Tights And Fights

Clean up after your pups and try to stop the bleeding, it’s brand new #MaxFunDrive edition of Tights and Fights!This is your chance to have a direct hand in helping this show continue AND earn great gifts! Go to Maximumfun.org/join to become a Max Fun Member for as little as $5.Daniel Bryan may have just wrestled his final match in WWE… at least for a little while. But that’s okay because we’ve welcomed back a star that’s definitely up to his caliber: Eva Marie! We’ll react to the back-to-back exit and entrance of these two.Plus, NXT finally gave Candice Lerae the coronation we’ve been waiting for when she and Indi Hartwell won the NXT women’s tag team titles. It was the cherry on top of a mini Ice Cream Christmas of smiles from this week, whether that’s Cameron Grimes interacting with Ted Dibiase, Karrion Kross’s magician vest or even a little dog who made a stinky. The Main EventFor the longest time, blood was the go to way to show  brutality in wrestling. But after WWE banned blading around 2007, we defini

Ditch that side ponytail and pop a tbe buddy, it’s a new episode of Tights and Fights! Listen up for some of the great gifts you’re going to get when you support Tights and Fights during the Max Fun Drive!Kenny Omega is now sporting THREE major championships from televised promotions. Between this and the upcoming New Japan crossover on next week’s Dynamite, AEW is establishing itself as the center of the “Beyond WWE” Universe. What effect is this having on their identity as a brand?Plus, NXT just continues to crank out the jams. So many great stories on such a  deep roster. We’ll gush.The Main EventBayley was one of the foundational members of WWE’s Women’s evolution. And though she faltered slightly as the original vision of her character was introduced to a larger audience, she rebounded nicely and has become a great fixture of weekly WWE TV.The Three Count:Lindsey put over Carmella on on the Bellas podcastHal put over Effy’s newest promo.Julian put over a great tappin’ titles moment on Miz and MissusHoste

Grab a snack and save room for a ton of meat in your sandwich, it’s a brand new episode of Tights and Fights!If you thought last week was the end of WWE firing people, boy are you in for a shock: Mark Carrano, one of the least liked people from the company’s talent-relations department, has been let go following Mickie James’ ire on twitter.Plus, NXT continues to be too good for this world. Who’s going to enter the title picture next? Why does The Way continue to work in spite of (or perhaps because of) their dysfunction?And on AEW, we finally got to see the Women’s Champion…. Right before it looks like she’s going to drop the belt to Britt Baker.The Main EventAs much as we love wrestling to take us through every kind of emotion… it can also be the best sort of medicine to make us feel better. So we're going to get into some of the best wrestling comfort food that we turn to. We’ll talk about some of our favorite wrestling that makes us feel better and whether that’s taken a hit in the year of the pandemic.Th

Feel the Glow, it’s time for the show! A new Tights and Fights!This week became a major bummer as WWE announced a new spate of people getting fired. While some of those names were understandable in that it seemed like WWE didn’t know what to do with them, others were pretty shocking. The IIconics? Samoa Joe? What’s going on?We’ll also get into some less-awful post-WrestleMania news. Kushida’s the Cruiserweight champion! Charlotte’s already back on RAW! Taya Valkyrie is now Franky Money!All that, plus the fact that AEW had TWO women’s matches on Dynamite. Times are a changin’!The Three Count:Lindsey put over all three women’s champions being on NXTJulian put over Xavier Woods buying RollerbladesDanielle put over John Cena in F9Hosted by Danielle Radford and Lindsey KelkProduced by Julian Burrell for Maximum Fun.If you want to talk about more wrestling throughout the week be sure to join us on Facebook and @TightsFights on Twitter and Instagram. PLUS! Check out our Tights and Fights Discord!If you liked the sho

It will be a Tights and Fights forever etched in history!We’ve watched two full nights of WrestleMania and we’re rarin’ to talk about it all! Of course, the emotional high point and the match that captured the hearts of millions was Bianca Belair vs. Sasha Banks which closed out night one. Tears were shed, emotions were had, triumph was felt by all. In fact, all of night one had moments we loved, from McIntyre and Lashley over-delivering to Cesaro finally getting his big singles moment and so much more.While night two didn’t quite reach the emotional highs, it did deliver some solid matches in its own right. But we’re still left with questions: Where does Apollo Crews go from his big win? Can anyone stop Roman Reigns? How much longer will The Fiend be in a box?Let’s whip our hair out and get to it!Hosted by Hal Lublin, Danielle Radford and Lindsey KelkProduced by Julian Burrell for Maximum Fun.If you want to talk about more wrestling throughout the week be sure to join us on Facebook and @TightsFights on Twit

