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Wrestle Update
by Five Star Network
Wrestle Update, the show covering the weekly shows and all the news of WWE & AEW for the Cagematch Network AND the Five Star Network. The show has a unique level of interactivity powered by http://Cagematch.net and all of the inmates, allowing your ratings and reviews to be at the heart of the show every episode. So every week head on and let us know what you think, then join host Dylan Fox (of MLW Eastern Lariat & Lucha Talk) for insight, entertainment, and honest coverage of the world of mainstream North American wrestling.Follow the hosts on TwitterDylan Fox: @Viva_Zero
Episodes
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Episode 71: Wrestling March Madness 2026
Just as the legendary tradition of March Madness hits the hoops scene, Wrestle Update is throwing their hat in the fold. We have a 64 man tournament to determine the true champion of North American wrestling, the true MVP right now. So buckle up and follow along as we end up both having to...
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Episode 70: The International Visa Crisis AKA TNA's New Era
There were a lot of issues to say the least, somehow always coming down to Santino having another segment. Booking blunders, bad wrestling, celebrities nobody knows or has heard of in an empty section, random debuts, S.U.A.T!? Broom closets and bad production values and of course time running out...
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Episode 69: Wrestle Update Best/Worst Of 2025
This is it, we have a lot to get to with looking back at 2025 in wrestling in America. Whether it was AEW, WWE, or the independents. The scene gave us a lot of good...and a lot of bad. We go over all of them and our picks for not just the Awards categories but also the "worst of" the year burying…
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Episode 68: AEW World's End 2025
The world might not be ending, but Dylan's sanity might be. MJF is the AEW World Champion once more. After a show ripe with booking blunders and a crowd that reacted accordingly to all but seemingly the Mixed Nuts match, we go through it all. From another correct prediction from May with Hyan...
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Episode 67: Arizona Deathmatch Company's James Davis Interview
Our first time ever on Wrestle Update, we drop an interview with the Owner and CEO of the newest Deathmatch outfit that Nello attended their first ever show live and in person. We talk about a variety of topics in this comprehensive interview: The beginnings of James' wrestling and what attracted...
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Episode 66: AEW Full Gear 2025
Wrestle Update returns after a harrowing October and November, just in time for the title change that sent a Shockwave through the fanbase, as well as give a full preview of one of our historically favorite times of the year with the Continental Classic set to start, we end the show on a positive...
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Episode 65: AEW All Out 2025 Review
We discuss a bit of the news about WWE's WrestleMania heading to Saudi Arabia and what that could mean for The Collective and WrestleMania weekend shows potentially heading to Saudi as well in this fascinating and strange timeline we're in. We quickly get things to All Out itself, with perhaps…
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Episode 64: AEW All Out 2025 Preview
A complete preview of all 13 matches listed for All Out as well as the pre-show, plus a recap and thoughts on the storylines that got us here. We discuss the potential for the main event (thankfully confirmed not to be the CNC tag match since recording) and the build to the various matches on…
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Episode 63: Giving ROH An Identity
We have talked about the past with reviewing ROH's first ever show. We have talked about the present talking about Death Before Dishonor 2025. Now. Now we take a look towards ROH's future. Or more accurately, a potential future. Dylan and Nello have their own ideas on how to break ROH off and how...
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Episode 62: ROH Death Before Dishonor 2025
We have a full discussion on the Death Before Dishonor show that ended up unexpectedly free on YouTube with two showstopping matches to close out the show. We also talk about Sammy Guevara working double duty (AGAIN!?) and the relevance of the Pure title rules and if there's enough reason to make…
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Episode 61: GCW Homecoming 2025
Both Nights of the 2 night event from GCW, celebrating their anniversary as a company took place, and we got you for both shows! Both nights headlined by death matches, including one that may be a candidate for the best of it's kind this year! But there was more. Shocking returns, debuts, and of...
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Episode 60: AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door 2025
We talk about a show that brushed between the lines of greatness and galaxy brained all throughout, in a night built around an interpromotional showdown that happened with a questionable number of "outside" talent. Still even more questionable is the amount of kidnappings taking place in AEW...
