EPISODE #096 - FAREWELL TO "THE ANVIL"/ROYCE VS MELTZER/HEAD TO HEAD: NXT TAKEOVER: BROOKLYN IV & WWE SUMMERSLAM 2018

We're serving up some Dave Meltzer soup on this episode of The Whole Ref'n Show... turns out the old wrestling journalist extraordinaire has gotten himself in a cauldron of hot water by talking about a certain someone's figure. Our heroes Daryn and Perry weigh in on the (non?) issue of Meltzer's comments about Peyton Royce's appearance. The boys also drop in on the goings-on of New Japan Pro Wrestling's G1 Climax, so tune in and find out who came out on top! We are also here to tell you that it's "The Big Red Monster" Kane that came out on top of Knox County, Tennessee's Mayoral race! The boys are not short of opinions on that topic either. But in sad news, the life and career of Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart is remembered on this week's episode as he passed just a few days prior to broadcast. One half of the mighty 80s WWF tag-team, The Hart Foundation, Anvil was everything a pro-wrestler should be: colorful, powerful, boisterous and proud. Jim Neidhart was larger than life in pink and black, a human steamroller that paraded around the superhero-era of pro-wrestling in a Sgt. Pepper's jacket and a pink leather skullcap. The boys remark on Anvil's uniquely funny and brutish persona and wish his family all the best in coping with his untimely death. #RIPAnvil. Our heroes must lift the veil and soldier on, though, as there is a weekend FULL of WWE's finest emanating from Brooklyn with NXT Takeover and SummerSlam 2018 coming LIVE on the WWE Network in just a matter of hours, #dearlisteners! Daryn and Perry go head-to-head breaking down 2 nights and 18 big-time bouts from the wrestling industry's biggest promotion! Who will leave NYC with gold? You will hear it here with all the other #wrestlenewsandwrestleviews, unbiased, unadulterated, unimpeded, unprecedented and unrivaled, because this is the ONLY wrestling podcast that calls it right down the middle... The Whole Ref'n Show!