The Wrestling Brethren Podcast The Wrestling Brethren Podcast

On this episode, The Brethren have a few epic rants up their sleeves. Seth gets to talk about the Main Event scene in WWE. Josh rants about WWE's penchant for "bait and switch" for Lacey Evans and for the Tag Team Titles between RAW and Smackdown. Then the Brethren review the results from WWE WrestleMania Backlash, and reveal the results of their predictions!

WrestleMania Backlash Results

Singles Match
Cody Rhodes def. Seth Rollins 

Singles Match
Omos def. Bobby Lashley 

Singles Match - Damien Priest banned from ringside
Edge def. A.J. Styles 

SD Women’s Title I Quit Match
Ronda Rousey def. Charlotte Flair 

Singles Match
Madcap Moss def. Happy Corbin 

Six-Man Tag Match
The Bloodline def. RK-Bro & Drew McIntyre 

On this episode, Seth and Josh discuss AEW's Owen Hart Foundation Tournaments for both Men and Women. They review the match-ups revealed for the men, and discuss what could be coming for the women. Then they get into their predictions for WWE WM Backlash.

AEW OHF Men's Tournament - First Round Matches

Adam Cole vs. Dax Harwood
Jeff Hardy vs. Darby Allin
Rey Fenix vs. Kyle O'Reilly
Samoa Joe vs. *Joker*

WWE WM Backlash Matches

Happy Corbin vs. Madcap Moss
Bobby Lashley vs. Omos w/MVP
Edge vs. A.J. Styles - Damien Priest barred from ringside
Seth Rollins vs. Cody Rhodes
Charlotte Flair vs. Ronda Rousey - I Quit Match for the SD Women's Championship
Six Man Tag: The Bloodline vs. R-Clay-Bro (credit: Simon Miller)

The Wrestling Brethren of Seth, Jarret and Josh are LIVE baby! Well... kind of. This episode was recorded live... with all three Brethren in the same room together! Schaumburg, Illinois hosts The Wrestling Brethren Podcast on April 21, 2022 - and it was Jarret's birthday! On this episode, we get into the news of the week and had some opinions to share.

NEWS

1. Theory wins the United States title from Finn Bálor
+ April 18 episode of RAW.
+ Theory has defeated Bálor several times.
+ This one match spawns a few other topics…

2. Vince McMahon has put out a ring name edict. Except for a few stars and special cases - no more real names.
+ Theory
+ Raquel Rodriguez 

3. How do you watch WWE programming?
+ WWE seems to do certain things at certain times that fans have been clamoring for - but if it’s not “your guy” or “your girl” - are you still complaining?

4. Is Cody the Guy to dethrone Roman?

5. Forbidden Door PPV
+ AEW x NJPW
+ June 26th
+ United Center in Chicago
+ Dream matches?

NEWS


Samoa Joe wins the ROH TV Title from Minoru Suzuki
  + Main Event of the April 13th Dynamite
  + First TV Title reign for Joe; who is the record holder for longest ROH World Title reign at 685 days
  + Feuding with Jay Lethal; who ironically is the record holder for longest ROH TV Title reign at 567 days
  + All ROH Champions are either signed with AEW, or rumored to sign.
Top Heels and Faces listed internally within WWE
  + Male Faces [RAW]
     + Bobby Lashley
     + Cody Rhodes
     + A.J. Styles
  + Male Heels [RAW]
     + Seth Rollins
     + Kevin Owens
     + Damien Priest
  + Top Male Baby [SD]
     + Drew McIntyre
  + Top Male Heel [SD]
     + Roman Reigns
  + Female Faces [RAW]
     + Bianca Belair (RAW Champion)
     + Alexa Bliss
     + Rhea Ripley
  + Female Heels [RAW]
     + Becky Lynch
     + Carmella
     + Queen Zelina
AEW News & Notes
  + Tony Khan changed Dynamite’s format for April 13th episode
     + featured more of a focus on in-ring action with minimal time allocated for interviews
  + Matches for Live Rampage on Friday
     + OHF Women’s Tournament Qualifier: Ruby Soho v. Robyn Renegade
     + Trios Match: Gunn Club v. Blackpool Combat Club
     + Texas Death Match for AEW World Title: Hangman Adam Page v. Adam Cole
  + Matches for Saturday’s Battle of the Belts II
     + TNT Title Match: Scorpio Sky v. Sammy Guevara
     + ROH World Title Match: Jonathan Gresham v. Dalton Castle
     + AEW Women’s Title Match: Thunder Rosa v. Nyla Rose
  + Matches for next Wednesday’s Dynamite
     + Coffin Match: Darby Allin v. Andrade el Idolo
     + OHF Men’s Tournament Qualifier: Jungle Boy v. Kyle O’Reilly
     + OHF Women’s Tournament Qualifier: Dr Britt Baker DMD v. Danielle Kamela
     + Wardlow v. The Butcher
     + Hook v. Tony Nese (Hook’s Dynamite Debut)
  + Tony Khan Announcement!
Possible New Ring Name for Claudio Castagnoli
  + changed his Instagram handle to @claudiocsro. His Twitter handle is still @WWECesaro, but that’s likely because he’s waiting for the transfer process to go through so that he can keep his profile verification.
  + He filed to trademark the “CSRO” name back in March for multiple uses, including pro wrestling/sports entertainment, coffee, and pro wrestling.

