Jun 3, 2026 · 39 min · 10 segments
Jared and Brandon talk about the amazing Mask v Mask Match this past weekend in AAA and why it was match of the year, plus we look at the early WWE King and Queen of the Ring brackets. We also give…
Jared WicksHost
Brandon ClementsHost
It looked like it was going to be a busy week in the world of professional wrestling, but little did we know that this past weekend, WWE would out of essentially nowhere.
Now the story was great and we liked it just like we like a lot of things in WWE, but little did we know that whether you're talking AEW, New Japan, Ring of Honor, TNA, that WWE would pull out the absolute match of the year in almost everyone's eyes, including WWE recognizing it following the event by having an encore presentation of the match after Monday Night Raw this past weekend.
Now, Brandon, I know you texted me first thing on Sunday morning about, you know, did you watch this match? And I came home late on Saturday night and heard already all about it and made sure to watch it.
But even in that sake of watching it while I was kind of falling asleep in the middle of the night, I knew that I needed to watch it again.
WWE has since put it on every platform they can, reminding you, hey, watch this again.
So this ends up being match of the year in everyone's eyes, I think, in the WWE and maybe even outside of that.
Why do you think this is match of the year for you? What did you really enjoy about this? And we're really hoping that we get more of something like this in
I mean, like the atmosphere, like the whole pomp and circumstance, obviously in the lucha culture, wearing a mask is a very sacred thing.
And like just the way their entrances were, you know, the overall presentation, the crowd was so invested.
What did you like? Because I actually wasn't that familiar with some of the traditions that go along with being unmasked.
I might be getting this wrong, but I want to say it was like a mariachi band, I think is what they...
It looked like it was going to be a busy week in the world of professional wrestling, but little did we know that this past weekend, WWE would out of essentially nowhere.
Now the story was great and we liked it just like we like a lot of things in WWE, but little did we know that whether you're talking AEW, New Japan, Ring of Honor, TNA, that WWE would pull out the absolute match of the year in almost everyone's eyes, including WWE recognizing it following the event by having an encore presentation of the match after Monday Night Raw this past weekend.
Now, Brandon, I know you texted me first thing on Sunday morning about, you know, did you watch this match? And I came home late on Saturday night and heard already all about it and made sure to watch it.
But even in that sake of watching it while I was kind of falling asleep in the middle of the night, I knew that I needed to watch it again.
WWE has since put it on every platform they can, reminding you, hey, watch this again.
So this ends up being match of the year in everyone's eyes, I think, in the WWE and maybe even outside of that.
Why do you think this is match of the year for you? What did you really enjoy about this? And we're really hoping that we get more of something like this in
I mean, like the atmosphere, like the whole pomp and circumstance, obviously in the lucha culture, wearing a mask is a very sacred thing.
And like just the way their entrances were, you know, the overall presentation, the crowd was so invested.
What did you like? Because I actually wasn't that familiar with some of the traditions that go along with being unmasked.
I might be getting this wrong, but I want to say it was like a mariachi band, I think is what they...
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