Max Wrestling Podcast

#255: Rated R For Return - One week after Promo Rumble 5, it's time for all the results from our 3 promo bouts before we react to a most triumphant Royal Rumble including the heartstopping return of Edge and victory for Drew McIntyre! PLUS why people keep getting attacked in NXT's parking lot and more feuds take shape in AEW.

It's finally time for Promo Champion Travis "The Walker" Anderson and Knowledge Champion The Phoenix to defend their titles for the first time! Moses Marquez appears via satellite to challenge both Champions. In the meantime, we also predict this Sunday's Royal Rumble and Tedd P Dinero steps up to Corey Coulter. We also give some quick attention to this past week's Dynamite, NXT and Impact, Enzo A...

On our last stop before next week's Podcast Promo Rumble 5, we're joined by Travis "The Walker" Anderson to discuss the rollercoaster weekend of Tessa Blanchard making history AND headlines, Dazzy actually enjoyed an Impact PPV, Brian Cage's future, will Adam Page or Kenny Omega turn heel? R-Truth does the unthinkable and makes Brock Lesnar laugh, Seth Rollins gets even more cringey, John Morrison...

After a week off, Mike is back to reflect on losing both his Championships as we prepare for the next special. We also discuss everything from John Morrison's passive return to TV, Brock Lesnar entering the Royal Rumble as Champion, Naito claiming double gold at Wrestle Kingdom, Io Shirai's future, Jon Moxley swerving Chris Jericho and much more! After this, head over to YouTube.com/maxwrestling t...

Both new Champions The Phoenix and The Walker drop by to discuss their victories as well as the continuation of poor writing on Smackdown and Raw, including the controversial wedding segment which saw the return of Liv Morgan that didn't quite meet anyone's expectations. Plus AEW hit the reset button with the New Year's Day episode of Dynamite.

It's our 250th episode and last of the year! So it's time to award the best and worst of 2019 in all of wrestling with the 3rd annual Maxies, plus the result of last week's Promo Title bout between Mike Larkin and Travis "The Walker" Anderson, and The Phoenix returns to take on Mike for the Knowledge Championship one last time. This one is unmissable!

In our traditional Star Wars themed episode to celebrate the latest release, The Walker gets his rematch with Mike Larkin for the Promo Championship! Meanwhile, Killer Kross is finally free of Impact Wrestling and we review TLC, including Daniel Bryan's makeover, Kairi Sane's controversial injury, plus triumph for Rhea Ripley on NXT and more!

It's that time of year where we discuss the first Hall of Fame announcements - Batista and 6% of the nWo. Plus the good, the bad and the dog food of Smackdown and Raw, and a clearer path for Dynamite while NXT steals the week with a strong main event

On Dazzy's 30th birthday, we ask if AEW is finding it tougher to comepte with NXT in the Wednesday Night War, WWE announces the return of John Morrison and once again not a lot happens on Smackdown and Raw besides an ugly new title for The Fiend and another abysmal chapter in the painful Lana and Lashley angle. Plus The Sandman becomes public enemy number one - a.k.a "The old ECW guy with a beer i...

The Walker returns for the results of his two bouts last week against Andre Corbeil and Promo Champion Mike Larkin, plus we react to a week full of wrestling from Chicago, a retro Impact, controversy in ROH and more!

It's been a long road since the second Climax tournament began, but Promo Series 4 has finally arrived! We're joined by The Walker as he prepares to face wrestling journalist Andre Corbeil! We also predict NXT Takeover: War Games and Survivor Series and close out with Mike Larkin defends the Promo Championship against The Walker!

In this special countdown show, Dazzy previews this Thursday's big promo showdowns between Andre Corbeil and The Walker, and the Promo Climax 2 final between The Walker and champion Mike Larkin. The Knowledge Championship is also on the line on this Countdown show in the traditional Winner Stays On gauntlet with Mike defending against Emir "BlackBane" Costello, Moses Marquez and The Walker!

