The crew examines whether WWE’s production style has polished away some of Triple A’s distinct personality while also giving its wrestlers a larger international platform. They discuss the Copa Bardahl, the return of familiar Triple A personalities, Nathan Frazer and Axiom finding a natural home in lucha libre, Rey Fenix’s four-way title defense, La Catalina’s championship journey, and the Wagner Brothers capturing tag team gold.

The conversation then turns to WWE’s Mexico run, including Sami Zayn becoming WWE Champion, Damian Priest turning on R-Truth, Chad Gable’s outstanding battle with Dragon Lee, and Penta receiving a WrestleMania-level presentation against Roman Reigns. Did Penta need to win, or did his performance establish him as a true main-event player?

Sorg also shares stories from Prospect Pro Wrestling’s Banger at the Hangar, a unique event staged inside an aircraft hangar at the 911th Airlift Wing near Pittsburgh International Airport. The show featured wrestlers emerging from a military aircraft, an encounter between Paul Atlas and the Pirate Parrot, a huge crowd, and a memorable sendoff for longtime Pittsburgh wrestling fixture Dennis Gregory.

Topics include:

• Omos chokeslamming Rey Mysterio through a table during TripleMania
• Rey Mysterio’s tribute to his classic Halloween Havoc gear
• Whether TripleMania’s Las Vegas event captured the authentic Triple A atmosphere
• The Copa Bardahl, Omos, Los Vipers, Niño Hamburguesa, and returning Triple A personalities
• Pimpinela Escarlata’s adventures outside wrestling on reality television
• Rey Fenix defending the Cruiserweight Championship in a four-way match
• Why Nathan Frazer and Axiom belong in Triple A
• La Catalina completing her journey back to championship gold
• The Wagner Brothers defeating the War Raiders
• Corey Graves calling multiple shows despite struggling with his voice
• JBL’s entertaining role on Triple A commentary
• El Grande Americano defeating Dominik Mysterio in an overbooked lucha spectacle
• The live band and crowd celebration that followed El Grande Americano’s victory
• The possibility of Rey Mysterio facing Dominik in a mask-versus-hair match
• Triple A’s potential to grow into an international touring brand
• Sami Zayn becoming WWE Champion
• Stephanie Vaquer’s championship victory and a potential match with Chelsea Green
• The strange possibilities of a Money in the Bank cash-in during the Royal Rumble
• Damian Priest turning against R-Truth
• Chad Gable and Dragon Lee delivering one of the weekend’s standout matches
• Roman Reigns versus Penta and the debate over whether WWE should have changed the championship
• Why Penta may have won the night even without winning the match
• Prospect Pro Wrestling’s Banger at the Hangar
• The Pirate Parrot confronting Paul Atlas
• Dennis Gregory’s Pittsburgh wrestling legacy
• Updates from 880 Wrestling, VCW, RWA, and the Pittsburgh wrestling community
• The return of Just Pro Wrestling News as a weekday short-form news show
• Why supporting local independent wrestling remains more important than ever

Hosted by Sorg and Mad Mike with special guest co-host TruePrinceOfPro.

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Sorg is away - so Katie, Chilla, and Producer Missy are going to play!  This week, Katie takes control of the helm as we talk this week in tech news, including:

• Chilla's Awesome Thing of the Week is from the Apple announcement with WWDC 19 with Side Car to bring a second monitor experience to Mac OS.
• Katie is sharing unsafe headphone volume through Apple Health as her Awesome Thing of the Week.
• Missy is sharing Excel for iPhone as her Awesome Thing of the Week.
• Amanda shared Shhhhh with us this week to excrete on the discreet.
• WWE superstar R-Truth uses Apple Clips to create some fun video promos.
• Kennywood is getting high tech with 360 camera views.
• Cuphead is coming to Tesla.
• Apple is planning to end iTunes as we know it?
• NASA made their entire media library public and copyright free.
• There is nothing as entertaining as forced perspective with tiny superhero toys.
• You can quickly switch Bluetooth and Wi-Fi in the new control center!
• There's a new Mac Pro coming to town, and we may be a little too excited about it.
• With Apple making their recent changes, how many apps do you think will hit the Mac OS App Store later this year?
• Katie is saving the best story for last this week - Pornhub has released a Top 20 list of cities checking them out.

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We are talking this week in Wrestling with Sorgatron, Mad Mike Lee Moriarty and Larry.

• Daniel Bryan has been interesting and kind of crazy.
• "The Miz was right." - Mad Mike
• Starcade is an odd, low budget "homage" to the original
• Elias visited UPMC Childrens Hospital
• R-Truth has a new Music Video and Sorg loves it.
• AXS is kicking off real time New Japan coverage with Wrestle Kingdom 13.
• We are introducing Larry to #WWEoriginals album.
• This week's Big Question: What WWE side project (like the Originals album) would you like to see?
• WWE UK is making some changes with talent booking requirements.
• Lee Moriarty is educating Sorgatron on Walter.
• We are checking in on Lee Moriarty's Lemon Face and Lion Face since the last time he was in studio.
• What did we learn from pro wrestling this week?

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