The NXT Wrestling Fan

Over the first five episodes of Kris' tenure on The NXT Wrestling Fan, MeganBob whiffed every attempt to predict the next big thing in the story of NXT. For reasons that we assure you are reasons, that has resulted in nearly two hours of Bob and Kris talking about Captain Carrot and his Amazing Zoo Crew!, an obscure yet beloved funny animal superhero comic published by DC in the early 1980's. Rather than boring you with the origin story of this bonus episode, we'll just tell you that many DC Comjcs tropes are explained, many animal puns are uttered, many low-key quacks are quacked, and the word "sexecutioner" unexpectedly comes up. What are you waiting for? Let this strange episode into your ears so it can punch you directly in the brain!

NewsSting by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4124-newssting License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Eyes Gone Wrong by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/3732-eyes-gone-wrong License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Samba Stings by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4008-samba-stings License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Teddy Bear Waltz by Kevin MacLeod https://uppbeat.io/t/kevin-macleod/teddy-bear-waltz License code: JR8YJN7X9BTCYONZ
Rich and Famous by Soundroll https://uppbeat.io/t/soundroll/rich-and-famous License code: D9U995DOPPSIVVYE
Green Fingers by Richard Rodgers https://uppbeat.io/t/richard-bodgers/green-fingers License code: ZLHSCJFJWJI8IQGL
60's Quiz Show by Podington Bear is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

• Past!Kris is always one step ahead
• A feline First Milk Match
• Inverted Atomic Drops will break your butt
• The Enzo Box
• The delicate act of being mean
• When a gimmick does not work
• Locational context
• Journalism!
• The Chosen One of Something
• Journey Into Rosebudness

Are we chanting for zoo animals in the episode of NXT that originally aired on February 18th, 2015? We certainly have reason to! Along with that, we also ride a rollercoaster that includes:

• Dramatic irony
• Precognition about rhinos and spears by tigers
• Reverse shrimp holds
• The Devon Box
• A tea-aboo sidebar
• A tiny Wrestlemania sign
• The Sydney Opera House
• A real Greg
• Bullcrap and a weird man
• Your boot-choking dollars
• Gotta dom your dom
• Nobody Eats It Like Neville
• Loud as a kazo
• Gravity remembers
• Revenge does a body good!
• GOOD WITCH WOULD NEVER

Our theme song is called "Learnbuckle" and it was created by the uniquely talented Rafael Medina, whose work you can and should follow via his Twitter account, @EarthMeauxFaux! You can also follow MeganBob @meganbobness, and the show itself @nxtwrestlingfan. If you want to get in touch with Kris Newton, set up a pit trap in the Pacific Northwest with a giant pot of coffee and wait patiently. And if you'd like to support the show, check out our Patreon at www.patreon.com/nxtwrestlingfan.

Additional music and sound credit to:

NewsSting by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4124-newssting License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Eyes Gone Wrong by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/3732-eyes-gone-wrong License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Samba Stings by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4008-samba-stings License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Teddy Bear Waltz by Kevin MacLeod https://uppbeat.io/t/kevin-macleod/teddy-bear-waltz License code: JR8YJN7X9BTCYONZ

Green Fingers by Richard Rodgers https://uppbeat.io/t/richard-bodgers/green-fingers License code: ZLHSCJFJWJI8IQGL

60's Quiz Show by Podington Bear is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

The NXT Takeover that originally aired on February 11th, 2015 left Bob with some big feelings about wrestling. Other things we have feelings about in this episode include: 

• Rivals to Wrestlelovers
• Kris' Bullwinkle OnlyFans
• Can a knee be gorgeous?
• The Bull Dempsey Circle of Hell
• A steel chair is brutally sat upon!
• Wrestling inspiration from the iconic Oprah Winfrey
• Tasting the mountaintop
• MeganBob loves a hobo tune
• The Hot Topic of wrestling championships
• Wrestling's ethic of care
• How to get all the power in a relationship

Our theme song is called "Learnbuckle" and it was created by the uniquely talented Rafael Medina, whose work you can and should follow via his Twitter account, @EarthMeauxFaux! You can also follow MeganBob @meganbobness, and the show itself @nxtwrestlingfan. If you want to get in touch with Kris Newton, set up a pit trap in the Pacific Northwest with a giant pot of coffee and wait patiently. And if you'd like to support the show, check out our Patreon at www.patreon.com/nxtwrestlingfan.

