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The Turnbuckle Tavern is a comedy podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 1,000 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

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  Episode #220

  Wrestling Tonight: IS WWE WRONG FOR AIRING WORLDS COLLIDE OPPOSITE PAC TRIBUTE? | MASON ROOK SIDELINED, MJF TOPS PWI 500 & WRESTLEMANIA 43 SAUDI DATE | 220

  Sep 30, 202644 min

  Turnbuckle Tavern is powered by G FUEL and Official Dick Lazer. Use code TAVERN for 20% off at GFUEL.com and DickLazers.com. This week, Wrestling Tonight asks whether WWE is wrong for airing Worlds Collide opposite AEW's tribute to Benjamin Satterley, known around the world as PAC. Dynamite will celebrate PAC's life and career Wednesday night, while WWE, NXT and AAA's previously scheduled Worlds Collide begins one hour earlier on YouTube. We break down the debate over whether WWE should have moved the show out of respect, or whether the fact that Worlds Collide was already scheduled and can be watched on demand changes the conversation. We also have new details on WrestleMania 43 in Saudi Arabia. Fightful Select reports that WWE hopes to announce the official date around Crown Jewel in Riyadh on November 7 if it isn't revealed sooner. Saudi representatives have reportedly visited WWE headquarters for kickoff meetings, the dates are said to be largely settled internally, and independent promotions are waiting for the announcement before determining their own WrestleMania weekend plans. Plus, Maxwell Jacob Friedman tops the PWI 500 for the first time after a huge year across AEW and CMLL, responding with a very MJF "What took so long?" Cody Rhodes, CM Punk, Místico and Konosuke Takeshita round out the top five. In NXT, Mason Rook's first NXT Championship opportunity was pulled just hours before he was scheduled to challenge Grayson Waller after WWE announced that Rook was not medically cleared. Robert Stone later revealed that Rook will be out for the foreseeable future, leading to EK Prosper answering Waller's open challenge instead. We also catch up on the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic as Chazz "Starboy" Hall & Mini Vikingo and Nathan Frazer & Axiom advance. Finally, we look ahead to CMLL's Thursday return to Arena Coliseo in Mexico City, with Titan, Euforia, Valiente, Virus and more featured across the five match card. Be sure to support the show and join our Patreon for just $2.99 a month at PATREON.COM/THETURNBUCKLETAVERN for exclusive content, and follow @turnbuckletavern across social media for all the latest updates. Until the following week, when we wine and dine with you kings and queens, stay out of the alley and away from the pork and beans. God luck and good speed.

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  Episode #247

  Rawdown #247: Monday Night Mourning

  Sep 29, 20263h 12m

  It's time to get RAW! It's time to get DOWN! This week we celebrate the life of Benajmin Satterley aka " THE BASTARD PAC" aka "Neville". We also discuss a pretty good overall week for the WWE. All that and more on your #1 source for all things WWE on the Turnbuckle Tavern ...this is the RAW DOWN!

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  Episode #219

  Wrestling Tonight: MLP NORTHERN RISING PREVIEW | PAC TRIBUTE DYNAMITE, NAOMI RETURN & WWE BLEACHER REPORT DEAL | 219

  Sep 29, 202643 min

  Turnbuckle Tavern is powered by G FUEL and Official Dick Lazer. Use code TAVERN for 20% off at GFUEL.com and DickLazers.com. This week, Wrestling Tonight previews MLP Northern Rising 2026, as Scott D'Amore's Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling returns to Toronto this Saturday for a sold out show at the Mattamy Athletic Centre at Maple Leaf Gardens. Two years after the historic Maple Leaf name was revived, MLP heads into one of its biggest events yet with weekly television on TSN, worldwide streaming through MyAEW and growing relationships with AEW and CMLL. We break down the full Northern Rising card and what this show represents for MLP's continued growth, headlined by Adam Copeland returning home to Toronto to face Steve Maclin. Josh Alexander also returns to settle the MLP Canadian Championship situation with interim champion Stu Grayson, while Andrade El Idolo defends the AEW National Championship against Rohan Raja and Priscilla Kelly puts the MLP Canadian Women's Championship on the line against Nikki Storm. We also get into the history behind D'Amore's revival of the Maple Leaf Wrestling name and whether MLP is beginning to establish an identity that can stand on its own beyond the outside stars and promotional partnerships. We also continue remembering PAC and Benjamin Satterley, as WWE, ROH and wrestlers across the industry paid tribute following his passing at just 40 years old. Tony Khan delivered an emotional tribute during Monday's ROH tapings, and AEW will dedicate Wednesday's Dynamite in Pittsburgh to PAC's life and career, fittingly returning to a city where he once headlined Dynamite against Jon Moxley. Then we get into a busy week of WWE news, including Jaida Parker making her Raw arrival by aligning with The 946 and running over Jacob Fatu, plus Oba Femi vs. Bronson Reed being added to Money in the Bank. We also discuss reports that Naomi could be nearing her WWE return after more than a year away following her pregnancy. Finally, we break down WWE's new highlights agreement with Bleacher Report and why the Warner Bros. Discovery connection immediately raised questions about AEW. Despite WWE content now coming to Bleacher Report, House of Highlights and B/R Wrestling, a WBD source reportedly believes the deal could actually benefit AEW by putting more resources behind wrestling content, with AEW's current television agreement running through 2027 and a WBD option for 2028. Be sure to support the show and join our Patreon for just $2.99 a month at PATREON.COM/THETURNBUCKLETAVERN for exclusive content, and follow @turnbuckletavern across social media for all the latest updates. Until the following week, when we wine and dine with you kings and queens, stay out of the alley and away from the pork and beans. God luck and good speed.

