Jordan Garretson breaks down WrestleMania 42

About this episode

Jordan Garretson joins Mike Pankow to discuss the highlights and key moments from WrestleMania 42.

Former WWE.com staffer Jordan Garretson returns to break down all the happenings surrounding the latest installment of WrestleMania in Las Vegas, including CM Punk’s true Mania moment, a surprise finish in the Randy Orton-Cody Rhodes match, what’s next for Oba Femi and Brock Lesnar, celebrity celebrity involvement, shorter matches, what clicked and what didn’t and where WWE goes from here. Plus, Mike recaps Chicago Style Wrestling and previews events from Freelance Wrestling, AAW Pro and AllStar Lucha Libre. Mike Pankow is a 25-year-plus professional journalist and wrestling superfan who covers local Chicagoland wrestling and national promotions like AEW and WWE. If there is something going on in Chicago, Mike knows about it. Enjoy “Wrestling, Chicago-Style” on The Broadcast Basement On-Demand Radio Network! Music by Jason Shaw on Audionautix.com. Get your local wrestling fix every Tuesday everywhere podcasts can be found and always at WindyCitySlam.com!

People in this episode

Host: Mike Pankow

Guest: Jordan Garretson

Topics covered

• WrestleMania 42
• WWE analysis
• Chicago wrestling
• match breakdown
• celebrity involvement
• event previews

Keywords

• WrestleMania
• CM Punk
• Randy Orton
• Cody Rhodes
• Brock Lesnar
• Chicago Style Wrestling
• Freelance Wrestling
• AAW Pro
• AllStar Lucha Libre

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: WWE, Freelance Wrestling, AAW Pro, AllStar Lucha Libre

Places: Las Vegas

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