Additional music and sound credit to:

NewsSting by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4124-newssting License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Eyes Gone Wrong by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/3732-eyes-gone-wrong License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Samba Stings by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4008-samba-stings License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Teddy Bear Waltz by Kevin MacLeod https://uppbeat.io/t/kevin-macleod/teddy-bear-waltz License code: JR8YJN7X9BTCYONZ

Green Fingers by Richard Rodgers https://uppbeat.io/t/richard-bodgers/green-fingers License code: ZLHSCJFJWJI8IQGL

60's Quiz Show by Podington Bear is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

• Brad Maddox methadone
• Zeroth-level men
• 2023 is the year of Sin Cara
• Carny switch-ups
• Seasonal residence in wherever
• Indiscriminate bouncers
• "Right, little buddy?"
• The birth of #Blurphy
• The rolled-up newspaper of a heel headlock
• Anticipatory blow-off boner
• Catch the fever!
• Order Muppet vs Chaos Muppet
• "This Is Ours" by Mith https://mithgifs.substack.com/p/this-is-ours
• When you're feelin' D;

The episode of NXT that originally aired on January 21st, 2015 didn't intend to teach us a new word, but in our defense, Afrikaans words are simpler to spell on an American keyboard than 'Coup de Grâce' is. Not that we don't love a circumflex around here. Other things we loved and just generally had emotions about include: 

• Day job promo packages
• Is William Regal a Spring
• Excited about brackets
• Deferral of inevitability
• Ulnar Nerve Manipulation
• Murder Chalk
• Treat yourself to a Bargument
• An Ode to Dinosaur Training
• Steak Fight
• The deadly Fucktapus
• Some beautiful hands
• "You too, Princess."

Our theme song is called "Learnbuckle" and it was created by the uniquely talented Rafael Medina, whose work you can and should follow via his Twitter account, @EarthMeauxFaux! You can also follow MeganBob @meganbobness, and the show itself @nxtwrestlingfan. If you want to get in touch with Kris Newton, set up a pit trap in the Pacific Northwest with a giant pot of coffee and wait patiently. And if you'd like to support the show, check out our Patreon at www.patreon.com/nxtwrestlingfan.

Special thanks to our editor, Lucas Brown, who remains eternally the best! Listen to his excellent podcast, The Math of You, and follow him on Twitter @lokified.

Additional music and sound credit to:

NewsSting by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4124-newssting
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Eyes Gone Wrong by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/3732-eyes-gone-wrong
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Samba Stings by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4008-samba-stings
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Teddy Bear Waltz by Kevin MacLeod
https://uppbeat.io/t/kevin-macleod/teddy-bear-waltz
License code: JR8YJN7X9BTCYONZ

Green Fingers by Richard Rodgers
https://uppbeat.io/t/richard-bodgers/green-fingers
License code: ZLHSCJFJWJI8IQGL

60's Quiz Show by Podington Bear is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

• Sleep vs Heaven
• The best chants
• Simple Machine roundup
• A Sharpshooter is a wonderful thing to apply
• A silent MGM Meow
• Explaining neckbreakers to Ewoks
• Scooping on a first date
• Mermaid thighs
• Powerbombs are kisses, really
• Free-standing wrestling
• Millenial pet dads
• Can't read my Devon-Face
• Were you saying Boo-ull?

