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The Whole Refn Show Wrestling PodcastEPISODE #144 -FAREWELL TO DAFFNEY/”MCMAHON-XT”/AEW: ALL OUT FALLOUT
Where did we learn to speak English? College… and the Police Academy movies! That couldn’t be more evident than in this week’s edition of the ONLY wrestling podcast that calls it right down the middle! And believe it or not, there’s beaucoups #wrestlenewsandwrestleviews as the boys cover the ALL OUT fallout!! In the wake of the most surprise-tastic AEW card yet, our heroes Daryn and Perry dissect what it means to get the 1-2 punch of Adam Cole (baybay!) and Bryan Danielson debuting in the same segment… and guess what? The boys DO NOT agree on this at all! He...
2021-09-111h 44The Whole Refn Show Wrestling PodcastEPISODE #143 - THE RETURN OF CM PUNK/NXT TAKEOVER 36 & WWE SUMMERSLAM REVIEW
It’s called a “The Whole Ref’n Show pop” now, so get it right or pay the price! Our heroes Daryn and Perry dive headfirst into criticism of the otherwise much lauded return of C.M. Punk. As the artist formerly known as Philip Jujitsu Brooks made a huge splash in Chicago on AEW Rampage, the internet broke, they renamed the “Road Warrior pop,” Tommy Dreamer fell in love with a crying guy, and wrestling fans fought in the streets over ice cream bars and banded t-shirts! I guess the dude really IS a cult of personality. As for the company...
2021-08-292h 16The Whole Refn Show Wrestling PodcastEPISODE #142 - MORE WWE RELEASES/AEW RAMPAGE REVIEW/NXT TAKEOVER 36 & WWE SUMMERSLAM PREVIEW
Release the hounds! That must be what it sounds like backstage in the WWE right now as President Nick Khan continues his hatchet job on the WWE roster! This week our heroes Daryn and Perry (and not a lick of rust from “The Great Hiatus”) discuss the plethora of WWE releases as the E heads into SummerSlam weekend. The boys, in the interest of fairness, recuse themselves from a head-to-head rendition of picking PPV winners and instead enlist the aid of AJ Styles!! Well… it’s an AJ Styles plushie doll… “he’s” making the picks on this very special episode...
2021-08-202h 04The Whole Refn Show Wrestling PodcastEPISODE #140 - HEAD TO HEAD: WORLDS COLLIDE & WWE ROYAL RUMBLEIt's time for The Whole Ref'n Show 4th Annual Royal Rumble Contest entry reveals! #dearlisteners, are YOU one of the 30 who get not one, but TWO chances to win a fabulous prize from the ONLY wrestling podcast that calls it right down the middle? And if you are, WHAT will be your number? It is hard to believe that this is year 4 of this contest, but we are so happy to still be here and happy to be your choice for #wrestlenewsandwrestleviews! Will you join the ranks of Ryan Pate, Tom Breen, Roshawn Rochester and Jason Maxwell? You could...
2020-01-251h 46The Whole Refn Show Wrestling PodcastEPISODE #139 - FAREWELL TO ROCKY JOHNSON/TESSA BLANCHARD BACKLASH/MORE AEW ON TNT?!Do you feel the rrrrumblin?? It’s a coming, folks! The Whole Ref’n Show 4th Annual Royal Rumble Contest is nearly here! Listen NOW to hear the final details on joining the contest if you have not already! SO EASY! SO FREE! DO IT NOW! …and then listen to the rest of the latest, greatest episode of the ONLY wrestling podcast that calls it right down the middle! This week our heroes Daryn and Perry discuss the passing of Rocky Johnson, former WWF great and father of The Rock. The boys also discuss the accusations swirling around Tessa Blanch...
2020-01-221h 05The Whole Refn Show Wrestling PodcastEPISODE #138 - TWRS RETURNS/NJPW WRESTLE KINGDOM 14 REVIEW/ ROYAL RUMBLE RUMORSNew year, old friends, favorite podcast!! Yes, #dearlisteners, the ONLY wrestling podcast that calls it right down the middle is back, in your ear holes and in your mind and on your heart! After a hiatus, Daryn and Perry are back to give you the absolute best #wrestlenewsandwrestleviews in all the land! If this is your first time around, buckle up, because you have found the right place to rock your wrestling nerd world! The boys are so happy to be back at it, and there is so much to talk about… New Japan Pro Wrestling Wrestle Kingdom 14, WWE Ro...
2020-01-141h 35The Whole Refn Show Wrestling PodcastEPISODE #137 - WWE GOING BACK TO THE MIDDLE EAST/BIG CASS AT THE CRIB/WWE HELL IN A CELL 2019 REVIEWIt's WAR!! It's war on Wednesdays, #dearlisteners! And we don't mean your morning commutes... NXT and AEW are going head-to-head (HEAD-TO-HEAD) on hump day nowadays, and it's a real deal ratings war in the making. There will be casualties, winners and losers. But us? We are all winners. Our heroes Daryn and Perry, winners both, are here to discuss this new rivalry as well as SmackdownLive on FOX, Hell in a Cell 2019 and the upcoming "Crown Jewel" special on the WWE Network on Halloween! Trick or treat gets an all new flavor in the deserts of Saudi Arabia. What do...
2019-10-142h 05The Whole Refn Show Wrestling PodcastEPISODE #136 - THE VERY LATEST FROM WWE, NXT, AEW, & FEST WRESTLINGFriends, wrestling fans, #dearlisteners, the drought is over! Our heroes are back! Daryn and Perry return with their much-ballyhooed podcast, the ONLY wrestling podcast that calls it right down the middle, and they’re here to save the day! Buckle up; after a month off, the boys are so potent your ears get pregnant! Pregnant with #wrestlenewsandwrestleviews!! The boys have so much to talk about, like AEW crowning an old champion as a new champion, the impending arrival of Dynamite, the impending Smackdown of FOXTV, the arrival of NXT on USA, SummerSlam, Clash of Champions and FEST Wrestling’s 3rd y...
2019-09-231h 15The Whole Refn Show Wrestling PodcastEPISODE #135 - FAREWELL TO HARLEY RACE/NEW (OLD) FACES AT IMPACT WRESTLING/FEST WRESTLING: X-MAS IN JULY 3 REVIEW WITH SPECIAL GUEST CHARLES VOLKERTIt's a special episode of The Whole Ref'n Show this week, as our FEST Wrestling: XMas in July 3 REVIEW features a very special guest, FEST Wrestling ring announcer, Charles Volkert! Yes, sweet, sweet Charles lends his silky-smooth vocals and plugged-in wrestlethoughts to Daryn and Perry's breakdown of the latest, greatest independent wrestling show around! We have wanted Charles on the show for a long time, so it was great to have him aboard to lend his insider thoughts from INSIDE the ring at FEST; from Jason Cade's outrageous action, to NOT seeing the FEST Tag Team Championships get ganked...
2019-08-051h 53The Whole Refn Show Wrestling PodcastEPISODE #134 - RAW REUNION/EVOLVE 131 & AEW FIGHT FOR THE FALLEN REVIEW/FEST WRESTLING: X-MAS IN JULY 3 PRESHOW/WWE EXTREME RULES REVIEWSo many wrestles, so little time! It is the wrestling card packed-ed-est episode of The Whole Ref'n Show yet, #dearlisteners! Our heroes Daryn and Perry review AEW Fight for the Fallen, Evolve 131 and WWE Extreme Rules. The boys also PREview FEST Wrestling: XMas in July 3! So, from the home of AEW, Jacksonville, Florida, to the ECW Arena, and a lot of points in between, it's a tour de Atlantic Coast in the wrestling world this week. How did the apparently entirely "elite" roster perform in that city on the river? Is Kenny Omega transitioning into an American performer well? W...
2019-07-282h 51The Whole Refn Show Wrestling PodcastEPISODE #133 - AEW FYTER FEST FALLOUT/WWE & THE ESPYS/HEAD TO HEAD: WWE EXTREME RULESWhat a wrestleweek it is! AEW is filling up the Wi-Fi, running Fyter Fest and Fight For the Fallen just two weeks apart. Our heroes Daryn and Perry are going to look back at one and forward to the other. WWE has a busy week in the city of brotherly love, with the WWE Network airing Evolve Wrestling's 10th anniversary show live from the ECW Arena on Saturday night, and the Extreme Rules PPV, also in Philly, on Sunday evening! This means that WWE is pitting the (WWE-backed) Evolve show against All Elite Wrestling's third PPV outing... and people...
2019-07-132h 04The Whole Refn Show Wrestling PodcastEPISODE #132 - HEYMAN & BISCHOFF TO WWE CREATIVE/DREAMER'S NIGHTMARE SCENARIO/WWE STOMPING GROUNDS REVIEWWith enemies like these, who needs friends!? Vince McMahon looks to two erstwhile enemies to turn his company around. It was announced this week that WWE had named Paul Heyman and Eric Bischoff the respective Executive Directors of RAW and Smackdown, shoot creative positions designed to turn around a flagging product! You KNOW our heroes Daryn Beasley and Perry Smith have beaucoups to say about this matter! I mean, the boys are back in town! If AEW wanted a war, and Vince decides to unleash the lieutenants, then this could get real good real quickly! In other news, Paul...
2019-06-281h 43The Whole Refn Show Wrestling PodcastEPISODE #131 - BORDEAUX WOES/MOXLEY GROUNDED/HEAD TO HEAD: WWE STOMPING GROUNDSNews, news, everywhere news this week on the ONLY wrestling podcast that calls it right down the middle, The Whole Ref'n Show! Scarlett Bordeaux double-dips in the headlines, looking for a new wrestling home (and it probably won't be AAA). AEW tightens the reigns on the bucking bronco Jon Moxley, and Sami Callihan takes a step closer to combining global calamity with MOX. Shane McMahon (and only he) wants the WWE Championship for himself. Bret Hart and Corey Feldman are making a movie together (about 25 years too late). And there is truly A LOT more headlines this week. And...
