Do you hear voices in your head?! They counsel you, they understand that it’s a brand new episode of the Tights and Fights podcast! This week is a super sized Main Event devoted to the recently returned Randy Orton. He’s been with the WWE for more than 20 years and, despite just recovering from double fusion back surgery, he insists that he has more left in the tank; he aims to wrestle for another decade. This show covers some of Randy Orton’s biggest events from the Randy News Network to his ti...
Dec 16, 2023•50 min•Ep. 391
People over there, what’s up?! It’s a brand new episode of the Tights and Fights podcast! Danielle is back and she can’t keep CM Punk’s name out of her mouth. She’ll speculate about how he fits in to WWE. Meanwhile, Lindsey laments that Seth Rollins has been allowed steam roll through all of our favorite baby faces, including his latest victim Jey Uso. Maybe that’s all in service of making him look as good as possible for a certain Pepsi drinker on the roster? The Main Event: R-Truth R-Truth is ...
Dec 09, 2023•48 min•Ep. 390
It’s time to share war stories on the latest episode of the Tights and Fights podcast! Hal and Lindsey discuss the women once again stealing the show in the women’s version of War Games. Risks were taken and even though it not clear if everyone was on equal footing in terms of their star power, there was still a lot to enjoy. There were also some matches that flew lower on the radar between the IC title bought, Santos Escobar vs. Dragon Lee and Rhea Ripley vs. Zoe Stark. The Main Event: R-Truth,...
Dec 02, 2023•57 min•Ep. 389
It’s our annual tradition: the team gathers around the table to discuss everything that they’re thankful for from the last year of wrestling. We’ll touch on everything from Rhea Ripley, the parade of international wrestling shows, Toni Storm finding herself and so much more. Plus, we’ll hear from listeners about what they’re thankful for and discuss what food we’re excited to dig into as the holiday season draws close. Hosted by Hal Lublin , Danielle Radford , Lindsey Kelk and Julian Burrell Pro...
Nov 23, 2023•45 min•Ep. 388
This episode originally aired in 2020 Now that Thanksgiving is upon us, the holiday season in the air! And that means all those Christmas and Winter solstice specials that you've been holding off on viewing since January are officially fair game. Hal, Danielle and Lindsey share some of their favorite modern and classic specials to enjoy. Then, we're joined by special wrestle friends RJ City, Colt Cabana, James Durbin and Emma Phipps to discuss their favorite specials as well. Hosted by Hal Lubli...
Nov 18, 2023•54 min
Hal Lublin is joined by producer Julian Burrell to talk about one of the most memorable failures that WWE ever attempted: The resurrection of the ECW brand and promotion. In 2006, a year after a successful ECW “One Night Stand” PPV, WWE decided to bring back Extreme Championship Wrestling as their third brand. First they wanted it to be a web exclusive show that Shane McMahon would be in charge of. But they eventually got Sci-Fi Network to buy in and settled on ECW, the weekly TV show. The Three...
Nov 11, 2023•40 min
Tag made! It’s a brand new episode of Tights and Fights ! Halloween has come and gone and while that means we got to have a lot of fun this week… it also means that wrestling got sent to the back burner for Lindsey. But never fear, Hal and Danielle will catch her up on some of the biggest news. Not the least of which is LA Knight and his path to Roman’s hit list and increasing his star power before the road to Mania. The Main Event: Tag Team Wrestling Tag team wrestling is one of the biggest par...
Nov 04, 2023•53 min•Ep. 387
It’s the spookiest time of year! But don’t be scared because we’ve brought on the owner and advocate of the Halloween season James A. Janisse ! He’s best known for “The Kill Count” series on his YouTube channel “Dead Meat.” We catch up on all the latest wrestling that he’s gotten a chance to see despite his busy schedule this month. That includes the character development of LA Knight and Drew McIntyre, Halloween Havoc on NXT, Jade Cargill being treated like royalty on WWE TV and so much more. T...
Oct 28, 2023•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 386
This week, we’re joined by Jonny Loquasto ! He’s got a new comedy special out on YouTube entitled “ Saudi Stepdad ” Jonny is a frequent commentator and on-camera interviewer for a number of combat sports and wrestling organizations– including NXT! He’ll tell us about what it was like being part of the WWE system, learning the science of voice work on commentary and what it was like rooming with LA Knight. Plus, we’ll talk more about the season premieres of RAW and Smackdown– trust us, they are i...
Oct 21, 2023•58 min•Ep. 385
Can you believe it?! Everyone’s back together, just in time to discuss a big honkin’ week of wrestling on a brand new episode of Tights and Fights ! This past week was WWE’s FastLane event. It was mostly an enjoyable time, but the team agrees that it was the “smallest” feeling PLE of the year from the company. They explain more. But never fear, even the smallest of PLE’s have at least a few things for us to get into: Is Seth Rollins still working as the World Heavyweight Champion? Or did we just...
