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The Gentlemen's Wrestling Podcast

Voices of Wrestling Podcast Network

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The Gentlemen’s Wrestling Podcast is a wide-ranging podcast that covers the diverse world of professional wrestling through serious and informative long-form discussion. Host Jesse Collings is joined by a rotating cast of guests and tackles a singular topic with each episode; with frequent themes focusing on industry economics, media, fan culture, historical perspective and wrestling’s place in the broader pop culture universe.
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Our first 81 episodes are what we now consider APNC 1.0 with our original crew: Opie, Pete, Kevin, Alex, and later, David. Through the onset of COVID and life changes, the podcast began to evolve. It was the end of an era, but we loved this crew and the memories we made. You'll notice that our earliest episodes are not on YouTube. The addition of video was never in the plans, but came to life as a surprise side effect of COVID. Going into 2022, Pete and Kevin took the show in a new direction ...
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Chris “Pepper Hicks” Stanley, Bronx Johnny, and Chris from Brooklyn are three best friends living life to the fullest in NYC. They’re gentlemen, scholars; they’re alcoholics. Enjoy the art of conversation as they wax philosophic about news, sports, pop culture, and their occasionally questionable life choices. The newest 15 episodes are always free, but if you want access to all the archives, watch live, chat live, access to the forums, and get the show a week before it comes out everywhere ...
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Talkin Shit with Kire

Talkin Shit with Kire

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He's a writer born in Cincinnati, OH, but became a man in Chicago, IL who is a very opinionated, spiritual, passionate, caring, very aware shit talker who loves people, travel, his family and being black! This show was birth out of the trials and tribulations of Kire and a friend who had daily conversations that evolved into a podcast where they expressed themselves to each other and the world for people who can relate. This show is for those who are passionate about the things that are happ ...
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Kevin and Lauren are back this week with reviews of Transformers One, Twisters, Rebel Ridge, Avatar: The Way of Water, and Mother of the Bride. Lauren kicks off the show with a trip to the theater to see Twisters. It's not really a remake or a sequel, but it is about Glenn Powell, Daisy Edgar Jones, and Anthony Ramos chasing tornadoes, so it's not …
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Kevin and Lauren are back this week on a big Netflix binge with Love is Blind (UK), The Deliverance, The Perfect Couple, Irena's Vow, and Job. This episode starts with a heave dose of reality - both of the reality TV kind and some interesting true stories. Lauren kicks it off with Love is Blind UK. Unlike Kevin's favorite show, Love Island, Love is…
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From Trump commentary to DNA tests for cats, Chris From Brooklyn and Chris Stanley and dive into a whirlwind of hilarious and offbeat conversations. This episode is packed with unexpected stories, sound effects, and inside jokes that’ll keep you laughing. Stanley helps his neighbor get back into golf while running into a colorful cast of characters…
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This week Chris From Brooklyn and Chris Stanley discuss the victorious demolition derby in Pennsylvania, Chris falling in love with Middle America and their customs, the introduction of The Stanningcast and more. Then Brox Johnny calls in to check in on the guys in the wake of the Russian disinformation payoff news. Plus bitcoin might be a CIA psyo…
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This week Kevin and Lauren cover It Ends With Us, The Killer, Didi, The Gentlemen, Stalker, and Star Wars Outlaws. Lauren opens the show with the wildly successful, It Ends With Us. She gives a decent review and, of course, the subject of behind the scene drama comes up. That aside, the review is solid so it's worth a watch. Next up, Kevin talks ab…
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It's just Kevin this week and he covers the Series Finale of Evil and the paid streaming release of Longlegs. The folks at Starbucks pumpkin spice latter came out and saw it's shadow, or whatever, so fall has officially begun. And with the PSL also comes the beginning of spooky season. Thus Kevin's horror watch-a-palooza begins with the series fina…
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This week Chris From Brooklyn and Chris Stanley welcome on KP Burke for a second week in a row! They discuss Faga doing a demolition derby over the weekend, why weightism is akin to racism, Stanley finally gets his birthday gift much to his chagrin, why Stanley needs his own soundboard in the future, the insanity of generic fantasy football merch, …
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This week Chris From Brooklyn and Chris Stanley welcome on KP Burke to continue Stanley's birthday month celebration! The boys sip Tom Collins while playing old timey pranks on the GaS staff, the boys take a look for updates from Kamala's website only to find the Doug merch is now more expensive, a look at Tiny Chef and adults making kids content o…