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Episode 59: GCW vs. JCW - 2 Day War
We cover two back to back shows built around the interpromotional feud between Game Changer and Juggalo Championship Wrestling. Things start off with a strange turn in the outdoor venue, people turning sides and the value of two seemingly similar stylistic companies feuding. The importance of the...
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Wrestle Update #58: Ring of Honor - The Era of Honor Begins (2002)
We're back and doing another historical episode, this time in preparation for the newest ROH PPV coming to us in 2025, we go back all the way to the beginning. The first ever show in ROH's history. The Era of Honor begins. We briefly go through the history of the company, the various eras from…
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Episode 57: WWE Evolution II
7 years after the original, WWE has ran an all women's show once again. We try to investigate and figure out why now of all times, and just how bad they failed to take away from All In. While at the same time, having one of their best shows themselves all year! We run through the card with high...
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Episode 56: AEW All In 2025
This is it. AEW's biggest show of the year and the culmination of the Death Riders angle, Dylan and Nello cover the entire show as well as where the company is going in what appears to be a new era. We discuss the tag division woes, MJF's latest push, the name of Toni Storm's biting move, and the...
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Episode 55: WWE Night of Champions 2025
We look at the show seemingly designed around making WWE's top babyface look bad, WWE's Night of Champions features two whole title matches! We talk about the show top to bottom and how things went, a good breakout from Raquel Rodriguez and a whole turd sandwich Saudi Arabia got presented....
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Episode 54: ECW One Night Stand 2005 - A Retrospective
It's been 20 years and this week we have a very special edition with our first ever look back into the past. The nostalgia is strong enough not just for the show, but we get to once again revisit "Bodies" being used after the recent Anarchy in the Arena appearance, and Nello starts a one man...
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Episode 53: AEW Double or Nothing 2025
LIVE REACTION! Nello was at the show and recorded mere minutes after his return home from the Desert Diamond Arena! (shame on them for their lame seats and stale hot dogs) It was a show where AEW was on one tonight. A special Anarchy in the Arena brings the feeling back for the match type for…
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Episode 52: The State of WWE & AEW (May 2025)
We have a special extravaganza on this Episode of WU. Dylan and Nello speak on the state of both major companies in the US. We attempt to do what many said was impossible and maintain a no bias zone in breaking down what we believe are objective strengths of each company. We break down the major...
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Episode 51: WWE Backlash 2025
We start the show off giving our memories of Sabu after his recent untimely passing, and his influence on the wrestling business to this day. We then go over the recent cuts from WWE and where we think they all could end up, and if Braun Strowman could make a good bodyguard for the elite, as well...
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Episode 50: Wrestlemania 41 (Nights 1 + 2)
WE MADE IT. All throughout the week, multiple shows, and more types of different wrestling covered than ever before for the WU Crew (and possibly most podcasts ever) in such a short time. But we finally made it to the big one, the last frontier for WrestleMania Week...WrestleMania itself. First...
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Episode 49: NXT Stand & Deliver 2025
NXT came through with their biggest show of the year, Stand & Deliver. We discuss the pre-show with Roxanne Perez not making the main card after 3 months of strong main roster booking, Fraxiom as a tag team and their future prospects, we disagree strongly on the women's ladder match but then...
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Episode 48: Joey Janela's Spring Break 9
No words can possibly do justice to this show and the absolute insanity broadcast to the world, but what Nello described as "his WrestleMania" certainly came in with everything, topped off by a controversial main event that had a ton of 0 ratings and a ton of 10/10s. Who knows where the truth…
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Wrestle Update #47: Bloodsport XIII + WrestleMania Week Pt. 1
We are kicking off the week of WrestleMania with full coverage of Dylan's favorite show of WM Weekend each year and Nello's favorite so far this year, running down the card. The controversy surrounding the large WWE involvement on the show, Jimmy Smith and the quality of the shoot style graps…
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Episode 46: AEW Dynasty 2025 Review
We back! We start off with a brief segment looking at our WrestleMania hype levels and Dylan airs some grievances revolving around John Cena's recent heel work. After that though it's all about Dynasty. Another AEW PPV, another dreadful Death Riders main event. We knew it was coming, but they…
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Episode 45: AEW Revolution 2025 Review
It's time. Revolution hits us again with a stunning card that features some of the greatest and worst this incredibly chaotic company has to offer. Dylan shockingly gets turned around on a feud he declared "not for me" in the past and Nello gets a few victory laps on his visions for the future in...
