The AEW-some Pod w/ Johnny Taylor, Diana Prince & Gringo Fantastico

Episode 253 of the AEW-some Pod is up. Diana Prince (The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs, Halloween Ends), Johnny Taylor (The Hard Times, Stand-Up! Records, Tubi), and Gringo Fantastico (Troma’s Disasterpiece Theater) break down the WrestleDream fallout Dynamite from Coral Gables. Davis and Doyle fold up the Tag Champs in three minutes, Okada’s belt does Fletcher a favor, Steven Borden comes back for Blood & Guts, Jay White remembers he’s Jay White, Marina Shafir tells Mercedes to toughen up, Jericho says sorry, and Ilja Dragunov finally gets to wrestle. Rate, review, and subscribe, or we’ll make Justin R...

It's episode 252, WrestleDream 2026 is in the books, and Johnny Taylor, Diana Prince, and Gringo Fantastico are back to break down a night of great wrestling, questionable decisions, and a main event that required an abacus, a flowchart, and a degree in theoretical mathematics. The crew celebrates Nick Wayne's continued rise while explaining why the internet wrestling community's obsession with the dreaded "Jericho Vortex" is about as intelligent as the average wrestling Twitter argument. Mercedes Moné apparently mistakes the post-show media scrum for a chance to bury Thekla, Andrade and Tommaso Ciampa put on an absolute clinic (with an unexpected a...

Episode 251 of the AEW-some Pod is up, and we're back to regular programming, croissants and all. Diana Prince (The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs), Johnny Taylor (Stand-Up! Records, Tubi, and Largo this Sunday), and Gringo Fantastico (Troma's Disasterpiece Theater) head to Paris for a Tuesday Dynamite that broke all of our brains about what day it was. Will Ospreay finally beat Kazuchika Okada after losing to him 11 out of 13 times, and the Paris crowd sang through the whole thing. Okada gave the smuggest face in wrestling and demanded the French build him a monument. Jack Perry spat on...

Episode 250 of the AEW-some Pod is a heavy one. Johnny Taylor and Gringo Fantastico sit down, no Diana this week, to talk about the AEW Dynamite tribute to Ben "Pac" Satterley, who passed away in Chicago the day after All Out at just 40 years old. This isn't a traditional episode. No awards, no ratings, no ghost. Just two lifelong fans trying to keep it together while they talk about one of the most beautiful memorial shows wrestling has ever done. We get into the haunting Moxley promo filmed before anyone knew, Orange Cassidy weeping in the corner before their...

Episode 249 of the AEW-some Pod is up, and Johnny's back from internet exile just in time to recap All Out from Chicago. Diana Prince (The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs), Johnny Taylor (Stand-Up! Records, Tubi, and Largo on October 11th), and Gringo Fantastico get into a night that was overshadowed by a scary spot where Steven Borden went down hard withan injury. Good news: he's okay, and the AEW medical staff hopped to it fast. On the fun side, Okada flipped off Tommaso Ciampa's little girl and she double-bird'd him right back, the Brawling Birds went from a...

It's time for episode 248!

Johnny’s having technical difficulties, so Gringo and Diana are left without adult supervision. Somehow they still manage to review three hours of Dynamite and Collision from Fishers, Indiana. They were actually in the building for a night of bangers, a completely unhinged crowd, Will Ospreay casually ignoring the laws of physics, and Nick Wayne trying to survive a verbal sparring session with Chris Jericho. But none of that answers the episode’s most pressing question: "Just how tight are Hangman's jeans?" Fortunately, Diana conducted some accidental investigative journalism after ending up on the...

Episode 247 of the AEW-some Pod is up.

Diana Prince (The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs, Halloween Ends), Johnny Taylor (The Hard Times, Stand-Up! Records, Tubi), and Gringo Fantastico (Troma's Disasterpiece Theater) break down the final All Out build, starting with a Jon Moxley promo we all agreed is Mox's best work, the one where he pre-blames Will Ospreay for whatever he's about to do to him and tells him it's his responsibility. Diana has officially come around on Mox. Gringo's favorite part was watching Mox and Pac physically fight the urge to roll their eyes at...

