With less than a week before the Royal Rumble, Solomonster offers his PREDICTIONS for both Rumble winners, plus who walks out as WWE and Universal champion... plus, a preview for tonight's GCW Hammerstein Ballroom PPV... his reaction to WWE changing WALTER's name to GUNTHER and the asinine trademark filing that got them a ton of negative publicity... reports of WWE being disappointed with the NXT relaunch after the first four months... Jon Moxley returns to AEW television and kills Chris Jericho's new catchphrase on his first night back... Bully Ray buries himself with an AWFUL take on why Moxley should have apologized to the fans during his Dynamite promo... AEW teasing a Moxley match with Bryan Danielson, and why Adam Cole should be next in line for a shot at Hangman Page and the AEW title at Revolution... Lio Rush announces the end of his AEW deal next month and why we shouldn't assume it has to do with his reaction to the Big Swole situation... Mustafa Ali's request for his WWE release DENIED... Sami Zayn sticking around in WWE for a few more years... Rey Mysterio announced as the cover boy for WWE 2K22... Finn Balor NO LONGER viewed by Vince McMahon as a main event talent?... L.A. Knight finally on his way to Raw or Smackdown?... and MAILBAG Q&A on why AEW should not do an angle with CM Punk and Colt Cabana... Big E becoming a Paul Heyman Guy after Wrestlemania... the demise of Mike Awesome in WCW... listing the BEST and WORST TNA/Impact champions in history... and was Stephanie McMahon's ascent to head of creative the reason WWE started losing viewers in the early 2000s?  Visit WRESTLERUMBLE.COM to enter the Royal Rumble Pick'em and Custom Championship Belt contests for a chance to win BIG prizes!

Solomonster reviews WWE Smackdown and AEW Rampage for January 21st, featuring Raw stars Seth Rollins and Kevin Owens crossing over to Friday night to wrestle The Usos in a main event with actual stakes for the Royal Rumble.  Plus, Jon Moxley returns to in-ring action for the first time since October and AEW teases a Moxley match against Bryan Danielson, and a BE THE BOOKER segment that quickly went off the rails.

Solomonster reviews AEW Dynamite for January 19th, featuring the return of former AEW champion Jon Moxley after more than two months off television, and the first words out of his mouth are an F-bomb to a heckler in the crowd.  Also, TNT champion Cody Rhodes returns to deliver a promo that was all over the place, but also took a subtle jab at WWE changing WALTER's name, which is well-deserved, and Sting doing stage dives at 62 years old.  Brighten up your boring Thursday with two hours of Sound Off Extra!

Solomonster has a PACKED SHOW with thoughts on Mustafa Ali asking for his WWE release... MLW files an antitrust lawsuit against WWE, what they allege the company did and where things are likely to end up... WWE releases a statement singling out AEW's "GORY SELF-MUTILATION" on its Rampage New Year's Smash show, why I would bet anything Vince McMahon came up with the statement himself, his history of making similar statements and why WWE taking the moral high ground will never NOT be funny... WWE wants WARDLOW when his AEW contract is up?... the Elimination Chamber match changing names?... Corey Graves reportedly cleared to wrestle again and why this isn't much of a news story... Tammy Sytch ARRESTED again for threatening to murder her boyfriend... Bob Saget's death and his small connection to pro wrestling... previewing the biggest show in GCW history next Sunday at the Hammerstein Ballroom... actual praise for some things we saw on Raw last Monday... how Lita very nearly ended up in AEW last year and why I'm glad it didn't happen... NXT creative no longer operating independently and instead reporting to Bruce Prichard... rumors of AEW stars appearing in the Royal Rumble and why Tony Khan would be stupid to even consider it... and podcast plans for the 30th anniversary of the 1992 Royal Rumble!  Take the Hawthorne personal care quiz at hawthorne.co and use promo code SOLOMONSTER for 10 PERCENT OFF your first order!

Solomonster reviews AEW Dynamite for January 12th from Raleigh, NC with the biggest match of Wardlow's career to date against CM Punk, and news on WWE being VERY interested in Wardlow when his AEW deal expires.  Plus, Sammy Guevara defends his interim TNT championship against Daniel Garcia, and former Ring of Honor star BRODY KING makes his AEW debut as part of the House of Black.

This was the week the black and gold NXT brand was officially laid to rest and it was GAME OVER for Triple H.  Solomonster gives his thoughts on the Performance Center releases, including Samoa Joe and William Regal, why Triple H doesn't deserve a pity party and the reasons why he fell out of favor the way he has with Vince McMahon... WWE teasing a possible unification match between Roman Reigns and Brock Lesnar for WrestleMania, why it won't happen and how things are likely to play out at the Royal Rumble with Lesnar and Bobby Lashley... debunking the fallacy of the Royal Rumble being used to elevate new talent to the main event and why, if he loses his title to Lashley, Brock Lesnar SHOULD win the Rumble match... AJ Styles has the worst match of his career on Raw... Impact Knockouts champion Mickie James announced for the women's Royal Rumble and the REAL reason why it's happening... why Rey Fenix is the luckiest SOB alive after suffering his horrifying arm injury on Dynamite... reviews for AEW BATTLE OF THE BELTS and WRESTLE KINGDOM 16 including some unintentional Dave Meltzer comedy on Shibata's return... and then, it's time for the 2022 PREDICTION SHOW looking back at what we got right and wrong last year, and gazing into our crystal ball to see what this year will bring in the wrestling world!  Get an extra THREE MONTHS FREE with EXPRESSVPN when you visit EXPRESSVPN.COM/SOLOMONSTER and support the Sound Off!

Solomonster reviews WWE Smackdown and AEW Rampage for January 7th, featuring a unification tease with Brock Lesnar and Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins to challenge Roman Reigns for the Universal title, Impact Knockouts champion Mickie James announced for the women's Royal Rumble, a major change to the AEW Battle of the Belts show, Jake Atlas blows out his knee in a very impressive showing and more.  Get an extra THREE MONTHS FREE with EXPRESSVPN when you visit EXPRESSVPN.COM/SOLOMONSTER and support the Sound Off!

Solomonster reviews the first AEW Dynamite of the TBS era with another classic between Hangman Page and Bryan Danielson for the AEW World championship, Jade Cargill becomes the first TBS Women's champion and Jurassic Express win the AEW tag team titles while Rey Fenix suffers a GRUESOME arm injury.  Including the latest injury updates on Rey Fenix and Jake Atlas, who suffered a knee injury at the Rampage tapings, and today's NXT releases including William Regal being let go.

Solomonster reviews the NXT 2.0 New Year's Evil show with Bron Breakker ending Tommaso Ciampa's reign to become NXT champion, putting the final nail in the coffin of what was left of the black and gold era.  Bron is the future though and there's reason to be optimistic, plus Matt Riddle and WALTER mix it up in an excellent 6-man tag affair and Carmelo Hayes unifies the North American and Cruiserweight titles.

Solomonster is back with a rare Monday night review talking about the post-Day 1 edition of WWE Raw with Brock Lesnar reuniting with Paul Heyman after his WWE championship win.  It is now OFFICIAL that Lesnar will defend his WWE title against Bobby Lashley at the Royal Rumble, and Solomonster breaks down exactly how he see things unfolding at the PPV.  This show also doubles as the pilot episode of the new call-in show "Better Call Sol", which will become a members-only feature going forward for YouTube channel members.