The Thread Killer Posted December 23, 2022 Report Share Posted December 23, 2022 Now that the William Regal podcast is done, Conrad Thomason’s music producer Matt Koon is starting a new podcast on Conrad’s Podcast Heat/Ad Free Shows Network with…Dax Harwood. Koon and Dax are apparently buddies. I used to follow Koon on Twitter for a while and he is one of the loudest voices on Twitter complaining about how FTR are being misused in AEW. He’s also very pissy about the fact that Tony Khan replaced the (terrible) custom theme that Koon had produced for FTR in AEW with the Midnight Express knockoff (which is a million times better.) Somebody on Twitter jokingly asked Cash Wheeler if he would be getting a podcast too, and Wheeler replied: “Let me think about how many bridges I am willing to burn first.” That about sums it up. This has glorious train wreck written all over it. Dax Harwood is super passionate about Pro Wrestling and appears to pretty much wear his heart on his sleeve. He has already shown in his appearance on Cornette’s podcast that he is not afraid to vent about behind the scenes drama when he is pissed. Combine that with a co-host who is not kindly disposed towards Tony Khan, Dax’s friendship with Punk, FTR’s rumoured heat with the Young Bucks, his antagonistic relationship with Meltzer and a lot of Elite fanboys online…and most significantly the fact that FTR’s contracts are up in the next 90 days or so? This could be a bit of a spectacle. Then again, it could just be him and Koon doing watch-alongs of classic Bret Hart matches. Who knows? The show debuts December 29. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perfectly Straightedge Posted December 23, 2022 Report Share Posted December 23, 2022 I’m pretty excited about it but I can’t stand Koon at all. His voice annoys me and everything but I am a huge FTR fan and I enjoy hearing Dax talking wrestling. I’ll give it a shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Posted December 23, 2022 Report Share Posted December 23, 2022 Koon spending half the time apologizing for Regal's podcast was a bit much. Listened to half of Dax's portion. No hate, but it's just not what I'm looking for in a podcast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Thread Killer Posted December 23, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2022 32 minutes ago, Al said: Koon spending half the time apologizing for Regal's podcast was a bit much. Listened to half of Dax's portion. No hate, but it's just not what I'm looking for in a podcast. You have heard the first episode already? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rovert Posted December 24, 2022 Report Share Posted December 24, 2022 7 hours ago, The Thread Killer said: Now that the William Regal podcast is done, Conrad Thomason’s music producer Matt Koon is starting a new podcast on Conrad’s Podcast Heat/Ad Free Shows Network with…Dax Harwood. Koon and Dax are apparently buddies. I used to follow Koon on Twitter for a while and he is one of the loudest voices on Twitter complaining about how FTR are being misused in AEW. He’s also very pissy about the fact that Tony Khan replaced the (terrible) custom theme that Koon had produced for FTR in AEW with the Midnight Express knockoff (which is a million times better.) Somebody on Twitter jokingly asked Cash Wheeler if he would be getting a podcast too, and Wheeler replied: “Let me think about how many bridges I am willing to burn first.” That about sums it up. This has glorious train wreck written all over it. Dax Harwood is super passionate about Pro Wrestling and appears to pretty much wear his heart on his sleeve. He has already shown in his appearance on Cornette’s podcast that he is not afraid to vent about behind the scenes drama when he is pissed. Combine that with a co-host who is not kindly disposed towards Tony Khan, Dax’s friendship with Punk, FTR’s rumoured heat with the Young Bucks, his antagonistic relationship with Meltzer and a lot of Elite fanboys online…and most significantly the fact that FTR’s contracts are up in the next 90 days or so? This could be a bit of a spectacle. Then again, it could just be him and Koon doing watch-alongs of classic Bret Hart matches. Who knows? The show debuts December 29. Newzsites x social media gin up any vaguely contentious statement too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Sorrow Posted December 24, 2022 Report Share Posted December 24, 2022 4 hours ago, rovert said: Newzsites x social media gin up any vaguely contentious statement too. Hey, next time take a second to self edit before posting. Because none of that makes sense. It looks like a Fiona Apple song title. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rovert Posted December 24, 2022 Report Share Posted December 24, 2022 1 hour ago, Johnny Sorrow said: Hey, next time take a second to self edit before posting. Because none of that makes sense. It looks like a Fiona Apple song title. Johnny thoughts on the Fetch the Bolt Cutters album? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Sorrow Posted December 24, 2022 Report Share Posted December 24, 2022 Just now, rovert said: Johnny thoughts on the Fetch the Bolt Cutters album? Again, the lack of grammar here is a real issue. A comma behind " Johnny" makes that a legit question about an album I'm not aware of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rovert Posted December 24, 2022 Report Share Posted December 24, 2022 17 minutes ago, Johnny Sorrow said: Again, the lack of grammar here is a real issue. A comma behind " Johnny" makes that a legit question about an album I'm not aware of. Her best album? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Sorrow Posted December 24, 2022 Report Share Posted December 24, 2022 See, now that's not a sentence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBadMick Posted December 26, 2022 Report Share Posted December 26, 2022 I listened to the first episode. Dax sounds like someone that uses 'passion' as an excuse for being a massive pain in the ass. Could make for a good podcast though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Posted December 27, 2022 Report Share Posted December 27, 2022 On 12/23/2022 at 1:45 PM, The Thread Killer said: You have heard the first episode already? The last “Regal” podcast episode. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Pete Posted December 28, 2022 Report Share Posted December 28, 2022 I thought it was an entertaining sneak peak. Dax is more podcast savvy and is more willing to engage with Koon and wasn't afraid to dish some dirt on name associations. I thought his most interesting answer was MJF and it was a timely reminder that the Pinnacle was a thing. Of course the big headline coming off the sneak preview was looking forward to working Cody 'real soon' but it feels like FTR back to WWE has been rumoured for awhile so teasing it further is expected. I don't think he'll name names but one thing he touched when he was asked about Punk was that there were some wrestlers who didn't want to job to Punk so they avoided him altogether. It can't have been Bobby Fish or Hangman Page since they worked together so it makes me think either it was the Bucks (Punk suggested a Punk/Danielson vs. Bucks match in a Renee Paquette interview that promptly went nowhere) or Sammy Guevara. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rovert Posted December 28, 2022 Report Share Posted December 28, 2022 2 hours ago, Big Pete said: I thought it was an entertaining sneak peak. Dax is more podcast savvy and is more willing to engage with Koon and wasn't afraid to dish some dirt on name associations. I thought his most interesting answer was MJF and it was a timely reminder that the Pinnacle was a thing. Of course the big headline coming off the sneak preview was looking forward to working Cody 'real soon' but it feels like FTR back to WWE has been rumoured for awhile so teasing it further is expected. I don't think he'll name names but one thing he touched when he was asked about Punk was that there were some wrestlers who didn't want to job to Punk so they avoided him altogether. It can't have been Bobby Fish or Hangman Page since they worked together so it makes me think either it was the Bucks (Punk suggested a Punk/Danielson vs. Bucks match in a Renee Paquette interview that promptly went nowhere) or Sammy Guevara. The Jericho, Christian, Matt Hardy type corner of the locker room had there fill of Phil of a decade ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flyin' Brian Posted December 28, 2022 Report Share Posted December 28, 2022 58 minutes ago, rovert said: The Jericho, Christian, Matt Hardy type corner of the locker room had there fill of Phil of a decade ago. Jericho and Matt Hardy sure, but I’ve never heard Christian say anything bad about Punk. Christian didn’t have any problem doing Carpool Karaoke with Punk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rovert Posted December 28, 2022 Report Share Posted December 28, 2022 3 hours ago, Flyin' Brian said: Jericho and Matt Hardy sure, but I’ve never heard Christian say anything bad about Punk. Christian didn’t have any problem doing Carpool Karaoke with Punk. I take your point but there's a difference between that and having to work with him on a weekly basis in Pro Wrestling promotion and Punk's effect on locker room morale once the honeymoon period ends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted December 29, 2022 Report Share Posted December 29, 2022 I'd like to reiterate that Page may be the worst top-of-the-card guy in major TV pro wrestling history at structuring matches (though he has many other positive attributes) and if there's anyone in the world who really needs to listen to advice, it's him. It's a shame that Punk wasn't somehow less abrasive and more able to empathize and compel the guy to listen. I doubt he would have listened to Ricky Steamboat or some other wise and sage (and not an asshole) figure, however, since it was that selfsame dopey structuring that helped to bring him to the dance in the first place as a mid-carder. Part of the perfect storm that led them to this point is just how uniquely bad Page happens to be. (I'm probably the only guy on the board that would say that his least favorite AEW match of the year was Page vs Takeshita though). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flyin' Brian Posted December 29, 2022 Report Share Posted December 29, 2022 19 hours ago, rovert said: I take your point but there's a difference between that and having to work with him on a weekly basis in Pro Wrestling promotion and Punk's effect on locker room morale once the honeymoon period ends. I'm getting so sick of this 'Punk's effect on locker room morale' bs. You have two camps in AEW, the camp that probably didn't want Punk there to begin with (The Elite, Colt Cabana, Jericho, Matt Hardy) that have said things about Punk that were negative, then you have a second camp (FTR, Darby Allin, Powerhouse Hobbs, Ricky Starks, The Acclaimed) that have had nothing but positive things to say about Punk. It's just that in the wrestling bubble, the former have more of a relationship with the wrestling 'journalists', so their take is amplified vs what the latter has been quoted as saying. Unfortunately, the former group is so insecure that nothing positive about Punk can be allowed, the narrative has to be 'he's a cancer' so that they can be seen as right and the good guys. Dak and Punk's response to what Dak said seems to indicate that Punk is ready and willing to do business and make money, but the wrestling 'journalists' come out almost immediately and parrot the response of that former group that there's no way they can work together because if they ever do it shows that Punk isn't what they have made him out to be. They wanted Punk gone and they don't ever want him to come back, but it's nowhere near the entire locker room and never was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Thread Killer Posted January 2, 2023 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2023 “There comes a time where the fans are going to stop believing in you, if you always lose. Road Dogg said wins and losses don’t matter. That’s just something Vince McMahon says, that he’s regurgitating. Sorry about that, Road Dogg. But not really.” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Thread Killer Posted January 2, 2023 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2023 So I listened to the preview episode of this show and then to the first episode. Both my suspicions were pretty much confirmed. This is going to be a pretty good podcast because Dax is so passionate, and it is going to cause a kerfuffle on a regular basis, I bet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Embrodak Posted January 3, 2023 Report Share Posted January 3, 2023 On 12/28/2022 at 6:44 PM, rovert said: I take your point but there's a difference between that and having to work with him on a weekly basis in Pro Wrestling promotion and Punk's effect on locker room morale once the honeymoon period ends. I have a feeling I know which people in the locker room you have some contact with, if you do indeed have contact. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted January 9, 2023 Report Share Posted January 9, 2023 Dax talking through the Dog Collar Match makes me want to hear him talk through about three dozen more matches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Migs Posted January 17, 2023 Report Share Posted January 17, 2023 On 1/9/2023 at 6:35 PM, Matt D said: Dax talking through the Dog Collar Match makes me want to hear him talk through about three dozen more matches. I really want to hear him chop it up about 80s tag matches, personally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Thread Killer Posted January 17, 2023 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2023 Big time. He’s already briefly mentioned The Hart Foundation vs. Brain Busters at Summerslam 89, they should do a watch-along on that one. It’s a shame Matt Koon is such a choade. This show would be so much better with Sean Oliver, Jon Alba or even Conrad himself. Could be worse I guess. Could be Paul Bromwell or (shudder) Casio Kid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sek69 Posted January 18, 2023 Report Share Posted January 18, 2023 I can see why Dax and Punk get along so well. They both seem to be very passionate guys who seem like an absolute pain in the ass to be around on a regular basis. I appreciate Dax carrying the torch for tag team wrestling when it seemed like no one in charge of pro wrestling gave a shit about it, but he also comes off as the type who will jump headfirst into every discussion about it no matter if it involved him or not and that gets exhausting as fuck real fast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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