The Go Home Show Wrestling Podcast

Danny and John Arpino
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One friend knows a lot of wrestling, one friend knows a good amount. Lets share our opinion like it matters.

  1. Jun 22

    The New Look Bloodline Is Official and John Arpino Ends Up on Monday Night Raw | Raw Graded

    Danny and John Arpino recap a Raw that opened with one of the better bloodline segments in recent memory, closed with Oba Femi destroying the entire Judgment Day bracket theory they had been building for weeks, and had a brief detour where John Arpino's face ended up on Monday Night Raw in Baltimore because of Dan Housen and the New York Knicks winning the NBA championship. This week on The Go-Home Show: Roman opens the show with the new look bloodline lined up in the ring and gives everyone their flowers one by one including a genuinely touching moment for Jimmy that Danny points out has been overlooked for years before getting to Jacob who steals the mic to say he only acknowledges one person and that person is the OTC, Roman then delivers a promo about how the bloodline has always been here going back to the Wild Samoans and Rikishi and the Usos and will still be here when Jacob's kids and Roman's kids eventually become tag team champions, a fan at ringside gets too comfortable with Jacob's Ulafala on the way out and gets ripped out of the crowd and tossed in the ring before Roman comes to the apron and says no Jacob and then immediately says actually yeah Jacob go ahead in a moment that had both of them losing it, Eric Andre takes two splashes and earns every dollar he made tonight, Chad Gable beats Rusev in a fun big versus small match with a 2.9 kickout that had the crowd erupting and Danny makes the case that he needs a new theme and a new Titan Tron immediately, Io Sky beats Raquel Rodriguez in a clean Queen of the Ring semifinal that had a really good top rope finish, Braun Breaker shows up mid-match during Javon Evans versus Austin Theory to destroy Javon in midair on the OG cutter attempt and end the match by disqualification, the guys discover their entire King of the Ring bracket prediction is wrong after Oba squashes Dom and JD in about four minutes without Brock Lesnar showing up, Danny and John spend the closing segment figuring out that Oba is probably winning King of the Ring for a SummerSlam title shot with Jay Uso potentially being pointed toward the WWE title on SmackDown, and John gets to tell the story of his face ending up in the Dan Housen Knicks championship package on Raw because he cursed just two seconds before the cleanest part of the clip. Final grades: C plus and B minus. The Go-Home Show drops every week breaking down WWE Raw and SmackDown with honest takes, real grades, and zero filter. Subscribe so you never miss an episode. 00:00 - Welcome Back and Setting the Scene00:33 - The New Look Bloodline Opens Raw02:01 - Roman Gives Everyone Their Flowers03:43 - Jacob Steals the Mic and Acknowledges Only Roman04:49 - Eric Andre Gets Ripped Out of the Crowd06:00 - Roman Reigns Then and Now06:48 - Io Sky vs Raquel Rodriguez Queen of the Ring08:45 - Liv and Danhausen Backstage09:46 - Jalen Brunson Under the Sheet Theory10:28 - Chad Gable vs Rusev12:07 - Chad Gable Needs New Music and a New Titan Tron12:16 - LA Knight and the Usos Rehash14:24 - Jacob Fatu Calls Jay and Jimmy Ass Again15:34 - Roxanne vs Charlotte Flair17:01 - Javon Evans and Logan Paul Segment17:24 - Braun Breaker Destroys Javon Mid Air18:14 - John Arpino Ends Up on Monday Night Raw21:22 - Austin Theory and the Vision Discussion23:13 - Oba Femi vs Dom Mysterio25:00 - Roman Whispers to Jacob Backstage26:03 - King of the Ring Bracket Is Completely Wrong27:53 - Jay Uso for the WWE Title Theory29:46 - Final Grades and Knicks Championship Celebration

  2. Jun 11

    Chad Gable Saves Rey Mysterio's Mask and Javon Evans Shocks Everyone to Win King of the Ring | Raw Graded