Oct 14, 2023•51 min•Ep. 384
It was yet another crowded weekend of westling– the kind that can only be covered by Hal and Julian on a brand new episode of Tights and Fights! Across both NXT and AEW shows, championships were won, debuts were made and long awaited returns finally happened. And perhaps most significantly, NXT and AEW will be head-to-head once again next Tuesday. NXT has loaded up the deck with stars like John Cena, Paul Heyman, Becky Lynch and more. Does AEW actually need to make any changes or will they keep ...
Oct 07, 2023•57 min•Ep. 383
When it was confirmed that WWE was merging with UFC under the TKO banner, layoffs felt inevitable. Last week it was confirmed that several wrestlers and people behind the scenes were being let go. That included major names like Mustafa Ali, Matt Riddle, Dolph Ziggler and many more. Which names came as a surprise? And who do we expect to land in another company soon? In more exciting news: we’re getting ready for a big series of shows for the next couple of weeks: AEW WrestleDream! WWE FastLane! ...
Sep 30, 2023•48 min•Ep. 382
Lindsey Kelk returns from her brief COVID hiatus to join us on a brand new episode of Tights and Fights! We talked a lot about Bryan Danielson last week, but what’s one more conversation? Does Lindsey believe that he’s on his way out to build houses for the needy or will he always have one foot in the business despite himself? And when there’s a workers’ strike on the way, the wrestlers will play! The Rock and John Cena have decided to make time for the WWE now that their schedules have cleared ...
Sep 23, 2023•48 min•Ep. 381
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Sep 16, 2023•44 sec
If you want to hear another conversation with Janet Varney about wrestling, go to Maximumfun.org/join and become a MaxFun Member for as little as $5 a month. You’ll get to hear that and hundreds of other episodes from MaxFun shows as part of the Bonus Content feed! This week, we are joined by Janet Varney from the amazing MaxFun podcast The JV Club with Janet Varney. She’s not a longtime wrestling fan, but she did learn a lot about Bryan Danielson/Daniel Bryan for our conversation. Danielson ann...
Sep 16, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 380
Hal, Danielle and Lindsey are ready to discuss another week in wrestling news both within and outside the ring. CM Punk has been fired from AEW. He was inarguably the promotions biggest star and the favorite of Tony Khan. Now that he’s no longer All Elite, should we expect him to wrestle somewhere else soon? And now AEW can focus on the important task: getting their scripted stories to match the compelling drama of their behind the scenes antics. Plus: WWE’s latest Saturday show Payback! No Bloo...
Sep 09, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 379
Hal, Danielle and Lindsey are back– and just in time for the most attended wrestling show in history and all the fallout that came with it. All In was a big success from AEW according to most metrics. The stadium was full of fans ready to watch a series of well-received matches. It looks like Mercedes Mone’ is in the wings to make at least an appearance in AEW soon. What should we look forward to if the women’s division continues the pessimistic trajectory that it’s been on for years? And of cou...
Sep 02, 2023•59 min•Ep. 378
Danielle Radford and Hal Lublin are back after the Los Angeles Hurriquake to discuss a ton of wrestling! Have we seen the last of Edge? If so, does that mean the end of his career… or just the end of his time in WWE? No one seems to know– including Edge himself! Plus, Chad Gable just might be the one to take the Intercontinental Title off of Gunther– just in time for Gunther to move onto some World Championship aspirations. And speaking of the World Heavyweight title, it’s time for us to discuss...
Aug 26, 2023•45 min•Ep. 377
Lindsey Kelk and Julian Burrell join forces on a special episode of Tights and Fights ! Shinsuke Nakamura is next in line for a shot at Seth Rollins’ World Heavyweight Championship. But is there something about this feud that just feels like it’s not clicking as a prospect? Plus: The team shares thoughts on Jimmy’s explanation for attacking his brother Jey Uso, discovers what the “JD” in JD McDonnaugh stands for and hopes that we’ve just seen the beginning of an Indi Hartwell/Candice LeRae tag t...
Aug 19, 2023•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 376
SummerSlaaaaam and the livin’s EZ on a brand new episode of Tights and Fights! In one of the WWE’s longest PLE’s (industry term!) of the year, we had championships defended, briefcases abound and hugs exchanged. How weird is it to say that Ricochet had the best match of his WWE career with Logan Paul? And is Iyo Sky officially a made woman with the WWE Women’s Championship? And most importantly: Did anyone from Star Wars actually care about those medals or did they just want Chewbacca not to hav...