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Episode 44: WWE Elimination Chamber 2025
The time is now! Perhaps the biggest show in years in wrestling, especially WWE took place from Toronto, Canada and there is A LOT to talk about, and we get to all of it in this action packed 2 hours which occasionally dipped into Magic talk. Finally we talk about how WM is shaping up and…
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Wrestle Update Episode 43: NXT Vengeance Day + AEW Grand Slam Australia
2 major shows for the big 2 companies, one nobody knew when the hell it would start, 1 we were only vaguely aware of what was going on heading into it, but a fun time was had! We start off talking about the NBA All Star game and our respective NBA teams, then we jump into Grand Slam and in…
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Episode 42: The People vs. GCW
All rise! GCW has put themselves on trial and have attempted to rectify the crime against humanity that was their first show at the Hammerstein Ballroom by giving us this show. The hype level was absurd and for whatever the show was they successfully got this show into feeling like a big deal...
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Episode 41: The Streaming Era Begins
A new era is among us and we get into it, as we talk about the debut runs for AEW's Dynamite on MAX and Raw's debut on Netflix and the differences in approaches and how they much they made it feel like a big deal or went with a business as usual approach, and just how much filler they fit into…
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Episode 40 : AEW World's End 2024
It was an insane show with high highs and low lows, with twists and turns to the point of having even a whole show's worth in the main event. But regardless of that from all the returns, we get into philosophical conversations about the modern terms of usage of kayfabe in wrestling and the...
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Episode 39: 2024 ROH Final Battle, CC, Yakuza/Like A Dragon, Big Daddy YumYum
The title says it all for this one, although in truth after the first 10 minutes or so of silly talk about one of the best video game series ever as well as The Game Awards, we get down to business. The first half of the show we go over and catch up on the Continental Classic as we head towards a...
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Episode 38: NXT Deadline 2024 + AEW CC Week 2
We start off with a discussion on Fire Pro after last week's hit Here Comes the Pain segment, but quickly transition to talk about the critically acclaimed New Day segment on Raw and the shocking end to the group. After that it's time for a run through NXT's Deadline and a look at the future...
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Episode 37: AEW Continental Classic Week 1 + Bloodsport XII
Back again for a double dose of Wrestle Update this week, this time we're covering two different companies that unexpectedly clashed in business and outside any wrestling sense in AEW & GCW. First off we talk the first week of the Continental Classic and how much of a relief it is to have the...
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Episode #36: WWE Survivor Series 2024
WU is back talking all kinds of things, so much so we had to split things up into to 2 episodes! In part 1 we start off talking about Nello's work and our thoughts on the Game Awards, followed by a review of Survivor Series! We talk about two (too many?) War Games matches on the same night, talk...
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Episode #35: AEW Full Gear 2024
Our second ever Full Gear review! We go over the entire show as well as the pre-show featuring a Nello favorite, Big Boom AJ, Big Justice & The Rizzler, a corner of the internet Dylan has never traveled to before somehow. After that we go over not just the matches but where AEW is right now in...
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Wrestle Update #34: Nick Gage Invitational 9!
The return is real! And since it is Nello that found his way back it's a warm return for him talking GCW! The Nick Gage Invitational is one of the preeminent deathmatch tournaments of the year and Dylan & Nello are back to talk all about it. From Drake Younger losing it and trying to attack a man...
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Wrestle Update 33: AEW Revolution 2024 - Thank You Sting
On the most emotional episode of WU to date, Nello returns to talk about the best AEW show, maybe one of the best shows we've ever seen. The star of the show is of course the man in the main event who retired in heroic and triumphant fashion, "The Icon" Sting! We actually have quite a few...
