Join Graham ”GSM” Matthews and RJ Marceau live every Thursday as they run down their weekly wrestling rants, welcome guests, host exclusive interviews and more!
Episodes
Thursday Jul 01, 2021
Thursday Jul 01, 2021
It's an absolutely loaded week on WrestleRant Radio as Graham "GSM" Matthews first welcomes Eric Woodard and returning guest Branden Dross to discuss wrestling returning to Herrington, Kansas on July 30th! Hear what brought wrestling back to the area, why you need to check it out if you're in the midwest area, getting back on the road coming off the pandemic, where you can buy tickets, James Storm and Ricky Reyes being a part of it, and more!
The second interview this week is with none other than WWE NXT star Tommaso Ciampa! He has plenty to say about his upcoming opportunity at the NXT Tag Team Championship at The Great American Bash, teaming with Timothy Thatcher, if it was adjustment returning to tag team wrestling, being left off TakeOver specials this past year, what motivates him, his incredible fitness, why a main roster run likely isn't in the cards, and advice for departing talent.
Finally, GSM and RJ Marceau give their thoughts on all of the latest happenings in AEW including two above-average editions of Dynamite featuring an AEW World Championship match between Kenny Omega and Jungle Boy, predictions for next week's Road Rager show featuring a South Beach Strap match, Drew McIntyre qualifying for the men's Money in the Bank Ladder match, Ricochet and John Morrison rekindling their rivalry in a thrilling affair, Isiah "Swerve" Scott becoming the new NXT North American Champion on NXT, thoughts on the returning Breakout Tournament, and predictions for The Great American Bash next Tuesday!
Thursday Jun 24, 2021
Thursday Jun 24, 2021
Graham "GSM" Matthews welcomes another huge name in the wrestling world to WrestleRant Radio this week: 13-time WWE women's champion Charlotte Flair! She has a ton to say about her rivalry with Raw Women's Champion Rhea Ripley, her current booking and why she prefers being a heel, the state of the women's division right now, why she doesn't think an all-women's show in WWE is necessary, SummerSlam this year being her WrestleMania, Andrade's decision to leave WWE, acting aspirations, and more!
RJ Marceau then joins GSM to talk the latest happenings in AEW, why certain talent are starting to feel overexposed and if the debut of Rampage is going to help with that, overall thoughts on last Sunday's Hell in a Cell pay-per-view and why four in three days was way too many, the weak finishes at the end, Shayna Baszler's latest loss, thoughts on Roman Reigns vs. Rey Mysterio from SmackDown, everyone who's qualified for the men's and women's Money in the Bank Ladder matches so far, who could win and who else could qualify, a quick review of Tuesday's NXT and the debut of Diamond Mine at the end. Are there too many factions in NXT? And are Karrion Kross and Bronson Reed main roster bound before long?
Thursday Jun 17, 2021
Thursday Jun 17, 2021
Fresh off his huge victory at NXT TakeOver: In Your House, new Million Dollar champion LA Knight joins Graham "GSM" Matthews on WrestleRant Radio to discuss winning the title and what it meant to him, working with Ted DiBiase, his Ladder match with Cameron Grimes, why 2021 was the right time for him to return to WWE NXT, following in the footsteps of Drew McIntyre, seeing familiar faces backstage, the inspiration behind his entrance music, and more!
From there, GSM talks with RJ Marceau about the latest happenings in AEW including Team Taz splitting up, Christian Cage feuding with Matt Hardy and if All Out is the right time for Adam Page to beat Kenny Omega for the AEW World Championship, if In Your House was one of the weaker installments of TakeOver NXT has done to date, a hot follow-up show on Tuesday night featuring the return of Samoa Joe, if he'll eventually wrestle, what's next for Karrion Kross as NXT Champion, Kyle O'Reilly vs. Adam Cole being set for The Great American Bash, quick thoughts on Monday's Raw including the return of Eva Marie and Piper Niven's debut, and FULL PREDICTIONS for Sunday's Hell in a Cell pay-per-view event!
