Just Freakin’ Wrestlin’ Podcast

Just Freakin’ Wrestlin’ Podcast

S8 E44 - In Our De-Fence, We Ne-Gated Nothing

Aug 25, 2026 · 1 hr 41 min · 10 segments

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Fans and Fantasy Booking2:41 – 14:44

2:41

david so uh um oh pex uh you want to talk about angel garza so let's talk about that

ApexHost

2:49

yeah so i i think it was saturday or sunday this popped up and it's been getting some major traction on social media every wrestling insider anyone that has a podcast anyone that just thinks they like to talk about wrestling including wrestlers These amateurs are definitely talking about this.

ApexHost

3:11

So it came up on Garza's Twitter that he was or X, sorry, X now.

ApexHost

3:19

But it came up that he was talking about fans and their bookings.

ApexHost

3:26

And he was telling everybody like, hey, you got to chill out.

ApexHost

3:30

You guys, none of you guys would honestly be good at bookings.

ApexHost

3:34

Let's be real.

ApexHost

3:35

We all fantasy book.

ApexHost

3:37

We do.

ApexHost

3:38

The issue nowadays, and I saw a bunch of people talking about this, and you guys can always agree with me on this, or disagree, obviously.

ApexHost

3:47

But we see this consistently since the internet wrestling community has become really big to where everyone's got an inside track.

ApexHost

3:56

Everyone thinks they know better.

ApexHost

3:58

We see criticism towards wrestling.

ApexHost

4:01

I am never going to be somebody that says you should not criticize a product because you're not liking something.

ApexHost

4:07

But...

ApexHost

4:09

The amount of people that come out and think that they know better for a wrestler is by far the craziest thing I've ever seen on the Internet when it comes to professional wrestling.

ApexHost

4:21

It's because they think just because they have this idea of what this guy should be in their head that the wrestler is unhappy.

ApexHost

4:27

They're not getting used properly.

ApexHost

4:31

I can do this better.

ApexHost

4:33

compared to everyone that's been in the business maybe like 30 years, 50 years, actually been in a wrestling ring, actually been on TV, that's kind of a big deal because indie wrestling and TV wrestling are two different things.

ApexHost

4:48

And I will challenge anybody to come at me with that one because I've done a TV wrestling match.

ApexHost

4:54

I've done indie wrestling matches.

ApexHost

4:56

They are way different, especially if you're trying to get noticed and you're trying to put on the right product.

ApexHost

5:02

So it was coming up, but he was getting attacked that, hey, you're not getting used.

ApexHost

5:07

Enjoy catering.