Classy Ring Attire 358 - "We've Been Doing A Bad Job"

Not us obviously. We're fantastic. But that's apparently the mindset that WWE has now and their claiming to fix it. So we take a dive in to see if it's fixed yet (spoiler: Not yet)

We also exchange our traditional wrestling themed christmas gifts and since it's the last podcast of 2018, we prepare for the Classys, the most important award show in all of professional wrestling. 

Classy Ring Attire 357 - TLCR (Tables, Ladders, Chairs, and Ratings)

As we go into the final PPV of the year, we run down the card, but we also finally have to address the story that Raw is pulling in the worst ratings it's ever pulled and it's a record that they keep breaking every week. 

Also what that might mean for Smackdown next year. 

Classy Ring Attire 356 - Return of the Very Special Guest Star Matt

Chris is out this week, so Matt returns to take the co-host seat and talks about this week's Smackdown (and begrudgingly Raw) as well as talking about wrestling words you cant say and being a parent of an eventual wrestling fan. 

Classy Ring Attire 355 - Potatoes Aren't Dogs

We've got very little wrestling and a lot of podcast to fill, so here's some thoughts on what DC is doing with their expanded universe of movies. I mean John Cena is referred to as Super Cena and Roman Reigns had that Superman Punch, so there's a connection there right?

Classy Ring Attire 354 - The Poorly Organized Quest For The Missing Key

Though Survivor Series had an incredible buildup over the past few weeks, NXT Takeover does what it does best and outshines the main show by a mile. Four insane nights of wrestling are covered from NXT: WarGames to Survivor Series, to Raw and Smackdown the following nights.

Classy Ring Attire 353 - An Entirely Different Survivor Series Card Than Expected

With less than a week to go to Survivor Series, the two main event matches have been drastically changed. One due to a surprise title change on Smackdown, and one due to Becky's face getting smashed and broken. 

Classy Ring Attire 352 - A "Jewel" of A Disaster

Boy, sometimes you just get a match that gives out an example of every possible way that things can go wrong.

With Crown Jewel firmly in the rearview mirror, we can now focus our attention on Survivor Series starting with two unexpectedly great pre-taped shows with this week's Raw and Smackdown.

Classy Ring Attire 351 - Evolution over Jewel

From the high of getting to watch the first ever WWE all women PPV, to the low of dreading the upcoming Crown Jewel setup, its the entire gamut of emotions for the episode this week. 

Classy Ring Attire 350 - Roman, Saudi Arabia, and Evolution

It's been an insanely eventful week, from Roman's announcement opening Raw, to WWE's doubling down on their Crown Jewel plan, to, oh yeah, we have a historic PPV coming up this weekend, how does that feel like the third biggest story of the week?

Classy Ring Attire 349 - We Have to Talk About Saudi Arabia

This should be the week where we get to celebrate 1000 episodes of Smackdown, but WWE is getting itself all caught up in a major geopolitical situation in Saudi Arabia, so instead we have to deal with that this week. Plus, Smackdown 1000 didn't end up having as much to talk about as it quite frankly should have. 

Classy Ring Attire 348 - Next to Last Time Ever (So Far)

By the arbitrary rules established in the previous episodes, Super Show-Down was technically a PPV, so we give it the somewhat traditional post show rundown, notably Triple H and Undertaker fighting for the last time ever ever, please ignore the fighting they're doing next month.

Classy Ring Attire 347 - A Showdown That Will Hopefully Be Super

This is our second house show that's being treated like a mega event where a "Last Time Ever" already feels like it has a "Twice in a Lifetime" waiting in the wings. But who knows? It could be a good thing. Right?

Classy Ring Attire 346 - The Brie Situation

Everybody in the world wants to share their opinion on Brie Bella, how good of a wrestler she is, who she should wrestle, how she should wrestle, and everything about her career, skill level and everything else about her right now. 

So here's our thoughts on Brie and why maybe this is all a bit much right now. 

Classy Ring Attire 345 - Hell in an Unexpectedly Red Cell

In a strange, bizarre way, WWE is at a crossroads with the future direction of their company, and they're solution is to try and go down both roads at the same time. 

Hell in a Cell is a weirdly great example of the phenomenon when you compare the Becky/Charlotte championship match to the Roman/Braun(/Dean/Seth/Dolph/Drew/Brock/Paul/Mick) championship match. 

Classy Ring Attire 344 - Bitter Old Men

After the thrill and excitement of All In, it's that much harder to face the upcoming "meh" that WWE has in store for us. We rundown the  card for Hell in a Cell, but it just doesn't feel the same. Have we turned into the very fans we once feared?

Classy Ring Attire 343 - CRA goes All In

The biggest topic of conversation is undoubtedly the monsterous success of All In, the massive wrestling event pulled off by Cody and The Young Bucks. 

We go through the events leading up to the show, the show itself, and what could possibly be next for the guys riding high on this success. 

Classy Ring Attire 342 - With Special Guest Star Neil

Guest host Neil steps in for the week to look at the upcoming All In card. 

