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Part 2 of the “group text thread” edition of the TFW podcast continues as Matt, Rhodesia, E, and Brandon help you bring in the new year like only they can!
On this episode they discuss a ton of topics including WWE’s ranking of the top 10 SmackDown moments, the WWE ID program, the NBA and it’s viewership struggles, who they pick to have a breakout 2025, who their “hall passes” are in wrestling, what their superpowers are at parties, looking back at 2024, and much more.
Happy New Year Freaks!
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Merry Christmas Freaks!
Matt, Rhodesia, and Eshaun are joined by Brandon and they bring the group text to the podcast for part 1 of 2 holiday episodes!
They discuss a wide range of topics from inside and outside the wrestling world, Christmas memories, and much more.
This is indeed a group text thread come to life so sit back, relax, grab your favorite drink and enjoy the show!
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Matt & Rhodesia are joined on this episode by friend of the show Chris “Bushman” and they bring you some awesome graps talk!
Topics include:
“Thoughts on Saturday Night’s Main Event” retro feel (06:29)The decision to not air Kevin Owen’s package pile driver on TV and where WWE goes from here with the storyline (18:20)Where does Cody rank all-time if he had to retire right now due to injury? (31:25)Chelsea Green becoming U.S. Women’s champion (43:07)Drew McIntyre becoming the Bloodline hunter (54:34)RAW’s debut on Netflix card so far and what could happen with Roman Reigns and Sola Sikoa (57:52)Was CM Punk looking to be a heel on RAW Monday? (01:07:44)Penta video package tease (01:22:07)More storyline talk, some of Chris’s favorite moments of 2024 (01:31:53)+ MUCH MORE!
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Matt, Rhodesia, and Eshaun are joined on this episode by Bee Ray and they give you 2 hours of wrestling, sports, and Christmas movie talk!
Topics include:
CM Punk vs Seth Rollins for the 1st RAW show on Netflix and does that lead to Punk vs Roman Reigns for WrestleMania? (07:30)Thoughts on the Transfer Window (25:00)The majority of the top stories in the WWE are connected to the Bloodline (38:30)Week 1 of The New Day heel run (41:30)Where is Trick Willams at currently & who needs to be called up to the main roster right now from NXT (56:04)The latest in the Fenix/AEW saga (01:20:57)Hot Take on 2 “Christmas movies” (01:36:54)’Saturday Night’s Main Event’ preview (01:44:25)+ MUCH MORE!
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Three The Hard Way get right to it on this episode as Matt gives his eulogy to AEW and Rhodesia and Eshaun react by giving their thoughts on just where they are with the struggling brand (02:06).
The crew then discuss “Survivor Series War Games” (38:00), what is CM Punk’s favor from Paul Heyman (01:04:23), the awesome ‘WWE RAW’ show from this past Monday including Seth Rollins, CM Punk and Sami Zayn (01:11:03), The New Day segment (01:17:55), Drew McIntyre’s return (01:30:44), + MUCH MORE!
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The TFW pod is back with a show as loaded as your Thanksgiving plate! On this episode Matt, Rhodesia, and Eshaun discuss:
Paul Heyman’s return on ‘SmackDown’ (02:28)CM Punk being added to the War Games match and his first year back in WWE (21:39)Cody Rhodes and Kevin Owens’s feud and if there’s any way KO should win the title @ Saturday Night’s Main Event (33:54)Jade Cargill’s injury, storyline, and who replaces her in War Games (47:17)Women’s IC title announced (56:43)The New Day segment from ‘WWE Raw’ and the 10 year celebration set for next week (01:09:48)Ricky Starks headlines from the last few days within and outside of AEW (01:22:21)Canceling subscriptions and Matt tells a story about getting back into gaming (01:43:33)‘Survivor Series War Games’ preview (01:52:49)Thanksgiving food, pet peeves, and what they are most thankful for in the world of pro wrestling (02:22:13)+ MUCH MORE!
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Three The Hard Way begin this episode by talking about the return of Rhea Ripley and if it helps the women’s War Games storyline make more sense (02:10), Sheamus’s run of matches in the last 18 months (15:16), Matt talks about the universe playing a joke on him for next week’s AEW show (19:17), why is Seth Rollins so angry at Roman Reigns (25:08), how intricate the Bloodline story is and how creators and athletes must be mentally wired to reach the top of their game (29:40).
Matt, Rhodesia and Eshaun then discuss:
Bronson Reed being added to the new Bloodline & which team wins the match at Survivor Series (42:03)Who they want to see as the 5th member of the OG Bloodline team out of 3 options along with Paul Heyman changing his phone number (54:40)Matt apologizing to Rhodesia (01:08:36)What their price would be to get involved in the opposite political party that they align with and if they were President, what position would they give each other on their team (01:10:38)AEW running smaller arenas for TV in 2025, run down the Full Gear card and give their picks on who should win if they were running the promotion (01:22:48),+ MUCH MORE!
