This week on W2M, Lucha Underground returns to television and we got it covered, we discuss the week that AJ Styles had post Royal Rumble in WWE, Shinsuke Nakamura has been confirmed to be coming to NXT Takeover Dallas and we go over the rest the card for that, we also discuss who could show up from NXT on the RAW after Wrestlemania 32 as well.
Speaking of Nakamura, we also preview the NJPW Road to New Beginning 1/30, which is his final appearance for New Japan before he heads to WWE. That’s not all though, we have a bunch more stuff on the show.
Of course, we start things by discussing the wrestling news in “Quick Hits,” we discuss the NXT Takeover stuff here, Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson possibly coming to the main roster directly, Ultima Lucha being four hours, Sheamus being injured, Sinclair buying the Tennis Channel and what that could mean for Ring of Honor, ReDragon and Jay Lethal re-signing with ROH, Jeff Hardy re-signing with TNA and more.
We move on to answer our questions about WWE RAW and then move onto this week’s NXT.
We are so happy that Lucha Underground is back and we have the first review of Season 2 right here.
This is where we preview the 1/30 NJPW New Beginning Show and Sean gives some information on some former NJPW stars that could return to the company soon.
Then we finish out with a look at this week’s ROH TV, we discuss TNA Impact Wrestling on POP TV, and our W2M Power Rankings (yes, we are actually ranking them this year.)
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(7:50-44:20) Wrestling News
(44:20-1:20:45) WWE RAW
(1:20:45-1:35:27) WWE NXT
(1:47:50-2:01:20) Lucha Underground
(2:01:20-2:14:05) NJPW 1/30 Road To New Beginning
(2:14:05-2:22:25) Ring of Honor
(2:22:25-2:45:00) TNA Impact Wrestling
(2:45:00-End) Superstar of the Week
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Wrestling 2 the MAX: WWE Royal Rumble Fallout, Lucha Underground Returns, & More
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Wrestling 2 the MAX is the “Every Wrestling Fan” Pro-Wrestling podcast because it covers everything from WWE, NXT, TNA Impact, and ROH to other global entities like Lucha Underground and New Japan Pro Wrestling. This show is informative, fun, and meant for every kind of pro-wrestling fan out there. Wrestling 2 the MAX airs live on early Friday mornings at 1AM EST (on Spreaker.com) and then is available immediately after airing on-demand via I-Tunes, Stitcher, LAST WORD RADIO on I-Tunes and Stitcher, Tune-In Radio, Youtube (Via W2M Network) the PodBean App, The Spreaker App, Player FM, VOC Nation Radio Network, Bluburry, Downcast, and other podcast hosting locations. W2M also has a Facebook group you can join and listeners can follow them on twitter @wrestling2max
Sean Garmer: studied Journalism at the University of North Texas. Sean loves pro-wrestling so much that he even trained to be a wrestler at the age of 17. Though he eventually had to quit wrestling to go to college, he still returned to do play-by-play commentary, help write storylines, and most of all, to watch matches. Sean started his love of pro-wrestling at the age of five after watching a Hulk Hogan match. Due to his family hating sports-entertainment, there were many years he missed. However, he returned full-time to being a fan in the late 1990’s. Since then, Sean has gone on to write for various wrestling websites in a number of capacities, but he discovered his true passion, Podcasting, two years ago when he and Gary started the Wrestling 2 the MAX Podcast.
Gary Vaughan: is a native North Texan with a Bachelor’s degree from the University of North Texas. His time in college actually rekindled his love of pro wrestling he had lost somewhere along the way. Gary’s enjoyment of the sport began around 1996. As a fan, he has become a student of the wrestling business and gains knowledge through many platforms. WCW is dear to his heart because of it being his introduction to the scene. Now, Gary is a proud podcast host, as well as a writer for wrestling columns.
Paul Leazar: is a recent college graduate from the University of North Texas with an immense amount of time on his hands because nobody wants to hire the idiot with the History degree. He was born an’ raised in the great state of Texas, and began his love affair with pro wrestling at the tender age of five after watching WWF’s Summerslam 1993 pay-per-view. The relationship turned serious with the growth of independent wrestling and the internet in the early 2000’s, which has seen the love affair turn into a full blown addiction that led him to write about it sporadically for various websites, and co-host the Wrestling 2 The Max podcast.
