AJ Styles Fakes Retirement! Plus, Trick Williams Joins to Talk NXT Battleground, Sexyy Red, and More. | The Masked Man Show

The Ringer Wrestling Show

Cold Open Question of the Week: When you look back 20 years from now, who would have had a better NFL career, Brock Lesnar with the Vikings or Gable Steveson with the Bills? (0:35)?

David and Kaz look back at the weekend to discuss the following:

• Kaz’s commentary at Sukeban (5:22)
• AJ Styles faking his retirement and his continuing feud with Cody Rhodes (8:25)
• Roman returning and potentially uniting with Cody Rhodes (15:51)
• Mark Henry not wanting to be the WWE champion after his fake retirement (23:20)
• WWE’s upcoming free agents: Who is staying and who is leaving (31:34)?

They are then joined by NXT champion, Trick Williams, who discusses the following:

• Working with Sexyy Red (59:00)
• Ethan Page skipping the line (67:30)
• Shawn Michaels's Instagram explore page (72:56)
• Potential crossover matches with TNA Wrestling (77:50)
• Being Black in pro wrestling right now (80:50)

Be sure to check out our videos on the Ringer Wrestling TikTok account @RingerWrestling, Instagram Threads, and X.

Hosts: David Shoemaker and Kazeem Famuyide

Guest: Trick Williams

Producer: Brian H. Waters

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices