Ringside Heat

Ringside Heat

You have found what can only be considered to be "The Next Echelon" of wrestling talk on the GTA Airwaves and online! Wrestling fans... ACKNOWLEDGE US! Ringside Heat is on your radio and online! Crack open a little bit of the bubbly, raise your ones to the sky and tune in every Sunday night at 7, Tuesday night at 9 and anytime on your favorite podcatcher, as the Ringside Heat Ring Crew give the people what they want: Coverage of WWE, AEW, Impact Wrestling, and the independent wrestling scene! Listen live on Sauga960am.ca and anytime on Spreaker, Spotify, Google Podcasts and iHeartRadio! 'Cause when you ride with Ringside Heat and the Ring Crew, you never walk alone!!!

Episodes

April 22, 2024 64 mins
What would be the sound of music to our ears? Hearing the answer to "How do you solve a problem like Tony Khan?" Lex, Colin, Chico, Jose, and John tee up AEW Dynasty this weekend, we all give our two cents about the last few weeks of AEW programming with dichotic messaging regarding the pro wrestling business? Are they saying we should be celebrating and enjoying wrestling in its many forms like Adam Copeland and Jon Moxley have sa...
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Ringside Heat is back from Philadelphia after Lex, Chico, John, Jose, Steve Peconi and guest Ring Crew member David talk about their experiences of WrestleMania 40, live in the stadium and watching the broadcast!

We also bring in the youngest members of the RIngside Heat family, JP and Luke to talk about what their first WrestleMania experience was like
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Originally broadcast March 31, 2024

Ringside Heat is here teeing up The Grandest Stage of them All: WrestleMania 40! Jose Tabaoda steps in as host with Chico Nuguid, Steve Peconi, and special guest Locked on Leafs host David Morassutti.
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All Elite Wrestling comes back to Toronto for TV tapings of Dynamite and Rampage at the Coca-Cola Coliseum, and Ringside Heat was able to get an interview with the Rated-R Super... Super... SUPERSTAR, Adam Copeland! Lex and John chat with Adam about his career, great places in his hometown of Orangeville, Ontario, and more!

Jose, Colin and Chico of the Ring Crew join the chat to talk about how the AEW TV tapings came across in perso...
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Lex, John and Jose talk about:

1) Mercedes Mone signing with AEW, in what is said to be the most lucrative contract offered to a female wrestler,

2) The Rock's latest promo on the March 15, 2024 edition of WWE SmackDown: Lex nearly marking out in a McDonald's while watching SmackDown on his phone, Jose going bonkers for the 2003 "Hollywood" Rock theme, and the fact that John couldn't show The Rock's promo to his kids!

3) Rock vs Hogan...
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The WWE has started to roll out their inductions to the Hall of Fame Class of 2024, and we focus on the first name announced: Paul Heyman.

Lex, John, Chico, and Colin continue to talk about the Road to WrestleMania and we hearken back to 2021 when we started talking about the new Kayfabe, or "Kayfabe 2.0!"

Colin, Chico, and Lex also chat about AEW Revolution and Sting's last match!
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Lex Tan and Jose Taboada go ONE-ON-ONE with The Great One as our main subject of discussion! The Rock released a 20+ minute promo on social media, then followed it up with a 30 minute promo on SmackDown last Friday where he acknowledged Roman Reigns as HIS Tribal Chief! We also talk about Sting and his final match of his illustrious career at AEW Revolution on March 3!
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The complete Ring Crew of Lex, Jose, Chico, John and Steve review WWE's Elimination Chamber PLE, another fine PLE offering by WWE which is currently on a hot streak in the ring and on air as well as backstage in creative and the locker room!

Continue following the podcast as we follow the WWE to Philadelphia and WrestleMania XL!
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Lex, Jose, Chico and John talk about The Rock fully joining the Bloodline (or the Gunns?), the dismissal of Scott D'Amore from TNA Wrestling and speculate about a very sparse 2024 Hall of Fame Class. Why hasn't it been announced yet? What can be done to kayfabe the whole Hall of Fame night? And why is Chico saying no all of John's suggestions?
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It's a 2 man wrecking crew in this episode! Jose Taboada hosts the show in place of Lex and shoots with John Dawson about the WrestleMania XL Kickoff Press Conference in Las Vegas last Thursday and all the implications of Cody claiming his spot against Roman Reigns, when not even a week went by since he seemingly abdicated his spot against Roman Reigns to The Rock!