Episode 246 of the AEW-some Pod is up.

Diana Prince (The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs, Halloween Ends), Johnny Taylor (The Hard Times, Stand-Up! Records, Tubi), and Gringo Fantastico (Troma's Disasterpiece Theater) open by paying tribute to Andy Williams, The Butcher, who passed away this week, a scary-looking guy who by every account was one of the kindest people in the business, and a hell of a musician too. From there we get into the Rebel Heart episode, a cause-driven night for ALS awareness that had a genuinely moving Rebel moment and one heel-face alignment that made...

Episode 243 of the AEW-some Pod is up.

Diana Prince (The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs, Halloween Ends), Johnny Taylor (The Hard Times, Stand-Up! Records, Tubi), and Gringo Fantastico (Troma's Disasterpiece Theater) head to Arena Mexico for Grand Slam, where MJF came back, took his ring, threw Andrade off a ramp, and insulted an entire country in the span of one promo. Hangman Page wrestled for the first time in 144 days and walked out with trios gold. Ospreay beat Mark Davis in a fork-and-barbed-wire street fight that had the announcers wondering if he ever really left the Death Riders...

Episode 242 of the AEW-some Pod is up. Diana Prince (The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs, Halloween Ends), Johnny Taylor (The Hard Times, Stand-Up! Records, Tubi), and Gringo Fantastico (Troma's Disasterpiece Theater) break down a Detroit Dynamite that bounced back hard, headlined by Kenny Omega and Will Ospreay standing nose to nose and slapping each other silly while building the Wembley main event better than anyone's built anything all year. Ospreay quit the Death Riders for good, Hangman Page came back and started sticking his nose everywhere, and Willow and Mercedes both cut the best promos of their lives...

Episode 241 of the AEW-some Pod is up. Diana Prince (The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs, Halloween Ends), Johnny Taylor (The Hard Times, Stand-Up! Records, Tubi), and Gringo Fantastico (Troma's Disasterpiece Theater) survive a four-hour-plus Redemption from Montreal to talk about the night Will Ospreay finally stood up to the Death Riders, refused to do the unthinkable, saved Kenny Omega, and got thanked with a One-Winged Angel for his trouble. Andrade won a title and lost his pants. Willow made history (but why?). Fletcher and Bandido tried to kill each other for 26 minutes. Jericho became the Painmaker and the...

Episode 240 of the AEW-some Pod is up. Diana Prince (The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs, Halloween Ends), Johnny Taylor (The Hard Times, Stand-Up! Records, Tubi), and Gringo Fantastico (Troma's Disasterpiece Theater) break down a Dynamite from Boston that the three of us landed on a lot harder than usual. Kenny Omega got his celebration, Ospreay got his say, and Kevin Knight got an offer he was never going to take. Andrade is walking around with something that doesn't belong to him and won't say how he got it. Jericho announced who's coming to Redemption, which is exactly what...

Episode 239 of the AEW-some Pod is up. Diana Prince (The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs, Halloween Ends), Johnny Taylor (The Hard Times, Stand-Up! Records, Tubi), and Gringo Fantastico (Troma’s Fantastico Disasterpiece Theater) head to the beach for Dynamite’s Beach Break, where Kenny Omega beat MJF to become AEW World Champion in a 24-minute war that ended with Omega kicking out of a belt shot at one and MJF making a face like he saw a ghost. Kyle Fletcher beat Takeshita for the International Title and got knighted by Mick Foley, back on TBS for the first time...

Episode 238 of the AEW-some Pod is up. Diana Prince (The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs, Halloween Ends), Johnny Taylor (The Hard Times, Stand-Up! Records, Tubi), and Gringo Fantastico (Troma's Disasterpiece Theater) crawl out of a five-hour Forbidden Door to tell you about it.

