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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 way until the main event and then it all comes out as we talk about the truly epic retirement match and the spectacle brought upon us by Sting & Darby Allin vs. The Young Bucks. An unforgettable show in multiple ways, we talk about the show, what could come up in the future for acts like Takeshita & Will Ospreay, and grand scheme thinking of this world of wrestling we have.

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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 disappointment of the lack of stuff at the Super Store to the venue, the fans, the atmosphere, the vibes and the show itself! Two Elimination Chamber matches and a whole heck of a lot of fireworks for Cody Rhodes punctuated the WWE's trip down under and we discuss it all, and maybe a bit of vegemite as well.

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Check the show out and let us know what you think as we head into Revolution and WrestleMania!

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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 top companies in the US. First off Dylan goes in on AEW during their week off Collision and the build to the biggest matches for Revolution as well as the pending Big Business show. From there he goes on about TNA and their latest meltdown just 1 month into their rebranding, and speaks on the cold likely realities of having a corporation own your parent company that counters with the human element of the relationships in wrestling Scott had built up over decades, as well as some talk about the Roster at large for TNA. Finally I speak on Eimination Chamber for a brief preview and predictions segment, and question some of the ways they've set this show up in Australia, but nevertheless me and Nello agree on all our predictions and we suspect most of our listeners also would as well.

For time stamps:
0:00 - 0:50:55 - Vince McMahon/John Laurinaitis/WWE Lawsuit Updates/Interviews w/Paul Roma & former WWF Ring Boy

0:50:55 - 0:55:10- NBA All Star Weekend

0:55:10 - 1:10:45 - AEW Update

1:10:45 - 1:22:50 - TNA Update

1:22:50 - END - Elimination Chamber Preview

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and look forward to our Elimination Chamber review episode coming soon after the show itself, provided we don't goof and forget it's happening in the middle of the night in North America.

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 !?

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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 awhile when Kota Ibushi (or the Rainmaker) is on, and watched 2 episodes of NXT to catch up on! After a brief Power Rangers diversion and reassuring her nobody watches that much wrestling anymore anyway she gets into the vibe as apart of the WU Crew, and we talk a lot about the show, but moreso our live experiences at her first ever live wrestling show and Dylan's first as purely a fan in 25 years. The scenery, the expensive sodas, insane fans including the Ultimate Karen, cool people who acted nice and respectful and Cheyenne angrily judging Dylan's star ratings for not being high enough. It was quite a show, and an edition of WU like none before it and maybe none after it. For better or worse.

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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 crimes. The actions of Slim Jim, the faults of the law itself to the point where things could even be a possibility to happen.
From that point, we talk a bit about WWE & Netflix, with the news of Raw to Netflix and what the contract as well as the cable and streaming scenes heading into 5, 10, maybe 20 years.
Finally we do get to the Royal Rumble, a show that somehow packed 4 matches into 4 hours. We talk about the Rumble, and go through everything, the surprises, TNA getting spotlight in the women's Rumble, the flat attempts at comedy, some good showings for NXT talent and some fun stuff from the final four of the men and where things could go going forward.
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