With Mat out sick, it's been a little tough to record, but FEAR NOT! We have episodes on the backburner. This week, it's the original pilot episode for Wrestle Buds that we never released! Some of this episode was actually worked into the REAL episode, but most of it was Chris and Mat finding their groove. There are actually fun moments here, we promise.

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The year was 1998, and on one spring evening on WWF Raw/War Zone, a group named Degeneration-X saw that WCW Nitro and Raw were running wrestling events in the same town. Degeneration-X took it upon themselves to "invade" Nitro's taping in a jeep and make a bunch of references to the male anatomy.

But... what else happened on that episode of Raw? Chris and Mat dive into every match on the card and the storylines that led to the main event.... Stone Cold vs. Goldust for the WWF Championship, with Gerald Brisco as the special guest ref. Yes, that happened. Also, was the DX Invading Nitro good? No... it wasn't.

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Seth Rollins has a bunch of scenes filmed for Captain America: Brave New World, so this week's episode does have a wrestling connection. It's mentioned this week. Outside of that, Chris and Mat are just talking about Spider-Man: Brand New Day, and this episode is FULL OF SPOILERS FOR THE MOVIE.

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WWE's Summerslam happened, and why not talk about the two night show? Mainly, this whole episode exists because Mat thinks (allegedly, reportedly) that Chad Gable's new theme song is AI Slop--at least the vocals are. This was before Mat did a Google search and found out that this isn't the first time music producers Def Rebel have been accused of using AI to make WWE wrestlers' theme music.

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So many interviews with wrestlers ask the question, "Who is your Mount Rushmore of wrestlers?"

You know what, we should do that too! Chris and Mat come up with their own hyper-specific Mount Rushmores that are more than just wrestlers. For some odd reason, Mat went serious and Chris went wacky.

As an added bonus!!: The end of the episode gets REAL weird!

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The Wrestle Buds welcome comic book writer and former coworker Lan Pitts onto the show! Lan discusses his career in writing wrestling comics--and comics in general. There's also tons of talk about how we all haven't seen each other in forever. Look, our interviews never stay on topic, so enjoy the carnage.

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Rip em! Chris and Mat watches No Holds Barred, and it is absolutely the worst movie they've ever watched. Does this movie make one lick of sense? No. Do the Wrestle Buds make jokes about how insane this movie is? Yes. Join us into a discussion about what truly can be called "A Movie That Exists."

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A few months after the release of WWE 2K26, Chris and Mat have a lot of opinions about the game and changes that could be made in future installments. They both really like playing the game. HOWEVER, they have so many opinions about what direction the series should take in the next year. Lots of chatter about Ringside Pass, the Creative Suite, MyFaction, MyRise, Showcase, and more!