    Danny and John Arpino come back from a fun Raw in Paris that delivered a great main event nobody called, a Penta versus Rey Mysterio match that meant something to both of them, and a Chad Gable moment that had the whole building on their feet at just the right time. This week on The Go-Home Show: Oba Femi opens the show strutting into the ring with a little extra bounce in his step and tells Dom that Rey Mysterio may be his father but next week Oba Femi is going to introduce him to his daddy, JD McDonagh hits Oba with a chair from behind and gets that chair punched directly into his own oversized skull for his trouble, Seth Rollins cuts a quick backstage promo telling Paris he is on his way to Roman Reigns, Liv Morgan wins the Queen of the Ring fatal four way on her birthday with a cheap roll up on Chelsea Green that protects Chelsea while still getting the result, Jacob Fatu spends a backstage segment pacing behind Jay and Jimmy like a caged animal before walking away instead of doing their bidding then later comes back to tell them to their faces that they are both ass and walks off, Chad Gable continues his apology tour with Penta backstage before the segment where Ray Phoenix tells him his apology needs to go back further than El Grande Americano all the way to what he did to Otis and Maxine in Alpha Academy, Penta versus Rey Mysterio gets a proper rematch from their Lucha Underground days in a genuinely meaningful IC title match that both of them treated like it was the biggest match of their lives, Rusev and Ethan Page attack after the match and pull off Rey's mask which brings out Chad Gable to his old American Alpha theme music for the save and a huge pop that had both Danny and Team Money with chills, Lyra Valkyria defends against Sol Ruka in a title match that had some awkward chemistry in spots but Sol retains, and the main event fatal four way sees Seth Rollins almost win before Austin Theory pulls the ref out, Braun spears Seth, Ricky Starks tries to steal it, and Javon Evans cuts both of them off with the OG cutter to advance to the King of the Ring semifinals in a result neither of them saw coming for even a second. Final grades: C plus and B plus. The Go-Home Show drops every week breaking down WWE Raw and SmackDown with honest takes, real grades, and zero filter. Subscribe so you never miss an episode.

  3. Jun 9

    Cody Rhodes Is Better Chasing a Belt Than Holding One and SmackDown Proves It Every Week | SmackDown Graded

    Danny and John Arpino sit down for a SmackDown that aired from Bologna, Italy and delivered almost nothing worth remembering except Chad Gable getting a massive pop, Solo cutting one of his best promos in months, and a closing conversation that finally said out loud what has been sitting under the surface for weeks about Cody Rhodes as champion. This week on The Go-Home Show: Gunther opens the show furious about losing clean to Cody at Clash in Italy and demanding justice while the guys point out that this is now the third time WWE has run the exact same story of Gunther screwed me slash Drew screwed me slash Kevin Owens screwed me with Cody as the golden boy who apparently cannot be beaten, Gunther then goes backstage to tell Nick Aldis he is going to sue him and his son into oblivion which does not suit the ring general character at all, Sammy Zayn's music hits at the worst possible time and he dives into Gunther only for Cody to accidentally take him out with a suicide dive and then tell him it was not for him, Chad Gable walks up to a massive pop in a backstage segment and then later finds Rey Phoenix to apologize for the El Grande gimmick in a quiet moment that tied everything up beautifully and sets up what the guys hope will be a very serious Kurt Angle level Chad Gable going forward, Solo cuts a genuinely compelling promo to Royce Keys about a war coming between the bloodlines and why Royce needs to pick a side which was one of the only segments on the show that actually moved anything forward, Raquel Rodriguez goes over in the Queen of the Ring fatal four way in an upset that neither of them called, Dom wins the King of the Ring fatal four way with shenanigans from JD and Liv to set up Oba versus Dom which the guys immediately agree can only end with Brock Lesnar interference, Braun Breaker showed up looking extremely pale without his spray tan guy apparently making the Italy trip, Trick Williams hypes himself up in a Kathy Kelly segment that marks one of the only times anyone mentioned what King of the Ring actually means and why it matters, and the closing rant lands on the same place every week which is that Cody Rhodes is one of the best chasers in the history of the business and one of the least compelling champions they have had in years and SmackDown will keep struggling until that belt is on someone else. Final grades: C minus and D. The Go-Home Show drops every week breaking down WWE SmackDown and Raw with honest takes, real grades, and zero filter. Subscribe so you never miss an episode.

