This time on Contesting Wrestling Doc, Ben and out guest Zack Pond talk about early CM Punk. Punk in IWA: MS, Punk in TNA and the first ROH Punk vs. Raven match! We will be doing a series on CM Punk as we have time and this is a good start.

Doc, Ben and our guest AJ Lupo contest a selection of matches from Wrestlemania 38! We look at a few matches, and we give our opinions on today's WWE!

In celebration of 4/20, we've unlocked our premium episode all about "The Whole F'n Show" Rob Van Dam. To access our complete Premium collection of over 100 episodes, subscribe for $5 a month at patreon.com/contestingwrestling Happy 420 to those who partake!

Doc, Ben and Omar discuss the ups and downs of Bob Backlund's crazy history!

Doc, Ben and three time Contesting Wrestling Guest Space King Bobby talk music! We talk about some of our favorite and least favorite wrestling theme music and what that music means to the wrestling fan. We have fun as always on this one so check it out!

Merry Christmas, folks! Join Ben and Doc for a discussion of an event we went to personally that shaped our fandom and relationship with wrestling. In 2007 JAPW was a large regional indy that competed directly with ROH and had a different roster and a different flavor. We attended this event in early 2007 and wanted to give our modern impressions, as well as illustrate the growth of the indy world at the time. Subscribe for $5 a month to access our full catalog of nearly 100 premium episodes at patreon.com/contestingwrestling !

Doc, Ben and Ben's old, old friend Will Fink talk about the time Will was paying attention and the saga of Bret, Yoko and Hulk.

In celebration of Thanksgiving and the recent Survivor Series, please enjoy one of our earliest Premium Episodes, featuring the debut of The Undertaker at Survivor Series 1990 and 2 matches from Xtremely Serious Wrestling, including one with Orange Cassidy! Subscribe for $5 a month at Patreon.com/contestingwrestling to access our full Premium library of nearly 100 Premium episodes! Happy Thanksgiving!

As a belated Halloween gift, please enjoy this premium episode from last year, in which we discuss the late, great, spooky wrestling manager extraordinaire, William Moody, aka Paul Bearer. Ohhhhh Yesssss!!!!!!

The Contesting Wrestling gang went to AEW Grand Slam and we took a new guy! Ben's friend Sergio had never been to a live wrestling event before and had barely paid attention to it in his life so let's get his impression of all the action.