Did The Rock Ruin John Cena’s Retirement Tour? Plus, Building New Stars in Wrestling.

An episode of the The Ringer Wrestling Show podcast, hosted by The Ringer, titled "Did The Rock Ruin John Cena’s Retirement Tour? Plus, Building New Stars in Wrestling." was published on January 23, 2026 and runs 93 minutes.

January 23, 2026 ·93m · The Ringer Wrestling Show

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Summary

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) Be sure to check out our videos on⁠ BlueSky⁠,⁠ TikTok⁠,⁠ Instagram Threads⁠, and⁠ X⁠. Hosts: David Shoemaker, Kazeem Famuyide, and Brian H. Waters Producer: Brian H. Waters Additional Production Support: Ben Cruz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Episode Description

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) Be sure to check out our videos on⁠ BlueSky⁠,⁠ TikTok⁠,⁠ Instagram Threads⁠, and⁠ X⁠. Hosts: David Shoemaker, Kazeem Famuyide, and Brian H. Waters Producer: Brian H. Waters Additional Production Support: Ben Cruz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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