Waffly Bollox

one week after WrestleDream and things sure are happening!!! this episode, we've given up and made up our own names for Mox's new faction, we celebrated Kenny Omega's birthday, we don't trust Adam Cole one bit, and we love everything the AEW and ROH women's divisions are doing. also Sarah got trapped in a car park. links and things: @wafflybollox on X, Instagram, and Bluesky @awfullywaffly and @wr...

did you love WrestleDream? we LOVED WrestleDream. considering how whingey we've been the last few weeks, it feels good to be genuinely happy again. this PPV delivered. it even delivered Chuck Taylor, which was a treat we'd never even dared to hope for. get your verdicts and Heart Ratings here! links and things: @wafflybollox on X, Instagram, YouTube, and Bluesky @awfullywaffly and @wrassletrash on...

ready to meet your new favourite wrestler? put your hands together for the Centrepiece himself, David Francisco! in his own words, "a smug wrestler, full of himself". but also just a very brilliant human being. join us to chat bad promos, raw cheese, dogs driving cars, and much, much more. More David: @ImDFrancisco on X @ImDavidFrancisco on YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, and Twitch merch and more: da...

it's official, AEW is sticking around for years to come, and all the backseat economists on X-formerly-known-as-Twitter are fuming. there's actual steam coming out of their ears. it's quite funny. elsewhere, the former Blackpool Combat Club continue to be menaces, the Bucks continue to come out of the gremlin hole, but we are feeling a bit blue this week. maybe because there aren't enough women's...

we're back!!! this week was AEW's Dynamite Grand Slam, and we found out that yes, Bryan Danielson is cleared to fight, but only if you play his expensive music. we also think women should get more than six minutes on the telly but uhh apparently not everyone agrees. elsewhere: what is Mox gonna call his new faction? and what did he do to his beard this week? we're asking all the important question...

feeling frustrated and helpless seeing the news coming out of Gaza? yeah. we know the feeling. which is why we're thrilled to welcome the co-founders of Pro Wrestling Ceasefire, a series of fundraising events for UNICEF UK, to the podcast for a chat about their work. we also got to debut our new guest format, which listeners of a certain age might dimly recall. but mostly, this is about Pro Wrestl...

we didn't love this week's Dynamite, or at least we thought we didn't, but then we had a big chat about it and while there were definitely some bits we weren't super into (is Hangman really gonna be a big shouty man forever? why does Mox need to steal Darby's title shot instead of getting his own? what does Tony Khan have against literally every tag team on the roster??) we managed to find some li...

it's the pay-per-view from the depths of hell!!! or, as you might know it, AEW All Out 2024. went hard, that one, didn't it? we had MJF and Daniel Garcia trying to break one another's necks, Kris Statlander and Willow Nightingale getting thumbtacks where thumbtacks shouldn't go, a shocking betrayal by the Blackpool Combat Club, and then, finally, the grudge match to end all grudge matches when Swe...

it's been one week since All In, and it's one week until All Out, so that means: time for shenanigans! wrestlers are being shuffled into position and we're already psyched because we know we're getting a Chicago street fight and a sexy steel cage match next week. also, Jon Moxley is up to something, and we wanna know what it is... links and things: @wafflybollox on X, Instagram, YouTube, and Blues...

the biggest AEW pay-per-view of the year is here - and we even got a bonus episode of Dynamite and Collision filmed in the UK! this week we're overtired and overexcited, but we watched a lot of wrestling and we'll still find the energy to cheer for Big Bill somehow. links and things: @wafflybollox on X, Instagram, YouTube, and Bluesky @awfullywaffly and @wrassletrash on X and Tumblr email us: ⁠waf...

we need to talk about All In. specifically, why so many of our guys don't seem to be booked in matches right now? hey Tony, what's going on please? elsewhere, we figure out what stipulation the next Hangman vs Swerve Strickland match should have, and probably offend all of Wales. sorry about that. links and things: @wafflybollox on X, Instagram, YouTube, and Bluesky @awfullywaffly and @wrassletras...

we're two weeks away from All In and we still don't know who Hangman is going to be fighting. we also don't know the rules of a casino gauntlet match. we do know which britwres legend we want to see downing beers in the ring though... links and things: @wafflybollox on X, Instagram, YouTube, and Bluesky @awfullywaffly and @wrassletrash on X and Tumblr email us: ⁠wafflybollox@gmail.com tshirts: ko-...