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  Episode #218

  Wrestling Tonight: REMEMBERING PAC | BENJAMIN SATTERLEY, 1986–2026 | 218

  Sep 28, 202646 min

  Turnbuckle Tavern is powered by G FUEL and Official Dick Lazer. Use code TAVERN for 20% off at GFUEL.com and DickLazers.com. This week, Wrestling Tonight remembers Benjamin Satterley, known around the world as PAC, who passed away at just 40 years old less than 24 hours after competing at AEW All Out in Chicago. We discuss the shock surrounding his passing and the deeply personal tributes from Marina Shafir, Lance Archer, Jon Moxley, Will Ospreay, Tommaso Ciampa, Mustafa Ali, Natalya, Nick Wayne and countless others across professional wrestling. Then we go back through PAC's remarkable 20 plus year career, beginning on the UK independents before his explosive and innovative style took him to PWG, Dragon Gate and New Japan. We look at how PAC became so much more than a high flyer, combining ridiculous aerial ability with the speed, striking, grappling and intensity he developed while working across completely different wrestling cultures. We follow that evolution into WWE, from becoming NXT Champion and helping define the early TakeOver era to his transformation into the King of the Cruiserweights, before his departure eventually allowed PAC to return as The Bastard. That evolution continued in AEW, where he became one of the company's earliest major signings, the inaugural All Atlantic Champion, an AEW World Trios Champion, a member of Death Triangle and eventually a Death Rider. Along the way, we revisit the matches that showed just how special and versatile PAC really was, from El Generico in PWG and Sami Zayn at NXT TakeOver: R Evolution to his incredible Iron Man match with Kenny Omega, the completely different showcase against Orange Cassidy at Revolution, Death Triangle's battles with The Elite and his 2024 All Out match with Will Ospreay. We also look back at his final match against Andrade El Idolo at All Out 2026 and how, more than two decades into his career, PAC was still performing at an elite level. We also explore PAC's influence on the generations that followed him. Wrestling eventually caught up to a lot of the athleticism that made PAC look almost impossible in the mid 2000s, but he never stopped evolving. From Ospreay calling him a hero to PAC encouraging a young Nick Wayne, his influence went far beyond moves and helped expand what people thought a professional wrestler could physically do. More than anything, this episode remembers both PAC and Benjamin Satterley. Behind The Bastard was a man his friends and peers remembered as kind, humble, soft spoken and incredibly passionate about professional wrestling, someone who looked after his peers and encouraged the wrestlers coming behind him. We celebrate the life, career and lasting influence of one of the most unique performers of his generation. Be sure to support the show and join our Patreon for just $2.99 a month at PATREON.COM/THETURNBUCKLETAVERN for exclusive content, and follow @turnbuckletavern across social media for all the latest updates. Until the following week, when we wine and dine with you kings and queens, stay out of the alley and away from the pork and beans. God luck and good speed.

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  Episode #329

  AEW Dynamite: All Out Go-Home Show | Speedball Joins United Empire | Cope Has Words For Steven Borden

  Sep 24, 20261h 52mS1

  It's Thursday, and you know what that means! It is time to walk through those Tavern doors and order up a round of professional wrestling coverage from The Two Bad Chads! This week we talk AEW and all the happenings of the week! Make sure you go to patreon.com/theturnbuckletavern for all your Tavern needs!

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