The Clean Finish Podcast

Forbidden Door has become a tenthouse PPV for AEW...so what did the boys think of it? But before that, Ryan saw the new Masters of the Universe and Greg revisits Amazing Spider-Man, but was it really amazing? Then, they discuss the entire card of the years greatest wrestling promotion crossover event, with stars from CMLL, Stardom, NJPW, and AEW. Which matches surprised the guys, which ones fell exactly where they expected and which match does Greg consider a MOTY contender? Tune in now to find out!

It's almost time for an AEW staple...but how do we feel about the card? Before that, Ryan went and saw Jackass: Last and Best and Greg put his dad pants on for a viewing of K19: Widowmaker. Then, the guys go through the card for Forbidden Door. Does it have enough crossover to justify the title? What matches are they most excited for? And will Jay White EVER return?! All this and more...tune in now!

It may not be summer yet but it sure feels like it! Summer Blockbuster was here for Dynamite and Collision, which show was a success and which one was a flop at the box office? Plus, Greg discusses Ralph Bakshi's The Lord of the Rings, Ryan fawns over Fried Green Tomatoes and the new Scary Movie matches the quality of one of these shows...but which one? Tune in now to find out!

The end of an era! Greg reaches the end of Ryan's 5 starred Letterboxd movies and a champion emerges. Then, Ryan discusses sword and sorcery classic Conan the Barbarian while Greg dives into the new indie horror sensation, Obsession. Finally, the guys discuss Dynamite and Collision post Double or Nothing. What matches stood out, what felt like filler and...why did we have two Collisions?! 

That's right, we have a special guest star return...Katie Stebbins is back! But first...the Letterboxd "This or That" continues, was Batman Returns finally dethroned? Then, Greg and Katie both discuss television, old and new, with Widow's Bay and OZ, before Ryan discusses David Lowery's newest film Mother Mary. Then....DOUBLE OR NOTHING! Greg and Katie were in attendance in Queens for NY's first AEW PPV. Did the card live up to the hype? Did any matches let them down, or perhaps exceed expectations? Tune in now to find out!

We're mere days away from Double or Nothing 2026 and Greg will be there! But before he hits the Big Apple, the guys continue their "This or That" 5 Star Letterboxd Challenge, along with Ryan discussing underseen 90's horror The Sleeping Car and Greg actually discusses a television one shot with The Bear: Gary. Then...a brief rundown of the go-home Dynamite and Collisions before the boys discuss the entire card of Double or Nothing! What matches are we most excited for? Which ones are certified bangers and others having hanging question marks over them? Who do we want to retain, return, and get revenge?! All that and more...tune in now!

AEW did a special episode so we can too! That doesn't stop us from continuing out "This or That" Letterboxd game, with a new leader by the end of it. Then, Ryan discusses 1408, Greg reveals how Hellraiser II nearly killed him, and the guys discuss their thoughts about this kind of wonky, kind of charming one off. Tune in now for all the details and more!

It's a special 3 hour episode...but one of the guys only watched two hours! Before that, Greg returns to the "Letterboxd This or That" with the reigning Who Framed Roger Rabbit...will it be dethroned? Then, Ryan discusses the new Hokum and Greg dove into Tubi for the weirdo sci-fi movie Phobe: The Xenophobic Experiments. Then...Dynamite! The boys discuss Ted Turner, the strange rotation of the tag teams, Kevin Knight and more!

Wow, a week full of technical errors. Ryan dives into Lee Cronin's The Mummy and Greg revisits Willow before continuing the Letterboxd This or That game. Then, a brief aside about the toxicity of social media before DYNAMITE. The guys discuss their feelings on the tag teams showcased this episode, some groundwork for Double or Nothing, MJF and Darbys path forward, and more!

Before the PPV...Greg discusses the transgressive horror film The Cannibal Man and Ryan finally saw Ronin. Then, the boys chat a little bit of coffee before another round of the Letterboxd "this or that." And then, what you came here for, DYNASTY! Check out what the boys thought of the card as a whole, some of the surprise (to us) results, what was lacking, and more!

Well, the boys had an unintentional break but they're back and JUST in time for Dynasty 2026! First, Greg continues his "This or That Letterboxd" Game with Ryan, determined to find his ultimate 5 star movie, before discussing the oft-maligned aughts flick Swordfish. Then, Ryan gives credit to Crime 101 before the  guys touch on Dynamite and fully explore the Dynasty 2026 card. How do they feel about the build, the matches...and that main event?! Tune in now to find out!

