Old Guy Wrestling Alliance: Recent Episodes
Old Guy Wrestling Alliance
The Old Guy Wrestling Alliance: old radio guys talking professional wrestling. Every week Ross Maxwell, Elwood, and their wrestling fan radio friends will cover the biggest topics in WWE, AEW, and more. Follow us on social media @OGWARadio.
Elwood and Ross talk WWE Extreme Rules, Impact Wrestling's big show and the week in general... including an Adam Cole "meltdown".
Elwood and Ross preview Sunday's Extreme Rules card and talk a little New Japan. どういたしまして.
Between a number of positive COVID-19 tests in the WWE and abuse allegations all around, this week kinda sucked for the business. Elwood and Ross break it down.
Elwood and Ross talk about the backlash from WWE Backlash, RAW, the Smackdown pee angle and more on this episode.
Elwood and Ross look back at the last NXT Takeover and will discuss if "The Greatest Wrestling Match Ever" will live up to the hype. Also, a look at the controversial Jeff Hardy/Sheamus angle.
Elwood and Ross talk about AEW's Double or Nothing, including the insane Stadium Stampede match. And FTR finally debuts!
Elwood and Ross talk about the upcoming AEW Double or Nothing card and reflect on the life of Shad Gaspard.
Elwood and Ross discuss how the WWE and AEW have been handling programming during the quarantine. Also a preview of Money In the Bank.
Elwood and Ross are back after the pandemic shut things down but there's plenty to talk about. The recent mass exodus from WWE is the top topic.
A recap of Super Showdown, preview of AEW Revolution, the coronavirus affects New Japan and The Bellas are apparently Hall of Fame worthy in at least one organization.
Ross and Elwood's "Best Things in Wrestling This Week" include the brilliance of AEW's Hangman Page angle, NWA coming full circle, and AEW On a Boat! Plus, we give a brief preview for the WWE Royal Rumble 2020 and some possible surprise entrants.
Ross is back with Elwood to preview AEW Full Gear pay-per-view. They also discuss fallout from WWE's "flight issues" getting their talent and crew out of Saudi Arabia following the Crown Jewel event, and how that led to an NXT invasion that made for the best SmackDown of the year.
Kaytie joins Elwood this week to get caught up on some of the major storylines that she's missed over the past month, including Finn Balor's heel turn, the Hell In A Cell debacle with The Fiend, and the joys of Orange Cassidy and Chris Jericho in AEW. Plus, results from WWE Crown Jewel.
This week, Matt - the young guy of the Old Guy Wrestling Alliance - joins Ross and Elwood as they discuss NXT's strong women's division, Finn Balor's heel turn (with the best Pelé kick since Pelé himself), Chris Jericho and the Inner Circle brawling with the Rhodes Family and destroying Dippin' Dots... even though Jericho bought a ticket!
Plus, Matt brings his knowledge in to discuss WWE's attempts to break into the Japanese market, Japanese promotions efforts to grow in the American market, and whether Bullet Club may be the best faction in wrestling history.
This week Ross and Elwood lay out multiple reasons why the WWE Draft was stupid. They discuss the Tuesday night "war" of programming between AEW Dark, WWE Backstage, and NWA Powerrr. Plus, Darby Allin impresses, Mike Kanellis requests his release, and Eric Bischoff gets fired.
Five days later, and Elwood is still pissed off and ranting about the terribly-booked finish to Seth Rollins vs. The Fiend inside Hell in a Cell. Plus, he and Ross talk NXT and more Tomasso Ciampa, AEW's fantastic second week on TNT, Chris Jericho's "Inner Circle," and whether we should care about the WWE Draft.
It's the big wrestling week everyone has been anticipating for months. WWE RAW had its season premiere with the return of PYRO! And Bobby Lashley making out with Lana in front of her husband, Rusev, for some reason. AEW Dynamite debuted to great ratings, while NXT delivered returns of Finn Balor AND Tomasso Ciampa! Plus, Ross and Elwood get ready for The Rock's return to SmackDown on its Friday FOX debut and somehow find time to preview Hell in a Cell, too.
Ross and Elwood take a breath before all of next week's television changes and season premieres for RAW, NXT, AEW, and SmackDown to instead gripe about some of our least favorite production pet peeves on wrestling television. Plus, Ross educates Elwood on NJPW's Jushin Liger and the significance of this week's unmasking and transformation into Kishin Liger.
SO MUCH WRESTLING! Ross and Elwood cover four straight nights of WWE programming: Clash of Champions with a Luke Harper return and Fiend finale; a wild and crazy RAW that included King of the Ring finals, Firefly Funhouse takeover, Rusev returning as Maria Kanellis possible baby daddy, and Mayor Kane as brief 24/7 Champ; King Corbin crowned on SmackDown; and the debut of NXT on USA with a new #1 contender for the NXT Women's Title and the Undisputed Era taking all the gold when Roderick Strong defeated Velveteen Dream. Whew! We need a nap.
Kaytie joins Elwood this week to discuss Stone Cold Steve Austin's return to WWE RAW, Bray Wyatt's mysterious message, The Undertaker on SmackDown Live, Shane McMahon doing his best to ruin the King of the Ring tournament, and our excitement/anxiety over NXT's move to the USA Network next week.
One hell of a week for wrestling! Ross and Elwood discuss NXTUK TakeOver: Cardiff, AEW All Out, the theft and return of Chris Jericho's AEW Championship belt, Bayley's heel turn on WWE, and celebrate it all with a little bit of the bubbly!
Kaytie joins Ross Maxwell to talk about AEW All Out and NXT UK Takeover as well as when married couples work for competing wrestling companies.
Ross and Elwood discuss WWE's announcement that NXT will be moving to the USA Network in September, lined up to compete head-to-head against AEW on TNT. Plus a few thoughts on the NXT talent we're most excited to see on a larger platform.
Ross and Elwood discuss some of the biggest moments of SummerSlam 2019, the return of Sasha Banks on RAW, which SmackDown match was most impressive, and the product WWE NEED to release in time for Halloween.
In our first Old Guy Wrestling Alliance Podcast, Elwood and Ross Maxwell talk about their wrestling fan origins and preview the match-ups for WWE SummerSlam 2019 this Sunday.