Turnbuckle Talk Wrestling

Alexander the Great and Aiden Haystack
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Turnbuckle Talk Wrestling is the ultimate podcast for pro wrestling nerds! Whether you're a die-hard fan or just getting into the world of professional wrestling, we've got you covered! TTW is built on opinion, philosophy, and honesty — not recaps. Each episode breaks down WWE through what’s actually working, what isn’t, and why it matters, with a focus on long-term direction, momentum, and fan trust. Tune in on Apple, Spotify, or Amazon Music for the latest episodes. Follow us on X and TikTok for episode updates and reactions. Join our Discord community where we do live PLE watch alongs and live chat with the TTW community! TTW Discord 🤓discord.gg/6aueu3fdju

  1. 1d ago

    SAMI’S JUSTICE

    Sami Zayn promised justice in Mexico City — and by the end of SmackDown, CM Punk was no longer WWE Champion. But the bigger story might be what Sami’s win just did to the entire main event scene. After years of complaining that nothing important happens on weekly television, WWE just changed its biggest championship on a Friday night — and suddenly Punk, Kevin Owens, Finn Bálor, Gunther, Johnny Gargano, Randy Orton and Cody Rhodes are all part of a title picture where anything actually feels possible. 🤔 Isn’t this exactly what we’ve been asking for? ━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🏆 SAMI ZAYN SHOCKS CM PUNK Sami becomes a two-time WWE Champion, and Alexander and Haystack break down the match, the chaotic finish, and why having a beatable champion could be exactly what SmackDown’s main event scene needed. 🐍 RANDY ORTON WANTS WORLD TITLE #15 Orton makes his intentions clear: whoever leaves Mexico City with the championship has the Viper coming after them. 🔥 RICKY SAINTS FINALLY SHOWS OUT Even in defeat against Rey Fénix, Ricky Saints delivers his best showing since arriving in WWE — before showing a much different side of himself later in the night. 💥 DAMIAN PRIEST TURNS ON R-TRUTH After their shot at the AAA World Tag Team Championships falls short, Priest finally snaps and lays out his own partner. ━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎙️ Also on this episode: 👀 Gargano got next. Sami promised Johnny Gargano the first championship opportunity if he defeated Punk — and now that promise suddenly matters. 🇲🇽 Chelsea Green defends the WWE Women’s Championship against Nia Jax in front of a Mexico City crowd firmly behind the champion. ⚔️ Trick Williams’ celebration gets interrupted by Baron Corbin, while Finn Bálor and Gunther add even more tension to an already crowded championship picture. 📰 Plus, News & Rumors on Jordynne Grace and Ivy Nile potentially being paired together, Stephanie Vaquer’s first RAW appearance as Women’s World Champion, and reports that Ilja Dragunov could be headed to AEW. Explicit language. ━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🛡️ Sponsored by ZARC International Personal protection starts with being prepared before the moment comes when you actually need it. Check out the full VEXOR lineup on Amazon or at Zarc.com. Be Prepared. Protect Yourself. Carry VEXOR. ━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Turnbuckle Talk Wrestling WWE analysis, long-form discussion, wrestling philosophy, and the bigger stories behind what happens on screen. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Amazon Music. 𝕏 Follow Alexander the Great at @Froe87 🎵 Follow Alexander the Great on TikTok at @Alexander.the.Great.87 💬 Join the TTW Discord and keep the wrestling conversation going between episodes.

