Sunderland 'Til I Die Series 2 Review - 7 Ups & 5 Downs
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The teams on the WiseMenSay and Roker Rapport podcasts deserve huge credit for donating so much of their time to diligently documenting the thing they all want to love. It's a hard task more often than not, but the bravery of their balance is thrilling to observe through the Sunderland 'Til I Die lens.
Back in front of microphones under different circumstances than the sunshine and farts of September, Stewart Donald and Charlie Methven are rattled into submission when asked about Will Grigg's (more on him momentarily) inability to play in the existing team. Flustered by the very reasonable questions about how and why he's at the club if neither manager nor player can yet make the transition work, Donald is barely bailed out by Methven who tries and fails to undermine the value of the question rather than answering it himself.
It captures a tell from a reasonable poker player with a bad hand, and serves as the umpteenth reminder in this show that nearly all massive wealth is either inherited or acquired through total luck. Anybody associated with the club could have answered the question easily with the one thing neither man was armed with - the truth.
Michael is a writer, editor, podcaster and presenter for WhatCulture Wrestling, and has been with the organisation nearly 8 years. He primarily produces written, audio and video content on WWE and AEW, but also provides knowledge and insights on all aspects of the wrestling industry thanks to a passion for it dating back over 35 years. As one third of "The Dadley Boyz" Michael has contributed to the huge rise in popularity of the WhatCulture Wrestling Podcast and its accompanying YouTube channel, earning it top spot in the UK's wrestling podcast charts with well over 62,000,000 total downloads. He has been featured as a wrestling analyst for the Tampa Bay Times, GRAPPL, GCP, Poisonrana and Sports Guys Talking Wrestling, and has covered milestone events in New York, Dallas, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, London and Cardiff. Michael's background in media stretches beyond wrestling coverage, with a degree in Journalism from the University Of Sunderland (2:1) and a series of published articles in sports, music and culture magazines The Crack, A Love Supreme and Pilot. When not offering his voice up for daily wrestling podcasts, he can be found losing it singing far too loud watching his favourite bands play live. Follow him on X/Twitter - @MichaelHamflett
