IN THE ROOM with Wes Adams
Former WWE referee Wes Adams checks in, and we couldn’t be more excited. Plus, lots of WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders, and Chairs, AEW, and wrestling news in general! Call in (914) 338-1885!
IN THE ROOM with Nick Aldis
IN THE ROOM welcomes the reigning NWA Champion Nick Aldis! Check it out as the holder of the “10 pounds of gold” talks about the state of the organization heading into the company’s upcoming pay-per-view, Into the Fire. Nick talks NWA Powerrr, Jim Cornette, the pressures of being the face of the company, and more! Plus, Brady Hicks, Stro Maestro, Kathie Fitz, Derrick McDonald, and Matt Grimm talk about the latest going on with WWE as they build toward TLC: Tables, Ladders, and Chairs, as well as whatever else in wrestling! Call in (914) 338-1885!
Looking back at PPV and TV programming, NFL, and wrestling news from the day(s) prior.
Wrestling with Problems: NXT Wins Wed Nite Wars Twice, Survivor Series, WarGames
This week King & Chris are back together for a double show. Survivor Series & WarGames thoughts including why both Rhea Ripley & Shayna Baszler were both the best & worst captains in history. Also why Wargames being a day before Survivor Series lead to weird booking decisions. A new AEW commercial focuses on NXT now that NXT has won the ratings war two weeks in a row, Filthy Tom Lawlor signs a new deal with MLW, & NXT Takeover moves to Sundays. WWE gets it’s Big Dick back, John Morrison returns to WWE, & Chris tells you how to get away with crime. Jim Cornette’s replacement on NWA Powerrr, Sandman says women shouldn’t main event shows, & the dumb reason an NFL player got caught betting…against his own team. King may have finally gotten his internet issues solved.
Looking back at PPV and TV programming, NFL, and wrestling news from the day(s) prior.
VOC Nation’s The Morning After LIVE – 12/2/2019
Looking back at PPV and TV programming, NFL, and wrestling news from the day(s) prior.
Gimmick matches galore! WWE’s TLC: Tables, Ladders and Chairs is back again, this time as a SmackDown brand exclusive event! Can Dean Ambrose get his hands back on the WWE World Championship and overcome reigning Champ, AJ Styles, in the TLC match main event? Will the decidedly odd looking James Elsworth play some part in the proceedings? How messed up is it that we’re even talking about this sub-jobber guy being involved in SD in general, let alone the title match? Also, I presume other things will happen that will be awesome. Becky vs Alexa should be pretty good. Join your host, The Late Shift’s Steven Bell (@StevenFnBell on Twitter) as he joins you in the immediate aftermath.
This week, Brady Hicks, DJ, and Anthony Sarlo get together IN THE ROOM on WEXP 1600 AM Philadelphia – and thebradyhicks.com – to discuss all that WWE messed up with this year’s Slammy Awards (and the few things they did right). The gang also spends a good bit of time talking WWE’s announcers and their campaign to flood Twitter, how TNA’s pay per view came off, and what we might expect from this Sunday’s WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders, and Chairs ppv. Plus, it’s time to really get excited about IN THE ROOM’s Who’s Slammy edition, which will take place in just two weeks. Be voting, people, BE VOTING! And … as always … thanks for the support!
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This week In the Room, Brady Hicks, DJ, and Kevin McElvaney honor the Holidays with a spirited discussion of WWE TLC and Tribute for the Troops, Ring of Honor Final Battle, and Mickie James’ heroic leap from the top of the cage. Thanks so much for your support, and Happy Holidays! Don’t forget to vote for the Who’s Slammy’s!
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This week, TNA’s own DON WEST steps IN THE ROOM with Brady Hicks, DJ, and Kevin McElvaney to talk TNA Wrestling, announcing, managing The Amazing Red, and all of TNA’s great holiday dealsssssss on shoptna.com … including a few scoops that HAVE YET TO BE RELEASED! All that, plus WWE’s Slammy’s are discussed, and Brady announces the show’s own year-end awards … THE WHO’S SLAMMY’S! Check it out at thebradyhicks.com.
DON WEST, ON THE CHANGES SINCE TNA’S ORIGINS:
As somebody who has been there from the beginning and seen what it could be like and how far it could go, the exposure has been incredible. I remember doing these shows Wednesday nights at the Fairgrounds in Nashville, just the exposure has been unreal. Just the perception is so different. It’s just been phenomenal.
ON GOING LIVE ON SPIKE:
When it’s live it’s just a whole different field. It seems like everybody just fine-tunes a little more and your senses are just alerted a little bit more. At this point, the company is good where it is at.
ON RE-EMBRACING SALES:
It’s been something that I’ve been wanting to do from day one. Jeff Jarrett and I talked about this back around day one, where I would eventually go back to being a pitch-man. And then when we finally became big enough to where sales began to matter, they kind of approached me. It has been almost like a rebirth for me. It’s what I do. It’s what comes easy and natural. We’re really clicking and try . I wouldn’t trade places with my old job…
ON HIS TIME WITH THE AMAZING RED:
Timing was just bad on that. At the time they hadn’t started me on the road yet. Vince Russo came to me remembering how I had always been an Amazing Red fan, standing on the tables going, “GO RED GO.” I think the concept was good as far as me being his voice-piece, but the concept was sort of off in that I was never supposed to be his manager. I was supposed to be his promoter.
ON COLLEAGUE JEREMY BORASH:
I don’t know how JB does the schedule. He’s a man amongst boys.
All that, plus a very unique perspective of the Don West EARLY YEARS selling everything from baseball memorabilia to knives, and his more recent experiences doing the hard-sells for TNA pay-per-views. This is a really different take on the wrestling interview you’d expect.