Wrestling Is Real Wrestling Podcast

KOP celebrates episode 500 and discusses why NXT delights the WWE Fanbase, but doesn’t draw new mainstream fans. Here is a recent tweet and a few notes I put together for this episode: NXT was made an equal all through the #SurvivorSeries build. But, they exposed one of the things most #WWE Superstars are not able to do. WORK THE CROWD! Lack of promos and in-ring storytelling to ENGAGE THE CROWD....

Survivor Series and NXT Takeover: War Games were both very good shows overall. But, as KOP explains, NXT is a fan’s blessing but the company’s curse. NXT is WWE’s answer to all other indie promotions. Its diehard crowd is what WWE has been able to draw in and hold onto. Its crowd is insatiable. NXT will not be able to sustain their level of extreme overkill of near falls and high spots. WWE must r...

WWE Survivor Series Stretches the Nuance of NXT thin. Plus, how CM Punk, Tony Khan and Randy Orton tore wrestling Twitter apart. I posted this message on Twitter prior to this week’s show.. As a fencesitter with no allegiance to either #WWE or #AEW. The Khan-Orton back and forth only shows me… The worse WWE is doing to get their ship back on course, the more the WWE loyalists are happy to pile on...

WWE SuperFans vs AEW Disciples are battling it out in the town square of social media. KOP examines the lines drawn by the Real Wednesday Night War. KOP here, these are some notes I scribbled down after watching some serious Twitter tirades by fellow wrestling fans. Everyone that watches wrestling goes on Twitter has this growing attitude. It’s about how my WWE is better than your AEW. Everyone wa...

AEW Full Gear Accelerates MJF to a top main event heel. By deceptively throwing in the towel MJF has instantly been elevated. KOP runs through the PPV. AEW Full Gear AEW Full Gear delivers a very good showing without any title changes. Well booked with well woven storylines. KOP comments on the exciting card. Plus, KOP points out the friction and bias that is resonating within the IWC. Regardless...

NXT throws a lifesaver to help make waves to the wandering WWE Product. Plus, KOP previews and makes predictions for AEW Full Gear. WWE looks to build momentum for the TV product by further propping up NXT to add credibility to a malignant main roster. KOP examines how WWE is pulling out its Attitude era playbook for positive results. Plus, we look at the build to AEW Full Gear and comment on the...

MLW SuperFight shines a grand spotlight on PPV. WWE suffers social criticism over their Crown Jewel charter crisis and NXT stars excites Smackdown. MLW presents their first PPV with a great showcase of their unsung talent. KOP recaps the inaugural event. WWE is getting criticized left and right this weekend. Crown Jewel comes off with a c-grade PPV. Talent is left stranded with delayed charter fli...

WWE Wrestlers are Emotionally Triggered on Eve of Crown Jewel on Halloween. KOP breaks it all down and tries to make sense of it all. KOP talks about the Jordan Myles t-shirt mess, the Lana/Lashley/Rusev angle and the first women’s match in Saudi Arabia. Plus Bound for Glory fallout on the impact debut on AXS TV and a preview of MLW Superfight this weekend. Support the Wrestling is Real Podcast by...

October 2019 is the month that wrestling changed forever. KOP looks at WWEs post-draft strategy, AEW’s debut, NWA’s Power Hour, Impact’s return and more. Wrestling Crown Jewel will wrap up a whirlwind month in professional wrestling. KOP talks about some changes in WWE that might work out. AEW could not have had a better start to their TV product. NWA Power becomes an overnight sensation. Impact W...

Impact Wrestling delivers another solid-booked Bound For Glory. Where does Impact Wrestling land now in the pecking order of the major independents? Plus, KOP overlooks the state of WWE after it second unimpressive week under the new TV deals. We also make sense of the Eric Bischoff release. Support the Wrestling is Real Podcast by: Sending a PayPal donation by going to https://www.paypal.me/kingo...

WWE continues to capitulate to its corporate broadcast partners. KOP explains how it's very apparent that Vince is no longer in control. Support the Wrestling is Real Podcast by: Sending a PayPal donation by going to https://www.paypal.me/kingofpodcasts Visiting his sponsors King Of Amazon (which is Amazon) http://www.kingofamazon.com , HalloweenCostumes ( www.kingofpodcasts.com/halloween) and Nor...

WWE Weakness Motivates Major Independents To Make Big Moves. AEW Dark and NWA Power Propel the Major Independents to a Pro Wrestling Renaissance. WWE had a rough week last week with NXT losing the first week of Wednesday Night Wars to AEW Dynamite. An abdominal Hell in a Cell main event and a rough ratings night on RAW only ramp up a revolution against sports entertainment. KOP weighs all of the m...

