Welcome everyone to Perched On the Top Rope! Episode 298 sees ESPN Writer rips apart WWE Wrestlepalooza for being underwhelming while fans alike share their displeasure for the first ESPN WWE PLE.

Thw Harwoon Twins leaked pricing of WrestleMania 42 in Las Vegas before pre-sale dropping Tuesday while WWE WrestleMania 42 Tickets go officially on sale Wednesday September 24th. Remember Spoiler Free's The Way Too Be!!!!

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The 2025 All Out, also promoted as All Out: Toronto, is an upcoming professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the American promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW). It will be the seventh annual All Out and will take place on Saturday, September 20, 2025, at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

All Out is an annual professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event held in September by All Elite Wrestling (AEW) since 2019. It is one of AEW's "Big Five" PPVs, which also includes All In, Double or Nothing, Full Gear, and Revolution, their five biggest annual shows produced throughout the year.

Pre-Show Matches

Eight-woman Tornado Tailgate Brawl

Harley Cameron, Mina Shirakawa, Queen Aminata, and Willow Nightingale vs. Megan Bayne, Penelope Ford, and Triangle of Madness (Julia Hart and Skye Blue)

One-on-One

Daniel Garcia vs. Katsuyori Shibata

Tag Team Match

The Opps (Samoa Joe and Powerhouse Hobbs) vs. The WorkHorsemen (Anthony Henry and JD Drake)

ALL OUT CARD

Opening Match: Tag Team Match

Adam Copeland and Christian Cage vs. FTR (Cash Wheeler and Dax Harwood) (with Stokely)

Trios Match

The Hurt Syndicate (Bobby Lashley, Shelton Benjamin, and MVP) vs. Ricochet and GOA (Bishop Kaun and Toa Liona)

TBS Championship

Mercedes Moné (c) vs. Riho

Coffin Match

Darby Allin vs. Jon Moxley

Tables 'n' Thumbtacks match

Mark Briscoe vs. MJF

AEW Women's World Championship Four-way match

"Timeless" Toni Storm (c) vs. Jamie Hayter vs. Kris Statlander vs. Thekla

AEW World Championship

Hangman" Adam Page (c) vs. Kyle Fletcher

*If any member of the Don Callis Family interfere, Fletcher will be disqualified and stripped of his AEW TNT Championship.

AEW Unified Championship Three Way Dance

Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Konosuke Takeshita vs. Máscara Dorada

One-on-One

Big Bill vs. Eddie Kingston

Four-way Ladder match for the AEW World Tag Team Championship

Brodido (Brody King and Bandido) (c) vs. The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) vs. JetSpeed (Kevin Knight and "Speedball" Mike Bailey) vs. Don Callis Family (Hechicero and Josh Alexander)

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Ahead of AEW All Out 2025, Tony Khan hosted his traditional media call to speak about the pay-per-view and the biggest news that has taken place over the past few weeks. AEW ALL OUT is being counter programmed by WWE Wrestlepalooza on ESPN which starts at 5pm!

The long-running show will present its 7th iteration on September 20 and is expected to be headlined by Adam Page defending the World Championship against Kyle Fletcher, who will be stripped of the TNT Title if The Don Callis Family interferes. Additionally, Cope and Christian Cage will team up in Toronto to take on FTR and Toni Storm will defend her Women’s Title in a 4-way match.

Date: Saturday, September 20

Start Time: 3pm ET / 12pm PT / 8pm GMT / Monday 6am AEDT

US: PPV.com, Sling, YouTube, Amazon Prime, HBO Max

Rest of the World: PPV.com, TrillerTV

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• Asked about ticket prices
• Tony Khan says he is interested in hosting something in the spring of 2027 following WWE’s announcement that they will be hosting WrestleMania in Saudi Arabia that year.
• Adam Copeland and Christian Cage vs. FTR will open the show
• Tony speaks about the tailgate brawl and hopes that it will continue for future events
• Tony addressed the fact that All Out has moved away from Chicago. Tony stated that he is looking to try new things, such as a show around the holidays, but anticipates a return to Chicago at some point.
• Tony spoke about the return of Eddie Kingston. Tony stated that both Kingston and Big Bill don’t like each other and that Kingston will be at the PPV as it is advertised.
• Tony says that wrestlers are presented as their true selves when asked about the company potentially leaning more to the left, with Brody King wearing an “Abolish ICE” T-Shirt being an example.
• Asked about the early start time
• Asked about the Wardlow injury, Tony notes that there were incorrect reports circulating and that Kyle Fletcher was always the plan to be Page’s opponent.
• Finishing up the call, Tony spoke about the return of Riho and her match against Mercedes Mone, and he hopes everyone enjoys the event.

