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The weekly wrestling podcast that calls it right down the middle. Hosted by wrestling superfans Perry Smith & Daryn Beasley.
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Monday Aug 05, 2019
Monday Aug 05, 2019
It'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, to creating his own FEST-related formal attire, Charles brings some fun, cool, different stories to TWRS in addition to his contributions to the coverage of XMas in July 3 (and also there's the Mojo Rawley story, so you know Daryn's into it). Yes, our heroes Daryn and Perry take you down to Hogtown for every bit of the happenings in the wild world of FEST Wrestling. It may be the most in-depth review of a FEST show to-date! You DO NOT want to miss it. Every blue sky must have some gray clouds, however, and we are sad to have to cover the passing of wrestling legend among legends, Harley Race. But fear not, our mourning is a celebration, so listen in to all the career achievements of one of the most influential professional wrestlers to ever live! Of course there's the news ticker and SO MUCH MORE on this (and every) episode of the ONLY wrestling podcast that calls it right down the middle, The Whole Ref'n Show!!!
Sunday Jul 28, 2019
Sunday Jul 28, 2019
So 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? What is the deal with The Dark Order? And why are there two "Librarians?" At the crossroads of Swanson and Ritner, how did wrestling evolve in a den of innovation? What did our boys think of the likes of Josh Briggs, AR Fox, Austin Theory and JD Drake? Listen here! There's also news this week: our heroes discuss the ups and downs of the RAW Reunion from Tampa, Florida. It was a weird show, right? And as for FEST!? Daryn and Perry bring the tea on the boys and girls of FEST Wrestling, prognosticating on EFFY vs. Jordynn Grace, Saieve al Sabah vs. Simon Grimm (for the FEST Wrestling World Championship), and SO much more! It's a TIGHT, THICK episode, all ooey-gooey with #wrestlenewsandwrestleviews, so DO NOT MISS!! It's your only shot. It's your best shot. It's the ONLY wrestling podcast that calls it right down the middle!
Saturday Jul 13, 2019
Saturday Jul 13, 2019
What 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 are pissed. Daryn and Perry discuss all this ballyhoo and brouhaha, along with discussing WWE's debut at the ESPY awards and the status of Heyman and Bischoff's impending ascensions. It's a week heavy on in-ring competition, and most of it is absolutely free (if you have the WWE Network, which, yes, technically is not free). So, download and hear the boys discuss the virtues of all this weekend's performers, the ins and outs of these companies' booking, lots of pop tunes from the last 70 years and so much, much more! You wanted the best, you got the best (but not the "Beth")... it's the ONLY wrestling podcast that calls it right down the middle!
Friday Jun 28, 2019
Friday Jun 28, 2019
With 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 Heyman comes up again as Tommy Dreamer tells an extremely disturbing story about his plans for Paul Heyman once upon a time. You DO NOT want to miss that discussion. The boys also discuss this weekend's AEW Fyter Fest and its co-creator, Kenny Omega's recent mean-tweets to WWE. It's the postmodern dilemma of all postmodern dilemmas... do we care about who is wrestling on the AEW card Saturday in Daytona or do we care about what Kenny Omega, the Executive Vice President of AEW, thinks about his corporate competition's shady international political and economic dealings? Why do we follow wrestling so closely as adults? One good reason we do relates to the old adage of "that's why they play the game." In this instance, it means that even though WWE Stomping Grounds had no chance to be a great wrestling card, it kind of was! Daryn and Perry went head-to-head last week making their picks for this card from Tacoma, Washington. Tune in to find out how they did! As ever, these #wrestleboys know their stuff and they are the ONLY wrestling podcast that calls it right down the middle! So, #dearlisteners, go nowhere else for your #wrestlenewsandwrestleviews. Look no further than The Whole Ref'n Show!
Sunday Jun 23, 2019
Sunday Jun 23, 2019
News, 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 you know that means our heroes Daryn and Perry are going to deliver the #wrestlenewsandwrestleviews. The boys also take the time to go head-to-head, making picks for WWE Stomping Grounds. As you know, #dearlisteners, the fun and laughter never stops on TWRS, and neither does the infotainment! So, wherever you're absorbing this week's episode, be one with the heroes. Be one with the headlines. Be one with the Schweppes...
