Episodes
On the most emotional episode of WU to date, Nello returns to talk about the best AEW show, maybe one of the best shows we've ever seen. The star of the show is of course the man in the main event who retired in heroic and triumphant fashion, "The Icon" Sting! We actually have quite a few disagreements on this show, we went different ways entirely on the women's title match and the Triple Threat World Title match and are slightly apart on multiple other matches. The takes keep coming all the...
Published 03/05/24
Published 03/05/24
WWE comes through with Elimination Chamber which took place in Perth, Australia. And much like earlier in the month in what has become unofficially "Live Month" on Wrestle Update after both Dylan, his sister and Nello all attended shows and talked about them on the show, Dylan welcomes on a longtime wrestling fan and podcaster in the world of Japanese promotion AJPW, Talking Triple Crown's own Jessie joins after making the trip with her family to Perth and shares her perspective from the...
Published 02/26/24
Nello's away this episode so Dylan goes solo, talking about all that's been in the news recently about the lawsuit regarding various sexual crimes within Vince McMahon, the WWE and all the way back to the scandal in the 80s with the inappropriate behavior surrounding ring boys that have come out through various interviews of late in mainstream media. After this admittedly difficult but important to talk about time, we do take a shift towards updating on the various in-ring happenings in the...
Published 02/21/24
The second episode of C.R.I.M.E covering Effy's Big Gay Brunch 8, a live report of GCW's Phoenix, the 2024 Jersey J-Cup, ICW No Holds Barred Vol 57 and what's going on with ICW !? Check out Nello on X and keep up with the show!: @WrestleUpdateX @aniellooooo @WrestleUpdateIG
Published 02/15/24
The unthinkable occurred, and Dylan was dragged to a wrestling show live and person. Traveling from his beloved Memphis all the way...very shortly Northward actually to Clarksville, Tennessee Dylan was gifted tickets to the first ever major wrestling show in his sister's hometown: NXT Vengeance Day as a late birthday present by his sister. And joining the show: His sister herself! Cheyenne is far from a wrestling super expert, but she has watched a lot in her childhood, tunes in every once in...
Published 02/06/24
Coming off a week that was anything but amazing for the WWE, Dylan & Nello discuss the lawsuit brought forth this past week, naming Vince McMahon, John Laurinaitis and WWE all in the lawsuit as was served. We take our time with things and look at this subject and the potential consequences to these alleged actions, as well as the extremely questionable way Paul Levesque chose to answer the questions at the post show media press conference with the allegations revolving around such heinous...
Published 01/29/24
We did it for the best, and we'll do it for the worst. A follow up to our best of 2023 Awards. Now we hit you with the worst of awards. Take a journey along the worst of the worst in pro wrestling in the USA in 2023. Well...according to us anyway. Follow us and let us know your own personal worsts: @WrestleUpdateX @Viva_Zero @aniellooooo @WrestleUpdateIG
Published 01/24/24
A deep dive and quick ride through the current ongoings of the US independent pro wrestling scene. From big names like GCW to local titans like Prestige all the way to obscure local indies like Idaho Wrestle Club, we tackle everything and anything. If you'd like to see a recent match, promotion, or show be discussed -- please let us know! Enjoy the first episode of this independent wrestling focused spinoff Nello has put together! Criminally Underrated...
Published 01/18/24
Dylan & Nello are proud to present our most important and biggest episode of Wrestle Update yet, testing the waters of the best of the entire year to take place in pro wrestling in North America! From WWE to AEW to TNA to GCW to ICW to DPW to everything happening of note, every major and many indeed many smaller companies get love on this show. With a loaded lineup of awards, some split into multiple, company specific winners, Nello showing love to both men and women, we covered so much!...
Published 01/14/24
A first, as we talk about every TV show in depth as Dylan & Nello look at the first week as a tone setter for the new year. We cover Raw - Day 1, NXT - New Year's Evil, Smackdown - New Year's Revolution as well as cover AEW's two main shows, Dynamite and Collision with extended talk about the Devil's rollout as we get into the next chapter of that story. Finally Nello has a bone to pick on the MLW show, Kings of Colosseum (Dylan didn't watch) and discusses the comments Matt Striker made...
Published 01/08/24
We kick off the new year with the right vibes...Nello hitting us with a live report of a show he went to, the King of the Deathmatch! He talks about the delay in time, taking some of his friends to their first deathmatch show and the shock of seeing real blood in person like that. After the vibes are good we get serious and unfortunately talk about the Chris Jericho situation over the weekend and the irresponsibility of pro wrestling reporters in how this came about and the damage in how the...
Published 01/02/24
Wrestle Update is back as promised with our final standalone coverage episode on the CC, with both semi-finals matches covered along with the excellent final promo segment between the two finalists. Then we have an extender preview of World's End, covering every match announced, going over some of the buildup for the matches on the TV heading into the PPV, and even try to discuss potential identities for the Devil without our brains completely malfunctioning. Follow us on X (FKA as Twitter...
