THE GIRLS ARE BACK IN TOWN and boy are we giggly. We do a quick rundown of Full Gear with SPECIAL attention paid to the Mox/OC match where those men hmm made art. Then it’s over to the most WONDERFUL time of the year—Connie Szn!!! Your hosts discuss the contestants, the matches, and most important, the promos. Plus: Mina walked into her thing with Mariah with eyes wide open, Swerve’s got those winter blues, and Kyle’s gone normiecore. Did you miss us? We missed YOU! 0:00 Chit Chat TIme 12:24 Ful...
Dec 01, 2024•1 hr 44 min
Tunnel Talk’s Super Special November Vacation continues but we have another pre-recorded bonus episode to tide you over before we return next week — this time it’s a classic Tunnel Talk dating game! We take two randomly selected wrestlers and have to send them on a date. Who asked who? Where do they go? HOW does it go? You'll have to listen to find out! MISS YOU, LOVE YOU, BYE! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/tunnel-talk/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/bran...
Nov 24, 2024•48 min•Ep. 186
The girls are still on their big November Break but we pre-recorded just a little something to throw on up here. This week, the girls sit down and talk romcoms--the rules of the genre, our top fives, and the wrestlers that should star in them. MISS YOU ALL, SEE YOU ON THE OTHER SIDE! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/tunnel-talk/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Nov 10, 2024•1 hr 6 min
It's our last episode before our November break and boy do we have senioritis. After a long chitchat time about Unitarians for some reason, we get down TO it. AEW presented FRIGHT NIGHT this week, and it was truly a theatre of the absurd. We cover Mark Davis's big return in his "running to 7-Eleven" fit, OC's promo on how children don't understand true grief, baby lion cubs Private Party finally proving they're big predators who can DEFINITELY take down the Bucks. Plus Darby descends from the ra...
Nov 03, 2024•1 hr 42 min
Chuck Taylor got dead-wife murdered this week, and thank you so much for your thoughts and prayers in these exhilarating times. So yeah, this week’s episode goes long! We talk through exactly how it happened in loving detail, and really get into the best-friend-destroyed-hero’s-journey of it all. Were they roommates? Yeah! Are we horny about it? You bet your sweet bippy! Some people didn’t enjoy this week in AEW, but for us, it gave us everything we could ever need: Kyle Fletcher shaving his hea...
Oct 27, 2024•1 hr 58 min•Ep. 183
It’s our post-Wrestledream episode and AEW is UNDER attack from hooligans in a pickup truck! We discuss the MULTIPLE patricides that took place this week, and the moms who just watched it happen. Plus Adam Cole came back and tried to sell us a story about evil being good sometimes, Ricochet became our biological son with one simple mispronounciation, and we give out the inaugural Best Behaved Boy award to our beloved new homeowner Dustin “Nice Suit” Chuck Taylor. (00:00) Chitchat Time (8:58) Wre...
Oct 20, 2024•1 hr 41 min
Surprise! The pod’s out early because otherwise we’d have another lame duck podcast situation on our hands. Listen to our takes quick, before WrestleDream makes them all obsolete! We discuss the Moxley vs. Danielson feud and what parts of himself Bryan Danielson may not be comfortable with, plus Darby’s manic-guy-on-bus energy and the difference between a good promo and an entertaining promo. Also Danny Garcia isn’t leaving! The women’s division might be backsliding! And you won’t predict who we...
Oct 12, 2024•1 hr 47 min•Ep. 181
The AEW/WBD deal has been signed and your girls are breaking down all the details--the equity stakes, the YOY implications and more. Join us for a rousing fiscal analysis conversation as we--lmao, can you even imagine? What a goof. No, we talked about the normal stuff, like whether Claudio is tailoring his shirts for better boob contouring. We know our niche! (00:00) Chit Chat time (9:38) BCC (27:32) Darby (35:35) Hangman/Jay White (44:21) The Elite (55:53) MxM Collection (1:03:46) MVP/Shelton B...
