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Episode 76 - CENA RETIRES

Season 1, Ep. 76

It’s December, everyone’s knackered, schedules are all over the place… so this is a quick, slightly chaotic episode before we head to AEW Dynamite tomorrow.


Just Andy and Wrestling Mark this week, squeezed in between work, life, and wrestling plans, talking through what’s been a really strong week for AEW, the buzz around live crowds, and why things actually feel exciting heading into the end of the year.


We also get into:

Another WWE “new era” and why that phrase means less every time

John Cena’s retirement and the flat execution around it

The contrast between AEW momentum and WWE wheel-spinning


It’s rushed, it’s raw, and it’s very much a December wrestling pod — recorded on the fly before Dynamite, with pints already on the brain.


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