The Ringer Wrestling Show

The Ringer

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Wrestling
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‘The Ringer Wrestling Show’ brings you instant reactions to the biggest matches, breakdowns of the hottest feuds, and analysis of all the latest gossip in the wild world of professional wrestling. Join "The Masked Man" David Shoemaker, Kazeem Famuyide, and Ben Cruz for a podcast feed that redefines what it means to be a wrestling fan.

2h ago

Oba Femi Controversy? Plus, a Keith Lee Update

COLD OPEN QUESTION OF THE WEEK: Of any combination, living or dead, who would your dream wrestling announce team be? David and Kaz kick off the show by discussing the controversy in which Oba Femi pushed Bronson Reed's foot off of himself this week on ‘RAW’ (13:46), then pose the question: Is Oba Femi getting too big a head (22:27)? The guys continue by giving their reactions to the social media post Keith Lee made this week, and wonder whether he has joined what seems to be a cult (25:15). Next, David and Kaz discuss Anya Rune finally hitting the Hadouken on ‘Evolve’ after being released by WWE a few weeks ago (30:27). After that, the guys give their takes on whether the New Level is not being serious enough in AEW (37:17), before Kaz asks David whether he thinks we'll see El Generico on ‘SmackDown’ in Mexico City tonight (39:44). David and Kaz move on to talk of how Damian Priest might perform if he made a run in AAA (44:21), followed by a quick preview of this weekend’s Triplemania shows (52:11). The show wraps up with David sharing his thoughts on Nick Khan’s appearance on ‘Get Up’ this morning (56:49). Don’t forget to subscribe to our YouTube channel! Hosts: David Shoemaker and Kazeem Famuyide Producers: Bruce Baldwin and Ben Cruz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
3d ago

946 Blows Up the Bloodline’s SUV! Plus, ‘Sunday Night’s Main Event’!

COLD OPEN QUESTION OF THE WEEK: In honor of The Butcher, if you had to have your wrestling name be “The” and a job, what would you pick? David and Kaz kick off the show by discussing the unfortunate passing of “The Butcher” Andy Williams (3:36), and “Superstar” Bill Dundee (7:37). After that, the guys set their sights on this past weekend’s ‘Sunday Night’s Main Event’ (10:05), starting off with Lil Yachty surviving five minutes with Baron Corbin, leading to Trick Williams regaining the WWE United States Championship (11:49). The show continues with David and Kaz giving their thoughts on Liv Morgan retaining the Women’s World Championship over Stephanie Vaquer by DQ (20:46), before giving their takes on Oba Femi being laid out in his old stomping grounds in Alabama (27:30). Next, the guys discuss Bayley’s return to WWE TV on ‘Raw’ (33:13), followed by their analysis of the Joe Hendry–JD McDonagh Funko Pop segment (38:52). David then asks Kaz how close Joe Hendry is to early main-roster LA Knight (45:54), before Kaz gives his takes on 946 blowing up the Bloodline’s SUV to end ‘Raw’ (53:20). The show wraps up with the guys quickly discussing the WWE Evolve cuts from last week (1:01:40), predictions for the Money in the Bank qualifiers (1:03:34), and some quick thoughts on a story Kyle Fletcher told about one of his tattoos (1:06:49). Don’t forget to subscribe to our YouTube channel! Hosts: David Shoemaker and Kazeem Famuyide Producers: Bruce Baldwin and Ben Cruz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sep 4

Previewing 'Sunday Night’s Main Event.' Plus, Phil Schneider!