    SAMI’S JUSTICE

  2. 4d ago

    THE WOMEN TOOK OVER MONDAY NIGHT

    SNME Review, Bayley Returns & Vaquer vs. Morgan Steals RAW on Labor Day After a stretch of pre-taped WWE programming, RAW was finally live again — and the women’s division made the biggest statement of the night. Stephanie Vaquer and Liv Morgan finally got the time their WrestleMania 42 match never had, Bayley made her return with Lyra Valkyria directly in her sights, and Monday night suddenly gave us a lot more to talk about. 🤔 But before RAW, Sunday Night’s Main Event once again proved why its simple showcase formula continues to work. ━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📺 SNME’S SHOWCASE FORMULA WORKS On paper, Sunday Night’s Main Event didn’t necessarily look like a show that demanded your attention. Then the bell rang. Four matches, four different styles, and another reminder that sometimes WWE doesn’t need to overcomplicate things. Give talented wrestlers time, give the matches stakes, and let them deliver. ━━━━━━━━━━━━ 💼 BRON BREAKKER PUNCHES HIS MITB TICKET After a huge weekend for The Vision, Bron Breakker kept the momentum rolling by defeating Rey Mysterio and Ethan Page to qualify for Money in the Bank. And with Bron continuing to climb while The Vision becomes increasingly dangerous, WWE appears to be putting some serious weight behind his push. ━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🔥 BAYLEY RETURNS — AND THE WOMEN TAKE OVER RAW Bayley returned during the Women’s Money in the Bank qualifier and immediately went after Lyra Valkyria, while Sol Ruca took advantage and punched her own ticket to Money in the Bank. Then Stephanie Vaquer and Liv Morgan delivered the WrestleMania rematch we should have gotten the first time around. Given actual time to work, they delivered one of the strongest matches of Labor Day RAW — and another example of what this women’s division can do when WWE lets the wrestling breathe. ━━━━━━━━━━━━ 💥 OBA VS. THE ENTIRE DAMN VISION Bronson Reed’s return at SNME carried directly into RAW as The Vision continued to overwhelm Oba Femi. For the second night in a row, Oba found himself staring down the numbers game — and this time The Vision finally started looking like the dominant faction WWE has been telling us they are. ━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🔥 Also on this episode: Royce Keys and OTM torch The Bloodline’s vehicle and send a message that nobody is safe. Joe Hendry and JD McDonagh continue one of WWE’s strangest ongoing comedy stories. We break down the latest WWE News & Rumors, including the reported TKO contract restructuring, Johnny Gargano potentially receiving more television time, Jordynne Grace’s uncertain creative direction, and the latest on Bianca Belair. Plus, we preview SmackDown from Mexico City. ━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🛡️ Sponsored by ZARC International Personal protection starts with being prepared before the moment comes when you actually need it. Check out the full VEXOR lineup on Amazon or at Zarc.com. Be Prepared. Protect Yourself. Carry VEXOR. ━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Turnbuckle Talk Wrestling WWE analysis, long-form discussion, wrestling philosophy, and the bigger stories behind what happens on screen. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Amazon Music. 𝕏 Follow Alexander the Great at @Froe87 🎵 Follow Alexander the Great on TikTok at @Alexander.the.Great.87 💬 Join the TTW Discord and keep the wrestling conversation going between episodes.

    THE WOMEN TOOK OVER MONDAY NIGHT

  3. Aug 24

    BETRAYAL IN TORONTO

    Sami Zayn Finally Snaps as Kevin Owens Refuses to Cross the Line 🔥 BETRAYAL IN TORONTO. SAMI’S JUSTICE. Sami Zayn spent the entire night demanding justice after feeling like opportunity after opportunity had been taken away from him. By the end of SmackDown, he decided he was done waiting for anybody else to give it to him. 🤔 When does fighting for what you believe you deserve become an excuse to betray the people closest to you? ━━━━━━━━━━━━ 💔 Sami Zayn Snaps Sami’s frustration finally boiled over after Kevin Owens refused to cheat to become WWE Champion. Sami took that rejection personally — and Toronto watched him betray Kevin in a moment that completely changed his direction. 🏆 CM Punk vs. Kevin Owens CM Punk defended the Undisputed WWE Championship against Kevin Owens in Toronto, with Sami’s involvement ultimately becoming the biggest story coming out of the match. 🔥 Cody Rhodes & Randy Orton Face Off Cody Rhodes and Randy Orton went face-to-face in a heated confrontation as their issues continued to escalate. 👊 The MFTs Defend the Gold The MFTs put the WWE Tag Team Championships on the line against Damian Priest and R-Truth. ━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎙️ Also on this episode: 💥 Blake Monroe attacks Giulia before their match can even begin. 👊 Lash Legend vs. Tiffany Stratton, with Chelsea Green making the save. 🎭 Shinsuke Nakamura reveals KYOKI as his new partner. 🏆 Trick Williams, Baron Corbin, and Lil Yachty get pulled into a bizarre championship situation. ❤️ Tatum Paxley continues winning over Charlotte Flair. 🔮 And we look at everything WWE set up moving forward. ━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🛡️ Sponsored by ZARC International Personal protection starts with being prepared before the moment comes when you actually need it. Check out the full VEXOR lineup on Amazon or at Zarc.com. Be Prepared. Protect Yourself. Carry VEXOR. ━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Turnbuckle Talk Wrestling WWE analysis, long-form discussion, wrestling philosophy, and the bigger stories behind what happens on screen. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Amazon Music. 𝕏 Follow Alexander the Great at @Froe87 🎵 Follow Alexander the Great on TikTok at @Alexander.the.Great.87 💬 Join the TTW Discord and keep the wrestling conversation going between episodes.

