Wrestling Is Real Wrestling Podcast

WrestleMania35 Leaves #WWE Prepared For Move to Fox and Major Independent Big Event Movement, but WWE showed that they can easily screw those plans up. We look back at WWE accomplished this past Wrestlemania weekend, and analyze what lies in front of them. That includes the move of Smackdown to Fox, a possible move of NXT and NXT UK to FS1, and several major independents making moves to book large...

#WrestleMania35 is Christmas for #KofiKingston #BeckyLynch #SethRollins the WWE Universe and KOP explains they could have done better by their hardcore fanbase.   #KofiKingston conquers the #WWE Title, #SethRollins Secures Universal Gold over the Beast and has been made a top guy again. Plus, what do these title wins mean going into Money in the Bank and how, added along with the Superstar Shakeup...

Final #WrestleMania35 Push Doesn't Hold Back as Ronda, Charlotte and Becky take a ride downtown. Plus, #Wrestlemania Preview and Predictions and one final rant. Also, we preview NXY Takeover New York and the New Japan/ Ring of Honor G1 Supercard, plus AEW signs some new and familiar on -air talent. Support the Wrestling is Real Podcast by shopping at Amazon through our special link http://www.king...

WWE Fails Forward to the #WrestleMania35 Finish Line with a last minute title change for Charlotte Flair and a tag match to decide Kofi Kingston's fate. Plus, KOP previews #WrestlingWeekend, why multi-Super Bowl champion tight end Rob Gronkowski's retirement will matter to WWE fans and how WWE is set to move into a seriously crucial WrestleMania off-season. Support the Wrestling is Real Podcast by...

WrestleMania35 Build Takes a Bad Turn To Stall For Time as Kofi Kingston, Triple H /Batista and the Women's Triple Threat title match suffer. Plus, KOP looks at the featured events surrounding WrestleMania weekend including the ROH/NJPW G1 Supercard, NXT Takeover: New York and events for MLW and Impact Wrestling. Support the Wrestling is Real Podcast by shopping at Amazon through our special link...

Passionate Promos Rise Above Sub-par #WrestleMania Story Telling as Ronda Rousey, Randy Orton, Kofi Kingston, Shane McMahon, Batista, and Triple H stand out on the stick. KOP talks about how fans should continue to overlook storytelling that is stuck in the mud in most WrestleMania storylines with three weeks left before the big event. Plus, the NXT Title is vacated and a new winner is set to be c...

#WWEFastlane Shows Shane Screw Miz, Ronda Reward Becky, and Title Matches Triumph as Bryan and Joe retain in great matchups. Plus, the Shield reunites and Roman Reigns make his long-awaited return to the ring. Support the Wrestling is Real Podcast by shopping at Amazon through our special link  http://www.kingofpodcasts.com/amazon Send a PayPal donation by going to  https://www.paypal.me/kingofpod...

Fastlane Fuels the main event WrestleMania Buzz; Creative Continuity Be Damned says WWE when it comes to some of the storytelling. KOP validates the claim and explains how all of the major changes being made to storylines like the Ronda Rousey heel turn, the Shield reunion and the Kevin Owens/ Kofi Kingston dynamic, can be given some benefit of the doubt. Plus, KOP previews and predicts Fastlane t...

Batista Returns in a rage to challenge Triple H for WrestleMania35. Roman Reigns rejoices with news of remission leads to a resurge to #WWE and #WrestleMania35 buzz. Batista Returns in a rage returns to challenge Triple H. #RomanReigns Rejoices with Remission and we rejoice with him. KOP explains the magnitude of momentum that WWE accomplished on TV this which now leads to a resurge to #WWE and #W...

Operation #NXT on #WWE TV executed on RAW and Smackdown Live this week. Is this the Answer to #WWE and their #AEW Anxiety? Why did WWE call up NXT main eventers Ricochet, Aleister Black, Johnny Gargano, and Aleister Black? Could this be just a desperate move to build more buzz around the ratings dwindling TV product or could this be an answer to anxiety reeling over the rise of AEW? Plus, who will...

KOP does a brief #EliminationChamber Recap. Enter Charlotte Flair Into WrestleMania Main Event Story into the upcoming Raw Womens Triple Threat march. Plus, Bayley and Sasha Banks take inaugural tag team gold and Finn Balor push continues with Intercontinental gold. Support the Wrestling is Real Podcast by: Shopping at Amazon through our special link http://www.kingofpodcasts.com/amazon Send a Pay...

The McMahons do an incredible job of blowing up #BeckyLynch and her Momentum with a poor storyline twist. Plus, an #EliminationChamber preview and AEW Acquires Kenny Omega. Also, WWE injuries have a tendency to plague WrestleMania buildup. KOP notices a trend.  Plus ROH 17th Anniversary and AEW Double or Nothing updates. Support the Wrestling is Real Podcast by: Shopping at Amazon through our spec...

