The Ringer Wrestling Show

COLD OPEN QUESTION OF THE WEEK: Which decision was worse: having Roman Reigns win the Royal Rumble or having LED lights (0:39)?

David and Kaz kick off the show by discussing Roman Reigns’s Royal Rumble win and the reason why he is the most important WWE star today (2:24). They also discuss the following:


Who else could have won if not Roman (20:30)?


Liv Morgan wins the Women’s Royal Rumble, and Brie Bella makes a shocking return (34:16)


Drew McIntyre defeats Sami Zayn (55:27)


Gunther ends AJ Styles's WWE career (59:00)

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Hosts: David Shoemaker, Kazeem Famuyide, and Brian H. Waters

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Additional Production Support: Ben Cruz

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David and Kaz kick off the show discussing Samoa Joe’s unfortunate non-contact injury that was revealed on Wednesday’s 'Dynamite' (0:37).

Then, Ben joins the guys to discuss the following:

The speed of which the Royal Rumble Saudi Arabia stadium was built (3:50)

Betting odds for both the men’s and women’s Royal Rumbles  (10:41)

Royal Rumble card picks (47:13)

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Hosts: David Shoemaker, Kazeem Famuyide and Ben Cruz 

Producer: Stefan Anderson 

Additional Production Support: Ben Cruz
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COLD OPEN QUESTION OF THE WEEK: Following Sami Zayn's victory in the Fatal 4-Way on 'Saturday Night's Main Event,' which of the four competitors is most likely to become a world champion next (0:30)? David and Kaz kick off the show by discussing the possibility of Sami Zayn becoming the WWE champion at Royal Rumble (3:10).Then they discuss:

Trick Williams’s performance in the Fatal 4-Way match (15:09)

Jacob Fatu’s transformation and his match with Cody Rhodes (20:54)

AJ Styles and Shinsuke Nakamura take it back to Strong Style (31:00)

Rhea Ripley and Iyo Sky defend their tag titles against Liv Morgan and Roxanne Perez (38:37)

Who is the wild card to win the Royal Rumble (45:50)?

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David and Kaz fire up the mics and discuss whether or not the Rock ruined John Cena’s retirement tour by filming ‘The Smashing Machine’ (8:19). Then, they discuss a few things from Season 2 of 'WWE Unreal' (20:25). They also discuss the following:


The debate whether or not AEW is building new stars (35:00)


Lainey Reid and Ricky Sosa grab the attention of wrestling fans everywhere (1:02:21)


David’s rant of the week: Wrestlers should never wear plaid on television (1:14:34)


Saturday Night’s Main Event preview (1:22:9)

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Hosts: David Shoemaker, Kazeem Famuyide, and Brian H. Waters

Producer: Brian H. Waters

Additional Production Support: Ben Cruz

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COLD OPEN QUESTION OF THE WEEK:  After 'Monday Night Raw,' is Finn Balor still going to be OK (0:30)?

David and Kaz return after the holiday with a big announcement from Kaz (2:32). Then they discuss the following from WWE Raw :


Finn Balor fails to win the World Heavyweight Title (15:00)


Giving CM Punk flowers for his current run as world champion (23:23)


Royal Rumble predictions (42:35)


'WWE Unreal' Season 2 (53:23)


TNA debut on AMC (58:00)

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Hosts: David Shoemaker, Kazeem Famuyide, Ben Cruz, and Brian H. Waters

Producer: Brian H. Waters

Additional Production Support: Ben Cruz

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