Ringside Report Network

Ringside Report Network

Ringside Report Network established itself as The Combat Sports Authority by consistently delivering analysis that respects both the complexity of combat sports and the intelligence of our audience. We don’t manufacture drama or chase clicks—we provide the insights that help you understand what you’re watching and why it matters.

  1. Why Every King and Queen of the Ring Match Is a Four-Way (And Roman Is a Heel) — Wrestling Uncensored 783

    Jun 6

    Why Every King and Queen of the Ring Match Is a Four-Way (And Roman Is a Heel) — Wrestling Uncensored 783

    Dave Simon and Johnny North on the week WWE spent in Italy, and turned a throwaway tournament into the most important thing on the show. Every first-round King and Queen of the Ring match is a fatal four-way; the winners get a SummerSlam title shot, and Dave has thoughts about all of it. • Why WWE is booking every first-round match as a four-way is either genius or held together with tape • Oba Femi passed his biggest test yet — and there's a Brock Lesnar shadow over the whole men's bracket • The SmackDown four-way ended with a winner nobody had circled going in • The Bron Breakker vs. Seth Rollins finish that you have to go back more than 25 years to explain • The take that starts the arguments: Roman Reigns is a heel, and the crowd hasn't caught up yet • What Roman is actually doing to Jacob Fatu — and why LA Knight is the only one saying it out loud • LA Knight or Seth Rollins for the King of the Ring? Two completely different SummerSlams • Dave names the single best in-ring performer in all of WWE — and it might surprise you • The WWE glass ceiling: why women have to earn it, and certain men get to fail upward • MJF's knee is in real trouble heading into Forbidden Door — is it a work or the real thing? • Mercedes Moné is back in the Owen Hart Cup, and the women's bracket finally has a star • Kevin Knight turns heel, joins the Don Callis Family, and complicates a Montreal hometown moment • AEW Redemption is coming to the Bell Centre — and the tickets aren't moving yet • The greatest King of the Ring of all time, settled once and for all (Dave will not hear arguments) • Johnny North wins tag gold, three generations in the building, and a title shot this weekend New episodes every week on the Ringside Report Network. Subscribe and leave a review — it helps more than you know.

    58 min
  2. Sean Strickland Banned From the White House? UFC Vegas 118 Picks & PPV Dies in Canada

    Jun 5

    Sean Strickland Banned From the White House? UFC Vegas 118 Picks & PPV Dies in Canada

    The UFC middleweight champion says he's blacklisted from the biggest event in company history — and what he's doing about it has no precedent. Justin Gaethje responded, and the exchange Dave reads on air is as vicious as anything two elite fighters have ever said publicly. Plus Belal Muhammad returns this Saturday in a fight the oddsmakers literally cannot agree on, and Canadian fans finally get the pay-per-view answer they've been waiting for. Dave Simon and AJ D'Alesio get into all of it.• The Sean Strickland situation: what the champion says he's banned from, and the wild way he's responding• The Gaethje tweets — read in full, and they are far nastier than you've heard• The one thing about this controversy that has never happened in UFC history• First look at "The Claw" — the structure on the White House lawn, and Trump's surprising claim about it• Why the UFC is losing money on Freedom 250 — on purpose• Belal Muhammad vs Gabriel Bonfim: a former champion at a crossroads against a 19-1 finisher — the guys lock in their picks• Brendan Allen vs Edmen Shahbazyan, the parlay, and the Bryce Mitchell question nobody should be asking• The exact date pay-per-view dies in Canada — and the one group that should be nervous about itThis week's episode is dedicated to the memory of Ava Ciampini. To support the family, search GoFundMe for "Ciampini Family."New episodes every week on the Ringside Report Network — the Combat Sports Authority.

    41 min
  3. Saturday Night's Main Event 2026 Preview + AEW Double or Nothing Picks — Wrestling Uncensored Ep. 782`

    May 23

    Saturday Night's Main Event 2026 Preview + AEW Double or Nothing Picks — Wrestling Uncensored Ep. 782`

    Episode 782 of Wrestling Uncensored — Dave Simon and Johnny North on the biggest preview night in recent memory. Saturday Night's Main Event 2026 is tomorrow. AEW Double or Nothing 2026 is Sunday. Clash in Italy is next weekend. And Brock Lesnar just unretired himself without an explanation.• Brock Lesnar returned on Raw with four F5s, Paul Heyman, and a contract — a month after his retirement tears at WrestleMania• The full Saturday Night's Main Event 2026 card breakdown with individual match predictions for all five bouts• Dave and Johnny disagree on who walks out with the World Tag Team titles tomorrow night• Does Penta survive Ethan Page, or is this the night the IC title picture reshuffles?• Paige and Brie Bella's tag run — both hosts think it ends tomorrow, but for different reasons• The Clash in Italy mini-preview: both Dave and Johnny independently pick Gunther to win the WWE title• The full AEW Double or Nothing 2026 preview — Darby vs. MJF, hair vs. title, and why Dave is all-in on MJF winning• The case for MJF as the best professional wrestler working today — Dave makes it• Okada vs. Takeshita, FTR vs. Edge and Christian (I Quit, career-ending), Thekla's fatal four-way, and the Owen Hart Cup bracket read• The AEW belt rant: four men's mid-card championships, and even Dave can't name who holds them all• Willow Nightingale out with injury — TBS title vacated, women's Owen Hart bracket takes a major hit• SmackDown recap: Sami Zayn watches Gunther choke Cody Rhodes and walks away — that is a heel, WWE• Danhausen's resurrection gimmick, Royce Keys and the Judgment Day friction, Enzo and Cass reportedly coming back• No show next Friday — Dave is going to Montreal to watch Johnny North wrestle live• Yankees report: Gerrit Cole returns, offense is still completely brokenNew episodes every Friday on the Ringside Report Network. Subscribe and leave a review — it helps more than you know.

    1h 55m

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Ringside Report Network established itself as The Combat Sports Authority by consistently delivering analysis that respects both the complexity of combat sports and the intelligence of our audience. We don’t manufacture drama or chase clicks—we provide the insights that help you understand what you’re watching and why it matters.