If you love this show and would like to support it, go to Maximumfun.org/join to become a Max Fun Member for as little as $5 a month! You’ll help keep the show going and earn special bonus gifts, including special bonus episodes of Tights and Fights. You’ve seen him make coffee in his underwear, have a grand ol’ time in wrestling rings and pick twitter fights with Randy Orton. And now, FINALLY, RJ City has come back to Tights and Fights! We’ve got plenty of things to talk about. Sure we’ll gab a...
Aug 01, 2020•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 218
If you love this show and would like to support it, go to Maximumfun.org/join to become a Max Fun Member for as little as $5 a month! You’ll help keep the show going and earn special bonus gifts, including special bonus episodes of Tights and Fights. Booyaka Booyaka! Six One Eye! What a disgusting show Extreme Rules was, right? But it wasn’t without its strong matches. We were incredibly interested in everything going on with Sasha vs. Asuka. A lot of people weren’t on board with the finish, but...
Jul 25, 2020•56 min•Ep. 217
If you love this show and would like to support it for as little as $5 AND earn great bonus gifts, go to maximumfun.org/join to become a Max Fun Member! It helps keep this show and other on the network going strong. Wrangle up some Alligators and stow all weapons before boarding, we’re talking all about the film Money Plane ! Adam “Edge” Copeland and Kelsey Grammer star in this heist movie that features a lot of blood, a lot of swearing and one surprising small money plane. Hal, Danielle and Lin...
Jul 18, 2020•59 min•Ep. 216
Hal, Danielle and Lindsey back to answer questions from YOU! What are our favorite what-ifs from wrestling? What will it mean when Vince McMahon retires or dies? How could we possibly begin to rate Dalton Castle’s cats? Plus, we’ll go off on tangents as only we can, reminiscing about embarrassing family memories, our favorite wrestling in other media and much much more. The Three Count Danielle put over one specific line from Money Plane. Lindsey put over the 8-man tag from Fyter Fest. . Hal put...
Jul 11, 2020•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 215
It's the unusual tag-team of Lindsey and producer Julian Burrell! In honor of our national holiday of Hamilton streaming on Disney+, we're focused on both of Wednesday night's shows. First we'll get into AEW's Fyter Fest. In addition to being a bit of a dated joke, it's also a solid show! There were plenty of great promos and tag matches that we'll pick apart. And while we love seeing Kenny and Adam defend the titles, is Kenny suffering because of this partnership? We'll take a look. Then we'll ...
Jul 04, 2020•53 min•Ep. 214
Unfortunately, this week necessitates another look at Problematic Wrestling Corner. The biggest part of that is the #SpeakingOut campaign that’s outed a number of people’s awful actions in the business, including one person who’s appeared on this show multiple times. We’ll reflect accordingly. Plus, we’ll look into which company will decide to take Tessa Blanchard despite her litany of accusations now that she’s been let go from Impact Wrestling and we’ll appropriately rage at WWE failing to pro...
Jun 27, 2020•49 min•Ep. 213
Hal and Lindsey are here on this seminal episode of Tights and Fights! We’ll reminisce just for a bit, but then we’ll get back to what we love: Talking about wrestling! We had what will go down as a match that was called The Greatest Wrestling Match EVER, with Randy Orton as the victor and Edge injured. Where do we go from here? And why lead into it with a circus song? Plus Cody Rhodes is on quite the hot streak lately! We anticipate that his growing success and detachment from his allies has hi...
Jun 20, 2020•50 min•Ep. 212
Hal, Danielle and Lindsey are back to discuss NXT TakeOver in your House! It was a show that was full of an angry Finn Balor, a new champion, jumping off the house AND the return of our beloved hero Todd Pettengill! But was this Sunday the swansong for our beloved Velveteen Dream on NXT? We’ll discuss if the Backlot Brawl was a proper farewell. In other news, Sasha Banks has a new championship! She’s one half of the women’s tag champions with Bayley. But why does this seem to underscore some of ...
Jun 13, 2020•48 min•Ep. 211
Hal, Danielle and Lindsey are back, but wow what a trying week it’s been. The protests over the murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor have affected people across the world. Wrestling is no exception. Dozens of prominent wrestlers have responded to the news in some remarkably encouraging ways that we’ll discuss. But we’ll also properly shame the few that spoke out in bad or questionable faith. Plus, we’ve gotta talk about some normal wrestling right? There’s been plenty of developments like ...
Jun 06, 2020•58 min•Ep. 210
Help us develop our advertisement strategy and earn a discount on the Max Fun store by going to maximumfun.org/adsurvey ! The charming twosome of Hal and Lindsey have joined forces! The biggest subject? AEW’s Double or Nothing PPV! Cody has a brand new and (temporarily?) hideous championship. Is it weird that the boss is the inaugural winner of the new strap? We’ll discuss. Plus, there were so many women’s matches from AEW this week! Is this a one time thing or can we expect things to be on the ...