COLD OPEN QUESTION OF THE WEEK: Which one of the mainstream world champions would you pick to start a wrestling company around? David and Kaz kick off the show by discussing Will Ospreay vs. Jon Moxley being announced as AEW All Out’s main event (08:41), as well as Cope and Cage defending the AEW Tag Team Championships against FTR and the Young Bucks in a match with chairs, ladders, and tables (18:08). The guys continue by discussing the New Level and Swerve making their first defense of the AEW Trios Championships (21:59), before moving on to Mercedes Moné’s championship celebration (29:05). David and Kaz move their attention over to this weekend’s ‘Sunday Night’s Main Event’ (30:52), including what they think about Quavo’s announced performance at the show (31:07). The guys continue by giving their predictions for Lil’ Yachty’s wrestling debut against Baron Corbin (35:49); Charlotte Flair, Alexa Bliss, and Tatum Paxley’s match against Jade Cargill and the Baddies (41:30); Oba Femi vs. Bron Breakker (45:22), and Cody Rhodes vs Randy Orton (53:09). The show ends with friend of the show Phil Schneider stopping by to talk about the upcoming ACTION/PRODUCE DEAN~!!! Sunday School show on Sunday, September 13th at the White Eagle Hall in Newark, New Jersey (1:08:58). Phil talks about putting the show together, booking Low-Ki vs. Karl Malenko (1:16:03), his favorite match at All In (1:24:15), and more! Don’t forget to subscribe to our YouTube channel! Hosts: David Shoemaker and Kazeem Famuyide Guest: Phil Schneider Producers: Bruce Baldwin and Ben Cruz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Aug 31

The Best AEW Show of All Time? Reviewing AEW All In!

COLD OPEN QUESTION OF THE WEEK: Which bump would you rather take: Darby Allin’s scaffold dive, or his flip onto chairs? David and Kaz kick off the show by discussing whether AEW All In had the best final two matches for a major wrestling show in history (03:59). The guys continue by talking about Will Ospreay’s win over Kenny Omega for the AEW World Championship (06:15), which might have been the best AEW match ever (10:16), and whether this is the last big-time Kenny Omega match (23:37). David and Kaz move on to give their thoughts on Mercedes Moné’s win over Willow Nightingale for the AEW Women’s World Championship (26:07), before making a quick detour to give a free agency update about Bayley (36:49). The guys continue by discussing Swerve and the debuting New Level winning the AEW Trios Championship in Roulette Royale (40:00), and Kazuchika Okada’s International Championship win over Kyle Fletcher and Konosuke Takeshita (59:36). Next, David and Kaz move on to the Casino Battle Royal that saw Andrade become the no. 1 contender for the AEW World Championship (1:02:49), before asking who Will Ospreay will face at All Out in Chicago next month (1:06:05). After that, the guys give their takes on Darby Allin’s win over Kevin Knight for the TNT Championship (1:12:24), followed by their thoughts on Cope and Cage retaining the AEW Tag Team Championships over the Young Bucks (1:15:37). David and Kaz continue by discussing Jon Moxley’s win over Nigel McGuiness in the Continental Challenge Cup final (1:19:36) and the Brawling Birds’s AEW Women’s Tag Team Championship win over Divine Dominion (1:26:17). The show wraps up with an All In food and drink report, and the guys' quick takes on NXT Heatwave and AAA Ola de Calor (1:28:18) Hosts: David Shoemaker and Kazeem Famuyide Producers: Bruce Baldwin and Ben Cruz Nintendo: Power up your play with Nintendo Switch 2. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Aug 28

A Wembley Win for Ospreay? Previewing All In!