Hell in A Cell Collapses with a RAW-tastic card. WWE sacrificed the PPV for the focus on Smackdown, the upcoming draft, and the Wednesday Night Wars. KOP dissects the developments and the direction of WWE as a result of this week. He also discusses how wrestling's resurgence to TV comes at a point solely by desperation and a viewer's escape for a once-popular guilty pleasure. Support the Wrestling...

Welcome to the Wednesday Night Wars. AEW Advances their Full Gear PPV build. NXT delivers hot shot booking and their wicked workrate. First thoughts off the bat AEW feels like a better Nitro without all the old WWE workers. Overall, let everyone else in the IWC compare and contrast. I'm just to happy to see some new competition for the wrestling world. Plus, CM Punk signs deal to join WWE Backstag...

CM Punk is considering a possible return to wrestling. ROH Death Before Dishonor is deconstructed by way of a review by KOP. This week, the Wrestling Observer Newsletter reported how WWE has an impression that CM Punk wants to be back with the company, but right now it's nothing they are counting on to happen. Then came the audition for the FS1 WWE studio show. KOP breaks down the details plus the...

KOP reports on the change of the wrestling landscape with the Wednesday Night Wars. Plus, Ring Of Honor is left a casualty as a result. KOP looks the shuffling of television shows coming up next week. Who will fare best and who will not. Support the Wrestling is Real Podcast by: Sending a PayPal donation by going to https://www.paypal.me/kingofpodcasts Visiting his sponsors King Of Amazon (which i...

KOP analyzes why WWE needs more than NXT in order to stay on top of all other major wrestling promotions come this October. All Elite Wrestling debuts on TNT and presents Full Gear November 9th. Impact Wrestling presents Bound For Glory followed by a TV move to AXS TV. Major League Wrestling presents their first PPV with Saturday Night Superfight. Ring Of Honor looks to further rebuild it ranks wi...

WWE Clash of Champions Comes Away Far from a Classic. KOP muddles through a mediocre pay per view with a few feud-building outcomes. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/wrestling-is-real-wrestling-podcast--1559158/support . Contact KOP for professional podcast production, imaging, and web design services at http://www.kingofpodcasts.com Support KOP by subscribing t...

KOP previews and predicts WWE Clash of Champions and looks over the changes coming in October all over the wrestling world. WWE Clash of Champions looks like this: WWE Universal ChampionshipSeth Rollins (c) vs. Braun StrowmanWWE ChampionshipKofi Kingston (c) vs. Randy OrtonRaw Women's ChampionshipBecky Lynch (c) vs. Sasha BanksSmackDown Women's ChampionshipBayley (c)...

KOP analyzes the widespread changes to WWE's TV Product. How much has the new FOX deal and AEW's TNT debut ultimately affected WWE's TV product. So far the following has happened with WWE's TV Product in 2019: A slew of veterans (Bruce Pritchard, Jeff Jarrett, Eric Bischoff and Paul Heyman) have come back to right the ship. More hall of famers and part-timers have been brought back for big events...

AEW All Out plays the show straight. It made the show a bit predictable but a solid performance. KOP runs through the results. Nyla Rose won by last eliminating Britt Baker to become one of the competitorsPrivate Party (Isiah Kassidy and Marq Quen) defeated Angélico and Jack Evans SoCal Uncensored (Christopher Daniels, Frankie Kazarian, and Scorpio Sky) defeated Jurassic Express (Marko Stunt, Jung...

KOP previews and gives his predictions for AEW AllOut this weekend. How well the promotion will attract viewers for the October launch? Will a cold Kenny Omega match versus PAC build enough buzz without Jon Moxley? Are casual fans all in on Hangman Page being able to beat Chris Jericho? How will the wrestling nation look at this pay-per-view in anticipation of their TV launch? Will this promotion...

KOP runs through thoughts and questions he wants answers to before NXT moves To USA Network LIVE every starting Wednesday, September 18th. NXT has been a loss leader since the re-introduction at Full Sail. This move was eventually going to happen.  KOP considers how this could help AEW and the major Indies in the long run. Plus, could NXT and something like FCW happen again? Below are some of the...

King of The Ring is back next week. KOP analyzes how WWE is going back to this Make-A-Main Eventer Option to elevate a couple of new top guys by October. WrestlingNews.co reported, It’s been reported that the tournament finals will take place at the upcoming Clash of Champions pay-per-view event next month. WWE released this list of competitors: Raw The Miz Ricochet Cedric Alexander Samoa Joe Drew...

WWE Summerslam 2019 has Seth Rollins shocking the Beast Brock Lesnar again. Bray Wyatt is brilliantly booked. KOP breaks down the outcomes. Aside from the brilliant booking of Bray Wyatt WWE Summerslam 2019 storylines had a bit more substance than most pay-per-views. WWE has started the changes that Paul Heyman has instituted. The card with hall of fame stars and veterans helped. This is all part...