Tunnel Talk

Tony Khan didn’t Reagan this week, but we tried to keep our spirits up anyway, even if we HAVE tipped over the “Too Many Old Men” threshold. At least quite a few people stood or posed weirdly, we got to discuss who’s a good bottom (normal wrestling term), and got to view the Death Riders spiriting Will Ospreay away to their dungeon! Plus, how many Dogs are there? We’re down a dog!(00:00) Chitchat Time(12:30) Men’s World Title Scene(52:16) Moxley and Ospreay(1:06:43) Men’s Tag Titles(1:24:24) Women’s Division(1:33:10) Chris Jericho(1:36:42) Hook Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/tunnel-talk/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Are you ready for another Tunnel Talk episode that will be jossed mere hours after it comes out by another one of Tony Khan’s PPVs? Well, have I got the episode for you! We talk everything important in AEW running up to the show: Moxley giving us the thesis statement of a PPV about identity and self-determination; Will Ospreay’s friends who go to another school; MJF’s title reign overall and of course the State of Kenny’s Tummy. Plus, Thekla says the most evilly horny things to Lexy Nair that we’ve ever heard, our beautiful blue-eyed boy Chris Jericho is gonna have a fun feud with Ricochet, and Darby discovers interiority! (00:00) Chitchat Time(13:23) Death Riders and Will Ospreay(34:40) MJF and Kenny Omega(58:07) Women’s Division(1:05:00) Chris Jericho and Ricochet(1:19:33) FTR and Cope and Christian(1:29:41) Don Callis Family Mega SegmentSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/tunnel-talk/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

It's the moment everyone's all been waiting for — that's right, it's the finals of the B2 BEST BODIES TOURNAMENT! But first, your girls go through the week in AEW, from MJF's cartooning to Kenny Omega's cartooning in response, from Will Ospreay's attempt at parenting Jon Moxley to Moxley's far superior attempt at parenting Ospreay. Plus, ChrisnChristian are at it again, Darby makes his case for being the most dangerous man at AEW (because he IS a danger to himself), Lio Rush has a new gimmick and is Roddy gonna turn on OC??? All this and more this week on Tunnel Talk!(00:00) Chitchat Time(10:39) Swerve, Kenny, and MJF(33:47) Men’s Tag Titles(41:45) Darby and the Don Callis Family(57:46) Conglomeration and THE DOGS(1:04:11) Lio Rush(1:11:22) Moxley and Ospreay(1:20:32) Best Bodies Tournament finalsSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/tunnel-talk/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

It’s the week before Revolution, and we honestly went on a storyline cleanup tear—the most fun a girl can have with her clothes on. We talk through Hangman and MJF and the world title, why their press conference didn’t really work and how they could’ve done it better. We ALSO had a couple of nonsensical turns this week, with typical wrestler-pretending-for-nobody work, but don’t worry, Roddy and Ciampa, we figured out how everything you’re doing makes perfect sense. We also talk through the interpersonal dynamics of THE DOGS, whether Willow is signaling a heel turn, and whether Swerve can throw a wrench in the robust emotional health of JetSpeed. And then it’s week 3 of the Best Bodies Tournament! Tune in for results!(00:00) Chitchat Time(14:23) Hangman, MJF, and World Title Scene(34:28) Bucks/FTR/Ciampa/Briscoe(55:27) OC, Darby and THE DOGS(1:10:13) Tension in the Don Callis Family(1:12:32) Women’s Division(1:18:42) Swerve and JetSpeed(1:31:23) Best Bodies Tournament!!!Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/tunnel-talk/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

