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dylan – https://x.com/BozoDyls

jalen - https://www.instagram.com/0rwig

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0:00 westside gunn's impact on wrestling and hip-hop

0:24 welcome to pod-a-mania

0:36 there's been a change of plans this week

1:10 we have our first guest on the podcast!

1:29 follow the damn podcast

1:46 this interview was so much fun

2:10 we're on spotify and apple podcasts!

2:39 before we start, should we cover DPW's carolina classic?

3:17 what other content do you wanna see?

3:39 welcome to the show, jalenn.

4:04 who is jalenn?

4:44 this is a weekly wrestling podcast (most of the time)

5:02 AJ LEE IS BACK AFTER 10 YEARS (and we f*cked up)

5:25 jalenn knew it was gonna happen

6:13 the "cheap pop" booking issue

7:42 the roof was blown off the building

8:32 our first wrestling crush

9:45 i love a good CM punk chicago aura farm

11:04 rollins and becky rile up punk's shooters

11:47 heel-ish attack on sports teams

12:32 the shooters we thought it was going to be

13:33 AJ lee is jacked dude

14:09 excited to see how she performs in the ring

15:06 why punk couldn't hang in AEW

15:25 jalenn was brought back to wrestling by CM punk

17:30 we don't use the f-word around here

18:34 dylan and jalenn on AEW

20:16 punk and AJ lee love to reference themselves

21:25 AJ lee thought her story in wrestling had ended

22:35 what role will CM punk play when he's retired?

23:40 wwe's on-going transitional phase

26:19 will sami zayn ever be a world champion?

30:18 sami zayn can't be the face of the company

31:34 john cena's final smackdown appearance

32:33 john cena is finally selfish in his final run

34:11 jalenn's thoughts on cena's retirement run

36:58 wwe's repeated ideas throughout history

39:40 wwe had no idea what they were gonna do for cena's last run

42:01 they screwed him out of wrestling his last match in his hometown

43:25 you're not as cool as you think you are triple H

44:45 guilia is finally back on smackdown, and the women's US title

46:11 AJ Styles' isn't feeling wanted anymore

48:51 does randy orton get a special retirement run?

49:54 who would do better if they saw how it was on the other side of the fence?

50:34 where is ilja dragunov?

52:10 jalenn on penta, and how he could be #1

54:12 WWE is scared to pull the trigger

56:05 jalenn on oba femi

57:00 everybody has a boss, even triple H

58:39 what has been the most exciting thing WWE has done this year?

59:38 celebrities in wrestling, and how it can work

1:00:38 jalenn's brief thoughts on AEW as a product

1:02:34 revolution 2025 was one of the best ppv jalenn's ever seen

1:03:19 should we show dylan kyle fletcher vs will ospreay?

1:03:49 AEW can continually out-do themselves and fill the gaps

1:04:53 our favorite parts about watching both

1:05:40 jalenn's thoughts on wrestling in 2025

1:07:21 the constant acknowledgement with counter-programming

1:08:03 tribalism is stupid, enough said

1:09:10 thank you for watching!

1:09:33 check out jalenn on all streaming platforms!