2019-06-231h 49The Whole Refn Show Wrestling PodcastEPISODE #130 - CENA RUMORS/FOR EFFY/NJPW: DOMINION REVIEW/WWE: SUPER SHOWDOWN REVIEWThere is a distinct international flair to this episode of the ONLY wrestling podcast that calls it right down the middle, as our heroes Daryn and Perry discuss the mega wrestling events that took place in Saudi Arabia and Osaka, Japan! Of course we are talking about WWE Super Showdown and NJPW Dominion. The boys tackle these two super-shows, discussing the controversial Saudi visit for Vince and friends... and it doesn't end with the political decision-making. No, you will hear our take on Goldberg vs. The Undertaker and the underwhelming 50-man Battle Royal. But over in Osaka, with the...
2019-06-172h 37The Whole Refn Show Wrestling PodcastEPISODE #129 - MOXLEY ON JERICHO/AEW DOUBLE OR NOTHING REVIEW/ NXT TAKEOVER XXV REVIEWChoosey wrestling fans choose The Whole Ref'n Show for their #wrestlenewsandwrestleviews! And why? Because our heroes Daryn and Perry got moxie like Jon Moxley, who has been letting it all hang out since appearing in AEW. And he does NOT have the nicest things to say about WWE! Our heroes tackle that subject in the news, as well as yet another controversial WWE trek to the deserts of the Middle East for this week's SuperShowdown! Also in the news, TAFKA Marlena takes a gun to the Tampa airport like a dum-dum, and WWE takes its first step at another...
2019-06-052h 42The Whole Refn Show Wrestling PodcastEPISODE #128 - "24/7 TITLE" & RAW'S NEW "3RD HOUR"/UPDATES & INJURIES/WWE MONEY IN THE BANK 2019 REVIEWIt's a look forward to Double or Nothing and a look back at Money in the Bank! Either way, the wrestling world is telling us that money is the root of all good! So give us some of your money, because we know you love your heroes, Daryn and Perry and the ONLY wrestling podcast that calls it right down the middle! So how about how awful the boys did on their head-to-head!? Yikes! Sad but true. It just goes to show you that even a knowledgeable podcast like TWRS can be confounded by the backward-ass booking of the...
2019-05-271h 55The Whole Refn Show Wrestling PodcastEPISODE #127 - FAREWELL TO SILVER KING & ASHLEY MASSARO/A "FLAIR" FOR THE DRAMATIC/HEAD TO HEAD: WWE MONEY IN THE BANK 2019Blessed be the hashtag, as it makes even non-word acronyms into words, just like this week's WWE Network Special, #MITB. Go ahead, say it: "hashtag mittuhba." Thanks, Twitter. Our heroes Daryn and Perry struggle this week with the hashtag, well, certain aspects of it. Because, as you know, #dearlisteners, sometimes they absolutely adore it. But has it completely replaced "pound" yet? Listen and find out! Also this week, the boys discuss multiple untimely deaths in the world of wrestling. As always that is a taxing and unfortunate chore of wrestling journalism, and it makes for sad hearts and minds...
2019-05-181h 47The Whole Refn Show Wrestling PodcastEPISODE #126 - WWE WILDCARD WOES/THE PROBLEM WITH SULLIVAN/FEST WRESTLING: THE HARDCORE HUNT 2 REVIEWHear ye, hear ye, #dearlisteners! Gather 'round and learn of what happened in Hogtown when the Easter Bunny dropped in with a very special batch of eggs! Listen to a tale as old as time: a tale of professional wrestlers beating one another senseless with implements of destruction! Staple guns, textbooks, bottlecaps and all sorts of mean, nasty things! That's right folks, it's the always-beloved, must-hear follow-up to FEST episode of the ONLY wrestling podcast that calls it right down the middle! Our hero Daryn tells our hero Perry about every match from FEST Wrestling's Hardcore Hunt 2! The title...
2019-05-121h 58The Whole Refn Show Wrestling PodcastEPISODE #125 - EXIT DEAN AMBROSE & GOLDUST/LIO RUSH IN HOT WATER/FEST WRESTLING: THE HARDCORE HUNT 2 PREVIEW SHOW WITH SPECIAL GUESTS RICH BOCCHINI & TEDDY STIGMAIt's a FEST-tastic week here on The Whole Ref'n Show! After what seems like an excruciating hiatus, FEST Wrestling presents the Hardcore Hunt 2, and our heroes Daryn and Perry are joined by Rich Bocchini to break down the card. As usual, this trio is Hogtown-bound for hijinks, and there's as much hilarity as there is analysis. The "straight-man" Rich Bocchini is, however, as capable as ever before dealing with the hosts with the mosts. But that's not all! Before the FESTivities can end, no less than Teddy Stigma ring-a-dings on the Bat-phone to crash the show and steal the...
2019-05-031h 38The Whole Refn Show Wrestling PodcastEPISODE #124 - SUPERSTAR SHAKE-UP/HART ATTACK AT THE WWE HALL OF FAME/G1 SUPERCARD HIGHLIGHTSWhat else is there? What else happened WrestleMania week in the city that never sleeps!? Our heroes Daryn and Perry are here to tell us! That's right, #dearlisteners! The boys are back this week with a second helping of WrestleMania #wrestlenewsandwrestleviews! Daryn and Perry talk about every WWE Hall of Fame induction for the class of 2019, and yep, they talk ALL about the dumbass that bum-rushed Bret Hart on the stage... oh, and how somehow Brother Bruti was more in character than the damn Honky Tonk Man! The boys also discuss the biggest interloper of the week, and that...
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The Whole Refn Show Wrestling PodcastEPISODE #123 - NXT TAKEOVER NEW YORK & WWE WRESTLEMANIA 35 REVIEWDid you ever stop and think about the word WrestleMania? It's ridiculous. So is what it is. So is wrestling. So is a wrestling podcast. Hey, we here at The Whole Ref'n Show simply call it right down the middle. AND WE WOULDN'T HAVE IT ANY OTHER WAY!!! The WWE brought the wrestling WORLD into New York City and New Jersey last week for WrestleMania 35 an NXT Takeover, and the city that never sleeps was the city that never DIDN'T wrestle for about 10 days!! And while ROH and New Japan sold out the Garden and indy wrestling put on bl...
2019-04-152h 01The Whole Refn Show Wrestling PodcastEPISODE #122 - THE HART FOUNDATION & BRUTUS "THE BARBER" BEEFCAKE TO THE HOF/LAST WEEK TONIGHT WRESTLING SEGMENT COMMENTS/HEAD TO HEAD: NXT TAKEOVER NEW YORK & WWE WRESTLEMANIA 35It's the LAST stop on the road to WrestleMania, #dearlisteners. Wherever you are in the world right now, whatever day and time it is; however well you think you're prepared for WrestleMania week AND "The Showcase of the Immortals," the BEST, LAST stop for each and every one of you is the ONLY wrestling podcast that calls it right down the middle, The Whole Ref'n Show!! There are going to be a lot of imitators in the New York City area... there are lots of imitators all over the internet. But for the VERY BEST and most thorough, most...
2019-04-063h 06The Whole Refn Show Wrestling PodcastEPISODE #121 - SHANE STRICKLAND & DJZ SIGN WITH WWE/TITAN TOWERS NO MORE/HARLEM HEAT TO THE HOF/WWE FASTLANE RESULTSFollowing the briefest of hiatuses, our heroes Daryn and Perry are back with all the #wrestlenewsandwrestleviews that you #dearlisteners crave! The boys took the "Fastlane" last week, and they are here to tell you all about it. Out of the chutes and headlong for WrestleMania "Statue of Liberty Head," the boys go back to the drawing board on what to call their lead-up segment to the "Grandaddy of them All." Perry is raising and roping broncos, trying to call the thing the "WrestleMania Round-Up," while Daryn is whitening his knuckles and tightening his buckles for a high-speed "WrestleMania Drive-By!"...
2019-03-231h 31The Whole Refn Show Wrestling PodcastEPISODE #120 - FAREWELL TO KING KONG BUNDY/TORI WILSON TO THE HOF/JIM ROSS ON HIS WAY TO AEW/HEAD TO HEAD: WWE FASTLANEOur heroes Daryn and Perry pull into the Fastlane on this week's episode as WWE dictates the new year's wrestling in all automobile-metaphors! The boys go head-to-head, picking winners for the WWE Network special (and boy! it's tag-team heavy). The discussions are broad and deep, as it's not just Fastlane that we are all looking at, but WrestleMania 35 on the near horizon. But it's not just this weekend's wrestling that is being chatted about either! The boys bid a farewell to the late King Kong Bundy, the giant embodiment of pro-wrestling that passed away just this week. And what...
2019-03-101h 18The Whole Refn Show Wrestling PodcastEPISODE #119 - HONKY TONK TO THE HOF/ARRIVALS, DEPARTURES, & RETURNS/NXT DUSTY RHODES TAG TEAM CLASSIC UPDATESIt's going to take Mass Transit to get all these people in and out of the WWE! (and I don't mean that poor kid that New Jack busted open... and I don't mean Vicious Vic Grimes) We are close to WrestleMania and there are an inordinate number of people on their way out of the "E." Our heroes Daryn and Perry discuss who has been fired, release, etc. They will also discuss a recent hiring, some shifting around of talent and more! And what about The Honky Tonk Man!? Well, who better than the hip-swiveling "greatest Intercontinental Champion of...