May 30, 2020•58 min•Ep. 209
Help us develop our advertisement strategy and earn a discount on the Max Fun store by going to maximumfun.org/adsurvey ! Hal, Lindsey and Danielle have a whole lot of wrestling to talk about, especially concerning the women. We’re officially one week into the post-Becky era. You know how we can tell? Because WWE has broken the glass on the Charlotte Flair emergency supply and made sure she’s on every show of the week. Are we excited to see her moonsault her way through the red, yellow AND blue ...
May 23, 2020•53 min•Ep. 208
Money in the Bank! Mom in the making! WWE’s first post-Mania PPV was not the biggest news of the week thanks to Becky Lynch’s big announcement: She and Seth Rollins are having a baby! That had a number of repercussions across the company’s hierarchy. Most significantly, Asuka is now the RAW women’s champion! We’ll try to digest all of this news, including a Hall of Fame worthy promo from Shayna Baszler. Plus, do our eyes deceive us or does it look like AEW is set to give a ton of its best women ...
May 16, 2020•51 min•Ep. 207
We’ve got us a full house once again! Mike Eagle makes his triumphant return to join Hal, Danielle and Lindsey and he’s got a lot on his mind. First, he’ll tell us why these empty arena shows, regardless of the quality of the matches, are just not working for him. There’s almost a fundamental disconnect between him and the show when there’s not audience and he just can’t get past it. He’ll explain. Plus, we’ll go through some of the biggest things from wrestling from Sammy Guevara getting run do...
May 09, 2020•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 206
Hal and Danielle are joined by Simon Grimm (aka Simon Gotch). He’s perhaps best known for his time in WWE and NXT where he was one half of the Vaudvillains tag team with Aiden English. He’ll tell us all about what it’s been like to navigate the waters of COVID-19 as an independent wrestler who can’t wrestle right now. He’s also got thoughts on things like WWE and AEW’s empty arena shows, the evolution of the modern fans’ sensibilities and some of the most disgusting diseases that wrestlers are v...
May 02, 2020•50 min•Ep. 205
Hal, Danielle and Lindsey are joined by podcaster and AEW wrestler Colt Cabana . After years as an independent star, he’s now under contract for a major company. He’ll tell us why he decided to join the land of the Elite and how its impacted his dates with other companies. Plus, with AEW continuing to broadcast in front of empty arenas, Colt will tell us how that’s affected his mindset as a performer and why he may love working in the new setting. All of this plus which family member is desperat...
Apr 25, 2020•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 204
This was one of the bleakest weeks in wrestling history. WWE announced sweeping layoffs that affected tons of people behind the scenes, including locker room favorites and people that were involved in WrestleMania. It’s hard to even know where to begin but, like most of you are, we’re just really sad. We’ll be bummed for a bit and express hope that they’ll be set for greener pastures once the world returns to a friendlier space for international wrestling. As if that wasn’t enough we’ll also dis...
Apr 18, 2020•49 min•Ep. 203
The loneliest WrestleMania in history has officially wrapped up. It was a setting unlike any other in history, with a grand total of zero spectators and truly bizarre taped segments in the place of vignettes. How were the matches affected by the lack of an audience? Were the experimental bits of a show a hit? And which title changes were we in favor of and which did we disapprove? There’s a lot to get into, but luckily it’s not too big for one episode! Hosted by Hal Lublin , Danielle Radford and...
Apr 11, 2020•1 hr•Ep. 202
It’s the final week before WrestleMania! And despite everything, WWE has set up a match that we’re at least cautiously interested in. Without being able to use a live audience, they have leaned on in-ring and pre-taped promos to carry the weight of the build. How successful were they? We’ll discuss! Plus, we’ll still get into what AEW is up in the absence of their audience and a massive PPV to build to. That includes the great things like Brit Baker’s shoe… and the not so great things like antiq...
Apr 04, 2020•47 min•Ep. 201
Hal, Lindsey and Danielle are back together… remotely! But the hits just keep coming for WrestleMania. Roman Reigns has formally dropped out of his match against Goldberg for the Universal Title for the sake of his health. And he has reason to be concerned; a number of wrestlers have come down with symptoms, including the Miz. Despite, that it still seems like WrestleMania is going to happen in just over a week. We’ll discuss why that still seems like bad idea, plus all the other news from the w...
Mar 28, 2020•49 min•Ep. 200
Hal, Lindsey and Danielle are back together… in a manner of speaking. They’re hanging out remotely just like 90% of wrestlers in the world. This week we finally got to see what WWE is going to do about WrestleMania in the wake of safety concerns with COVID-19. The show will take place the first weekend of April as scheduled, with some major differences; It will take place in an empty Performance Center over the course of two days. While this is probably the best way to have a show on this scale ...
