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Aug 2021

1h 23m

Xavier Woods on Expanding Beyond the Squ...

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David and Kaz open the show discussing Roman Reigns’s comments on CM Punk not ever being as big as John Cena or the Rock (02:00). Then, they give their ‘SummerSlam’ predictions (17:00) while previewing matches like Sasha Banks vs. Bianca Bel Air, Goldberg vs. Bobby Lashley RKBro vs. AJ Styles and Omos. Later, they are joined by 11-time tag team champion and host of ‘Up Up Down Down’ Xavier Woods to discuss new WWE video game ideas, his ‘Raw’ match against Bobby Lashley, the Black Wrestling Twitter community, and more (38:00).

Hosts: David Shoemaker and Kazeem Famuyide

Guest: Xavier Woods

Producer: Kyle Crichton

Production Assistant: Jonathan Kermah

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