Published 12/28/23
Special Wrestle Update! Rounding out our Continental Classic coverage we couldn't leave the people cold over the holidays because we got a lot to say about everything and everybody as we ended block play and get into the semis. But first over 100 minutes on ROH's Final Battle, one of the best matches of the whole year and a really strong show top to bottom, wanted to give one last bit of shine to it. Having a bona fide hoot of a time and Nello giving major props to Billie Starkz for holding...
Published 12/25/23
Another big episode talking about the Continental Classic and just AEW in general as we discuss the standings, where things could go, and then talk a bit about Bryan Danielson being the new Sherrif in town, and the potential USA jumps and rumors revolving around Giulia and Kazuchika Okada. We then follow up on CM Punk's first couple of weeks of promos as well as one of the best promos of Seth Rollins' career and Nello speaks on his own feelings. After that we finish up with NXT Deadline, the...
Published 12/15/23
Dylan and Nello are back, covering the WAR GAMES that took place in Chicago, for both the women and the men as well as a ho-hum card in between that lead to a show bookended with good spectacles, and then the ultimate spectacle at the end. CM Punk is back. Just month after Nello thought he was rid of him forever, he's returned and with that comes a lot of talk from a lot of places. We discuss his return, possible plans, his motivation, the reactions online as well as the Seth Rollins video...
Published 11/28/23
A special Wrestle Update gives a full preview of the inaugural Continental Classic. We run through both blocks of 6 after they were announced today as well as speak on how the early going was airing the first couple of matches of the tournament, along with ultimate previews of the final, how they've handled the format and rules, and of course out picks for the winner of the new AEW Triple Crown. Follow us and let us know what you think on...
Published 11/24/23
We're back talking Full Gear, giving us the dichotomy of one of the year's best matches and then followed by one of the worst, with a lot of talk about many different aspects of AEW right now, along with some disagreements even! On Copeland/Christian, Timeless Toni & Shida, and a bit of a difference on the Golden Jets and Young Bucks. Every match and angle is covered from the full show, the Continental Classic, Will Ospreay's debut and where AEW can go from here. Follow us and let us...
Published 11/20/23
Dylan and Nello are back with a full review of WWE's Crown Jewel, a show with both women's and men's world's titles defended and an appalling Miz TV segment for multiple reasons. After the first 90 minutes or so we get into the real main event: Our fantasy shows! We go back to last week's draft episode and put together our cards with the best of wrestling has to offer. How did we use him? What were our philosophies? Who had the better show? How much better were both than Crown Jewel? We have...
Published 11/07/23
In perhaps the craziest episode of Wrestle Update yet, Nello came up with the idea for us to do a company draft and clearly it was on short notice as it led to us asking the question of if Cody Rhodes counts as a rookie and if Liv Morgan's title reign is justified. We set out our...extremely loose format to set up our rosters as us both having 5 slots available for men and women each with companies listed as: - WWE - AEW - Impact - Indies - International With the restrictions on picking...
Published 10/31/23
Wrestle Update is back with a full review of the WrestleDream, the AEW show dedicated to Antonio Inoki. The AEW show said to start a new era, which apparently was either forgotten or we are in for a whole hell of a lot more Edge! That's right, the Rated R Superstar Adam Copeland is in AEW. We give our thoughts on the whole show, give out some love to everyone one of AEW's best shows in history, featuring 3 excellent matches that got the world talking including the #2 rated match of the year...
Published 10/05/23
The show this week was recorded immediately after AEW Grand Slam! We discuss the full show, all 5 matches and the setups for them, the angles they've run and a spirited discussion of the main event angle, particularly on this show. Eddie Kingston triumphs, unplanned wins and the question of just how exactly MJF got ahold of that kid's DNA test, every possible angle is covered. Finally, at the end of the show, we give an update on Vince McMahon and the legal issues surrounding him after the...
Published 09/21/23
An utterly bizarre first 45 minutes to the show sees the WU crew talk about the recently released PWI500, what value the list has in this day and age, Big Dust and BEEF respect and laugh about the insane combinations of people appearing next to each other before Dylan proclaims his votes for the top 10 based on PWI's stated criteria. From there we talk about The Rock's shocking return to Smackdown, where Nello points out he too isn't above scabbing during the writer's strike, followed by talk...
Published 09/17/23
Nello's back from being sick and here to catch up on everything. Both WWE Payback and AEW All Out are covered in full talking about the matches, show buildups, the good and bad of each's dramatic conclusions and where they go from here with standout performances from Becky Lynch & Trish Stratus as well as multiple matches from All Out including Dylan's new pick for match of the year! The final part of the show is for hopefully the last time, we talk about the firing of CM Punk from AEW...
Published 09/11/23
The newest Wrestle Update is a big one. AEW. All In. Over 81,000 fans in Wembley Stadium stood to see the show everyone was talking about...for backstage reasons. We look at the full show, the production, the hype, the spectacle of it, and how the show held up from match quality to what they wanted to accomplish and what they did accomplish. The last 10-15 minutes are dedicated to talking about not just the CM Punk & Jack Perry situation but the handling of it by both the media as well as...
Published 08/31/23