    BETRAYAL IN TORONTO

  4. Aug 22

    THE SOLO KNIGHT RISES

    SOLO SIKOA & LA KNIGHT BECOME THE BIGGEST BABYFACES ON THE ROSTER. Solo Sikoa and LA Knight came out of the August 17 edition of Monday Night RAW as two of the biggest standouts on the entire show, and we break down why both men connected, where their stories appear to be heading, and what their momentum could mean going forward. 🤔 IS WWE FINALLY HEATING UP??? This week’s RAW had stronger character work, major storyline movement, and one of the best matches the show has delivered all year — but is WWE actually building momentum, or was this just one really strong night? ━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🔥 SOLO SIKOA & LA KNIGHT TAKE CENTER STAGE Solo Sikoa and LA Knight were two of the biggest babyfaces on RAW, and we get into why both men felt important, how their stories developed throughout the night, and where WWE could take them next. ⚡ REY VS. GABLE — RAW’S BEST MATCH OF THE YEAR? Rey Mysterio and Chad Gable delivered one of the biggest in-ring highlights of the night, and we discuss whether it belongs in the conversation for RAW’s best match of 2026. 💥 BREAKKER VS. OBA — WHO IS THE FUTURE? Bron Breakker and Oba Femi continue to represent two of WWE’s biggest potential future stars, and we get into who feels like the stronger long-term investment. 🐉 WWE FUMBLES ILJA DRAGUNOV Ilja Dragunov is gone from WWE after allowing his contract to expire, raising serious questions about how WWE handled one of its most respected in-ring performers. ━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎙️ Also on this episode: Haystack makes his TTW RAW debut. The biggest promos, backstage segments, finishes, and storyline developments from throughout the night. Who gained momentum — and who came out of RAW worse off. Our favorite and least favorite moments from the show. The latest WWE news and rumors. And plenty of uncensored TTW opinions along the way. ━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🛡️ Sponsored by ZARC International Personal protection starts with being prepared before the moment comes when you actually need it. Check out the full VEXOR lineup on Amazon or at Zarc.com. Be Prepared. Protect Yourself. Carry VEXOR. ━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Turnbuckle Talk Wrestling WWE analysis, long-form discussion, wrestling philosophy, and the bigger stories behind what happens on screen. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Amazon Music. 𝕏 Follow Alexander the Great at @Froe87 🎵 Follow Alexander the Great on TikTok at @Alexander.the.Great.87 💬 Join the TTW Discord and keep the wrestling conversation going between episodes.

    THE SOLO KNIGHT RISES

  5. Aug 18

    THE VIPER STRIKES IN BOSTON

    Co Host Aiden Haystack's first SmackDown!!! 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 Two new champions. Randy Orton loses his mind. And SmackDown somehow leaves some of its most interesting stories on the cutting-room floor. The August 14 edition of SmackDown from Boston gave us major title changes, a personal CM Punk/Kevin Owens confrontation, Chelsea Green fighting to hold onto her championship, and a chaotic ending that stopped Cody Rhodes vs. Sami Zayn before it could even begin. 🤔 But one of the biggest questions coming out of the show might be about what we didn’t see. WWE reportedly cut five backstage segments that would have advanced multiple stories across the roster — which raises a pretty simple question: if those stories matter, why aren’t they making television? ━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🏆 TWO NEW CHAMPIONS The MFTs captured the WWE Tag Team Championship, while Jacy Jayne defeated Tiffany Stratton to become the new Women’s United States Champion. 💔 CHELSEA GREEN FIGHTS TO REMAIN CHAMPION Chelsea makes an emotional plea to hold onto her championship as the uncertainty surrounding her injury continues. 🔥 PUNK & OWENS GET PERSONAL Ahead of their championship match in Toronto, CM Punk and Kevin Owens turn up the intensity with an increasingly personal confrontation. 🐍 RANDY ORTON ENDS THE NIGHT IN CHAOS Cody Rhodes vs. Sami Zayn never even gets started after Randy Orton attacks Cody and brings SmackDown to a chaotic close. ━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎙️ Also on this episode: GUNTHER takes on Matt Cardona. Baron Corbin defends the United States Championship against Carmelo Hayes. We break down the five reportedly cut backstage segments involving Giulia and Blake Monroe, The Miz and Kit Wilson, Ricky Saints and Fraxiom, Shinsuke Nakamura, Paige, and Nikki Bella. ━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🛡️ Sponsored by ZARC International Personal protection starts with being prepared before the moment comes when you actually need it. Check out the full VEXOR lineup on Amazon or at Zarc.com. Be Prepared. Protect Yourself. Carry VEXOR. ━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Turnbuckle Talk Wrestling WWE analysis, long-form discussion, wrestling philosophy, and the bigger stories behind what happens on screen. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Amazon Music. 𝕏 Follow Alexander the Great at @Froe87 💬 Join the TTW Discord and keep the wrestling conversation going between episodes.

