There’s a new MAHARAJA in town, and we’re here to talk about it! This week on CxW, we discuss the ongoing Broken Universe War between the Hardy’s and Impact Wrestling, The Women’s Money In The Bank Match, Goldust & Shattered Dreams Productions taking it back to ’96, Finn and Paul Heyman’s confrontation, and give our overall impressions of NXT Takeover: Chicago and Backlash.
In our Main Event, it’s all about Jinder Mahal. We talk about his improbable WWE Title win, what it means going forward, Xenophobic heat and the “evil foreigner” heel gimmick, and the direction/length of his title reign.
In Comics news, we talk Tom Hardy as Venom and the Sony building a universe around Spider-Man characters (possibly without Spider-Man), Black Lightning coming to the CW, Red Dead Redemption delays, and Zach Snyder stepping down from Justice League. You also get some bonus “Best of the Super Juniors” talk, too!
Wrestling news took a……DIVE this week as the team had plenty to discuss.
We start the show by talking about ROH/NJPW War of the Worlds and our appreciation for the Super-Saiyan of the Squared Circle, Will Ospreay [1:35]. We then go into New Japan creating a US Title [12:20], Whether ROH could fill a 10,000 seat arena [18:09], Randy Orton vs. the indies [30:00], Io Shirai on her way to WWE [44:00], Eva Marie leaves Total Divas [48:00], and John Cena’s theory on why fans boo Roman Reigns [53:00].
In WWE news, we discuss the fatal 5-way (Seth, Joe, Finn, Bray, Roman) and who NEEDS to win this match [1:03:00], Titus Brand vs. Big Baller Brand [1:11:00], and we give our predictions for NXT Takeover Chicago [1:16:00] and Backlash [1:30:00].
We wrap up with some quick comics talk, discussing Agents of SHIELD’s move to Friday’s, Injustice 2, and the cancellation of Black Panther and the Crew and why people should #BuyTheComics [1:50:00]
We’re back with another episode of Nonstop Culture! I’m joined by Joi [@Jumpedforjoi] once again, as I needed a fellow New Yorker to discuss growing up in NYC [1:00] and some of the crazy NY Stories of the past week, including a Former NYPD officer humping a dead shark for all to see [13:00], and NYPD’s new directive forbidding from entering a residence in response to a noise complaint — unless they’re given permission [26:00].
In social news, we discuss the #BowWowChallenge and how people front on social media [44:00], and we salute the 2017 graduates of Bethune Cookman College and their resistance of Betsy DeVos, despite the “threats” of a mailed degree (as opposed to what other way to get your degree?!) [1:02:00].
For our main event, we discuss Miley Cyrus, YesJulz and how they Cosplay Black culture for their benefit. [1:12:00]. We give you our raw and uncut views as only NSC can!
Everybody wanna be WWE, but don’t nobody wanna be WWE
That’s the theme for this week as pro wrestling has been emulated and excoriated equally across pop culture. Jeff, Bre, Marcus and Chris Mac talk about the future WWE Women’s Champion and child of Brie Bella and Daniel Bryan, Birdie Danielson’s birth [1:45], The Canelo-Chavez Jr. fight that ended with a NJPW esque showdown between Canelo and GGG [3:45], Jared Followill of King’s of Leon (they’re still alive?!) trashing pro wrestling and subsequently getting escorted out the paint by Wrestling Twitter [5:45] which led to an overall discussion of the art of pro wrestling and why the condescending, pompous and corny derision from the “Wrestling is Fake” community needs to cease. We preview the ROH/NJPW War of The Worlds PPV and the solid card that is sure to please wrestling fans [20:00].
In WWE talk, we discuss the injuries rampant across the E and how they’ll affect feuds [30:00], Why overseas RAW shows are so bad [35:00] USOS/Breezango appreciation [40:00], How Smackdown’s top three feuds (RKO/Jinder, AJ/KO, Zayn/Corbin) completely dwarf RAW’s top three (Seth/Joe, Finn/Bray, Miz/Dean), and how we see these feuds playing out [43:00].
In Comics talk, we discuss Free Comic Book Day and some of our favorite reads [58:00], The Hellboy reboot without Perlman and Guillermo Del Toro [1:05:00], Donald Glover as Executive producer, Showrunner, and writer on a new Deadpool animated series on FXX [1:06:00], and Black Lightning officially on its way to the CW [1:10:00].