2019-03-0257 minThe Whole Refn Show Wrestling PodcastEPISODE #118 - HOLLYWOOD HOGAN/NXT INVADERS/FEST WRESTLING LOVE IS A BATTLEFIELD 3 REVIEW/WWE ELIMINATION CHAMBER REVIEWHulk Hogan killed his career in the FESTibule, and it was a total DIY job, even though he never jobs, brother! But will Chris Hemsworth be a Perfect 10 playing the part of the Hulkster for Netflix? And #dearlisteners, did you Elimination Chamber and chill? Effy love Beastly or does Effy love Daryn Beasley? Tye Dillinger abandons the quest for the brass ring, and you didn't come to hear Perry Como sing, but Perry Smith and Daryn sling the best #wrestlenewsandwrestleviews around! Yes, it's that kind of a mixed-up, mashed-up overcrowded week, but this is and will always be the...
2019-02-231h 55The Whole Refn Show Wrestling PodcastEPISODE #117 - FAREWELL TO PEDRO MORALES/FEST WRESTLING LOVE IS A BATTLEFIELD 3 PREVIEW SHOW WITH SPECIAL GUEST MAXX GREGG/HEAD TO HEAD: WWE ELIMINATION CHAMBEROn episode 117 of the ONLY wrestling podcast that calls it right down the middle, your hosts, your heroes, our boys Daryn and Perry give it all they've got and what they've got they'll give to you: the #wrestlenewsandwrestleviews unlike any other! The deepest of cuts, the rarest of goods, the height of insight and the end all, be all of wrestling fandom and wrestling coverage is what these guys deliver straight to your earholes! On this week's episode, our heroes discuss the passing of WWE Hall of Famer, Pedro Morales, the arrest of Jimmy Uso, the controversies surrounding a "S...
2019-02-161h 54The Whole Refn Show Wrestling PodcastEPISODE #116 - AMBROSE & ITAMI WANT OUT/NXT TAKEOVER PHOENIX & WWE ROYAL RUMBLE REVIEWThere is a rumblin' on this week's episode of the ONLY wrestling podcast that calls it right down the middle! Our heroes Daryn and Perry break down the Royal Rumble 2019 as well as NXT Takeover: Phoenix in a frightfully funny and wonderfully in-depth discussion. Hear the results of the boys' head-to-head predictions, as well as all 30 of the women's contestants and all 30 of the men's contestants in their respective Royal Rumble matches! What about that hemp belt? What about that Fruit Roll-Up belt? You can only find out here! There are no Charles Manson shirts to be found, but...
2019-02-032h 00The Whole Refn Show Wrestling PodcastEPISODE #115 - IMPACT EXITS/SPECIAL GUEST: TEDDY STIGMA/HEAD TO HEAD: NXT TAKEOVER PHOENIX & WWE ROYAL RUMBLEThere's Rumble and Mayhem on The Whole Ref'n Show this week as Daryn and Perry discuss the beloved battle royale pay-per-view and and indy wrestling extravaganza too! Our heroes return to the tried and true head-to-head format, making picks for this weekend's NXT Takeover: Phoenix and the Royal Rumble! What will happen with the nasty remnants of #DIY? Will Aleister Black reclaim his NXT Championship? Who will be sitting ringside this time at Takeover? Who will win the TWO Royal Rumbles? And, ANd, AND, who will win The Whole Ref'n Show 3rd Annual Royal Rumble contest!? We will not...
2019-01-252h 15The Whole Refn Show Wrestling PodcastEPISODE #114 - WWE RELEASE RUMORS & MUCH, MUCH MORE/NXT UK TAKEOVER: BACKPOOL REVIEWHope you packed your swimtrunks, #dearlisteners, because we are headed across the pond to the land of fish n' chips, double-decker buses, unnecessary "o's" like in "favourite" and "colour," and gardens, lorries and damn fine pro-wrestling! The main focus of this week's episode is the NXT UK brand's first PPV (or Network Special, if you will), Takeover: Blackpool, and our heroes Daryn and Perry break it down match by match, blow by blow! It was a great show with the debut of NXT UK Tag Team Championships, and two other major UK titles being decided; not to mention, a ra...
2019-01-211h 18The Whole Refn Show Wrestling PodcastEPISODE #113 - FAREWELL TO "MEAN" GENE OKERLUND/ALL ELITE WRESTLING ANNOUNCED/NJPW WRESTLEKINGDOM 13 REVIEWWell let me tell you something, #dearlisteners! Our heroes Daryn and Perry hate to say farewell, but it's that time to say goodbye to Mean Gene Okerlund... the boys bid adieu to the greatest voice in the history of pro-wrestling. But it's not all a bummer. This was quite a week! The NWA blew it open in Tennessee with a "Pop-Up Event" featuring a Hair vs Hair match between David Arquette and Jocephus Brody! Tommy Dreamer brings Raven to Impact! Wrestling. And in Jacksonville, Florida, "The Elite" announced the latest players in the biggest wrestling game of all, the "...
2019-01-151h 58The Whole Refn Show Wrestling PodcastEPISODE #112 - MAURO RANALLO CAR WRECK/NEW WOMEN'S TAG TEAM TITLES/TOP 10 OF 2018It's 2019, a new year, a new calendar, a new set of opportunities for all us insects called the human race... and there promises to be all sorts of new to The Whole Ref'n Show this year as well! But one thing that is not new and not going anywhere either is that this is the ONLY wrestling podcast that calls it right down the middle! Ringing in the new year, our heroes Daryn and Perry discuss Mauro Ranallo's Christmas Eve car crash, the announcement of WWE Women's Tag Team Championships, and they take a peek at New Japan Pro...
2019-01-061h 49The Whole Refn Show Wrestling PodcastEPISODE #111 - RONDA ROUSEY FENDER BENDER/TEAM MCMAHON'S "NEW DIRECTION"/WWE: TLC REVIEWThe Whole Ref’n Show time is here! Lots of #dearlisteners and cheer! On this XMas time episode, our heroes Daryn and Perry talk about the McMahon family’s “new direction,” and what that means (and if it means anything!). The boys spend the majority of the episode recounting the WWE TLC PPV (that’s right, Pay Per View... uh oh?) with the benefit of knowing what went down on the ensuing RAW & Smackdown as well! Hear about the “New” Daniel Bryan, a really great triple threat TLC main event between Becky Lynch, Asuka & Charlotte Flair, and a monkey fucking a foot...
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The Whole Refn Show Wrestling PodcastEPISODE #110 - FAREWELL TO LARRY "THE AXE" HENNIG/WWE: TLC PREVIEW/FEST WRESTLING: PICKLE IN THE TREE III REVIEWIt's less than 2 weeks until Christmas, #dearlisteners, but you can always count on The Whole Ref'n Show to give you presents early and year-round! This is the 110th present our heroes have brought to your anxiously awaiting ears! And what a show it is! The bulk of this week's episode is blow-by-blow coverage of FEST Wrestling's Christmas present to us all, Pickle in the Tree 3! It's a show that featured a blistering grudge match between Wolfe Taylor and Vandal Ortagun, a mind-boggling multi-person ladder match (for the prized "pickle"), a TITLE CHANGE, some surprise guests, brutal and beautiful in-ring...
2018-12-141h 39The Whole Refn Show Wrestling PodcastEPISODE #109 - FAREWELL TO THE DYNAMITE KID/RHYNO RETIRES/FEST WRESTLING PICKLE IN THE TREE III PRESHOW WITH SPECIAL GUEST RICH BOCCHINIGet your pickles ready, #dearlisteners. We gots trees to stick 'em in! The Whole Ref'n Show is dreaming of a GREEN christmas! One full of pickles and trees, just like FEST Wrestling likes it. Our heroes Daryn and Perry bring on their pal Rich Bocchini, voice of the indies and one-half of the JJ Dillon Show, to break down the announced match-ups for FEST Wrestling's Pickle in the Tree 3! It's one of those DO NOT MISS shows where the boys and Rich deconstruct the card, the wrestlers, the wrestling, the ideas behind wrestling, art theory, pop culture and they...
2018-12-071h 37The Whole Refn Show Wrestling PodcastEPISODE #108 - CENA GETS A MAJOR AWARD/THE CODA (RONNIE RIOS & KAYDEN GREENE) INTERVIEW#everythingisdemonshit on this week's The Whole Ref'n Show. Our heroes Daryn and Perry are joined by Ronnie Rios and Kayden Greene of The Coda. It's a regular tag-team tango as these two titans of tussle take on our titular tyrants! That's right. It's a big 4-way conversation all about pro-wrestling, black rats, ring rats, ring gear, building rings, gimmicks, Randy Orton haircuts... and Stu Bennett. So, I'm afraid I've got some bad news! This is a great opportunity to learn all about the already long and meandering wrestling life and career of "The Music City Messiah" Kayden Greene, from...
2018-12-011h 52The Whole Refn Show Wrestling PodcastEPISODE #107 - WWE EVOLUTION, WWE CROWN JEWEL, NXT TAKEOVER: WAR GAMES II, & WWE SURVIVOR SERIES REVIEWSGorge your ears, #dearlisteners, on the only wrestling podcast that calls it right down the middle! Our heroes Daryn and Perry are serving up a veritable smorgasbord of #wrestlenewsandwrestleviews! The boys are so thankful that you are here listening. The boys are thankful for the weird, wild world of wrestling, and on this Thanksgiving episode, the boys are tackling a lot of wrestling!! Following a very brief hiatus, Daryn and Perry discuss the “state of WWE,” by discussing the last 4 network specials, including “Evolution,” “Crown Jewel,” “War Games,” and “Survivor Series.” There’s TONS of stuffing in these 4 big wrestling cards, from...
2018-11-232h 54The Whole Refn Show Wrestling PodcastEPISODE #106 - IS EVOLVE THE NEW WWE DEVELOPMENTAL?/FEST WRESTLING: WE ARE FAMILY 2 REVIEW WITH SPECIAL GUESTS EFFY & JASON CADEFEST! FEST! FEST! FEST! It's that time of year, the time when all the punk rockers (and the moon stompers?) and all the wrestlefans hit Hogtown for the biggest, baddest, raddest wrestling show in the world! Right on the tail of Episode 105, featuring a LIVE rendition of The Whole Ref'n Show from FEST17, our heroes Daryn and Perry bring you Episode 106 which features a blow-by-blow account of FEST Wrestling We Are Family 2! This episode takes a look at the many faces and names from the We Are Family 2 supershow. All 8 hours of that killer indy-wrestling event are discussed by...