Yo-ho, Yo-ho, a Tights and Fights life for me!We’ve got two great nights of wrestling to cover from NXT TakeOver: Stand & Deliver to get through. New champions were crowned, exciting new directions were promised and it was full of the exciting action you’d expect from an NXT event.Who are we most excited to see in the aftermath of this? Who are we still unsure about?Plus, we’ll talk about the official end of two important events: the ratings “war” between AEW and NXT… and Kota Ibushi’s godhood. The Three CountHal put over LA Knight’s promo at TakeOverLindsey put over The Bella Twins in the Hall of FameDanielle put over the love between Bianca Belair and NaomiJulian put over Ethel Johnson and the people properly protecting her legacyHosted by Hal Lublin, Danielle Radford and Lindsey KelkProduced by Julian Burrell for Maximum Fun.If you want to talk about more wrestling throughout the week be sure to join us on Facebook and @TightsFights on Twitter and Instagram. PLUS! Check out our Tights and Fights Discor

It’s a brand new (off week) episode of Tights and Fights! We’re forsaking the news to focus our attention on the newest and tallest WWE Hall of Famer: The Great Khali. No, this isn’t a rib!The Main EventKhali was introduced to the WWE with as much fanfare and force as Vince McMahon could muster. His first feud was with the Undertaker and he even got his own special match as a showcase: The Punjabi Prison! It was a big, confusing spectacle that we remember no matter how hard we wish we didn’t. Also, Danielle is dressed like a pencil!Plus! Producer Julian chats with Scarlett Harris. She’s the author of the book, A Diva Was a Female Version of a Wrestler. She tells us all about how her feminist awakening led to her viewing wrestling through a different lens, WWE attempting to undo their decades of poorly showcasing women on their own terms and why despite all its flaws, she hopes that the Women’s Evolution wasn’t a one-off experiment. Hosted by Hal Lublin, Danielle Radford and Lindsey KelkProduced by Julian Burr

It’s life in the FastLane with a new episode of Tights and Fights!Hopefully, we’re officially done with PPVs before WrestleMania. We got a bunch of solid matches from FastLane, including some that surprisingly held the attention of the non-wrestling fans in our lives and one that just came up short in its finish.Most importantly: Now that it looks like Daniel Bryan might actually be added to the Universal Title match at WrestleMania, are we willing to amend our “TWO DUDES!” attitude in this one instance?Plus, TNT has ordered a reality show starring Cody and Brandi Rhodes. Do we think they can thrive where couples like Miz and Maryse have? We have our doubts!The Main EventSince her debut Charlotte has been a fixture of the women’s matches at WrestleMania. Now for the first time, she’s set to miss the event. Whether that’s because of COVID or because she played hardball to get her fiance out of his WWE contract, we don’t know for sure. But we’re going to get into the Queen and how WWE leans on her so much. The

Let’s enjoy life in the fast lane before an orange racist ruins WrestleMania! It’s a brand new Tights and Fights!This Sunday is the last live show on the WWE Network before the service moves over to the Peacock platform. We’ll say little requiem for our $9.99 friend, between what went right, wrong and our hopes for WWE on Peacock.There are some fun matches on deck for Fast Lane, but it’s a little hard to focus on that when 1) this feels like an unnecessary step before Mania and 2) Hulk Hogan is returning to host the biggest show of the year. We’ll try to properly express our excitement for some great wrestling and our disgust that the orange racist is returning for his biggest showcase yet since his brief exit from WWE.Main EventIt’s been years in the making but it’s finally happened: A women’s match main evented AEW Dynamite! Britt Baker and Thunder Rosa showcased a ton of brutality in this match they’ve been building to for months. But was it perhaps too brutal? And how much progress did it make in assuagin

Set the sparklers off! It’s time to over promise and under deliver on Tights and Fights!AEW’s Revolution PPV was capped off with a major Exploding barbed wire death match for the championship between Kenny Omega and Jon Moxley. Despite a bunch of barbed wire, it sure was light on explosions and death. We’ll talk about the dud of a finish and how we would like to see the company respond.But it’s not all bad news in the land of the Elite... now they’ve got a brand new Christian Cage on the show to mix it up! We’ll talk about his big debut and why had was DEFINITELY behind his jump.All that plus chats about an absolutely stacked NXT show, Apollo Crews’ new accent and why a quirky billionaire may be the worst kind.Main EventFor over a decade, The Miz has been one of the most quietly consistent and top tier talents in WWE. From championship reigns to reality television to The Marine, he’s done it all. And yet he still isn’t nearly as appreciated as he should be. We’ll talk about what makes him so great and what it