It's here. Episode 100. Which works because...this is a long ass episode. Greg continues his "This or That Letterboxd" game with Ryan before Ryan discusses Leprechaun Returns. And then Greg talks about...Dreamcatcher?! Then, all of our thoughts, feelings, and problems with AEW Revolution. Tune in now to find out!

After a few weeks off, the boys are back and HYPED on Revolution. Greg kicks the show off with a fun Letterboxd themed game with Ryan, before Ryan discusses the (probably only?!) Irish giallo The Fantasist while Greg digs into his past and revisits a Hong Kong favorite with Fist of Legend. THEN...a quick Dynamite recap before jumping into the first AEW PPV of the year, this years Revolution. Who do we think will win, who will lose, where does it matter and JUST HOW LONG will that Mox/Takeshita match be? All that and MUCH more!

Only two weeks away from Revolution and we've got some serious storylines cooking up...but first! Ryan dives (it's a pun) into The Abyss and Greg revisits a fantasy classic with Conan the Barbarian. Then, the guys discuss the Colorado crowd, Penelope Ford's injury, the main title picture and so much more. Tune in now!

We hope you all had a lovely Valentine's Day because...Ryan saw Wuthering Heights and he's got THOUGHTS. Greg breaks from his Italian cinema dive and checks off a Michael Mann blindspot with Public Enemies. Then...Grand Slam! What did we think of the matches, where do we think these storylines with Revolution looming in the distance...and what does "light a candle" mean?! Tune in now to find out!

Before the guys get into the build to Grand Slam, Ryan discusses a Scorcese blind spot he finally checks off the list with Cape Fear and Greg continues his journey into Italian cinema if Fulci's Warriors of the Year 2072. Then, another banger episode of Dynamite. Tune in to see what the guys think of the title picture, the tag scene, and Danielson on commentary. All this and more! 

What a jam packed episode of Dynamite; one that appears to be tapping into the cultural zeitgeist for all the right reasons. After Ryan discusses What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice? and Greg continues his Italian horror streak with Lamberto Bava's Mask of Satan, the guys discuss what worked and what didn't in this episode of Dynamite. Spoiler: almost all of it worked because it was a great week for the flagship show. 

Ryan is still on his sword and sorcery kick and Greg discusses the underseen '86 slasher Ghostfinder, all before a game of "GIALLO OR NOT?!" Then, the guys discuss both parts of the recent Maximum Carnage. How did we feel about the send off of ol' Powerhouse, the build at the beginning of the year, and that title defense? Tune in to find out!

Hey, less than 2 weeks into 2026 and we managed to get our "Best Of" list and Top 10 together, that's not too shabby. First, Ryan dives back into the sword and sorcery well with The Iron Warrior before Greg discusses the 4K release of the John Woo classic Hard Boiled. Then, the guys get into their own Top 10 AEW wrestlers of the year and a whole slew of other awards. Did your favorites win? Did they even make the list? Find out now!

It's Thursday...and the boys are both finally back for Dynamite, and it feels good! Unlike Superman, according to Greg. But just like Red Sonja, if Ryan has anything to say about it. Then...JR returns to commentary, Andrade returns to wrestling, and MJF returns to his old gimmicks. Do we like all of it? None of it? Any of it? Tune in to find out!

Holy smokes...it's the kickoff to season three of The Clean Finish Podcast and we're dropping a Megasode on you! But...not about wrestling. Not YET. Greg and Ryan go down the list of their top 10 movies of 2025, discuss some movies they missed, and some movies that just missed the list. How does their list stack up to your own?! Tune in to find out!

The final PPV of the year is here, as well as the 90th episode of the pod, and the last episode of season 2 and 2025 for The Clean Finish Podcast! Ryan touches on Blue Moon, Linklater's second flick of the year, and Greg briefly mentions If I Had Legs I'd Kick You before diving into the new Apple+ series, Pluribus. Then...it's time for World's End! Our predictions were so wrong yet so right; some conclusions were right but how we got there were off and other matches we miffed altogether. But did we love it? Tune in to find out!

Before jumping into our thoughts and feels about the last AEW PPV of the year 2025, Ryan discusses TWO movies, both by Rob Reiner, and Greg dives into the sleeper Christmas classic, Eyes Wide Shut. Then! Thoughts on the C2, our Worlds End card, some disparate views on outcomes and few holiday hopeful predictions.