Oct 06, 2024•1 hr 35 min
Big announcement: Tunnel Talk has merch now at chopped-tees.com! Go pick some up quick! Here ! This week we delivered what I would call a "normal" episode. We graciously allow the ROHheads to have their fun with Nigel/Danielson, we talk through Mox and Darby, we celebrate the Young Bucks and their good match and their mind-blowing sartorial choices. Mariah and Mina are giving us the lesbian drama we so crave, and don't worry, we definitely somehow got distracted talking about James FitzJames and...
Sep 29, 2024•1 hr 36 min•Ep. 179
It's the fourth installment of our From the Reviews series! If you give us a 5* review on any platform and shoot us a message with a request, we'll watch whatever match you ask and record ourselves watching it! In this episode we watched: (00:00) Intro (01:58) Go Shiozaki vs Katsuhiko Nakajima (requested by @Manu_Niite on twitter) (36:31) Jamie Hayter vs Roxxy (requested by Chris Gannon) (59:27) Nick Gage vs. Matt Cardona (requested by Eric Sunderman) (1:36:13) Shibata vs Akiyama (requested by @...
Sep 25, 2024•2 hr 2 min•Ep. 178
Every Sunday, Tunnel Talk triumphantly publishes an episode we’re proud of and worked hard on. This week, we decided to do something a little different. This episode is not good. The girls incoherently discussed the developments in the BCC, tried valiantly to make any sense at all while covering Mariah and Mina, absolutely misremembered half of the Elite storylines, and I think somehow lurched through vague thoughts on Ricochet, Hangman, and OC. Look, we’re allowed to have bad weeks. Just skip t...
Sep 22, 2024•1 hr 33 min•Ep. 177
The girls were exhausted this week but brought a real Friday night party energy to the pod, where we could NOT stop from circling back on our billionaire vanity project, a wrestling promotion that shows only at our very special and VERY popular gas station. So that’s fun. We also talk through what makes for a sexy storyline (and it’s NOT copying what other people are doing) as we review the highs and lows of All Out. Swerve and Hangman were soooooo violent and sooooo sexy, Mox was sooooo violent...
Sep 15, 2024•1 hr 48 min•Ep. 176
The girls are back together and JUST in time as Hangman burns down Swerve’s house in the most romantic way we’ve ever seen. Not to be outdone, Mox shows up and sexually rewires little Jack Perry, and we overheated about it. Plus MJF’s turkey hair was NOT worth his money, Okada’s Continental Congress better yield some fun results, Matt Jackson took down his lovely hair for us, and we’re starting a wrestling company that airs only on gas station pumps. Enjoy! (00:00) Intro (13:41) Swerve/Hangman (...
Sep 06, 2024•1 hr 39 min
Anne is out this week, and we had our bestie James Boyd help us tackle the electric events of last weekend’s All In and this week’s abrupt lurch towards All Out. Our cold, drizzly, British summer has given way to the SEXIEST autumn imaginable as Swerve finishes up his feud with Danielson and immediately admits to sitting outside Hangman’s house for hours just to get a glimpse. Who’s doing it like them? Plus Mox is home from his long voyage on the seas ransacking royal navy ships, Ricochet goes h...
Sep 01, 2024•2 hr 5 min
It’s a punchy one this week as the girls discuss the run up to All In! What a strange and inadequate build most of these matches have had. We get into what worked and what didn’t with MJF and Ospreay, and big ditto for Bryan Danielson and Swerve. Heel patriotism, MJF? During the summer of the Olympics and the newly revitalized DNC?!? Bad timing, brother. And otherwise, what don’t we talk about? The Hangman interview, a BTE obituary, a wrestling game where you lose health points as you try to con...
Aug 25, 2024•1 hr 33 min•Ep. 172
It was an enjoyable week of wrestling and BOY, does that go a long way when it comes to our tolerance for nonsense! Which Bryan Danielson is still mostly providing on the main event scene, but we felt more charitable towards it this week and hey: he tried. (Sort of.) But Swerve is doing the work all by himself, and you know what else we got to see? Mercedes and Shida, opening Dynamite! Mariah May cutting a promo that’s an all-timer! The Young Bucks, wrestling! Finally, some treats for girls!! (0...
Aug 18, 2024•1 hr 27 min•Ep. 171
The girls are feeling AWFULLY targeted by the booking decisions on AEW this week, so we take a speed run through most of it, pausing to discuss how Swerve is carrying the entire upper card on his back, Toni’s making break up graphics to spam her tumblr with, Orange Cassidy is acting OUT, and Sweetie boy Kyle is trying his very best to understand Ospreay’s new code of ethics. After that, we play a game called, “Hey Tony, booking tag teams isn’t THAT hard!” (00:00) Chitchat time (7:24) Swerve Dani...
Aug 11, 2024•1 hr 27 min
This week in AEW, Bryan "Rafiki from Lion King" Danielson was in the moment and preaching the gospel of stability and emotional balance. Disgusting. Your girls breakdown that promo and also compare the success of Swerve's response! Then we turn our attention to two gladiators who have never fought each other for us before: Darby and Hangman. We are at our leisure to see that again. Plus Mariah elaborates on her motivations, Kyle Fletcher defends his big brother with all the fire in his sweetiebo...
Aug 04, 2024•1 hr 36 min
Wrestling is in a summer slump, but this week we had BLOOD N GUTS, BABY, and it reinvigorated us! The girls spend waaaaay too much of the podcast talking through that match and the related stories, because we deserve it! We also discuss a frankly inexplicable promo where Jeff Jarrett (??) tries to inspire (???) Bryan Danielson, why Swerve vs. Danielson isn’t working, and how we’re going to off ourselves if they make us watch Bucks vs. FTR AGAIN at Wembley. But the women’s division is doing great...
Jul 28, 2024•1 hr 33 min•Ep. 167
We’re back!!! Refreshed, rejuvenated, with our feelings now much smaller fish in their beautiful pond. And we tackled a week that — well, it could’ve been better, but it certainly could’ve been worse. Danielson is going to fight Swerve in the electric atmosphere of Wembley Stadium, and maybe someday they’ll start building that match. Meanwhile, the Blood n Guts build hasn’t been that compelling but at least we got to see Nick Jackson’s beautiful boobs — on twitter, not TV, because TV was busy sp...
Jul 21, 2024•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 166
It's a big juicy PPV episode and we had a LOT to talk about. There was an epidemic of male tenderness sweeping AEW as rivals cradled each other post match and uhhhh yeah, your local freaks were into it! You know what else we were into? Mina and Toni settled their issues with a threeway kiss! And Hangman came back and was the meanest maddest heel ever before sexually menacing Matt Jackson! And Britt came back and her abs were incredible! And OC did some sexual exploration with Zack Sabre Jr.! Is ...
Jul 07, 2024•1 hr 40 min•Ep. 165
The Forbidden Door is wide open, and all our favorite boys from the camp across the lake are paddling on over! The girls discuss the arrivals of Zack Sabre Jr, Tanahashi, Ishii, Gabe Kidd and more guys we definitely recognize! Plus the Owen wildcard is making everyone loco in their brains, Toni, Mariah and Mina are making *us* loco in OUR brains, Mark Briscoe is making Kyle O'Reilly loco in HIS brain, and MJF is real mad not to be the prettiest boy at the party anymore. Hey, just tell us. Is thi...
Jun 30, 2024•1 hr 23 min
It was a fun week in AEW and we hit the highlights, from the Young Bucks actually wrestling to Christian Cage’s Father’s Day tribute! Swerve and Ospreay did sexy sexy kissing pose, and so did Orange Cassidy and Zack Sabre, Jr, so that’s right, boys, kissing’s back on the menu! The girls have of course had it covered the whole time, and Mariah, Mina and Toni brought even more weird psychosexual stew to the table with a big contract signing this week. Join us as we discuss that and so much more! W...