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The 2025 Wrestlepalooza, also promoted as Wrestlepalooza: Indianapolis, is an upcoming professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event produced by WWE.

The event will feature John Cena's first and only Wrestlepalooza appearance as an in-ring performer due to his retirement from professional wrestling at the end of 2025. Cena will face Brock Lesnar, who is competing in his first match since the 2023 SummerSlam. In addition, the event will feature AJ Lee's first match in over 10 years and The Usos' first match as a tag team on a PPV and livestreaming event since the 2023 Money in the Bank.

We break down the match history of each match and give our predictions!

Match Card

Vacant Women's World Championship

Iyo Sky vs. Stephanie Vaquer

Undisputed WWE Championship

Cody Rhodes (c) vs. Drew McIntyre

Mixed Tag Team Match

CM Punk & AJ Lee vs Seth Rollins & Becky Lynch

Tag Team Match

The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso) vs. The Vision (Bronson Reed and Bron Breakker)

The Main Event

John Cena vs. Brock Lesnar

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Ahead of WWE Wrestlepalooza, ESPN Executives held a media call to speak about ESPN's first ever WWE PLE, Wrestlepalooza. This PLE is the same day and will run basically head-to-head with AEW ALL OUT!

Date: September 20th

WWE Wrestlepalooza starts at 5pm

AEW ALL OUT starts at 3pm

ESPN Media Call Notes

• Kenny was asked by Sean Ross Sapp about WWE Wrestlepalooza counter-programming AEW All Out.
• ESPN executive JT Lasker pushed that fans will be able to watch college football games at the same time as WWE Wrestlepalooza on the ESPN DTC app through the multi-view function.
• Kenny put over how big a deal it is that SportsCenter will be at Wrestlepalooza
• ESPN discussed NBCU and Peacock about the PLE Move
• Jon Alba asked about Brock Lesnar’s involvement on the show.
• There is a “minimum threshold” on how much of a WWE PLE they have to air on linear TV.
• * They noted that cable and streaming partners are still coming onboard and that by the end of the year, they’re expecting the majority of current ESPN subscribers to have the ESPN app included in their subscription.

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Welcome Everyone To Perched On The Top Rope Episode 293! In this episode, "WrestleMania 43 In Saudi Arabia, but What About Me? What About Collectors," takes a look at the events that surround WrestleMania weekend such as WrestleCon, a meet and greet wrestling convention, independent wrestling promotions holding events in the same city as WrestleMania. If WrestleMania is in Saudi Arabia, what happens to these events?

Two WWE Hal of Famers gave their thoughts of what could happen in The United States during WrestleMania 43 weekend. First, JBL spoke on Something To Wrestle With Podcast giving his thoughts while Bubba Ray Dudley aka Bully Ray gave his opinion that AnothEr Wrestling company should run a show that weekend.

tune in and find out how two WWE Hall Of Famers have a different opinion what should happen in the USA during WrestleMania 43 weekend in Saudi Arabia!

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Today, WWE made history announcing WrestleMania 43 would be held in Saudi Arabia! This is the first WrestleMania to NOT be on North American (United States and Canada).

We play the announcement, share comments from Triple H, Saudi Arabia's General Entertainment Authority Turki Alalshikh and more!

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Welcome everyone to episode 291 of Perched On The Top Rope! Tonight, we ask, "Should AEW fans be worried about the decline in ratings?"

In this episode, we discuss the recent ratings of AEW Dynamite (without MAX) and AEW Collision and reveal the recent numbers which include the lowest rated AEW Dynamite show on September 3rd and Collision bouncing back from a low 195,000 viewers!

We give three reasons AEW fans should be concerned, and three reasons why they shouldn't be concerned about the continuous ratings drops of AEW Dynamite and AEW Collision.

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