Mar 21, 2020•55 min•Ep. 199
Hal and Lindsey are joined by Dan Sinker from the " Says Who? " podcast to discuss one of those rare instances where the real world actually affected wrestling. COVID-19 has led to AEW and Smackdown scheduling empty arena live shows. And that’s gotta mean that WrestleMania is going to be postponed… right? But in the meantime, let’s talk about what may end up being the last normal week of wrestling for God knows how long… A week that included the Elimination Chamber PPV, Drew McIntyre squashing a...
Mar 14, 2020•56 min•Ep. 198
Hal and Lindsey discuss AEW’s Revolution PPV. The match that undoubtedly stole the show was Kenny Omega and Hangman Adam Page defending the titles vs. The Young Bucks. It exemplified the strong story-telling that Kenny and his cohorts are capable of. We’ll discuss why we love the match so much and why we can’t wait for what’s next. Plus, we’ve got a new AEW World Champion! Jon Moxley has reached the mountain top after beating Chris Jericho. And while we’re excited about him as champion, we’ll al...
Mar 07, 2020•53 min•Ep. 197
Danielle’s once again in the throes of some real-deal TV work and hasn’t had much time to watch wrestling. But, luckily we’ve got a Lindsey Kelk here to chat things up. That includes NXT, which is shaping up its road to WrestleMania and TakeOver nicely. Bianca Belair lost to Charlotte Flair. With a number one contendership ladder match coming up at TakeOver, will that be Bianca’s next opportunity to shine? Or is she destined to regularly edge close to glory without going all the way? Plus, it lo...
Feb 29, 2020•51 min•Ep. 196
Confession time: Danielle has had one helluva busy week with work beyond wrestling. But never fear, she still got to watch NXT TakeOver: Portland! Banger matches, character progression, story advancement… pretty standard fare for a TakeOver at this point, right? We’ll say where we see all of our favorites go from here as we prepare for the final stretch to WWE in Tampa. Unfortunately Danielle wasn’t able to see the rest of the wrestling from the week. Luckily Hal (and some interstitial comments ...
Feb 22, 2020•43 min•Ep. 195
The full group of wrassle friends is reunited! Hal, Danielle and Lindsey have tons of good wrestling to discuss after so long apart. Including Shayna Baszler taking a big bite out of Becky Lynch, AEW’s battle of the One-eyed Willies and new AEW women’s champion, Nyla Rose. But all that aside... we’ve also got to talk about the XFL! Which is apparently… good now? And are we witnessing the finale of Matt Hardy’s WWE career? We’ll salute the formerly woken warrior and explain why him taking up for ...
Feb 15, 2020•57 min•Ep. 194
Pod Dad Hal Lublin is finally back! And in the absence of Danielle and Lindsey, he’s hanging out with producer Julian Burrell to discuss his retrospective thoughts on all the wrestling he’s missed. That starts with the Royal Rumble and the two winners of the titular matches. Lindsey and Danielle really and enjoyed the Rumble, a sentiment Hal and Julian share… if a little less enthusiastically. But where they completely differ is their assessment of the men’s Rumble. They’ll explain why they thou...
Feb 08, 2020•56 min•Ep. 193
It’s the first WWE Big 4 Weekend of the year! First Lindsey and Danielle break down NXT TakeOver: Worlds Collide. There were plenty of great matches, but the event did highlight a problem WWE has with the presentation of foreign wrestlers. For instance: Do we really need the faux fascist imagery of Imperium to sell their dominance? Then it’s time for a deep dive into the Royal Rumble. For the third year, it was highlighted by a men’s and women’s iteration of the event, each won by Charlotte Flai...
Feb 01, 2020•49 min•Ep. 192
Danielle and Lindsey are ready to breakdown the final shows before WWE’s Royal Rumble show! No matter how we’re feeling about the current WWE product, the Rumble always seems to draw back the audience at large. Why? Because it’s the formal start of WrestleMania season and consequential stories in WWE! But there are also stories in AEW to take note of. But things seem to be going awry in the house that Tony Khan built, at least from the storytelling perspective. We’ll explain why we’re feeling un...
Jan 25, 2020•55 min•Ep. 191
This week, Danielle and Lindsey are joined by Darnell Mitchell . He’s one of the heads behind the Brooklyn-based wrestling promotion Uncanny Attraction . Like any respectable wrestling organization, Uncanny Attraction will be in Tampa Bay on WrestleMania week (April 2nd at 11PM). He’s also ready to announce the show’s main event: Effy vs. AEW’s Sunny Kiss! Tickets are going to be available soon! Darnell will tell us all about what it was like to go from a fan to a professional in the industry, w...
Jan 18, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 190
Buy the new Tights and Fights shirt at maxfunstore.com ! This week, Hal and Lindsey are joined by James Durbin. He’s a known singer, actor and American Idol participant who’s also a HUGE wrestling fan. But a major blindspot in his fandom has been New Japan Pro Wrestling’s Wrestle Kingdom 14. For the first time ever, this event was split into two days of extremely long cards. There thankfully was no noticeable drop in match quality across both shows, but it cannot be understated: This is a LOT of...
Jan 11, 2020•57 min•Ep. 189
