Ep 207: The Golden Lovers w/ John Walsh (Super Eyepatch Wolf)

If you love this show and would like to support it, go to Maximumfun.org/join to become a Max Fun Member for as little as $5 a month! You’ll help keep the show going and earn special bonus gifts, including special bonus episodes of Tights and Fights.This week, our friend John Walsh (better known as Super Eyepatch Wolf on YouTube) rejoins us all the way from Ireland. We’ll chat for a bit about how the apocalypse is affecting the people in his country when… Oh yeah, wrestling! Since its inception AEW has done a lot of things right. But one thing that its consistently come short on is its women’s division. And while we’ve gotten used to the brief matches and limited character moments, it’s lately gotten worse. A women’s tag tournament with no TV time and a women’s fan community behind a $50 paywall pushed us to our limits and we’ve gotta talk about it.The Main Event:It was one of the longest running and transformative stories in the history of international wrestling: Kenny Omega and Kota Ibushi as the Golden Lovers. We’ll discuss why the story of these two was so affecting from the fight, the union, the separation, the reunion and second separation.The Three CountJohn put over Showbuckle on twitter and Kenny Johnson on YouTube.   Danielle put over Orange Cassidy.Lindsey put over Rhea Ripley on NXT.Hal put over MJF's campaign on the road to his title match..Hosted by Hal Lublin, Danielle Radford and Lindsey KelkMore Links:Our episode with our reaction to the reunion of the Golden Lovers.The first episode where John joined us to discuss the career of the undertakerProduced by Julian Burrell for Maximum Fun.If you want to talk about more wrestling throughout the week be sure to join us on Facebook and @TightsFights on Twitter and Instagram. PLUS! Check out our Tights and Fights Discord!If you liked the show, please share it with your friends and be sure to leave us a quick review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get podcasts.Plus our brand new T-Shirt is available now! Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/jointights