• The fullness of your heart crystal
• Layers of performance
• Bob's Men's Feelings Retreat
• Doing Squatch 2: Squatching Season
• The finer points of cat ownership
• The Phantom of the Grapple-a
• Turtles and their wrestlers of choice
• Genital Flip, with Theatrics
• SolarPunk Gardening Jeans
• Sin Cara's last day as a flight attendant
• The kick of a lover
• Tiny domestic nothings

The return of Jason Jordan: Wrestling Detective features heavily in the episode of NXT that originally aired on January 1st, 2015 but, unbelievably, that's not the only notable occurrence! Also covered in this episode: 

At last, it's back and it's all about our beloved NXT! Kris Newton takes over as the new podcast dad starting with the episode of NXT that originally aired on December 18th, 2014. Sami Zayn may not be here, but there's still plenty to get excited about including: 

• THANK YOU! NEVILLE!
• Haughty vs Hottie
• A Defense of Heel Commentary
• Take Kevin Owens Home
• PER-MA-NENT-LY
• Talking Gorillas
• The Ascension Casually Murder Enzo
• THANK YOU! MILES! 
• Sami/Kevin AO3 tags

Our theme song is called "Learnbuckle" and it was created by the uniquely talented Rafael Medina, whose work you can and should follow via his Twitter account, @EarthMeauxFaux! You can get more Kris Newton at https://www.patreon.com/megadumbcast/ get more MeganBob @meganbobness, and follow the show itself @nxtwrestlingfan. And if you'd like to support the show, check out our Patreon at www.patreon.com/nxtwrestlingfan.

Special thanks to our editor, Lucas Brown, who remains eternally the best! Listen to his excellent podcast, The Math of You, and follow him on Twitter @lokified.

Additional music and sound credit to:

NewsSting by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4124-newssting 
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Eyes Gone Wrong by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/3732-eyes-gone-wrong 
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Samba Stings by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4008-samba-stings 
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Green Fingers by Richard Rodgers
https://uppbeat.io/t/richard-bodgers/green-fingers
License code: ZLHSCJFJWJI8IQGL

60's Quiz Show by Podington Bear
is licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial
4.0 International License.

• Taz Appreciation
• The tiny delicious anchovy that is Sonjay Dutt
• Too Many Folding Tables At Events?
• Hayter/Storm shipping questions
• Yes, Bob would fuck Randall from Monsters Inc.
• Surprise Thomas Aquinas references
• My Two Doms
• Brass Knuckle Betrayals
• "You lovely little marshmallow you..."

It's Saturday and you know what that means! The third episode of The AEW Wrestling Fan covering Full Gear 2022 -- or rather, ironically, HALF of Full Gear -- the PPV that originally aired November 19th, 2022. This episode gives us the long-awaited return of The Elite, as well as the wrestling return and AEW debut of Saraya. Also in this episode!

• Cage match discourse
• Dad rock
• 32 oz of rum & Coke
• Copious shit-fixing
• Military-grade nipple covers
• The disappearance of "Shaq"
• Tensions reach a flat-mouth-emoji pitch in the Jericho Appreciation Society
• Kris receives the wages of hubris
• A long-awaited match is awesome (NO! IT'S! NOT!)

Our theme song is called "Learnbuckle" and it was created by the uniquely talented Rafael Medina, whose work you can and should follow via his Twitter account, @EarthMeauxFaux! You can also follow Miles @mjschneiderman, MeganBob @meganbobness, and the show itself @nxtwrestlingfan. And if you'd like to support the show, check out our Patreon at www.patreon.com/nxtwrestlingfan.     Special thanks to our editor, Lucas Brown, who remains eternally the best! Listen to his excellent podcast, The Math of You, and follow him on Twitter @lokified.   Additional music and sound credit to: NewsSting by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4124-newssting License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license   Eyes Gone Wrong by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/3732-eyes-gone-wrong License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license   Samba Stings by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4008-samba-stings License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license   Green Fingers by Richard Rodgers https://uppbeat.io/t/richard-bodgers/green-fingers License code: ZLHSCJFJWJI8IQGL