In a rollercoaster week, we react to CM Punk's return on WWE Backstage, Disney and WWE wanting all your money, ACH's career suicide, Sin Cara requesting his release, Full Gear and the Wednesday Night War reactions, plus Mike Larkin and Robert Davis close out the Promo Climax to decide the shape of next week's final on this last stop before Promo Series 4 week!

It's the last episode of Beyond The Mic as the Promo Climax reaches its final next week. Originally, Dazzy and Emir reflected on the tournament but the recording was lost. However, only 2 men remaining in the tournament have not appeared on Beyond The Mic, so we provide a pretty compilation of Zack Herring while Mike Larkin interviews "The Lost Cause" Chris Maldonado!

Dazzy hopes to score better than All Out as we predict AEW Full Gear in the midst of the NXT invasion of Smackdown and Raw as we head for Survivor Series. Plus the Promo Climax is almost over as Zack Herring bows out with Tedd P Dinero.

The Captain and The Kingpin are joined by two of the gauranteed finalists for the Promo Climax - The Walker and current Champion Mikey Two Belts as they discuss whether or not they will be joined in the final by Robert Davis and The Demoness. We also discuss this past week's results of The Walker knocking Moses Marquez off the top of Block B, and ahead to the last 3 prelim matches.

Major annoucement about the future of promo competition in Max and RWT!

It’s time for Blood Money 4! And we couldn’t care less. In this Halloween special, it’s Butcher vs. Walker in the Promo Climax and Moses Marquez vs. Chris Maldonado. We also quickly discuss the horrors of Smackdown and Raw, while mayhem ensues on Wednesday night with Dynamite and NXT. Butcher also makes a BT engineer famous.

With one week to go before our Halloween special, we talk the release of the controversial glitch-frenzy WWE 2K20, Impact dropping the ball on Tessa Blanchard, a forgettable week from Smackdown and Raw with Cain Velasquez’s ghost punches, and week 4 of the Wednesday Night War sees a brawl with Cody and the Inner Circle, and a long-overdue heel turn from Finn Balor. Plus The Demoness takes on Tedd...

The Captain and The Kingpin are finally both on the same show as The Demoness as she discusses her joint top spot with Mike Larkin in Block A, as well as her battle this week against Tedd P Dinero. We also talk Robert Davis vs. Zack Herring, the possible outcomes of the final weeks and the upcoming Max Wrestling Halloween special!

After 5 hours of our lives we’ll never get back, we react to the train wreck of WWE’s Draft, the inclusion of nonsensical NFL segments, injuries and arrests, and the welcoming embrace of the Wednesday Night Wars. Plus Robert Davis battles Zack Herring as the Promo Climax returns for week 10!

As we prepare for the return of the Promo Climax following its mid-season break, Andre Corbeil provides an exclusive insight into his upcoming showdown with The Walker at the end of the tournament.

We learnt a very important lesson with these picks - don't judge before you watch. Butcher finally discovers 2014's surprise hit Kingsman, along with 2009 remake The Last House On The Left, 2017 slasher Happy Death Day and hidden gem Columbiana (2011) starring Marvel's Zoe Saldana. While Dazzy is won over by the Child's Play reboot despite wanting to hate it. Plus a dark twist on the Superman stor...

The debut of Cain Velasquez, Dynamite sees an even more impressive week 2 with the Young Bucks putting over Private Party, Chris Jericho introducing The Inner Circle, and Darby Allin gets a shot at Jericho next week. Plus the mystery of Kylie Rae, the uncertainty of MJF, Ciampa coming home for Goldie, a possible game changer for NXT War Games and the fallout to Hell In A Cell.

The Captain is joined by 2/3 of the former Carolina Reapers, Mike Larkin and The Walker as they each celebrate victory this past week along with Zack Herring. But as the Promo Climax takes a break for a week, The Walker makes his challenge to Andre Corbeil official, while Dazzy opens up to address this past weekend's ejection for the final time.