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Episode 5 is now live!

Join Matt & Jeremy as they breakdown WWE Fastlane from last night, and also the direction these results will shape Wrestlemania (we apologize for omitting the Diva's match). They also discuss two big stories of the past week in Samoa Joe leaving Impact Wrestling and WWE doctor Chris Amman filing a defamation lawsuit against CM Punk and Colt Cabana. A breakdown of this week's NXT and Impact Wrestling are all on tap for this packed show

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npRRn_qZKe4

Episode 6 is now live! Join Matt & Jeremy as they discuss the week's top stories involving Brock Lesnar, AJ Lee, and Rey Mysterio, along with the announcement of the Bushwackers into the WWE Hall of Fame, and the breakdown of this week's shows of the WWE and Impact Wrestling.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-sHmAD8LMo

Rey Mysterio killed a man

The son of a Mexican wrestling legend died early Saturday from a blow suffered in the ring, the Baja California state prosecutor's office said.

Pedro Aguayo Ramirez, known as Hijo del Perro Aguayo, fell unconscious on the ropes, apparently after receiving a flying kick from fellow wrestler Oscar Gutierrez, known as Rey Misterio Jr., according to video of the match in a municipal auditorium in Tijuana.

The match continued for almost two minutes before other participants and the referee realized Aguayo was seriously injured and tended to him.

He was taken to a hospital a block away and died about 1:30 a.m., prosecutor's spokesman Raul Gutierrez said.

The state prosecutor's office said it has opened an investigation into possible manslaughter. The company that reportedly organized the event, The Crash, couldn't be reached for comment.

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=921585294553163

That's terrible.

Never seen something like that happen in the ring. Feel for everyone involved.

This is pretty damn good :D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYvMOf3hsGA

Brock Lesnar has ended his MMA career and resigned with WWE. So maybe Reigns won't win on Sunday.

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This is pretty damn good :D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYvMOf3hsGA

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Nailed it

..........except HHH is the man!

Episode 9 of Lost In The Midcard is now live! Myself, Matt, and Trevor breakdown the past week and give our WrestleMania predictions....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARyFL67iCog

A long story short, it seems like my time at WhatCulture has ended. Kinda stupid, but whatever. I've started my own website to keep the writing going.

www.JBProWrestling.com

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A long story short, it seems like my time at WhatCulture has ended. Kinda stupid, but whatever. I've started my own website to keep the writing going.

www.JBProWrestling.com

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That's outta the blue. Good luck!

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That's outta the blue. Good luck!

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Yeah kind of annoying, but it is what it is. Thank you!

I can't remember the last time I actually sat down at watched wrestling, but shit. That $10 on WWE Network was well spent!

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One of the best overall in a while from top to bottom.

Yeah, it was a damn good program. Well worth the money. I don't know if it would have been worth $70 for the PPV, but it was well beyond worth the $10 for WWE Network. I really hadn't planned on subscribing, but after getting caught up in the hype while reading some things online at work Saturday morning, I said screw it and paid the money.

I still haven't really kept track of wrestling in a couple years, and have to learn some of the lesser known names (I only knew maybe half of the Andre the Giant Battle Royal participants by sight), but I may have to look into following along again. Takes me back to my childhood days, watching every week on TV with friends, going to house shows with friends when they were being held somewhat close nearby.

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Trust me, the build-up to this event was horrendous. But when it really counted, they came through.

Oh, between this thread, friends on Facebook and elsewhere, I heard plenty about how horrendous the build-up was. But it was a damn good program. Even during the Kickoff, the Tag Team Fatal Four Way and the Battle Royal, those were pretty good, entertaining matches.

After tonight, I'm doing something I haven't done in years, I've got my DVR set to record Raw tomorrow night and Smackdown on Thursday. See if I can get back into the weekly shows, now that I'll be able to actually watch the PPVs without having to pay out the ass every month for them.

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Glad to hear they put on a good show last night.

Couple of good memes from last night....

http://i.imgur.com/Rta3mno.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/PNuex5F.jpg

Here's a Vine, you'll have to put on headphones and turn it up a bit, but you'll hear Rollins tell Reigns (two guys that have been in it together through developmental until the breakup of The Shield) "thank you so much".

Not a surprise, but still a bummer....

BREAKING: AJ Lee (April Mendez) has decided to retire from in-ring competition with WWE. We wish AJ the very best.

