The Mr. Warren Hayes Show, a pro wrestling podcast
Mr. Warren Hayes loves pro wrestling, so if you love pro wrestling you'll love this podcast! Get analysis and insights with Warren's special brand of commentary on AEW, NJPW, WWE and more! If you're a wrestling fan who's looking to talk about in-ring action, make sense of news and rumors and push into the business side of wrestling, this podcast is for you. Provocative insights that your average fancast can't give you!
Episodes
AEW Dynamite's go-home show for All Out had good wrestling on it. But, despite it all, too much of this show felt like it was produced by people with a very specific other employer on their résumé.
⏱️ What we cover:
- The Swerve and New Level opening segment talked down to me
- The TLC match face-to-face put tables and ladders and chairs around the ring so you'd understand what a tables and ladders and chairs match is
- Tommaso Ciampa ...
CMLL held its anniversary show this week, in which Místico vs Averno and Soberano Jr. vs Bandido were two of the best CMLL matches of 2026. Also, Mara Sade is apparently All Elite, Kota Ibush gave an injury update. Oh, and Paul Levesque got an advance copy of a book and thinks he read it.
⏱️ What we cover:
- CMLL 93 Aniversario review, and why the best singles rivalries deserved more room than they got
- Mara Sade's AEW signi...
AEW Dynamite from Norfolk was a nice little show. The booking direction of all these tag teams as well as the trios division feels strange, and the Death Riders seem to have made a very clear statement about where things are headed.
⏱️ What we cover:
- Why the tag team and trios situation is making the booking feel oddly directionless right now
- Puka shell necklaces
- Death Riders vs United Empire closing segment and why Blood and Gut...
It is contract season apparently: Ilja Dragunov is AEW bound, Bayley is back on Raw but her contract situation still unclear, and on top of all that, Netflix praised WWE the same day Raw fell out of their top 10. And more!
⏱️ What we cover:
- Reports confirm that Ilja Dragunov is headed to AEW and his ceiling there is extremely high
- Bayley returns to Raw as two credible reports contradict each other on her contract status
- The Netfl...
A very emotionally-charged edition of AEW Dynamite took place on September 9, 2026, as the company showed their love for Rebel while also dealing with the death of "The Butcher" Andy Williams. The emotional weight that hung over everything made this one of the most charged Dynamites in a long time.
⏱️ What we cover:
- The Rebel tribute segment and everything AEW did right on this night
- The Andy Williams memorial and Excalibur barely...
This week on the show we open by paying tribute to Andy Williams, The Butcher, who passed away at 48 this past weekend. Then we get into the week's wrestling news.
⏱️ What we cover:
- Remembering Andy Williams and what he meant to AEW and independent wrestling
- TKO offered The New Level a pay cut of more than 50%
- Bayley's WWE status, the NXT releases, and the CMLL Anniversario card
#NewLevel #Bayley #WWE
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The night after All In London and AEW hit the refresh button. New champions, new stories, new directions. This is exactly the kind of Dynamite you want coming out of a stadium show.
⏱️ What we cover:
- Will Ospreay's first night as champion and why the Moxley challenge announcement was perfectly executed
- The New Level debut, the TLC match announcement, and everything else that felt new and exciting
- Mercedes Moné's championship cele...
Back to back reviews this week. AEW All In London 2026 from Wembley Stadium, fresh off the show, and the iciest possible takes on ROH Death Before Dishonor, two weeks after the fact.
⏱️ What we cover:
- AEW All In London 2026 full review including Kenny Omega vs. Will Ospreay and Mercedes Mone vs. Willow Nightingale
- ROH Death Before Dishonor 2026 cold review: Bandido vs. Nick Wayne, Athena vs. Hazuki and the full card breakdown
- Att...
AEW Dynamite from Glasgow was the go-home show to Wembley Stadium. It was fine, it was competent, but it had absolutely no juice.
⏱️ What we cover:
- Why the Wembley go-home show felt flat and what was missing from top to bottom
- Kenny Omega not showing up on the go-home show is genuinely strange
- Willow Nightingale's broken hand, the C3 finals set, and what actually worked on the night
Did the Glasgow Dynamite get you hyped for Wemb...
AEW Dynamite #359 from Baltimore delivered. Kenny Omega called security on Will Ospreay and then put him through a table.