Ho ho ho, Merry Christmas! Greg and Ryan have decided to drop a megasode on you and cover THIRTY holiday movies across various genres: classic, family, and horror. Sure, they still talk about Romero's Pay the Piper novel and A Few Good Men up top (RIP Rob Reiner), but then they dive into a sleigh-full of movies to stuff in your stockings this holiday.

It's Thursday, and you know what that means: it's another episode of The Clean Finish Podcast, and it's Ho-Ho-Holiday Bash time with AEW Dynamite #324! Greg discusses the MGM+ show FROM before getting into a festive episode of AEW Dynamite, which saw two Continental Classic matches, a contract signing, the reuniting of The Elite, a way-too-short 8-Woman Tag Team match and a Dynamite Diamond Ring Battle Royal with...no MJF? 

It's Thursday, and you know what that means: it's another episode of The Clean Finish Podcast! This episode, Greg is flying solo as he discusses the family comedy 'Getting Even with Dad' before talking about the annual 'Winter is Coming', which saw the crowning of the first Women's Tag Team Champions, as well as one hell of a barn burner between Kyle Fletcher and Mike Bailey!

It's been a while! But we're back and here to discuss the Full Gear card but not until we first talk about a whole bunch of other things like: Hip Hop (And Other Things), The Haunting, Nouvelle Vague, new movies, and Ted Danson. Then, the guys break down the entire card of Full Gear and what matches they're stoked on, which matches they are tired of, and which ones they're cautiously optimistic about. 

Wow, Greg watched a lot of movies! He touches on Behind the Mask, Host, and even V/H/S Halloween and then Ryan talks about D&D inspired cottage-core book Legends & Lattes. And then...that's right! WrestleDream 2025! What ultimately worked, what surprised us, and...where the fuck are things going? 

Life is really being a b-word right now and as much as they tried, Ryan and Greg just couldn't get together for a Road to WrestleDream episode...BUT! Ryan still has a minisode with his predictions and the guys will be back detailing the full card after WrestleDream 2025!

Technical errors be damned, even though the guys lost the first session recording of this episode, they took some time off and returned for part two of their Halloween special. Before they continue their one-movie-per-year picks, picking back up in 2012, Ryan discusses new Grady Hendrix Witchcraft for Wayward Girls and Greg keeps up the creepy vibes with Winterbeast. Then...two hours of non-stop horror goodness.

Before tearing into ALL OUT 2025, Ryan discusses new Pete Davidson horror vehicle The Home and Greg loves on 1988's The Vanishing. Then...IT'S ALL OUT. What matches did the guys think they would love and fell flat? What matches were approached with trepidation and won them over? And what kind of name is "The Demand?!"

Two disturbing movies this week: Greg saw the new King adaptation The Long Walk and Ryan discusses the mockumentary horror Strange Harvest. Then, everything September to Remember! The guys discuss the matches and storylines headed into All Out, eating ladders, Don Callis's scar and more!

Before we get into this weeks Dynamite, Ryan discusses what he THOUGHT was a Scorsese flick but actually ended up being Dead Calm while Greg breaks into Needful Things; the movie, not the book. Then, DYNAMITE! What matches stood out, what let us down...and what the hell are they going to do with Daniel Garcia?

It's September, which means...it's basically Halloween. Greg touches on Congo before fully diving into The Last Matinee and Ryan obviously missed the memo because he's talking F1. Then...Dynamite! In an episode full of great matches, which one stood on top? We're here discussing the tag team champs, the Don Callis Family, and more!  

In a rare moment, Greg and Ryan both discuss a 2025 movie; Ryan went and saw The Toxic Avenger and Greg caught up with Friendship, both to mixed results. Then...with 60 days until Halloween, the boys pick a horror favorite per year, from 2000 to 2012 in this first parter episode of our Halloween Special!

Before we jump into this months AEW PPV, Ryan talks a small little slasher called Spellcaster while Greg dives into the fourth entry of the everyones favorite archaeologist, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Then...all things Forbidden Door! The guys each pick a favorite Zero Hour match, assign ratings, and discuss just how damn good that commentary team was. All that...and more!

No movie for Ryan this week! Instead, he discusses the horror-tinged episodes of Dawson's Creek and Greg DIVES (you see what I did there?) into Poseidon from 2006. Then, the guys discuss this weeks go-home Dynamite before Forbidden Door in London, and break the entire card down. What matches are we stoked for, which ones have our pulse flat-lining, and which ones are just pleasant little surprises. Tune in now to find out!

