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WGW is an informal research project with little-to-no methodology seeking to answer the question "What makes a great wrestling match, and why?" We watch the best wrestling matches of all time, suggested by you, and then show them to our friends to see if they hold up!
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Dec 20, 2019

**This Audio Is Pulled From the Twitch Stream Originally Broadcast on 12/18/19**

The Unofficial AEW Dynamite Post Show.

Originally a podcast binging, recapping, and annotating YouTube’s favorite pro wrestling show Being the Elite, the scope of WTE has now grown to cover every aspect of All Elite Wrestling.

Streaming live (most weeks) after AEW Dynamite on Twitch, your boys break down all of the action and discuss all things Elite in your wrestling world.

Also keep an eye out for special preview and recap shows for all of AEWs major cards.

Join us at twitch.tv/beckyandfrank LIVE after every AEW and let us know what you think!

Dec 16, 2019

**This Audio Is Pulled From the Twitch Stream Originally Broadcast on 12/12/19**

The Unofficial AEW Dynamite Post Show.

Originally a podcast binging, recapping, and annotating YouTube’s favorite pro wrestling show Being the Elite, the scope of WTE has now grown to cover every aspect of All Elite Wrestling.

Streaming live (most weeks) after AEW Dynamite on Twitch, your boys break down all of the action and discuss all things Elite in your wrestling world.

Also keep an eye out for special preview and recap shows for all of AEWs major cards.

Join us at twitch.tv/beckyandfrank LIVE after every AEW and let us know what you think!

Dec 12, 2019

"Friendship Torn Apart!"

While this tagline for WrestleMania VIII may have been referring to one of our two main events, it's just as appropriate to describe the build for this episode's focus: Bret Hart vs Roddy Piper. For the penultimate prize in the game, emotions are high even if the match's placement on the card isn't.

Roddy, the champ, is reluctant to battle such a close family friend. Bret, the challenger, knows that if they don't put everything they have into this fight, then the title means nothing.

Who will leave with the victory? Who will leave a champion?

Our guest this week to break down all of the action is Nathaniel McDonald (@lentilstew)

[Roddy Piper vs Bret Hart, WrestleMania VIII, April 5 1992]

Dec 3, 2019

**This Audio Is Pulled From the Twitch Stream Originally Broadcast on 11/27/19**

The Unofficial AEW Dynamite Post Show.

Originally a podcast binging, recapping, and annotating YouTube’s favorite pro wrestling show Being the Elite, the scope of WTE has now grown to cover every aspect of All Elite Wrestling.

Streaming live (most weeks) after AEW Dynamite on Twitch, your boys break down all of the action and discuss all things Elite in your wrestling world.

Also keep an eye out for special preview and recap shows for all of AEWs major cards.

Join us at twitch.tv/beckyandfrank LIVE after every AEW and let us know what you think!

Nov 30, 2019

This week's episode is a return to the world of CMLL and the stakes couldn't be higher - it's Lucha de Apuestas with both competitor's beautiful, flowing locks on the line. This is the main event of CMLL's Homenaje a Dos Leyendas 2016, and we're watching the incredible Volador Jr battle the ageless Negro Casas.

Oh, and Tirantes is there too. Yay.

Joining your hosts this week to help apply the (patent pending) STAR Rating system to this match is Brandon Huggett!

[Negro Casas vs Volador Jr., CMLL Homenaje a Dos Leyendas, March 18 2016]

Nov 14, 2019

At the halfway point of season 7 your boys are once again turning their critical eye toward NXT, this time discussing a match that marked an historic first in World Wrestling Entertainment: NXT Women's Champion Asuka defends her title against Sanity's Nikki Cross in the first ever Last Woman Standing Match.

This dangerous stipulation will test the mettle of both woman and find out which will be able to take a beating and continue, and which won't be able to answer the official's ten count. While the chaos of the situation seems to favor NXT's Twisted Sister, The Empress of Tomorrow is in the middle of a dominant undefeated streak that seems impossible to break.

And donning the 4th lab coat for this week's application of dubious scientific methodology is this episode's special guest Brian Moyer!

Nov 7, 2019

**This Audio Is Pulled From the Twitch Stream Originally Broadcast on 11/06/19**

The Unofficial AEW Dynamite Post Show.

Originally a podcast binging, recapping, and annotating YouTube’s favorite pro wrestling show Being the Elite, the scope of WTE has now grown to cover every aspect of All Elite Wrestling.