    THE VIPER STRIKES IN BOSTON

  6. Aug 14

    The Worst Possible Time to Fall in Line

    Solo Sikoa Falls Back Into The Bloodline as Oba Femi & Bron Breakker Battle Over WWE’s Future 🔥 WWE RAW REVIEW Solo Sikoa finally found himself… and WWE immediately forced him back into The Bloodline. Jey Uso defeated Solo Sikoa in the main event, meaning Solo now has to report back to Roman Reigns. But after months of WWE struggling to find the right version of Solo, the crowd is finally connecting with him. 🤔 But here’s the question: Did WWE just find the character that could make Solo Sikoa a star… only to risk putting him back into the exact role he finally escaped? ━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎙️ SOLO SIKOA FALLS BACK INTO THE BLOODLINE Solo Sikoa and Jey Uso collide in a family battle with major consequences. Jey wins, Solo must fall in line, and now WWE has to prove they can keep this version of Solo alive while bringing him back into Roman Reigns’ orbit. 🎙️ OBa FEMI & BRON BREAKKER BATTLE OVER WWE’S FUTURE Paul Heyman continues playing the long game as Bron Breakker demands answers about Oba Femi. Two of WWE’s biggest future stars are beginning to circle each other, and the question is who will prove they truly represent WWE’s next era. 🎙️ THE WOMEN’S DIVISION CONTINUES TO BUILD Stephanie Vaquer and Becky Lynch stake their claims to the Women’s World Championship picture as WWE adds more star power to the division. ━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🔥 Also on this episode: Penta and Laredo Kid tear the house down to open Roman Reigns’ World Heavyweight Championship tournament. LA Knight gets a warning from Solo Sikoa. Danhausen brings his unique brand of chaos to RAW. Joe Hendry continues leaving fans wondering what WWE has planned. And RAW MVP, Final Thoughts, and the biggest takeaways heading into SmackDown. ━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🛡️ Sponsored by ZARC International Be prepared for the situations you hope never happen. Check out the full VEXOR lineup on Amazon or at Zarc.com. Be Prepared. Protect Yourself. Carry VEXOR. ━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Turnbuckle Talk Wrestling Your weekly source for WWE analysis, long-form discussion, wrestling philosophy, and the bigger stories behind what happens on screen. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Amazon Music. 𝕏 Follow Alexander the Great at @Froe87 — fro like afro, add the E. 💬 Join the TTW Discord and keep the wrestling conversation going between episodes.

    The Worst Possible Time to Fall in Line

  7. Aug 11

    THE STORIES HIT. WHERE WAS THE WRESTLING?