Aug 12, 2023•1 hr•Ep. 375
Hal, Danielle and Lindsey are finally back together on a brand new episode of Tights and Fights! As if it were meant to be, there was massive news right before the episode began: Federal law enforcement executed a search warrant on Vince McMahon just last month. Between this and his back surgery it hopefully means he’ll stay away from wrestling for a bit. But we’ve also got a lot of other big shows to talk about: The Great American Bash! All In! And of course the biggest party of the Summer… The...
Aug 05, 2023•54 min•Ep. 374
This episode was originally published in 2019 This week, we’re happy to revisit one of our favorite episodes with John Walsh , the man behind the popular YouTube channel Super EyePatch Wolf . In addition to discussing anime and videogames, John has made several videos about wrestling, which makes him the perfect guest for us. Hear as Danielle, Lindsey and John recount such amazing news from 2019 like: AEW announcing that Dynamite will air on TNT. The Undisputed Era teasing their first breakup. T...
Jul 29, 2023•50 min•Ep. 373
Dream the impossible dream of Vince no longer having any control of wrestling on a brand new episode of Tights and Fights . One year ago today the old man announced his retirement from WWE. It was a shocking day that had an immediate impact on the quality of WWE’s TV shows, ticket sales, employee morale and fan enthusiasm. And then Vince came back and helped sell the company. Even though we’re not filled the joy that we had in the few months following Vince fully leaving, we can’t help but feel ...
Jul 22, 2023•49 min•Ep. 372
This interview was recorded on June 28th, prior to the announcement of the SAG strike. We’re happy to welcome Alexander Ludwig onto the latest episode of the Tights and Fights podcast! He plays Ace Spade for the Starz show “Heels.” It’s the story of two brothers working to gain national attention in a small Georgia wrestling promotion amid drama inside and outside the ring. Alexander tells us about learning to play a wrestler, leaning on the advice of his friends like Edge and Dwayne Johnson, un...
Jul 14, 2023•42 min•Ep. 371
This week, our old pal Mat Ricardo joins us to discuss all things Money in the Bank on a brand new episode of Tights and Fights ! Mat not only saw Saturday’s show like we all did… He was in the O2 Arena! And he even got to go backstage! He’ll tell us all about who was the most over, who got booed out of the building, whether anyone expected John Cena to make his appearance and so much more. The Main Event: The Bloodline Civil War Roman Reigns faced his cousins in a tag team match with Solo as hi...
Jul 08, 2023•41 min•Ep. 370
This episode was originally published in 2018. Jamie Loftus ! She’s a comedian and the author of the book Raw Dog: The Naked Truth About Hot Dogs . You can hear such amazing thoughts from wrestling in 2018 including: -WWE introducing Evolution, pretending to solve a problem that they propagated. -Roman Reigns earning yet another title match against Brock Lesnar -Miz using a fake baby to get the jump on Daniel Bryan And so much more! Ring Tones He’s been known as The Giant, The World’s Largest At...
Jul 01, 2023•49 min
This week Lindsey Kelk is joined by producer Julian Burrell on a brand new episode of Tights and Fights ! It’s been a week of litany of returns: CM Punk! Logan Paul! Tommaso Ciampa! We discuss what we want from these men as they begin new seasons of their careers. Now that we’re a few weeks in the return of WWE’s World Heavyweight Championship, we explain why Seth’s reign has been a little scattered so far and what we would do to get it back on track (hint: purple Nikes!). The Main Event: Jimmy ...
Jun 24, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 369
Wrestling in the Summer is in full swing on a brand new episode of Tights and Fights ! We’ve got a bunch of brand new belts to appreciate, even though one of them looks like it has mustard smeared on it. With the O2 Arena and Money in the Bank on the horizon we have to ask some important questions: Will Butch finally be allowed to be named Pete Dunne? Will Cody get a special Union flag made for the PPV? Maybe he could even bring a bulldog out with him! And the best part about Cody in England is ...
Jun 17, 2023•49 min•Ep. 368
We have shirts available! Buy our original Tights and Fights logo shirt on Topatoco for the sale price of $14. And buy our brand new WrestleMania shirt to celebrate Ice Cream Christmas all year long. This week, we’re joined by Julia Schifin i. She hosts podcasts like “Spirits” and “Join the Party” and is a lifelong wrestling fan– so much so that she eventually decided to actually get formal training as a wrestler! She’ll tell us about what it was like getting training from MJF in a Long Island w...
Jun 10, 2023•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 367
We have shirts available! Buy our original Tights and Fights logo shirt on Topatoco for the sale price of $14. And buy our brand new WrestleMania shirt to celebrate Ice Cream Christmas all year long. Danielle and Lindsey are ready to have a grand ol’ time recapping a crowded weekend of wrestling for the Tights and Fights podcast! It was a rough series of shows or the culture: Bianca Belair, Jade Cargill and Cody Rhoes lost their respective matches. But on the bright side: Asuka looked absolutely...
Jun 03, 2023•57 min•Ep. 366