In this episode, the Wrestling Brethren discuss news items, AEW items, and results and recap from WrestleMania 38!

NEWS

1. Nash Carter's WWE Release
2. Rumored NXT Call-Ups

AEW Discussions
 + AEW talent win ROH championships at Supercard of Honor
 + Samoa Joe is #ALLELITE
 + No CM Punk and no House of Black this week
    Are you a fan of rotating talent in and out, and keeping stories either fresh or stretched out or sometimes both?
 + Jericho Appreciation Society

WrestleMania 38 Recap

Saturday
SD TAG TITLE MATCH
THE USOS [c] def. SHINSUKE NAKAMURA + RICK BOOGS

SINGLES MATCH
DREW McINTYRE def. HAPPY CORBIN

TAG TEAM MATCH
THE MIZ + LOGAN PAUL def. THE MYSTERIOS

RAW WOMEN’s TITLE MATCH
BIANCA BELAIR def. BECKY LYNCH to win the RAW Women’s Title

SINGLES MATCH
CODY RHODES def. SETH ROLLINS 

SD WOMEN’s TITLE MATCH
CHARLOTTE FLAIR [c] def. RONDA ROUSEY

NO HOLDS BARRED MATCH
STEVE AUSTIN def. KEVIN OWENS

Sunday

RAW TAG TITLE TRIPLE THREAT MATCH
RK-BRO [c] def. THE STREET PROFITS and ALPHA ACADEMY 

SINGLES MATCH
BOBBY LASHLEY def. OMOS 

ANYTHING GOES MATCH
JOHNNY KNOXVILLE def. SAMI ZAYN 

WOMEN’S TAG TITLE FATAL FOUR WAY MATCH
SASHA BANKS + NAOMI def. CARMELLA + QUEEN ZELINA and RHEA RIPLEY + LIV MORGAN and NATALYA + SHAYNA BASZLER to win the Women’s Tag Titles

SINGLES MATCH
EDGE def. AJ STYLES

TAG TEAM MATCH
IRELAND FIGHT CLUB [SHEAMUS + RIDGE HOLLAND] def. NEW DAY 

SINGLES MATCH
PAT McAFEE def. AUSTIN THEORY 

CHAMPION vs CHAMPION - WINNER TAKES ALL TITLE UNIFICATION MATCH
ROMAN REIGNS [Uc] def. BROCK LESNAR [Wc]

On this episode, The Wrestling Brethren preview and predict the matches and outcomes for WrestleMania 38 - Night Two - aka WrestleMania Sunday!

WRESTLEMANIA SUNDAY

OMOS vs BOBBY LASHLEY

ANYTHING GOES MATCH
SAMI ZAYN vs JOHNNY KNOXVILLE

AUSTIN THEORY vs PAT McAFEE

WOMEN’S TAG TITLE FATAL FOUR WAY MATCH
CARMELLA + QUEEN ZELINA [c] vs SASHA BANKS + NAOMI vs RHEA RIPLEY + LIV MORGAN vs NATALYA + SHAYNA BASZLER

EDGE vs AJ STYLES

RAW TAG TITLE TRIPLE THREAT MATCH
RK-BRO [c] vs THE STREET PROFITS vs ALPHA ACADEMY

CHAMPION vs CHAMPION - WINNER TAKES ALL TITLE UNIFICATION MATCH
ROMAN REIGNS [Uc] vs BROCK LESNAR [Wc]