Classy Ring Attire 341 - The Legend of the Becky Superpop

WWE threaded the eye of the needle this week in figuring out the only way to get the seemingly impossible ending to SummerSlam that they wanted. 

But perhaps more exciting, in an effort to give Charlotte a new top heel to face, WWE may have just made the biggest star of their women's devision.

Classy Ring Attire 340 - Three Scandals and a SummerSlam

Despite it being the podcast before the second biggest day on the WWE calendar, we've got a lot of out of the ring scandal to break down. We try and fly through it quickly in order to squeeze in the usual card breakdown for both SummerSlam and Takeover. 

Also, just this once, Chris is a pretty cool guy this podcast. 

Classy Ring Attire 339 - With Special Guest Host Matt

Joel has been called away for an very important, and unavoidable, assignment, so this week his chair has been filled in by new guest host Matt Adams. Chris and Matt break down the usual week of news and events as well as talk about Matt's introduction to wrestling and the usual first time guest host questions that we always have. 

Classy Ring Attire 338 - In Memory Of...

It's been a tough week with four major passings in the industry. We pay tribute to those who have dedicated their lives to this silly industry we all love. 

Classy Ring Attire 337 - An Evolution Announcement

WWE makes a major announcement. One that involves the whole locker room to hear it and Vince McMahon in the ring. 

And Roman Reigns somehow misses the whole point. 

Classy Ring Attire 336 - Regular Rules

We run down what may be the most civilized Extreme Rules PPV in WWE history.

But also, is unexpected turns, we address WWE's news concerning Hulk Hogan and what it might mean going forward. 

Classy Ring Attire 335 - Everything but the WWE

The WWE may have a big event coming up this weekend, but there's been so much happening that all of that Extreme Rules has to be crammed in at the end. We have NJPW to discuss with the G1 as well as All In discussions as well. It's surprising we don't find a spot to talk about how Impact has been improving as well here. 

Classy Ring Attire 334 - A "Crappin' on Roman" Episode

This week, just like the actual WWE, the episode is all focused on Roman Reigns. Though, it's probably not the kind of attention that the WWE wants to have attributed to Roman. 

Classy Ring Attire 333 - Friendship Returns

Each show this week gives us something that's taken so long that we lost hope that it would actually ever happen. 
Raw finally has forward momentum in this Sasha and Bayley storyline and Smackdown pulls together the best tag team that has the wrong name. 

Classy Ring Attire 332 - Vader Time

We are saddened by the loss of Vader, one of the most under appreciated big men in the business. 

We also cover a big weekend of wrestling including NXT Takeover, Money in the Bank and the first ever wrestling match rating that Meltzer ever got wrong.

Classy Ring Attire 331 - Seven Stars

Once again, we may have just seen a match that breaks the scale. Dominion features Okada vs. Omega IV and it may be the single match ever produced by any company ever. 
We could spend the entire podcast talking about that one match, but we also squeeze in NXT Takeover and Money in the Bank predictions. 

Classy Ring Attire 330 - Punk, The Law, and the Octagon

It's a week with very little wrestling news, but bizarrely, it's also a week with a whole lot of CM Punk news. We discuss CM Punk in this episode at a level that we haven't since he left the company, breaking down the trial, the outcome, his upcoming UFC fight, his future in wrestling, his All In status, and any other CM Punk related topics we can think to squeeze onto this episode. 

Classy Ring Attire 329 - SmackDown Live Live and 205 Live Live

This week, one of us goes to the taping of Smackdown and 205 Live. We compare watching the show on TV vs. being there in person, and we marvel at people going to Smackdown Live and then leaving before the best part. 

Classy Ring Attire 328 - Oh Zayn, Don't Do This

If you're going to have a week where pretty much nothing happens, it's a bad idea to have that be the same week where you put on the worst segment of the year because that's all we have to talk about this week. 

(Also for those interested, the end of the podcast is Avengers Infinity War related.) 

Classy Ring Attire 327 - Our Way Too Early Predictions for WrestleMania 35

It's that time of year again. It's time for us to confidently tell you exactly what WrestleMania is going to look like this year while being shocked that WWE didn't follow our excellent suggestions from last year. Only this time, Chris has a big ole surprise for us when it comes to last year's predictions.

Classy Ring Attire 326 - The Backlash Backlash

Apparently everyone and their mother hated Backlash, hates Roman Reigns, and hates WWE in general. Does this particular show deserve the visceral reaction it's been getting for the past week? Please explain your answer and use examples to back up your points.

Classy Ring Attire 325 - The Show Between The Shows

We've got a big show with no ramifications behind us and a little show with possible ramifications ahead of us. And where here, stuck in the middle. 

Classy Ring Attire 324 - What IS The Greatest Royal Rumble?

It's that age old question. It's it a PPV? Is it a glorified house show? Is it a sunglasses commercial? This card is weird. This buildup is weird. It could somehow be all of these things, or none of the above. 

