**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.
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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]
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!
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[Harley Race vs Terry Funk, NWA Houston Wrestling, July 1 1977]
**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!
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.
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[Eddie Guerrero vs Brock Lesnar, WWE No Way Out 2004, February 15 2004]
**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!
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!
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