Shake Them Ropes | Pro Wrestling Podcast
Shake Them Ropes is a pro wrestling podcast hosted by Jeff Hawkins and Chris Novembrino. Each week, we dive into the top stories in professional wrestling and opine on whatever's on our mind from the week in professional wrestling television (and sometimes even Jeff's beloved 80s wrestling) with a light hearted take on the performance aspects of the product. Check us out on Twitter @ShakeThemRopes!
Shake Them Ropes. Gay Paris
This week in the news the Raja Jackson incident. In THE LAZY RIVER OF WRESTLING CRITICIS Clash in Paris and in Vader Club, it’s been a decade since Bayley vs. Sasha, Brooklyn II, where are we at now?
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Shake Them Ropes. Forbidden Door Preview
This week in the news, WWE and ESPN rush their relationship, in THE LAZY RIVER OF WRESTLING CRITICISM, Forbidden Door (and Jeff forgets the cagematch until after Vader Club) and in Vader Club: Okada vs. Tanahashi from Wrestle Kingdom 9
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Shake Them Ropes. Story Bored
This week in the news, everyone’s petty. In THE LAZY RIVER OF WRESTLING CRITICISM Cope and Christian back together, and in Vader Club, the go home for Superbrawl 1992: Rick Rude, Bobby Eaton, Arn Anderson and Larry Zybysko vs. Sting, Dustin Rhodes, Barry Windham and Ricky Steamboat
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Shake Them Ropes. Brock
This week in the news: WWE PLE’s to ESPN, in the LAZY RIVER OF WRESTLING CRITICISM: Summerslam. No Vader Club as we go deep into the post-mortem on the Cena turn and Brock return.
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Shake Them Ropes. Summerslam 2025 Preview
This week in the news Vince McMahon and his lead foot, in the LAZY RIVER OF WRESTLING CRITICISM: our SummerSlam preview and in Vader Club: Dusty Rhodes and Ron Garvin vs. Ric Flair and Arn Anderson
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Shake Them Ropes. Heaven and Hell
This week in the news, the deaths of Hulk Hogan and Ozzy Osbourne, in THE LAZY RIVER OF WRESTLING CRITICISM stop with the "I want to see the real [blank]" and in Vader Club: from Smackdown in 2000, Jeff Hardy vs. Steve Blackman
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Shake Them Ropes. Burn Notice
This week in the news, Goldberg hates how he went out, in THE LAZY RIVER OF WRESTLING CRITICISM: ice cold takes on All In Weekend and in Vader Club from Clash 29, Dustin Rhodes vs. Vader
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Shake Them Ropes: All In Weekend 2025 Preview
This week it's the second biggest weekend in American wrestling. Maybe? In THE LAZY RIVER OF WRESTLING CRITICISM we preview everything and for Vader Club: Nov selected Beavis and Butthead vs. Hulk Hogan
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Shake Them Ropes: Retirement Home Blues
In the news: nothing, in THE LAZY RIVER OF WRESTLING CRITICISM: ice cold takes on Night of Champions and AEW does their 300th episode and in Vader Club from MLW: Jacob Fatu vs. LA Park
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Shake Them Ropes: Sqlawing and Cratching
This week, in the news: updates on JR and Pat McAfee : in THE LAZY RIVER OF WRESTLING CRITICISM: a preview of Night of Champions
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Shake Them Ropes: Ideological Capture
This week, in the news: a 3 hour nightmare might be over: in THE LAZY RIVER OF WRESTLING CRITICISM: Are both companies too driven by their own ideological capture and in Vader Club: the unrepentant stupidity of Kemonito vs. Kemolito.
