Tights and Fights

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We’ve got brand new merch available! Go to the MaxFun Store and get the latest Ice Cream Christmas shirt in time for WrestleMania weekend. Get down with Dom Dom! It’s a brand new episode of the Tights and Fights podcast! We’re joined this week by Chris Gethard . He’s a comedian and longtime wrestling fan who’s new book is entitled Dad at Peace . He’ll tell us stories about becoming friends with Sa...

This episode originally aired 2018 The team revisits WrestleMania 33. An event that was mostly forgettable, but had a lasting impact on the modern landscape of wrestling.  Bear witness to such matches as Kevin Owens vs. Chris Jericho-- a match that Vince McMahon hated and that lead to Jericho leaving WWE and appearing in New Japan Pro Wrestling. Plus, Roman Reigns becomes just the second man to de...

Rocky’s gone to the dark side! We’ll discuss it all on a brand new episode of the Tights and Fights podcast! LaToya Ferguson is a writer and podcaster who rejoins the show after an extended absence. We’re in the final days before Elimination Chamber, the last show before WrestleMania.  We’ll discuss everything from the increased focus on tag teams in WWE, Bayley’s relationship with Dakota Kai and...

What a chaotic week for wrestling, and this time it was for reasons that are more fun to talk about–so let’s do just that on a brand new episode of the Tights and Fights podcast! There were some fun wrestling developments: The tag titles are getting a lot of love. Bayley will face Iyo Sky for the WWE women’s championship. But we know what everyone REALLY wants to talk about… The Main Event When Co...

It was an absolutely massive Royal Rumble weekend— and it had relatively little to do with the wrestling itself. We’ll talk about it all on a brand new episode of  Tights and Fights! Cody Rhodes and Bayley are the winners of the 2023 rumbles. Cody gets a chance to finally finish his story while Bayley gets the singles showcase that she earned years ago. The women’s rumble kicked off the show and h...

Note: This episode was recorded BEFORE the article about Vince McMahon was published in the Wall Street Journal It’s Royal Rumble weekend and it’s time to celebrate on a brand new episode of Tights and Fights! There’s a lot of changes coming to WWE near the end of the year. We already knew about Smackdown moving to USA Network and NXT moving to the CW. Now we’ve learned that RAW will make the jump...

You’re gonna want to sit down for this brand new episode of Tights and Fights! As people begin to shout their intentions to win the Royal Rumble, there is one name that stands out to Hal, Danielle and Lindsey: Gunther. Where does the Intercontinental Champion fit into the big match? Plus, Becky Lynch vs. Rhea Ripley looks like it’s finally happening. As long as there are more promos like Monday on...

Welcome back Darnell Mitchell for the second time to Tights and Fights! And welcome friends to spinning-their-wheels season, the time of year just before WrestleMania where everyone pretends that they have a chance to win the Royal Rumble and have a title match at the WWE’s biggest show of the year.  Jinder Mahal is getting a lot of attention, both on TV and in his title match; but is it possible...

Welcome to the first episode of Tights and Fights in the year 2024! We’re joined once again by our old pal Darnell Mitchell . He has a lot of experience booking wrestling shows as well as watching as a fan. He’ll explain how his fandom evolved after the pandemic. Darnell, Hal and Danielle will take a look at the first major news of the year: the dismissal of Kevin Dunn from WWE. He’s one of the co...

It’s the end of the year and there’s so much wrestling to look back on on a brand new episode of Tights and Fights. From the mercurial CM Punk news cycle to live events from around the world, there’s so much to discuss.  Plus: we give out another round of recognitions from wrestling known as “Superplexatives”-- we’re making up the categories and spotlighting the winners. Best slow clap moment of t...

It’s time for another edition of Wrestling Recast where Tights and Fights takes famous movies and stage shows and reimagines them to feature wrestlers in every role. This time, it’s the 2003 film Elf. Will Ferrell’s holiday classic celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. But which wrestlers would endear it to an audience of marks? John Cena as Buddy! Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat as Papa Elf! An...

Do you hear voices in your head?! They counsel you, they understand that it’s a brand new episode of the Tights and Fights podcast! This week is a super sized Main Event devoted to the recently returned Randy Orton. He’s been with the WWE for more than 20 years and, despite just recovering from double fusion back surgery, he insists that he has more left in the tank; he aims to wrestle for another...

People over there, what’s up?! It’s a brand new episode of the Tights and Fights podcast! Danielle is back and she can’t keep CM Punk’s name out of her mouth. She’ll speculate about how he fits in to WWE. Meanwhile, Lindsey laments that Seth Rollins has been allowed steam roll through all of our favorite baby faces, including his latest victim Jey Uso. Maybe that’s all in service of making him loo...

It’s time to share war stories on the latest episode of the Tights and Fights podcast! Hal and Lindsey discuss the women once again stealing the show in the women’s version of War Games. Risks were taken and even though it not clear if everyone was on equal footing in terms of their star power, there was still a lot to enjoy.  There were also some matches that flew lower on the radar between the I...

It’s our annual tradition: the team gathers around the table to discuss everything that they’re thankful for from the last year of wrestling. We’ll touch on everything from Rhea Ripley, the parade of international wrestling shows, Toni Storm finding herself and so much more. Plus, we’ll hear from listeners about what they’re thankful for and discuss what food we’re excited to dig into as the holid...

This episode originally aired in 2020 Now that Thanksgiving is upon us, the holiday season in the air! And that means all those Christmas and Winter solstice specials that you've been holding off on viewing since January are officially fair game. Hal, Danielle and Lindsey share some of their favorite modern and classic specials to enjoy. Then, we're joined by special wrestle friends RJ City, Colt...

Hal Lublin is joined by producer Julian Burrell to talk about one of the most memorable failures that WWE ever attempted: The resurrection of the ECW brand and promotion.  In 2006, a year after a successful ECW “One Night Stand” PPV, WWE decided to bring back Extreme Championship Wrestling as their third brand. First they wanted it to be a web exclusive show that Shane McMahon would be in charge o...

Tag made! It’s a brand new episode of Tights and Fights ! Halloween has come and gone and while that means we got to have a lot of fun this week… it also means that wrestling got sent to the back burner for Lindsey. But never fear, Hal and Danielle will catch her up on some of the biggest news. Not the least of which is LA Knight and his path to Roman’s hit list and increasing his star power befor...

It’s the spookiest time of year! But don’t be scared because we’ve brought on the owner and advocate of the Halloween season James A. Janisse ! He’s best known for “The Kill Count” series on his YouTube channel “Dead Meat.” We catch up on all the latest wrestling that he’s gotten a chance to see despite his busy schedule this month. That includes the character development of LA Knight and Drew McI...