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The Straight Shooters Episode 40: Raw, Indies, Extreme Rules and Adam Rose

This week, the guys return to the Wildfire Radio studios and are joined by Bill Matz and Eric “Turtle” Golden as we run down our draft from Episode 39 . Who won the Twitter poll? We talk about it.   We also hit on the happenings from Raw this past week and look forward to Extreme Rules. Dana Brooke debuted. What does that mean for the women’s division? Tune in to find out.   The guys also discuss the indie scene in pro wrestling. It’s a great convo you don’t want to miss.  

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The Straight Shooters Episode 39: WWE Releases, Payback, Styles/Reigns and our WWE Draft

 

This week, we took over the 94WIP studios on Market St. in Center City for a huge two-hour plus show. Eric "Turtle" Golden, who's a fantastic producer at the radio station and a big wrestling fan, joined us as we talked about Payback, the AJ Styles/Roman Reigns angle and how it's playing out with the additions of Luke Gallows, Karl Anderson and The Usos to the mix.

 

Also, WWE made a slew of releases on Friday afternoon. None of them were earth shattering, but they got rid of Damien Sandow, Alex Riley, Zeb Colter, and King Barrett just to name a few. Barrett's contract was already expiring, so that was no surprise. Will there be more releases in the future?

 

Then, we had our first official Straight Shooters WWE draft. Vaughn had the first overall pick, yours truly had the second, and "Turtle" had the third. We made it a snake draft and we went 20 rounds picking the best of the best in WWE.

 

We're opening up voting for who you think has the best roster. Of course, there's no doubt that I do, but I figured I'd throw the other guys a bone here and see if they can barely compete with my roster.

 

ROUND	VAUGHN	NICK	TURTLE
1	AJ STYLES	SHINSUKE NAKAMURA	KEVIN OWENS
2	FINN BALOR	BROCK LESNAR	SETH ROLLINS
3	JOHN CENA	SAMOA JOE	NEW DAY
4	DEAN AMBROSE	CESARO	ENZO & CASS
5	CHRIS JERICHO	SAMI ZAYN	THE ROCK
6	LUKE GALLOWS/KARL ANDERSON	SASHA BANKS	ROMAN REIGNS
7	AMERICAN ALPHA	ASUKA	BRAY WYATT
8	BAYLEY	NEVILLE	THE MIZ
9	CHARLOTTE	HIDEO ITAMI	BECKY LYNCH
10	UNDERTAKER	EMMA	PAIGE
11	RUSEV	RANDY ORTON	TRIPLE H
12	AUSTIN ARIES	APOLLO CREWS	NATALYA
13	DOLPH ZIGGLER	DUDLEY BOYZ	VAUDEVILLAINS
14	THE USOS	LUKE HARPER	TITUS O'NEIL
15	NAOMI	BLAKE & MURPHY	KALISTO
16	ALBERTO DEL RIO	THE REVIVAL	BARON CORBIN
17	RYBACK	NIKKI BELLA	STARDUST
18	TYLER BREEZE	PRIMO & EPICO	CARMELLA
19	NIA JAX	ERIC YOUNG	SHEAMUS
20	MARK HENRY	DARREN YOUNG	MANDY ROSE

 

 

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The Straight Shooters Episode 37: Chyna's death, Samoa Joe wins NXT Championship

This week, the guys talk about the sudden death of Chyna, aka Joanie Laurer. Her greatest memories in the ring for WWF/E are relived and the guys talk about how much she really did for women in wrestling and how overlooked it was back then.

Then, the focus moves to Samoa Joe and his surprising win against Finn Balor to capture the NXT Championship at a house show Thursday night. Brian didn’t like the move. Nick and Vaughn did.

Does that mean Balor is being called up? Listen to what the guys think.

They also touch on Shane McMahon, the No. 1 contender’s tag team tournament and more on this edition of The Straight Shooters.

 

 

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The Straight Shooters Podcast Episode 33: What's the Best WrestleMania of All-Time?

 

This week, the guys talk about their experience at Monday Night Raw this past week in Philly. Spoiler alert: it wasn’t good at all. Brian Isley of The Brian Isley Show joins the show as we discuss the best WrestleMania of all-time in bracket form. They go in-depth on some of the best WrestleManias ever and the ending causes quite a controversy. Why? You’ll have to tune in to find out.

