114: JBX Walked So Chipotle Could Run
All four of the Genuine Wrestleboys are back together (though, despite what he says, Esai wasn't actually gone last week, he just refused to talk) to talk our favorite potato dishes, the short life of JBX Grill, preview this weekend's WWE Clash Of Champions PPV, and all the weekly goings on in this huge transitional period in the professional wrestling landscape, and then close out the episode by going back to 2002 and the last biggest transitional period in pro wrestling to look at how 6 wrestlers were used during this transition to establish a whole new era in WWE (and get one of the Wrestleboys totally hooked on wrestling in the first place)!
Including: appearances this week from ol' "Stone Cold" Steve Austin on Raw & The Undertaker on SmackDown, the semi-final round matches of King Of The Ring, Kevin Owens getting fired, Bray Wyatt's clock-based tease on Firefly Funhouse, KUSHIDA debuting on 205 Live, and the final week of NXT before moving to live on USA Network!
For our Deep Dive this week, Zack leads the other Wrestleboys through a huge part of what got them into wrestling originally, The SmackDown 6! We take a look at what made the group of Kurt Angle, Eddie Guerrero, Chavo Guerrero, Rey Mysterio, Edge, and [NAME REDACTED]*, along with Paul Heyman leading creative behind the scenes on SmackDown so important back in 2002, how this group of wrestlers helped establish that show in the days of WWE's first brand split, why this era of SmackDown was what got Zack into pro wrestling in the first place, how the legacy of these can be seen all the way to wrestling today even 17 years later, and the parallels to what we've been seeing on Monday Night Raw since Paul Heyman took over creative this summer!
*CW: we do talk about Chris Benoit during this segment because there's really no way around it for this topic, but we do our best to keep him minimal, and in no way are we excusing his actions by discussing his ability in the ring or his importance at the time as part of The SmackDown 6.
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