Shake Them Ropes | Pro Wrestling Podcast

Jeff is back and disheartened at a nothing week of the two flagships. Rob and he talk WWE Radio, the intrigue of WWE Fans and Nick Aldis, and preview AEW Redemption.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

With Jeff getting surgery, Rob flies solo for the first time since returning and previews SNME and discusses the news of the weekAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Both companies changed their world title on "free" TV. Let's talk about that.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Rob and Jeff are both at different locations and yes, Jeff's audio is hot this week but please go watch Rob on the video. We ask if Oba Femi is a bait and switch then discuss the headlines on F4Wonline.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Rob and Jeff discuss Night of Champions and Forbidden Door and there's no room for anything else except cheap shots at TNA.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Hey, did you miss us last week? If so, we explain. Just a whole lot of nothing happening, we ask questions like "What's the point of L.A. Knight?" "Why follow up an underdog champion program with another underdog champion program," and other banalities.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

What's the hottest program in American wrestling right now? Rob asks reddit then gets deleted. Jeff loved that first hour of Dynamite. WWE is in the summer doldrums before a two night event and AEW is holding out to not peak too soon.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Rob and Jeff waited until after Clash In Italy to record. We go over that, the King and Queen of the Ring brackets and a bit of the AAA show.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Rob is using the holiday weekend to enjoy boats and cider so Jeff's host on the Dynamite Show, Paul Fontaine joins him to talk about Marcel Bartel's arrest, SNME and Double or Nothing. Also Jeff thinks HHH is stuck in Ruthless Aggression.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Rob and Jeff discuss overloading of May, Beyond the Mat, and the goodbye for now of AsukaAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Rob and Jeff discuss Backlash and whether you should ever take a pay cut and stay.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Rob and Jeff discuss the post-Wrestlemania releases, the call ups, and this Backlash ppv that seems to be just there while wondering what do you put on a Peacock only SNME.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Rob and Jeff are back to discuss the odd placement of Jacob Fatu as Roman Reigns' first opponent post Mania, NXT call ups, and the mystery of why you make a guy champion then give him midcard feuds.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This week Rob's back, but solo and Jeff's here but solo, so you get a half hour each of us with our Mania picks and talking Darby Allin as new champ of AEW. Rob goes first, then Jeff.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Rob's back next week, this week some VOW crossover with Mike Gilbert as we talk the petty, McAfee promos, and preview DynastyAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Rob's out, so filmmaker and comedian Brian O'Connell re-joins Jeff to talk the comedy/improv stuff going on, talk some Jim Crockett about Jimmy Valiant's last match and Dennis Condrey then dig into Raw and DynamiteAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Who is actually going to get cheered at Wrestlemania? Who wants to see WWE Stars do standup? Jeff apparently said "It's Fine" 14 times in the last segment because if you want Jeff not to care about something, it's the state of standup comedy in 2026.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

AEW did a ho hum follow up to Revolution, Mania isn't lighting the world on fire. Rob and Jeff discuss.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

With Rob on the Road, Jeff's host from the Dynamite Show, Paul Fontaine comes in to ride shotgun on MyAew, ESPN getting rid of WWE letter grades and we preview Revolution.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Rob and Jeff hop on and talk the last four days of WWE and Rob actually changes Jeff's mind on some things. Mania, what's the lay of the land?Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Rob got sick so Jeff goes solo on the PLE this weekend, does the WWE buy into the Mania ticket narrative, and Woodrow Wilson.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This week Olympic Fever, AJ Styles, AJ Lee, retconning the Cody stip and semantics in wrestling news.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This week, Rob and Jeff discuss the lack of Brody King on AEW, Bronn Breaker's hernia, and the shifting sands of Wrestlemania plansAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Rob and Jeff begin year 13 of this ridiculous show talking the Roman-CM Punk main event for Mania, a look to the Elimination Chamber, Grand Slam Australia and Rob even tries to get in some TNA talk.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This week we start with some Rob audio as he recovers from surgery then Jeff welcomes his Dynamite Show host to preview the Royal Rumble and the news.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Rob and Jeff talk the upcoming SNME, how it leads to the Rumble and hit a lot of various stuff across Raw and Dynamite.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Contracts expiring, Drew McIntyre is champ and a fun week of graps. Rob and Jeff go through it all.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Christmas Break is over, has everyone lost their mind or is this just a proper rest. Rob smacks Jeff around on his dumb.Our podcast provider, RedCircle, offers the listeners the option to sponsor the show. Click on “Sponsor This Podcaster” at https://redcircle.com/shows/shake-them-ropes-pro-wrestling-podcast-wwe-nxt-njpw you can donate a single time, or set up a monthly donation to STR!Please Rate and Review Shake Them Ropes on the podcast platform of your choice and follow us on twitter at https://twitter.com/shakethemropesAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This week, Rob's traveling so Jeff enlists David Griffin (@SodaPopComix) and we talk Cena's last match, the promos this week and the WBD merger, plus some insight into the upcoming AEW/DC event.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This week Rob and Jeff discuss John Cena, the final SNME, and the strategies therein. Also we discuss who may or may not be there.Our podcast provider, RedCircle, offers the listeners the option to sponsor the show. Click on “Sponsor This Podcaster” at https://redcircle.com/shows/shake-them-ropes-pro-wrestling-podcast-wwe-nxt-njpw you can donate a single time, or set up a monthly donation to STR!Please Rate and Review Shake Them Ropes on the podcast platform of your choice and follow us on twitter at https://twitter.com/shakethemropesAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Rob and Jeff discuss the TNA tv deal, Bronn's promo vs. Joe and Eddie's promo, the upcoming SNME and the women's tag main event scene in WWE.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Rob and Jeff discuss Bob Caudle, War Games and Full GearAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Rob and Jeff discuss Nixon Newell/Miranda Alize, Blood and Guts, WWE's build to War Games.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Two companies, one match, neither doing a build well. Plus Rob and Jeff discuss Logan Paul in the Rollins slot, Ridge Holland, and the National Title.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Rob and Jeff preview Saturday Night's Main EventAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

