The Sorry Pal Podcast.

Sorry Pal Podcast — Season 3, Episode 16“Life After Wrestling” featuring The Dread King LoganWhat happens when the music stops, the crowd disappears, and the wrestling business moves on without you?Levi sits down with special guest The Dread King Logan for an honest, no-bullshit conversation about life after wrestling. They discuss how quickly the phone stops ringing, how people you once considered family suddenly disappear, and how attitudes change when you can no longer do anything for somebody’s career.They also get into the physical damage, the personal sacrifices, the loss of identity, and the brutal reality of watching a business you gave everything to slowly forget your name.This episode gets real—and real emotional. Behind every character is a human being, and behind every wrestler who walks away is someone trying to figure out who they are without the ring, the attention, and the brotherhood they thought would last forever.No gimmicks. No working the crowd. Just two former wrestlers speaking honestly about what comes after the final bell.Then in a surprise move, Levi asks Logan a question that could change the Sorry Pal Podcast foreverLife after wrestling isn’t always about moving on. Sometimes, it’s about learning how to live with what the business left behind.Sorry Pal.

Season 3, Episode 15 — HONESTY: Until It’s About YouEverybody says they want honesty… until the honesty is about them.This episode of Sorry Pal started with one clip from a wrestling show. Just a few moments that got Levi thinking—not only about wrestling, but about ego, criticism, accountability, and why the truth can piss people off so badly.Why do we ask people to be honest with us, then get angry when they actually are? Is it because the truth hurts—or because the truth threatens the version of ourselves we’ve worked so hard to believe?Levi digs into honesty vs. validation, why ego can turn criticism into “disrespect,” why the person delivering the message sometimes matters more than the message itself, and the difference between being genuinely honest and using “I’m just brutally honest” as an excuse to be an asshole.But there’s another side to this conversation.If you’re going to demand honesty from everybody else, can you take it yourself? Can you look in the mirror and admit when you’re wrong? Can you hear something you don’t like without immediately making excuses, blaming somebody else, or attacking the person who said it?From professional wrestling to friendships, work, relationships, social media—and his own life—Levi asks one uncomfortable question:Do people really hate honesty… or do they hate what honesty forces them to confront?The truth is easy when it’s about somebody else.But what happens when it’s about YOU?Sorry Pal.

Season 3 Ep 14Super Shogun Wrestling and DeathMatch WrestlingLevi Blue recently attended Super Shogun Wrestling, and the promotion caught him completely by surprise—in the best possible way.The production looked professional, the show was presented like it mattered, and the people behind it clearly cared about the product they were putting in front of the fans. But the biggest surprise came backstage.Levi found a locker room filled with wrestlers who actually wanted to learn. They approached him for feedback, asked for advice, and listened when he gave it. No oversized egos. No pretending they already had all the answers. Just wrestlers trying to get better and a promotion working to build something worth watching.Super Shogun reminded Levi of what he still loves about independent professional wrestling.Then he came home from vacation, opened Facebook, and watched Mickie Knuckles nearly get burned alive in a death match spot that never should have reached that point.Now Levi has something to say.Death match wrestling is supposed to create the illusion that anything can happen—not prove that nobody bothered to consider what might happen. There is nothing tough, creative, or entertaining about watching a preventable stunt spiral out of control. When the pursuit of one more shocking moment becomes more important than getting everyone home safely, professional wrestling has lost the plot.Super Shogun showed Levi what can happen when wrestlers care about their craft and want to improve. What happened to Mickie showed him what can happen when spectacle gets ahead of judgment.So where is the line? And does somebody actually have to die before death match wrestling finally decides it has gone too far?

Sorry Pal Podcast — Season 3, Episode 13“The Ladder Analogy”You climbed the ladder. Congratulations. But who the hell gave you the right to kick it out from underneath everybody else?On Season 3, Episode 13 of the Sorry Pal Podcast, Levi tackles an attitude in professional wrestling that pisses him off: a wrestler who reached the national level looking down at wrestlers who didn't make it as far and telling them they shouldn't be giving advice about the business.Levi doesn't deny the accomplishment. Making it to national television matters. Working for major companies matters. Reaching a level most independent wrestlers never reach deserves respect.But does reaching a higher rung suddenly mean everybody below you knows nothing?That's where “The Ladder Analogy” comes in.Levi compares it to a guy who climbs a ladder, reaches the roof, then kicks the ladder away and looks down at everybody underneath him saying:“If you knew anything about climbing, you'd already be up here with me.”There's just one problem...You didn't build the fucking ladder.This week, Levi talks about the difference between success and knowledge, why a wrestler's résumé doesn't automatically make every opinion correct, and why someone who never reached national television can still have decades of experience worth listening to.Coaches don't have to be Hall of Fame players.Trainers don't have to be world champions.And a wrestler doesn't need to have worked WrestleMania to recognize bad wrestling, bad psychology, bad business or bad advice.Levi also turns the argument around and asks a simple question: If only wrestlers who reached the highest levels are qualified to give advice, how many trainers, bookers, veterans and wrestling minds throughout history would suddenly have to shut their mouths?Levi never claims he reached the same heights as the people he's talking about.He doesn't need to.He trained. He wrestled. He paid dues. He took bumps. He set up rings. He sat in locker rooms. He made mistakes. He learned from veterans. And after spending enough time inside professional wrestling, you learn some shit.You don't have to take his advice.But don't tell him he's not allowed to give it.Because sometimes the guy halfway up the ladder sees something the guy standing on the roof has forgotten.And sometimes...the guy you're looking down on is the guy holding the fucking ladder steady.It isn't all Levi being pissed off this week.Levi is fired up about XICW bringing back PROVING GROUNDS for SEASON 9!For a show that's always been about giving wrestlers an opportunity to prove themselves, develop, learn and earn their way up that ladder, the timing couldn't be more perfect considering this week's topic.While some people are busy looking down from the top, Proving Grounds is about giving the next generation a place to start climbing.Levi talks about why he's excited to see Proving Grounds return, what a platform like this means for developing talent, and why opportunities to learn and grow are so damn important to independent wrestling.AND THEN THERE'S SOME DAMN GOOD NEWS...

SORRY PAL PODCAST — SEASON 3, EPISODE 12THE ART OF THE PROMOEverybody thinks they can cut a promo—until somebody hands them a microphone and tells them to make people care.In this episode, Levi breaks down the lost art of the professional wrestling promo. It isn’t about screaming until your face turns red, repeating the same tired catchphrases, or tossing around insider terms to impress the boys in the back.A great promo has a purpose. It tells a story, sells a fight, builds an opponent, and convinces the people watching that what happens next actually matters.Levi pulls no punches as he explains why so many promos today sound rehearsed, phony, and completely forgettable. He talks about knowing your character, believing the words coming out of your mouth, listening to the crowd, and understanding that burying your opponent only makes beating them mean less.You can have the look. You can have the moves. You can even call yourself a professional wrestler. But if you can’t make the audience care about you—or pay money to see somebody kick your ass—then you’re missing one of the most important parts of the business.No scripts. No excuses. No sugarcoating.Sorry, pal—that’s the art of a good promo.