The Whole Refn Show Wrestling Podcast

EPISODE #085 - FAT OWENS FAT?!/ENZO SOME MORE, EH?!/FEST WRESTLING BRING YOUR MOM TOO REVIEW

It'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 al Sabah. FEST Wrestling is just the right home for our boys at The Whole Ref'n Show, and we are all proud to be FEST Family. Listen closely to hear every bit of this scrap on Mother's Day Eve. But don't forget, our boys are also investigative journalists, and the newsticker keeps on ticking at The Whole Ref'n Show. And we wouldn't be doing our jobs if we failed to bring you the latest on Kevin Owens's demanded weight loss, the legal clearing of the air around Enzo Amore and the possible future television home of Monday Night RAW and Smackdown Live! It's an episode as packed and exciting as any episode you'll find anywhere in the podcast-verse, and the #wrestlenewsandwrestleviews within are truly unmatchable. It's the ONLY wrestling podcast that calls it right down the middle, folks! It's The Whole Ref'n Show!

EPISODE #084 - JERICHO DRAWS BLOOD IN NJPW/FEST WRESTLING BRING YOUR MOM TOO PREVIEW WITH SPECIAL GUEST: MAXX GREGG/WWE BACKLASH RESULTS

It'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 World Champion Effy takes on Joey Ryan! ...and then there's the results of the WWE Backlash head-to-head. Perry's going to tell you all about the worst birthday party WWE ever threw him (hint: it was this past Sunday). And in the news, the boys say godspeed to the late Big Bully Busick; there's double trouble injury talk on the women's roster of WWE, and Jericho makes his return to New Japan!! How "tranquilo" can Tetsuya Naito remain when he's left lying in a pool of his own blood by Y2J!? Find out all this AND MORE on this week's journey into mystery with The Whole Ref'n Show!

EPISODE #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, the libertarian devil from the Smokey Mountains! And then we all board trans-continental flights to take a look at Saudi Arabia's backyard wrestling show, Greatest Royal Rumble. The WWE packed up the boys (but not the girls) and went to King Abdullah Sports City to show off all the gold and all the roster (but not the girls) with a 50-man (not girl) Royal Rumble. Daryn and Perry discuss all the title defenses and the biggest Royal Rumble match in history. You don't want to miss this dissection, folks. And then, the boys make their head-to-head picks for Sunday's co-branded WWE Network Special: Backlash. It's an 8 match card (and the girls are invited this time; it's only Newark!), and there's a lot of brand-hopping gold on the line... but not the fruit roll-up title. Mr. Lesnar brought that back from the middle-east and parked it presumably in the Brock-tagon, well beyond the reach of Roman Reigns. Listen close to hear all the astute picks from the boys that call it right down the middle. DO NOT MISS this episode of The Whole Ref'n Show!

EPISODE #082 - SUPERSTAR SHAKE-UP/RIP BRUNO SAMMARTINO/NXT TAKEOVER NEW ORLEANS & WWE WRESTLEMANIA 34 REVIEW

Ahem... 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 have their own unique brand of wrestle-dissection for both NXT Takeover: New Orleans and the "Showcase of the Immortals" WrestleMania 34!!! You have seen the shows, now hear both the WWE Network-watching perspective and the live, in-person #NOLA perspective! The boys break down every match from these two historic evenings. AND, Daryn fills us all in on WrestleCon, ROH Supercard of Honor XII, both of which he attended LIVE down on the bayou! Hear about Dan "The Beast" Severn trying to choke out Daryn, how warm and receptive Bret Hart and Goldberg were, how shockingly good Kota Ibushi is, and how Kenny Omega in person is just as wildly entertaining as ever! In addition to the coverage of all the NOLA action for WrestleMania week, the last week has seen headlines such as the split between John Cena and Nikki Bella, the WWE Superstar Shake-Up and the unfortunate passing of the Italian Superman, Bruno Sammartino. We hope OUR absence has made YOUR heart grow fonder, #dearlisteners! The ultra-rarity of a skipped week for The Whole Ref'n Show really did invigorate the boys and make us miss this weekly process of #wrestlecatharsis! But, no more! We are here for YOU, bringing you the ONLY wrestling podcast that calls it right down the middle, The Whole Ref'n Show!!

EPISODE #081 - THE "IT" BABY IS BORN/HEAD TO HEAD: NXT TAKEOVER NEW ORLEANS & WWE WRESTLEMANIA 34/FEST WRESTLING HARDCORE HUNT REVIEW

WrestleMania 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 cards for NXT Takeover: New Orleans as well as a dissection of "The Grandaddy of Them All," "The Showcase of the Immortals," WrestleMania!!! The title matches, the 3-way dances, the specialty tag matches, the surprise partners, the battle royals, the ladder matches, the returns, the spectacle itself, it's a veritable cornucopia on this week's episode. And that's not all! Daryn also has to tell Perry ALL about FEST Wrestling's Hardcore Hunt spectacular from last weekend! The show we previewed last week with Rich Bochinni gets its customary follow-up, blow-by-blow breakdown! From Effy's title defense against Leva Bates to the debuts of Simon Grimm and Brody King, this shebang in Hogtown was as innovative, inventive, incentivized and intense as anything FEST has ever put on, and you can hear all about it here on the ONLY wrestling podcast that calls it right down the middle! Happy WrestleMania everyone! Have fun if you're in NOLA this weekend and be on the lookout for Daryn at WrestleCon and WrestleMania! If you see someone, say something!

