The NXT Wrestling Fan – Details, episodes & analysis

Over the first five episodes of Kris' tenure on The NXT Wrestling Fan, MeganBob whiffed every attempt to predict the next big thing in the story of NXT. For reasons that we assure you are reasons, that has resulted in nearly two hours of Bob and Kris talking about Captain Carrot and his Amazing Zoo Crew!, an obscure yet beloved funny animal superhero comic published by DC in the early 1980's. Rather than boring you with the origin story of this bonus episode, we'll just tell you that many DC Comjcs tropes are explained, many animal puns are uttered, many low-key quacks are quacked, and the word "sexecutioner" unexpectedly comes up. What are you waiting for? Let this strange episode into your ears so it can punch you directly in the brain!

NewsSting by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4124-newssting License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Eyes Gone Wrong by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/3732-eyes-gone-wrong License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Samba Stings by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4008-samba-stings License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Teddy Bear Waltz by Kevin MacLeod https://uppbeat.io/t/kevin-macleod/teddy-bear-waltz License code: JR8YJN7X9BTCYONZ
Rich and Famous by Soundroll https://uppbeat.io/t/soundroll/rich-and-famous License code: D9U995DOPPSIVVYE
Green Fingers by Richard Rodgers https://uppbeat.io/t/richard-bodgers/green-fingers License code: ZLHSCJFJWJI8IQGL
60's Quiz Show by Podington Bear is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

• Past!Kris is always one step ahead
• A feline First Milk Match
• Inverted Atomic Drops will break your butt
• The Enzo Box
• The delicate act of being mean
• When a gimmick does not work
• Locational context
• Journalism!
• The Chosen One of Something
• Journey Into Rosebudness

The return of Jason Jordan: Wrestling Detective features heavily in the episode of NXT that originally aired on January 1st, 2015 but, unbelievably, that's not the only notable occurrence! Also covered in this episode: 

• The works of Thomas Hardy
• A daring Patreon offer
• Jason Jordan looks closer to home...
• Big Dude Kink DVD??
• A soft and snowy Sami Zayn
• Vampire Lovers
• Big MILF energy

Our theme song is called "Learnbuckle" and it was created by the uniquely talented Rafael Medina, whose work you can and should follow via his Twitter account, @EarthMeauxFaux! You can also follow Miles @mjschneiderman, MeganBob @meganbobness, and the show itself @nxtwrestlingfan. And if you'd like to support the show, check out our Patreon at www.patreon.com/nxtwrestlingfan.

Special thanks to our editor, Lucas Brown, who remains eternally the best! Listen to his excellent podcast, The Math of You, and follow him on Twitter @lokified.

Additional music and sound credit to:

NewsSting by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4124-newssting 
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Eyes Gone Wrong by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/3732-eyes-gone-wrong 
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Samba Stings by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4008-samba-stings 
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Teddy Bear Waltz by Kevin MacLeod
https://uppbeat.io/t/kevin-macleod/teddy-bear-waltz
License code: JR8YJN7X9BTCYONZ

Green Fingers by Richard Rodgers
https://uppbeat.io/t/richard-bodgers/green-fingers
License code: ZLHSCJFJWJI8IQGL

60's Quiz Show by Podington Bear is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

The podcast has reached double digits and is now allowed to stay up until 9pm! To celebrate this benchmark we watch the crowning of the NXT Women's Championship in the episode of NXT that originally aired on July 24th, 2013. Also on this episode:  

• Brad Maddox and Tom Phillips are okay!
• Paige and Emma turn the volume up to 11, and it's awesome
• Bob sees Triple H for the first time
• Tyler Breeze' Blue Steel > Zoolander's Blue Steel
• Chad: the worst vampire
• Sheamus is a cool, sexy ghost
• #Buttwatch returns!
• Bob and Miles have lots of feelings about women's wrestling
• A plug for Bob's new podcast Garden Plots with Skeletor!

By the way, that is, in fact, our music! It's called "Learnbuckle" and it was created by the uniquely talented Rafael Medina, whose work you can and should follow via his Twitter account, @EarthMeauxFaux! You can also follow Miles @mjschneiderman, MeganBob @meganbobness, and the show itself @nxtwrestlingfan, or visit www.nxtwrestlingfan.com

Additional music and sound credit to:

"Eyes Gone Wrong", "Greta Sting", "NewsSting", "Samba Stings,"  "The Snow Queen"  
Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
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On this, the much-anticipated ninth chapter of their journey into wrestling fandom, Miles and MeganBob are extremely pleased to welcome writer and podcaster Elle Collins to talk about their own journey as a latecoming wrestling fan, their tips for entering the world of wrestling, and more specifically, the episode of NXT that originally aired on July 17th, 2013. Also on this episode:

• A brief opening disclaimer about Elle's current work, Bayley's heel turn, and real life piece of trash Corey Graves
• Sami Zayn's relationship with the rules
• Leo Kruger's relationship with his own hair
• Numerous other relationships, because we're nothing if not on-brand
• Charlotte and Bayley: A Retrospective
• That feeling when you never thought you'd win the tag team championship side by side with an elf
• Extremely relevant Winnie the Pooh references
• Bob learns about CHIKARA and nothing will ever be the same

By the way, that is, in fact, our music! It's called "Learnbuckle" and it was created by the uniquely talented Rafael Medina, whose work you can and should follow via his Twitter account, @EarthMeauxFaux! You can also follow Miles @mjschneiderman, MeganBob @meganbobness, and the show itself @nxtwrestlingfan, or visit www.nxtwrestlingfan.com

Additional music and sound credit to:

"Eyes Gone Wrong", "Greta Sting", "NewsSting"
Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Episode eight started as a normal episode and then it became clear that there was a theme underlying it: a certain...royal quality, a touch of Regalness, if you will.  Episode eight falls in love with (almost) every minute of the episode of NXT that originally aired on July 10th, 2013. Also featured in this episode: 