AEW hit a lot of semi-nonsensical but mostly enjoyable beats this week, with Hangman and MJF’s weird stipulation negotiations, Swerve justifying his heel turn, and Thunder Rosa and Kris Statlander continuing their weird ?? friendship question mark?? Though we might have cracked that one open with a beautiful little cloud story. And then… it’s March, and you know what that means! That’s right, it’s the inaugural week of the 2026 Best Bodies (B2) tournament! This year it’s a round robin between the top 12 bodies nominated by listeners, and BOY did we have an upset right out of the gate! Who was it? You’ll have to listen to find out!(00:00) Chitchat Time(14:14) MJF, Hangman, and JetSpeed(34:00) Swerve and Brody(47:16) Young Bucks and Men’s Tag Team scene(1:01:55) Women’s Division(1:09:35) Don Callis Family and Death Riders(1:16:48) Darby and OC and Gabe Kidd(1:21:28) Best Bodies Tournament!!!Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/tunnel-talk/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

The girls are back in town! That’s right, FINALLY all three Tunnel Talkettes are reunited and it feels sooooo good. Let’s get this car OFF the rails already! And it was a crazy week, with multiple unexpected title changes for us to work through. We get back in the swing of things with a discussion of the men’s world title scene* and how Kenny and Swerve are going about their feud. From that big new matchup, we go into a matchup we’ve seen many, many times before, FTR and the Young Bucks. Also, Thekla’s the new Women’s World Champion, to everyone’s surprise, and we talk through that and how the women’s division is treated generally. Plus, Jon Moxley called Wheeler Yuta “naturally beautiful,” Allie has as much trouble working through how to process Tommaso Ciampa’s existence as the rest of us did, and of course ham comes up at least a little. JOIN US in welcoming Allie back!!!*not featuring the men’s world title holderP.S. Please nominate some sexy men’s bodies for our March Best Bodies Tournament!!!!(00:00) Chitchat Time(13:27) Reflections on watching wrestling again after a break(16:26) Kenny and Swerve and the Men’s World Title Scene(35:03) Young Bucks and Men’s Tag Division(56:43) Women’s World Title and Women’s Division(1:09:53) Toni Storm and Orange Cassidy and the Death Riders(1:28:06) TNT Belt (1:45:02) Grab bag: Will Ospreay, Andrade Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/tunnel-talk/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Allie’s still in exile, but Lea and Anne have intrepidly brought the podcast back anyway, and frankly we should all applaud their bravery in these difficult times! We brought on our friend Mike for a catchup/amnesty episode to bring us up to speed on all the AEW fun that we’ve missed, from Jon Moxley’s Grindset Influencing to the pleasures of watching two big men cheerfully yell. That’s right, we invited some mansplaining and we loved every single second of it! It was thrilling to hear about Swerve and Hangman’s psychosexual escapades with Kenny and with Jetspeed, to commiserate about the dark boring slide into mediocrity that is MJF these days, and to discover that Orange Cassidy has zero sexual chemistry with Toni and/or Mina. Absolutely delightful. Enjoy, and please send all your good thoughts to Allie’s car — we’re hoping to all be reunited next week but we are going to need the strongest of good vibes from all our listeners! (00:00) Chitchat Time and Mike intro(18:22) Deathriders and Don Callis Family(36:42) Jetspeed(42:57) Swerve and Kenny and Hangman(55:25) MJF(1:05:57) Young Bucks(1:11:38) Jamie Hayter, Kris Statlander, Willow, Mercedes(1:27:42) OC, Toni and Mina(1:32:11) New MenSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/tunnel-talk/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

It's our penultimate episode before Christmas break, and the girls show up tipsy and distractable. After an extra-long chitchat section, we finally get down to business and dig into Swerve and Hangman's sexy new partnership and the eternal cockblock that is Josh Alexander. Plus the Women's Tag Team tournament finally crowned their winners and we were NOT expecting the result! Then it's Connie Season and there's some real highlights to cover and perhaps some room for improvement as well. Don't worry, the girls have some ideas that could help! Also, The Elite are back together to defeat the Ham Men and the girls are starting a movement called Let Roddy Speak! It's spreading across the nation!(0:00) Chit-Chat Time(22:18) Swerve/Hangman/Joe(43:23) Women’s Tag Team Finale(1:01:16) Connie Updates and The EliteSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/tunnel-talk/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