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On the latest episode of the Gentlemen's Wrestling Podcast, host Jesse Collings is joined by J. Michael of Voices of Wrestling to discuss all things NJPW after the G1 Climax. They talk about Zack Sabre Jr.'s long-awaited victory, the decision to not have him challenge at Wrestle Kingdom, the progress of NJPW's younger wrestlers and a lot more.…
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This week we're covering the new Amazon Prime flick, Jackpot, Netflix's Emily in Paris, the modern Mad Max movies, The Watchers, and I Used To Be Funny. Kevin opens the show with the new John Cena/Awkwafina joint, Jackpot. It's a fun action fest that doesn't really do anything new. But the real question is... does it need to? It's about 80% action …
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This week we cover the Shyamalan film Trap, The Casey Affleck/Matt Damon flick The Instigators, and sequel-palooza that was D23. The episode kicks off with Lauren reviewing the new M Knight Shyamalan movie, Trap. It sort of falls into that, "it's not unwatchable category" but it won't really blow your mind. That said, Lauren enjoyed it enough and s…
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This week Chris From Brooklyn and Chris Stanley celebrate Stanleys birthday sans gifts before discussing a host of topics including the death of the classic dumb action movie, Stanley getting obsessed with which super heroes would win in a fight, whether or not they're invested in the new Alien movie, Michael Jordan's son getting caught by the papa…
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This week Chris From Brooklyn and Chris Stanley discuss why the British are the most fun to mock, RFK and his run in with a bear, Kamala Harris picking Tim Walz as her running mate, comparing the presumptive VP's and figuring out who is better at Magic The Gathering, why Jorge needs to get the founder of FEDS magazine on the show, a boys night for …
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On the latest episode of the Gentlemen's Wrestling Podcast, host Jesse Collings is joined by Rich Kraetsch of VoicesofWrestling.com and The Flagship Podcast to discuss the current direction of both WWE and AEW. They go over the differences between Paul Levesque's main roster WWE and his NXT, the emphasis on melodrama and stories, the changes AEW ha…
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This week is a lot of catching up, but we get A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, Deadpool and Wolverine from Andrew, along with Civil War, some Where the Crawdads Sing and Saw X from Lauren and a bit more! We jump right into with Andrew's take on Deadpool and Wolverine. I know we hit it hard last week, but Andrew wasn't here and we've gotta let the man…
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This week Chris From Brooklyn and Chris Stanley are joined by Zac Amico to discuss why GaS Digital could field an Olympic handball team, why Chris can appreciate the finer points of Olympic fencing, the South Koreans getting announced as North Koreans during the opening ceremony, why Arena's use CLEAR to clean their buildings, Mr. Beast's many scan…
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We made it to 200 episodes!! It's a special OG episode where Kevin and Pete discuss Deadpool & Wolverine Marvel's Hall H (that RDJ reveal?!?) and more! THIS EPISODE IS SPOILER HEAVY!!! This description is short and sweet, unlike the episode... Thanks to a twist of scheduling fate, Pete was able to join this week. Kevin was on the verge of doing a s…
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It's a quick on this week, with lots of goodies! We cover Abigial, Supacell, Bodies, the Unbreakable trilogy, Brooklynn, and The Only Living Boy in New York. Andrew isn't here this week but his presence is felt, as Lauren took his recommendation and watched all 3 Unbreakable movies. She chose to watch in chronological order rather than release orde…
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On the latest episode of the Gentlemen's Wrestling Podcast, host Jesse Collings goes over six different topics from across the wrestling world. Included are thoughts on Ring of Honor's place in the current wrestling landscape, early thoughts on the G1 Climax, WWE's potential on Netflix, Hologram and the decision to hold off on Swerve vs Hangman Pag…
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This week Chris From Brooklyn and Chris Stanley discuss JD Vance's animist accusations, the AP printing a headline debunking it then retracting it, the chemical clock in the Vice Presidents house, what caused RFK's voice to sound like that, the left getting into conspiracy stuff, Chris' beef with Tom Wolfe, Michael Bay making a movie based off the …
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This week Chris Stanley begrudgingly decided to do a solo show talking the 2016 XXL Brainrot cypher, the Gen Z boss bitches going viral on TikTok, a celebration of Prime Day and the great Jeff Bezos, a full preview of the NFL season without Faga derailing any sports conversations, Trump getting endorsements from giants of the tech industry followin…
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This week we cover IF, the penultimate episodes of The Acolyte and The Boys, and go off on reality TV, including Claim to Fame, Love Island, Arsenio Hall, Secrets of Playboy, and Gypsy Rose Blanchard. Ok, this episode is different for sure! Sure, it starts of relevant with Andrew. and Kevin digging into the latest episode of The Acolyte. There are …
