Tights and Fights

JOE! JOE! JOE! JOE! It's a brand new episode of Tights and Fights! We’ve got just a few days to relax between WWE PPV weekends. NXT TakeOver: In Your House was a fina show by most counts, but it didn’t reach the lofty heights that we know TakeOvers can. What do we attribute that to? Plus, WWE decided to really throw us off and have a Hell in a Cell match on Smackdown instead of this Sunday? Does t...

Straighten up your tie and remember you were born naughty, it’s a brand new episode of Tights and Fights! Mat Ricardo is a variety performer based in England. It’s a career that requires a whole ton of entertaining crowds! So yeah you could say he understands a little bit of what wrestlers went through this year. But he’s got plenty of opinions on the most notorious WWE segment of the week: Shayna...

The news has been insane this week, so let’s get some first hand information on at least some of it on a brand new Tights and Fights! Daron Jackson is a production attorney for WWE Films. Or at least he was up until a few days ago. Yup, not even the film production branch of the company is immune to the sweeping layoffs that Vince McMahon has inflicted upon the WWE. But even though his division wa...

We had a break and a breather and back with a NEWWWWW Tights and Fights! What better way to bring us back than Hal geeking out about the love that the 76ers got from all the wrestlers this past week? But that’s not the only NBA crossover into wrestling: Basketball booted AEW from it’s regular time slot! Plus we’ll discuss what appears to be Kofi Kingston’s return to the main event title picture, B...

In celebration of the Max Fun Drive, we recorded an episode LIVE for our Facebook group.  We asked you all for Main Event ideas for our regular episodes, but got so many suggestions that we couldn’t help but give them all some love. You’ll hear us discuss important things like why the rise of Orange Cassidy has worked so well and the value of managers in wrestling. Plus we’ll talk about some silly...

It’s the Max Fun Drive finale! Let’s celebrate with a brand newwwww Tights and Fights! If you’d like to support this show, go to Maximumfun.org/join. You can become a member for as little as $5 a month and earn great gifts in the process, including tons of bonus episodes of Tights and Fights! We’ve got a full PPV coming up this Sunday! Will Cesaro finally have his moment in the sun against Roman R...

Clean up after your pups and try to stop the bleeding, it’s brand new #MaxFunDrive edition of Tights and Fights ! This is your chance to have a direct hand in helping this show continue AND earn great gifts! Go to Maximumfun.org/join to become a Max Fun Member for as little as $5. Daniel Bryan may have just wrestled his final match in WWE… at least for a little while. But that’s okay because we’ve...

Ditch that side ponytail and pop a tbe buddy, it’s a new episode of Tights and Fights ! Listen up for some of the great gifts you’re going to get when you support Tights and Fights during the Max Fun Drive! Kenny Omega is now sporting THREE major championships from televised promotions. Between this and the upcoming New Japan crossover on next week’s Dynamite, AEW is establishing itself as the cen...

Grab a snack and save room for a ton of meat in your sandwich, it’s a brand new episode of Tights and Fights ! If you thought last week was the end of WWE firing people, boy are you in for a shock: Mark Carrano, one of the least liked people from the company’s talent-relations department, has been let go following Mickie James’ ire on twitter. Plus, NXT continues to be too good for this world. Who...

Feel the Glow, it’s time for the show! A new Tights and Fights ! This week became a major bummer as WWE announced a new spate of people getting fired. While some of those names were understandable in that it seemed like WWE didn’t know what to do with them, others were pretty shocking. The IIconics? Samoa Joe? What’s going on? We’ll also get into some less-awful post-WrestleMania news. Kushida’s t...

It will be a Tights and Fights forever etched in history! We’ve watched two full nights of WrestleMania and we’re rarin’ to talk about it all!  Of course, the emotional high point and the match that captured the hearts of millions was Bianca Belair vs. Sasha Banks which closed out night one. Tears were shed, emotions were had, triumph was felt by all.  In fact, all of night one had moments we love...

Yo-ho, Yo-ho, a Tights and Fights life for me! We’ve got two great nights of wrestling to cover from NXT TakeOver: Stand & Deliver to get through. New champions were crowned, exciting new directions were promised and it was full of the exciting action you’d expect from an NXT event. Who are we most excited to see in the aftermath of this? Who are we still unsure about? Plus, we’ll talk about the o...

It’s a brand new (off week) episode of Tights and Fights ! We’re forsaking the news to focus our attention on the newest and tallest WWE Hall of Famer: The Great Khali. No, this isn’t a rib! The Main Event Khali was introduced to the WWE with as much fanfare and force as Vince McMahon could muster. His first feud was with the Undertaker and he even got his own special match as a showcase: The Punj...