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The Whole Refn Show Wrestling PodcastEPISODE #105 - LIVE FROM THE FEST 17It's FEST-ja vu all over again! It's that new hotness, it's Episode 105 Live! This is a very special episode (the rare occasion when you get more than one episode of The Whole Ref'n Show in one week). It's The Whole Ref'n Show LIVE from FEST 17! LIVE, on-stage at the magnificent and stoic Hippodrome Theatre in beautiful downtown Gainesville, Florida on Saturday, 28 October 2018 in the middle of the wild and crazy FEST, the world's biggest punk rock music festival! Our heroes Daryn and Perry brought together an amazing, esteemed, celebrated, enthusiastic, talented, beautiful and bad-ass panel to talk independent pro-wrestling, FEST W...
2018-10-301h 00The Whole Refn Show Wrestling PodcastEPISODE #104 - SAD NEWS FOR ROMAN REIGNS/FEST WRESTLING: WE ARE FAMILY 2 PREVIEW SHOW/LIVE AT THE FEST 16 REVISITEDFrom the controversial deserts of the Middle East to the harrowing diagnosis of a life-altering disease, this episode has some heavy, #dearlisteners. But there’s also the celebratory women’s “Evolution” to look forward to, a FEST Family reunion, and plenty of chuckles from our heroes Daryn and Perry! With FEST We Are Family 2 this weekend, the boys break down the bash in Hogtown, AND look forward to The Whole Ref’n Show LIVE from FEST 17!! But what about that Crown Jewel debacle? While its fate may lie in Washington DC, Vince’s toy soldiers begin their retreat from Saudi Arabia...
2018-10-261h 31The Whole Refn Show Wrestling PodcastEPISODE #103 - INJURIES & UPDATES/RIP "DIRTY" DICK SLATER/ARIES EXITS IMPACT/SMACKDOWN 1000Jethro Tull said, "Life's a Long Song," and so is The Whole Ref'n Show, especially when played on your smart phone, streamed between your other favorite podcasts and whatever Spotify playlist you've thrown together to celebrate a budding relationship or grieve over an evaporating one. But this is episode is not a "Long and Winding Road," as The Beatles once talked about. But hey, #dearlisteners, Frankie Say Relax... we've also been told what Rod Stewart once said, "You Wear It Well." And why not? We ARE, in fact, the ONLY wrestling podcast that calls it right down the middle...
2018-10-1948 minThe Whole Refn Show Wrestling PodcastEPISODE #102 - SOUR SAUDI DEAL/CHELSEA GREEN TO NXT/WWE SUPER SHOW-DOWN REVIEW#dearlisteners, it's a Super Show-Down at the Okay Network Special... ooh, wicked burn! But hey, this is the only wrestling podcast that calls it right down the middle! This week on The Whole Ref'n Show, our heroes Daryn and Perry talk about the big trip down under for the WWE as well as all the brouhaha surrounding their return to the Middle East for the upcoming Crown Jewel show. In addition to that, the boys talk Kevin Owens's injury, Chelsea Green's signing, NXT UK's debut and Don Callis possibly being out in New Japan Pro Wrestling? This is a...
2018-10-132h 08The Whole Refn Show Wrestling PodcastEPISODE #101 - BRIE BELLA UNDER FIRE/NICOLE MATTHEWS VS INTERNATIONAL LAW/WWE MAE YOUNG CLASSIC 2018 ROUND 1 REVIEWLet's call this episode "Two Men and No Baby (Or Little Ladies or Boys)" shall we? Our heroes, our men if you will, Daryn and Perry are riding the crest of the wave that was Episode 100, and all the good will they garnered with that momentous and memorable episode seems to have emboldened them to go as outside the box as ever before. Remember Baby Jessica? Daryn and Perry do. What that has to do with Brie Bella giving Liv Morgan a concussion, we'll never know. But please come along on this fantastic voyage. As always, you will learn...
2018-09-291h 40The Whole Refn Show Wrestling PodcastEPISODE #100 - THE "100TH EPISODE EXTRAVAGANZA" WITH SPECIAL GUESTS: TEDDY STIGMA, EFFY, & RICH BOCCHINI/WWE HELL IN A CELL 2018 REVIEW/THE "GLACIER STORY"It's a celebration, #dearlisteners! It's the 100th episode of the ONLY wrestling podcast that calls it right down the middle! It is a time to party, a time to reflect, a time to chat with those that joined us along the way, and a time to look just as much forward as we do back! Our heroes, Daryn and Perry, kick off the episode remembering all the things that have come and gone and all the things that have come and stayed! From "We Were There" NXT house-show chats to themed segments featuring Arliss; from discovering FEST Wrestling to...
2018-09-223h 58The Whole Refn Show Wrestling PodcastEPISODE #099 - RIC FLAIR WALKS DOWN THE AISLE/HEAD TO HEAD: WWE HELL IN A CELL 2018/FEST WRESTLING 2 YEAR ANNIVERSARY BASH REVIEWTogether again, gee it's good to be together again! Daryn and Perry sit down in The Whole Ref'n Show studios (where it all began) for the first time in a year! And the boys are rip-roaring with the hottest #wrestlenewsandwrestleviews. Want the latest in #wrestletalk? Here you go. Want the funniest, weirdest bunch of opinions on either side of the Mississipp'!? Here you go. Your heroes are in the same room and talking about the WWE and FEST Wrestling. It's the home of every type of wrestling you ever gave a damn about! The boys catch you up on...
2018-09-162h 06The Whole Refn Show Wrestling PodcastEPISODE #098 - JUSTIN CREDIBLE WOES/ALL IN REVIEW/FEST WRESTLING: 2 YEAR ANNIVERSARY BASH PREVIEW SHOWALL UP INS is what you could call this episode of The Whole Ref'n Show, because our heroes Daryn and Perry are going DEEP into the "ALL IN" pay-per-view spectacular held in Chicago. Cody Rhodes and The Young Bucks put on a revolutionary and transformative wrestling show, and our guys are going to take you blow-by-blow, wink-by-wink, callback-by-callback to the one of the most daring, reverent, zeitgeist-embracing wrestling products of the last 30 years. And if that is NOT ENOUGH, #dearlisteners, Daryn and Perry bring you the very first look at FEST Wrestling's 2-Year Anniversary Bash just a day before...
2018-09-081h 55The Whole Refn Show Wrestling PodcastEPISODE #097 - INJURIES TO BAD BOOKINGS/NWO TEASE/NXT TAKEOVER: BROOKLYN IV & WWE SUMMERSLAM 2018 RESULTSWe are ALL IN, #dearlisteners!? We are all in The Whole Ref'n Show gastro-lounge, mic'd up and ready to call EVERYTHING right down the middle! After Daryn spends the weekend in the hospital, Perry joins him back in the familiar realm of the podcast and out of the realm of intravenous nourishment and magnetospheres! Our heroes are alive and well here on Episode 97 and are talking about ALL the results of NXT: Takeover Brooklyn 4 and SummerSlam 2018, as well as some of the rumblings over the past 10 days since those shows. But the boys also discuss Hulk Hogan's cryptic nWo...
2018-09-011h 53The Whole Refn Show Wrestling PodcastEPISODE #096 - FAREWELL TO "THE ANVIL"/ROYCE VS MELTZER/HEAD TO HEAD: NXT TAKEOVER: BROOKLYN IV & WWE SUMMERSLAM 2018We're serving up some Dave Meltzer soup on this episode of The Whole Ref'n Show... turns out the old wrestling journalist extraordinaire has gotten himself in a cauldron of hot water by talking about a certain someone's figure. Our heroes Daryn and Perry weigh in on the (non?) issue of Meltzer's comments about Peyton Royce's appearance. The boys also drop in on the goings-on of New Japan Pro Wrestling's G1 Climax, so tune in and find out who came out on top! We are also here to tell you that it's "The Big Red Monster" Kane that came out...
2018-08-172h 02The Whole Refn Show Wrestling PodcastEPISODE #095 - RIP NIKOLAI VOLKOFF & BRIAN CHRISTOPHER/WWE CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS/MAE YOUNG CLASSIC 2018 UPDATESEnter the Newsroom... not as sexy a title as Enter the Dragon. Nevertheless, we haven't a dragon on this week's episode of the ONLY wrestling podcast that calls it right down the middle. But what we do have are a couple of heroes that go by the names Daryn and Perry! And we have loads of #wrestlenewsandwrestleviews. The boys discuss the unfortunate news of the passings of Nikolai Volkoff and Brian Christopher, and an injury to NXT superstar Aleister Black. In lighter news, the contracts and careers of some major players are hot topics at this time, like UFC-bound B...
2018-08-031h 02The Whole Refn Show Wrestling PodcastEPISODE #094 - SUMMERSLAM HEAT/MATT RIDDLE TO NXT/FEST WRESTLING: X-MAS IN JULY 2 REVIEWMatt Riddle me this, #dearlisteners: who is headed NXT way!? Looks like the Altered Bro himself is on a collision course for Takeover Brooklyn 4 next month, and that is a cause for celebration. But in all reality, it's uproar what comes WWE way the night after at SummerSlam! It seems Vince and friends just can't get enough of Brock Lesnar and Roman Reigns, and our heroes Daryn and Perry have more than a couple of thoughts on the matter. Not only that, but WWE announces "Evolution," and all-women's PPV/Network Special for October 2018. And that would be great. Except...
