory '23 Episode List – Ranking the Past Five Bound for Glory Main Events Superstar Spotlight – A...

Wrestling is always good for a shock or twenty and sometimes the best shock is when a wrestler changes homes. From Chris Jericho jumping ship from WCW to WWE and Kurt Angle joining TNA, we're going to have some fun looking back and enjoying these jumps. Previously - WWE Fastlane Preview Today - The Biggest Company Jumps, pt. 2 Show List - Who I'd Like to See Jump Superstar Spotlight - Adam...

We've got ourselves another PPV as wrestling never sleeps. The WWE is bringing us Fastlane with a small card as the Intercontinental Championship match took place on Raw. So with this shortened card, what can we truly expect. Well, I've got you covered. Let's get in to it. Fastlane Match Card   TAG TEAM MATCH FOR THE UNDISPUTED WWE TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP:  The Judgment Day (Finn Bálor a...

We've got ourselves another PPV as wrestling never sleeps. The WWE is bringing us Fastlane with a small card as the Intercontinental Championship match took place on Raw. So with this shortened card, what can we truly expect. Well, I've got you covered. Let's get in to it. Previously - The Impact Wrestling Mount Rushmore Today - WWE Fastlane Preview Show List – Ranking the Past Five Fa...

As we end our celebration of Impact Wrestling, we take a look at the people that made Impact Wrestling great. From the early days of TNA Wrestling and the X Division to the elevation of the Knockouts, professional wrestling is better with Impact around. Episode List – The 10 Greatest Tag Teams in Impact Wrestling History Superstar Spotlight – Gail Kim  Previously - The Bad of Impact Wrestling Toda...

As we celebrate Impact Wrestling and them hitting 1000 episodes, we've also have to look at the bad. The downturn of Impact where Dixie Carter put Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff and they nearly ruined Impact. It got bad. TNA went from being the defacto #2 promotion to being a laughing stock within the industry. We'll recap it all. Previously - The Greatest Matches in Impact History Today’s T...

The Month of Impact continues as we take a look at the best matches they've put on. There is no order to the list -- It's just full of greatness. Has your favorite Impact/TNA wrestler delivered something great? Come find out. Previously - Victory Road 2023 Today - The Greatest Matches in Impact History Episode List - The 5 Best Gimmick Matches in Impact History Superstar Spotlight - Abyss

We are in the month of Impact and after being a week in, past All Out , Impact Wrestling has brought us Victory Road, one of their annual big PPVs. What have they brought to us? What have they set up for their 1000th episode? Come on and find out. Previously - All Out '23 Today - Victory Road '23 Episode List - The Five Best Matches of Victory Road 2023 Superstar Spotlight - Jordynne Grace...

Match Card Zero Hour - Over Budget Charity Casino Battle Royal Zero Hour - Hikaru Shida, Skye Blue, and Willow Nightingale vs. Athena w. Billie Starkz, Diamante, and Mercedes Martinez Zero Hour - The Acclaimed [c] and Daddy Ass [c] w. Dennis Rodman vs. Jeff Jarrett, Jay Lethal, and Satnam Singh w. Karen Jarrett and Sanjay Dutt for the AEW Trios Championship Better Than You Bay Bay [Adam Cole and M...

Match Card John Cena is the Host Becky Lynch vs. Trish Stratus in a Steel Cage Match LA Knight vs. The Miz Rey Mysterio [c] vs. Austin Theory for the WWE United States Championship Finn Balor and Damien Priest vs. Kevin Owens [c] and Sami Zayn [c] for the WWE Undisputed Tag Team Championship The Waller Effect ft. Cody Rhodes Rhea Ripley [c] vs. Raquel Rodriguez for the Women's World Championsh...

The biggest wrestling show of all-time, ALL IN, is in the books and now we move forward to ALL OUT. Wrestling never sleeps and AEW is bringing us another show. The card might not look great on paper, but it's got a nice mix of matches to satiate any wrestling fan. Let's go over the card. Previously - ALL IN '23 Today - ALL OUT '23 Show List – The Five Best Matches of All Out 2022 S...

All In 2023 Match Card x Jack Perry (c) vs. Hook for the FTW Title x Aussie Open (c) vs. #MJF and #AdamXole for the ROH World Tag Team Titles x #HouseofBlack (c) vs. Billy Gunn and #TheAcclaimed (Anthony Bowens and Max Caster) for the AEW World Trios Titles x "Hangman" Adam Page, #KennyOmega and #KotaIbushi vs. Bullet Club Gold (Juice Robinson and Jay White) and Konosuke Takeshita x #Edd...

The time has come. The biggest wrestling show ever is about to go down and you know I had to cover it. We'll dive in to the early history of All In and much more. Show List - The Five Most Anticipated Matches of All In Superstar Spotlight - Saraya All In 2023 Match Card  Jack Perry (c) vs. Hook for the FTW Title  Aussie Open (c) vs. MJF and Adam Cole for the ROH World Tag Team Titles  House of...

Technical difficulties not withstanding, you know I'm going to do my very best and bringing you a show. Put some lofi on in the background while you're listening to this. Impact Wrestling is the little company that once was big and is still chugging along. We've heard a lot about a Forbidden Door, but Impact has been doing the Forbidden Door thing for a good long while. Let's talk...