Awesome Truth: A Wrestling Book Club

It's a match so buzzy that it even got us to watch Raw, or at least an extended clip: It's Roman Reigns versus Penta from the Sept. 14 Raw in Mexico City. This is the match that seemingly boosted Penta from "cool guy" to "possible main eventer and future champion" and is also the rare chance to see Reigns put his true working boots on. Is it as good as advertised? Join us and find out.

Benjamin Satterley, better known in the wrestling world as PAC and Neville, died on September 27, 2026. In his honor, we're taking a break from our usual format and discussing his career, his legacy, and the AEW tribute show that honored his work within the squared circle.

And so Total Nonstop Autumn is ending, fortunately with the finest match TNA ever put together. It's Samoa Joe versus AJ Styles versus Christopher Daniels at TNA Unbreakable 2005, widely regarded as one of the best triple threats of all time. And spoiler alert: It's as good as advertised. Queue it up on YouTube and watch along as we say farewell to TNA.

Total Nonstop Autumn continues with Total Nonstop Agony, the third (!) memoir by "legendary" pro wrestling writer Vince Russo. We've somehow avoided Russo's previous two books but now we're compelled to read about his tumultous stint at TNA. Was it worth our time, or is the book just an excuse to badmouth Eric Bischoff, Bruce Prichard and (to a lesser extent) Hulk Hogan for 250 pages? Spoiler: It's the latter. Yikes.

To continue Total Nonstop August (which may turn into a 2-month event) we have found what many call the "best Jeff Jarrett match ever." It's against Kurt Angle at TNA Genesis 2009, a no-DQ showdown at a pay-per-view no one watched or remembers. Is this actually the best Jeff has to offer? And what makes a 'good' Jeff Jarrett match anyway? Join us as we watch along and find out.

It's time to make our semi-regular return to the world of Dark Side of the Ring for their recent 3-part series on Jeff Jarrett and TNA. We've barely discussed Jeff or TNA during our 9-year run; does this batch of episodes do the promotion justice? Is Jarrett worthy of so much analysis? And has a company like AEW learned from the mistakes TNA made? Join us for Total Nonstop August and find out.

Back in 2019, Ronda Rousey, Becky Lynch, and Charlotte Flair made history with their triple threat main event at WrestleMania 35. They were the first women to ever occupy that spot, the deserving end to a solidly built 3-way feud. But was the match itself worthy of its place on a very, very, very long card? Join us for the final episode of Rouse-ly as we discuss this well-regarded but perhaps underwhelming showdown.

Ronda Rousey's short WWE career was filled with high highs and low lows; she main evented one WrestleMania and particpated in a 4-way tag match in the other. She was a UFC legend who was treated like a mega-star and then downgraded to "weekly competitor" as fast as the WWE machine could manage. And now that she's a free woman, she's talking shit about everyone, including John Laurinaitis, Vince McMahon, and Bruce Prichard. Join us as we discuss the juicy WWE section of Ronda's latest memoir, Our Fight.

He did it! Somewhat out of nowhere, in Saudi Arabia, at a second-tier PLE, Sami Zayn won the world title. To celebrate, or at least check out the video evidence, we're watching along with Night of Champions 2026 and (hopefully) enjoying the triple threat between Zayn, Gunther, and now-former champ Cody Rhodes.

It's finally time to talk about the Hulkster's Netflix doc. Hulk Hogan: Real American is a very high-profile look at the life, times, and death of a pro wrestling legend; it's also executive produced by Paul "Triple H" Levesque, so how scathing can it be? Does this 4-part series capture the lowest lows of the formerly beloved superstar? Does it need to be 4 parts, or is it overstuffed to appease the streaming gods? And is this finally, blessedly, the last time we talk about my boy Terry? Join us and find out.

Yes, sigh, it's Hulk Month on Awesome Truth. That's what happens when Netflix releases an exclusive 4-part documentary on the life, times, and utter bullsh*t of the Hulkster. To gear up for discussing that series next episode, we're revisiting arguably Hogan's greatest match: his showdown with the Rock at WrestleMania X8. Is it as good as we remember? Of course it is. Join us as we watch along with a stone-cold classic.

To end our short run talking about Shawn Michaels and begin our short run talking about (sigh) Hulk Hogan, we're watching along with their "classic" match at SummerSlam 2005. It's remembered as the night when HBK made Hogan look terrible by overselling everything, but is that reputation fair? And is the match any good? Join us and find out.

Despite mostly moving their content to Netflix and ESPN, WWE is still putting out documentaries on Peacock. Their latest entry, The Heartbreak Kid: Becoming Shawn Michaels, is a full feature-length look at Mr. WrestleMania. Do we need another HBK documentary? Is his latest turn as head of NXT worth diving into? Join us for one more journey through the career of this all-time legend, from the Rockers and the Kliq to Flair and Taker at Mania and back again.

Now that WrestleMania 42 has entered the history books with a resounding "meh," it's time to revisit the already maligned Night 1 main event from this year's show: Cody Rhodes versus Randy Orton. It could've been the easiest feud to book in history; instead, they made it about Pat McAfee. Was the match as boring as everyone claims? Watch along as we find out.

How would you rank the top 50 WrestleMania matches of all time? Pageantry, work rate, legacy, recency? WWE has taken a crack at this very project with a YouTube playlist, led by Undertaker versus Shawn Michaels from WrestleMania 25 and featuring (surprisingly) very few long boring Triple H matches. Did they do a good job? What stood out as smart and what was overrated? Join us as we tackle our first playlist review.

With WrestleMania 42 only weeks away, we decided to travel very briefly back in time and get a preview of this year's premier match (plus Seth Rollins). That's right, we're watching the Night 1 main event from WrestleMania 41: CM Punk versus Roman Reigns vs "The Architect" himself. Most people said it was the high point of a particularly dreary Mania weekend; do we agree? Join us and find out!

Sometimes YouTube recommends videos and sometimes Walt clicks on them, and that's how we ended up watching The Epic Story of The Shield, a wrestling documentary from the good people at Spotfight. What is Spotfight? How do their wrestling documentaries stand up to the dozens of WWE docs we've watched for this show? And did we learn anything new about Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins, and the man formerly known as Dean Ambrose? Join us and find out.

To celebrate ElimChamb week, the most thrilling week of the wrestling season, we're revisiting one of the best matches in the history of the event: The Wyatt Family versus The Shield. It's from way back in 2014, when Bluetista was getting booed, Jack Swagger was still a thing, and these 6 guys were lighting the world on fire. Not to mention, you may be shocked by who ends up eating the pin. Join us as we watch along with this classic 6-man tag.

Now that AJ Styles has ridden off into the sunset, temporarily or otherwise, we felt it was time to revisit a classic WWE Network documentary on The Phenomenal One. The years 2017 and 2018 were fascinating ones for Styles, from an incredible match with Brock Lesnar at Survivor Series to a very disappointing title defense against Shinksuke Nakamura at WrestleMania. Join us as we watch the WWE 365 recap of one of AJ's biggest years and discuss Styles' WWE run as a whole.

Hot on the heels of reading Keith Elliot Greenberg's This Book Is All Elite, we're giving AEW an official Awesome Truth performance review. How has the company evolved from 2019 to today? How do the so-called Four Pillars hold up in 2026? Spoiler alert: Sammy Guevara is not quite pillar-y these days. Join us as we discuss the peaks and valleys of All Elite Wrestling.