Check the beltflation levels, tighten up the chamber doors and get yourself some new pants, it’s a brand new episode of Tights and Fights!In the time that Hal has been off the show, The Miz won and lost the WWE Championship. How excited are we for Bobby Lashley now that he’s brought the top prize to The Hurt Business? And will he really hold onto it any longer than WrestleMania?And we’ve also got plenty of other titles to discuss: Apollo Crews has a new mood and attitude as he fights for the Intercontinental Title. Plus Daniel Bryan is Roman Reigns’ newest opponent, but will it be anything more than a placeholder before Edge?But let’s also face it: One of the biggest pieces of news was Shaq debuting in AEW! He had his tag match alongside Jade Cargill against Cody Rhodes and Red Velvet and… he actually did a fine job. Does this mean more for is in store for the AEW women? IT HAD SURE BETTER!Main EventIn the Fall of 2002, Triple H presented Vince McMahon with his latest brainchild: The Elimination Chamber. It l

There weren’t quite 36 chambers, but there were two of them! And we’re talking all about them on a brand new Tights and Fights!Sure there were some decent, if tepid, matches on the show, but you know whatwe didn’t see much of? The women! Why wasn’t there more of a showcase for the RAW women’s champion? Why hasn’t Bianca Belair called her shot against Sasha yet?But don’t worry we’ll also talk about all the things happening with the world title scene going into WrestleMania. Edge is officially taking on Roman Reigns for the WWE Title, so it’s Spear vs. Spear take two in April. And Miz finally cashed in his Money in the Bank briefcase and managed to break the curse of failed cash ins. What does this mean for the title going forward?All this, plus a chat about the brilliant tears of Adam Cole who delivered the best version of a low blow to his old compadre. Main EventWhenever a new promotion opens up, WWE’s underused or recently fired talent often decides to see if there’s more money and opportunities to be had.

A belated happy Vengeance Day to all! It’s a brand new episode of Tights and Fights!The latest NXT TakeOver certainly delivered the goods as we prepare for the brand’s WrestleMania weekend plans. For starters, we have our winners of both versions of the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic! Dakota Kai and Raquel Gonzalez looked great in their coronation, as did MSK. Will boots be put to holes in just a few weeks? We can only hope!Plus, Io Shirai successfully defended her NXT Women’s title again. But why are we starting to wonder when the belt will move on to a new competitor?Don’t worry, we didn’t forget about Dynamite… and as enticing as an exploding barbed wire steel-cage-three stages of hell match sounds, we’re not sure this is what we want to see from our wrassles. Main EventAfter a fantastic match between Finn Balor and Pete Dunn, Adam Cole not only attacked Finn, but he also signaled what may be the end of the Undisputed Era. Where do the members of the faction go from here? And what does this mean for the NXT

Protect ya hole! It’s a brand new episode of Tights and Fights!Hal was absent last week, so we’re FINALLY gonna get his thoughts on the Royal Rumble and our two winners. Speaking of the Rumble, one prize Bianca Belair definitely won’t be going for seems to be the RAW women’s title. Lacey Evans and Charlotte will seemingly be taking up the process of that build. But are we excited for a Ric Flair custody match for the title?We’ll also gush more about MSK and their journey through the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic and explain why we could’ve used a little more Kenta in his AEW dynamite debut.Main EventNew Japan Pro Wrestling had the inaugural edition of their Roku channel show this past Thursday. Even though it wasn’t quite what we were expecting, we’ll explain why it still holds a lot of promise-- especially if you’re a newcomer to the promotion. Three CountHal put over The Hole trilogy.Lindsey put over Naomi's "Hole" remix.Julian put over Josiah Williams' "Hole" remix.Hosted by Hal Lublin and Lindsey Kelk.Pro

The Royalest Rumbles that ever Rumbled! It’s a brand new episode of Tights and Fights!Bianca Belair and Edge both went the distance and won their respective over-the-top-rope contests this past Sunday! But who will they choose to wrestle? Which of the two events was the most fun? And which moments had us doing a quiet little cry?Main EventIt’s been hinted at for weeks, but we’ve finally gotten confirmation: New Japan Pro Wrestling has come to an agreement with AEW to appear on Wednesday nights! Plus, they’ve got their own TV show coming to Roku next week. How does this affect our previous criticism of AEW? And how good will this be NJPW?Three CountDanielle put over Billie Kay in the Royal Rumble.Lindsey put over Bianca Belair's Black History Month work.Julian put over the beautiful heel work of Kagetsu.Hosted by Danielle Radford and Lindsey Kelk.Produced by Julian Burrell for Maximum Fun.If you want to talk about more wrestling throughout the week be sure to join us on Facebook and @TightsFights on Twitter an