Will Ospreay won the Owen Hart Cup in a 35-minute blood feud with Swerve, then let the Death Riders hoist him on their shoulders, which is the kind of thing that gets a man an intervention. Andrade finally quit the Callis Family by ripping off his shirt to reveal a message we are...

Episode 237 of the AEW-some Pod is up. Diana Prince (The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs, Halloween Ends), Johnny Taylor (The Hard Times, Stand-Up! Records, Tubi), and Gringo Fantastico (Troma's Disasterpiece Theater) break down a Dynamite from Sugar Land where MJF picked his team for the Forbidden Door cage match and stuck Andrade on it against his will, then made him hold Briscoe for a Diamond Ring shot just to twist the knife. Ospreay and Swerve had a ten-year-deep face-to-face that brought up Hangman, Wembley, and one very fragile neck, though the real headline was Ospreay announcing to a...

Episode 236 of the AEW-some Pod is up. Diana Prince (The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs, Halloween Ends), Johnny Taylor (The Hard Times, Stand-Up! Records, Tubi), and Gringo Fantastico (Troma's Disasterpiece Theater) break down a Dynamite from Cincinnati where Mark Briscoe went over MJF's head, talked to the actual boss, and booked himself into a six-on-six cage match at Forbidden Door for a guaranteed title shot. Chris Jericho introduced the world to Tommy's Mommy and Goblin Face. Darby Allin returned with a skateboard and a line for the ages. Kevin Knight insulted the host city, bragged about his signing...

Episode 235 of the AEW-some Pod is up. Diana Prince (The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs, Halloween Ends), Johnny Taylor (The Hard Times, Stand-Up! Records, Tubi), and Gringo Fantastico (Troma's Disasterpiece Theater) break down a Dynamite from Richmond where MJF and Rush had themselves a no-countout main event that involved a slap, a dislocated shoulder, and an assault on a medical professional. Mark Briscoe cut a promo so good MJF had to respond from an ice bath. Kevin Knight is officially a Don Callis Family member and is now waiting in line for a World Title shot, because apparently...

Episode 234 of the AEW-some Pod is up, and Philly delivered the kind of show that gives three people plenty to argue about. MJF threw himself a party, Mark Briscoe and Rush had some thoughts on it, and now there's a title match on the books for next week that nobody saw coming the way it came. Kyle Fletcher is back from the shelf and apparently in the mood to start naming names inside his own faction. Kevin Knight continues his ongoing campaign to be the most insufferable man in professional wrestling, with a Speedball Mike Bailey assist. Jericho and...

Episode 233 and what a night. Diana, Johnny, and Gringo break down Double or Nothing, starting with Mick Foley going All Elite (welcome home, Mick). Then it’s Stadium Stampede, where Jericho dumped a bag of tennis balls and won the whole thing with a Lionsault. Okada vs. Takeshita went full banger, Thekla is the best in the world at what she does, and MJF took Darby’s title and his moment. Johnny does a Speedball Bailey impression nobody asked for. And we are united in our rage at Kevin Knight, who we will never forgive.

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Episode 232 - Darby Allin wakes up to find every single backstage worker shaved bald to mock MJF, which is one way to start the morning, and from there it's straight into Owen Tournament brackets, Ospreay tapping Ace Austin out with his first AEW submission ever, Kevin Knight retaining the TNT Title against a returning Brian Cage, Speedball calling out the world champ, Mark Briscoe coming back to declare the Word of the Day is "Reunification," Thekla hitting Hayter with a title belt for a rare AEW DQ, and Darby surviving Konosuke Takeshita to officially sign a hair vs. title...

