Category Archives: Pro Grapplers

Pro Grapplers Episode 32: Of Dogs And Yards

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Emma: Coming Soon to Monday Night RawThe Fastlane to the on-ramp to Wrestlemania has come and gone, and both Steve and Jason feel less than whelmed. Will the cruiserweights continue their momentum from their tremendous showing? Can Bayley up her game heading into Wrestlemania? Wouldn’t it be better for EVERYONE to have a spear, since it’s such a devastating move? Why does Bill Goldberg sweat so much doing so little? The answers to these questions, plus: No one will be cheering Roman at Mania, the refs need to learn how to drive a forklift, and Emma debuts soon!

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Pro Grapplers Episode 31: Burn It To The Ground

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Randy Orton burns the Wyatt compound on SmackDown LiveRandy Orton took some initiative and decided to burn down the whole Wyatt compound, which might actually be a shed? Nikki Bella was a best part of a promo between Cena and The Miz? SmackDown was better than Raw? Fastlane is here again? So many surprising twists and turns on this, the Fastlane to Wrestlemania seasontime!

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Pro Grapplers Episode 30: Brock Lesnar DISAGREES

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Superman and Flash fight in InjusticeThis past week in WWE (which was most definitely NOT the go-home for Fastlane) featured a return to the Kevin Owens of old, and that is a return we can get behind. The Big Show also returned for a great showing against Strowman in the Raw main, plus Naomi broke our hearts when she had to drop the title. So much emotion, and then Brock Lesnar stared into our souls and we’re afraid to leave the house. Vroom vroom Fastlane, hurry and get here! (Also, sorry about Jason’s sound quality. He has been punished.)

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Pro Grapplers Episode 29: King of Weiner Style

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The blurred out ref in the Broken Hardyz Tag Team Championship matchYour favorite WWE Superstars have some fun weaknesses, and we’re exposing them! Also, is the best way to once and for all finish a feud with a Loser Dies Match? Is Dolph Ziggler eternally hairless? And how great was the Festival of Friendship? We’ve hired a magician and we’re here to enjoy it all over again with you, the dear listener!

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Pro Grapplers Episode 28: Father, When Will The Big Dog Eat?

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Creators Frank Gibson and Becky DreistadtIt’s time again for another WWE PPV special event, only on the WWE Network! But this time, the guys have special guest Frank “The Tank (Engine)” Gibson with them to help make sense of it all. Together, these pros grapple with questions like do our significant others support our fandom, with so many weaknesses why can’t anyone defeat Bill Goldberg, and why should Steve care about the cruiserweights when WWE has conditioned him not to? All this, and everyone gives their picks for the Elimination Chamber!

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Pro Grapplers Episode 27: The Mavening

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Braun Strowman rides the beef cart to the ring at Royal Rumble 2017Another Rumble and TakeOver are in the books! TakeOver delivered, despite a less awe-inspiring roster, and the Rumble show was overall an entertaining one. But what happened to all the big men in the Rumble proper? Did the Beef Cart (pictured, left) bring them misfortune? Is Kevin Owens regretting his new hobby of building intricate stacks of metal chairs? Was there too much Rumble pre-show going on? Does Big Cass have to carry a spray bottle around with him to keep Enzo from humping everything, including fried chicken? The answers to these questions and more, in this, the pre-pre-Elimination Chamber show!

Image courtesy of With Spandex (an amazing wrestling destination on the World Wide Web).

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Pro Grapplers Episode 26: Kevin Rollins Is Not A Threat

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A gif of Shaquille O'Neal and a catThe time is upon us! Once again, a weekend has come that brings us both a WWE event and an NXT TakeOver … takeover. After Goldberg nearly cost the WWE their Wrestlemania plans because he wanted to really sell that promo with a little hardway blood, where will he place in the Rumble match? Will Shaq be in the match? Will Curt Hawkins be in the match? Will the women stand out at all? Is Tye Dillinger the best story going in NXT right now? Answers to those questions and so much more in this super-sized episode that is appropriately bigger in Texas.

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Pro Grapplers Episode 25: Family In Beards Alone

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Zach Galifianakis runs the numbers in a scene from The HangoverThe Royal Rumble is nearly here, and our biggest problem is TOO MANY MONSTERS! Meanwhile, Sami has a new character and it’s … different. Also, Charlotte fought a wavy tube man, Bray hit his son, Dolph tried to kill The King (again), and Mickie James made her return to the main roster! Time to reset and do all this stuff again! WHEEEEEEEEEEEE!

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Pro Grapplers Episode 24: The Woman Who Will Kill You With Her Feet

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A still from the video for "Intergalactic" by the Beastie BoysThe road to the Royal Rumble continues, with not a Roadblock in sight! RAW was pretty terrible this week, so the guys instead focus on Smackdown, NXT, and even NJPW to find the good in the grappling. They wrestle with the following questions: Who will win the 2017 Royal Rumble? Is it possible that entrance themes play magically upon proximity to an entry way? Did Carmella fight an old lady? Will Tozawa save us from a lackluster 205 Live product? Is an Intergalactic Championship on the way?

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Pro Grapplers Episode 23: The Man Who Everyone Forgot

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DDP shows off his yoga techniqueWelcome to 2017, Grapplers! It seems that not much has changed, but the machine keeps rolling on. We have some Roadblock thoughts and reflections to mix in with our talk about the recent RAW and Smackdown Live goings on, including the HOT FIRE return of the King of the Cruiserweights, Neville, and why Sami Zayn is the most compelling story being told on the RAW roster right now. Also, how many entrance themes include self-voiced intros? Our report!

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