No AEW talk here today! After Ryan discusses weirdo werewolf movie Mom from 1990 and Greg discusses this years Freaky Tales, the two dive into this years horror hit Weapons. Major spoilers ahead!

We're back for another Dynamite leading up to Forbidden Door 2025, but first! Ryan saw Together and Greg revisited Resident Evil (2002) and the two discuss horror that just misses the mark in different ways. Then, a discussion on a Dynamite that was...not as good as last week? Tune in to find out our thoughts!

Yes! Listeners, it's true, we are back talking AEW Dynamite! But first...Ryan discusses Southern Gothic novel The Darkling and the new I Know What You Did Last Summer while Greg bounces around from the novel IT to the film Fast X. Then, our most homoerotic episode ever. How?! Tune in to find out. 

To celebrate the Barnes and Noble Criterion sale, Greg and Ryan pick 7 existing titles from the collection that they love...PLUS a bonus title that they believe deserves the Criterion treatment. All of this after some love (and hate) for indie the films Incident at Loch Ness and A Knight's War.

We took a little break but Greg and Ryan are BACK to discuss the entire Final Destination franchise and score the deaths, kill by kill. 

In an actual minisode(!), Ryan kicks things off with a discussion on The Ice Cream Man, which is somehow not the worst movie discussed. Katie classes the joint up with Witness in the City before Greg crashes the whole thing down with the original Dungeons and Dragons film. Then Dynamite! A promo and run-in heavy episode with tons of surprise appearances but perhaps the most surprising of all...is Master P?

It’s the week leading into Wrestlemania and we may be an AEW podcast but Ryan definitely dives into the new Peacock exclusive Wrestlemania IX: Becoming A Spectacle. Then Greg discusses kung-fu classic Five Shaolin Masters and Katie touches on gonzo lost movie The Rare Blue Apes of Cannibal Isle. Then, the gang talks about both Dynamite (#288) and Collision (#88), from the Owen Hart Cup Tournament, injuries, the fallout from Dynasty and glorious heel turns, all while our resident elder emo rants multiple times!

Greg and Katie grace us with another Tubi Tuesday watch...the Adam Copeland feature Money Plane. while Ryan revisits a Val Kilmer nineties vehicle that didn't live up to the nostalgia. Then, Greg and Katie are both back from Dynasty live! That's right, folks! They were there, report back, and the whole gang discusses their feelings on the PPV.

It's a Clean Finish first on this episode! After Ryan discusses What A Way to Go! and Katie dives into an underseen rom-com with It's My Turn. Then, Greg preaches the gospel of Observe and Report.  Instead of covering Collision this week, the gang has decided to tackle their very first AEW Fantasy Draft! Greg and Katie have never drafted so with Ryan's guidance, the crew pulls from the roster where the best wrestle to craft a stable of 8 singles competitors, a tag, a trios, a commentator and an announcer! Who has the best roster? Who was snubbed on the draft? Tune in now to find out!  

Sorry folks! We lost the audio on our "what we watched and read" but don't fret! We're still here to chat AEW Dynamite. With a little bonus surprise...Greg didn't watch! So Ryan and Katie break the show down and Greg reacts. A Clean Finish first, listen now!

Life got in the way but we are here with our thoughts and feelings on AEW's Revolution! But first, Ryan and Greg did not care for some movies (Mickey 17, Nobody's Fool) whereas Kate found a surprising amount of joy from A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story. Then, the gang dives into another banger year for the Revolution PPV. What matches worked, what didn't, and what injury is Kenny coming back from again? 

Greg and Ryan are here to detail the Road to Revolution! But first...Ryan discusses 90's slept on supernatural slasher Sleepstalker and Greg discusses watching a Gene Hackman/Al Pacino joint with Scarecrow. Then, the guys dive into Revolution. What matches are they stoked on, who comes away victorious and do they suspect any surprises along the way?   TIME STAMPS 4:30 - Sleepstalker 14:20 - Scarecrow 22:20 - Elimination Chamber/WWE talk 29:30 - Revolution 2025  

Some sad news, for the movie and wrestling world, before the gang discusses some movies that hit (Grand Theft Hamlet and Black Gravel) and some that didn't (Companion.) Then, perhaps the most divisive episode yet! One of the crew really didn't care for this Dynamite, while the other two enjoyed it; can you guess who?!