Also, Tout somehow makes it back into the conversation. Remember Tout?

Classy Ring Attire 323 - The Passing of a Legend

We have the Superstar Shakeup. A two night event where we have to re-learn what show everybody is on. 

But first we have to pay tribute to Bruno Sammartino one of the greatest titans of the industry who passed away this week. 

Classy Ring Attire 322 - WrestleMania-insania

It's been a big, long mega weekend filled with WrestleMania abound. We cover the hall of fame, then NXT Takeover (with what may be the best three hour show WWE has ever put on) and WrestleMania itself. Also, we cover the Raw and Smackdown the two following nights, and what that means for WWE going forward. 

Classy Ring Attire 321 - Twas the Podcast Before WrestleMania (34)

This is it. After a surprising turn of events of WWE actually knowing how to build up to a major event, we finally get to run down the two fantastic looking cards for the events this weekend. 

Classy Ring Attire 320 - Good Build for WrestleMania? I'm confused

After four straight years of WWE vs. Their Own Fans, it's strange that for the most part this year, the build up to WrestleMania has been something that's been...what's the word...enjoyable? We discuss why. 

Classy Ring Attire 319 - YES! Delete! YES! Delete! YES! Delete!

You want some good news! Here's some good news! This week's planned podcast about the Ultimate Deletion, got derailed in the best way possible thanks to a certain announcement concerning a certain American Dragon Daniel Bryan. 

Also we take a weird turn into talking about Sesame Street for an extended period of time here. 

Classy Ring Attire 318 - With Great Snickers Comes Great Responsibility

As always seems to be the case around this time of the year, we've gotten our latest bout of WWE vs. The Fans for WrestleMania season. This time however, instead of focusing on Roman Reigns, it's all about the name of the Fabulous Moolah Battle Royal. 

The entire saga has come and gone over the past four days as we try to break down exactly what happened and how Snickers got involved in it as well. 

Classsy Ring Attire 317 - Chris Goes Off The Rails

Here we are, in the middle of the road to WrestleMania, and Chris doesn't want to talk about wrestling. Never mind that this is a wrestling podcast. Never mind that this is the biggest season of wrestling in the entire calendar year. No Chris wants to talk about something else. And Chris will turn this podcast around if we don't go along. 

Classy Ring Attire 3:16 - Says, Come Up with a Better Title!

Its our 316th, show and we should have something monumental for that number? Unfortunately, WWE didn't take our podcast into consideration when putting on their show this week. So, you get what you get. 

Classy Ring Attire 315 - Sometimes All You Need is One Good, Long Match

WWE has somehow managed to pull of a near perfect buildup to a PPV that they don't seem to care about. Tune in for what might be one of the best examples of a go home show can be, just to put every other go home episode of Raw to shame for the rest of eternity. 

Classy Ring Attire 314 - Where Have All The Ring Names Gone?

What do you want from me? It's another week of wrestling. We're waiting on the Chamber to have anything to talk about. But not really because we're really waiting on WrestleMania to finally get here. The danger is that the Road to WrestleMania and The Pocket of Suck are starting to look dangerously like the same thing.

Classy Ring Attire 313 - From Everything, to Nothing

One week after we had a ton of wrestling content to breakdown, recap and analyze, we've now got a week where the exact opposite is true. Let the Road to WrestleMania begin you guys. 

Classy Ring Attire 312 - WWE's One Two January Punch

We're in this strange position where WWE managed to put out two really good shows back to back over the course of two days (and then keep from messing it all up on Raw or Smackdown later in the week) so we're really not sure what we're supposed to do with this. 

Classy Ring Attire 311 - Raw 25 and the Royal Rumble

It's a week full of wrestling, from an overstuffed episode of Raw to kick it off to an overstuffed Double Rumble event to end the week on.

Classy Ring Attire 310 - A Look Toward 2018

We've taken the past few weeks to look back on the year that was 2017 in wrestling. So this week we look forward to 2018. We make predictions, wishes, and have special guest Neil on to help us out. 

Classy Ring Attire 309 - A Crash Course in Behind the Scenes Business

A rumor that FOX may be interested in purchasing WWE leads to an extended discussion on what the business ramifications of that would be and how much of a possibility it is. 

Classy Ring Attire 308 - The 2017 Classy Awards

As is becoming a tradition for the first podcast of the new year, we discuss Wrestle Kingdom 12, the biggest show of the year for NJPW and we present our Classy Awards for the year 2017. Just like the Academy Awards, but shorter. And about wrestling. And on a podcast.

Classy Ring Attire 307 - The Last Jedi and The Last Podcast (of 2017)

It's that weird week between Christmas and New Year's where WWE doesn't do a whole lot with there programming. We talk for a bit about this week, plus take a look back at 2017 as a whole and how 2017 will be remembered in the Year of Wrestling. 

Also, the last half of the podcast is our long promised extended discussion about the new Star Wars movie. Mild spoiler warning if you haven't seen the movie. The conversation is held under the assumption that you have.