#BeckyLynch Barrels Into Some Stone Cold #WrestleMania Storytelling as Stephanie McMahon and Triple HHH introduce a suspension angle on a worked injury the Man sustained in the Women's Royal Rumble match.  KOP weighs on the direction of this critical main event storyline, plus the progression of the new Daniel Bryan. Plus, Fox might be adding more WWE programming, and could Randy Orton be talking...

#DeanAmbrose and Hideo Itami are Departing and #WWE Superstars Rumble Options as Dean Ambrose turned down a multi-year deal from WWE worth seven figures per year and Itami finishes with the company.  KOP weighs the departure and how WWE might be worried about wrestlers going to All Elite Wrestling. Plus, we look at the #RoyalRumble aftermath with a new championship made of hemp, R-Truth wins gold,...

#RoyalRumble Review as Brock Lesnar Retains over Finn Balor, Becky Lynch Mans Up after losing to Asuka to win the Rumble. Plus Daniel Bryan retains the WWE championship and Rhonda Rousey makes Sasha Banks look good in defeat. Support the Wrestling is Real Podcast by: Shopping at Amazon through our special link http://www.kingofpodcasts.com/amazon Send a PayPal donation by going to https://www.payp...

Believing in #FinnBalor as KOP looks into the possible reality that Finn Balor could be crowned Universal Champion again. KOP looks at the positive and the realistic ramifications behind the match. #RoyalRumble Revives #WWE Fan Interest and KOP previews the entire card and ponders where WWE should go with the WrestleMania build.  Support the Wrestling is Real Podcast by: Shopping at Amazon through...

The IWC has begun to inflate, insist and instill pipe dreams and expectations out of proportion for a hopeful #AEW All Elite Wrestling Acceleration. KOP weighs out all of the headlines and balances out the immediate impact and implications now being felt by WWE and the major independents.  Plus, WWE makes some switches towards the top of the card, and WrestleMania season is off and running. KOP lo...

All Elite Wrestling #AEW and the Impossible Perception It Is the WWE Alternative as casual fans and wrestling content creators and podcasters are playing armchair quarterback while inflating the promotion's expectations. KOP puts the announcement into perspective and discusses where All Elite Wrestling will land in the spectrum between the WWE and the major indies. Plus, we talk about the New Japa...

#BulletClub Elite Bows Out of #NJWK13 and Impact Wrestling Homecoming Impresses The Asylum. KOP runs through the numerous title changes and more notably the exit of the elite members of the Bullet Club. KOP also reviews and recaps Impact Wrestling Homecoming that offered some impressive matchups and several new champions are crowned. Support the Wrestling is Real Podcast by: Shopping at Amazon thr...

Major Indies Make Noise with New Promotions and Partnerships as All Elite Wrestling is announced, and ROH fosters new relationships. KOP discusses how these measures we'll be able to steal some of the WWE headlines in 2019. He also questions how much impact will major Indies can make this year to a vulnerable WWE unwilling how to make changes deemed unnecessary until the cash flow slows up. Plus,...

Major Independents Take 2019 Measures as #WWE OffSeason Wraps Up as Impact Wrestling moves to a new TV home, ROH signs new top talent, and PPVs take shape to start 2019.  Plus, time for the wrestling news media to chill out, and KOP wraps up our review of the Year in Wrestling for 2018. Also, we had to wait till the end of Smackdown to see the only real cliffhanger on WWE TV all year.  Support the...

Meaningless Mea Culpa and Smoke and Mirrors by The McMahon Family as they jump onto pre-taped TV for the lame duck last two weeks of the WWE Offseason. KOP explains how unimportant this event was, and goes through what they really gave us for Christmas. Plus, KOP continues our ongoing Year in Review for 2018 looking the period that stretches from Summerslam to the big money cash grab shows that me...

#WWETLC Properly Pays Off most of their feuds in the bulk of the matches on the TLC card to close out the WWE Offseason, but that doesn't mean they missed on a couple of matches (see Rollins vs. Ambrose and Balor vs. McIntyre). Plus, an Elite Exit at #ROHFinalBattle as Cody and the Young Bucks make a Kliq-tastic off-camera curtain call along with several other ROH wrestlers turning free agents wre...

Major Independents Make Moves To Leverage WWE Offseason Woes as KOP looks into the PPVs being set up prior to WrestleMania season. What are shows like NJPW Wrestle Kingdom, Impact Wrestling Homecoming and ROH Final Battle able to do to draw in disgruntled WWE fans.  Plus, KOP picks up on the Year in Review of Wrestling covering the time between WrestleMania 34 and Summerslam.  Shopping at Amazon t...

WWE Tumbles into TLC Distraction as KOP discusses the leadup to WWE TLC with the help of clip from this past Sunday's "Vince Russo: Truth with Consequences. " Plus,  Final Matches for a number of wrestlers this Friday at ROH Final Battle? Which wrestler's contracts are running out and who will get a look by WWE and the major indies. Also, we look at other upcoming major independent events to keep...