  4. Jun 4

    The Bloodline is NWO 2000 and that's NOT GOOD

    Danny, John Arpino, and Mikey the Professor reconvene for the first Raw back from Italy and spend the better part of an hour debating whether Jacob Fatu acknowledging Roman Reigns through gritted teeth is exciting television or just more of the same bloodline story that has now officially been running longer than WCW ran the NWO. This week on The Go-Home Show: Roman opens Raw in Italy to a crowd going absolutely apeshit for him and spends ten minutes basking before calling out Jacob Fatu who acknowledges Roman and falls in line through what can only be described as the angriest thank you in wrestling history, the guys immediately clock that the bloodline has now been running longer than the NWO and Danny starts making the NWO 2000 comparison that nobody can fully argue against, the King of the Ring fatal four way opens the in-ring action with Penta, Solo, Oba, and Carmelo Hayes where Oba gets jumped mid-entrance, knocks everyone down before finishing his entrance music, then gets taken out during a commercial break via a step spot that nobody fully buys given what they just watched, Solo takes the pin and proves himself to be an underrated seller in the process, Oba cuts a post-match promo telling Brock that seven F5s still left him standing and winning, Rey Mysterio and Dragon Lee beat Rusev and Ethan Page in a fun tag match with Rey moving at a pace that has both Danny and the Professor genuinely confused about how a man his age is still doing this, the Io Sky versus Lash Legend versus Roxanne Perez versus Julia Hart Queen of the Ring match goes fast and physical with the guys noting that Julia getting a hometown pop in Italy elevated the whole thing, Braun Breaker and Seth Rollins put on their best match yet in a main event that had phones down and included a mid-spear pedigree spot through a table before Paul Heyman takes a bump that the guys spend two full minutes describing with love, and WWE runs the entire El Grande Americano mask match from AAA in its entirety directly after the Raw broadcast in what Danny calls one of the only times in thirty years the company has done something like that for a match they did not produce. Final grades: B plus and A. The Go-Home Show drops every week breaking down WWE Raw and SmackDown with honest takes, real grades, and zero filter. Subscribe so you never miss an episode.

  5. Jun 2

    AAA Absolutely Outshined Clash in Italy (Review)

    Danny and John Arpino come back from a weekend of wrestling with two completely different reactions. Clash in Italy was fine. The El Grande Americano versus El Grande mask match on AAA was cinema, and they cannot stop talking about it. This week on The Go-Home Show: Cody Rhodes and Gunther open Clash in Italy with a technically sound match that met every expectation without exceeding a single one, the finish sees Gunther get his leg underneath the bottom rope to avoid a clean loss which immediately follows the same foot on the rope spot from the Rhea versus Jade match making it back to back finishes with the same device, Rhea retains over Jade in a match that had a cool electric chair spot and a slick counter sequence that B-Fab slightly botched forcing Jade to save it herself, Oba Femi kicks out of four F5s and takes six or seven total before Brock finally puts him away to go one and one heading into what is now obviously a rubber match at SummerSlam, Sol Ruka beats Becky Lynch to get the biggest rub of her young career and the guys debate whether it is too soon before landing on the fact that if you are going to rocket anyone who has come up lately it should be her, Roman Reigns retains over Jacob Fatu in a Tribal Combat match that goes everywhere including a spear through a full section of barricade that took out actual security guards, a Superman punch midair, and a toolbox crushing Jacob's hand to explain why the Tongan Death Grip could not be fully applied, the guys vent about WWE playing it at maximum safety with nothing moving forward and the Bloodline story becoming NWO 2000, and then the entire second half of the episode is devoted to the El Grande Americano mask match which Danny watched at two in the morning calling Bull James with live play by play, describing Chad Gable as a national hero in Mexico, comparing the moment to Punk's Chicago return, and declaring it one of the greatest mask versus mask matches in wrestling history at 27th all time on Cagematch with grown men crying in a packed arena when the mask came off and they baby face cheered the guy who had been the villain the entire time. Final grades: C minus and C plus for Clash in Italy. S tier for AAA. The Go-Home Show drops every week breaking down WWE Raw and SmackDown with honest takes, real grades, and zero filter. Subscribe so you never miss an episode.

  6. May 27

    Jacob Fatu and Roman Reigns Go Forehead to Forehead and Two Fantastic Matches | Raw Graded

    Danny is back at the desk with John Arpino for a Raw that delivered two genuinely great matches, a contract signing that managed to be intimate and tense without anyone throwing a single punch, and a Logan Paul injury update that has the Vision down to one functioning member. This week on The Go-Home Show: Paul Heyman opens the show with a Brock Lesnar cinematic promo where Brock essentially says he took the worst beating of his life and retired, then decided Oba needs to know if he can take one too, Oba comes out and pins Heyman in the corner to let him know that last time he was trying to beat Brock and this time he is trying to kill him, Penta versus Javon Evans opens the in-ring action with a high paced banger that had Danny telling his wife he could watch an hour of this before a no-sell in the final sequence gave it a slight AEW tinge that John could not let go, Logan Paul tore his tricep at Saturday Night Main Event leaving Austin Theory as the sole functioning Vision member with Bronson Reed apparently close to returning, Seth Rollins and Montez Ford have a backstage confrontation that sets up a match later in the night and Danny makes the case that Montez has everything you want in a main event star and someone needs to pull the trigger, Seth versus Montez delivers a classic stiff wrestling match with a callback spot to their wives' WrestleMania match built into the finish, Rey Mysterio wins a number one contender match over Rusev to set up a run with Penta for the IC title while Ethan Page kills it on commentary the entire time, Jacob Fatu arrives for the contract signing and immediately throws the table and chairs before Roman comes out and the two go forehead to forehead in a quiet intense moment with Jacob staring straight through him and Roman's eyes closed, and the guys close with a debate on whether the crowd is getting tired of Cody as champion and a preview of what Clash in Italy is shaping up to be. Final grades: B minus and B. The Go-Home Show drops every week breaking down WWE Raw and SmackDown with honest takes, real grades, and zero filter. Subscribe so you never miss an episode. 3:19 PMClaude responded: Danny is back at the desk with John Arpino for a Raw that delivered two genuinely great matches, a contract signing that managed to be intimate and tense witho…