This week on AEW-Some Pod (Episode 231), Johnny Taylor, Diana Prince, and Gringo Fantastico break down a packed night of AEW action from Charleston featuring Darby Allin’s wild title reign, MJF agreeing to put his freshly imported hairline on the line, Jon Moxley’s ongoing recruitment of Will Ospreay, and one absolutely unhinged amount of storyline overlap. The crew dives into Sting’s emotional tribute to Ted Turner, Darby vs. Kevin Knight stealing the night, Okada chasing more gold, and whether AEW may finally be setting up a major Ospreay heel turn. Plus: live crowd insight from Diana in the bu...

AEW-some Pod Episode 230. Darby Allin keeps defending the AEW World Title every single week like it's his job, because it is, and this week Brody King got to throw him through an announce desk before getting put down with three Coffin Drops. Plus Kevin Knight survives MJF and a busted knee to keep the TNT Title, Darby drops from the rafters Sting-style, the Death Riders try to recruit Will Ospreay in the most cult-coded backstage segment of the year, Samoa Joe and The Opps make their counter-offer, FTR and Cope set up an I Quit Street Fight, Cope wears...

AEW-some Pod Episode 226. Darby Allin is your AEW World Champion and apparently he's defending that thing every single week until his body physically stops working. This week's victim: Tommaso Ciampa, who bled all over the place and still couldn't get it done. Plus MJF cries about the Seattle Screwjob, Kevin Knight shuts him up, Mark Davis puts Ospreay down with a piledriver on the apron, Samoa Joe is back and immediately terrifying, Jericho's mystery partners turn out to be Shelton Benjamin, Bobby Lashley, and MVP (just business), and Brody King challenges Darby for next week before the confetti even...

On Episode 226 of The AEW-some Pod, Diana Prince (The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs, Halloween Ends), Johnny Taylor (The Hard Times, Stand-Up! Records, Tubi), and Gringo Fantastico (Troma's Disasterpiece Theater) recap AEW Dynasty where MJF outlasted Kenny Omega in a 39-minute classic, Moxley destroyed Ospreay, Kevin Knight won the TNT Title, and Darby earned his world title shot. Then they break down Dynamite from Everett where Darby cashed in that shot the same week and dethroned MJF with four Coffin Drops in under two minutes to become the NEW AEW World Champion. Plus Kenny and Ospreay's emotional backstage...

Episode 227 brings your favorite podcast pals (Diana Prince, Johnny Taylor, and Gringo Fantastico) back together to chat about this week's Dynasty go-home AEW Dynamite taking place from Roger's Place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada! Will Ospreay brings back-up from the East to deal with his Deathrider problem, leading to a monster impromptu 8-man tag main event! We get an update on Kyle Fletcher's injury leading to a "Fletcher Strong" movement from the Callis Family. Andrade, Mark Davis, and Takeshita take on the even more emo than normal Darby Allin, Jack Perry, and Bandido in more than physical match up. Willow...

On Episode 226, your faithful trio of Diana Prince, Johnny Taylor, and Gringo Fantastico celebrates the return of the “Ayatollah of Rock-N-Rolla,” Chris Jericho, who makes is long awaited return “home” to All Elite Wrestling. Kenny Omega and MJF sign the contract for their highly anticipated match up at AEW Dynasty. Speedball inserts himself into things which leads to a main event match against MJF later in the night. AEW’s answer to Kraven the Hunter, Jack Perry, Kenny Omega, and Brody King team up against Ricochet and the Gates of Agony (The Demand). Meanwhile, Darby Allin claims that until he has a r...

On Episode 225 of The AEW-some Pod, Diana Prince (The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs, Halloween Ends), Johnny Taylor (The Hard Times, Stand-Up! Records, Tubi), and Gringo Fantastico (Troma's Disasterpiece Theater) break down Dynamite from St. Paul where Kenny Omega and Swerve Strickland had a 21-minute banger to determine MJF's Dynasty challenger, Thekla cheated her way to retaining the Women's World Title over a fired-up Mina Shirakawa, Ospreay called his shot at Moxley, the Callis Family jumped Darby after his seventh straight win, and nobody explained why Stokely isn't in a wheelchair anymore.

