The boys are a little sleepy because we had to record on a Sunday morning, but we made it work. We talk about NXT Takeover: Brooklyn III, SummerSlam, and the following Raw and SmackDown before finally starting off our second round of the Wrestleboys Classic Tournament with a couple incredible match ups: Antonio Inoki vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi Bret "The Hitman" Hart vs. "Stone Cold" Steve Austin Don't forget to go sign up for your free 30-day trial of Audible and also help us out! Go to http://audibletrial.com/wrestleboyscast to sign up!

Unfortunately we're down a Wrestleboy in Matt this week, but we have our first guest ever to fill in for him, Brady Sauvageau from HeaterWrestling.com! We spend most of our time previewing the 160 hours of wrestling this weekend between NXT Takeover: Brooklyn III and SummerSlam. We also recap the week in wrestling, including Raw, SmackDown, and the BUCKWILD last two days of NJPW's G1 Climax Tournament. Speaking of that, we take some time to talk about some of the best trilogies and series of matches between two wrestlers in history, and the big differences between WWE and NJPW. Also, big news! We now have a partnership with Audible! Go to audibletrial.com/wrestleboyscast and sign up for your free trial now and not only will you get a free month of Audible, you will also be helping out us Wrestleboys!

Sorry this episode is a little late, Wrestlefriends! Derek and Zack had to travel to go see a Solange concert, and Zack was too busy crying tears of joy to edit the episode in a timely Fashion (Peaks). This week, we recap a mostly unexciting (minus innovative office furniture weaponry and Cena's next-level verbal savagery) week of Raw and SmackDown, then get into some of wrestling's most SHOCKING moments. That ends up leading us down a pretty sobering but important discussion of brain injuries in wrestling and how we handle some of the darker aspects of being a wrestling fan, including how to handle when someone you're a fan of ends up doing something disappointing or downright horrible (warning now that we talk about Chris Benoit more than we ever hope to in an episode, but it was fitting for the discussion). We finish out the episode with the conclusion of the first round of the Wrestleboys Classic Tournament, starting by going back to decide on the Kenny Omega vs. "Stone Cold" Steve Austin match that ended in a 2-2 tie. then go through our final four matches, including Esai making the most impassioned argument of the tournament so far, and a lengthy discussion of the all-time greatness by both Wrestleboys in another matchup. The matches this week are: Bret "The Hitman" Hart vs. Sandman Kevin Owens vs. Johnny Gargano David Arquette vs. Chuck Taylor Kurt Angle vs. Eddie Guerrero Finally, Derek ends the episode by yelling. :(

We all have cool new wrestleboy names (brought to you in part by Dr. Pepper memes) now. Say goodbye to Derek, Esai, Matt, and Zack. Say hello to Master Radical, Senator Popper, Lord Taste, and Father Hit. We talk about the week in wrestling, including Jason Jordan stickin' up for his Pa, Lesnar leavin', Finn Balor's new spooky abilities, woke(n) Hardys,The Small Man Chad Gable picking up The Big Man Rusev, (almost) seeing the actual and literal death of John Cena, and SHINSUKE FREAKIN' NAKAMURA! (Plus Zack tells everyone that NXT was good since he's the only one that watched it). We then talk about how to convince your friends to actually watch wrestling (PLEASE JUST TRUST US THAT IT'S GOOD). Finally, we get into this week's matches in The Wrestleboy Classic Tournament, including our most hotly debated match yet! This week's matches are: Sabu vs. Kazuchika Okada Finn Balor vs. Dalton Castle Brock Lesnar vs. Tetsuya Naito Kenny Omega vs. "Stone Cold" Steve Austin

Boy howdy is there a bunch of stuff to cover from the last week of wrasslin' y'all! We talk about collective prison Sunday's Battleground PPV made us feel trapped in, a shockingly good week for Raw and SmackDown, Tuesday's shocking return, the first week of New Japan Pro Wrestling's aptly-named G1 Climax Tournament, and some of our favorite surprise returns and debuts of all time. We then close the episode with the second week of matches for our 2017 Wrestleboys Classic Tournament! This week we discussed the next four matches: Phantasio vs. Antonio Inoki Rey Mysterio vs. Shawn Michaels Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Kota Ibushi CM Punk vs. Hulk Hogan.

In this episode, we introduce the Wrestleboys Classic Tournament, where we will be debating who would win in a tournament of the 32 wrestlers we selected across all of time, space, notoriety, and ability over the coming weeks. We introduce you to the entire bracket then talk about the BUCK WILD first four match ups: El Generico vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi AJ Styles vs. Booker T Daniel Bryan vs. The Rock Katsuyori Shibata vs. Triple H We also talk about the week in wrestling, the upcoming Battleground PPV, our thoughts on if CM Punk will ever come back to the WWE and who we would want to see him have matches with, and Ginuwine.

In this episode we talk about a bunch of stuff, but mostly hair. Oh ya, and also wrestler name changes, WWE's Great Balls of Fire, New Japan Pro Wrestling's G1 Special in USA event, and more hair.

In episode 2, we take another swing at introducing ourselves (since our first attempt was lost to the decay of time (and bad audio quality)), and talk about things like essential wrestling terminology, best friends betraying each other, and the time Matt met Goldberg and some random skier at a car dealership. We then spend the bulk of our time discussing a big week in women's wrestling and the progression of women's wrestling over the last few years to where it stands today. Also, more ski talk.

In the first episode of Genuine Wrestleboys, Derek, Esai, Matt, and Zack talk about some of the current goings on in the wrestling world, have a hefty chat about entrance music in wrestling, and Derek says to kiss your mom.