Measured judgment for plugged-in wrestling fans.
Pro Wrestling Boom Podcast is a measured wrestling-analysis show built around major-event reviews, news fallout, and booking judgment. It moves from match grades and spoiler-free recommendations into detailed talk about WWE, AEW, TNA, NXT, and WrestleMania season.
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Pro Wrestling Boom Podcast approaches modern pro wrestling as both entertainment and weekly puzzle. The show follows the major companies closely, especially WWE, AEW, TNA, and NXT, and spends much of its time asking whether the latest matches, promos, and pay-per-view choices actually served the bigger story. It is not just results talk. It is judgment talk. Episodes frequently open with a grade, a spoiler-free viewing recommendation, or a quick explanation of where an event sits on the wrestling calendar. From there, the conversation gets more specific, moving through match order, crowd energy, creative direction, celebrity usage, title programs, and the practical problem of making a big show feel big. The pace is steady and familiar. Jason Powell and guests tend to think out loud, revising opinions as they go and leaving room for small disagreements, jokes, and side observations. The show assumes its audience knows the terrain. AEW Dynasty fallout, WrestleMania week, TNA Rebellion, NXT Stand and Deliver, AEW Collision, Revolution build, Hall of Fame names, and media-call questions all appear as normal parts of the conversation rather than topics needing lengthy setup. That gives the podcast a working-fan quality. It sounds like people sorting through what they watched, not selling a hot take. The analysis can be skeptical. It notices when a celebrity becomes the story instead of the wrestlers, when a show runs too long, or when a supposedly major event lacks the atmosphere to match its billing. It can also give credit quickly when a performer puts in the work or a segment lands for the audience. Media-call episodes add another mode, letting the feed carry direct industry access alongside review and reaction. The recurring pleasure is the booking logic. The show keeps asking what a decision was supposed to accomplish, whether it did, and what it leaves for the next episode, pay-per-view, or feud. Fans looking for breathless hype may find it too matter-of-fact. Fans who like wrestling talk with grades, context, skepticism, and practical reasoning will know exactly why it works.
Made for: For pro wrestling fans who already follow WWE, AEW, TNA, and NXT closely and want analysis beyond basic results. It especially fits listeners who care about booking logic, show pacing, and pay-per-view fallout.
What sets it apart: The show pairs reporterly familiarity with practical, fan-level evaluation: grades, spoiler-free recommendations, and plain talk about what a wrestling segment accomplished. It can move from media-call access to blunt event review without changing its analytical center.
20 year veteran reporter Jason Powell from ProWrestling.net covers the biggest news of the week and interviews pro wrestling's newsmakers every week.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Jason Powell gives wrestling fans specific, candid judgments on matches, booking, and the television decisions surrounding WWE, AEW, and TNA events.
Pro Wrestling Boom Podcast turns major wrestling events into candid assessments of matches, booking choices, and television presentation. Jason Powell moves between solo reviews and conversations with Jonny Fairplay, Brian Fritz, and Jake Barnett, covering WWE, AEW, and TNA…
A B-minus and spoiler-free viewing picks: Jason Powell helps you decide what deserves your screen time.
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Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
Powell and Fritz give the WrestleMania opener a grounded look at celebrity spotlight and booking choices.
Jason Powell's annual WrestleMania brunch with Brian Fritz gives the opening match a practical read, especially in how celebrity involvement shaped the wrestlers around it.
A relaxed AEW Dynasty review lands best when it digs into Jamie Hayter's presentation.
AEW Dynasty sends Jason Powell and Johnny Fairplay into WrestleMania 42 week on a relaxed track, starting with the event before drifting into an Andrade haiku and a closer look at Jamie Hayter's Austin Powers presentation.
A measured TNA Rebellion review stays in the B range while circling one crude, divisive Hardcore Country match.
Jason Powell's audio review of TNA Rebellion settles around a B- while leaving room for a possible B, which gives the show a live, still-sorting-it-out quality.
A grounded Sid and Bad News discussion that turns Hall of Fame talk into a practical legacy debate.
The episode moves through Wise sponsor reads and membership reminders before settling into WrestleMania, AEW Dynasty, and a Hall of Fame debate built around Sid and Bad News.
Jason Powell sees a crowded AEW Collision that promotes Revolution but does not make the go-home slot feel distinct.
AEW Collision lands in the go-home slot for Revolution, but Jason Powell frames it as an episode that does the required pay-per-view business without giving Saturday much of its own identity.
A live wrestling discussion on how long Braun Breaker's tweener act can last before WWE defines him more clearly.
WWE Survivor Series War Games fallout frames this Pro Wrestling Boom Live episode, but the sharper thread is what WWE may be shaping Braun Breaker into next.
A measured same-night review of Kevin Owens, five-match pacing, and network-TV breaks.
Jason Powell and Jake Barnett assess WWE Saturday Night's Main Event as a same-night audio review, treating the Uniondale, New York show on NBC and Peacock with the weight of a compact PLE discussion.
Jason Powell and Jake Barnett review WWE's Saturday Night's Main Event special from December 14, 2024.
Jason Powell hosts a live post-Survivor Series episode with guest Johnny Fairplay.
Jason Powell discusses WWE Money in the Bank fallout with guest Jonny Fairplay.
Jason Powell and Jonny Fairplay discuss AEW Dynasty, praising the Omega-Bailey-Ricochet match but criticizing the event's excessive length.
On the September 28, 2026, Pro Wrestling Boom Podcast, Jason Powell and Sean Plichta discuss Pac's death at 40 after AEW All Out and the passing of WWE Sign Guy Rick Achberger.
Brian Fritz and Jason Powell use their annual WrestleMania brunch to say WrestleMania 42 Night One felt more like a branded broadcast than a wrestling card.
["Jason Powell and Johnny Fairplay open Pro Wrestling Boom with a Dynasty haiku that lands on 'Andrade, pants off,' then settle on a B+ for AEW Dynasty.", "They say the show could have been an A if AEW had cut the trios match, moved Kyle O'Reilly's moment to the pre-show, and tightened the 39-minute main event.", "Johnny says Will Ospreay and Jon Moxley were better in the second half, but too many kickouts and neck attacks kept the match from feeling clean.", "The rest of the review hits FTR vs.
Jason Powell grades TNA Rebellion a B-/possible B and opens with spoiler-free recommendations for Leon Slater vs.
Tony Khan discusses the upcoming AEW Dynasty pay-per-view and addresses Kyle Fletcher's injury.
Jason Powell and John Moore review NXT Stand & Deliver, discussing the show's letter grade and match recommendations.
Hosts Jason Powell and Jake discuss WWE's road to WrestleMania 42 and AEW Dynasty across a wide-ranging weekly combo show covering Raw, SmackDown, and pay-per-view developments.
Jason Powell delivers a solo audio review of AEW Collision Episode 136, grading it a C as a Collision show but a D as a go-home show for AEW Revolution, arguing that 13-14 matches leave no space for meaningful pay-per-view build.
Jason Powell interviews Jonny Fairplay about his cruiserweight title defense at a Boca Raton wrestling event and discusses WWE Clash in Paris fallout.
Jason Powell and Sean Plichta discuss AEW Forbidden Door and NXT Heatwave, with banter about Johnny Fairplay's absence.
Jason Powell and Sean Plichta discuss recent wrestling events including AEW All In Texas, NXT GAB, WWE SNME, and WWE Evolution, debating WWE's strategy of running NXT against AEW.