Episodes
Thursday Aug 27, 2020
Thursday Aug 27, 2020
From a critically-acclaimed WWE SummerSlam pay-per-view to an all-time terrible episode of Raw the next night, Graham "GSM" Matthews and RJ Marceau are back on WrestleRant Radio to break down an incredibly newsworthy week in wrestling! They start off the hour reviewing a special Saturday night edition of AEW Dynamite, featuring Brodie Lee making short work of Cody and winning the AEW TNT Championship as well as Thunder Rosa's surprise AEW debut.
The duo also share their thoughts on NXT TakeOver XXX including Damian Priest becoming the new NXT North American Championship, Pat McAfee's impressive performance, what the future of the NXT Women's Championship picture looks like, Karrion Kross capturing the NXT Championship before having to relinquish it due to injury, who will win next week's huge 60-minute Iron Man match to win the vacant title, and Austin Theory and Wade Barrett returning to NXT.
Finally, GSM and RJ analyze everything that went down at SummerSlam and Monday's Raw! Hear their two cents on Asuka regaining the Raw Women's Championship and why it was the right move, if Mandy Rose is headed for the SmackDown Women's Championship scene following her win over Sonya Deville, Dominik Mysterio's in-ring debut against Seth Rollins, Drew McIntyre vs. Randy Orton for the WWE Championship, "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt unseating Braun Strowman as Universal Champion, the return of Roman Reigns, Keith Lee's underwhelming Raw debut and why it was one of the worst shows in recent memory, quick Payback predictions for Sunday, and more!
Thursday Aug 20, 2020
Thursday Aug 20, 2020
Days before he battles Dominik Mysterio in a SummerSlam Street Fight, WWE Raw Superstar Seth Rollins is on WrestleRant Radio for an exclusive interview with Graham "GSM" Matthews! The Monday Night Messiah has a ton to say about his rivalry with Rey and Dominik Mysterio, turning heel, cutting promos in front of no fans, The Shield's success and keeping in touch with Jon Moxley and Roman Reigns, how Becky Lynch has been doing during pregnancy, his goals going forward, and more!
From there, GSM welcomes RJ Marceau back to the show for NXT TakeOver XXX predictions! Will Pat McAfee defeat Adam Cole in his in-ring debut? Who will become the new NXT North American champion? Can Karrion Kross knock off Keith Lee for the NXT Championship? Plus, they're previewing the full card for Sunday's SummerSlam pay-per-view event including Drew McIntyre vs. Randy Orton for the WWE Championship, Braun Strowman vs. "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt for the Universal Championship, Rollins vs. Dominik, Asuka challenging for two titles, and a slew of other exciting matches.
That's all in addition to their thoughts on WWE's ThunderDome, Renee Young reportedly leaving WWE, AEW welcoming fans back into the building starting next week, Goldberg's contract running through the next few years, what's been missing from NXT lately, and plenty of other topics, so it's an episode you won't want to miss!
Thursday Aug 13, 2020
Thursday Aug 13, 2020
With SummerSlam right around the corner, Graham "GSM" Matthews welcomes fellow wrestling pay-per-view theme song expert Jamie Lee Mac back to WrestleRant Radio to run down the greatest theme songs in SummerSlam history! They're also reflecting on every installment of the biggest party of the summer since 1999 and their fondest memories of each event, if SummerSlam is still one of the more important pay-per-views of the year, recent event theme songs that were great, the current WWE product, and more!
Thursday Aug 06, 2020
Thursday Aug 06, 2020
Ahead of his Swamp Fight at Extreme Rules, Universal Champion Braun Strowman chats with Graham "GSM" Matthews to kick off this week's WrestleRant Radio! They're talking his rise in WWE as part of The Wyatt Family, what he learned from working with Bray Wyatt, potentially facing The Fiend at some point, his Universal Championship reign so far, winning the title on a whim at WrestleMania 36, if a match against The Undertaker at WrestleMania 32 was ever in the cards, and more!
RJ Marceau and Alexis DiGiacomo then join GSM in the remaining hour of the show giving their two cents on Raw Underground and if the concept has potential, the new Redemption stable and who could be a part of it, the tremendous talking segment between Drew McIntyre and Randy Orton from Raw, additions to the SummerSlam card, Dakota Kai becoming the number one contender to the NXT Women's Championship, Damian Priest qualifying for the NXT North American Championship Ladder match at TakeOver XXX, why Adam Cole vs. Pat McAfee isn't intriguing on paper, Jon Moxley defending the AEW World Championship against Darby Allin on AEW Dynamite, the debate between Chris Jericho and Orange Cassidy, and if Matt Cardona impressed in his in-ring AEW debut.