Streaming live (most weeks) after AEW Dynamite on Twitch, your boys break down all of the action and discuss all things Elite in your wrestling world.

Also keep an eye out for special preview and recap shows for all of AEWs major cards.

Join us at twitch.tv/beckyandfrank LIVE after every AEW and let us know what you think!

Nov 5, 2019

**This Audio Is Pulled From the Twitch Stream Originally Broadcast on 10/30/19**

Originally a podcast binging, recapping, and annotating YouTube’s favorite pro wrestling show Being the Elite, the scope of WTE has now grown to cover every aspect of All Elite Wrestling.

Streaming live (most weeks) after AEW Dynamite on Twitch, your boys break down all of the action and discuss all things Elite in your wrestling world.

Also keep an eye out for special preview and recap shows for all of AEWs major cards.

Join us at twitch.tv/beckyandfrank LIVE after every AEW and let us know what you think!

Nov 1, 2019

Tell me doctor, where are we going this time?
Is this the 50s or is it Dominion 6.11 in Osaka-Jo Hall?

Oh what's that? It's EXACTLY Dominion 6.11 in Osaka-Jo Hall? Then we must be firing up our flux capacitor and travelling back to 2017 because on this week's episode your boys are having a critical look at the underappreciated junior heavyweight classic between champion Hiromu Takahashi and challenger KUSHIDA.

Will KUSHIDA be able to overcome the pains of his humiliating 116 second defeat to Takahashi that spring, or is TIME UP for KUSHIDA's run as the ace of the junior heavyweight division?

Sliding in on a hoverboard to help your boys analyze the match is director Zack Sekuler! (https://www.zacksekuler.com/)

Find everything TIA at our landing page thisisawesomepod.com

Hit us up on twitter @TIAPOD or at thisisawesomepod@gmail.com

[KUSHIDA vs Hiromu Takahashi, NJPW Dominion 6.11 in Osaka-Jo Hall, June 11 2017]

Oct 28, 2019

**This Audio Is Pulled From the Twitch Stream Originally Broadcast on 10/23/19**

Originally a podcast binging, recapping, and annotating YouTube’s favorite pro wrestling show Being the Elite, the scope of WTE has now grown to cover every aspect of All Elite Wrestling.

Streaming live (most weeks) after AEW Dynamite on Twitch, your boys break down all of the action and discuss all things Elite in your wrestling world.

Also keep an eye out for special preview and recap shows for all of AEWs major cards.

Join us at twitch.tv/beckyandfrank LIVE after every AEW and let us know what you think!

Oct 24, 2019

On this week's episode, your boys diving head first into the decidedly UNcontroversial world of Inoki-ism. Love it or hate it, you absolutely can't deny that it was a thing that happened.

Kensuke Sasaki, seconded by his wife and TIA alum Akira Hokuto, defends his IWGP World Heavyweight Championship against "Big in Japan" Bob Sapp, who comes to the ring surrounded by members of Makai Club, the Inoki-obsessed stable that he's just joined.

Will the former Power Warrior be able to defeat the Bad Boy, or will those dastardly Makai Club members prove too big a hurdle for the champ to overcome?

Joining us via the TIA Hotline is returning guest Ana Espinoza! (@espinoza_ana)

[Kensuke Sasaki vs Bob Sapp, NJPW King of Sports, March 28 2004]

 

Oct 17, 2019

For you, the day Harley Race and Terry Funk graced your venue was the most important day of your life. But for them, it was Friday. Friday, July 1st, 1977 to be exact. 

It's a two out of three falls contest which sees NWA World's Heavyweight Champion Harley Race defending against the Texas' own Terry Funk. It isn't the first time these two titans have squared off, and it won't be their last. Not by a long shot. In a fight like this, with both men so familiar with one another, it truly feels like no man has the upper hand.

Importantly, active wrestler Nick Kozak has been chosen by the NWA booking committee as tonight's official. With his unique brand of referee, we're sure to get a definitive conclusion to this highly anticipated matchup.

And of course, occupying the guest's chair this week and looking resplendent in his TIA lab coat is Matt Morris!

