Backlash Reaction, WWE’s Reported Pay Cut Requests, and Jack Perry’s Pending Free Agency

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David and Kaz discuss WWE Backlash, wrestling feuds, and Jack Perry's potential free agency.

COLD OPEN QUESTION OF THE WEEK: What would Kaz’s version of a "John Cena Classic" look like?David and Kaz kick off the show comparing Kaz’s New York Knicks to Cody Rhodes and Roman Reigns before recapping everything that happened at Backlash this past weekend. They get into: Whether Backlash was partly the WrestleMania show WWE’s writing team actually wanted to put together Is the Seth Rollins-Bron Breakker feud over? Why this Trick Williams-Sami Zayn match was better than their WrestleMania match (and take a slight detour into Zayn and other WWE superstars’ reported pay cuts) Asuka’s potential retirement Danhausen’s mainstream appeal How strong Jacob Fatu came out of the main event Whose stock rose most after the PLE? They close out the show talking Darby Allin’s successful AEW World Championship defense over PAC at Fairway to Hell, as well as Jack Perry’s pending free agency and if he could potentially be WWE-bound. Subscribe to the⁠⁠ Ringer Wrestling YouTube channel!⁠ Be sure to follow us on⁠ BlueSky⁠,⁠ TikTok⁠,⁠ Instagram, Threads⁠, and⁠ X⁠. Hosts: David Shoemaker and Kazeem Famuyide Producer: Ben Cruz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Hosts: David Shoemaker, Kazeem Famuyide

Topics covered

• WWE Backlash recap
• wrestling feuds
• pay cuts in wrestling
• AEW Championship
• free agency in wrestling

Keywords

• WWE
• Backlash
• Cody Rhodes
• Roman Reigns
• Seth Rollins
• Darby Allin
• Jack Perry
• pay cuts
• AEW

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Organizations: WWE, AEW, Ringer Wrestling, BlueSky, TikTok, Instagram, Threads

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