Shake Them Ropes | Pro Wrestling Podcast

Rob is using the holiday weekend to enjoy boats and cider so Jeff's host on the Dynamite Show, Paul Fontaine joins him to talk about Marcel Bartel's arrest, SNME and Double or Nothing. Also Jeff thinks HHH is stuck in Ruthless Aggression.

Rob and Jeff discuss overloading of May, Beyond the Mat, and the goodbye for now of Asuka

Rob and Jeff discuss Backlash and whether you should ever take a pay cut and stay.

Rob and Jeff discuss the post-Wrestlemania releases, the call ups, and this Backlash ppv that seems to be just there while wondering what do you put on a Peacock only SNME.

Rob and Jeff are back to discuss the odd placement of Jacob Fatu as Roman Reigns' first opponent post Mania, NXT call ups, and the mystery of why you make a guy champion then give him midcard feuds.

This week Rob's back, but solo and Jeff's here but solo, so you get a half hour each of us with our Mania picks and talking Darby Allin as new champ of AEW. Rob goes first, then Jeff.

Rob's back next week, this week some VOW crossover with Mike Gilbert as we talk the petty, McAfee promos, and preview Dynasty

Rob's out, so filmmaker and comedian Brian O'Connell re-joins Jeff to talk the comedy/improv stuff going on, talk some Jim Crockett about Jimmy Valiant's last match and Dennis Condrey then dig into Raw and Dynamite

Who is actually going to get cheered at Wrestlemania? Who wants to see WWE Stars do standup? Jeff apparently said "It's Fine" 14 times in the last segment because if you want Jeff not to care about something, it's the state of standup comedy in 2026.

AEW did a ho hum follow up to Revolution, Mania isn't lighting the world on fire. Rob and Jeff discuss.

With Rob on the Road, Jeff's host from the Dynamite Show, Paul Fontaine comes in to ride shotgun on MyAew, ESPN getting rid of WWE letter grades and we preview Revolution.

Rob and Jeff hop on and talk the last four days of WWE and Rob actually changes Jeff's mind on some things. Mania, what's the lay of the land?

Rob got sick so Jeff goes solo on the PLE this weekend, does the WWE buy into the Mania ticket narrative, and Woodrow Wilson.

This week Olympic Fever, AJ Styles, AJ Lee, retconning the Cody stip and semantics in wrestling news.

This week, Rob and Jeff discuss the lack of Brody King on AEW, Bronn Breaker's hernia, and the shifting sands of Wrestlemania plans

Rob and Jeff begin year 13 of this ridiculous show talking the Roman-CM Punk main event for Mania, a look to the Elimination Chamber, Grand Slam Australia and Rob even tries to get in some TNA talk.

This week we start with some Rob audio as he recovers from surgery then Jeff welcomes his Dynamite Show host to preview the Royal Rumble and the news.

Rob and Jeff talk the upcoming SNME, how it leads to the Rumble and hit a lot of various stuff across Raw and Dynamite.

Contracts expiring, Drew McIntyre is champ and a fun week of graps. Rob and Jeff go through it all.

Christmas Break is over, has everyone lost their mind or is this just a proper rest. Rob smacks Jeff around on his dumb.

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This week, Rob's traveling so Jeff enlists David Griffin (@SodaPopComix) and we talk Cena's last match, the promos this week and the WBD merger, plus some insight into the upcoming AEW/DC event.

This week Rob and Jeff discuss John Cena, the final SNME, and the strategies therein. Also we discuss who may or may not be there.

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Rob and Jeff discuss the TNA tv deal, Bronn's promo vs. Joe and Eddie's promo, the upcoming SNME and the women's tag main event scene in WWE.

Rob and Jeff discuss Bob Caudle, War Games and Full Gear

Rob and Jeff discuss Nixon Newell/Miranda Alize, Blood and Guts, WWE's build to War Games.

Two companies, one match, neither doing a build well. Plus Rob and Jeff discuss Logan Paul in the Rollins slot, Ridge Holland, and the National Title.

Rob and Jeff preview Saturday Night's Main Event

With Rob fleeing to Mexico, Paul Fontaine of F4W and Fight Game Media joins Jeff to discuss headlines, in THE LAZY RIVER OF WRESTLING CRITICISM it was a really good promo week and in Vader Club, Funk vs Flair I Quit from Clash IX New York Knockout..

Rob's back and we talk Andrade, Wrestle Dream and do a Vader Club: HIAC 1998 from RAW Mankind and Kane.

This week, this was probably going to be the last Shake Them Ropes, then something weird happened. Also a preview of Crown Jewel Perth.

Jeff's co-host from The Dynamite Show, F4W's Paul Fontaine joins him for some Lazy River-ing. He also picks Vader Club: Honma vs. Ishii from New Beginnings 2015.

Filmmaker Brian O'Connell fills in for Nov this week as Jeff was crunched for time. In the news, Mania tickets go on sale, in THE LAZY RIVER OF WRESTLING CRITICISM: a talk about Gail Kim's tweets and in Vader Club from Beyond Wrestling: RD Evans vs Orange Cassidy

This week in the news, Andrade gets released. In THE LAZY RIVER OF WRESTLING CRITICISM: All Out and Wrestlepalooza. Jeff rides solo so no Vader Club

This week in the news, Wrestlemania for 2027 is announced in THE LAZY RIVER OF WRESTLING CRITICISM AJ Lee has returned and for Vader Club: Wrestlepalooza 1995: Too Cold Scorpio, Dean Malenko and Cactus Jack vs. the Steiner brothers and Eddie Guerrero.

This week in the news the AEW moves their ppv. In THE LAZY RIVER OF WRESTLING CRITICISM Clash in Paris ice cold takes and in Vader Club: Alex Wright vs. DDP. Plus the return of High Wattage

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?

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

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

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.

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