2018-07-281h 44The Whole Refn Show Wrestling PodcastEPISODE #093 - HULK HOGAN'S (UN)WELCOME HOME PARTY/FEST WRESTLING: X-MAS IN JULY 2 PREVIEW (WITH SPECIAL GUESTS RICH BOCCHINI & EFFY)/WWE EXTREME RULES RESULTSIt's a FESTastic episode this week of the ONLY wrestling podcast that calls it right down the middle, #dearlisteners! Our heroes Daryn and Perry have a couple of special guests this week. One half of the commentary team for FEST Wrestling, former WWE commentator and Tony Schiavone's MLW Fusion broadcast partner, Rich Bocchini returns to talk about this weekend's FEST Wrestling: XMas in July 2 with the boys! It's always fun when Rich joins Daryn and Perry to discuss the hottest and wildest, most groundbreaking independent wrestling organization in the world. It's usually pretty funny too. The three break down t...
2018-07-202h 24The Whole Refn Show Wrestling PodcastEPISODE #092 - BROCK LESNAR: THE UNIVERSAL FIGHTING CHAMPION/BI-POLAR ROCK N ROLLER REVIEW/NJPW G1 SPECIAL: SAN FRANCISCO REVIEW/HEAD TO HEAD: WWE EXTREME RULESIs it "ultimate" (UFC?). Is it "rock n roll" (Bi-Polar Rock n Roller?). Is it "auto-racing" (G1 Special?). Or is it "extreme" (...Extreme Rules?). It's all of the above, #dearlisteners, and it's all a part of the ONLY wrestling podcast that calls it right down the middle. Our heroes Daryn and Perry take you to UFC 226 where WWE Universal Champion Brock Lesnar entered the octagon to challenge the new UFC Heavyweight Champion, Daniel Cormier. Then we take you on Mauro Ranallo's mental health journey through life as the boys discuss Showtime's documentary "Bi-Polar Rock n Roller." And then to...
2018-07-132h 22The Whole Refn Show Wrestling PodcastEPISODE #091 - RONDA ROUSEY INDUCTED INTO THE UFC HALL OF FAME/BRAY'S FENDER BENDER/GOLDBERG VS HOLLYWOOD HOGAN “20TH ANNIVERSARY”Doldrums? No doldrums here, #dearlisteners! Though it's an explosive weekend in pro-wrestling, the week leading up to this episode was about as slim as it gets. Nevertheless, our heroes Daryn and Perry bring you a jam-packed episode as always. When we say "must listen" or "DO NOT MISS," we mean it. Our heroes are genius machines that bring you the ultimate in #wrestlenewsandwrestleviews each and every week! This slow week is no exception! The boys drop the knowledge on Ruby Riott's injury, Brat Wyatt's car crash (of horrors?) and a look at the ins and outs of Ronda Rousey's U...
2018-07-0856 minThe Whole Refn Show Wrestling PodcastEPISODE #090 - KOTR 1998 "20TH ANNIVERSARY"/DOG BITES ARTIST/REAL 1 GETS REAL/NXT UK CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT REVIEWTwenty years of hell, #dearlisteners! It's been twenty years of hell since Mankind went flying off the top of a gigantic cage, changing pro-wrestling forever. To open things up this week, our heroes Daryn and Perry look back at WWE's (then WWF) King of the Ring 1998 pay-per-view spectacular to commemorate Mick Foley's near-death experience at the hands of the Undertaker (or his own poor decision-making). The boys also mention some of the other matches and performers from that night oft-overlooked in this one-trick pony of a PPV. They say fortune favors the bold, but sometimes history remembers the stupid! T...
2018-06-302h 12The Whole Refn Show Wrestling PodcastEPISODE #089 - FAREWELL TO VADER/BIG CASS CAST OUT OF WWE/NXT TAKEOVER CHICAGO & WWE MONEY IN THE BANK REVIEWThe unfortunate passing of Leon White gives The Whole Ref'n Show the sad opportunity to reflect on the career of his alter ego, Big Van Vader. Meanwhile, the news ticker doesn't stop, and our heroes Daryn and Perry bring you the latest on the WWE release of Big Cass, the severe injuries of Sami Zayn, the current whereabouts of Hideo Itami and the announcements of the sophomore efforts of both the United Kingdom Championship Tournament and the Mae Young Classic. Also, this week the boys discuss the results of their head-to-head picks for NXT Takeover: Chicago II and WWE...
2018-06-221h 53The Whole Refn Show Wrestling PodcastEPISODE #088 - CM PUNK'D IN UFC/NJPW DOMINION REVIEW/HEAD TO HEAD: NXT TAKEOVER CHICAGO & WWE MONEY IN THE BANKChick Magnet Punk'd in the Octagon, The Alpha Crow tries on fedoras at Target, Large Sullivan has no place else to go, Perry gets literary, a lot of people are climbing ladders and Daryn broadcasts from a haunted house! It's a wild week on the ONLY wrestling podcast that calls it right down the middle. Our heroes Daryn and Perry discuss UFC 225 & NJPW Dominion results, then go head-to-head to make picks for NXT Takeover: Chicago & WWE Money in the Bank 2018! There's all the usual silliness, the #wrestlenewsandwrestleviews that make us so famous, and breakdowns of tons of global wrestling...
2018-06-151h 35The Whole Refn Show Wrestling PodcastEPISODE #087 - BIG PODCAST VS LITTLE PODCASTIf you start to take Vienna, take Vienna. On a very special episode of The Whole Ref'n Show, our heroes Daryn and Perry tackle a sensitive subject in the world of wrestling. How do fans love a form of entertainment that sometimes doesn't love them back? Why would fans continue to be demeaned, bemoaned and on occasion outrightly lambasted by the very figures whom they admire and on whom they expend time, energy and hard-earned cash? And what exists in the mind of any professional, in any business, to look down on the most ardent of supporters and the m...
2018-06-081h 09The Whole Refn Show Wrestling PodcastEPISODE #086 - SU REIGNS SUPREME IN IMPACT WRESTLING/CM PUNK IN COURT/JOHN BRING INTERVIEWIt's a "family affair" this week on The Whole Ref'n Show, but only insomuch as it's not "The Courtship of Eddie's Father," nor is it "Gomer Pyle USMC" (but it'd probably be pretty funny if it were). But no! #dearlistener from the beginning, first cousin of Perry's and best friend of Daryn's, John Bring sits down with the boys to discuss his life as a wrestling fan. And that's not all. John Bring, former screenwriter from the CW's hit-show "Supernatural" and co-creator of underground comic book series "Penguins VS Possums," talks growing up with our heroes of the podcast...
2018-06-012h 02The Whole Refn Show Wrestling PodcastEPISODE #085 - FAT OWENS FAT?!/ENZO SOME MORE, EH?!/FEST WRESTLING BRING YOUR MOM TOO REVIEWIt's Episode 85, #dearlisteners, 85-alive! Ocho-Cinco, if you will. And it's still the ONLY wrestling podcast that calls it right down the middle! On this week's episode, the boys go down to Hogtown to discuss FEST Wrestling: Bring Your Mom Too! Apparently, Daryn brought his dad! Find out if that was allowed... and find out what went down in Gainesville at the home of indy-wrestling's wildest punk-rock party, FEST! Our heroes Daryn and Perry discuss the entire event in great detail, discussing the stellar card, from 6-person tags to championship matches, from Effy and Joey Ryan to Serpentico and Saieve a...
2018-05-181h 41The Whole Refn Show Wrestling PodcastEPISODE #084 - JERICHO DRAWS BLOOD IN NJPW/FEST WRESTLING BRING YOUR MOM TOO PREVIEW WITH SPECIAL GUEST: MAXX GREGG/WWE BACKLASH RESULTSIt's time... It's time... It's Ralph Nader time!! This week's topsy-turvy episode is a result of Backlash backlash, FEST anticipation and something about "Nighttime" Buddy Day. It's a fun week on the ONLY wrestling podcast that calls it right down the middle as our heroes Daryn and Perry are joined by very special guest, Maxx Gregg, the yin to Rich Bocchini's yang in the FEST Wrestling commentary booth. Maxx sits down with the boys to talk about this weekend's "Bring Your Mom Too" spectacular in Gainesville, Florida. Loads of great matchups are discussed, including the main event where FEST...
2018-05-111h 45The Whole Refn Show Wrestling PodcastEPISODE #083 - VOTE FOR KANE/GREATEST ROYAL RUMBLE REVIEW/HEAD TO HEAD: WWE BACKLASH*cough cough* We spoke too soon, #dearlisteners! Forgive the fib; we were late once again, but we swear to make it up to you with this week's incredible installment of the ONLY wrestling podcast that calls it right down the middle. Perhaps in our absence you found yourselves listening to wrestling podcasts that skewed to the left or the right or completely off the charts! But NOW, our heroes are BACK! Daryn and Perry bring you the most legit, most reliable, most intoxicating #wrestlenewsandwrestleviews in the podsphere! On this week's episode, the boys talk the possibility of Mayor Kane...
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The Whole Refn Show Wrestling PodcastEPISODE #082 - SUPERSTAR SHAKE-UP/RIP BRUNO SAMMARTINO/NXT TAKEOVER NEW ORLEANS & WWE WRESTLEMANIA 34 REVIEWAhem... and in our best Tony Schiavone: WE'RE BACK! Yes, #dearlisteners, after a 1-week hiatus, your heroes Daryn and Perry are back, live and in living color, bigger, better, BADder than ever! Salt and pepper for your earholes, it's the home of #wrestlenewsandwrestleviews, the nation's capital of #wrestletalk and the ONLY wrestling podcast that calls it RIGHT down the middle! It's The Whole Ref'n Show! WrestleMania flu is a real thing, people! And apparently so is WrestleMania measles! Regardless of contagions, WrestleMania hangover kept your heroes on the sidelines for one week, but now they are back, and they...