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Shake Them Ropes: Casualties of Boredom
In the News: R-Truth gets fired then re-hired, in THE LAZY RIVER OF WRESTLING CRITICISM ice cold takes on MITB and in Vader Club: Furnas and Lafon vs. the Hardy Boys
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Shake Them Ropes: Johnny Two Times
In the News: Johnny Ace turns again, In the LAZY RIVER OF WRESTLING CRITICISM : Double or Nothing, Battleground, weekly tv, you’re soaking in it, In Vader Club from 1983 Wahoo McDaniel vs. Nick Bockwinkel
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Shake Them Ropes: Personal Issues
This week in the news: cancel your New Orleans plans for Wrestlemania, in THE LAZY RIVER OF WRESTLING CRITICISM: SNME, Battleground and Double or Nothing and in Vader Club: Chavo Guerrero Jr. vs. Ultimo Dragon from Spring Stampede 1998
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Shake Them Ropes: Suicidal Homicidal
In the news we talk the passing of Sabu, in the LAZY RIVER OF WRESTLING CRITICISM, ice cold takes on Backlash, and in Vader Club: Sabu vs. 2 Cold Scorpio from Cyberslam 96
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Shake Them Ropes: LA Law
The mystery of Jeff's health problems are solved, we do the LAZY RIVER OF WRESTLING CRITICISM and for Vader Club: Dan Severn vs Tarzan Goto
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Shake Them Ropes: Post WM Culling
In the news, talent cuts happening as we recorded, in THE LAZY RIVER OF WRESTLING CRITICISM, the non-wrestlers show the wrestlers how to promo and in Vader Club it's Kobashi/Misawa vs the Big Boss Man and Steve "Dr. Death" Williams from All Japan 1993.
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Shake Them Ropes: Mania Post Mortem
This week in the news, WWE bought AAA in THE LAZY RIVER OF WRESTLING CRITICISM: Mania, the things we liked and the things that are just noise and in Vader Club: Kenta Kobashi vs Steve "Dr Death Williams" from 1994.
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Shake Them Ropes: Mania 41 Preview
This week: THE LAZY RIVER OF WRESTLING CRITICISM we preview Stand and Deliver and Wrestlemania and in Vader Club: Steiners vs. Headshrinkers from WM 9 and AJ Styles vs. Shane McMahon from WM 33
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Shake Them Ropes. Detroit 442
This week: in the News: Who will induct Lex Luger, in THE LAZY RIVER OF WRESTLING CRITICISM ice cold takes on Dynasty and some mediocre weekly tv and in Vader Club: Ole Anderson turns on Dusty Rhodes in 1980.
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Shake Them Ropes. The Iceman Goeth
This week we talk a bit about Val Kilmer and do the news and THE LAZY RIVER OF WRESTLING CRITICISM where we preview AEW Dynasty and a bit of NXT. No Vader Club, we'll get back to that next week.
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Shake Them Ropes. Cena Grinch
This week in the news, the passing of Bill Mercer, in the LAZY RIVER OF WRESTLING CRITICISM we talk the good bad and ugly of promos this week and in Vader Club: Mongo vs the Barbarian and Horsemen vs. Faces of Fear from Halloween Havoc 1996.
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Shake Them Ropes. Big George
This week in the news, WWE doesn’t play nice with AEW again, in the LAZY RIVER OF WRESTLING CRITICISM we talk heroes and villains and in Vader Club: Nov has selected Rick Martel vs. Jumbo Tsuruta for the AWA World Heavyweight Title
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Shake Them Ropes. Secret Purpose
This week in the news: Jeff Cobb in WWE; In the Lazy River of Wrestling Criticism: AEW Revolution and NXT Roadblock and in Vader Club we talk Barry Windham’s turn and watch Luger/Windham vs. Tully/Arn from Clash of the Champions I
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Shake Them Ropes. Macgyver
This week, in the news:Â Lex Luger in the WWE HOF, in the LAZY RIVER OF WRESTLING CRITICISM: a preview of AEW Revolution and in Vader Club: Super Vader vs. Gary Albright from UWFi in 1995.
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Shake Them Ropes. Heel Cena
This week we start shortly after Elimination Chamber with THE LAZY RIVER OF WRESTLING CRITICISM talking about the onramp to Wrestlemania and throw in some news and other thoughts on a good week in tv. Then for Vader Club we have Joe Malenko and Tsuyoshi Kikuchi vs. the Fantastics
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Shake Them Ropes. Beta Male Energy
This week in the news: venue announcements in THE LAZY RIVER OF WRESTLING CRITICISM, a discussion on Beta Male energy in wrestling, and in Vader Club: Chris has selectedFrom Slamboree 98: Ultimo Dragon vs. Eddie Guerrero
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Shake Them Ropes. Cherry Pickers
This week in the news: roster moves, in THE LAZY RIVER OF WRESTLING CRITICISM, some on the fly thoughts on NXT Vengeance and a very good Dynamite, and in Vader Club: Meiko Satomura vs Io Shirai from 2015.