  7. May 25

    SmackDown Is a Waste of Time, Sammy Zayn Still Lost Even With Gunther at Ringside | SmackDown Graded

    Danny is back from California and within about four minutes of recapping SmackDown he and John Arpino have already agreed that this show is some of the worst television either of them has watched in a long time. Raw is good. SmackDown right now is a problem. This week on The Go-Home Show: Rhea opens the show to give Jade her rematch at Clash in Italy which is the first time the rematch clause has applied to anyone in weeks, Tala Tonga versus Nakamura goes better than any Tala singles match so far in WWE with Shinsuke carrying a lot of it but Tala finally working his size, Solo distracts to cost Shinsuke the match and Tama stops Solo from interfering only to attack Shinsuke himself anyway in a swerve that gets them nowhere, Tiffany Stratton's open challenge brings out Lash Legend instead of Blake Monroe and the match stinks while Tiffany's entrance runs through an entire commercial break with her just standing in the ring waiting, Chelsea Green shows up to help Tiffany win and then immediately gets destroyed by Nia Jax for it, Trick Williams cuts a promo that has them both quoting Booker T and then he and Carmelo Hayes put on the match of the night in front of a crowd that is not nearly as into it as they should be with Ricky Starks showing up out of nowhere mid match while the commentators figure it out by looking at the screen, Cody beats Sammy in a throwaway match and then Gunther comes out and puts him in a headlock to close the show while Sammy just watches and leaves, the guys go off on the AI generated graphics for Clash in Italy and plead with WWE to stop using it, Danny delivers a full rant about constructive criticism and why giving honest feedback about a product you care about is not the same as being a hater, and they close with Saturday Night Main Event predictions including a heated vision versus Street Profits debate that has been going since the last episode. Final grades: D plus and C minus. The Go-Home Show drops every week breaking down WWE SmackDown and Raw with honest takes, real grades, and zero filter. Subscribe so you never miss an episode.

  8. May 22

    Jacob Fatu Calls Tribal Combat and Brock Lesnar Comes Back From the Dead | Raw Graded

    John Arpino and Mikey the Professor are back for a Raw that gave them two genuinely big moments, a stacked Clash in Italy card to break down, and one retirement that lasted exactly four weeks before a bag apparently changed somebody's mind. This week on The Go-Home Show: Roman pulls up to the building in a Jeep Wagoneer without his title, tells Adam Pearce that Jacob never acknowledged him after Backlash which was contractually required, and demands he gets fired or gives Roman what he is owed, Jacob comes out like a missile and immediately runs train on the entire Uso family before getting jumped, chair shotted, hit with two Superman punches, two double superkicks, a spear from Roman and a spear from Jay, and a 3D, and still manages to grab a microphone from the canvas and call Tribal Combat for the rematch, Finn Balor and JD McDonagh have now been carrying Raw since the Monday after WrestleMania and put on another banger that the guys compare to early AJ Styles versus Christopher Daniels, Becky Lynch and Sol Ruka have a promo battle in the ring and the guys debate whether throwing Sol into a mic battle with the best talker on the roster this early is trial by fire or just unnecessary risk, the El Grande Americanos trios match goes hard enough that neither of them can remember who won, Brock Lesnar's lights go out during Oba's open challenge and Brock comes out from retirement four weeks after laying his boots and gloves down at WrestleMania and destroys Oba with an F5, Paul Heyman tells Adam Pearce that Brock is still retired but pulls out a contract that says he will be showing up in Italy, and the guys spend the closing segment breaking down what is now a genuinely loaded Clash in Italy card featuring Roman versus Jacob in Tribal Combat, Cody versus Gunther, Braun versus Oba, and possibly Brock versus someone before predicting Gunther walks out of Italy as WWE Champion and Brock gets one last massive payday at SummerSlam. Final grades: C plus and B minus. The Go-Home Show drops every week breaking down WWE Raw and SmackDown with honest takes, real grades, and zero filter. Subscribe so you never miss an episode. 4:35 PMClaude responded: John Arpino and Mikey the Professor are back for a Raw that gave them two genuinely big moments, a stacked Clash in Italy card to break down, and one retiremen…

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