Jun 23, 2024•1 hr 24 min•Ep. 163
Your girls are doing a lite run through this week--we NEEDED a little summer treat! After a brief discussion of the Orange Cassidy/Kyle O'Reilly/Don Callis Family Universe, we skip on over to check in on mommy's little Elite and the ELECTRIC energy between Swerve and Will Ospreay. We say "I'll have what they're having!" Once we're done being complete perverts, it's over to our very special summer themed dating game, which somehow didn't end up very summery OR date-y but hey, that's how it goes s...
Jun 16, 2024•1 hr 27 min•Ep. 162
It's our fourth installment of our From the Reviews series! If you give us a 5* review on any platform and shoot us a message with a request, we'll watch whatever match you ask and record ourselves watching it! In this episode we watched: 3:20 Mystery Wrestling 5 (requested by @cfettback on twitter) 24:06 Chiitan & Pokotan Vs Andreza Giant Panda & Super Sasadango Machine (requested by @kingofthenorth on Twitter) 47:08 Kenny vs Ibushi 2008 (requested by Charles) 1:06:30 Kenny vs Ospreay (...
Jun 11, 2024•1 hr 59 min
This week we get to talk about all our favorite things: the Elite having a storyline! The Best Friends having a storyline! Mariah, Toni and Mina having a love triangle! Plus we get to clarify some stuff about Having a Special Guy, as well as really get into OUR very special guy, Chuck Taylor, FINALLY giving us more information on his injury. Do we sound crazy talking about it? Of course we do, he's our special little guy! Plus, if Taz and Tony Schiavone don't work out what's going on with them a...
Jun 09, 2024•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 161
It's our post-Double or Nothing episode (Deeble or Neeble for the real ones) and the girls once again bravely break away from the wrestling podcasting herd and say things like "It was a fun show," "Enjoyed watching that match." Please don't cancel us, folks! We discuss: our aborted love affair with The Brood, the absolute insanity of Anarchy in the Arena, the joy of finally getting to see Mercedes wrestle, and the searing agony we felt watching Orange Cassidy writhe in the ring, Completely Alone...
Jun 02, 2024•1 hr 51 min•Ep. 160
It’s ice cold shower season and maybe that’s why your girls showed up in such a good mood this week, but we had LOTS to talk about. Trent and OC continue their psychological torture of us and each other, and we have a live-on-the-air realization that Dustin Chuck Taylor may have been the first wrestler we saw go out on his back! Team AEW is not doing their best work but our beautiful Elite are doing great storytelling, as are Swerve and Christian, and shockingly, even Malakai Black decided to be...
May 26, 2024•1 hr 40 min•Ep. 159
Your girls are having a wild one this week and their grasp on the “facts” is way looser than normal. They discuss: Claudio and his grudge against Eddie, The Elite and the futility of expecting us to root against them, the newest development in the Mina/Mariah/Toni storyline, and whether Jericho University is fully accredited. Don’t bother us, we’re busy interpreting! 00:00 Chit Chat Time 6:48 BCC 16:44 Elite 41:18 Mercedes and Willow 47:12 Swerve 55:41 Mina/Toni/Mariah 1:00:02 Cope 1:15:24 Jeric...
May 19, 2024•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 158
Your bravest girls bear up under another week that’s trying to keep them down! Mommy’s very best elite are doing their finest work and we vote to LEAVE them in charge forever. Plus, we try to get to the bottom of what’s going on in the Toni/Mariah/Mina triangle and we’re starting to suspect lesbionic activity. Also we try frantically to become medical professionals in the wake of Chuck Taylor’s diagnosis which has mixed results. What’s making us happy? Not this! 00:00 Chit Chat Time 09:38 Team E...
May 12, 2024•1 hr 26 min•Ep. 157