What does that mean for The Rock and Roman Reigns, who showed that t...
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This week, the Ring Crew of John, Jose, and the "Prodigal Uce" Steve, hash out their thoughts on the allegations against Vince McMahon by Janel Grant, and we pull no punches as to what we feel and think about the mounting evidence supporting Ms. Grant's authenticity.

We also take hash out the final segment of SmackDown from last Friday, where Cody Rhodes has seemingly abdicated his opportunity to finish his story with Roman Reigns t...
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Finally, with 69 days away, the road to WrestleMania has begun! Jose Taboada guest-hosts alongside John Dawson and Chico Nuguid to talk about the PLE, what it has set up, and what we can begin to watch unfold as we inch closer and closer to WrestleMania weekend, and for those of you, like us, who will be at the show itself, closer to Lincoln Financial Field.

Lex also chimes in at the beginning to address the lawsuit filed by claiman...
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In our laset episode before the Royal Rumble, Lex, Jose, and John discuss the Seth Rollins injury, and the potential fallout from that... Will Seth keep the title and rest up for Mania? Or will he have to relinquish the title? Is it feasible to make the 2024 Royal Rumble for a possible vacated World Heavyweight Championship?

Also we talk about the further complications of The Rock being involved in the storylines, while knowing we c...
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It's a triple threat Ring Crew with Lex, Jose and Chico talking about a hodgepodge of different topics, including:

Wrestling championship belts!
Rock vs Hogan and WrestleMania X8
and... More Tony Khan social media shenanigans
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Ringside Heat is back with our first episode of 2024!

Tonight, Lex Tan and the #RingCrew talk about The Rock's announcement that he wants to sit at the Head of the Table, getting into the mix of the crowded Undisputed WWE Universal Championship picture! We also delve into the issues around #wrestling #journalism and talk about #Toronto's upcoming wrestling shows in July, WWE SmackDown, Money In the Bank and NXT Heatwave!!!
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It's the final Ringside Heat of 2023! On this episode, Lex takes you through the Ring Crew's 10 favorite talk segments! You'll hear our humorous, outrageous, and poignant round tables, such as our chats about WrestleMania, Forbidden Door, CM Punk's firing from AEW and re-hiring by WWE, Edge's 25th Annviversary in WWE and debut in AEW, and more!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all our awesome listeners!
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Support Wrestle Chat! This episode a recap of some of the interviews and interactions we did with wrestlers and industry professionals in the past year! This episode features:

ChrisJericho
ToniStorm
BryanDanielson
WillOspreay
TonyKhan
ShawnSpears
SteveMaclin
AlexShelley
Clash Kincade
Sental
Andrew Love and Gunner Lang of Love Guns
and an interview we've had on the back burner with Pizza Warrior, Mark Checuti!
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This week, Lex has Colin, Jose, John, and Chico on to continue processing the returns of Randy Orton and CM Punk to the active WWE roster. And, because Shawn Michaels revealed his MVP of 2023 to be Dominik Mysterio, we talk about our MVPs for this year as well!
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3 big names in wrestling returned to WWE after being a way for a long time!

R-Truth (What's Up!)
Randy Orton (I thought I heard voices in my head!)
and after 9 long years:

CM Punk (It's Clobbering Time!)

Lex, Jose, Chico, and John get together in-person of the first time since Backlash to watch the price of their WrestleMania tickets skyrocket! And special guest Ring Crew member JP joins us to give a piece of his mind about Pepsi Phil's...
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It's a packed show, yet again, with the return of most of the Ring Crew! Colin talks AEW Full Gear, and then joins Lex, Jose and John in taking our tee-up of Survivor Series in directions even we didn't expect!
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