The Work Of Wrestling – Details, episodes & analysis

Today's episode is a story submitted by Liam Lambert, @crowtagonist on Instagram. Liam shares a coming of age tale about creating his own backyard wrestling federation in the suburbs of Lincolnshire. It's a heartwarming story about pro-wrestling's ability to forge strong bonds among people, even as they grow up and move apart.

To submit your story go to The Work Of Wrestling's Facebook page and click on the pinned post. That will take you to a Google form you can fill out.

Thank you for your listenership in 2025. 

Tim Kail reacts to Mick Foley severing ties with WWE in the wake of President Trump's disparaging remarks on Rob Reiner. Tim reads Mick's original social media post on the matter, offers up some thoughts of his own, and then shares a pivotal decision he's made about what he's willing to cover in pro-wrestling in 2026. 

This week Tim Kail covers not watching WWE, falling back in love with AEW, updating The Work Of Wrestling website, and why he'd rather President Trump not attend John Cena's last match.

This week sees the return of the three-part format.

For The Lock-Up, Tim reviews WWE 2K23, for The High Spot he discusses the role memory plays in professional wrestling fandom, and in The Finish he shares three short stories about how pro-wrestling factored into his personal life in unexpected ways.

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This week host, Tim Kail, answers your questions!

You wanted to know:

• what happens if Cody doesn't win at WrestleMania?
• what does Tim think about gambling & WWE and whether or not it would bring more people to WWE.
• what Tim thinks about how the WWE has handled the transition from Sami Zayn to Cody Rhodes.
• Tim's feelings on refs holding ladders.
• Why are people so quick to pull the "heel turn" card?

And more!

Watch Tim's wrestling videos on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@WorkOfWrestling

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Host, Tim Kail, reviews AEW's latest pay-per-view, Revolution.

Topics include:

• was the PPV worth $50?
• Christian Cage vs Jungle Boy Jack Perry delivering despite expectations.
• Ricky Starks' awesome spear.
• The House of Black failing to resonate with Tim.
• Ruby Soho delivering her best performance to date.
• The bloody fun of Mox vs Hangman.
• Why Wardlow should not be painted as a sympathetic character.
• The excellence of Bryan Danielson vs MJF.
• Why MJF is a pitiable character.

And much more!

Watch Tim's wrestling videos on Youtube at https://www.youtube.com/@WorkOfWrestling

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This week host Tim Kail shares with listeners the ten things he's learned since becoming a pro-wrestling critic. The list includes:

1. Allow for change.
2. Set goals - even if they're big.
3. Interviews with fellow fans are better than interviews with "in the business".
4. Emotional detachment might be necessary.
5. Relationships evolve, and if the foundation is love it will last.
6. Know when not to talk.
7. Don't take social media seriously.
8. Cherish your audience.
9. Keep doubts in their proper place.
10. You will surprise yourself (and you should).

And much more!

Watch Tim's wrestling videos on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@WorkOfWrestling

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This week host Tim Kail reviews WWE's latest premium live event, The Elimination Chamber. Topics include:

• The enduring excellence of Asuka.
• The humor of Carmella.
• What makes a good Elimination Chamber match?
• The dissapointment of Bobby Lashley vs Brock Lesnar.
• The messy fun of Edge & Beth Phoenix vs Finn Balor and Rhea Ripley.
• Crowds not responding to Johnny Gargano.
• Montez Ford standing out.
• The excellence of Roman Reigns vs Sami Zayn.

And much more!

Watch Tim's wrestling videos on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@WorkOfWrestling

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Become a Patreon subscriber at www.patreon.com/workofwrestling

And follow on Social Media @WorkOfWrestling on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.

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Work of Wrestling host Tim Kail discusses, in The Lock-Up (1:03:14), the February 10th episode of Friday Night Smackdown and how The Bloodline Story may be the first wrestling story ever where he's been emotionally invested in every character. In The High Spot (1:19:00) Tim asks whether or not the WWE audience has been beaten into submission. And in The Finish (1:33:20) Tim chronicles his history with pro-wrestling video games from WrestleMania 2000 all the way to WWE 2K23.

Watch Tim's wrestling videos on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@WorkOfWrestling

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This week for The Lock-Up (2:18) Tim Kail reviews the February 3rd episode of SmackDown. He critiques a few matches before discussing, in more detail, the closing Romen Reigns/Sami Zayn segment. In the High Spot (13:23) he examines the idea that the Bloodline saga is one of the best things to ever happen in wrestling and why that's sad (it'll make sense when you listen to it). And, finally, for The Finish (30:40) he's joined by his mother Granny Franny, to discuss whether or not he should stop writing weekly articles for www.workofwrestling.com.

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