COLD OPEN QUESTION OF THE WEEK: Who would you rather face in a dark alley: Royce Keys and OTM, or the Bloodline? On today’s show, David is joined by producer Bruce Baldwin to dive into everything AEW All In. David and Bruce start by discussing the AEW Championship match between Kenny Omega and Will Ospreay (3:48), giving their thoughts on the build, the match itself, and what they may have done differently. After that, the guys dive into the Casino Gauntlet match (25:12), predicting both who will win and what surprise entrants may show up. Following that, David asks Bruce whether Zack Sabre Jr. or Ilja Dragunov would be a bigger deal in AEW (30:36), before pivoting to talk about Swerve Strickland’s win over Jack Perry on ‘Dynamite’ (35:04). Next, David takes a quick detour to discuss an update to the WWE–ESPN report from earlier in the week (41:56), followed by David and Bruce giving their predictions for the AEW Women’s World Championship match between Mercedes Moné and Willow Nightingale (45:57). The show continues with David and Bruce discussing their thoughts and predictions on Divine Dominion vs the Brawling Birds for the AEW Women’s Tag Team Championship (56:05), Jon Moxley vs. Nigel McGuinness in the Continental Cup finals (1:00:21), and the newly announced Roulette Royale for the AEW Trios Championship (1:07:45). The show rounds out with the guys giving their predictions for the AEW Tag Team Title match between Cope and Cage and the Young Bucks (1:23:32), the TNT title match between “The Jet” Kevin Knight and Darby Allin (1:25:10), and the International title match between Kyle Fletcher, Kazuchika Okada, and Konosuke Takeshita (1:28:43), before ending with some quick discussion about AAA Ola de Calor and NXT Heatwave (1:33:02). Don’t forget to subscribe to our YouTube channel! Hosts: David Shoemaker and Bruce Baldwin Producers: Bruce Baldwin and Ben Cruz Nintendo: Power up your play with Nintendo Switch 2. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Aug 26

Royce Keys Enters the 'Raw' Main Event Scene! Plus, Mailbag Time!

Today, David is joined by executive producer Ben Cruz while Kaz is on assignment. David and Ben discuss OTM’s debut on ‘Raw,’ where they aligned themselves with Royce Keys (15:32), before pivoting to Rey Fénix’s win over Dragon Lee to advance to the finals of the luchador tournament (21:24). After that, David takes a moment to talk about TNA’s Lockdown pay-per-view from this past Sunday (23:28), and then Ben and David give their thoughts on the Oba Femi–Bron Breakker contract signing (28:04). Next, David takes a moment to address Ilja Dragunov's departure from WWE (33:55) before starting today’s mailbag. The mailbag starts with David and Ben discussing who they think will win a world title in WWE first: Jacob Fatu, LA Knight, Pénta, Chad Gable, or Bron Breakker (41:51). After that, the guys answer which wrestlers transitioned from heel to face smoothly (48:34) and discuss what’s stopping WWE from turning Cody Rhodes heel (54:38). The show wraps up with David and Ben answering what old territory footage they would want weekly on the WWE Vault YouTube page (1:02:06) and quickly discussing the ESPN-WWE deal report (1:06:33). Hosts: David Shoemaker and Ben Cruz Producers: Bruce Baldwin and Ben Cruz Nintendo: Power up your play with Nintendo Switch 2. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Aug 21

Kevin Knight on Blowing Up Darby Allin and Mara Sadé’s Free Agency

David is joined by AEW TNT champion “The Jet” Kevin Knight! David and Kevin discuss whose idea it was to blow up Darby Allin, what weapon in wrestling frightens him the most, Mara Sadé’s wrestling free agency, and so much more! (5:26) Kevin’s favorite wrestlers (7:21) What you learn in the L.A. Dojo most wrestlers don’t (8:42) How the tag team mindset applies to Kevin’s singles career (9:59) What it’s like being surrounded by wrestlers just as hungry as he is in the Don Callis Family (12:24) If he was left to his own devices more in AEW than New Japan (14:43) Where Mara Sadè will show up next (16:14) Kevin’s non-wrestling influences (18:24) Kevin’s other sport (20:12) Second-guessing high-risk maneuvers (21:54) How exciting All in is for someone not from the U.K. (23:30) Kevin’s upcoming falls count anywhere match against Darby Allin (25:01) Appreciating what’s happening in real time Don’t forget to subscribe to our YouTube channel! Host: David Shoemaker Guest: Kevin Knight Producers: Bruce Baldwin and Ben Cruz Nintendo: Power up your play with Nintendo Switch 2. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Aug 20