    🔥 SmackDown finally gave its biggest post-SummerSlam stories some real heat. CM Punk and Kevin Owens got personal. Cody Rhodes and Randy Orton finally found the fire that feud should’ve had at WrestleMania. And Chelsea Green’s first SmackDown as champion raised a much bigger question about how WWE presents its women’s world titles. 🤔 But here’s the contradiction: The stories worked. The wrestling we got mostly worked. And somehow SmackDown still gave us only three matches in two hours. ━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎙️ CM PUNK VS. KEVIN OWENS GETS PERSONAL Owens returns after 17 months of uncertainty, immediately confronts Punk, and turns their WWE Championship feud into something much more personal than a simple number-one contender story. 🎙️ CODY RHODES & RANDY ORTON FINALLY FIND THE FIRE Randy says something snapped inside him after losing to Cody at WrestleMania. Cody fires back with: “I don’t have to be the damn good guy anymore.” This already feels more personal than the WrestleMania version ever did. 👑 CHELSEA GREEN’S FIRST SMACKDOWN AS CHAMPION Five days after SummerSlam, Chelsea gets pinned in a tag match while WWE uses the result to advance the Women’s U.S. Championship picture. If Chelsea is your world champion — interim b******t or otherwise — present her like one. And now her fractured orbital bone makes an already complicated women’s title situation even messier. ━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🔥 Also on this episode: Baron Corbin and Trick Williams have a much better rematch than they did at SummerSlam. Carmelo Hayes steps into the U.S. Championship picture. Sami Zayn continues circling CM Punk and the WWE Championship. Shinsuke Nakamura says he won’t be fighting alone. And Alexa Bliss brings Tatum Paxley into the mix alongside Charlotte Flair — a direction that could be huge for Tatum’s main-roster future. ━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🛡️ Sponsored by ZARC International Be prepared for the situations you hope never happen. Check out the full VEXOR lineup on Amazon or at Zarc.com. Be Prepared. Protect Yourself. Carry Vexor. ━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Turnbuckle Talk Wrestling Your weekly source for WWE analysis, long-form discussion, wrestling philosophy, and the bigger stories behind what happens on screen. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Amazon Music. 𝕏 Follow Alexander the Great at @Froe87 — fro like afro, add the E, 87. 💬 Join the TTW Discord and keep the wrestling conversation going between episodes.

    THE STORIES HIT. WHERE WAS THE WRESTLING?

  8. Aug 8

    WHERE THE HELL WAS THIS?

    SummerSlam should never feel like the end of WWE’s stories—it should launch the next chapter. And after months of inconsistent weekly television, Monday Night RAW finally delivered a show that felt inspired, consequential, and genuinely interested in moving WWE forward. 🎙️ On this episode: ⚡ Oba Femi vs. Bron Breakker? — WWE wastes no time teasing a collision between two of its biggest young stars. 🔥 Women’s Division Reborn — After months of frustration, RAW gives the women’s division a massive shot in the arm and suddenly creates multiple stories worth caring about. ⛓️ Fatu Unleashed — Jacob Fatu reminds everyone exactly what makes him feel different when WWE simply lets him loose. 🔒 Women’s Title Held Hostage — Rhea Ripley has undergone surgery, so why the hell are we still pretending an interim Women’s World Championship makes more sense than vacating the actual title? 🎤 Triple H Says WWE Stars Must “Earn” Their Push — We discuss why that argument gets a lot more complicated when creative controls who gets television time, wins, stories, and opportunities in the first place. 🦅 Brock Lesnar Retires — Brock officially calls it a career after SummerSlam, while The Miz claims his post-match endorsement of Oba Femi wasn't even part of WWE's creative plans. 🇲🇽 Roman Reigns’ Next Challenger? — A new tournament will determine Roman’s World Heavyweight Championship challenger in Mexico City, 🔥 Was This the Best RAW of 2026? — Why this show finally felt like WWE understood that the RAW after SummerSlam should begin the next chapter instead of simply wrapping up the last one. 🎧 Sponsored by ZARC International. Check out the full VEXOR lineup on Amazon or at Zarc.com. Be Prepared. Protect Yourself. Carry VEXOR. 📱 Follow Alexander the Great on X: @Froe87

    WHERE THE HELL WAS THIS?
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Turnbuckle Talk Wrestling is the ultimate podcast for pro wrestling nerds! Whether you're a die-hard fan or just getting into the world of professional wrestling, we've got you covered! TTW is built on opinion, philosophy, and honesty — not recaps. Each episode breaks down WWE through what’s actually working, what isn’t, and why it matters, with a focus on long-term direction, momentum, and fan trust. Tune in on Apple, Spotify, or Amazon Music for the latest episodes. Follow us on X and TikTok for episode updates and reactions. Join our Discord community where we do live PLE watch alongs and live chat with the TTW community! TTW Discord 🤓discord.gg/6aueu3fdju

Information

  • Creator
    Alexander the Great and Aiden Haystack
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    78
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Show Website
    Turnbuckle Talk Wrestling