EPISODE #080 - NJPW STRONG STYLE EVOLVED/LEVA BATES INTERVIEW/FEST WRESTLING HARDCORE HUNT PREVIEW WITH SPECIAL GUEST: RICH BOCCHINI

Watch 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 Doom, doing her best Eddie Brock, Indiana Jones and The Sandman, and more! Leva talks nicey-nice about her impending clash with FEST Wrestling World Champion, Effy, but this might be where the nice stops, #dearlisteners. And after the lovely sit-down conversation with the effervescent Leva Bates, our heroes sit down with the voice of independent wrestling, Rich Bocchini, to break down the whole line-up for FEST Wrestling's Hardcore Hunt (this Saturday, 31 March 2018). Is it insanity? Is it inanity? Is it brilliance? The boys and Rich tamper with decency as they barrel through this discussion in a most peculiar fashion, full of laughter and fun. You do not want to miss this. And that's not all! We actually begin this week's episode with headlines about the WWE Hall of Fame, a brief discussion of New Japan Pro Wrestling's "Strong Style Evolved" show as well as the announcement of MLW's television deal (which involves guest and good #friendoftheshow, Rich Bocchini! And don't forget the WrestleMania Drive-By (Round-Up)... we are only ONE WEEK away from WrestleMania, so find out here all the latest alterations to the card of the "granddaddy of them all!" This is a DO NOT MISS week (just like every week) on the ONLY wrestling podcast that calls it right down the middle, The Whole Ref'n Show!

EPISODE #079 - MARK HENRY JOINS THE WWE HALL OF FAME CLASS OF 2018/THE GREATEST ROYAL RUMBLE/DANIEL BRYAN CLEARED TO MAKE A COMEBACK

We'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 Deletion, the first WWE-sponsored jaunt to the "Hardy compound." And it was every bit as delightful as one could have hoped! Our heroes Daryn and Perry also discuss the majorly buzz-worthy medical-clearance of Daniel Bryan. What will this mean? When and where will Daniel Bryan return to the squared circle? And for that matter, when and where will we see the also-cleared Big Cass return to action!? And as long as we are on the road to WrestleMania, the boys decide to discuss the 3 new confirmed matches for the "granddaddy of them all" in the WrestleMania Round-Up! ...or is it Drive-By?

EPISODE #078 - KID ROCK TO THE WWE HOF/THE NOT SO FABULOUS MOOLAH/WWE FASTLANE RESULTS

This 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 surrounding a new NXT Championship Title and possible future WrestleMania locations! After that, we find ourselves on the Road to WrestleMania (THIS WrestleMania, call it 34, call it New Orleans, New Orleans 2 or Fleur de Lis), and that can only mean that there is so much wrestlerumor that it gets its own segment: the WrestleMania Round-Up! Or is it the WrestleMania Drive-By? Who's to say!? Daryn and Perry let us know about all the ballyhoo and brouhaha surrounding the announced and rumored matches for this year's "Grandaddy of Them All" from the Bayou! And last, but certainly not least, how can we know the way to NOLA unless we're driving on the Road to WrestleMania in the Fastlane! The boys compare their head-to-head picks, checking for accuracy and breaking down the SmackdownLive Network Special that represented the last pit-stop on the Road to WrestleMania! Hear the guys talk 6-pack Challenge, Charlotte versus Ruby, Shinsuke versus Rusev and more! We are speeding by, but please flag us down, hitch a ride and enjoy the very best in pro-wrestling journalism, hilarious commentary and all-around appealing podcasting brought to you by The Whole Ref'n Show!

EPISODE #077 - HILLBILLY JIM IS WWE HOF BOUND/BAD NEWS FOR JONATHAN COACHMAN/HEAD TO HEAD: WWE FASTLANE

It'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 WWE Hall of Fame, Hillbilly Jim! Also in the headlines is some not so great news for Jonathan Coachman, who recently returned to WWE, and Sami Callihan too, who has brought a lot of nasty hear on himself this week! Wow! It's ever closer to Mania in the French Quarter (Part 2, the Sequel), and you can almost taste the beignets and etouffe, #dearlisteners! Don't miss this or any episode of The Whole Ref'n Show!!!

EPISODE #076 - REIGNS VS LESNAR... OR NOT?/WWE ELIMINATION CHAMBER RESULTS/SPECIAL GUEST: TEDDY STIGMA

Isn'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 ligament injury that our friend Teddy suffered, and hear all about the surgery exclusively on the ONLY wrestling podcast that calls it right down the middle! Teddy talks Nurse Mom, Nurse Not-Dan, warm ice packs, bridge-building, and... what's a house-truther? In addition to the boys' chat with Teddy Stigma, they also bring you WWE headlines, discussing the problem of the advertised WrestleMania main event! What if Brock goes to UFC? What if Roman's steroid accuser gains access to enough ears? There's a lot of losers in those scenarios, but who would win? Who benefits? Daryn and Perry also bring you the results of their head-to-head picks for WWE Elimination Chamber from this past Sunday. The first ever Women's Elimination Chamber match, the first ever 7-participant men's Elimination Chamber match, Nia Jax's attempt to ruin Asuka's reign, and more! As always, this is a must-hear episode of The Whole Ref'n Show! But more than that, you will simply fall in love all over again with Teddy Stigma, the man who "eats steaks, lifts weights and drinks whisky!" That's our kind of guy too!