Shoemaker Plays Catch-Up With Everything He Missed in Pro Wrestling

COLD OPEN QUESTION OF THE WEEK: For $600, would you rather have a bad Ric Flair cameo or nosebleed seats at the Elimination Chamber (1:00)?

Shoes is back, and he is joined by Ben and Brian. He has a few more cold open questions, including:

– A bad Ric Flair cameo or an immaculate AI ’80s Ric Flair promo (3:32)?
– Bigger loss: EC3 leaving NWA or Brock Lesnar retiring from wrestling events (6:19)?
– Who is the wrestling Trae Young (7:38)?

Then they discuss the following:

– Bron Breakker’s path to the main event of WrestleMania (14:37)
– Oba Femi vacating the NXT title (21:53)
– Trick Williams and Matt Cardona join SmackDown, Je’Von Evans joins Raw, and Jordynne Grace is still deciding (27:34)
– Ricky Saints is now the guy in NXT (34:43)
– Andrade and Jake Doyle debut in AEW (36:00)
– Jon Moxley’s babyface turn (42:05)
– MJF’s reign as AEW World Champion (45:12)
– CM Punk’s comments about fans complaining (53:23)
– Why Damian Priest is too cool to be a babyface (59:19)

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Hosts: David Shoemaker, Ben Cruz, and Brian H. Waters
Producer: Brian H. Waters
Additional Production Support: Ben Cruz