Don't forget to hit us with 5 stars on iTunes and leave a comment. You can find everything TIA at thisisawesomepod@gmail.com and can send us match suggestions via email at thisisawesomepod@gmail.com or on twitter @TIAPOD

[Harley Race vs Terry Funk, NWA Houston Wrestling, July 1 1977]

Oct 16, 2019

**This Audio Is Pulled From the Twitch Stream Originally Broadcast on 10/9/19** As such, apologies to any listeners bothered by the volume of the mix of the music from the live stream. We are working on smoothing out technical glitches on our end. Enjoy!

Originally a podcast binging, recapping, and annotating YouTube’s favorite pro wrestling show Being the Elite, the scope of WTE has now grown to cover every aspect of All Elite Wrestling.

Streaming live (most weeks) after AEW Dynamite on Twitch, your boys break down all of the action and discuss all things Elite in your wrestling world.

Also keep an eye out for special preview and recap shows for all of AEWs major cards.

Join us at twitch.tv/beckyandfrank LIVE after every AEW and let us know what you think!

Oct 10, 2019

Season 7 begins with a classic championship match from the Ruthless Aggression era. It's pre-sword-&-grenade tattoo Brock Lesnar defending his Smackdown World Championship against everyone's favorite liar, cheater and thief, Eddie Guerrero!

Eddie has the momentum behind him, and a redemption story that's as much rooted in his rise up the rankings as it is about moving past old demons, but he has a 26 year old beast of a champion in front of him looking to spoil this underdog story.

And hanging over all of this, like a goateed Sword of Damocles, is one Bill Goldberg who's beef with Lesnar threatens to throw the entire contest into disarray. Who will leave No Way Out and head to WrestleMania 20 as champion?

As always, we are joined in the lab this week by friend of the pod Courtney Mattox who will help us apply some soft science to our analysis of the match.

You can find everything TIA at our landing page thisisawesomepod.com

Hit us up on twitter @TIAPOD or via e-mail at thisisawesomepod@gmail.com We need match suggestions and we only get them from one place: you, the listener! And please throw us a rating and review on iTunes. If you leave a match suggestion in your rating we will talk about your match on the air and it could potentially be the subject of an entire episode of TIA.

[Eddie Guerrero vs Brock Lesnar, WWE No Way Out 2004, February 15 2004]

Oct 3, 2019

**This Audio Is Pulled From the Twitch Stream Originally Broadcast on 10/2/19**

Originally a podcast binging, recapping, and annotating YouTube’s favorite pro wrestling show Being the Elite, the scope of WTE has now grown to cover every aspect of All Elite Wrestling.

Streaming live (most weeks) after AEW Dynamite on Twitch, your boys break down all of the action and discuss all things Elite in your wrestling world.

Also keep an eye out for special preview and recap shows for all of AEWs major cards.

Join us at twitch.tv/beckyandfrank LIVE after every AEW and let us know what you think!

Oct 1, 2019

Welcome to episode 23 of Watching the Elite - The only podcast you need to stay current with everything All Elite Wrestling! Your hosts are the boys of This is Awesome? - Joaquin, Frank and Chuck.

For the September 2019 edition of WTE we are discussing Being the Elite episodes 168-172, episodes of Road to AEW on TNT, and Wrestlers in Hotel Rooms Getting Room Service. Highlights from this block of episodes include: A handful of finger crossings, Kenny's continued downward spiral and the reveal of the new and improved AEW Control Center!

If you have any questions, comments, or corrections please e-mail us at watchingtheelite@gmail.com or hit us up @TIAPOD on twitter.

 

Sep 26, 2019

It's show and tell time from your favorite mind palace architect as Joaquin has returned from his brief excursion to Mexico City and is bearing gifts - both literal and figurative - for Frank and Chuck.

The mezcal flows as much as the stories do in our loosest episode yet. Have a listen as Joaquin talks CMLL, Arena México, mezcal, mole, and more! This one is full of vuvuzenergy...

Don't forget to keep the match suggestions coming for future episodes! Hit us up @TIAPOD on twitter or at thisisawesomepod@gmail.com

And you can find everything TIA (where else) at thisisawesomepod.com

Sep 19, 2019

On this week's episode of the TIA off-season your boys have gathered together on the couch for another installment in our Let's Watch series - and this one is Fully Loaded. That's right: two matches in one episode.

The first match, from In Your House: Fully Loaded 1998, it's Ken Shamrock vs Owen Hart in a Dungeon Match! Who will win before Stu get's home from the grocery.

And then: Fully Loaded 1998. Ken Shamrock vs Steve Blackman in an Iron Circle match. A gimmick match so great that it was never booked again.

