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Welcome to my podcast. This week I’m giving my live report on SummerSlam, discussing Logan Paul, Shane McMahon and AEW, plus Britt Baker and MJF. 

This podcast serves as a companion to my weekly Substack newsletter where I expand on topics,  give some juicier takes and tell the stories I can’t write down. 

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This week I’m talking about:

The SummerSlam press box

How I ‘met’ CM Punk

SummerSlam match-by-match

Logan Paul’s transphobia

Rob Feinstein at SummerSlam weekend

AEW Dynamite Cardiff

Shane McMahon meeting Tony Khan

Britt Baker and MJF AEW drama

Prior to Money in the Bank in Toronto I sat down with POST Wrestling’s John Pollock and Wai Ting, Wrestlenomic’s Brandon Thurston and Grappl’s Benno to talk about wrestling media in 2024. It was a huge honour to be invited by John and Brandon to speak on this subject and hope you all enjoy listening to what I believe is a very interesting discussion. I haven’t listened to it back myself yet but I know there’s things I wish I’d said or points I wish I’d expanded on. If you have any feedback or questions leave them in the comments below.

Did you miss me? Hey I'm back with a new episode of The Bechdel Hold, it's been a while. If you want, please skip the first 18 minutes it's all about me and not relevant really. After that I talk about wrestling media and scrums, Tony Khan and scrums and give my thoughts on this week's AEW Dynamite.

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro/life update

18:00 What is wrestling media

30:00 Tony Khan at the Worlds End scrum

42:00 AEW Homecoming Dynamite

58:00 Kurtis

Hello friends welcome back to The Bechdel Hold. This week Ric Flair made his AEW debut because Tony Khan thinks enough time has gone by since that Dark Side of the Ring episode. There's a lot to unpack with Flair but I try to do my best to put forward my full thoughts and explain why it's so disappointing and why I don't believe he should be in AEW. Plus some Dynamite thoughts as everyone seems to be after MJF. Impact going back to its TNA name, new CM Punk quotes and more.

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Hello friends welcome back to The Bechdel Hold. This week I'm late so, as a treat, you're getting an unhinged Daniel Garcia AEW career breakdown. Plus, is Adam Copeland just not right for AEW? Will MJF ghost Adam Cole? Is NWA Powerrr as good as Riverdale? And does The Undertaker even have a favourite Cure song?

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00:00 I WENT TO AN EMO NIGHT

02:14 COLLEEN ROONEY

03:14 NJPW ROYAL QUEST

07:30 AEW DYNAMITE

09:12 MJF

18:50 ADAM COPELAND

24:35 DANIEL GARCIA

42:00 NWA ON CW

46:00 UNDERTAKER HAS A PATREON

Hello friends welcome back to The Bechdel Hold. This week the audio is tons better! On the pod I talk about NXT defeating AEW on Tuesday night and Tony Khan's unhinged tweets. We then talk how AEW has, or, hasn't handled criticisms of the MJF Dynamite segment. Over in WWE land, Triple H is in charge but Fastlane was a little slow. What got more attention was the Fastlane press conference thanks to a ridiculous Taylor Swift question but isn't wrestling just so silly? I also cover CM Punk rumours and a WWE blind item.

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00:00 INTRO

5:54 TUESDAY NIGHT RATINGS

11:30 TONY KHAN’S TWITTER

31:49 MJF DYNAMITE SEGMENT 

37:22 CM PUNK AND WWE

38:40 TRIPLE H IN CHARGE

40:07 WRESTLING BLINDS

41:57 FASTLANE

42:33 THE TAYLOR SWIFT QUESTION 

Welcome back to The Bechdel Hold and I have a bonus episode for you! On Tuesday night my magical TV allowed me to watch NXT and Dynamite side-by-side. So here's my segment vs segment review of the two shows and breakdown of the quarter hour ratings! Enjoy.

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Hello friends welcome back to The Bechdel Hold. This week we have a messy Dynamite to discuss with an all-time bad vignette featuring Adam Cole and MJF tainting his world title run. On the bright side, TAFKA Edge aka Adam Copeland seems like a promising addition to AEW. Meanwhile, over on NXT they’re tearing it up with some main roster pals and next week everyone’s invited. Plus, will younger AEW talent follow Jade Cargill to WWE? Why did Jade really leave AEW? Is CM Punk returning to the place that got him, “sick in the first place?” And someone finally told Dave Meltzer that Matt Riddle isn’t the one.

