Wrestling Is Real Wrestling Podcast

It's our WWE Survivor Series 2017 Preview and KOP talks candidly about surviving the holidays without female companionship.  We run down the match card, and highlight which matches will standout. Plus we look at a few names coming back and going away from WWE.  We also how Impact Wrestling compares to Game of Thrones and ROH plans for a new digital streaming service.  Please support the Wrestling...

KOP follows up on the ESPN 30 for 30 documentary on Nature Boy Ric Flair and Why WWE Needs His Kind of Flair Today and who on the roster has any flair. Plus, European Tour fallout with Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn being sent home.  Free agent Chris Jericho is set to take on Kenny Omega at NJPWs Wrestle Kingdom 12.  Also, some surprises in the Mens Survivor Series 5-on-5 match. Please support the Wres...

Bound for Glory 2017 Recap as Alberto El Patron Returns and Plunders the Main Event, and Gail Kim Goes Out with Gold winning the Knockouts Championship.  We run down the show including the debuts of Sami Callahan and Jimmy Jacobs, a pretty cool 5150 Street Fight with oVe and LAX and the horrific MMA inclusion into the Moose vs. Lashley feud.  Please support the Wrestling is Real Podcast by: Doing...

We're weighing the argument of wrestlers making a livelihood in WWE vs the independent circuit. KOP lays out the argument and makes his case. Plus, a lot of fallout from Impact Wrestling leading up to Bound For Glory 2017. Plus, feuds sprout on social media and a slew of WWE updates. Please support the Wrestling is Real Podcast by: Doing your Amazon shopping through our link,  AmazonIsReal.com  Su...

WWE #UnderSiege Invasion Under Thought, as KOP makes his point on the matter and shares a former WWE Creative writer's accurate synopsis. Plus, more on WWE's Possible Mass Exodus with updates on Neville, Nia Jax and Daniel Bryan! Also, speaking of on the outs, Jeff Jarrett and GFW parts from Impact Wrestling.  Please support the Wrestling is Real Podcast by: Doing your Amazon shopping through our...

In KOP's WWE TLC 2017 Recap, he briefly explains how it was a flat, blah nothing PPV but finds intrigue in a future Braun Strowman vs. Kane feud. Please support the Wrestling is Real Podcast by: Doing your Amazon shopping through our link,  AmazonIsReal.com  Subscribe to the WWE Network through our special link Check out the WWE Shop through our special link  Buy WWE Live Show Tickets through our...

WWE Superstar Mass Exodus Hysteria Needs to create a Corporate Wake-Up Call. KOP runs through a slew of stories raising brows.  Neville, Austin Aries, and Jimmy Jacobs are on the way out, but could Nia Jax and the 205 Live cruiserweights leave to greener indie pastures? Plus, less GFW in your Impact Wrestling, the future of Lucha Underground and the best offseason stars in 2017.  Please support th...

KOP discusses the Shield Reunion, Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn's Brotherhood Rebuilt, But WWE Fans deserve more than a couple of storylines and potential. Plus, the Bullet Club continues to be a thorn in WWE's side and an early look into WWE TLC 2017.  Donate to the Las Vegas Victims Fund  Please support the Wrestling is Real Podcast by: Doing your Amazon shopping through our link,  AmazonIsReal.com ...

You can WWE Hell In a Cell 2017 as The Night Sami Zayn Screwed Shane McMahon in his match versus Kevin Owens in a falls count anywhere match.  Plus, Baron Corbin wins US Gold and gets out of the doghouse and we ponder why Jinder Mahal came away with the WWE title again. Donate to the Las Vegas Victims Fund  Please support the Wrestling is Real Podcast by: Doing your Amazon shopping through our lin...

WWE Hell in a Cell 2017 Preview and Predictions, who's gonna play Vince McMahon on the big screen.  Plus, NWA is back to basics with Billy Corgan, Shane McMahon invested in Cannabis, Triple H and the National Anthem Protest and more.   Donate to the Las Vegas Victims Fund  Please support the Wrestling is Real Podcast by: Doing your Amazon shopping through our link,  AmazonIsReal.com  Subscribe to...

WWE Superstars Need to Discover the New Brass Ring. John Cena has become their latest role model and KOP discusses what that ring is.  Plus, we look at the fallout of No Mercy, ROH Death Before Dishonor, Bullet Club invading Raw and more.  Please support the Wrestling is Real Podcast by: Doing your Amazon shopping through our link,  AmazonIsReal.com  Subscribe to the WWE Network through our specia...

WWE No Mercy 2017 Recap as KOP discusses how Braun Strowman Buckles to Brock Lesnar. Lesnar brings down Strowman to retain the Universal gold.  Plus, how does Enzo Amore win a belt before Big Cass, and how Roman Reigns continues to be rewarded with a huge gift in getting John Cena to do the job.  Please support the Wrestling is Real Podcast by: Doing your Amazon shopping through our link,  AmazonI...