It’s our post-Full Gear episode, and thanks to Thanksgiving, your girls are recording on a Monday, which is quite destabilizing—also destabilizing us? Samoa Joe is our champion. Again. Thank GOD we have Sexy Big Muscles Swerve to comfort us in our (and Hangman’s) time of need. Plus, Anne and Lea attempt an intervention on Allie about her Pac situation, The Elite Hug It Out, Mark Briscoe won his match (derogatory), and none of Kyle Fletcher’s suitors even tried to help him. Sad!(0:00) Chit Chat Time(18:04) Hangman/Samoa Joe(44:26) National Title(53:20:) Death Riders(1:06:33) Mercedes/Kris and Women’s 4-way(1:13:08) Elite/DCF(1:35:48) FTRSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/tunnel-talk/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

It was a pretty weird week and your girls are revved up! We're coming out of the gate with a streak of good ideas, one right after the other — an AEW Clue Game! A remake of 3 Men and a Baby but it's Two Men and a Hook! Josh "The Cockblock" Alexander! Brian Cage with a third knee! And then we kind of narrow in on One Big Good Idea that you might be able to guess: that's right, it's Ham. Anyway but yeah, the wrestling: we're talking about Hangman's new alliance with Eddie and Hook, we're talking about the Don Callis Family's aggressive recruiting of the Young Bucks, we're talking about what Mark Briscoe might do in the Don Callis mansion, we're talking about the Big Women's Blood N Guts and Tag Tourney! (00:00) Chitchat Time(15:50) Hangman, Eddie, Hook, and the Opps(36:26) Don Callis Family and the Young Bucks(56:58) Men’s Blood and Guts(1:13:08) Women’s Blood and Guts & Tag Tournament(1:28:19) FTR and BrodidoSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/tunnel-talk/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

It’s a post PPV week and we had a lot to say! Moxley and Darby gave us a truly sexually unhinged I Quit match, which Mox obviously only quit because he had to get somewhere private to [redacted]. Sting showed up and so obviously we talked about catfish (the fish kind) (not the internet kind). We also do a deep dive into why Samoa Joe isn’t working for us, though his Official Heel Turn did help, and what kind of narratives need some moralizing and which ones don’t. In the Hall of the Mountain King started playing as we got through the rest of the show, where we love what Kris and Toni and Mercedes are doing, loved the Young Bucks with Jurassic Express, hate the Young Bucks with FTR, and get into what the Don Callis Family has its sticky little fingers in! Enjoy!(00:00) Chitchat Time(17:30) Darby and Mox(39:34) Death Riders and Conglomeration (53:09) Hangman and Samoa Joe, the Opps/Hurt Syndicate, the Demand(1:20:16) Women’s Division(1:37:03) Young Bucks, Jurassic Express, FTR, Jetspeed(1:56:03) Don Callis Family and Mark Briscoe and BrodidoSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/tunnel-talk/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Dynamite was two and a half hours again this week and maybe that’s why we’re so ready to go over the edge. It certainly can’t be helping anything! We go through everything in AEW: Darby and Mox and their sexual rumspringa; what it takes to be considered a member of the Conglomeration; Don Callis’s Basement of Deformed Boys; life in Samoa Joe’s America, and a beautiful fantasy about a carousel of Young Bucks’ bodies. What can we say, it’s been a week, and DON’T write on Discord that we were sensitive!!!(00:00) Chitchat Time(7:37) Dynamite Was 2.5 Hours and That’s an Atrocity(10:46) Death Riders and Associated Enemies(42:10) The Conglomeration and the Don Callis Family(58:58) Hangman and Samoa Joe(1:06:58) Meltdown about the State of the World, I Guess?(1:12:06) Young Bucks and Jurassic Express(1:30:46) Kris Statlander and Toni Storm(1:36:14) [Don’t Call Them] The AcclaimedSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/tunnel-talk/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy