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Shake Them Ropes. Royal Rumble 2025 Preview

·1 hr 18 min·5 clips

Andrew Rich launches Music of the Mat Remix, a wrestling podcast that uses tenuous music connections as an excuse to ignore wrestling news.

The episode opens with an ad for Music of the Mat Remix, a wrestling music podcast. Jeff Hawkins and Chris Novembrino then discuss the week's wrestling news, starting with Triple H being announced as the WWE Hall of Fame headliner, which they view as corporate PR signaling Vince McMahon's departure. They memorialize wrestler Ed Wyskowski (Colonel DeBeers) and critique his racist AWA gimmick. Injury updates include JD McDonough's punctured lung and Dakota Kai's concussion, with criticism of WWE for continuing matches despite severe injuries. The hosts preview Royal Rumble matches: the DIY vs. Motor City Machine Guns tag title match, predicting shenanigans and a multi-team WrestleMania build; and Cody Rhodes vs. Kevin Owens for the WWE Championship, analyzing Owens' 'truth-telling asshole' character. For the Rumble matches, they predict Charlotte Flair and CM Punk as winners, with surprises like Jordan Grace and Meiko Satomura. They review NXT, criticizing Kehlani Jordan's promo delivery and lack of character depth, and AEW Dynamite, panning repetitive matches and missed storytelling opportunities. The episode features a Vader Club segment praising the hard-hitting Akira Hokuto vs. Mako Satomura match from 2001. It closes with host plugs and a preview of next week's classic match.

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A Rumble preview that keeps circling Punk, the favor, and WrestleMania.

Shake Them Ropes uses its Royal Rumble preview to sort through the women’s and men’s fields, with Charlotte, Punk, Cody, Roman, Gunther, John Cena, Sammy Zane, Kevin Owens, and the favor angle all helping frame the road toward WrestleMania.

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If you want a Royal Rumble preview that keeps poking the favor angle, start here.

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