Monday Jun 17, 2019
Monday Jun 17, 2019
There 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 likes of gaijin Jon Moxley, Will Ospreay and Chris Jericho and Japanese superstars like Kazuchika Okada, Jushin Thunder Liger, Hiroshi Tanahashi, Tetsuya Naito & the rest of Los Ingobernables, there was a spectacular wrestling show! Also in the news, "Swerve" Shane Strickland is given a new name down in NXT, TMZ jumps to a conclusion (gasp!) about the wrestling future of John Cena, and oh yeah, speaking of NXT & NJPW, Kenta sheds his Hideo Itami persona and returns to Japan at Dominion. Also, in honor of Pride month, father's day AND his birthday, "The Feminist Icon" Effy is spotlighted by Daryn and Perry on this episode. The boys take the opportunity to revisit their relationship with "The Golden Boy of Grabass," exploring the growth of his career before our very eyes and the major impact he has made on the independent wrestling scene, nationwide, and how it is growing every day. Listen in as the boys reminisce about the first time Effy was ever on The Whole Ref'n Show, and how even then there were signs of what was to come. Happy days to you, Effy! And to our #dearlisteners, this is another DO NOT MISS episode for the straight tea in #wrestlenewsandwrestleviews (also, it's the anniversary of the whole Lazenby thing... hahaha). Listen this!
Wednesday Jun 05, 2019
Wednesday Jun 05, 2019
Choosey 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 type of showdown, this one going head-to-head with AEW in August. Tune in to hear all about it. But that is far from all, #dearlisteners! The boys discuss both AEW Double or Nothing and NXT Takeover XXV, breaking down every match on both cards, in terms of wrestling, personnel, relevance and prestige; because that is where we are now. In the new wrestling war, every match matters. And you may be surprised which way the pendulum swings this time around. Turn on, tune in and drop out, kiddos, it's the ONLY wrestling podcast that calls it right down the middle!
Monday May 27, 2019
Monday May 27, 2019
It'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 WWE. Brock Lesnar wins a MITB match he's not in!? Sheesh. Well, in other news, we find out WHY Ruby Riott has not been in the rightful spot of contender on WWE television! We get some more unfortunate details surrounding the death of Ashley Massaro. And WWE news is rampant (even in a week where AEW is the squeakiest wheel), with their new atrocious looking 24-7 Belt, their mysterious new "3rd Hour of Doom" and plenty of scuttlebutt about Saudi Arabia! As always, the very best and most fair #wrestlenewsandwrestleviews emanate from THIS very podcast, #dearlisteners, so turn nowhere else except The Whole Ref'n Show!
Saturday May 18, 2019
Saturday May 18, 2019
Blessed 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 all around. But we would be remiss if we did not report on the passings of Silver King and Ashley Massaro. In other news, Ric Flair seemingly has his own brush with death, but the reports of that have been greatly exaggerated. And we finally confirm our long-rumored and much-discussed AEW to TNT television deal! Monday Night Wars Part 2, here we come??? I guess we will have to wait and see. But we don't have to wait long for Money in the Bank 2019 as it is THIS Sunday! And Daryn and Perry are set to go Head-to-Head making picks for the match winners. It's a big, long, meandering, arduous card that was hard to pick, but as always, we do our very best and are most earnest as this is the ONLY wrestling podcast that calls it right down the middle!
Sunday May 12, 2019
Sunday May 12, 2019
Hear 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 matches, the tag bouts, and of course the deadliest, most FESTive scramble match in the land! But that's not all... in addition to a blow-by-blow re-telling of the Hardcore Hunt 2, our heroes have a slate of news ready to blow your socks off. So, better equip the garters, because it's sock-blowing time! The boys discuss LARGE (Lars) Sullivan and his LARGE past with making a rather LARGE list of inappropriate statements covering a LARGE amount of the population. Well, what is the twitteraction? What will the WWE do? It's uncertain, but come on, Lars. We had hoped you were better than that. And the WWE Wild Card? Well, we knew Vince and friends were NOT better than that... but we still don't like it. Don't know what it is? Tune in. And, do you remember 6:05 on the Superstation? Do you have a certain tingly feeling when you think of Nitro on TNT? In your mind, does wrestling somehow perfectly fit into an equation with Andy Griffith and Atlanta Braves baseball? If you said yes, well, you may be on the verge of some real wish fulfillment! Apparently the television deal with All Elite Wrestling and Turner Broadcasting is all but done! Listen to our boys' take on that HUGE pending announcement. And last, but certainly not LEAST, there's the matter of Daryn Beasley's off-TWRS venture. Starting this upcoming Monday, Daryn can ALSO be heard on The Raven Effect podcast alongside Rich Bocchini and former ECW World Heavyweight Champion (and multi-time champion in many other respects) Raven! We talk about Daryn's first episode as part of the team over at the ONLY wrestling podcast more slapdash than this one! So, please go support The Raven Effect as well, and tell them how much you love Daryn! And if you're joining us here from The Raven Effect listenership, welcome! We are happy to have you! Settle in. It's a great show on this side of the wrestleworld as well. Let's cross-pollinate, #dearlisteners! We love you all.