Punkiversary: Five Years Since CM Punk’s Return to Wrestling

COLD OPEN QUESTION OF THE WEEK: Who had the most effective insult on last night’s ‘AEW Dynamite’? David and Kaz kick off the show by discussing whether CM Punk’s AEW debut or WWE return was better (03:46) before asking whether Kevin Owens is reaping the rewards of the CM Punk–Elite feud (20:40). The guys move on to debate whether there is any way Kevin Owens will beat CM Punk in Toronto on ‘SmackDown’ this Friday (25:29). After that, David and Kaz start talking about last night’s ‘AEW Dynamite’ (32:36), including Kaz’s proclamation that he doesn't get the Don Callis Family (35:05). Next, David asks who the longest-tenured member of the Don Callis Family is (45:25) before discussing the build for the All In main event between AEW World champion Kenny Omega and Will Ospreay (47:03). David and Kaz go through the rest of the show, including Kevin Knight blowing up Darby Allin (51:52), Jon Moxley’s win over Jay White to advance to the Continental Cup semifinals (57:07), Maya World retaining the TBS title (59:20), and the United Empire’s win over the Don Callis Family (1:03:30). The show wraps up with David and Kaz giving their takes on Zilla Fatu’s first promo in NXT (1:08:20) and discussing what they think Swerve calling his shot on ‘Dynamite’ means (1::38). Don’t forget to subscribe to our YouTube channel! Hosts: David Shoemaker and Kazeem Famuyide Producers: Bruce Baldwin and Ben Cruz Nintendo: Power up your play with Nintendo Switch 2. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Welcome to 'The Ringer Wrestling Show'!

‘The Ringer Wrestling Show’ brings you instant reactions to the biggest matches, breakdowns of the hottest feuds, and analysis of all the latest gossip in the wild world of professional wrestling. Join "The Masked Man" David Shoemaker, Kazeem Famuyide, Ben Cruz, Khal Davenport and Brian H. Waters for a podcast feed that redefines what it means to be a wrestling fan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ben Cruz

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Brian H. Waters

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David Shoemaker

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Greg Hyde

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Kazeem Famuyide

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Khal Davenport

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Peter Rosenberg

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Phil Schneider

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Kevin Knight

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08/11/2025

Jusadonis

Shoemaker isn’t bad, but like, if kaz like, could get his thoughts out like like or like without all the likes in between it might bring it back to a B plus show. Needs worldwide guys back.
Jokes that land flat

Jul 26

I_digress_x

i like to hear the reactions and opinions of pro-wrestling but this one really lands flat. Kaz’ jokes fail to amuse, in particular one in a recent episode about the lack of care in the women’s division and his response “well women belong in the kitchen right” Gross. i’ll give the benefit that it was meant to be sarcastic but it fell flat and with no follow up just reinforces that he doesn’t give an eff about women’s wrestling so as a women who loves wrestling, not the content for me.
Love the Show!

May 29

Ram4750

Shoemaker brings the knowledge of a wrestling historian with info on many different organizations. Kaz brings great insight from an insider’s perspective, being a former WWE writer. You can tell that they’re legit fans and they’re fair with their overviews
The Worst

Apr 18

Stewart Says

Kaz comes across as one of the most inauthentic voices I’ve heard in podcasting. His takes on social media and on the show feel engineered purely to bait engagement rather than offer anything meaningful. It’s hard not to notice that he couldn’t cut it as a WWE writer, yet now has a platform to ramble unchecked alongside Shoemaker, who always sounds completely checked out and barely engaged. Brian and Ben don’t help matters. They try too hard to position themselves as must-hear personalities, but it comes off forced and unconvincing. The chemistry isn’t there, and the whole production feels like it’s coasting without direction. At this point, the show feels worn out and uninspired. This latest run is especially rough. Save your time.

‘The Ringer Wrestling Show’ brings you instant reactions to the biggest matches, breakdowns of the hottest feuds, and analysis of all the latest gossip in the wild world of professional wrestling. Join "The Masked Man" David Shoemaker, Kazeem Famuyide, and Ben Cruz for a podcast feed that redefines what it means to be a wrestling fan.