— WWE (@WWE) April 3, 2015

Here is my article on the news: http://jbprowrestling.com/?p=140

Also 10 Things To Take Away From WrestleMania 31 is finally done after fighting off a sinus infection: http://jbprowrestling.com/?p=117

I go solo on episode 10 of Lost In The Midcard as Matt is getting over the sick bug. I cover Brock Lesnar's re-signing, AJ Lee's retirement, and WrestleMania weekend.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hS9xQ1Jfxk

Matt has returned from the sick bug, and we talk about a ton of stuff on episode 11. Matt attended everything during WrestleMania weekend, so we cover that, along with the current week of WWE and Impact Wrestling. There are also some top stories that we cover including Steve Austin's heat with the WWE, Taz leaving Impact Wrestling, and Daniel Bryan being pulled from the Euro Tour. Finally, we give our Extreme Rules predictions for this Sunday's pay per view....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDNJ6QbYxis&feature=youtu.be

3 Good, 2 Bad, & 1 Ugly from Extreme Rules 2015

One of the best matches of the year and one of the best Raw's of the year last night in Montreal. We talk about that and more in episode 13 of Lost In The Midcard.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p36aZENkIfU

I would like to see Lesnar to use his rematch at the next pay per view. How long was he suspended for. Signs a new contract then gets suspended doesn't make sense

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I would like to see Lesnar to use his rematch at the next pay per view. How long was he suspended for. Signs a new contract then gets suspended doesn't make sense

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The suspension is a storyline to keep Lesnar off of TV because his contract only calls for probably 20-30 dates per year. He'll be back leading up to Summerslam probably.

I just watched last night's RAW on DVR. That was a pretty damn good night. I like heel New Day, they're more enjoyable as heels. Neville is fun as hell to watch, hopefully he gets more wins down the road here as he keeps racking up matches against the top guys. A hell of an introduction to the big time by Sami Zayn. Still trying to figure out if his shoulder injury was legit or kayfabe.

Looking forward to the Fatal 4-Way. Only mistake was having Orton in the picture, could have had a Triple Threat between the old Shield members. Though I suppose that could always be a storyline over the next PPV or two after Payback if Orton falls out of the title picture.

A bit tired of the Authority and hopefully it comes to an end in the coming months (with the never ending back and forth with Kane causing it).

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I just watched last night's RAW on DVR. That was a pretty damn good night. I like heel New Day, they're more enjoyable as heels. Neville is fun as hell to watch, hopefully he gets more wins down the road here as he keeps racking up matches against the top guys. A hell of an introduction to the big time by Sami Zayn. Still trying to figure out if his shoulder injury was legit or kayfabe.

Looking forward to the Fatal 4-Way. Only mistake was having Orton in the picture, could have had a Triple Threat between the old Shield members. Though I suppose that could always be a storyline over the next PPV or two after Payback if Orton falls out of the title picture.

A bit tired of the Authority and hopefully it comes to an end in the coming months (with the never ending back and forth with Kane causing it).

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Almsot certain that was the point of The New Day the whole time, making them overly positive to drive the crowd to hate them then slowly turn them heel. They've been great.

Neville is insane, and same for the debut of Zayn. We did some research after recording the podcast and we think it's kayfabe. And god I hope so.

I like that Orton is into it. Save The Shield only for WrestleMania. Plus you can get a old school triple powerbomb on Orton spot too I bet.

E:60 tonight at 7 CST is going to be a good one for fans of NXT....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBzz2YoqpZ8

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Almsot certain that was the point of The New Day the whole time, making them overly positive to drive the crowd to hate them then slowly turn them heel. They've been great.

Neville is insane, and same for the debut of Zayn. We did some research after recording the podcast and we think it's kayfabe. And god I hope so.

I like that Orton is into it. Save The Shield only for WrestleMania. Plus you can get a old school triple powerbomb on Orton spot too I bet.

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Yeah, watching while they were positive, I didn't like or care for them. Since they've slowly gone heel, I'm enjoying them and am perfectly content with them being Tag Team champs. Of course, I also want to see the Lucha Dragons in the mix again, who have been quite noticeably absent from matches lately.

Neville and Zayn are definitely insane. The moves they can pull off, damn! There has not been a single match involving Neville that I was not fully entertained. Zayn is gonna be the same way I can tell. Question will be when they make him full time, since they were saying he has a NXT championship match in two weeks. So it's likely he's not gonna move up full time right this moment. And I certainly hope it's kayfabe too. It didn't seem like any of the ordinary move or landing that he appeared to injure his shoulder on. And he still had moments after that during the match that he was able to pull off moves despite the supposed injury.

That's a good point. An old school triple power bomb would be pretty sweet. And certainly not doubt this would be the last time we see Rollins, Reigns and Ambrose in a championship match together. I'm glad they're giving Ambrose a boost after he has been sort of lingering around between the fued with Harper and after it. Finally boosting him up the ladder.

