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

We’re back this week with the news that Joey Ryan had been booked to appear at a wrestling event for the first time in several years. Naturally, a huge wave of opposition formed to anything involving Joey Ryan. Prestige Wrestling got involved in the fight to keep the show from happening at all. Will they be successful?

We start off the show talking, once again, about House of Glory. After Bob and Lauryn saw an insane show live in Texas, Bob and Jon watched HOG “High Intensity” this past weekend. This card was stacked from top to bottom. Bully Ray vs Zilla Fatu for the Crown Jewel title in the main event, plus Charles Mason defending the HOG title against Carlito, Indi Hartwell vs Priscilla Kelly and so much more. Listen as Bob and Jon break this show down from start to finish.

Our selection for this week’s IWX Watch This is Remarkable Wrestling "Danger Zone 4" which took place on July 11 and was recently uploaded to their YouTube channel. This is another great card, one you can watch for free. Gabriel Skye defends the Remarkable title against Donovan Dijak in the main event. Notorious Mimi defends the Women’s title against Gabby Ortiz. Melodies from Heaven try to dethrone The Audacity as tag champions. That’s just the start of it. We’ll tell you why you really should…Watch This.

In our updated Control Center, we preview seven shows coming up this weekend and hear promos from twenty (20) different performers on these huge events being presented this weekend by:

• IWF Pro Wrestling
• NEO Pro Wrestling
• Viral Pro Wrestling
• Dominant Championship Wrestling
• Gladiator Championship Wrestling
• Ascend Pro Wrestling
• Kraken Pro Wrestling

Huge thanks to all seven of the above-listed companies for granting us permission to use their audio on our podcast. We couldn’t do this without you!

Next week. Bob and Jon turn heel? STAY TUNED!!

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00:00:00 – Intro, House of Glory, Injury News

00:33:01 – Joey Ryan’s return?

00:43:07 – IWX Watch This – Remarkable Wrestling “Danger Zone 4”

01:11:35 – Control Center

We're back this week with Rich Buchholtz, CEO of Ragin' Pro Wrestling. Rich updates us on the situations with Elayna Black's hiatus and Buff Bagwell's recent surgery. We discuss the impact those events have had on RPW Destiny V, coming up on September 27. In addition, we hear about four new events being added to the RPW calendar for 2026. We also discuss the recent injuries to Draven The Blackbird King, Tom Lawlor, & Scott Stanley (of Bob's most hated tag team, The New Guys).

Bob tells Rich and Jon that "wrestling's always on" in his house lately and discusses some notable events from a bunch of shows he watched over the past week, including Kaitlyn Marie vs Jackson Drake at PWF, Koda Hernandez getting a new challenger in Freelance, and "The Mecca" Brian Johnson's recent appearances at Chaotic Wrestling and on TNA Impact.

In our IWX Watch This segment, Bob and Jon first discuss Sampson's recent match teaming with TNA legend, Hernandez to take on The Double D's at Canadian Elite Wrestling.

Our main Watch This review, though, is for Primal Pro Wrestling "Summer Surge" from July 20, 2025 which was recently posted to Primal Pro's YouTube page. We absolutely loved this show and highly recommend you go check it out. The card featured:

• Battle Royal
• Zara Zakher vs Jordan Oasis
• Tu Thang Clan vs Joey Lancaster & The Goons
• Jake Maze vs J2 Mattioli
• The Brothers Divine (c) vs The Pumpline (Tag Title Match)
• Jake Redondo vs Jeremiah Fresh (c) (PPW Title)

As always, we congratulate several new champions crowned over the past week. In The Control Center, we preview some great shows coming up this weekend from:

• Brii Combination Wrestling
• 2econd Wrestling
• Santino Bros Wrestling Academy
• Extreme Fight World
• EMERGE Wrestling
• ICW No Holds Barred
• SOAR Wrestling
• Coastal Championship Wrestling
• KAOS Wrestling

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00:00:00 - Intro, Ragin' Rich

01:20:09 - #ANDNEW

01:32:52 - Sampson/Hernandez match review

01:40:01 - IWX Watch This - Primal Pro Wrestling "Summer Surge"

02:15:10 - Control Center

We’re back this week with a match review heavy show. First up, Bob tells us about his trip to Texas for All In week and gives us a brief review of House of Glory Texas, which had Zilla Fatu vs Charles Mason in the main event.

Next, Bob and Jon talk about their trip to Joppa for the MCW Shane Shamrock Memorial Cup and the stacked ten match card. We’ll discuss this match by match, including the main event Shamrock Cup Final, won by Chris Slade.

In our IWX Watch This segment, we recommend Wrestling Evolution - Aggression 61 which was posted to Youtube last week. The commentary team popped Jon so many times we lost count. On top of that, there were four really enjoyable matches:

• Azrael Kyyam vs Saint Julious
• The Drip (Tommy Okami, Bash Caliban & Chayce Coleman) vs. The OG Squad (Stuart Snodgrass, Keith Mack & Niko Jay)
• Trey'Von Ali vs Chris Valo
• Justin Kindred Allen vs Robert Allen (Legacy Title)

As always, we congratulate twenty five new champions crowned during a busy week. Finally, in our IWX Control Center, we preview shows from:

• ACTION Wrestling
• Test of Strength
• Locked Target Wrestling
• Rebel Spirit Pro
• Coastal Empire Wrestling
• Pro Wrestling 225
• We Love Wrestling
• Coastal Championship Wrestling
• Glory Pro Wrestling
• New Texas Pro Wrestling

Next week, Rich Buchholtz returns to talk about the news surrounding Cora Jade & Buff Bagwell, plus an update on Destiny V, and a preview of four news shows added to the RPW event calendar for 2026. STAY TUNED!!

Special thanks to Coastal Empire Wrestling and We Love Wrestling for permission to use their audio clips on our show!

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00:00:00 - Intro, HOG Texas

00:27:23 - MCW Shane Shamrock Cup XXIV

01:08:50 - #ANDNEW

01:15:16 - IWX Watch This - Wrestling Evolution Aggression 61

01:33:03 - IWX Control Center

We're back with another installment of our interview series. This show is especially exciting because the guys from the Cussin' and Discussin' podcast are here!

Join us as we talk to the "Excellence of Elocution" Walter Dixon and Mike Blankenship, PhD about their origin story in wrestling, how they came together as a commentary team and then a podcast team, and their efforts to help create and grow Elevate Pro Wrestling. We also discuss their work with the great folks over at FTC Art of Grappling, clear up any misconceptions about our opinion on the Ethan Heyre/Neon Enigma spot at EPW Still Standing (which we discussed on Episode #19), and tell a great story about the professionalism of Ethan Heyre and Nikeem the Dream when things did not go as planned during their match.

We had a ton of fun talking to Walter and Doc and we know you'll enjoy hearing their take on all things indy wrestling!! Later this week, on the main show, Bob and Jon review MCW Shane Shamrock Memorial Cup XXIV. STAY TUNED!!

Focus Pro Wrestling presented "All the Way Up" on Sunday July 13 and Indy Wrestling Experience was watching along LIVE.

If you missed the live broadcast, here's a perfect opportunity to get caught up! Join us as we react in real time to an amazing show. Check out this lineup of matches!!!

• Brittnie Brooks vs Kaia McKenna (Women's Title Tournament First Round)
• Leo Sparrow vs Milo Mirra
• Diego Alvarez vs Vinny Pacifico
• Bear Bronson vs Griffin McCoy
• Gabby Forza vs Sammi Chaos (Women's Title Tournament First Round)
• Post Game vs Shot Through the Heart (Focus Pro Tag Team Championship)
• Danny Miles vs Charles Mason
• Effy vs Brian Bayside
• Mani Ariez (c) vs Channing Thomas (Focus Pro Championship Main Event)

Next week we are back to the regular program on the main podcast. On that show, we will tell you about our interview guests for later in the week. STAY TUNED!!!

We're back with the perfect way to get ready for our first IWX Live Watch Along of Focus Pro Wrestling "All the Way Up" on July 13 starting at 2:45pm. We've got Evan Zalios, promoter for Focus Pro Wrestling with us to preview the show in detail. Listen as we preview all of the matches below, discuss how Evan Zalios became a part of Focus Pro Wrestling, Focus Pro's vision for its fans and its future in the Evan Zalios era of Focus Pro. If Evan's passion for wrestling doesn't get you excited, I don't know what will. Check it out, then join us at:

https://youtube.com/live/-0K1uwdvx5M?feature=share

The card:

• Brooke Havok vs Kaia McKenna (Women's Title Tournament)
• Leo Sparrow vs Milo Mirra
• Diego Alvarez vs Vinny Pacifico
• Bear Bronson vs Griffin McCoy
• Gabby Forza vs Brittnie Brooks vs Sammi Chaos (Women's Title Tournament)
• Post Game (c) vs Shot Through the Heart (Tag Title Match)
• Danny Miles vs Charles Mason
• Effy vs Brian Bayside
• Mani Ariez (c) vs Channing Thomas (Focus Pro Championship Main Event)