Wrestling Tonight: COPELAND SAYS TONY KHAN WOULD HAVE ALLOWED FINAL EDGE-CENA MATCH | OSPREAY & OMEGA GET PERSONAL BEFORE ALL IN, PAT MCAFEE SAYS HE’S DONE WITH WWE & CACTUS JACK-FUNK 31 YEARS LATER | 206
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Turnbuckle Tavern is powered by G FUEL and Official Dick Lazer. Use code TAVERN for 20% off at GFUEL.com and DickLazers.com. Episode 206 of Wrestling Tonight begins with one of the biggest “what ifs” surrounding John Cena’s retirement run. Adam Copeland says he believes Tony Khan would have allowed him to step outside AEW for one final Edge vs. Cena match in WWE. Copeland made it clear that nothing was ever formally proposed, Tony was never actually asked and WWE never officially rejected the idea, but his belief is that AEW would not have been the obstacle. It is especially interesting...
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Rawdown #241: Solo Has Been Delivered
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It's time to get RAW! It's time to get DOWN! Jacy Jayne defeated Tiffany Stratton to become the new Women's United States Champion, while CM Punk and Kevin Owens trade more words ahead of their WWE Championship clash and Tatum Paxley bizarrely locked Alexa Bliss and Charlotte Flair inside a makeshift closet. The intense momentum carried into Monday Night Raw, seeing Solo Sikoa stand face-to-face with Roman Reigns to answer to The Bloodline and Chad Gable successfully defend his Intercontinental Championship against Rey Mysterio. Raw also saw Je'Von Evans pick up a win over JD McDonagh before...
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Wrestling Tonight: RYOHEI OIWA WINS G1 CLIMAX 36 & GETS OCTOBER IWGP TITLE SHOT | JOSEPH SAWYER WINS GCW TITLE, DRAKE YOUNGER CONTROVERSY, AI INOKI & LA KNIGHT-ROMAN REIGNS | 205
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Turnbuckle Tavern is powered by G FUEL and Official Dick Lazer. Use code TAVERN for 20% off at GFUEL.com and DickLazers.com. Episode 205 of Wrestling Tonight begins in Japan, where Ryohei Oiwa defeated Yuya Uemura in a 35-minute final to win G1 Climax 36 and cap off a tournament that increasingly felt like NJPW finally committing to its new generation. We break down Oiwa’s path from qualifying for the tournament to becoming G1 champion, the significance of a final four featuring Oiwa, Uemura, Yota Tsuji and Callum Newman, and Oiwa’s decision to follow TMDK mentor Zack Sabre Jr. by taking...
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Wrestling Tonight: G1 CLIMAX FINAL FOUR: TSUJI, OIWA, NEWMAN & UEMURA | COPELAND COMPARES ARENA MEXICO TO 2020 WWE RETURN, BAYLEY CONTRACT UPDATE & ALL IN 38,909 | 204
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Turnbuckle Tavern is powered by G FUEL and Official Dick Lazer. Use code TAVERN for 20% off at GFUEL.com and DickLazers.com. Episode 204 of Wrestling Tonight begins in Japan, where G1 Climax 36 is officially down to Yota Tsuji, Ryohei Oiwa, Callum Newman and Yuya Uemura, guaranteeing a first-time tournament winner. Tsuji faces Uemura and Newman meets Oiwa in the semifinals Saturday, August 15 at Ryogoku Sumo Hall, with the winners advancing to Sunday’s final. Both blocks ended with three wrestlers tied at 12 points. In A Block, Tsuji, Oiwa and Konosuke Takeshita all finished 6-3, but Tsuji...
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AEW Dynamite: Swerve Returns To Confront Brodido And Hangman | Ricochet Cooks On The Mic | MJF Gains #2 Spot In Casino Gauntlet
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It's Thursday, and you know what that means! It is time to walk through those Tavern doors and order up a round of professional wrestling coverage from The Two Bad Chads! This week we talk AEW and all the happenings of the week! Make sure you go to patreon.com/theturnbuckletavern for all your Tavern needs!