• Fanservice for the win, possibly literally 
• Paige and Emma are dubbed #Bubblegoth
• A wild Ric Flair appears! Wooo!
• Bob swears vengeance for a wronged pony
• A lot of William Regal
• A primer on the hot tag
• No seriously, a lot of William Regal talk

By the way, that is, in fact, our music! It's called "Learnbuckle" and it was created by the uniquely talented Rafael Medina, whose work you can and should follow via his Twitter account, @EarthMeauxFaux! You can also follow Miles @mjschneiderman, MeganBob @meganbobness, and the show itself @nxtwrestlingfan, or visit www.nxtwrestlingfan.com

Additional music and sound credit to:

"Eyes Gone Wrong", "Greta Sting", "NewsSting", "Samba Stings," "Machinations," "Our Story Begins" 
Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

As we all know, seven is the most powerful podcasting number, so it is with great arcane energy that we present the seventh episode of The NXT Wrestling Fan, covering the episode of NXT that originally aired on July 3rd, 2013. We're also gonna say that Cesaro's sudden decision to join a group called "The Real Americans" is the result of him having been placed under some kind of spell. Makes more sense than any other explanation. Also on this episode:

• Rick Victor motivates his vampire lover with promises of sexual deviancy, because #GothHusbands
• Alicia Fox is too good for the career she actually had
• We have (even more)(super intense) feelings about William Regal
• Rob Van Dam, explained
• A primer on suplexes
• Enzo Amore is good at many things, but none of them are wrestling
• Important lessons for children courtesy of Bray Wyatt, before that was a thing

By the way, that is, in fact, our music! It's called "Learnbuckle" and it was created by the uniquely talented Rafael Medina, whose work you can and should follow via his Twitter account, @EarthMeauxFaux! You can also follow Miles @mjschneiderman, MeganBob @meganbobness, and the show itself @nxtwrestlingfan, or visit www.nxtwrestlingfan.com

Additional music and sound credit to:

"Eyes Gone Wrong", "Greta Sting", "NewsSting", "Samba Stings," "Machinations"
Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Episode six has arrived, and it's a milestone here at The NXT Wrestling Fan, because we have our first-ever guest host! Lucas Brown of The Math of You joins Miles and MeganBob for their discussion of the NXT show that originally aired on June 26th, 2013. As well as helping out with our usual segments, Lucas explains how he got into wrestling, how NXT became part of his relationship with his future wife, and how wrestling newcomers can ease themselves into the fandom. Also on this episode:

• Poetry Corner with Conor O'Brien
• Aiden English belongs in either a social studies class or the 19th century
• Submission wrestling, briefly explained
• Everyone has lots of feelings about Emma
• Bo Dallas is the wettest boi
• A very special blue collar edition of Buttwatch
• You know something is happening with Cesaro, but you don't know what it is...

By the way, that is, in fact, our music! It's called "Learnbuckle" and it was created by the uniquely talented Rafael Medina, whose work you can and should follow via his Twitter account, @EarthMeauxFaux! You can also follow Miles @mjschneiderman, MeganBob @meganbobness, and the show itself @nxtwrestlingfan, or visit www.nxtwrestlingfan.com

Additional music and sound credit to:

"Eyes Gone Wrong", "Greta Sting", "NewsSting", "Samba Stings"
Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

We've reached episode five! Five! FIVE! FIIIIIIIIVE! Ironically, Big E Langston does not appear in the NXT show that originally aired on June 19th, 2013, but he does come up in conversation, because it's time for Miles and MeganBob to have the "wrestling has a race problem" talk. It's lighthearted and fun! You know, probably! Also on this episode:

• Xavier Woods is the beautiful wrestling nerd our bullshit culture don't deserve
• Six-man tag team matches (playa) explained
• Miles' favorite wrestler arrives on the scene
• Adrian Neville eats absolute shit
• Big Van Vader's son steals his last girlfriend
• Pro graps in SPAAAAAAAACE
• The Wrestling Term of the Week melts Bob's brain

By the way, that is, in fact, our music! It's called "Learnbuckle" and it was created by the uniquely talented Rafael Medina, whose work you can and should follow via his Twitter account, @EarthMeauxFaux! You can also follow Miles @mjschneiderman, MeganBob @meganbobness, and the show itself @nxtwrestlingfan, or visit www.nxtwrestlingfan.com

Additional music and sound credit to:

"Eyes Gone Wrong", "Greta Sting", "NewsSting", "Samba Stings," "Rising Game"
Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

The NXT Wrestling Fan has reached the same number of episodes as it will eventually have Horsewomen (one of whom shows up for the first time this week) as Miles and MeganBob lock up with the NXT show that originally aired on June 12th, 2013! This episode features the debut of a brand-new segment called "Guess the Gimmick," and also:

• Tons of actual pro wrestling, including another match between Sami Zayn and Cesaro, which RULES
• Seriously, go watch that match right now
• Do it
• Bayley's child-like wonder and probable queerness
• The most interesting man in the world
• Chekhov's Mick Foley poster
• A new champion is crowned (and he's going to Disneyworld)

By the way, that is, in fact, our music! It's called "Learnbuckle" and it was created by the uniquely talented Rafael Medina, whose work you can and should follow via his Twitter account, @EarthMeauxFaux! You can also follow Miles @mjschneiderman, MeganBob @meganbobness, and the show itself @nxtwrestlingfan, or visit www.nxtwrestlingfan.com

Additional music and sound credit to:

"Eyes Gone Wrong", "Greta Sting", "NewsSting", "Samba Stings," "District Four," "Discovery Hit," "Angevin B," "The Snow Queen"
Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/