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Matt, Rhodesia and Eshaun begin this episode by talking about what in wrestling do people want right now but it’s too early to happen (00:25) before revisiting the Jade Cargill conversation from last week with comments from a YouTube viewer (02:06) and the WWE releases from last week (08:57).
The crew then discuss:
A spoiler free conversation on who the 5th member of Bloodline vs Bloodline War Games match should be (12:41)How the women’s War Games match feels thrown together (29:21)Who should be the first US women’s champion (36:20)Gunther’s character development and excitement levels for Gunther vs Damian Priest @ Survivor Series (40:46)Who’s had the better title reign so far between Gunther or LA Knight & how the title reigns overall have been recently (47:46)YouTube viewer demographics and Matt calls out Rhodesia (59:06)Who’s had the best upgrade in WWE history? (01:02:38)John Cena is officially entering the Royal Rumble, when should he wrestle for the championship? (01:07:24)Where everyone is at on AEW currently heading into Full Gear (01:14:51)+ MORE!
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Matt is back and he begins the pod by asking Rhodesia and Eshaun who will Goldberg wrestle in his last match next year (00:09) before talking which show they plan on watching first between NXT & AEW Dynamite and how much things have changed for both brands in 2 years (4:13).
Three The Hard Way then discuss:
⁃ Bloodline vs Bloodline (14:46)
⁃ Jade Cargill vs Bianca Belair (36:06)
⁃ Quick Crown Jewel thoughts (44:30)
⁃ The title chase vs the title reign (51:05)
⁃ Netflix wants Roman Reigns, CM Punk, and Cody Rhodes for WWE RAW (55:24)
⁃ Montez Ford’s current complicated situation (59:14)
⁃ RAW thoughts including Iyo Sky becoming #1 contender for the women’s title (01:06:01)
⁃ Is Becky Lynch worth more than 2 million dollars a year? (01:14:23)
⁃ AEW going for more a sports centric feel inside the arena in 2025 (01:25:32)
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Rhodesia and Eshaun start this Halloween episode by discussing the news of Rhea Ripley’s broken orbital bone and what this means to the current feud with her and the Raw Women’s Champion Liv Morgan and the state of the Judgement Day (1:58).
Other topics include:
• The latest on the Bloodline storyline (10:20)
• Motor City Machine Gun MCMG: Too much, too soon? (26:50)
• Matt calls in to the show and gives his thoughts on: Gunther/Cody, is Rhea Ripley Liv Morgan's gift or curse, the Bloodline story now moving too fast and Matt’s thoughts on people switching up (34:25)
• Halloween Havoc: the women's division winning the night and Trick Williams next steps (46:32)
• Crown Jewel Preview (1:11:30)
• “Between the sheets": Samantha Irving and Montez Ford” (1:23:55)
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Matt, Rhodesia, and Eshaun start this episode by discussing the controversial decision of Jey Uso losing the IC title to Bron Breakker on ‘WWE RAW’ and everything with the Bloodline that led up to that moment (00:42).
Other topics include:
Major stars that use a lot of wrestling moves (22:02)Samantha Irvin leaving WWE (29:17)WrestleMania 41 tickets going on sale (38:50)Gunther’s title reign so far (51:22)MCMG WWE debut on ‘SmackDown’ (1:01:00)The Adam Cole & MJF segment from last week’s ‘AEW Dynamite’ (1:04:46) + MORE!Connect With Us!
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Three The Hard Way is back and jump right into what’s going on with Bloodline 1.0 and they talk Jey Uso vs Bron Breakker this upcoming Monday on ‘WWE RAW’ (00:30). “Serious Seth” makes a return to TV and the crew discusses Rollins and where he is slotted (25:50), War Raiders return (32:58), Gunther’s next title challenger at Survivor Series (36:38), and would they want to see Brock Lesnar back in WWE if he’s found to have done nothing wrong (46:00).
Matt, Rhodesia, and E then get into the PWI Women’s list and give their personal top 3 (50:43), Stephanie Vaquer, her ‘NXT’ debut, and other quick hits (01:15:48), the rumored creative shake up that’s coming in AEW and ‘WrestleDream’ this past weekend (01:26:01), + MORE!
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Matt, Rhodesia, and Eshaun start this episode by discussing who would be on their “bar fight” team (00:12) before discussing ‘WWE RAW’ from this past and their thoughts on the 2 hour show (04:43), when do we see CM Punk and Seth Rollins really begin to feud (21:21), what’s next for Sami Zayn, Gunther, and how does Jey Uso vs Bron Breakker play out again (26:15).
Cody Rhodes vs Roman Reigns, vs The Rock is being discussed for ‘WrestleMania 41’ (35:10), the crew gives their top 3 feuds of the year and what others are thinking also (43:23), NXT from this past Tuesday (01:02:55), Daniel Garcia staying with AEW along with E and Rhodesia feeling completely different about this past Tuesday’s show (01:12:33), + more!
