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Waffly Bollox
Hosted by Waffly Bollox · EN
Two wrestling girlies setting the world to rights. Every Saturday, Sarah and MJ chew over the week in wrestling - we mostly watch AEW and ROH, but we also like some indie wrestling! We have a lot of feelings about this stuff. Expect giggling and strong opinions. Follow us on Bluesky at: @wafflybollox, @awfullywaffly and @wrassletrash
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Don’t make Kurt Angle mad! | AEW Double Or Nothing 2026 recapped
1w ago02:35:40Tap to summarizeTwo things happened this week: an AEW pay-per-view, and a record-breaking heatwave in the UK. Your girlies (gn) made it through both, but we couldn’t say we were at our best. (00:00:00) We’re too hot and we’ve watched too much wrestling (00:04:52) Mick Foley is All Elite! (00:07:38) Pre-show: just a five-minute eliminator for the Divine Dominion, while people are still coming in? (00:10:54) Pre-show: Death Riders vs The Opps, for some reason (00:11:48) Pre-show: The Conglomeration plus Boom and Doom vs Shane Taylor Promotions (00:16:39) Pre-show: Some words of wisdom from Mick Foley for MJF and Darby Allin (00:21:22) Tag Team Championship New York Street Fight I Quit Match: FTR vs Cope and Christian (00:28:39) International Championship Match: Okada vs Takeshita (00:37:43) Owen Hart Foundation Quarter Final: Athena vs Mina Shirakawa (plus a heat-induced meltdown) (00:54:06) No Time Limit Continental Championship Match: Jon Moxley vs Kyle O’Reilly (00:59:51) Owen Hart Foundation Quarter Final: Will Ospreay vs Samoa Joe (and why we will never take on board what’s “definitely” going to happen six months down the line) (01:08:37) Owen Hart Foundation Quarter Final: Swerve Strickland vs Bandido (and some wrestlers we’d put on the bench) (01:16:24) Women’s World Championship 4-Way Match: Thekla vs Jamie Hayter vs Hikaru Shida vs Kris Statlander (and Kris vs Shida’s Philly Street Fight) (01:26:43) A moment of losing our minds in the heat (01:27:20) Stadium Stampede Match: Jericho and the Hurt Syndicate and the Young Bucks and Kenny Omega and Jack Perry vs The Demand and The Dogs and Andrade El Idolo and Mark Davis, with bonus Luther, Lio Rush, MVP, and more (01:46:25) Men’s World Championship Hair vs Title Match: Darby Allin vs MJF (02:03:47) A heartbreaking heel turn, plus an outfit that defies description (02:10:10) The next challengers for the Men’s World Championship (02:21:15) Happy times Email: wafflybollox@gmail.com Shop: ko-fi.com/wrassletrash/shop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Transcribe →Goth ref | AEW Fairway To Hell and Dynamite 13 May recapped
3w ago01:12:15Tap to summarizeOnly three hours of AEW to discuss this week, and mostly we’ve concluded that we have no idea what’s going to happen at All In, it’s ages away yet, anything could happen. Hopefully Lio Rush wins a title though! (00:00:00) If we got black-misted, would anyone even notice? Plus: excess Ring of Honor, a month of RevPro chaos, and a bit of BOSJ (00:08:07) Swerve Strickland gives us our new reaction clip, and are we getting a visit from Mick Foley? (00:14:40) The latest from the AEW Men’s World title scene, plus wild speculation about what might happen at All In (00:26:56) More neck therapy for Will Ospreay from the Death Riders (00:30:34) The brackets for the Owen Hart tournament have dropped! (00:40:58) So many men are gonna be in the Stadium Stampede, just, so many (00:46:54) The return of Brian Cage (and Trent in a suit) (00:47:42) Lio Rush is the gremlin king (00:49:46) Goth ref, goth ref! (00:56:19) Double Or Nothing is literally next week (00:58:30) Happy times Email: wafflybollox@gmail.com Shop: ko-fi.com/wrassletrash/shop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Transcribe →Get your freak on | Recapping AEW Collision 2 May and Dynamite 6 May
4w ago01:25:34Tap to summarizeWeird one this week, wasn't it? Maybe a three hour show on a Wednesday is just a weird vibe. (00:00:00) Promotional malpractice, pay cuts at the Fed, and some anti-capitalism (00:11:24) Sending all our love to Rebel/Tanea Brooks and her family (00:14:55) Watch out for catfish in the IWC! (00:15:36) Three hours of Dynamite/Collision on Wednesday this week… and we’ve gotta talk about Orange Cassidy first, of course (00:25:31) Does Rush make you horny? And does Chris Jericho have four friends who aren’t the Hurt Syndicate? (00:28:40) Not sure about Bryan Keith’s new haircut, but it’s nice to see him. (00:32:12) Is there going to be a schism in the Don Callis Family? (00:33:15) Harley Cameron hulks out but we still don’t have enough women’s matches (00:37:59) The Brawling Birds and the Triangle of Madness are still feuding so where’s our Thekla promo? (00:41:02) Meanwhile in the men’s world championship scene… is Maxwell really gonna shave his head? And has Tony Khan considered that making Orange Cassidy world champion would make line go up? (00:53:27) Will Ospreay please tell us a story, we’re very worried that you’re rejecting character development (01:06:10) A 10 man party match featuring the Young Bucks? We’ve gotta get those tag belts out of the swamp (01:12:54) We’ve gotta make sure Swerve Strickland gets booed (01:16:27) Happy… times? Email: wafflybollox@gmail.com Shop: ko-fi.com/wrassletrash/shop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Transcribe →Okay, how you know? | AEW Collision 25 April and Dynamite 29 April recapped
May 101:21:22Tap to summarizeCome for the episode recaps, stay for the increasingly unhinged fantasy booking. No, you're gonna like it, honestly. (00:00:00) Housekeeping, some sad WWE debuts, some WWE releases, and… no, we don’t know why we’re talking so much about that place either, sorry, won’t happen again (00:10:04) Lots of things on Dynamite made us happy this week. Starting with the further adventures of Orange Cassidy (featuring FTR, Cope and Christian, Ciampa, and hallucinogenic popcorn) (00:20:03) Belts and title shots for everyone… but none for Max Friedman byeeeeee (00:28:02) Okay, how you know? (00:32:42) Why wouldn’t you just put a belt on the coolest guy in the company? By which we mean Brody King, obvs. (00:36:27) Crispy Billy joins the Death Riders (00:43:29) The black mist lives!!!! Now we just need more time for women so we can do some stories with it (00:58:25) Okada had a banger but let’s not only let heels speak foreign languages please, we are hyper aware of the potential pitfalls here (01:00:33) Round up of other bits and bobs including Jack Perry vs El Clon, Bucks and Rascalz vs Death Riders and the Dogs, and other things that happened, we definitely know things that happened (01:04:07) Saving the best for last: Swerve Strickland made an appearance! We are SEATED. (01:13:35) The most adorable proof of life Email: wafflybollox@gmail.comShop: ko-fi.com/wrassletrash/shop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Transcribe →Locked in a dungeon for his own good | AEW Dynamite, Collision, and Dynamite again (15-22 April)
Apr 2401:21:04Tap to summarizeOof. Lots going on, eh? This week, we attempt to run down everything that’s happened since Dynasty, but unfortunately there’s a ghost in the machine (and it seems to be trying to type on MJ’s keyboard throughout?) (00:00:00) We try to remember how to do this podcast thing (00:09:54) We’ve got a new AEW men’s world champion since we last recorded, and we don’t like it (00:18:34) Maxwell crashout era? Finally? For us? (00:23:39) Put the title on Brody King, go on (or else we might just ignore the men’s world title for a bit) (00:31:05) Get the tag titles out of the swamp (00:34:21) Sad boys being sad (00:37:16) What are the Death Riders’ intentions with Will Ospreay? (00:42:49) Can we get a new challenger for Thekla please? (00:44:30) Shida got rumbled, and Stat might be having second thoughts… (00:52:30) Samoa Joe has returned! (00:54:08) Let Lio Rush be spooky (and stop talking over him!) (01:00:25) Can we please see Orange Cassidy vs Blake Christian one-on-one? (01:08:12) Happy times Email: wafflybollox@gmail.com Shop: ko-fi.com/wrassletrash/shop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Transcribe →A Waffly Sleepover with... LA Taylor, professional wrestler
Apr 1801:25:29Tap to summarizeRoll out your sleeping bag and settle in for a natter! Wrestler LA Taylor joins us in our waffly den to chat Cornish representation, being an outsider... and the wildest pizza order you've ever heard. (00:00:00) Welcoming LA Taylor into the Waffly den (00:06:39) Choosing a movie: the joys of Shrek 2 and period dramas (00:13:37) All Japan Women’s wrestling, influences, and sharing a locker room with Aja Kong (00:17:03) First favourite wrestlers and the power of manifestation (00:19:56) The south-west wrestling scene, and social mobility in wrestling (00:28:05) Wrestling in summer camps (00:33:25) Representation, the weight of responsibility, and Progress’s first ever women’s Super Strong Style 16 tournament (00:37:54) Reinventing yourself in the age of COVID (00:44:18) Teaming with Skye Smitson (00:51:20) Being the Lana Austin Experience and getting ringside experience (00:54:09) Working heel and getting heat from six year olds (00:57:00) Coming back better than ever after an injury (00:59:34) What’s your pizza order? (01:02:23) The biggest challenges in BritWres at the moment (01:04:47) Childhood crushes (and recurring themes) (01:11:40) Watching deathmatches (and why women are better at them) (01:16:31) Goals Follow LA Taylor on social: @la_taylor_pw on Instagram @L_A_Taylor_ on X @lataylorpw.bsky.social on Bluesky Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Transcribe →Surprisingly jam-free | AEW Dynasty 2026 match-by-match review
Apr 1502:49:07Tap to summarizePop some champagen, Kyle O’Reilly’s back! And everything else that happened at AEW Dynasty 2026. (00:00:00) News and indie roundup (00:18:28) AEW Dynasty’s Zero Hour: the unwelcome return of Kamille, Alex Windsor vs Marina Shafir, the spectre of heel Shida, Jack Perry vs Mark Davis, and the Divine Dominion vs Maya World and Hyan. (00:40:10) The Young Bucks vs Okada and Takeshita (00:51:31) Ricochet vs Chris Jericho (and several tangents about the temperature and comfort of wrestling venues, and minor user interface issues with MyAEW) (01:05:29) Andrade El Idolo vs Darby Allin (01:11:41) FTR vs Cope and Christian (and the death of tag team wrestling in AEW) (01:22:56) TNT Title Casino Gauntlet match (01:30:53) Women’s World Championship match: Thekla vs Jamie Hayter (01:44.51) Continental Championship match: Jon Moxley vs Will Ospreay, where one line of commentary sends us into a spiral about bravery, stupidity, and what it means to be the best (02:02:34) Men’s Trios Championship match: The Dogs vs The Conglomeration (02:11:58) Men’s World Championship match: MJF vs Kenny Omega, with a nutshot-related recommendation for David Francisco’s recent match against Richard Holliday at RevPro Live in London 106 (02:33:58) Unhinged speculation about who might get the men’s world title next, and when Email: wafflybollox@gmail.com Shop: ko-fi.com/wrassletrash/shop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Transcribe →A Waffly Sleepover with... Veda Scott, wrestling broadcaster
Apr 1001:27:11Tap to summarizeWe're having a sleepover, and you're invited! Veda Scott is a wrestling broadcaster who's worked with NPJW, TJPW, CMLL, GCW, AEW, North, and more. We were very, very excited to get into our comfies, plan snacks, figure out which wrestling matches to watch, and then set the world to rights with Veda. Also? We asked about the cave wrestling show. Because how could we not? (00:00:00) Hello Veda! (00:03:34) Settling into the inaugural Waffly Bollox sleepover (00:09:15) Choosing the right wrestling show to watch at a sleepover (and the perils of going back to old shows) (00:16:54) The joys of Tokyo Joshi Pro (00:20:52) Moving from wrestling into broadcasting (00:29:10) The most painful spots in wrestling (00:36:36) How it feels to call a match when you’re married to one of the wrestlers in it (00:43:46) Wrestling in a cave - the legend of Breed Wrestling’s Starrcave (00:54:46) BritWres, Speaking Out, and the ways in which kayfabe gives the worst people room to operate in a scene (01:07:01) Tackling the lack of non-male voices in this space (01:19:20) Who’s the hottest masked luchador? Follow Veda on social: @itsvedatime on X @vedascott1 on YouTube @vedascott.bsky.social on Bluesky Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Transcribe →In Demand, in the office | AEW Dynamite and Collision 30 March-2 April recapped
Apr 401:28:16Tap to summarizeWe’re just a weekly wrestling podcast, standing in front of a wrestling promoter, asking for some decent storytelling… (00:00:00) That Thursday Collision really messed with our sense of time and space (00:03:42) The return of Chris Jericho to AEW, and jobs for the boys (00:15:56) Kenny Omega’s guts could explode at ANY MOMENT (00:24:36) Imagine working in an office with The Demand (00:28:53) MJF as the foreign heel (00:31:11) Speedball and Kevin Knight pass the vibe check, unlike some other people (00:33:12) The visible hands of Don Callis: Okada has nothing to do, Aussie Open are cursed (get well soon, Kyle!), RPG Vice had a run-in with Cope and Christian, Don is taking bribes from MJF and deploying Andrade to keep Darby Allin busy, and something something title shots how why what is any of this nonsense (00:49:52) Nothing in the women’s division means anything right now (00:53:32) How do you ruin a perfectly good grudge match? Slap Continental Classic rules on it (00:58:17) The Death Riders are a problem tbh (01:02:29) What are we meant to be emotionally invested in? (01:04:52) Holy Shida! And introducing the Beltdel test, plus a grab bag of other stuff we didn’t have much to say about (01:08:58) Happy times (including dream cuppa rotations) Email: wafflybollox@gmail.com Shop: ko-fi.com/wrassletrash/shop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Transcribe →Chicanery, skullduggery and tomfoolery | AEW Dynamite and Collision 18-25 March recapped
Mar 2801:29:21Tap to summarizeWe're never accepting that a "double main event" is a thing, especially if it means women never get to be the main event. (00:00:00) Double main events are nonsense, plus news from RevPro: our new women’s champion, a Mercedes Mone sighting, and a big old heel turn from One Called Manders (00:21:05) Things the internet has been arguing about this week, featuring Brody King, the disappearance of Toni Storm, and terrible brand synergy with transphobes (00:39:43) Who killed Toni Storm? Mina Shirakawa took on Marina Shafir and Thekla in her absence (00:47:28) Updates to the number one contender for the men’s World Title belt (but no EVP status for Swerve Strickland) (00:57:27) Swerve’s Kenny-referencing gear suggests the Elite mindset extends far beyond just “The Elite” as defined (00:58:47) No thank you Darby, we don’t want any (01:05:42) Trent is allowed back on Dynamite and Jack Perry has a pet squirrel?! (01:09:05) Ospreay is gonna fight the Death Riders, but do we still care? (01:11:25) Let Lio Rush be a demon if he wants to be (01:14:13) Some other stuff is happening I guess but everything just feels a bit baggy at the moment (01:18:51) Happy times Email: wafflybollox@gmail.com Shop: ko-fi.com/wrassletrash/shop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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