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Yeah, watching while they were positive, I didn't like or care for them. Since they've slowly gone heel, I'm enjoying them and am perfectly content with them being Tag Team champs. Of course, I also want to see the Lucha Dragons in the mix again, who have been quite noticeably absent from matches lately.

Neville and Zayn are definitely insane. The moves they can pull off, damn! There has not been a single match involving Neville that I was not fully entertained. Zayn is gonna be the same way I can tell. Question will be when they make him full time, since they were saying he has a NXT championship match in two weeks. So it's likely he's not gonna move up full time right this moment. And I certainly hope it's kayfabe too. It didn't seem like any of the ordinary move or landing that he appeared to injure his shoulder on. And he still had moments after that during the match that he was able to pull off moves despite the supposed injury.

That's a good point. An old school triple power bomb would be pretty sweet. And certainly not doubt this would be the last time we see Rollins, Reigns and Ambrose in a championship match together. I'm glad they're giving Ambrose a boost after he has been sort of lingering around between the fued with Harper and after it. Finally boosting him up the ladder.

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My guess is they play the injury angle where Owens destroys him again and he takes time off then shows up on the main roster a month or two later. He doesn't need to beat Owens in NXT, make it a long road to try to beat him on the main roster.

As for Ambrose, totally agree. His feud with Rollins was the best thing going in the WWE last fall. He's been my favorite wrestler since I found out he was getting called up as I have followed his career in FCW and the indies before. His "debut" was actually at a WrestleMania event where he confronted Mick Foley as a fan, and that was supposed to lead to a match, but unfortunately Foley couldn't be cleared to wrestle.

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My guess is they play the injury angle where Owens destroys him again and he takes time off then shows up on the main roster a month or two later. He doesn't need to beat Owens in NXT, make it a long road to try to beat him on the main roster.

As for Ambrose, totally agree. His feud with Rollins was the best thing going in the WWE last fall. He's been my favorite wrestler since I found out he was getting called up as I have followed his career in FCW and the indies before. His "debut" was actually at a WrestleMania event where he confronted Mick Foley as a fan, and that was supposed to lead to a match, but unfortunately Foley couldn't be cleared to wrestle.

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That's true. If Owens follows him up, they can keep the feud going on the main roster. I actually read some comments suggesting that as an idea, let those two keep going at it even after making the jump from NXT.

Yeah, Ambrose has seriously grown on me these last couple months as I've gotten back into wrestling. His matches are always great and his fast and loose lunatic style of wrestling makes every match fun to watch. Definitely glad he's finally getting a boost and hopefully he's kept in the title picture for a while and creative doesn't go and make this just a once off or something.

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That's true. If Owens follows him up, they can keep the feud going on the main roster. I actually read some comments suggesting that as an idea, let those two keep going at it even after making the jump from NXT.

Yeah, Ambrose has seriously grown on me these last couple months as I've gotten back into wrestling. His matches are always great and his fast and loose lunatic style of wrestling makes every match fun to watch. Definitely glad he's finally getting a boost and hopefully he's kept in the title picture for a while and creative doesn't go and make this just a once off or something.

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They've had some of the best feuds ever in Ring Of Honor. Bringing it a wide audience will definitely be captivating.

Ambrose will be a multi-time world champion in his career. No doubt about it.

It drives me insane that you guys are talking about at least four different former RoH wrestlers and I don't know any of them without looking them up because of WWE changing their name.

I was never really a fan of El Generico in terms of his storylines, but he could put on a good match. Steen was good too.

It's funny that we've, yet again, gotten to the point where WWE is full of RoH wrestlers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xv6hnOmmWp0

Matt (@RawFShowtime) and myself breakdown the Payback PPV from last night in Episode 15

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4w4ZHbqy9E

I'm only just now getting a chance to watch Payback (had to record RAW to watch later today after Payback), but damn I love this heel New Day! I couldn't help but bust out laughing as they ripped into Adam Jones and the Baltimore Orioles while doing their "Think Positive" schtick in the ring before their match. They might be the ones I look forward to the most each night now, just because I know I'm gonna be laughing when they're on the mics. :D

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I'm only just now getting a chance to watch Payback (had to record RAW to watch later today after Payback), but damn I love this heel New Day! I couldn't help but bust out laughing as they ripped into Adam Jones and the Baltimore Orioles while doing their "Think Positive" schtick in the ring before their match. They might be the ones I look forward to the most each night now, just because I know I'm gonna be laughing when they're on the mics. :D

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They're on a roll now since turning heel. They were purposely made as unbearable and positive as a face team to get the crowd to turn on them, and it worked beautifully.