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Three The Hard Way is back with a special episode as they discuss and react to WWE’s latest PLE offering, Bad Blood! They are joined by friend of the show Billy Mays Jr as they talk all the big items from the show in Atlanta including live thoughts, the matches, storylines, the return of a classic TFW pod tag team, and Matt calling a truce to Cody Rhodes?!
Yeah, this show is like that... enjoy!
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Three The Hard Way is back and Matt begins this episode by asking Rhodesia and E a question surrounding the wrestling landscape changes over the last 5 years (00:14), discussing all the positives in the pro wrestling world this week (10:11) before getting into:
AEW’s new TV deal (15:59)NXT’s premiere episode on the CW network (27:54)Cody Rhodes on the Pat McAfee show hinting about his next title defense and the WrestleMania 41 main event (57:40)WWE’s lack of usage of black male talent on PLE’s and their response to it (01:09:47)‘WWE Bad Blood’ preview (01:23:18)+ MORE!
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Matt, Rhodesia, and Eshaun are back and begin this episode by talking what they love and hate in wrestling equally (00:10) before getting into the Roman Reigns/Cody Rhodes cinematic segment from this past week’s ‘SmackDown’ and everything Bloodline related (07:44).
Kevin Owens contract is getting ready to expire with WWE (38:42), Ricochet’s interview with Chris Jericho (43:17) , listener question surrounding who should have won the WWE championship that didn’t (51:57), Jey Uso’s huge night on ‘WWE RAW’ and what’s next for Bron Breakker (56:56), quick hits including Big E injury news, Mercedes Mone’ latest comments on WWE & Vince McMahon, NXT’s debut on the CW network next week (01:19:57), + MORE!
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Matt, Rhodesia, and Eshaun start this podcast by discussing the storyline and real life perspective of Roman Reigns and Cody Rhodes from this past week’s ‘SmackDown’ episode as they talk positioning, decisions that were made, Cody using Homelander from ‘The Boys’ as a character template, where does Jacob Fatu and Solo Sikoa play into all of this, fantasy booking the future until we get to the Royal Rumble and a lot more (00:56).
Other topics include:
Favorite movies of all time (34:03)Bron Breakker vs Jey Uso next week on ‘WWE RAW’ (56:36)CM Punk’s promo from this past Monday (01:08:49)Rikishi’s vague tweet about Jimmy Uso (01:16:32)Adding some muscle to the Judgement Day and the status of the tag team titles (01:20:30)Daniel Garcia’s contract update (01:27:07)AEW’s new TV deal (01:32:19)Listener top 10 lists (01:46:54)+ MORE!
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Three the Hard Way is back and talking shop!
Matt, Rhodesia, and E get right to it on this episode and begin with the PWI Top 10 list, they give their thoughts along with going over their top 10 wrestler lists so far of 2024 (01:17).
Other topics include:
Gunther moving up the “hater of the year” rankings (33:56)‘WWE RAW’ going to two hours starting in October until the end of the year and should it stay at two hours when they move to Netflix or go back to three hours (35:16)‘AEW All Out’ thoughts including a live perspective of the show as Matt and Rhodesia were there along with talk of what went down and was it too much violence (45:50)+ MORE!
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Three the Hard Way is back and they start this episode by talking which title reign are they most invested in currently (00:17) before getting into ‘WWE RAW’ and discussing the CM Punk/Drew McIntyre segment, what’s next for them and Matt calls out Eshaun for saying Punk was washed on prior shows (03:40). Bron Breakker and Jey Uso go face to face (14:11), Sami Zayn is coming after Gunther and his world title (16:08), how is the women’s division stacking up currently in WWE (19:32), Odyssey Jones being fired from WWE (39:31), and initial thoughts on Joe Tessitore’s WWE debut (44:06).
Cody Rhodes says fans would be even more mad if they knew what the plan was for him last WrestleMania season (46:42), how would AEW be different if Brawl Out never happened (56:29), a few viewer comments from last episode (01:05:43), ‘AEW All Out’ preview (01:11:19), + MORE!
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In this latest episode, Matt, Rhodesia, and Eshaun discuss:
WWE Bash In Berlin breakdown with thoughts on each match including Randy Orton doing everything he could to make Gunther a bigger star (01:20)When will WrestleMania take place outside of the US (34:55)‘WWE RAW’ debuting January 6th on Netflix (40:38)WWE’s decision to keep PLE card’s shorter to load up ‘RAW’ and ‘SmackDown’ (45:19)Would Britt Baker be better in AEW or WWE (50:12)Their favorite Cash Money songs/albums (57:11)Swerve Strickland’s new AEW contract (01:03:01)+ MORE!
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