Former WWE Champion CM Punk will be the sole focus for Bruce Prichard and Conrad Thompson as the pair close out the first season of Something Else To Wrestle in explosive fashion.
Just weeks removed from Punk's courtroom victory over company medic Dr Chris Amann, 'The Straight Edge Superstar' will have the early years of his WWE tenure examined by podcast pair, focusing specifically on his 2005 debut in Ohio Valley Wrestling through to his 2008 ECW Championship stint shortly before Prichard himself exited the organisation.
After early teething troubles due mostly to technical issues and slightly indifferent use of the vast WWE archives to augment the chat, the Network adaptation of the podcast smash hit has become one of the more enjoyable regular Network productions. Episodes on John Cena, Vince Russo, The Undertaker and even AJ Styles' TNA tenure strayed from WWE's typically turgid character preservation, with Thompson and Prichard deploying their array of in-jokes and sideways references at the expense some of the company's biggest power players seemingly without fear of reprisal.
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There has yet to be confirmation of a second season, but Something To Wrestle will continue in weekly podcast form regardless of if it gets renewed on the Network. The Wrestling Observer has reported strong numbers for certain episodes, with the show usually outranking most of the historical content elsewhere on the service.
Michael is a writer, editor, podcaster and presenter for WhatCulture Wrestling, and has been with the organisation for 10 years. Alongside the production of daily written, audio and video content covering WWE and AEW, he 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 on the UK's wrestling podcast charts with over 10,000 episodes and 70,000,000 total downloads. He also co-hosts Benno & Hamflett, In Your House!, Podcast Horseman: The BoJack Horseman Podcast, and has guested on long-running Sunderland AFC podcast Wise Men Say.
With WhatCulture, he has provided in-person coverage of some of the biggest pay-per-views and Premium Live Events in wrestling history, including WrestleMania, Survivor Series, All In & Double Or Nothing in destinations such as New York, New Jersey, Chicago, Dallas, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, London and Cardiff. He has also been featured as a wrestling analyst for the Tampa Bay Times, Fightful, POST Wrestling, GRAPPL, GCP, Poisonrana, 411Mania and Sports Guys Talking Wrestling.
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 music and culture magazines The Crack, Pilot as well as Sunderland AFC's premiere fanzine A Love Supreme. When not offering his voice up for daily wrestling podcasts, he can be found losing it every other Saturday at the Stadium Of Light, and at Cribs gigs nationwide.