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Wrestle Update #32: Elimination Chamber 2024 Live Review with Jessie
WWE comes through with Elimination Chamber which took place in Perth, Australia. And much like earlier in the month in what has become unofficially "Live Month" on Wrestle Update after both Dylan, his sister and Nello all attended shows and talked about them on the show, Dylan welcomes on a...
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Wrestle Update #31: Elimination Chamber 2024 Preview, Lawsuits, AEW and TNA.
Nello's away this episode so Dylan goes solo, talking about all that's been in the news recently about the lawsuit regarding various sexual crimes within Vince McMahon, the WWE and all the way back to the scandal in the 80s with the inappropriate behavior surrounding ring boys that have come out...
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C.R.I.M.E. Update #2: Phoenix Live Report + Effy, GCW, ICW
The second episode of C.R.I.M.E covering Effy's Big Gay Brunch 8, a live report of GCW's Phoenix, the 2024 Jersey J-Cup, ICW No Holds Barred Vol 57 and what's going on with ICW !? Check out Nello on X and keep up with the show!: @WrestleUpdateX @aniellooooo @WrestleUpdateIG
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Wrestle Update #30: NXT Vengeance Day LIVE Report
The unthinkable occurred, and Dylan was dragged to a wrestling show live and person. Traveling from his beloved Memphis all the way...very shortly Northward actually to Clarksville, Tennessee Dylan was gifted tickets to the first ever major wrestling show in his sister's hometown: NXT Vengeance…
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Wrestle Update #29: WWE's Insane Rumble Week
Coming off a week that was anything but amazing for the WWE, Dylan & Nello discuss the lawsuit brought forth this past week, naming Vince McMahon, John Laurinaitis and WWE all in the lawsuit as was served. We take our time with things and look at this subject and the potential consequences to…
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Wrestle Update #28: Worst of the Year 2023
We did it for the best, and we'll do it for the worst. A follow up to our best of 2023 Awards. Now we hit you with the worst of awards. Take a journey along the worst of the worst in pro wrestling in the USA in 2023. Well...according to us anyway. Follow us and let us know your own personal…
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C.R.I.M.E. Update #1: Indie Wrestling Update
A deep dive and quick ride through the current ongoings of the US independent pro wrestling scene. From big names like GCW to local titans like Prestige all the way to obscure local indies like Idaho Wrestle Club, we tackle everything and anything. If you'd like to see a recent match, promotion…
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Wrestle Update #27: 2023 Awards - Best of the Year
Dylan & Nello are proud to present our most important and biggest episode of Wrestle Update yet, testing the waters of the best of the entire year to take place in pro wrestling in North America! From WWE to AEW to TNA to GCW to ICW to DPW to everything happening of note, every major and many...
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Wrestle Update Episode 26 : New Year TV Update
A first, as we talk about every TV show in depth as Dylan & Nello look at the first week as a tone setter for the new year. We cover Raw - Day 1, NXT - New Year's Evil, Smackdown - New Year's Revolution as well as cover AEW's two main shows, Dynamite and Collision with extended talk about the...
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Episode 25: AEW World's End + Circle 6 Live Report
We kick off the new year with the right vibes...Nello hitting us with a live report of a show he went to, the King of the Deathmatch! He talks about the delay in time, taking some of his friends to their first deathmatch show and the shock of seeing real blood in person like that. After the vibes...
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Episode 24: AEW World's End Preview + CC Final Set
Wrestle Update is back as promised with our final standalone coverage episode on the CC, with both semi-finals matches covered along with the excellent final promo segment between the two finalists. Then we have an extender preview of World's End, covering every match announced, going over some…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Wrestle Update, the show covering the weekly shows and all the news of WWE & AEW for the Cagematch Network AND the Five Star Network. The show has a unique level of interactivity powered by http://Cagematch.net and all of the inmates, allowing your ratings and reviews to be at the heart of the show every episode. So every week head on and let us know what you think, then join host Dylan Fox (of MLW Eastern Lariat & Lucha Talk) for insight, entertainment, and honest coverage of the world of mainstream North American wrestling.Follow the hosts on TwitterDylan Fox: @Viva_Zero
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