• The art of brawl-walking
• The dislocation of commentary
• A lot of Hook sensations
• A potted history of the Dark Order
• Piledriver butt danger
• Camcorder dads anonymous
• Sunday Night Heat
• Minimal Jericho
• Kris is HOOKED
• VHS tape sourcing
• Don’t bite CM Punk

• Sammy Guevara is young and hungry (for EYEBALLS)
• Bob basically promises to write a Yambag Jones/Taz fic
• The Biggest Dick Energy
• Why do we want to scissor Billy Gunn?
• Weird Shaped Dudes
• "Ridickelous"
• Death Triangle smothers Kris' Breakdown in workrate
• There are two podcast hosts before you. One cannot see butts, and one can see ONLY butts...

The NXT Wrestling Fan returns in roughly six weeks to tell the tale of Sami Zayn's journey through Golden Age NXT! In the meantime, we have to say goodbye to one of our very oldest friends here on the podcast. We also say hello to the new permanent (and familiar) co-host that will guide us through to the conclusion of The NXT Wrestling Fan. 

As we work to prepare the next arc of the show, you'll have 3-4 bonus episodes on the feed covering a bit of AEW and giving you plenty of wrestling hilarity to enjoy while waiting for the return of the regular show. 

Kris Newton and I are thrilled to be working on this and we can't wait to bring you Zayn's NXT story in the coming months!

Our theme song is called "Learnbuckle" and it was created by the uniquely talented Rafael Medina, whose work you can and should follow via his Twitter account, @EarthMeauxFaux! You can also follow Miles @mjschneiderman, MeganBob @meganbobness, and the show itself @nxtwrestlingfan. And if you'd like to support the show, check out our Patreon at www.patreon.com/nxtwrestlingfan.

Real talk: When I (Miles) originally started talking to MeganBob about doing this podcast, I knew that two things needed to happen: We needed to start with Sami Zayn's debut, and we needed to, at the very least, make it to NXT Takeover: R Evolution. Getting past R Evolution would be great (and don't worry, we will) but as long as we made it there, it would be enough. And now we're here, and I can't express how happy I am that we've gone on this journey. And I would never IN A MILLION YEARS have dreamed of being able to talk Sami Zayn, Kevin Owens, and R Evolution with the one and only Mith.

If you're not familiar with Mith's work, that's something I highly recommend you change, whether it be via the famed Mith Gifs Twitter account or their essays on The Spectacle of Excess. I don't know that I've ever encountered a better writer on the subject of professional wrestling, and trust me, I have encountered most of them. If you want to be FULLY versed on the stuff we're talking about today, your light reading assignment is this essay on Sami Zayn's Road to Redemption, or, for the more ambitious among you, the 20-part series on the history of Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens, which you can follow in order thanks to the links at the bottom of each essay as long as you start with the first one. I cannot possibly recommend these highly enough for anybody interested in these two characters, or just interested in reading great non-fiction writing.

Anyway, we are so honored and thrilled that Mith was able to join us to discuss all things R Evolution, and I'm so happy that you get to hear it! Please enjoy, and be sure to stick around until the end of the episode for important announcements about the future of this podcast!

Our theme song is called "Learnbuckle" and it was created by the uniquely talented Rafael Medina, whose work you can and should follow via his Twitter account, @EarthMeauxFaux! You can also follow Miles @mjschneiderman, MeganBob @meganbobness, and the show itself @nxtwrestlingfan. And if you'd like to support the show, check out our Patreon at www.patreon.com/nxtwrestlingfan.

Special thanks to our editor, Lucas Brown, who remains eternally the best! Listen to his excellent podcast, The Math of You, and follow him on Twitter @lokified.