2018-04-202h 18The Whole Refn Show Wrestling PodcastEPISODE #081 - THE "IT" BABY IS BORN/HEAD TO HEAD: NXT TAKEOVER NEW ORLEANS & WWE WRESTLEMANIA 34/FEST WRESTLING HARDCORE HUNT REVIEWWrestleMania 34 (or Fleur de Lis or New Orleans or whatever you want to call it... Vince) is upon us! It's the Super Bowl, the Academy Awards, the season finale, the Olympics, the spring training and Christmas all rolled into one. It is the week of WrestleMania, and our show is just like the week itself: chock full of people, places and things, all in the name of the sport of kings! We are bursting at the seams with #wrestlenewsandwrestleviews! And you, #dearlisteners, are the recipients of the purest gold in #wrestletalk! Our heroes Daryn and Perry break down the...
2018-04-063h 09The Whole Refn Show Wrestling PodcastEPISODE #080 - NJPW STRONG STYLE EVOLVED/LEVA BATES INTERVIEW/FEST WRESTLING HARDCORE HUNT PREVIEW WITH SPECIAL GUEST: RICH BOCCHINIWatch out for this episode, it's a doozy! The only wrestling podcast that calls it right down the middle is bursting at the seams this week with the wild and crazy! Leva Bates joins our heroes Daryn and Perry for a look back at her career as well as up to the second preparation for her battle with Effy this weekend at FEST Wrestling's Hardcore Hunt! The artist formerly known as Blue Pants, Leva Bates talks about her earliest memories of pro-wrestling, setting her eyes on Rey Mysterio and La Parka, training with the Dudley Boys, tagging with Delilah...
2018-03-302h 21The Whole Refn Show Wrestling PodcastEPISODE #079 - MARK HENRY JOINS THE WWE HALL OF FAME CLASS OF 2018/THE GREATEST ROYAL RUMBLE/DANIEL BRYAN CLEARED TO MAKE A COMEBACKWe're your vehicle, #dearlisteners, we'll take you anywhere you wanna go... as long as it is New Orleans, Louisiana, because we are on the road to WrestleMania!! This episode is very Mania-centric, with talk about the WWE Hall of Fame surrounding Mark Henry, the Dudley Boyz and Edge and Christian. Then our heroes take us all the way to Saudi Arabia with scuttlebutt regarding the so-called "greatest" Royal Rumble that is now fast-approaching AND likely to feature 50 WWE superstars. But will it air on the WWE Network? Something the WWE did air, on the USA Network, was the Ultimate...
2018-03-2353 minThe Whole Refn Show Wrestling PodcastEPISODE #078 - KID ROCK TO THE WWE HOF/THE NOT SO FABULOUS MOOLAH/WWE FASTLANE RESULTSThis episode, this episode is your episode, bro! It's everyone's episode, #dearlisteners, it's Episode 78 of the ONLY wrestling podcast that calls it right down the middle! And we start off with a news-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tock! The news-ticker is going bananas and bonanza with goodstuffs and badstuffs this week. Our heroes Daryn and Perry shoot straight as always with the wrestlenews and wrestleviews, and they deliver the skinny on the latest inductee into the WWE Hall of Fame; this time we're talking celebrity wing (uh oh!). The boys are talking WWE releases, WWE talent recent run-ins with the law and major announcements...
2018-03-161h 29The Whole Refn Show Wrestling PodcastEPISODE #077 - HILLBILLY JIM IS WWE HOF BOUND/BAD NEWS FOR JONATHAN COACHMAN/HEAD TO HEAD: WWE FASTLANEIt's the 77th rendition of the ONLY wrestling podcast that calls it RIGHT down the middle, and it's switching lanes this week, switching right into the Fastlane! Our heroes Daryn and Perry discuss the Smackdown Live network special in their trademark Head-to-Head style, and make bold(ish) predictions for the last pit-stop on the road to WrestleMania!! The boys handle Usos/New Day, Charlotte Flair/Ruby Riott, Shinsuke/Rusev, the 6-Pack Challenge with AJ Styles's WWE Championship on the line, and MORE! And that's not to mention the busy ticker as the guys discuss the latest inductee to the...
2018-03-091h 02The Whole Refn Show Wrestling PodcastEPISODE #076 - REIGNS VS LESNAR... OR NOT?/WWE ELIMINATION CHAMBER RESULTS/SPECIAL GUEST: TEDDY STIGMAIsn't it ironic? Don't you think? #dearlisteners, you will have the opportunity this week to hear all about that tricky thing known as irony, as it is a big part of the conversation that our heroes Daryn and Perry have with independent wrestling star and friend of the show, Teddy Stigma! You heard right, the World's Worst Role Model sits down with the boys once again! And this time, Teddy is giving us all the 411 on his knee surgery. This ACL tear is not a rift in the American Civil Liberties Union, no! It is a serious, career-threatening, career-postponing l...
2018-03-022h 12The Whole Refn Show Wrestling PodcastEPISODE #075 - JEFF JARRETT TO THE WWE HOF/HEAD TO HEAD: WWE ELIMINATION CHAMBER/FEST WRESTLING: LOVE IS A BATTLFIELD 2 NIGHT 2 REVIEW/SPECIAL GUEST: EFFYCan you believe it's three quarters of a century? 3/4 a Benjamin? The Whole Ref'n Show has been at it for 75 episodes, #dearlisteners! It's another milestone for the touchstone of pro-wrestling podcasts! And for this septuagenarian, it's still spry! As spring is nigh, we like to think of ourselves as a spring chicken, even. Youth, vitality, fashion. What is it to be hip in pro-wrestling? Chic, even? Why, it's a couple of wrestletalk heroes like Daryn Beasley and Perry Smith. It's #wrestlenewsandwrestleviews from a couple of real mensches! It's hot headlines, it's wrestlescoops, it's pillar-to-post coverage! It's amazing guests! And...
2018-02-232h 35The Whole Refn Show Wrestling PodcastEPISODE #074 - IVORY TO THE WWE HOF/EMMA IN ROH/FEST WRESTLING: LOVE IS A BATTLFIELD 2 NIGHT 1 REVIEWIt's love, it's hate, it's HOF, it's Ivory! It's a newsweek all over the place, #dearlisteners! Where has Emma landed? Is Ms. Dashwood a woman of honor? Jason Jordan's immediate future AND WrestleMania dance card get a big shake-up thanks to his neck injury. And who wants in on the RAW pay-per-views? Why, SmackdownLive, of course! And vice versa! It's a nice way to hasten the end of the brand split altogether if you're asking the ONLY wrestling podcast that calls it right down the middle, The Whole Ref'n Show!! So, those headlines set the table... but what's for...
2018-02-161h 26The Whole Refn Show Wrestling PodcastEPISODE #073 - COREY GRAVES & BOOKER T HEAT/LARS SULLIVAN MIA/FEST WRESTLING LOVE IS A BATTLFIELD 2 PREVIEW WITH SPECIAL GUEST: RICH BOCCHINIWe are young. Heartache to heartache, we stand. No promises, no demands... Love Is A Battlefield... 2... Electric Boogaloo. Yes, #dearlisteners, it is time to go back to Florida! FEST Wrestling weekend, the future is NOW! The two-day "Battle for the Love Cup" Tag Team Tournament is Friday and Saturday, February 9th & 10th 2018, LIVE from St. Augustine and Gainesville, Florida, and the stakes are high! Our heroes Daryn and Perry, as always, are going to turn this mother out. And, like the Beatles, they get by with a little help from their friends. In this case, friend of the show...
2018-02-091h 18The Whole Refn Show Wrestling PodcastEPISODE #072 - DUDLEY BOYZ TO THE WWE HOF/COACHMAN, BORASH, & SPUD REPORT FOR DUTY/NXT TAKEOVER PHILADELPHIA & WWE ROYAL RUMBLE RESULTSLET'S GET READY TO RUMBBBLLLE!!! It's a crazy Rumble-rific week emanating from The Whole Ref'n Show, echoing the roar of the City of Brotherly Love from a crazy weekend of Philly wrestling courtesy of WWE. NXT Takeover: Philadelphia and the Royal Rumble itself get dissected this week by our heroes Daryn and Perry. The boys break down all the matches from both nights, talking Almas and Cole and Black and Dream; Asuka and Rousey and Shinsuke and Cena. What a world, what a world! The show this week opens with some headlines about the new 205Live manager (he's no...
2018-02-032h 25The Whole Refn Show Wrestling PodcastEPISODE #071 - RAW 25TH ANNIVERSARY HIGHLIGHTS/ENZO OUT/HEAD TO HEAD: NXT TAKEOVER PHILADELPHIA & WWE ROYAL RUMBLEGolden palaces, crown jewels, marzipan, and the divine right of kings! It's a regular ROYAL week on The Whole Ref'n Show, #dearlisteners! King Haku, King Harley Race, Prince Iaukea, the Princess of Pro-Wrestling SoCal Val, King Bookah and Queen Sharmell, Prince Puma, Duke "The Dumpster" Droese (wait, was he a Duke?); there are all sorts of bluebloods (hey! what about the "Blue Bloods!?") in professional wrestling, and this is the month to showcase them. And THIS is the podcast that is eyeballs-deep in the Royal month of wrestling! On this week's episode, our heroes Daryn and Perry catch you...
2018-01-261h 36The Whole Refn Show Wrestling PodcastEPISODE #070 - BIG CHANGES AT IMPACT WRESTLING/GOLDBERG TO THE WWE HOF/NEW FACES AT THE PERFORMANCE CENTERIt's a regular CNN this week on The Whole Ref'n Show as it's news headline after news headline after news headline! Our heroes Daryn and Perry take a look at all the big-time maneuvering from Impact Wrestling: what's the fate of EC3, Bobby Lashley and Chris Adonis? And what are Sü Yung, Brian Cage and Austin Aries doing in Impact!? Furthermore, do you have internet access? Well, then you can join our boys and watch Impact Wrestling on Twitch! Listen for details on that Impact-Twitch deal, dear listeners. Over in NXT, there are even more signees, and these are H...