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Rawdown #240: Kevin Owens Doesn't Like CM Punk Very Much
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The RAWDOWN boys discuss all of the news coming out of RAW and Smackdown and get you caught up on all of the news happening inside and outside the ropes in WWE. Everything is on the table. This is just the tip of the iceberg with all of the stories and news going on in the WWE. Let's talk about it and everything else in the WWE Universe! WWE RAW, WWE Smackdown, NXT... It's all there! Come get your best weekly fix for all things WWE on The RAWDOWN, right here at The Turnbuckle Tavern! PLEASE SUBSCRIBE, COMMENT, SHARE, & CLICK THE BELL! TELL A FRIEND ABOUT US! Go to...
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Wrestling Tonight: WWE HAS A DOMINIK MYSTERIO PROBLEM… AND IT’S GETTING HARDER TO IGNORE | 203
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Turnbuckle Tavern is powered by G FUEL and Official Dick Lazer. Use code TAVERN for 20% off at GFUEL.com and DickLazers.com. Episode 203 of Wrestling Tonight centers on a question WWE may eventually have to answer with Dominik Mysterio: what happens when someone develops into a legitimate main-event talent faster than the company seems prepared to treat him like one? Dominik has now held the AAA Mega Championship since September 12, 2025, a reign that has reached 333 days as of August 11, 2026, and his progression has become increasingly difficult to dismiss as simply the product of heat,...
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Wrestling Tonight: DORY FUNK JR. DIES AT 85 | KEVIN OWENS WANTS CM PUNK IN TORONTO, G1 CLIMAX 36 & AEW ALL IN TAKES SHAPE | 202
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Turnbuckle Tavern is powered by G FUEL and Official Dick Lazer. Use code TAVERN for 20% off at GFUEL.com and DickLazers.com. Episode 202 of Wrestling Tonight begins by remembering Dory Funk Jr., who died at 85 years old. We look back at the former NWA World Heavyweight Champion's remarkable career, his influence across generations of professional wrestling, his importance in both the United States and Japan, and the legacy he leaves behind as one of the industry's most respected figures. In WWE, Kevin Owens has called his shot against CM Punk. After returning at SummerSlam and winning a Fatal...
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AEW Dynamite: Grand Slam Mexico | MJF Returns For Andrade | Trios Championship Changes Hands
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It's Thursday, and you know what that means! It is time to walk through those Tavern doors and order up a round of professional wrestling coverage from The Two Bad Chads! This week we talk AEW and all the happenings of the week! Make sure you go to patreon.com/theturnbuckletavern for all your Tavern needs!
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Rawdown #239: SummerSlam '26: The Recap Round-Up Fallout Review
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The RAWDOWN boys discuss all of the news coming out of RAW and Smackdown and get you caught up on all of the news happening inside and outside the ropes in WWE. Everything is on the table. This is just the tip of the iceberg with all of the stories and news going on in the WWE. Let's talk about it and everything else in the WWE Universe! WWE RAW, WWE Smackdown, NXT... It's all there! Come get your best weekly fix for all things WWE on The RAWDOWN, right here at The Turnbuckle Tavern! PLEASE SUBSCRIBE, COMMENT, SHARE, & CLICK THE BELL! TELL A FRIEND ABOUT US! Go to...
info_outlineIt's time to get RAW! It's time to get DOWN! This past week in WWE delivered massive final implications heading into SummerSlam, headlined Monday Night Raw where Raquel Rodriguez captured the WWE Women's Intercontinental Championship by defeating Sol Ruca, while Brock Lesnar taunted Oba Femi with the key to the Hell in a Cell and Roman Reigns had a final face-off with Seth Rollins. The momentum was built off Friday Night SmackDown, which saw Finn Balor defeat Damian Priest, Royce Keys, and Trick Williams to earn a shot at the Undisputed Championship, alongside a war of words between CM Punk and Cody Rhodes, and Chelsea Green officially qualifying for the SummerSlam Ladder Match. We also make predictions for SummerSlam and much more on your #1 source of ALL things WWE on the Turnbuckle Tavern! This is the RAW DOWN!