Thursday Jun 10, 2021
Thursday Jun 10, 2021
SummerSlam is hitting Las Vegas this August and, per reports, WWE is going all out for the event! Graham "GSM" Matthews and RJ Marceau open WrestleRant Radio with their thoughts on what the card could consist of as well as whether Bobby Lashley will leave Hell in a Cell still WWE Champion, where MVP's interaction with Kofi Kingston might be headed, The Viking Raiders becoming number one contenders to the Raw Tag Team Championship, Jaxson Ryker's face turn (and why it won't work), Nikki Cross pinning Raw Women's Champion Rhea Ripley, and THAT awful ending to Monday's Raw. Was it among the worst in recent memory, if not ever?
The duo also discuss Andrade El Idolo's AEW debut last Friday night on Dynamite and getting paired off with Vickie Guerrero, most of the feuds from Double or Nothing continuing and why that's a mistake, Lio Rush announcing his apparent retirement from wrestling, if Braun Strowman could return to WWE, Io Shirai and the Million Dollar Championship returning on Tuesday's NXT episode, and FULL PREDICTIONS for Sunday's NXT TakeOver: In Your House event!
Thursday Jun 03, 2021
Thursday Jun 03, 2021
Former WWE Women's Tag Team Champion Shayna Baszler joins Graham "GSM" Matthews at the beginning of this week's WrestleRant Radio to discuss her Raw match against Reginald this past week and her thoughts on intergender wrestling, comparing wrestling to Marvel movies and what Marvel character she feels she relates to the most, the status of her team with Nia Jax, possible opponents, competing in front of fans at WrestleMania 37 and how she benefited from the ThunderDome era, and more!
GSM and RJ Marceau then break down all of the latest shocking WWE releases including Tom Phillips (and Jimmy Smith replacing him on Raw commentary), Braun Strowman, Aleister Black, Murphy, Ruby Riott, Lana and Santana Garrett. Which departures were the most shocking? Who among them had the most potential to be a bigger star? Where will they wind up next? Is a sale of WWE imminent? They also share their quick thoughts on AEW's Double or Nothing pay-per-view event and the biggest highlights and low points from the night!
Thursday May 27, 2021
Thursday May 27, 2021
On the exact 11-year anniversary of when he joined Bleacher Report, Graham "GSM" Matthews discusses his journey before airing his exclusive interview with all-new NXT North American Champion Bronson Reed! They talk his title win and what it meant to him, feedback he got from it, what he wants to emulate Rob Van Dam's Television title championship reign from ECW, the Australian influence in WWE currently, his goals in wrestling including facing Samoa Joe at some point, movies he wants to see, and more!
RJ Marceau then joins GSM to talk WWE releasing Velveteen Dream and if it's "dream over" for his wrestling career, Adnan Virk mutually parting ways with WWE and why he was never a good fit for the announcer role on Raw, WWE officially hitting the road again this summer, if Raw was better than usual on Monday night and the biggest issues with the show, the face-off between Cameron Grimes and Ted DiBiase on NXT and if DiBiase is now the new manager for LA Knight, Franky Monet's in-ring debut, the highly-anticipated NXT Championship rematch between Finn Balor and Karrion Kross, and FULL PREDICTIONS for Sunday's AEW Double or Nothing pay-per-view event!
Thursday May 20, 2021
Thursday May 20, 2021
WWE Superstar Drew McIntyre's all-new book My Chosen Destiny is out now, and he's on WrestleRant Radio this week to talk all about it! In his exclusive interview with Graham "GSM" Matthews, The Scottish Warrior discusses what went into writing the book, growing up a fan of wrestler autobiographies, doing media and what he learned from John Cena, missing fans, his thoughts on his WrestleMania match with Bobby Lashley and if he feels fans are starting to turn on him, how it's harder to stay on top, one thing he hopes to keep doing once fans return, if we'll ever hear his "Broken Dreams" entrance theme again on WWE TV, and more!
GSM and RJ Marceau then discuss when we can expect fans back in the buildings at WWE shows now that multiple mandates have been lifted, AEW Dynamite moving to TBS in 2022 along with its new Friday night program Rampage, the latest round of releases from NXT, an overall enjoyable WrestleMania Backlash pay-per-view (outside of the asinine zombies), who's next for Roman Reigns, what feuds will carry over into Hell in a Cell, Kofi Kingston's big night on Raw, Natalya and Tamina becoming WWE Women's Tag Team Champions, Bronson Reed capturing the NXT North American Championship on NXT and how the black-and-yellow brand has been firing on all cylinders lately. Plus, thoughts and highlights from Wednesday's AEW Dynamite!