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Join Chad and Acefield Retro for the perfect wrestling show to recap the all of the wrestling news of the week, WRESTLING TONIGHT! This week debut our brand new PREVIEW format where we give you all you need to know about AEW x NJPW FORBIDDEN DOOR on LONG ISLAND, NY. We also talk about the record low rating for DYNAMITE & how we interpret it. We also break down all of the wrestling news in our quick hitter news segment including a lengthy conversation about the WYATT SICKS' debut and conceptualizing how it could be a success. As always, we preview the week ahead in the world of professional wrestling. If you need to know what is going on, we will keep you up to date every week with everything you need to know! WWE, AEW, TNA, NJPW, GCW, NWA, MLW, AAA Lucha, independent wrestling... if the fans are talking about it, we will be too!

It's Monday morning, and you know what that means! The week is just getting started here at The Tavern, and we are kicking it off with a brand new Turnbuckle Debate as The Two Bad Chads and Super Kick Man Thaddeus are joined by Tanner from Kicking Out Pod! We have three brand new debate topics where we ask who should make up the 5 man team to take on The Elite in AEW Blood & Guts; will the Wyatt Sicks6 live up to the hype; and is Toni Storm currently doing the best character work in women’s wrestling? It's going to be a fun week here at The Tavern, so to make sure you do not miss anything, go to theturnbuckletavern.com for all your Tavern needs!

In episode 26 ACEFIELD RETRO returns with MIKE BELCASTER to discuss two hearty episodes. We take on the NOV 4th & NOV 11th episodes of MONDAY NITRO. We are starting the build to WORLD WAR 3 1996 and we already have an idea of what the card will look like. Despite showing up at HALLOWEEN HAVOC, we have to wait another few weeks until RODDY PIPER arrives on NITRO. He will make an impact soon. For now, we have two nights of Nitro that are actually jam-packed with wrestling. We also get the reality of ever watching STING in the rafters. His face paint has evolved into something a bit more familiar. Stop me if this sounds familiar to you: we have a tournament starting to crown a Women's Championship. Further emphasis on Tony Khan's influence from the playbook of WCW Nitro. DEAN MALENKO defends his newly won CRUISERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP.... against SCOTTY RIGGS? In the 2nd episode of NITRO, we get another FACE OF FEAR main event. As we know, the WORLD WAR 3 concept is a three-ring, 60-man battle royal similar to the Royal Rumble but done in a chaotic fashion. Let's see how WCW approaches this build in an attempt to construct a viable opponent for HULK HOGAN. REY MYSTERIO has an encounter with CICLOPE it is cool to see him on our screens. We see RIC FLAIR with Dr. James Andrews which can only mean one thing, SURGERY. As per usual, we do some diving into MeltzerMania's newsletter as it happened in real-time to bring in CONTEXT and help us travel completely back to 1996 to get an idea of what this event meant to WCW's drive to overtake WWF in the MONDAY NIGHT WARS. What was the rating like? Is there more drama to unpack?  As always, tip your bartenders & learn from the past! 
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This episode originally aired on October 14, 2022 on our streaming platforms. We are releasing the back catalog for audio purposes! Enjoy!

Our weekly show is here breaking down all things TNA WRESTLING. J-Bone is sitting in for Colton with Acefield Retro! We dedicate the full episode to TALKING about all the news with the Prohibited Portal. Joe Hendry & Frankie Kazarian crashing the NXT Battle Royal & what we think is the future of this working relationship with WWE. The SLAMMIVERSARY main event is going to be a 6 WAY for the TNA CHAMPIONSHIP. Is that a good idea or bad? We also discuss the latest TNA PLE, AGAINST ALL ODDS, which happened this past weekend in CHICAGO. We are in CICERO STADIUM for the first piece of these weekend tapings. We also break down all of the TNA news of the week!

It's Thursday evening, and you know what that means! It is time to walk through those Tavern doors and order up a round of professional wrestling coverage from The Two Bad Chads! This week we talk AEW Dynamite and all the happenings of the week for AEW! We talk MJF and Rush's match to open Dynamite and MJF and Ospreay having a stare down; Christian Cage proclaims that he is Tony Khan's father now; Swerve and Ospreay talk Forbidden Door; we talk the possibility of Shane McMahon joining AEW; the Owen Hart Cup kicks off; a new Call The Hoch, and so much more! Make sure you go to theturnbuckletavern.com for all your Tavern needs!

The RAWDOWN boys discuss all of the news coming out of RAW and Smackdown and get you caught up on all of the news happening inside and outside the ropes in WWE. Everything is on the table. This is just the tip of the iceberg with all of the stories and news going on in the WWE. Let's talk about it and everything else in the WWE Universe! WWE RAW, WWE Smackdown, NXT... It's all there! Come get your best weekly fix for all things WWE on The RAWDOWN, right here at The Turnbuckle Tavern! PLEASE SUBSCRIBE, COMMENT, SHARE, & CLICK THE BELL! TELL A FRIEND ABOUT US! Go to theturnbuckletavern.com for all your Tavern needs!