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The Straight Shooters Episode 25: Royal Rumble, NXT, Shinsuke Nakamura and Raw Talk with Brian Isley and Andrew Goldstein

 

This week, the guys are joined once again by BoomBoxLife Radio’s Brian Isley to run down some of the biggest stories in pro wrestling, including: Shinsuke Nakamura, AJ Styles, NXT, Royal Rumble, Raw and a lot more!

 

Former WWE creative writer and current TV writer and producer, Andrew Goldstein, joins the show to talk NXT, Triple H, Fastlane, WrestleMania and more! Tune in at the end to hear my rant on people that don’t watch wrestling who complain about wrestling.

 

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The Straight Shooters Podcast Episode 22: Talking John Cena's Injury, WWE Acquiring NJPW's Stars, Monday Night Raw and More

The holidays are over and the Straight Shooters are back! On this week’s edition of The Straight Shooters, Nick and Vaughn talk about the shoulder injury to John Cena and its ramifications heading into the biggest show of the year, WrestleMania. They also talk about the reported WWE acquisitions of AJ Styles, Shinsuke Nakamura, Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson from New Japan Pro Wrestling and what it means for not only the future of WWE, but also the future of NJPW. And we’ll explain why WWE isn’t exactly “raiding” NJPW’s talent, which is the popular narrative right now.

Brian Isley from BoomBoxLife Radio also joins the guys during the second half of the show to talk a bit more about Cena’s injury, the NJPW talent that’s reportedly coming to WWE, and Monday Night Raw’s weird, weird ending. Nobody was a fan of it.

Make sure you tune in next week! The guys will be live commentating the 1992 WWE Royal Rumble, the only other Rumble match in history that had the WWE World Heavyweight Championship on the line before Roman Reigns defends his at this year’s event.

 

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Straight Shooters Podcast Episode 21: The Best WWE matches of 2015

 

With 2015 coming to an end, Vaughn and I list our top 10 matches in WWE for the year for our Christmas present to you. Needless to say, there are a few matches we differ on that makes Vaughn question me, I think. Oh, well. He can deal. And so can I. Maybe. Listen!

 

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The Straight Shooters Podcast Episode 20: Talking Roman Reigns' Huge Title Win on Raw in Philly

 

This week on the Straight Shooters, the guys talk about this past Raw from Philly and Roman Reigns winning the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. Where does Reigns go from here? And the guys also talk about NXT TakeOver from London on Wednesday. Did Samoa Joe capture the NXT Championship from Finn Balor?

Brian Isley from BoomBoxLife radio joins the show to give us his take on what went down this week in WWE. Of course, the guys hit on some history of wrestling and the best recap show ever in Livewire.

 

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Straight Shooters Podcast Episode 19: TLC preview with Brian Isley

We've moved to Fridays at 5 just in time to preview the upcoming TLC pay-per-view. We're joined by BoomBoxLife Radio’s Brian Isley and discuss the most recent weeks of WWE television heading into TLC.

We’ve got some comedy, old school talk, and current day WWE grievances to go over. Press play!

 

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Straight Shooters Radio Episode 18: Talking the Current State of WWE, NXT and the WWE Network

On this week's edition of The Straight Shooters, Vaughn and I discuss the most recent Raw, with the birth of the new heel group, the League of Nations. Also, where was Kevin Owens? And what the hell is WWE doing with Tyler Breeze?

We also talk some NXT and WWE Network’s banner week by introducing classic content on their on demand lineup. Listen to see what you’ve been missing out on!

 

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The Straight Shooters Podcast Episode #5: Jimmy Snuka, Zahra Schrieber, Monday Night Raw, the Thursday Night Debate and More!

 

This week, Nick and Vaughn are joined by Broad Street Beat’s Kyle Babcock to talk about the latest in professional wrestling. The guys hit on these topics: Jimmy “Superfly” Snuka’s arrest and charges for murder, Zahra Schrieber’s firing from WWE, TNA’s Bram being arrested for domestic violence, and the guys also hit on Raw from this past Monday.

The guys take a few callers and then end the show with a new segment: the Thursday Night Debate.

 

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