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Dec 2022
42m 19s

Cheap Heat | John Cena Comes Back, Weird...

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About this episode

Sam Roberts of the huge 'Notsam Wrestling' podcast joins his friends Rosenberg and SGG for a conversation about:

  • New ‘Cheap Heat’ shirts on the website Rosenberg hastily created last night (2:20)
  • The Teddy Hart documentary and stories of the guys’ weird encounters with Hart (and his flying cats?) through the years (9:45)
  • John Cena’s return to ’Smackdown’ and what this means for WWE’s plans for him (25:15)
  • Seth Rollins's performance in 2022 that no one seems to care about (34:36)


Hosts: Peter Rosenberg, Greg Hyde

Producer: Troy Farkas

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