This week on W2M, we discuss the leading candidates to be the WWE Royal Rumble Winner, who could realistically win, who could be some dark horses, and who’s definitely not winning as well. Is Triple H vs. Roman Reigns the right main event for Wrestlemania 32, We also continue with what seems to be a never ending story of Shinsuke Nakamura. Could he appear at Wrestlemania 32? Will he fit well into the WWE system? And is it good or bad that New Japan stripped him of the IWGP Intercontinental Title. Does it hurt Kenny Omega that they didn’t let him get the win on Nakamura?
Of course, we start things by discussing the wrestling news in “Quick Hits,” Rocky Romero and Bad Luck Fale re-sign with NJPW, Paige injured, Sister Abigail possibly being real, Sunny selling her Hall of Fame ring, Vince not liking Tyler Breeze, Sting in the WWE Hall of Fame and a whole lot more.
We move on to answer our questions about WWE RAW, Sean also interweaves his thoughts about this week’s WWE SmackDown in there too. Since NXT finally returned this week, we get to talk about that as well.
Then we finish out with a look at this week’s ROH TV, we discuss Impact on POP TV, and our W2M Power Rankings (yes, we are actually ranking them this year.)
(8:54-24:35) Discuss Shinsuke Nakamura being stripped of the IWGP IC Belt, coming to WWE, and Bad Luck Fale and Rocky Romero re-signing with NJPW.
(24:35-59:20) The rest of the wrestling news
(59:20-1:31:30) WWE RAW, (1:31:30-1:43:35) Royal Rumble Winners, Surprises, and WM 32
(1:43:35-2:08:00) WWE NXT, (2:08:00-2:16:00) ROH, (2:16:00-2:31:45) TNA Impact Wrestling
Superstar of the Week (2:31:45-End)
Our Question of the Week: Who wins the WWE Royal Rumble? (Only choose one person)
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Wrestling 2 the MAX: WWE Royal Rumble Winner, Shinsuke Nakamura and the IWGP IC Title, & More
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.
