This week on W2M, huge news came out Thursday afternoon saying there was a Seth Rollins Injury at a live event in Ireland and tore his ACL, MCL, and medial meniscus in his right knee leaving him unable to perform for 6-9 months and leaving WWE without an active WWE World Heavyweight Champion. We discuss how this affects WWE and we also discuss the eminent tournament to be held at WWE Survivor Series during our special topic this week as well.
There was this, and other news that happened and that will be covered in Quick Hits (8:00-53:00, there’s also a section here from 44:28-47:28 where we lose the live feed and have other technical difficulties), with Sting possibly being one of the members in a Wyatt Family vs. Undertaker team match at Survivor Series, Kota Ibushi’s back injury that will keep him out for a “long time.” There’s also a wrestling soap opera being produced by FOX, Nikki Bella topping the PWI Top 50 Women’s Wrestlers and a whole lot more.
Then we get into our questions about this week’s WWE RAW (53:00-1 hour and 36 mins) and what could have led to the “record low” rating and also get into this week’s NXT (1 hour and 36 mins-1 hour and 51 mins) as well.
This is where we do our special topic on what WWE could do with the Survivor Series World Heavyweight Championship tournament. (1 hour and 51 mins to 2 hours and 3 mins)
After that, we do a NJPW Power Struggle 2015 preview (2 hours and 3 mins to 2 hours and 17 mins,) where we give our thoughts and predictions on each of the matches.
We finish things out with our reviews of this week’s ROH TV (2 hours and 17 mins to 2 hours and 24 mins,) TNA Impact Wrestling (2 hours and 24 mins to 2 hours and 29 mins) and the continuing World Title Series, and of course the W2M Power Rankings as well (2 hours and 29 mins to the END.)
We will be back with a W2M Extra early on Monday morning reviewing the New Japan Power Struggle 2015 show, which is also the final big event before the December World Tag League and then Wrestle Kingdom 10 will be on the horizon.
Wrestling 2 the MAX is the “Every Wrestling Fan” Pro-Wrestling podcast because it covers everything from WWE, NXT, TNA Impact, and ROH to other global entities like Lucha Underground and New Japan Pro Wrestling. This show is informative, fun, and meant for every kind of pro-wrestling fan out there. Wrestling 2 the MAX airs live on early Friday mornings at 1AM EST (on Spreaker.com) and then is available immediately after airing on-demand via I-Tunes, Stitcher, LAST WORD RADIO on I-Tunes and Stitcher, Tune-In Radio, Youtube (Via W2M Network) the PodBean App, The Spreaker App, Player FM, VOC Nation Radio Network, Bluburry, Downcast, and other podcast hosting locations. W2M also has a Facebook group you can join and listeners can follow them on twitter @wrestling2max
Sean Garmer: studied Journalism at the University of North Texas. Sean loves pro-wrestling so much that he even trained to be a wrestler at the age of 17. Though he eventually had to quit wrestling to go to college, he still returned to do play-by-play commentary, help write storylines, and most of all, to watch matches. Sean started his love of pro-wrestling at the age of five after watching a Hulk Hogan match. Due to his family hating sports-entertainment, there were many years he missed. However, he returned full-time to being a fan in the late 1990’s. Since then, Sean has gone on to write for various wrestling websites in a number of capacities, but he discovered his true passion, Podcasting, two years ago when he and Gary started the Wrestling 2 the MAX Podcast.
Gary Vaughan: is a native North Texan with a Bachelor’s degree from the University of North Texas. His time in college actually rekindled his love of pro wrestling he had lost somewhere along the way. Gary’s enjoyment of the sport began around 1996. As a fan, he has become a student of the wrestling business and gains knowledge through many platforms. WCW is dear to his heart because of it being his introduction to the scene. Now, Gary is a proud podcast host, as well as a writer for wrestling columns.
Paul Leazar: is a recent college graduate from the University of North Texas with an immense amount of time on his hands because nobody wants to hire the idiot with the History degree. He was born an’ raised in the great state of Texas, and began his love affair with pro wrestling at the tender age of five after watching WWF’s Summerslam 1993 pay-per-view. The relationship turned serious with the growth of independent wrestling and the internet in the early 2000’s, which has seen the love affair turn into a full blown addiction that led him to write about it sporadically for various websites, and co-host the Wrestling 2 The Max podcast