The Network is dead, long live the Network! It’s a new episode of Tights and Fights!We’re always a week behind Smackdown, but my goodness what a show it’s become. Cesaro, Bayley, Roman, Sami and Sasha are all shining on Friday nights. But a special shout out has to go the EST of WWE because Bianca Belair is AMAZING.Not to be outdone, NXT is in the throes of its Dusty Tag Team Classic which we refuse to believe can do any wrong.And even though AEW still won’t give the women more than a single match a week on televsion, there’s some cool things on the horizon for the division and we’re always going to hope that it’ll lead to more. Hopefully!Main EventAfter seven years of $9.99 wrestling, the WWE Network  is officially headed to NBC’s streaming service Peacock. What does this mean for wrestling fans? Is there any chance that fans of The Office will decide to tune into a Royal Rumble or two? There’s so much to dive into!The Three CountDanielle put over Bianca Belair’s WWE Chronicle.Lindsey put over RJ City's "Wre

With a tear… in our eyes! It’s a new episode of Tights and Fights! We’re giving the main roster of WWE some love this week. Smackdown’s given us Roman Reigns, Kevin Owens, Billie Kay, and Bayley’s Ding Dong Hello program and so much more. Plus we might get to see Apollo team up with Roman and Paul Heyman? Come on!Plus, we’re a little split on the weekly spooky antics of Alexa Bliss. Find out which side of the reaction spectrum we fall on when it comes to her newfound powers of beating Asuka clean.It goes without saying, but we’re going to anyway: NXT was fantastic this week. What a great night for something called a Fight Pit!But don’t worry, we’ve still got some love (and constructive criticism for AEW).Main EventThe 1992 Royal Rumble is considered one of the best editions of the event ever. We’ll talk about what makes it work, the promo that Ric Flair made famous and the why it was such an crazy time to be a wrestling fan.Three CountDanielle put over Mustafa Ali on Twitter..Lindsey put over Rhea Ripley on T

Pass the controller and keep your mask on for the love of all things holy! It’s a new episode of Tights and Fights!WWE has been dealt a blow with its champion, Drew McIntyre being one of the latest people who’ve tested positive for COVID-19. What does that mean for his 100% totally wanted dream match with Goldberg at the Royal Rumble?We’re also scant weeks away from the Rumble, WWE’s first major show of the year. We’ve got a few contestants named, but most of the fun in a show like this is all the surprises that are hopefully in-store.Plus, how great is NXT? Seriously? We got even more great shows guaranteed with Finn Balor vs. Pete Dunn on the horizon and he Dusty Rhodes tag team classic in full swing.Main EventAEW has shared more details of its up-coming video game. We’re not really sold on the extra beefy character models that we’ve seen so far.... But the gameplay sounds promising! We’ll explain what our hopes are for the game to fill the 2K sized hole in hearts that WWE’s games have left. Three CountDani

Welcome to the first Tights and Fights of 2021! Has this year been an immediate improvement of the political strife and international turmoil of last year? Not really! But at least there’s a lot of good wrestling!Let’s start with NXT New Year’s Evil. What a great top to bottom show. We barely even remember to talk about the fantastic main event for how good the rest of the show is!Plus, Lindsey saw her long dream fulfilled in the main event of Night One of Wrestle Kingdom 15: Kota Ibushi is the champ-champ of New Japan! Finally, we’ll talk about the latest version of Bullet Club arriving on multiple promotions near you.Main EventYou knew him as Brodie Lee, the Leader of the Dark Order in AEW and Luke Harper, member of the Wyatt Family in WWE. In real life he was Jon Huber; a star gone entirely too soon. We heard the last few weeks from tons of people across wrestling who knew and loved him after he died on December 26th. We’ll discuss some of our favorite moments from his great career.Three CountDanielle put

You did it! You really really did it! 2020 is finally ending and not a moment too soon. It was the damndest year that any of us experienced and I’m sure we’re all eager or a new beginning.As usual, wrestling reflected and amplified the strangeness of real life. We saw empty arenas, thunder domes, football fields, funhouses and so much more as the setting for wrestling matches. And all of it happened in front of little to no fans.So before we bid it a not-so fond adieu, we’ll discuss some of the biggest things from the year in wrestling!Hosted by Hal Lublin, Danielle Radford and Lindsey Kelk.Produced by Julian Burrell for Maximum Fun.If you want to talk about more wrestling throughout the week be sure to join us on Facebook and @TightsFights on Twitter and Instagram. PLUS! Check out our Tights and Fights Discord!If you liked the show, please share it with your friends and be sure to leave us a quick review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get podcasts.Plus our brand new T-Shirt is available now!