2018-01-1952 minThe Whole Refn Show Wrestling PodcastEPISODE #069 - PAIGE PROBLEM/THE BULLET CLUB GOES ALL IN/NJPW WRESTLE KINGDOM 12 REVIEWSawdust and jet fuel are to blame for this slightly delayed, but nevertheless infotaining, episode of the only wrestling podcast that calls it right down the middle! Our heroes Daryn and Perry are again bi-coastal, but now their recording studios are being refurbished and it can be slow going sometimes on the Oregon Trail... BUT, the boys are back! Only 3 days late this week, and with bells on! There is a lot to talk about, and the boys hit you hard and quick with a reminder of the deets on the 2nd annual The Whole Ref'n Show Royal Rumble...
2018-01-162h 14The Whole Refn Show Wrestling PodcastEPISODE #068 - MORE ROYAL RUMBLE UPDATES/TOP 10 WRESTLERS OF 2017It's time for The Whole Ref'n Show's 2nd Annual Royal Rumble Contest! Listen in for ALL the details on how to enter! We lead off the show with these details. Do NOT miss your chance to win an awesome, exclusive prize from the ONLY wrestling podcast that calls it right down the middle. While they're at it, our heroes Daryn and Perry take time this week to further discuss the first ever women-only Royal Rumble Match. Our boys list all the thus-far confirmed entrants and begin to speculate on some of those that have not been announced. And then f...
2018-01-051h 57The Whole Refn Show Wrestling PodcastEPISODE #067 - NEGATIVE NAITO/SPECIAL GUEST: TEDDY STIGMA/THE 2ND ANNUAL "TWRS ROYAL RUMBLE CONTEST"It's the middlelands, the no-man's land of the holidaze, dear listeners! We find ourselves in betwixt Christmas and New Year's, and we find ourselves in want of WRESTLETALK! Have no fear, our heroes Daryn and Perry are here, bearing gifts of wrestlenews, wrestleviews, and humor unlike anything else in the podcast world. The boys are talking WWE injuries, New Japan nuclear-heatz, as well as Matt Hardy & Beethoven in the Garden. And then, good friend of the show, and the world's worst role model, Teddy Stigma, stops by the show to let the whole wide world of wrestling know all...
2017-12-291h 49The Whole Refn Show Wrestling PodcastEPISODE #066 - RETURN OF THE XFL?/WWE CLASH OF CHAMPIONS REVIEW/THE UGLY DUCKLINGS INTERVIEW/FEST WRESTLING: PICKLE IN THE TREE 2 REVIEWMerry Christmas, dear listeners! The Whole Ref'n Show has a podcast full of fun audio toys for all the good boys and girls! Our heroes Daryn and Perry are coming down the chimney with headlines from the wide world of wrestling. News, good and bad, just in time for Christmas consideration; news of an "all-woman" Royal Rumble match, a rumored resurrection of the XFL and more! And then the boys break down Smackdown Live's "Clash of Champions" network special, complete with full results and both popular and unpopular opinions. But pull your toboggans down tight o'er your heads, boys...
2017-12-222h 25The Whole Refn Show Wrestling PodcastEPISODE #065 - THE ROCK'S THIRD/HEAD TO HEAD: WWE CLASH OF CHAMPIONS/FEST WRESTLING: BRAWL BY THE BEACH REVIEWRich Swann takes an unexpected place at the top of the news-ticker, but it's for a truly unfortunate reason. Meanwhile it's good news for The Rock! WWE goes to that WCW well and drops the defenite article to bring us all Clash of Champions! Smackdown Live's almost entire roster competes in this Sunday's network special. And then our heroes Daryn and Perry take a look back at last week's FEST Wrestling "Brawl by the Beach." The hottest independent wrestling going today stormed the beaches of St. Augustine, Florida, and you, dear listeners, can hear the blow-by-blow coverage right here...
2017-12-152h 10The Whole Refn Show Wrestling PodcastEPISODE #064 - NOT "BROKEN" BUT "WOKEN"/FEST WRESTLING WEEKEND PREVIEW WITH SPECIAL GUEST: RICH BOCCHINI/SERPENTICO INTERVIEWWhat a weird, wild world of #wrestlenewsandwrestleviews! Every which way you turn, there is someone to observe and discuss, or in fact wrestle yourself!! This week, our heroes Daryn and Perry discuss the possibility of a Daniel Brian in-ring return, the dream maybe come true of NWA wrestling again on Superstation TBS, the Jackal's rise in the Great White North, Ronda Rousey riding a horse into a WWE ring very soon... and who woke Matt Hardy!? What a week just in headlines, dear listeners!! And then! Friend of the show, Rich Bocchini, of WWE, MLW, FEST Wrestling & Wrestlecircus fame...
2017-12-081h 53The Whole Refn Show Wrestling PodcastEPISODE #063 - WOMEN RUMBLES/WWE STARRCADE 2017 REVIEW/TAKE YOU BACK: WCW STARRCADE 1996The Starrs are out tonight! The Starr(cade)s! Our heroes Daryn and Perry are bringing you a bunch of out-of-time Starrcade discussion. We are talking about WWE's "Starrcade" house-show from last weekend in Greensboro, North Carolina AND a look back at Starrcade 1996 from the rich WCW/nWo vault! What did WWE do with Dusty Rhodes' and the NWA's baby? Did Dustin Rhodes do anything? Was Cody Rhodes there? We can promise you that the American Dream was at Starrcade 1996, and he was commentating up a storm on that night in Nashville, Tennessee. Did Starrcade 1996 deliver on the "Match...
2017-12-012h 15The Whole Refn Show Wrestling PodcastEPISODE #062 - PAIGE RETURNS/NXT LADIES ON THE LOOSE/NXT WAR GAMES & WWE SURVIVOR SERIES REVIEWA podcast unexamined is not worth hearing! Our heroes get pretty deep more than once on this sixty-second rendition of the only wrestling podcast that calls it right down the middle. In an episode designed primarily to deliver the results of WWE's long weekend in Houston, Texas, Daryn and Perry get a tad philosophical, a touch political, with a tidbit of anger and a tinge of frustration at the average, let's say, "hater." In the news, Paige is back in WWE, and both main brands are awash with female NXT call-ups. Hide your women's divisions! The boys do give...
2017-11-242h 32The Whole Refn Show Wrestling PodcastEPISODE #061 - ALPHA VS OMEGA/EXIT ELLSWORTH/HEAD TO HEAD: NXT WAR GAMES & WWE SURVIVOR SERIESIt's the beginning and the end of all things in New Japan Pro Wrestling! It was announced that "Alpha" Chris Jericho would be taking on Kenny Omega at WrestleKingdom 12 in January 2018!! Our heroes Daryn and Perry react as only they can. And then the boys have to drop the sad news concerning friend of the show, James Ellsworth! And in other news, Jack Swagger begins mixing martial arts, Neville isn't as gone as you think, and is Paige back on the scene, sans Papi!? Ay caramba! But that's not all for this week, dear listeners! Our heroes go head-to-head...
2017-11-172h 33The Whole Refn Show Wrestling PodcastEPISODE #060 - BITS OF "BOUND FOR GLORY"/NATURE BOY 30 FOR 30/THE MONTREAL SCREWJOBIt was twenty years ago today, Bret Hart brought the WWF Championship to play... he'd been going in and out of style, but he'd been guaranteed to keep the belt a while. OR NOT!! It's the anniversary of the "Montreal Screwjob," dear listeners, and our heroes Daryn and Perry take a look at the infamous WWF show, Survivor Series 1997, and they offer up some sharp, deep criticism and some wonderfully lauding praise for the booking and business that led to this momentous occasion. Work? Shoot? Who benefitted? And also on this episode, we have the boys' take on Impact W...
2017-11-102h 39The Whole Refn Show Wrestling PodcastEPISODE #059 - EXIT EMMA/THE COMEBACK KIDS/FEST WRESTLING: WE ARE FAMILY REVIEWIt's just another week in wrestling paradise here on The Whole Ref'n Show. Some folks get future endeavored from WWE, and the twittersphere turns! Others make their return to Monday Night RAW! Did anyone notice their absence? In other news, that company up north starts making moves to celebrate a quarter-century on television with RAW, and they are on the verge of announcing the site of WrestleMania in 2019! But our heroes Daryn and Perry only had one destination this past weekend for the most amazing wrestling, and that was The Fest 16 and FEST Wrestling: We Are Family I'm Gainesville...
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The Whole Refn Show Wrestling PodcastEPISODE #058 - LIVE AT THE FEST 16 (WITH SPECIAL GUESTS)LIVE at The FEST 16!!! The Whole Ref'n Show broadcast live on a gorgeous Saturday afternoon, the 28th of October 2017 from a theatre inside the monumental Hippodrome in Gainesville, Florida as part of The FEST 16, the biggest and best punk rock festival on Earth! Our heroes Daryn and Perry were invited to perform their particular brand of #wrestlenewsandwrestleviews in front of a live audience as part of a block of podcast-performers amidst a fever-pitched 5 days of punk rock, wrestling, stand-up comedy and podcasts. And the boys were not alone! They were talking FEST Wrestling, so they knew they had to...
2017-10-2957 minThe Whole Refn Show Wrestling PodcastEPISODE #056 - NIA MIA/HEARTBREAK IN NXT/HEAD TO HEAD: WWE TLCDon't go chasin' waterfalls! Download and listen to the ONLY wrestling podcast that calls it right down the middle! Our heroes Daryn and Perry, reporting for duty, reporting dutifully! Is there a mass exodus brewing up north? Are we about to see the Heartbreak Kid step back in the squared circle!? The boys also drop some more huge news about their upcoming LIVE stage-show version of the podcast at The Fest in Gainesville, Florida. AND they roll out the recently announced mega-card for FEST Wrestling's "We Are Family" indy super-spectacular! Last but not least, our heroes go head-to-head with...
2017-10-201h 45The Whole Refn Show Wrestling PodcastEPISODE #055 - HAS THE KING (OF THE CRUISERWEIGHTS) LEFT THE BUILDING?!/THE RETURN OF THE SHIELD/WWE HELL IN A CELL RESULTSIt's Friday the 13th, but our heroes Daryn and Perry are steering clear of Jason Voorhees… and they are steering clear of Jason, the "World's Sexiest Man." But as we head into Fall, we are going to talk about the fall of a member of Age of the Fall. We are going to discuss the return of the Big Show and maybe see Neville out the door! It's quite a week for news, dear listeners! It's time all those old teammates came back together again again, be they a 3-headed dog or a couple of mallet-swinging wooly boogers! After all...
2017-10-141h 24The Whole Refn Show Wrestling PodcastEPISODE #054 - MORE WRESTLEBABIES/NXT DECLARES "WAR GAMES"?!/HEAD TO HEAD: WWE HELL IN A CELL'Today' is the greatest day that Bily Corgan has ever known in his wrestling life! He's going to make the NWA relevant again, as hot as it was in '1979.' And if, at this point, he does not succeed with his 20-year rehabilitation plan, we will be filled with an infinite sadness! Good luck, Billy. You're the little bald engine that could! Bring back the National Wrestling Alliance. But that's not the only news, dear listeners. Tune in to find out who all has future 2nd generation superstars on the way. And then our heroes Daryn and Perry...
2017-10-061h 13The Whole Refn Show Wrestling PodcastEPISODE #053 - TOOOOOO SOUR?!/A HARDY HURT/WWE NO MERCY RESULTSThe Whole Ref'n Show embarks on year two of calling the wrestling world's wild & wooliest right down the middle! So thanks to all you dear listeners who made the first year of wrestlenews and wrestleviews so much damn fun! On this week's podcast, our heroes Daryn and Perry talk Bullet Club invading RAW, what is or isn't allowed (legally) to be "too sweet," and once and for all, can we get the real story behind the Wolfpac-TooSweet hand gesture!? Also, what's up with the Charismatic Enigma Jeff Hardy? And once the boys are done talking headlines, they're going to...
2017-09-291h 03The Whole Refn Show Wrestling PodcastEPISODE #052 - FAREWELL TO BOBBY "THE BRAIN" HEENAN/HEAD TO HEAD: WWE NO MERCY/MAE YOUNG CLASSIC REVIEW: PART 2When you wish upon a star(rcade)! What in the World Wrestling Entertainment is WWE thinking, goofing off with NWA's show of shows!? Listen in this week to hear our heroes Daryn and Perry talk Cody and Dustin and Greensboro and Michael P.S. Hayes. Also, where is the Empress of Tomorrow, Asuka, headed today? And will Paige be right behind her? And in sad news, the boys bid adieu to Bobby "The Brain" Heenan, the extraordinary and incomparable voice, mind and personality behind and in front of so many brilliant and successful wrestlers and game-changing commentary teams. The...
2017-09-232h 03The Whole Refn Show Wrestling PodcastEPISODE #051 - THE BALLAD OF "SHOOTING" STAR/WWE MAE YOUNG CLASSIC REVIEW: PART 1It's Ladies Night at The Whole Ref'n Show! Our heroes Daryn and Perry bring you their coverage of the Round of 32 from The Mae Young Classic. That's right, dear listeners, our boys take on the girls of WWE in 16 matches of international fisticuffs, and our boys call it right down the middle. Find out the winners and losers from the First Round of this women's wrestling tournament, and learn who is headed home, who is moving on, and who probably just went back to their Orlando apartment before returning to the Performance Center the next morning... In addition, the...
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The Whole Refn Show Wrestling PodcastEPISODE #050 - 50TH EPISODE EXTRAVAGANZA/FEST WRESTLING: ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY BASH REVIEW/FOLLOW UP WITH EFFYGolden anniversary! They're the heroes, the heroes with the Midas touch! Yes, dear listeners, tune in to the 50th episode of The Whole Ref'n Show! It's a celebration! A party! A happening, if you will! It's the golden anniversary episode of the ONLY wrestling podcast that calls it right down the middle! And our heroes Daryn and Perry come to you LIVE via satellite in front of HUGE crowds celebrating this MEGA-EVENT!! Bi-coastal podcasting about the greatest sport in the world, pro-wrestling. And guess who stops in to say hiya!? EFFY! Friend of the show, Effy, joins the boys...
2017-09-081h 56The Whole Refn Show Wrestling PodcastEPISODE #049 - CH-CH-CHANGES AT THE WHOLE REF'N SHOW/NXT TAKEOVER BROOKLYN & WWE SUMMERSLAM 17 RESULTSCarry on our wayward heroes! Daryn and Perry are going bi-coastal! Are you bi-curious yet? Daryn begins a new career, and Perry begins a big adventure (and a Big Top Perry)... It's a regular "Superstar Shake-Up" around the offices here at The Whole Ref'n Show! But fear not, dear listeners, the ONLY wrestling podcast that calls it right down the middle is chugging forward with all its might, ready to bring you wrestlenews and wrestleviews like ever before! And this week, our heroes discuss the #biggestpartyofthesummer, the weekend that was; NXT Takeover: Brooklyn III and WWE SummerSlam! Hear the...
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The Whole Refn Show Wrestling PodcastEPISODE #048 - MR. COLE GOES TO ORLANDO/HEAD TO HEAD: NXT TAKEOVER BROOKLYN & WWE SUMMERSLAM 17NO SLEEP TILL! No sleep till the #biggestpartyofthesummer! WWE is throwing down in Brooklyn (big ups!) for the 3rd year in a row, and our heroes Daryn and Perry take a look at this weekend's wham-bam, thank-you-Vince tandem card! That's right, two shows this weekend for the WWE. Two shows for the price of two! NXT Takeover: Brooklyn III is Saturday night and the very next day is the 2017 rendition of SummerSlam. Sunday's mega-card looks like a WrestleMania line-up, and that's no accident. Lucky number "13" of matches on the SummerSlam card, just about every big belt in the company...
2017-08-181h 34The Whole Refn Show Wrestling PodcastEPISODE #047 - THE TROUBLE WITH ENZO/DAWSON DOWN/WE WERE THERE: NXT LIVE OCALA, FLORIDAWhen your career hits some speedbumps because you've got nuclear heat, that's Enzo Amore! This week our heroes Daryn and Perry catch you, dear listeners, up on Enzo's latest troubles. You will also hear the ballad of The Revival and their injury woes! And what about Rey Mysterio? Will he end up back in WWE? And after the boys take care of all the latest wrestlenews and wrestleviews, they're going to throw you in the backseat and take you along for the ride to Ocala, Florida for a look at one of last week's NXT house shows! From central...
2017-08-111h 30The Whole Refn Show Wrestling PodcastEPISODE #046 - BONES VS THE BEAST/WWE NETWORK CANCELS MORE SHOWS/THE WRESTLING ALBUM: REVIEWTo quote the UFC: "I think I'm turning WWE, I think I'm turning WWE, I really think so!" This week, our heroes Daryn and Perry talk about how UFC standouts like Jon Jones, Conor McGregor and Cris Cyborg seem to desperately want to be professional wrestlers. What does that say about UFC? What does that mean for professional wrestling? And how will the ultimate opportunist, Vince McMahon, take this crossover to the bank? Also in the news this week is an unfortunate injury for Bayley; and this discussion between our guys turns into a full-blown inquiry into women's matches...
2017-08-041h 48The Whole Refn Show Wrestling PodcastEPISODE #044 - RIP TALKING SMACK/FEST WRESTLING XMAS IN JULY: PREVIEW/RICH BOCCHINI INTERVIEW PT2/HEAD TO HEAD: WWE BATTLEGROUNDFEST for the rest of us!? It's FEST: XMas In July week here on The Whole Ref'n Show. Our heroes Daryn and Perry give you dear listeners a run-down of the card for Sunday's top-notch indy show put on by FEST Wrestling in Gainesville, Florida! In addition to that, you will hear Part 2 of the boys' interview with Rich Bocchini, former WWE commentator and voice of FEST Wrestling and WrestleCircus. The tales Rich tells of his foray into the exploding independent wrestling scene are extremely informative and entertaining. Daryn and Perry also take a call from one of you...
2017-07-2100 minThe Whole Refn Show Wrestling PodcastEPISODE #043 - AUSTIN ARIES EXITS/WWE GREAT BALLS OF FIRE RESULTS/RICH BOCCHINI INTERVIEW PT1/NJPW G1 SPECIAL IN USA: NIGHT 2 REVIEWThis week's episode of The Whole Ref'n Show is a testament to the breadth and depth of professional wrestling. As always, our heroes Daryn and Perry tackle pro-wrestling's most pertinent and news-worthy Headlines; this week that includes the suspension of unified Global Force Wrestling World Champion Alberto El Patron as he faces allegations of domestic abuse against girlfriend Paige, WWE Superstar. The exeunt of Austin Aries from 205Live & WWE is also discussed, alongside the NXT debut of Kyle O'Reilly. Then our heroes give you the results of their head-to-head picks for WWE "Great Balls Of Fire," providing you, dear...
2017-07-1400 min
The Whole Refn Show Wrestling PodcastEPISODE #042 - IMPACT GOES GLOBAL/HEAD TO HEAD: WWE GREAT BALLS OF FIRE/NJPW G1 SPECIAL IN USA: NIGHT 1 REVIEWCiampa, Dieter, Gunner... we promise it's not the military phonetic alphabet! No, it's NXT! This week there's a health update on the "Psycho Killer" Tommaso Ciampa, former NXT Tag Team Champ, and news on Marcel Barthel and Chad Lail making house-show debuts for NXT (formerly known as Axel Dieter, Jr and Gunner, respectively). And in the world of "That F***ing Owl," we are witness to yet another name change, as Anthem Sports has merged with Jeff Jarrett's wrestling organization with no country, Global Force Wrestling. And Anthem has decided to go forward with the company name Global Force W...
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