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Diana Prince, Johnny Taylor, and Gringo Fantastico unpack the first Dynamite after Revolution, covering Will Ospreay’s quick win and immediate neck-war escalation with Jon Moxley and Pac, plus Mox and Wheeler Yuta’s uneasy tag victory that proves the Death Riders are anything but stable. They dig into Darby Allin and Gabe Kidd’s completely unhinged parking-lot beatdown that turns into a Coffin Match, Swerve Strickland’s promo where he stops talking about just the AEW World Title and starts calling his shot at Kenny Omega’s EVP power, and Speedball Mike Bailey’s “I earned this” showcase victory over Mar...

The AEW-Some Pod is back for episode 223 with hosts Diana Prince, Johnny Taylor, and Gringo Fantastico, to talk some good ole Texas Death Match Fallout and this past weekend's nearly 5-hour Pay Per View, AEW Revolution!

The Bucks and FTR had one of the best matches of their respective careers ending with the return of two legends, hellbent on revenge. Toni Storm finds out what it's like to get "Rowdy" after her match with Marina Shafir. Takeshita and Moxley exceed the normal 20 minute time limit for their Continental Championship match resulting in a return only made possible...

It's episode 222 of the AEW-Some Pod, and your favorite trio of a comedian and two horror hosts, Johnny Taylor, Diana Prince, and Gringo Fantastico, is here to break down the action inside of the Mission Ballroom in the "mile high city" of Denver, Colorado!

Moxley goes face to face with Hologram's better side, El Clon. Swerve Strictland lets us all know his frustrations with AEW and one fan's "momma!" Gabe Kidd continues to take up air time. Kevin Knight and Mansoor have a high flying match up, while Brody King and Mark Davis have a clubbing session...

On Episode 222 of The AEW-some Pod, Diana Prince, Johnny Taylor, and Gringo Fantastico break down Dynamite from Sacramento: Moxley and Mark Davis beating the hell out of each other, Willow Nightingale somehow wrestling her third TBS Title defense in five days, FTR and the Bucks cranking their rivalry up another notch, and Hangman Page betting his entire AEW World Title future on Texas Death at Revolution while MJF promises his own mystery stip.

Then they go long on the main event as Kenny Omega and Swerve Strickland finally collide: Snap Dragons on the apron, avalanche Dragon suplexes...

On Episode 220 of The AEW-some Pod, Diana Prince, Johnny Taylor, and Gringo Fantastico hit Grand Slam Australia: Moxley and Takeshita beating each other to a 20-minute draw before Mox cheap-shoves him and eats a Raging Fire receipt, Babes of Wrath hanging onto the tag belts while Lena Kross forms a new monster trio, Toni Storm and Orange Cassidy finally shaving Wheeler Yuta bald, and Kyle Fletcher surviving a sick ladder match with Mark Briscoe to keep the TNT Title. They close with MJF vs. Brody King, where Brody throws everything at Max, hits the Eliminator finish that killed him...

On Episode 219 of The AEW-some Pod, Diana Prince, Johnny Taylor, and Gringo Fantastico break down Dynamite from the Pearl at the Palms: Callis Family vs. Death Riders tension, Hangman knocking off Mark Davis on his way to Australia, Orange & Toni dancing into a hair-vs-hair nightmare, Andrade and Kenny Omega tearing it up before a Callis/Swerve-fueled screwjob, the crowd absolutely unloading with “F— ICE” chants at MJF, and Brody King shock-pinning Max in about a minute to crash the World Title scene—plus whatever the hell the War Dogs think they’re doing to Darby Allin.

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On Episode 218 of The AEW-some Pod, Diana Prince, Johnny Taylor, and Gringo Fantastico break down Dynamite from Cedar Park: Kenny Omega’s “I’m back” squash of Rocky, Hangman and Swerve crashing the World Title contender picture, Moxley’s Continental Eliminator with Ace Austin and the Callis Family’s ambush, Mark Briscoe’s TNT defense and Tommaso Ciampa’s Psycho Killer arrival, Statlander’s women’s title retention, FTR vs. Davis & Doyle with Death Rider interference, and a main event where Andrade and Swerve beat the hell out of each other for a shot at Omega and eventually MJF.