Additional music and sound credit to:

NewsSting by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4124-newssting 
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Teddy Bear Waltz by Kevin MacLeod
https://uppbeat.io/t/kevin-macleod/teddy-bear-waltz
License code: JR8YJN7X9BTCYONZ

Green Fingers by Richard Rodgers
https://uppbeat.io/t/richard-bodgers/green-fingers
License code: ZLHSCJFJWJI8IQGL

We're almost there. We're SO CLOSE. And we have so many appetizers to dig into before the main course! The episode of NXT that originally aired on December 4th, 2014, is the go-home show for NXT Takeover: R Evolution, and while other feuds are fractionally furthered and we take delight in various small moments througout the show, it's the final confrontation between Sami Zayn and Adrian Neville that blows us away. Topics of conversation for this episode include:

• Bayley acting wildly out of character and being rightfully punished
• Simon Gotch dueling a lion
• Kevin Owens and the cracking open of the door between WWE and the independent scene
• The unfathomably erotic thrill of William Regal calling you "flower"
• Finn Balor is coming with something we've never seen before (is it his dick? How could it possibly be his dick? But also, how could it possibly not?)
• Character growth, evolution, and the moments in which professional wrestling is at its absolute best
• Bowser leaves town (and Bowsette arrives)

Our theme song is called "Learnbuckle" and it was created by the uniquely talented Rafael Medina, whose work you can and should follow via his Twitter account, @EarthMeauxFaux! You can also follow Miles @mjschneiderman, MeganBob @meganbobness, and the show itself @nxtwrestlingfan. And if you'd like to support the show, check out our Patreon at www.patreon.com/nxtwrestlingfan.

Special thanks to our editor, Lucas Brown, who remains eternally the best! Listen to his excellent podcast, The Math of You, and follow him on Twitter @lokified.

Additional music and sound credit to:

NewsSting by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4124-newssting 
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Eyes Gone Wrong by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/3732-eyes-gone-wrong 
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Samba Stings by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4008-samba-stings 
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Teddy Bear Waltz by Kevin MacLeod
https://uppbeat.io/t/kevin-macleod/teddy-bear-waltz
License code: JR8YJN7X9BTCYONZ

Green Fingers by Richard Rodgers
https://uppbeat.io/t/richard-bodgers/green-fingers
License code: ZLHSCJFJWJI8IQGL

The episode of NXT that originally aired on November 27th, 2014, is...strangely devoid of Sami Zayn and Adrian Neville? Huh. That's kind of weird for this time period. But it's still compelling, as we get to catch up on a few of NXT's other storylines, with developments that include:

• The Continued Adventures Of Jason Jordan, Wrestling Detective
• Tyler Breeze and Marcus Louis suddenly being fanfic material
• Blue Pants' lack of theme music
• Dueling with bear footage
• Finn Balor and Natalya continue to just be ridiculously hot
• Our first glimpse at Kevin Owens (!!!) (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
• Pocket sand

Our theme song is called "Learnbuckle" and it was created by the uniquely talented Rafael Medina, whose work you can and should follow via his Twitter account, @EarthMeauxFaux! You can also follow Miles @mjschneiderman, MeganBob @meganbobness, and the show itself @nxtwrestlingfan. And if you'd like to support the show, check out our Patreon at www.patreon.com/nxtwrestlingfan.

Special thanks to our editor, Lucas Brown, who remains eternally the best! Listen to his excellent podcast, The Math of You, and follow him on Twitter @lokified.

Additional music and sound credit to:

NewsSting by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4124-newssting 
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Eyes Gone Wrong by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/3732-eyes-gone-wrong 
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Samba Stings by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4008-samba-stings 
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Teddy Bear Waltz by Kevin MacLeod
https://uppbeat.io/t/kevin-macleod/teddy-bear-waltz
License code: JR8YJN7X9BTCYONZ

Green Fingers by Richard Rodgers
https://uppbeat.io/t/richard-bodgers/green-fingers
License code: ZLHSCJFJWJI8IQGL