With Rob fleeing to Mexico, Paul Fontaine of F4W and Fight Game Media joins Jeff to discuss headlines, in THE LAZY RIVER OF WRESTLING CRITICISM it was a really good promo week and in Vader Club, Funk vs Flair I Quit from Clash IX New York Knockout..Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Rob's back and we talk Andrade, Wrestle Dream and do a Vader Club: HIAC 1998 from RAW Mankind and Kane.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This week, this was probably going to be the last Shake Them Ropes, then something weird happened. Also a preview of Crown Jewel Perth.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Jeff's co-host from The Dynamite Show, F4W's Paul Fontaine joins him for some Lazy River-ing. He also picks Vader Club: Honma vs. Ishii from New Beginnings 2015.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Filmmaker Brian O'Connell fills in for Nov this week as Jeff was crunched for time. In the news, Mania tickets go on sale, in THE LAZY RIVER OF WRESTLING CRITICISM: a talk about Gail Kim's tweets and in Vader Club from Beyond Wrestling: RD Evans vs Orange CassidyAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This week in the news, Andrade gets released. In THE LAZY RIVER OF WRESTLING CRITICISM: All Out and Wrestlepalooza. Jeff rides solo so no Vader ClubAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This week in the news, Wrestlemania for 2027 is announced in THE LAZY RIVER OF WRESTLING CRITICISM AJ Lee has returned and for Vader Club: Wrestlepalooza 1995: Too Cold Scorpio, Dean Malenko and Cactus Jack vs. the Steiner brothers and Eddie Guerrero.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This week in the news the AEW moves their ppv. In THE LAZY RIVER OF WRESTLING CRITICISM Clash in Paris ice cold takes and in Vader Club: Alex Wright vs. DDP. Plus the return of High WattageAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This week in the news the Raja Jackson incident. In THE LAZY RIVER OF WRESTLING CRITICIS Clash in Paris and in Vader Club, it’s been a decade since Bayley vs. Sasha, Brooklyn II, where are we at now?Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This week in the news, WWE and ESPN rush their relationship, in THE LAZY RIVER OF WRESTLING CRITICISM, Forbidden Door (and Jeff forgets the cagematch until after Vader Club) and in Vader Club: Okada vs. Tanahashi from Wrestle Kingdom 9Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This week in the news, everyone’s petty. In THE LAZY RIVER OF WRESTLING CRITICISM Cope and Christian back together, and in Vader Club, the go home for Superbrawl 1992: Rick Rude, Bobby Eaton, Arn Anderson and Larry Zybysko vs. Sting, Dustin Rhodes, Barry Windham and Ricky SteamboatAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This week in the news: WWE PLE’s to ESPN, in the LAZY RIVER OF WRESTLING CRITICISM: Summerslam. No Vader Club as we go deep into the post-mortem on the Cena turn and Brock return.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This week in the news Vince McMahon and his lead foot, in the LAZY RIVER OF WRESTLING CRITICISM: our SummerSlam preview and in Vader Club: Dusty Rhodes and Ron Garvin vs. Ric Flair and Arn AndersonAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This week in the news, the deaths of Hulk Hogan and Ozzy Osbourne, in THE LAZY RIVER OF WRESTLING CRITICISM stop with the "I want to see the real [blank]" and in Vader Club: from Smackdown in 2000, Jeff Hardy vs. Steve BlackmanAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This week in the news, Goldberg hates how he went out, in THE LAZY RIVER OF WRESTLING CRITICISM: ice cold takes on All In Weekend and in Vader Club from Clash 29, Dustin Rhodes vs. VaderAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy