Everything on the Menu With Braun Strowman
Awesome Truth: A Wrestling Book Club
Release Date: 12/03/2025
HBK Sells Big for Hulk: The Legend vs Icon Watch-Along
Awesome Truth: A Wrestling Book Club
To end our short run talking about Shawn Michaels and begin our short run talking about (sigh) Hulk Hogan, we're watching along with their "classic" match at SummerSlam 2005. It's remembered as the night when HBK made Hogan look terrible by overselling everything, but is that reputation fair? And is the match any good? Join us and find out.
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The Heartbreak Kid: Becoming Shawn Michaels
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Despite mostly moving their content to Netflix and ESPN, WWE is still putting out documentaries on Peacock. Their latest entry, The Heartbreak Kid: Becoming Shawn Michaels, is a full feature-length look at Mr. WrestleMania. Do we need another HBK documentary? Is his latest turn as head of NXT worth diving into? Join us for one more journey through the career of this all-time legend, from the Rockers and the Kliq to Flair and Taker at Mania and back again.
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Cody vs Orton + McAfee, Yeesh: The WrestleMania 42 Watch-Along
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Now that WrestleMania 42 has entered the history books with a resounding "meh," it's time to revisit the already maligned Night 1 main event from this year's show: Cody Rhodes versus Randy Orton. It could've been the easiest feud to book in history; instead, they made it about Pat McAfee. Was the match as boring as everyone claims? Watch along as we find out.
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Ranking the Greatest WrestleMania Matches
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How would you rank the top 50 WrestleMania matches of all time? Pageantry, work rate, legacy, recency? WWE has taken a crack at this very project with a , led by Undertaker versus Shawn Michaels from WrestleMania 25 and featuring (surprisingly) very few long boring Triple H matches. Did they do a good job? What stood out as smart and what was overrated? Join us as we tackle our first playlist review.
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Punk vs Reigns vs Rollins for Custody of Heyman: The WrestleMania 41 Watch-Along
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With WrestleMania 42 only weeks away, we decided to travel very briefly back in time and get a preview of this year's premier match (plus Seth Rollins). That's right, we're watching the Night 1 main event from WrestleMania 41: CM Punk versus Roman Reigns vs "The Architect" himself. Most people said it was the high point of a particularly dreary Mania weekend; do we agree? Join us and find out!
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The Epic Story of The Shield, a Spotfight Wrestling Doc
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Sometimes YouTube recommends videos and sometimes Walt clicks on them, and that's how we ended up watching The Epic Story of The Shield, a wrestling documentary from the good people at Spotfight. What is Spotfight? How do their wrestling documentaries stand up to the dozens of WWE docs we've watched for this show? And did we learn anything new about Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins, and the man formerly known as Dean Ambrose? Join us and find out.
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The Wyatt Family vs The Shield: An Elimination Chamber Watch-Along
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To celebrate ElimChamb week, the most thrilling week of the wrestling season, we're revisiting one of the best matches in the history of the event: The Wyatt Family versus The Shield. It's from way back in 2014, when Bluetista was getting booed, Jack Swagger was still a thing, and these 6 guys were lighting the world on fire. Not to mention, you may be shocked by who ends up eating the pin. Join us as we watch along with this classic 6-man tag.
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WWE 365: AJ Styles (Retirement Edition)
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Now that AJ Styles has ridden off into the sunset, temporarily or otherwise, we felt it was time to revisit a classic WWE Network documentary on The Phenomenal One. The years 2017 and 2018 were fascinating ones for Styles, from an incredible match with Brock Lesnar at Survivor Series to a very disappointing title defense against Shinksuke Nakamura at WrestleMania. Join us as we watch the WWE 365 recap of one of AJ's biggest years and discuss Styles' WWE run as a whole.
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AEW Performance Review
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Hot on the heels of reading Keith Elliot Greenberg's , we're giving AEW an official Awesome Truth performance review. How has the company evolved from 2019 to today? How do the so-called Four Pillars hold up in 2026? Spoiler alert: Sammy Guevara is not quite pillar-y these days. Join us as we discuss the peaks and valleys of All Elite Wrestling.
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Dwayne Breaks Foley's Head With a Chair: The Royal Rumble 'I Quit' Watch-Along
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Welcome to 2026! With Royal Rumble season right around the corner, we're watching a very famous Rumble singles match: The Rock versus Mankind for the WWE championship at the 1999 Royal Rumble. This is the infamous I Quit match that ends with a dozen chairshots right to Mick Foley's unprotected head; it's a tough one to revisit but also a reminder of how good Dwayne was at playing a total asshole heel. Join us as we cover our eyes and do our best to watch along.
info_outlineI don't think anyone expected Braun Strowman to go from "pro wrestling goliath" to "food show host," but here we are! Strowman's new USA show, Everything on the Menu With Braun Strowman, has been a surprise hit for the beefy former WWE star and may end up being a solid second career. But is it any good? And are the tie-ins with wrestling even remotely organic? Join us as we follow Braun around Washington, DC, as he attempts to eat the whole dang menu.