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Illegal Tactics Wrestling Podcast
Your weekly wrestling recap for AEW and WWE. Two best friends wading through the hours of weekly wrestling content, recapping and coming through with hot takes, positive takes, and maybe even some negative takes. Sometimes with a surprise run in from good pal Reaklord.
Episodes
204 episodes
Ep. 204: CM PUNK IS OLD + LIO RUSH GOES DEMON MODE
The boys break down a solid week in pro wrestling with AEW’s Lio Rush going completely viral for his Blackheart gimmick, Kenny Omega preserving his EVP Title against Swerve and challenging MFJ, Cope & Cage challenging FTR at Dynasty and Ton...
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Ep. 203: MJF GOES TO DISNEYLAND + RANDY BLEEDS CODY
Alex and Kevin crack into another fantastic AEW PPV in AEW Revolution! MJF defeats Hangman Page in the Texas Deathmatch, what now that he can never challenge for the title again, Thekla defends her title against Statlander, Toni Storm comes fac...
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Ep. 202: HANGMAN PAGE ASSAULTS TONY KHAN + FINN JUMPED OUT OF JUDGMENT DAY
The boys breakdown the week in pro wrestling leading up to AEW Revolution. MJF and Hangman heats up, Swerve is proving to be the most dangerous man in AEW while the Don Callis Family runs rampant throughout Dynamite. Will Hangman win the Title ...
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Ep. 201: WWE GETS CURSED & CODY GETS A TITLE SHOT
The boys breakdown a fun week in pro wrestling with an Elimination Chamber review, Rhea wins to challenge Jade Cargill, Randy wins to challenge Drew unless Cody can change that. CM Punk and Roman Reigns have an impassioned promo in Indianapolis...
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Ep. 200: THE ROCK IS IN THE BOX! + WE MADE 200 EPISODES
The boys break down this week in pro wrestling and prep for Elimination Chamber! Will Trick Williams win and stamp his well deserved chance for the title at Mania or will the dastardly Cody Rhodes keep us stuck in his newly formed Codyverse? Be...
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Ep. 199: WHAT’S IN THE BOX HHH?! + AEW IS ON FIRE RIGHT NOW!
The boys break down a strong week in pro wrestling, Kenny Omega and Swerve have a 6 star match, Grand Slam was a major success and MJF and Hangman put everything including the title on the line for their upcoming title match. Over in WWE Finn a...
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Ep. 198: CM PUNK, KENNY OMEGA AND A BIG ALIEN HEADBUTT?!
The boys break down strong week in Pro Wrestling, Dynamite shows out with 2 Huge title changes ahead of Grand Slam Australia, Kyle Fletcher regains his TNT Championship and Thekla defeats Kris Statlander for the Women’s World Title. Toni Storm ...
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Ep. 197: ROMAN HATES CM PUNK AND THATS ALL THAT MATTERS
The boys break down the 4 year anniversary of the Illegal Tactics podcast with another Royal Rumble, AJ Styles gets retired by Gunther, Sami Zayn fails to beat Drew once again, Liv Morgan heroically wins the women’s Royal Rumble and Roman Reign...
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Ep. 196: WHO WILL RETURN IN THE ROYAL RUMBLE + BYE BYE AJ STYLES
The boys break into Royal Rumble predictions on the eve of the event, will Jericho return? Can the Rock come back after failing at the Oscars? Will Seth Rollins and Bianca Belair win their respective rumbles again? We also discuss AJ Styles pos...
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Ep. 195: CM PUNK KILLS THE DEMON + AEW DON'T SIGN THE SEX PEST
The boys break down a solid week in pro wrestling prepping for the Royal Rumble, CM Punk beats Finn Balor, Becky beats Maxine, and Drew gets ready to face off the winner of the fatal 4 way from Saturdays Nights Main Event leading into the Royal...
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Ep. 194: CODY RHODES DETHRONED + IS IT FINN BALORS TIME?!
The boys breakdown a chill week in pro wrestling, Finn Balor secures his title shot, Jade Cargill feels invincible, Cody Rhodes is finally dethroned by Drew McIntyre and Gunther embarrasses AJ Styles in front of the motherland. Over in AEW we h...
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Ep. 193: RAWS CONFORMITY GATE + FAREWELL TANAHASHI!
Alex and Kevin breakdown a strong and bittersweet week in pro wrestling starting with the retirement of the legend Hiroshi Tanahashi. Wrestle Kingdom 20 was a fantastic show featuring powerful matches, main evented by the emotionally striking p...
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Ep. 192: NEW YEAR, NEW CHAMPS, NEW HAIR FOR MJF
The boys breakdown the end of 2025 and the year of pro wrestling that was! Great matches from John Cena and AJ Styles, Hangman ending Jon Moxley’s reign of terror, match of the year candidates from Toni Storm and the Young Bucks and even the en...
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Ep. 191: THANK YOU CENA! CENA SUCKS!
The boys breakdown JOHN CENA'S LAST MATCH AGAINST GUNTHER at SNME! Oba Femi and Sol Ruca showed off in their matches, Jevon Evans and Leon Slater had a transcendental Tag match and John Cena GAVE UP! Over in RAW we have the return of CM Punk wi...
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Ep. 190: GOONER VS SUPER CENA
The boys prepare to bid farewell to childhood hero John Cena this weekend at Saturday Nights Main Event. Will he quit when faced against Gunther, or will he win and walk away from this business heroically. Cody prepares to fight Oba Femi at SNM...
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Ep. 189: DIRTY DOM CONQUERS JUAN CENA + WAR GAMES SORTA SUCKED?
Alex and Kevin lock in to breakdown a sorta weak WAR GAMES filled with somewhat decent matches, Steph Vaquer vanquishing NIkki Bella and Dirty Dom finally conquering John Cena and reclaiming his IC title with the help of a returning Liv Morgan....
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Ep. 188: THANKFUL FOR SWERVES RETURN, SAMOA JOE, WAR GAMES & A POPEYES TURKEY
The boys breakdown a packed week in pro wrestling with a review of a stacked AEW Full Gear, Samoa Joe claims the world title from Hangman Page and Swerve Strickland finally returns to confront him, Jon Moxley's downfall continues, Kenny Omega a...
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Ep. 187: JOHN CENA BIDS FAREWELL TO MSG + AEW FULL GEAR PICKS
The boys break down a big week in Wrestling with John Cena saying his farewell to MSG, Brock Lesnar returns to join War Games and is stomped out by a returning Roman Reigns and Becky Lynch lose her title to Maxine Dupri after being distracted b...
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Ep. 186: GRAND SLAM CENA + BLOOD AND GUTS TONI STORM
The boys breakdown Cena’s last ride into his hometown of BOSTON where he finally becomes a GRAND SLAM CHAMPION after vanquishing the dastardly Dirty Dominik Mysterio. Discussions take place on the men and women’s War Games teams, a possible Jac...
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Ep. 185: CM PUNK NEW CHAMP + DOMINIK BEATS HIS DADS ASS
The boys are back from break and dive into the wonderful world of Hawaii, CM Punks title victory after his rough match with Jey Uso, Jadebergs heel turn and title win, the state of RAW and Smackdown moving forward on the way to Survivor Series ...
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Ep. 184: DARBY NEVER QUITS WHILE OLD MEN FIGHT OVER SETH'S TITLE
The boys breakdown a great week in pro wrestling starting with AEW WreslteDream, Sting returns, Darby refuses to quit, Brodido shows they’re the best tag team right now and Hangman and Samoa Joe get after it. Over in WWE they deal with a few to...
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Ep. 183: AEW's WRESTLEDREAM VS WWE AI SLOP
The boys breakdown a fun week in Wrestling with WWE spending it in AUSTRALIA and AEW gearing up for PPV! John Cena and AJ Styles write a love letter to Pro Wrestling and Seth Rollins beats Cody just to be betrayed by his own vision. Over in AEW...
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Ep. 182: SETH & BECKY MIND BREAK ARC + JOE'S GONNA KILL HANGMAN
Alex and Kevin breakdown this week in pro wrestling with AEW returning to Daily’s Place with another great episode of Dynamite! Samoa Joe and Hangman Page have a promo battle leading to their title match, the Kyles fight for the TNT Title and O...
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Ep. 181: 6 YEARS OF BANGERS ON DYNAMITE + CODY AND SETH SNOOZEFEST
The boys breakdown a fun week in pro wrestling finally free of counter programming starting with the 6 year anniversary of AEW Dynamite! Filled to the brim with star packed Trios matches, a Samoa Joe entering the world title picture, Toni Storm...
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Ep. 180: WRESTLEPASNOOZA ON ESPN + AEW WENT ALL OUT
The boys breakdown a fully packed and counter programed week in pro wrestling with AEW All Out 2025 and WWE Wresltepalooza. Adam Copeland threatens to retire cause he can’t protect his wife, Jungle Boy returns to the Jurassic Express and Toni S...
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