You can find both matches on the WWE Network. Press play when we do at the timecodes below.

1st match timecode: 01:14:46 IYH:Fully Loaded 1998

2nd match timecode: 01:20:45 Fully Loaded 1999

Sep 12, 2019

On this week's off-season episode, Producer Tom has once again donned his auctioneer's cap and grabbed his skinny mic to challenge Chuck & Joaquin to go head-to-head in another installment of Producer Tom's eBay Game (patent pending). 

This episode's items include: a Jake the Snake Funko Pop, a "signed" Becky Lynch microphone, a classic piece of wrestling-film memorabilia AND MORE.

Hit us up on twitter @TIAPOD or at thisisawesomepod@gmail.com with match suggestions for the upcoming season! And remember you can find everything TIA at thisisawesomepod.com

Sep 2, 2019

Welcome to Watching the Elite - The only podcast you need to stay current with everything All Elite Wrestling! Your hosts are the boys of This is Awesome? : Joaquin, Frank and Chuck.

For this edition of WTE we are breaking down all of the action from AEW's most recent blow-away pay per view. Recorded late into the evening shortly after the end of All Out, highlights from the show include: A Freshly Squeezed surprise, Hangman making good on his promised horse, and a jaw-dropping ladder match between two of the best teams on the planet.

If you have any questions, comments, or corrections please e-mail us at watchingtheelite@gmail.com or hit us up @TIAPOD on twitter.

Aug 29, 2019

Welcome to episode 22 of Watching the Elite - The only podcast you need to stay current with everything All Elite Wrestling! Your hosts are the boys of This is Awesome? - Joaquin, Frank and Chuck.

For the August 2019 edition of WTE we are discussing Being the Elite episodes 164-167, episodes of Road to All Out, as well our giant-sized All Out Preview. Highlights from this block of episodes include: Cody singing his hearts’ song, Hangman talking about Cowboy Shit, and Kenny Omega cutting an all-time promo on Jon Moxley.

Skip to timecode 01:13:18  to go directly to our AEW All Out Preview

If you have any questions, comments, or corrections please e-mail us at watchingtheelite@gmail.com or hit us up @TIAPOD on twitter.

Aug 22, 2019

On this brand new off-season offering: your boys vamp about their favorite and not-so-favorite wrestler nicknames. Past, present and future, it's fun and unfocused!

Then, Chuck has put together another set of lists...

On one ledger: a list of silly wrestler names who have appeared on the PWI top 500. On the other ledger: a bunch of names Chuck has made up. Can Frank, Joaquin and Tom figure out which is which?

Keep those match suggestions coming by visiting our landing page thisisawesomepod.com or hitting us up @TIAPOD on twitter.

And don't forget to rate and review us on whatever thing Apple has going on right now, in addition to all of the other podcatcher apps that we appear on.

Aug 8, 2019

On this week's raw, summer-themed off-season offering, your boys discuss what a WWE Theme Park would look like. THEN, Joaquin challenges Frank, Chuck and Producer Tom to compete in an all-new TIA Lyrics Game. It does not go well.

Keep those match suggestions coming @TIAPOD on twitter or at thisisawesomepod@gmail.com

And find everything TIA at thisisawesomepod.com

 

Aug 2, 2019

Welcome to episode 21 of Watching the Elite - The only podcast you need to stay current with everything All Elite Wrestling! Your hosts are the boys of This is Awesome? - Joaquin, Frank and Chuck.

For the July 2019 edition of WTE we are discussing Being the Elite episodes 159-163, episodes of Road to Fight for the Fallen and Road to All Out as well as covering the entire Fight for the Fallen show. Highlights from this block of episodes include: Shawn Spears allying with a Horsemen legend, Rick Knox refereeing outside the squared circle and an above average Fight for the Fallen card.

If you have any questions, comments, or corrections please e-mail us at watchingtheelite@gmail.com or hit us up @TIAPOD on twitter.

Jul 25, 2019

On this week's off-season episode Producer Tom is finally making good on the bet that he lost many, many episodes ago - he's watched "The Jetson's & WWE: Robo-WrestleMania!" and is giving his full report.

Then, Joaquin has grown tired of coming up with bits to open the show, so he's come up with a solution - The Cameo game! Chuck & Tom face off in a game of Joaquin's design, with the winner choosing a wrestler off of Cameo who (fingers crossed) will do a brief intro for the rest of the off-season.

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