Episode #33 - UPW Go Home, EPW #202, & Nickel City Spotlight

We’re back this week with news of Jonathan Gresham’s medical scare, Priscilla Kelly’s first title since returning to the indies, Mercedes Mone and Athena appearing together at Metroplex Wrestling, and new LJN-like figures from AEW.

Sampson returns to the podcast, as well, to preview this weekend’s UPW show at the UP State Fair in Escanaba, Michigan. Sampson tells us about his history with challenger Silas Young, how he plans to keep one eye on The Collective at all times, and what’s next for UPW after this weekend. In addition, Sampson talks about Hulk Hogan’s influence on his career, his recent match teaming with Hernandez in Canada, and how much he hates carny sh%t.

In IWX Watch This, we recommend EPW Wrestling Episode 202 which aired on YouTube last week. This card is headlined by an incredible steel cage brawl between Parental Advisory and the Underground Syndicate, and also includes our introduction to Wonder Boy, Dorian Vain, and a new Indy Wrestling Experience favorite in Madi the American Baddie.

We’ve retired our #ANDNEW segment as the congratulatory social posts are getting a great reception on Instagram. In its place, we’ve put a Rankings Spotlight. In this segment, we take an in-depth look the Indy Wrestling Experience rankings for one specific promotion, how they came to be ranked the way they are, and give some insight on the performers for people who not already in the loop on that particular promotion. This week, the inaugural segment focuses on Nickel City Wrestling, their champion Madd Dawg, tag champions Limited Edition, Women’s Champion JC Storm, and the top contenders for all of those titles.

In our Control Center, we preview five shows coming up this weekend and hear from the participants. We thank the following promotions, as well as Tully Bertorelli, for permission to use their audio for our previews of their shows this weekend:

• Retinal Pro Wrestling
• Mutiny Wrestling Federation
• New Sound Wrestling
• UPW Pro Wrestling
• Extreme Global Championship Wrestling

Next week, we will be doing a watch along of the Monster Factory’s recent Larry Sharpe Memorial Tournament 2025 on YouTube. STAY TUNED!!

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00:00:00 – Intro, News & Notes

00:43:12 – Rankings Spotlight – Nickel City Wrestling

01:10:02 – IWX Watch This – EPW Wrestling Episode #202

01:30:28 – Sampson 02:17:33 – Control Center