{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6636976e21435d00126c8a04/6ad7f442cc6f9ca49a82b593?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"AEW WrestleDream 2026 Review: HOW DO THEY KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH THIS?! | Shut Up Forever","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6636976e21435d00126c8a04/1792537579918-2b02d243-5ab3-4ad6-8e6d-7f97f92f36d8.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>AEW WrestleDream 2026 was built with duct tape, questionable judgment, and what we can only assume was a rapidly approaching deadline.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>AND THEN THE DAMN SHOW RULED.</strong></p><p><br></p><p>AGAIN.</p><p><br></p><p>HOW DO THEY KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH THIS?!</p><p>Professor Degree, Blade Daily, and Kendra Omega have assembled for another <strong>SHUT UP FOREVER</strong>, the unholy union of Sit Down Shut Up Mark Out and Pro Wrestling Forever, to discuss AEW&#39;s latest exercise in making absolutely no sense until the bell rings.</p><p>The build was underwhelming. The expectations were modest. The wrestling was tremendous. Apparently, this is just how we&#39;re doing things now.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>On the menu of professional wrestling nonsense:</strong></p><ul><li><strong>CLOCKWORK CARNAGE!</strong> Will Ospreay survives a match that seemingly required an instruction manual, a stopwatch, and an advanced degree in mathematics. Did it actually work? Somehow, yes?</li><li><strong>ILJA DRAGUNOV IS ALL ELITE!</strong> Because apparently AEW looked at its absurdly talented roster and decided it needed MORE ridiculously good wrestlers.</li><li><strong>MOXLEY VS. MARK DAVIS!</strong> Two large, angry men attempt to turn each other into hamburger in an emotional Continental Championship battle.</li><li><strong>MERCEDES MONÉ VS. THEKLA!</strong> The CEO gets controversial, the Toxic Spider gets even more dangerous, and we have THOUGHTS.</li><li><strong>NEW TRIOS CHAMPIONS!</strong> Hangman Page and Brodido take the titles from Swerve Strickland and New Level. Because AEW&#39;s main-event scene apparently wasn&#39;t complicated enough.</li><li><strong>THE YOUNG BUCKS, ANDRADE, NICK WAYNE, AND MORE!</strong> Terrific wrestling, questionable decisions, and the occasional reminder that we are all deeply unserious people who have devoted decades of our lives to this nonsense.</li></ul><p><br></p><p>But beyond the matches, we&#39;re asking the question that seems to follow every AEW pay-per-view:</p><p><strong>IS AEW SO GOOD AT WRESTLING THAT IT&#39;S GETTING AWAY WITH BEING BAD AT BUILDING WRESTLING SHOWS?</strong></p><p><br></p><p>Can incredible matches compensate for inconsistent storytelling? Is Tony Khan relying on his roster to bail him out? And how much better could these shows be if the road to the pay-per-view was anywhere near as exciting as the destination?</p><p><br></p><p>We&#39;re going to celebrate the hell out of what worked, complain about what didn&#39;t, and probably get distracted by something incredibly stupid along the way.</p><p>Because that&#39;s what we do.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>We love. We laugh. We babble.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>ABOUT SHUT UP FOREVER &amp; JOBBER UNDERGROUND</strong></p><p>Shut Up Forever is the occasional collision of Sit Down Shut Up Mark Out and Pro Wrestling Forever, bringing together wrestling fans who have spent entirely too many years watching grown adults pretend to hurt each other and somehow still have several hours of opinions about it.</p><p><br></p><p>Both shows are part of the <strong>Jobber Underground podcast network</strong>, covering AEW, NJPW, STARDOM, ROH, wrestling history, and the wonderful absurdity of professional wrestling.</p><p><br></p><p>If you enjoyed the show, follow us on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, leave a rating or review, and share the episode with your fellow wrestling sickos. It helps us grow, and frankly, we need more people to argue with.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Smart Enough to Love Pro Wrestling. Dumb Enough to Argue About It for Three Hours.</strong></p>","author_name":"Sit Down Shut Up Mark Out"}