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On Episode 217 of The AEW-some Pod, Diana Prince, Johnny Taylor, and Gringo Fantastico dig into Dynamite: Maximum Carnage from Phoenix. They cover Darby finally checking Pac off his Death Riders hit list, Hangman and Swerve somehow functioning as bounty-defying best frenemies, Kenny Omega announcing “phase one” of his route back to the World Title, Callis’ boys Davis & Doyle punching their ticket to FTR, Triangle of Madness pinning Statlander, and a world-title main event where Bandido and MJF leave it all in the desert.

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On Episode 216 of The AEW-some Pod, the gang—Diana Prince, Johnny Taylor, and Gringo Fantastico—heads to Tulsa for a Dynamite that gave us JR’s return, Moxley vs. Shelton in a 20-minute Continental eliminator, Callis building his own murder squad around Ricochet and Gates of Agony, and Jungle Jack teaming with the Young Bucks to finally shut the champ up—temporarily. They break down Bandido vs. Sammy in a “don’t lose your title shot” sprint, MJF’s smarmy face-to-face with his next challenger, Willow’s cake-fight with a completely unhinged Mercedes Moné, Timeless Toni’s DQ non-finish, and a main event so v...

On Episode 215 of The AEW-some Pod, the gang—Diana Prince, Johnny Taylor, and Gringo Fantastico—rings in 2026 with a full look at Dynamite: New Year’s Smash from Omaha. They hit MJF’s shiny new World Title and “best-in-the-world” rebrand, Kenny Omega quietly calling his shot, Hangman and Swerve trying to fight through half the building to get at Max, plus Death Riders’ Mixed Nuts mayhem with Toni Storm and Orange, Bandido’s rocket push, Mox vs. Josh Alexander, Ricochet’s National Title defense, and a TBS Title main event that might be the most emotional AEW TV match of the year.

On Episode 214 of The AEW-some Pod, the gang—Diana Prince, Johnny Taylor, and Gringo Fantastico—are joined by special guest Brock Lesnar Guy himself, Michael Corcoran, to go bell-to-bell on AEW Worlds End 2025, a Chicago PPV where MJF sneaks his way back to the top and Jon Moxley bleeds, limps, and chokes his way through the Continental Classic to grab the new crown. The crew breaks down Okada vs. Takeshita and why that screwdriver finish might be the dumbest way possible to end a dream-match semi, Mox vs. Kyle Fletcher nearly going off the rails with a terrifying head-drop befo...

On Episode 213 of The AEW-some Pod, the gang—Diana Prince, Johnny Taylor, and Gringo Fantastico—goes three-hours deep on AEW’s UK Holiday Bash as Dynamite and Collision take over Manchester’s Co-op Live. The gang breaks down The Elite’s million-dollar win over the Don Callis Family (and how Okada might hate his own team more than The Bucks), Pac’s hometown heater against Kyle Fletcher to blow the Gold League wide open, and Jon Moxley and Orange Cassidy grinding through Continental Classic wars with Roderick Strong and Mascara Dorada. They also dig into MJF’s big return to crash the W...

On Episode 212 of The AEW-some Pod, Diana is out doing Darcy the Mail Girl things, so Johnny Taylor and Gringo Fantastico go two-on-two with AEW’s Winter Is Coming Dynamite from College Park. The guys hit Willow & Harley’s shock win to become the first AEW Women’s Tag Champs, Jack Perry’s big night with Okada and the Don Callis Family, Speedball vs. Fletcher tearing up the Continental Classic, Swerve & Hangman’s toxic super-team run, and Samoa Joe choking out Eddie Kingston on Terry Funk’s anniversary—plus Dick of the Week and Hero of the Week.

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