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This week Chris From Brooklyn and Chris Stanley are joined by Bronx Johnny over Zoom like it's 2020 all over again! They discuss Stanley coming down with Merengue Fever, Johnny meeting Tucker Carlson at a La Quinta Inn, Godzilla winning an oscar, the Martin Lawrence body double theory, Camron showing up to the BET awards dressed as OJ Simpson and s…
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On the latest episode of the Gentlemen's Wrestling Podcast, host Jesse Collings is joined by Adam Berger to play a game where they discuss 20 active AEW roster members and must choose to eliminate eight of them from AEW. The guys discuss the value of creating more TV time for other wrestlers, the history of talent shifting between different promoti…
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This week is packed! We talk A Quiet Place: Day One, Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F, The Boys, Federer: The Last Twelve Days, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, The Acolyte, and My Policeman. The show kicks off with Laurens rave review of A Quiet Place: Day One. It's not just "more of the same" which makes it exciting. Lupita Nyong'o and Joesph Quinn do a…
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This week Chris From Brooklyn is joined by Bronx Johnny via Zoom to discuss the president of The Philipines enacting an insane new gun law to combat crime, the true meaning of The Fourth Of July, Badlands Booker's time to shine with Joey Chestnut out of the picture, a Bronx Johnny Facebook report, the dystopian new plans for VR prisons, nudity bein…
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This one is DEEP as we cover Dark Matter on Apple TV+, the start of season 4 of The Boys, and The Acolyte. First things first! I tried a new video editor going forward so I HOPE this episode isn't jarringly different in feel. If you have opinions on the look and what we can improve on, please let us know in the comments! And now, back to the show! …
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This week we cover Sheri Papini: The Perfect Wife, White Lotus, house of the Dragon, The Bikeriders, Trigger Warning, and Cirque du Soleil's Ovo. It's just Kevin and Lauren this week and Kevin kicks it of by being our Dateline dream girl, watching the new Hulu documentary, Sheri Papini: The Perfect Wife. It's an absolutely insane take of the disapp…
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This week Chris From Brooklyn is joined by Bronx Johnny via Streamyard to discuss Ric Flair doing the job for Vince Russo, the Nuttin But Azz basketball league getting kicked out of their high school venue, getting hit with campaign ads everywhere, Bowman losing his seat in New York, the new company that wants to put realistic skin on robots, the a…
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On the latest episode of the Gentlemen's Wrestling Podcast, host Jesse Collings is joined by his old friend Brandon Thurston of Wrestlenomics to discuss current AEW and WWE business trends, Tony Khan's leadership of AEW, rebuilding AEW with new stars, the sustainability of WWE's current success, the differences between Paul Levesque and Vince McMah…
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This week Chris From Brooklyn and Chris Stanley talk Chet Hanks passing Colin Hanks as Tom's top son, the insane cope on display with Poly people on social media, the online courses these same people offer to get you into the lifestyle, Matt Staffords wife telling a story about cucking him on a podcast, Faga learns who Davis Clark is, Stanley agree…
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Its just Kevin and Lauren this week and they discuss Moulin Rouge (The Musical), Only Murders in the Building, The Iron Claw, Civil War, The Boys, and Ezra. Since last episode started off a hair dour, this one kicks off on Broadway with Lauren discussing the stage version of Moulin Rouge. She's not quite as taken with it as Kevin is with the origin…
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This week we are covering Quiet on Set, Hit Man, The Acolyte, Under Paris, and more! Andrew is late to the party so the episode kicks off with Lauren talking about the Netflix docuseries about the early days of Nickelodeon, Quiet on Set. It's a deep dive into the problematic man behind some of the early Nickelodeon afternoon shows for teens. It als…
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This week Chris From Brooklyn and Chris Stanley are joined by Andy Malafarina to talk more about his upcoming move to Austin, a look at the top North East Italian Americans on social media and what Faga has to do to get his slice of the pie, a subreddit of people who have been scammed by games for cash apps with insane commercials, the boys finally…
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This week we cover Godzilla Minus One, Back to Black, Castlevania, Evil, Mystere, Hacks, and Last Vegas. Andrew and Lauren are both in the house with Kevin this week and they have a lot of ground to cover. You know who else covers a lot of ground? Godzilla!! The big guy suddenly dropped on Netflix this week and Kevin jumped at the chance to watch i…
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It's a quick one this week, with Kevin focusing primarily on Atlas and Jurassic World Chaos Theory, both on Netflix. Kevin takes a pretty deep dive into Atlas this week. The film stars Jennifer Lopez and Simu Liu. It's your typical AI wants to kill everyone kind of film, but it is a solid action flick. Atypical of his usual bad attitude, Kevin does…
