Episodes

  • NXT champions Roxanne Perez and Kelani Jordan

    NXT champions Roxanne Perez and Kelani Jordan
    Oct 1 2024
    On this episode of Going Ringside it’s an episode of champions as we’re joined by NXT Champ Roxanne Perez and NXT North American Champion Kelani Jordan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    16 mins
  • Ethan Page and Trick Williams and their NXT Title match on CW Oct. 1

    Ethan Page and Trick Williams and their NXT Title match on CW Oct. 1
    Sep 25 2024
    The champion is here and the challenger is too. When NXT debuts on CW Network on Oct. 1, all eyes will be on the main event between champion Ethan Page and his challenger Trick Williams. On this episode, host Scott Johnson sits down with the two men at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    16 mins
  • AEW owner Tony Khan on new NFL Films doc and how his father feels about the wrestling company

    AEW owner Tony Khan on new NFL Films doc and how his father feels about the wrestling company
    Sep 20 2024
    On this special episode of Going Ringside we’re joined by All Elite Wrestling owner Tony Khan. Khan was profiled just this week by NFL Films for a day in his life. It detailed what it’s like for the man who lives between two worlds: Pro Wrestling and Pro Football. The documentary which was featured on FS1 highlighted why he went viral at this year’s NFL draft for wearing a neck brace because he had been attacked in the wrestling ring the night before. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    14 mins
  • Bianca Belair and Montez Ford, pro wrestling’s ‘it couple’ on new WWE media deals and their careers

    Bianca Belair and Montez Ford, pro wrestling’s ‘it couple’ on new WWE media deals and their careers
    Sep 18 2024
    In sports and music it’s Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift. In music alone it’s Beyonce and Jay-Z. And in the world of pro wrestling, the biggest power couple is Bianca Belair and Montez Ford. “What a time it was,” recalled Ford about when he arrived in NXT at their Orlando studio in 2015. A year later he met his future bride, Belair. “In that first year I was at NXT in developmental learning myself as a WWE Superstar.” “NXT is not just close to our heart because of wrestling,” said Belair. “It’s close to our heart because we met each other. So our life started in wrestling in NXT and our life together in NXT.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    19 mins
  • Ex-WWE star and MMA fighter Matt Riddle on life after sports, birth of his youngest child and wrestlers who really don’t like him

    Ex-WWE star and MMA fighter Matt Riddle on life after sports, birth of his youngest child and wrestlers who really don’t like him
    Sep 11 2024
    Matt Riddle knew how to fight before ever setting foot in pro wrestling. A dominant fighter in the world of MMA and UFC the transition to WWE was natural. “Well wrestling was my first love,” said Riddle. “But growing up in the late 90′s early 2000′s, I didn’t think I was big enough. And I started amateur wrestling, then started wrestling in college and then the natural progression took me on the route of mixed martial arts.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    22 mins
  • FSU football and wrestling legend Ron Simmons is here to discuss his iconic career

    FSU football and wrestling legend Ron Simmons is here to discuss his iconic career
    Sep 4 2024
    On this episode of Going Ringside we’re joined by pro wrestling FSU football legend Ron Simmons. Simmons made history as the first black world champion with WCW in 1993 with his historic win over Big Van Vader. That cemented him in the industry as a major player. Following that Simmons was on the radar of the World Wrestling Federation (today’s WWE) and quickly was brought over to that company. Simmons was immediately thrust into a controversial faction called the Nation of Domination. That faction help launch the careers of stars like Mark Henry, D-Lo Brown, The Godfather and most notably Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson who had just entered the company as a rookie. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    23 mins
  • The cast of the hit Netflix show "Wrestlers"

    The cast of the hit Netflix show "Wrestlers"
    Aug 28 2024
    She walked in late to the Going Ringside interview as Al Snow yells “Now business is picking up!” In the art of pro wrestling, entrance is everything and Hollywood Haley J knows that. By nature she’s a heel, and by the reality of society she’s an overnight superstar. She’s one of the young wrestlers thrust into stardom when the juggernaut streaming platform decided to produce a show called “Wrestlers”. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    42 mins
  • The Matt and Jeff Hardy experience: How the brothers became an iconic tag team duo

    The Matt and Jeff Hardy experience: How the brothers became an iconic tag team duo
    Aug 21 2024
    From their time gaining national prominence in the “Attitude Era” to AEW and beyond in the 2020′s the wrestling world has belonged to Matt and Jeff Hardy. The duo really cemented their legacy at WrestleMania 2000 against Edge & Christian and the Dudley Boyz in a tables, ladders and chairs match. The match was so well received it eventually spawned its own TLC Pay-per-view. On this episode Host Scott Johnson is joined by A.J. Francis who wrestling fans knew as “Top Dolla’” to interview the brothers as well as take questions from fans. It was on a panel set up by River City Wrestling Con. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    25 mins