you know what’s nice about having Hangman back on TV? we get to talk about Hangman. definitely didn’t do much of that when he wasn’t around. this week, we loved his match with Darby Allin, we thought Ring of Honor was great, we’re still sad about Best Friends, and we have some, uh, interesting thoughts on matches that Tony Khan technically could book for All In… links and things: @wafflybollox on...

two big bits of business this week: it was Ring of Honor's Death Before Dishonor, and your hosts actually met one another in person for the very first time!! we watched some deathmatches together. the dream! this episode, we are mostly very tired, and a bit grumpy. Athena cheered us up though. our forever champ really is forever, you know. links and things: @wafflybollox on X, Instagram, YouTube,...

things got a bit messy this week. yep, it was Blood & Guts time. unfortunately, the storytelling was as messy as the ring, which is not really how we prefer our wrestling. lots more thoughts (and wailing) in the episode! links and things: @wafflybollox on X, Instagram, YouTube, and Bluesky @awfullywaffly and @wrassletrash on X and Tumblr email us: ⁠wafflybollox@gmail.com tshirts: ko-fi.com/wrassle...

MJF and Will Ospreay went a whole hour on Dynamite this week. guess how long we spent talking about it? (spoiler: it’s less than an hour, don’t panic.) We also checked in with all our faves to see what they were up to, and then played a game revolving around that list of unused wrestler names Chuck Taylor came up with that one time, because we are nothing if not silly. links and things: @wafflybol...

this week's wrestling was BRUTAL. we had an evil dinosaur taking out Kip Sabian, an unexpected cameo from Darby Allin beating up Brandon Cutler, and then Mariah May, well, Mariah May broke everyone's heart, especially Toni's. also, Hangman is not gonna main event All In? we have some thoughts. have a listen! links and things: @wafflybollox on X, Instagram, YouTube, and Bluesky @awfullywaffly and @...

he’s back! he’s back! Hangman Adam Page is back and he is angry! also MJF did murder live on television, and we got some extremely fun questions from listeners. this week was an emotional rollercoaster and we loved it all, even though we were wrong about literally everything we predicted in our previous episode. but it’s fine, we’re still happy! links and things: @wafflybollox on X, Instagram, You...

the naughty door is open again and all sorts of delightful people have popped round to say hello! yep, it’s our Forbidden Door 2024 review episode. which match was our favourite? only one way to find out! links and things: @wafflybollox on X, Instagram, YouTube, and Bluesky @awfullywaffly and @wrassletrash on X and Tumblr email us: ⁠wafflybollox@gmail.com MJ’s tshirt shop⁠ Pride shirt: renderbomb....

we're very excited this week because AEW has announced there's going to be a Dynamite and Collision taping in Wales!!!! Cymru am byth!!! we also saw the beginning of the Owen Hart Foundation Cup tournament this week, and we are eyeing that "wildcard" slot with great suspicion... and we're also side-eyeing all the wrestlers who got all up in one another's faces this week but didn't do any smooching...

happy birthday to us! yep, your fave wrestling podcast is one year old this week, somehow?? and we haven't grown up even one tiny bit. as you'll find out when you listen to this episode and we're still wailing about our special little guys. we're having a bit of a sulk this week actually, because we see where a certain storyline seems to be going and we do not like it!!!!! but it's fine, Christian...

this week we are saying a big old thank youuuuuuu to Renee Paquette for fixing our hearts with her Chuck Taylor interview. we thought we were gonna get hurt and instead we might have been… healed? we’re also still finding the learning tree hilarious, we’re happy to see MJF back, and we love Mariah and her love triangle but we’re a bit worried the internet is gonna make it weird. also, for the love...

how do you solve a problem like Team AEW being significantly less likeable than Team Elite? we’ve got a foolproof solution and… yeah it’s Hangman, there’s no suspense there really, it’s just Hangman. also this episode, Trent wore a very nice suit that looked like it fitted him really well and we liked that, but we didn’t like what he did to Orange Cassidy (again) and we also really want to warn wr...

Vegas baybeeeeee! we watched Double or Nothing and we loved it. certified banger! links and things: @wafflybollox on X, Instagram, YouTube, and Bluesky @awfullywaffly and @wrassletrash on X and Tumblr email us: ⁠wafflybollox@gmail.com⁠ t-shirts, hoodies, dresses etc: ⁠renderbomb.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

it’s Double or Nothing Eve, and your girlies are VERY EXCITED. and since the PPV is this weekend, we decided not to worry about what’s gonna happen in various ongoing storylines and instead just spend our time making a list of everything we popped for this week. lovely things include gremlins being gremlins, Malakai’s epic Carrie job, vampire lore and new wedding traditions, and the indelible imag...