Don’t worry, you don’t need $12,000 and illusions of Ja Rule grandeur to enjoy the CxWPod! We discuss the news around the Wrestling web [1:30] including Adam Cole’s Free Agency and NJPW’s Super Juniors Tournament brackets, Our Payback Grades [17:30] Raw and Smackdown topics [28:00] including Heel Sheamus/Cesaro, BROKEN Bayley, and the Welcoming Committee, The HORRIBLE Great Balls of Fire PPV name [1:03:00] which leads to a discussion of that FYRE FEST fail, The new Marvel DEFENDERS Netflix trailer [1:13:00] and we wrap with our takes on the promotion (or lack thereof) of Wonder Woman [1:24:00].
This week the team gives their predictions for WWE Payback. We also discuss CM Punk joining The Challenge on MTV, The Miz’s aspirations to play Booster Gold, Gotham and Metropolis come to Abu Dhabi, The new DC Digital Streaming service, WTF is a house of horrors match and ROH stars who may be on their way to WWE. Finally, in Ask The Marks, we get a question about the best feud we haven’t seen yet in the current WWE.
This week we are joined by Ricky Smith B.K.A. Rickonia, the star of the NEW Travel Channel reality series “Yes Man”. Jeff and Ricky talk about the common name struggles, the origins of the Random Acts of Kindness Everywhere (R.A.K.E.) movement, suffering through life struggles, his unconventional road to comedy through social media, writing for Black Dynamite with no formal experience, trading “Drunk Ass Rick” stories, some behind the scenes hilarity from “Yes Man”, the motivation to succeed, CLEVELAND, and how the last $20 in his pocket set off a chain of events that led him to this day. Be a fly on the wall for an interesting conversation between two good friends.
This week, we debate Sheamus saying that this era of WWE > The Attitude Era, Braun Strowman decimating the RAW roster and a ring with Big Show, The Miz/Ambrose feud we don’t want, The Drifter as a NPC, The more enticing Women’s title matches between Charlotte-Naomi and Alexa Bliss-Bayley, Jinder Mahal’s ascent to #1 contender and if thats a good thing, Kevin Owens as the face of America, Gina Rodriguez as our new Carmen Sandiego and the preview of the Batman/Flash 4 pt Crossover “The Button” and how readers will get some answers in the post DC-Rebirth Universe. In #AskTheMarks, we answer an email question about who we would move in a comic character superstar shakeup.
Welcome to episode 1 of the CxW (Comics x Wrestling) Podcast! I’ve been a pro wrestling and comic book aficionado for most of my life, and I’ve found that many fans of one world, dabble heavily in the other. It only made sense to discuss two of my greatest passions in one awesome show! Here on the CxW Pod, we will cover Comics x Pro Wrestling news, shows, and wax poetic with our opinions and our fondest memories. Joining me in the CxW stable are Bre,Chris Mac, and Marcus Flowers. We combine our forces to present you with four of the most passionate comics x wrestling marks ever.
In this episode, Jeff, Bre, Chris Mac, and Marcus discuss the WWE Superstar Shakeup and what it means for the future of both brands, Braun Strowman with segment of 2017, Mauro Ranallo vs. JBL, The Thor Ragnarok Trailer, Ric Flair’s bar escapades, Josh Brolin as Cable, Marvel’s event embargo, Awesome Kong x Netflix x GLOW, the hidden controversial messages in X-Men Gold #1, NJPW Sakura Genesis recap featuring Shibata vs. Okada and we discuss why you should diversify the wrestling you watch, especially with New Japan Pro!
This week, Jeff talks to Kriss of the MTR Network [@InsanityReport] and Joi from Black Girl Nerds [@jumpedforjoi] about the recent discussions on Diversity in comics. Recent comments by Marvel’s VP David Gabriel point to “economic anxiety” with retailers around the All-New, All-Different Marvel movement. We discuss the real questions that should be asked, the hospitality of comic stores towards minorities, the technology movement towards digital comics, a deeper dive into diverse comic sales, where fans and companies are culpable, Economic vs. Social Media support, calling out trash comics regardless of representation, and more! A nuanced topic needs real talk, and we give it to ya!