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00:00 INTRO/LIFE UPDATE

3:44 BARSTOOL SPORTS/TAYLOR SWIFT

10:00 NXT IS HOT

16:00 TUESDAY NIGHT WAR

23:32 MJF

39:25 JAY WHITE

43:00 THE ADAM COLE VIGNETTE 

45:00 ADAM COPELAND’S DYNAMITE DEBUT

50:00 HELLO, GOODBYE WARDLOW

52:00 YOUNGER TALENT TO WWE?

55:00 WHY DID JADE CARGILL LEAVE?

1:00:00 CM PUNK TO WWE?

1:07:00 MELTZER AND RIDDLE

Welcome back to The Bechdel Hold, I have a bonus episode for you! Here's my full review of AEW WrestleDream and my thoughts on Adam 'Edge' Copeland becoming All Elite. Please subscribe and give me a 5-star review!

Hello friends welcome back to The Bechdel Hold. It's been a tough week and there's some really s**t people to talk about. The first half of this episode I sound like I'm on a downer cause I am and I appreciate not everyone wants to hear that. I discuss why we should take notice of the Russell Brand story in the wrestling world, then more Vince talk, then Matt Riddle finally losing his job. I also discuss the other WWE releases and then I have a great time talking AEW Grand Slam. If you make it to the end of this show thank you, I love doing it and I need the outlet.

1:05 RUSSELL BRAND

5:16 VINCE MCMAHON

8:45 MATT RIDDLE

13:53 WWE RELEASES

26:00 AEW GRAND SLAM

Welcome back to The Bechdel Hold! Phil's gone from wrestling so things were quiet this week. So let's take this time to think a little about Vince McMahon who was at the NYSE this week as the WWE/UFC merger was finalised. Then I talk about the news that Jade Cargill could be done with AEW and why that's a really big deal. Plus MIKE Santana beefing with Ortiz, a fine Dynamite, Wrestle Dream, and nothing about Netflix's Wrestlers.

Timestamps:

00:00 INTRO

06:19 VINCE MCMAHON/TKO

22:18 ALL IN NUMBER

27:00 JADE CARGILL

39:20 MIKE SANTANA AND ORTIZ

43:20 DYNAMITE

50:57 WRESTLE DREAM

52:54 WRESTLERS

Welcome back to The Bechdel Hold. It's been a wild week in pro wrestling and I spent it locked up in a house all alone. CM Punk is gone from AEW and I need to air my feelings. Plus, does Punk's exit mean all of AEW's problems are solved? Of course not. I also talk Jim Cornette, All Out, a great edition of Dynamite, Danny Garcia and Sammy Guevara, Sonny Kiss, and WWE Payback! Enjoy

Timestamps:

00:00 INTRO/LIFE UPDATE 

5:22 CM PUNK FIRED FROM AEW

22:14 CM PUNK’S AEW RUN

29:51 ACE STEEL

30:40 JACK PERRY

31:14 TONY KHAN

33:09 COLLISION/BRYAN

34:33 PUNK TO WWE?

36:42 JIM CORNETTE

43:40 ALL OUT

51:21 DYNAMITE

55:09 SAMMY GUEVARA AND DANIEL GARCIA

1:03:00 SONNY KISS

1:05:00 WWE PAYBACK

https://stephaniechase.substack.com/p/cm-punk-fired-aew-wwe-khan

Welcome to episode one of my new podcast The Bechdel Hold. It goes without saying this was recorded before CM Punk was fired but I decided to put it up as it is because everything I said is still how I feel. Alongside talking about Punk and Khan I also go into All In, All Out, Rev Pro and more.

Timestamps:

00:00 intro

01:00 All In weekend

02:00 All In media

04:40 Rev Pro

06:02 All In event

16:29 Mercedes Moné

18:03 CM Punk Jack Perry incident

31:23 Tony Khan's talent relations

45:49 All Out

50:00 WWE Payback

51:34 Will Ospreay

54:31 Outro