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This week Chris From Brooklyn enters the Stanleyverse with guests Zac Amico and Andy Malafarina, the boys talk about Hunter Biden's gun charge, why acetaminophen overdoses used to be so common, Alec Baldwin getting a reality show and harassed at a bagel shop, the failing Chinese real estate market, the work of the hottest new male adult superstar, …
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This week Chris From Brooklyn, is down one Stanley so he invited 4 guests to make up for it with Geo Perez, Myles Toe, Lawrence Reece and Derick Gonzalez to discuss Donald Trump being found guilty of 34 felony counts, how he's going to fare facing jail time, Joe Budden stealing Lawrence and Myles content, Eric Adams claiming he used to be roll up h…
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On the latest episode of the Gentlemen's Wrestling Podcast, host Jesse Collings is joined once again by Warren Hayes of the Mr. Warren Hayes show, as they discuss the identity of AEW five years into the company's existence. They discuss what has changed since the company first started, if the company has become too WWE-like, the need to elevate new…
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This week Chris From Brooklyn and Chirs Stanley discuss why they've been avoiding talking about the insanity of Eric Adams up to this point and his new migrants as lifeguards plan, how sponsors really pay for most of NPR, Goodfells getting an unexpected trigger warning from AMC, Faga's potential new career as an Italian American influencer, Chat GP…
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Andrew is back and it's catch up time! Kevin talks Bodkin and Andrew finally digs into X-Men 97, The Bear, and Fallout. Kevin also covers Obituary and Dark Matter on Apple TV + Lauren is out this week, but we have Andrew again so you aren't stuck with just Kevin. They dive into the X-Men 97 finale, and the season in general. It's a great season wit…
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This week Chris From Brooklyn, Stanley and guest Mike Suarez get into idiots believing misinformation, Francis Ford Coppolas new possible masterpiece, different paths to inventing in horse racing, Biden agreeing to take the debate stage against Trump even as he continues to mess up on the teleprompter, is being a late a medical condition, and so mu…
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This week we cover The Idea of You, Elieen, Water for Elephants (the movie AND the musical), Malignant, Bottoms, Shiva Baby, and Good Omens. It's another week with just Lauren and Kevin and it's a packed one. They kick off the episode on a bit of an Anne Hathaway bender with The Idea of You and Elieen. These are two VERY different experiences, but …
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Chris From Brooklyn and Chris Stanley welcome on Zac Amico to discuss the boys quest for a new intro and a possible True Crime pivot, Monster entering the hard seltzer game and White Claw going Zero Alcohol, the second Boing whistle blower who met an untimely end, James Gandolfini and the great celebrity diets of history, the richest company in Eur…
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This week, the new(ish) stuff is The Fall Guy, Challengers, Millers Girl, and Unfrosted. Of course we have so much more, including Baby Driver, The Killing of a Sacred Deer, and a little bit of social commentary around Brittney Griner and the WNBA! We kick it off with The Fall Guy, which Lauren watched this week. Kevin is very excited to hear about…
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Chris From Brooklyn and Chris Stanley welcome on Che Durena and Ryan Shaner to discuss the Youtuber prankster who got shot for pretty low views, Shaner wrestling on the Impractical Jokers cruise, Kristi Noem euthanizing her farm animals and the rise of doing that for clout, the boys discover the wonderful world of Zyn rewards, Tempe being the Mecca…
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On the latest episode of the Gentlemen's Wrestling Podcast, host Jesse Collings is by himself to talk about Paul Levesque's comments during the Backlash press conference, where Levesque reacted poorly to a question about Drew Gulak, and described both Fightful and ProWrestling Insider as not credible outlets. Jesse talks about how Levesque responde…
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Lauren and Kevin cover a lot this week, with Immaculate, Baby Reindeer, and A Gentleman in Moscow being the most relevant. They also throw in some Anyone But You, Women Talking, Chevalier, and What Jennifer Did. The episode opens with the shocking revelation that Kevin may now be an official Sydney Sweeney fan. It makes no sense! But he watched Imm…
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On the latest episode of the Gentlemen's Wrestling Podcast, host Jesse Collings is joined by Lyric Swinton of the Maps and Graps podcast, and Dani, owner of BlackGirlWrestling.com to discuss Swerve Strickland winning the AEW World Championship, the significance of AEW crowning its first Black world champion, the current state of Black talent in AEW…
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This week we have Invincible, X-Men 97, Rebel Moon 2: The Scargiver, Station 11, Talk to Me, Late Night With the Devil, and Mississippi Masala. It's just Andrew and Kevin which usually means a healthy bit of dialogue, but they manage to do a reverse-Snyder and cram a lot of content into a reasonable amount of time! Now that Andrew is caught up, the…
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