⏱️ What we cover:
- Kenny Omega and Will Ospreay sitdown interview breakdown and the heel turn nobody saw coming
- Mercedes Mone vs. Willow Nightingale pull apart and why this women's title build is better than the men's
- John Moxley vs. Jay White Continental Challenge Cup quarterfinal review and why the Jay White...
G1 Climax 36 is done. This week we wrap up the best New Japan tournament since the pandemic, hand out the stock report grades, and address some wrestling discourse that needs addressing.
⏱️ What we cover:
- G1 Climax 36 final thoughts
- Full stock report: who came out looking like a million dollars and who didn't even look like a wooden nickel
- Eric Bischoff was asked about WWE ticket prices and blamed the fans
#G1Climax36 #NJPW #Eric...
AEW Dynamite went to Las Vegas on August 12, 2026 for an evening of good wrestling hampered by bland promo segments on the road to All In: London.
#aewdynamite #JonMoxley #JackPerry
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The last night of action ends with block B's no-bell brawl, a semis-clinching submission, and a three-way tie at the top that comes down to the tiebreaker. Plus ZSJ vs. Aaron Wolf opens the show with a grappling showcase
⏱️ What we cover:
- ZSJ vs. Aaron Wolf grappling opener
- Gabe Kidd vs. Ren Narita's pre-bell chairs-and-tables brawl
- Yuya Uemura vs. Oskar
- Callum Newman vs. Henare in the main event
Wild main event, wilder brawl...
Block A's final night rises to the occasion as Ryohei Oiwa outlasts Konosuke Takeshita in a headlock war for the ages. Yota Tsuji takes the block outright, but the night belongs to Oiwa.
⏱️ What we cover:
- Ryohei Oiwa's headlock-heavy win over Konosuke Takeshita in the main event- Jake Lee takes Yota Tsuji to "Clown World"
- Great-O-Khan closes out Boltin Oleg's tournament with a horrible finish
Oiwa just beat the guy who was suppose...
This week on the show: the Avery Styles chairgate situation gets the full breakdown, some interesting noise coming out of the Conrad Thompson podcast universe regarding Roman Reigns, thoughts on AEW Collision and more!
⏱️ What we cover:
- Chairgate: what actually happened, who handled it wrong, and what Avery Styles should do next
- Conrad Thompson and Eric Bischoff making waves and what it means for wrestling media
- AEW Collision rev...
Night 15 of the G1 Climax 36 wraps up with four Block B results that leave the standings crowded that makes for an unexciting last stretch for the tournament.
⏱️ What we cover:
- Zack Sabre Jr. def. Henare in a strong opener
- Drilla Moloney closes out his tournament with a win over Ren Narita
- Aaron Wolf's surprising win over Callum Newman
- Yuya Uemura outlasts Gabe Kidd in a physical main event
- All 16 possible paths to the semis
Do...
Takeshita moves to 12 points on top of Block A on the back of one of the most dreadful nights of pro wrestling this tournament has produced, headlined by yet another Great-O-Khan stinker.
⏱️ What we cover:
- Ryohei Oiwa vs. Jake stinks up the joint
- Takeshita moves to 12 points, still hasn't clinched
- Yota Tsuji vs. Great-O-Khan: "Just go home, man"
- And some fine, albeit unmemorable pro wrestling from the rest of the cast of charac...
Block B rolls through Yokohama Budokan on a night that never really gets going. Four absolutely forgettable yet quality matches, that ends with some eliminations.
⏱️ What we cover:
- Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Drilla Moloney was probably the best match of the show
- Block B elimination picture: Moloney, Oskar, and Sabre... and Aaron Wolf?
#G1Climax36 #NJPW #ProWrestling
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A sold out Arena Mexico welcomed AEW to its biggest trip south of the border yet, and this show delivers on every level. A double dose of five star caliber violence, a title change, and the return of a certain self proclaimed one true champion who is not done making everyone else's story about him.
#AEW #AEWDynamite #GrandSlamMexico #KyleFletcher #WillOspreay #MJF
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Block A took a beating! Four wrestlers eliminated in a single night, Takeshita and Oleg tied at the top, and Boltin Oleg pulling off a career-making main event moment.
⏱️ What we cover:
- Yuto-Ice still has not been pinned this tournament
- Ryohei Oiwa submits Hirooki Goto with the side headlock
- Boltin Oleg and Yota Tsuji show off their stuff in the Korakuen main event
- Block A standings shakeup: Takeshita and Oleg tied at 10, Sanada...
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