It’s life in the FastLane with a new episode of Tights and Fights! Hopefully, we’re officially done with PPVs before WrestleMania. We got a bunch of solid matches from FastLane, including some that surprisingly held the attention of the non-wrestling fans in our lives and one that just came up short in its finish. Most importantly: Now that it looks like Daniel Bryan might actually be added to the...

Let’s enjoy life in the fast lane before an orange racist ruins WrestleMania! It’s a brand new Tights and Fights! This Sunday is the last live show on the WWE Network before the service moves over to the Peacock platform. We’ll say little requiem for our $9.99 friend, between what went right, wrong and our hopes for WWE on Peacock. There are some fun matches on deck for Fast Lane, but it’s a littl...

Set the sparklers off! It’s time to over promise and under deliver on Tights and Fights! AEW’s Revolution PPV was capped off with a major Exploding barbed wire death match for the championship between Kenny Omega and Jon Moxley. Despite a bunch of barbed wire, it sure was light on explosions and death. We’ll talk about the dud of a finish and how we would like to see the company respond. But it’s...

Check the beltflation levels, tighten up the chamber doors and get yourself some new pants, it’s a brand new episode of Tights and Fights ! In the time that Hal has been off the show, The Miz won and lost the WWE Championship. How excited are we for Bobby Lashley now that he’s brought the top prize to The Hurt Business? And will he really hold onto it any longer than WrestleMania? And we’ve also g...

There weren’t quite 36 chambers, but there were two of them! And we’re talking all about them on a brand new Tights and Fights! Sure there were some decent, if tepid, matches on the show, but you know whatwe didn’t see much of? The women! Why wasn’t there more of a showcase for the RAW women’s champion? Why hasn’t Bianca Belair called her shot against Sasha yet? But don’t worry we’ll also talk abo...

A belated happy Vengeance Day to all! It’s a brand new episode of Tights and Fights! The latest NXT TakeOver certainly delivered the goods as we prepare for the brand’s WrestleMania weekend plans. For starters, we have our winners of both versions of the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic! Dakota Kai and Raquel Gonzalez looked great in their coronation, as did MSK. Will boots be put to holes in just a...

Protect ya hole! It’s a brand new episode of Tights and Fights! Hal was absent last week, so we’re FINALLY gonna get his thoughts on the Royal Rumble and our two winners.  Speaking of the Rumble, one prize Bianca Belair definitely won’t be going for seems to be the RAW women’s title. Lacey Evans and Charlotte will seemingly be taking up the process of that build. But are we excited for a Ric Flair...

The Royalest Rumbles that ever Rumbled! It’s a brand new episode of Tights and Fights ! Bianca Belair and Edge both went the distance and won their respective over-the-top-rope contests this past Sunday! But who will they choose to wrestle? Which of the two events was the most fun? And which moments had us doing a quiet little cry? Main Event It’s been hinted at for weeks, but we’ve finally gotten...

The Network is dead, long live the Network! It’s a new episode of Tights and Fights ! We’re always a week behind Smackdown, but my goodness what a show it’s become. Cesaro, Bayley, Roman, Sami and Sasha are all shining on Friday nights. But a special shout out has to go the EST of WWE because Bianca Belair is AMAZING. Not to be outdone, NXT is in the throes of its Dusty Tag Team Classic which we r...

With a tear… in our eyes! It’s a new episode of Tights and Fights ! We’re giving the main roster of WWE some love this week.  Smackdown’s given us Roman Reigns, Kevin Owens, Billie Kay, and Bayley’s Ding Dong Hello program and so much more. Plus we might get to see Apollo team up with Roman and Paul Heyman? Come on! Plus, we’re a little split on the weekly spooky antics of Alexa Bliss. Find out wh...

Pass the controller and keep your mask on for the love of all things holy! It’s a new episode of Tights and Fights! WWE has been dealt a blow with its champion, Drew McIntyre being one of the latest people who’ve tested positive for COVID-19. What does that mean for his 100% totally wanted dream match with Goldberg at the Royal Rumble? We’re also scant weeks away from the Rumble, WWE’s first major...

Welcome to the first Tights and Fights of 2021! Has this year been an immediate improvement of the political strife and international turmoil of last year? Not really! But at least there’s a lot of good wrestling! Let’s start with NXT New Year’s Evil. What a great top to bottom show. We barely even remember to talk about the fantastic main event for how good the rest of the show is! Plus, Lindsey...