Braun Strowman Built For Universal Gold and KOP believes it's time for the Monster Among Men to be crowned. Plus RIP to the life and memory of Bobby The Brain Heenan. KOP runs down, previews and predicts the No Mercy card and previews GFW Bound For Glory now set to take place in Canada.  Also, please help those affected by Hurricane Harvey and Irma by donating to the following charities like Red C...

How Do You Sell Today's WWE To The Casual Fan or the fans that used to watch or the ones that have never watched it. Braun Strowman might be the only one that you could bring up to friends and strangers to interest them into watching WWE. More and more Roman Reigns is getting humiliated thanks to John Cena because Roman hasn't cut it.  Also, please help those affected by Hurricane Harvey and Irma...

WWE Corporate Ideology is Handicapping Superstars and Storylines. KOP callls for WWE  take the corporate out of the everyday product, and bring back the rebellious spirit of Attitude Era back to WWE. Plus ,GFW good news and bad news and a look at what little we're getting on TV these days.  Please support the Wrestling is Real Podcast by: Doing your Amazon shopping through our link,  AmazonIsReal....

WWE No Mercy looks to deliver great moments that look to make two great matchups (Reigns/Cena and Strowman/ Lesnar) that are now being rushed. We run through the setup promos for these matchups. Plus, we discuss the Rosemary/ Sexy Star Triplemania controversy and more WWE injuries plague the roster.  Please support the Wrestling is Real Podcast by: Doing your Amazon shopping through our link, Amaz...

WWE Performance Center Problems Plague WWE with poor creative, mismanagement and health issues. Meanwhile, they are leaving GFW and ROH Depleted. KOP lays out his argument.  Plus, we look at some of the new faces that have arrived in NXT and WWE (Bobby Roode, Adam Cole, Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly) .  We also talk about some major injuries to Asuka and Big Cass, and some major title changes (Eli...

WWE Summerslam 2017 Recap Fatal Four Way Finishes Fantastic as Braun Stromwan obliterates Brock Lesnar. But, the Beast comes back, retains and stays in WWE.  Plus, we run down the card for Summerslam and NXT Takeover: Brooklyn III, which reigns in some former Ring of Honor champions.  Please support the Wrestling is Real Podcast by: Doing your Amazon shopping through our link, AmazonIsReal.com  Su...

WWE Summerslam 2017 Will Still Overcome Bad Midcard Booking fans feel disappointed with pairings like Finn Balor vs. Bray Wyatt. KOP picks the winners.  Plus, we preview NXT Takeover: Brooklyn III, GFW tapings without Alberto El Patron or a crowned world champion and WWE 's delusion that can build stars better than NJPW did with their acquisitions of last year.  Please support the Wrestling is Rea...

WWE Summerslam Places Pressure on Performance Center Prospects as 15 WWE Superstars that came through Orlando must make or break.  KOP runs through what this event means to the future of WWE and the investment of NXT, and the Performance Center that Triple H has banked the company's future.  Please support the Wrestling is Real Podcast by: Doing your Amazon shopping through special link, AmazonIsR...

Can Shinsuke Nakamura getting a WWE title shot against Jinder Mahal keep  the  WWE faithful happy for SummerSlam and beyond? KOP lays out the real argument that validates WWE's reasons in their own corporate way why they are operating things the way they want to.  Plus, KOP goes back to Scarlett Harris and another Paste magazine article that this time KOP agrees with regarding GLOW and the WWE Wom...

WWE fans are justifiably unhappy with the company's creative direction and corporate conformity by pushing more Jinders instead of Balors. KOP takes on both sides of the argument.  Plus, WWE Afraid of Intergender Wrestling? KOP confronts an article that suggests that WWE is afraid of equality for women and would find success in having more intergender matches.  Please support the Wrestling is Real...

Recap of WWE Battleground, where the Punjabi Prison Match was made to go viral in India.  Kevin Owens wins back the US Belt and the New Day wins the SmackDown tag titles on a PPV that did feel flat.  Please support the Wrestling is Real Podcast by: Doing your Amazon shopping through our website  Subscribe to the WWE Network through our special link Check out the WWE Shop through our special link ...

WWE Abandoning Attitude Era Fans? KOP explains why social media and how we consume our entertainment has made WWE change for younger viewers.  Plus, our WWE Battleground Preview featuring a Punjabi Prison and Fatal 5-Way contenders match, more on Paige and the Perro and a couple WWE and Lucha Underground veterans are apparently GFW-bound.  Please support the Wrestling is Real Podcast by: Doing you...

WWE Doing Big Business with the WWE Network, digital content and international expansion... Even If It Bothers Older Fans Longing For Attitude.  KOP explains how things are going well for WWE based on today's standards while the Attitude Era and older fanbase can't help but nit-pick and complain.  Plus, we run the Alberto El Patron/ Paige incident from the water in the face to the GFW suspension....