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Shake Them Ropes. Never Read the Comments
Jeff broke his own rule on the VOW discord and vanity searched. Jeff got mad at the stupid. Jeff talks it out. Plus more news, THE LAZY RIVER OF WRESTLING CRITICISM and in Vader Club: Nov picks DDP vs. Randy Savage from Great American Bash 1997
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Shake Them Ropes. Royal Rumble 2025 Preview
This week in the news the headliner for the WWE Hall of Fame ceremony is revealed, in the LAZY RIVER OF WRESTLING CRITICISM, the Royal Rumble is Saturday and in Vader Club: Akira Hokuto vs. Meiko Satomura from April 29, 2001
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Shake Them Ropes. Yellow Ghosts
This week in the News: wouldn’t you know it, Hulk Hogan can’t make Saturday Night's Main Event, in the LAZY RIVER OF WRESTLING CRITICISM: Let’s talk some AEW management and Vader Club: Nov picks from Superclash II in 1987 Nick Bockwinkel vs. Curt Hennig.
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Shake Them Ropes. Pabst Blue Ribbon
In the News, the WWE and TNA make a deal in the LAZY RIVER OF WRESTLING CRITICISM Penta makes his debut and in Vader Club my pick Ayumi Kurihara & Kana vs. Meiko Satomura & Ayako Hamada
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Shake Them Ropes. Jeff Almost Dies Again
This week in the News, the Royal Rumble goes international, in the LAZY RIVER OF WRESTLING CRITICISM: Meh, and in Vader Club Chris picked Nick Bockwinkel vs. Bruiser Brody from August 31, 1979.
Plus Jeff's no good very bad week and Nov talks about his maladies. We're back and not so better than ever.
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Shake Them Ropes. 2024 Holiday Spectacular
We asked for questions and got a couple wrestling and mostly not. Takes on music, movies, AEW along with a double Vader Club: Midnight Express vs. Fantastics from WCCW's Parade of Stars II and Shibata vs. Ishii from the G1 2013
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Shake Them Ropes. Fitting
This week the Athletic with a hit piece of Lee Fitting, in the LAZY RIVER OF WRESTLING CRITICISM- is Ricochet a geek or is this the start of a supervillain origin story and in Vader Club from WCW Saturday Night 1996, The Belfast Bruiser vs. Lord Steven Regal
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Shake Them Ropes. NagaHawkins
This week Netflix with little interest in the WWE archives, in the LAZY RIVER OF WRESTLING CRITICISM sight gags and a rampage match for your major return and in VADER CLUB a first, a match Jeff doesn’t remember from December to Dismember, Ultimate Jeopardy and we’ll talk what ideas WWE should take from this for War Games.
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Shake Them Ropes. Deadline
Jeff goes solo with a post show for Deadline some news and notes and LAZY RIVER OF WRESTLING CRITICISM. Also, a call for questions for our annual AMA.
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Shake Them Ropes. War Full Games Gear
In the news, AEW Grand Slam downsizes in the LAZY RIVER OF WRESTLING CRITICISM: hot takes on Survivor Series and ice cold takes on Full Gear and for Vader Club: Magnum/Tully from Starrcade 85
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Shake Them Ropes. Get Your Hands Up
This week in the news, WWE and AEW arena battles, in the LAZY RIVER OF WRESTLING CRITICISM Smackdown doing the basics that Dynamite can’t seem to find and in Vader Club: Don Frye vs. Brian Johnston from NJPW 2000
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Shake Them Ropes. Armbar Contests
This week: in the news, AEW also goes into the ECW member berries business, in the LAZY RIVER OF WRESTLING CRITICISM, Survivor Series and Full Gear builds and in Vader Club: Vader and Great Kokina vs. Shinya Hashimoto and Masa Saito
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