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Everything Star Wars and The Running Man Review with Spencer Jawitz – SA162

Posted on November 19, 2025November 20, 2025 by Evan Wecksell

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This episode Evan welcomes Star Wars fanatic, pop culture maven and fellow Great Neck, Long Island native Spencer Jawitz. After the initial Great Neck nostalgia, Spencer and Evan break down how each of them raved about the new Running Man movie starring Glen Powell. From the Easter eggs to the messaging, Spencer shares why this movie hit the mark and how he has a connection to cast member Katy O’Brian!

Then they dived into everything Star Wars as Spencer is the co-founder of Virtual Cantina Network (VCN), an online community of Star Wars fans over 100,000 strong! Spencer then gives a primer of how all the additional Star Wars content fits in with the theatrical releases. He also recalls his visit to George Lucas’ Skywalker Ranch and a big upcoming announcement of Star Wars convention in Los Angeles in 2027.

Spencer also mentions how his passion for Star Wars has supplanted his involvement with pro wrestling. However, that didn’t stop him and Evan from talking WWE’s TKO era, an upcoming Wrestlemania in Saudi Arabia, John Cena’s retirement tour and LA Knight.

Get ready for an episode chalk-full of entertaining and insightful takes that make it less awkward, but more geeky.

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WWE Unreal Recap + Summerslam Preview (ES4)

Posted on July 31, 2025July 31, 2025 by Evan Wecksell

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Evan recaps the new Netflix docuseries WWE: Unreal that pulls the curtain back on the wrestling business. Does it give too much away? Will this create more wrestling fans? Evan highlights a few of the standout superstars, including Rhea Rhipley and Chelsea Green, as well as who this series is really meant for.

Then Evan moves on to preview the first two-night Summerslam front MetLife Stadium in New Jersey. Evan goes match-by-match giving you his predictions and thoughts on the trajectory of the wrestlers, in addition to some unique fantasy booking.

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Judgment Day vs. Bliss & Flair (WWE Women’s Tag Titles)
Gunther (c) vs. CM Punk (World Heavyweight Title)
Orton & Jelly Roll vs. Drew McIntyre & Logan Paul
Reigns & Jey Uso vs. Bron Breakker & Bronson Reed
Tiffany Stratton (c) vs. Jade Cargill
Sami Zayn vs. Karrion Kross

Night 2
John Cena (c) vs. Cody Rhodes (Undisputed WWE Title, Street Fight)
Naomi (c) vs. Ripley vs. Iyo Sky (Women’s World Title)
Lynch (c) vs. Valkyria (Women’s Intercontinental, No DQ)
Solo Sikoa (c) vs. Jacob Fatu (US Title, Steel Cage)
Dominik Mysterio (c) vs. AJ Styles (Intercontinental)

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Wrestlemania 41 Preview w/ Josh Goldstein – Ep157

Posted on April 14, 2025April 14, 2025 by Evan Wecksell

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Josh Goldstein (@jgold12) is a hardcore wrestling fan and podcaster – just like Evan. Josh is also from Great Neck, Long Island – just like Evan. Josh was actually live at Wrestlemania 1, 2, 20 and 29! Then hear them break down the full Wrestlemania 41 card. Hopefully they get along.

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Derrick T. Lewis & Wrestlemania 40 Predictions – Ep150

Posted on April 2, 2024April 2, 2024 by Evan Wecksell

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Derrick T Lewis does it all: actor, host, ring announcer, media personality, singer and big wrestling fan! Hear about all his successes from how he started ring announcing to his current deal with The Bleav Network. Also, last year Derrick was part of Wheel of Fortune’s WWE Week. He has also been to a ton of WWE shows including landing last minute seats to Wrestlemania 20. Then he and Evan break down Wrestlemania 40 which features Cody Rhodes & Seth Rollins vs Roman Reigns & The Rock on night 1 followed by Cody Rhodes vs Roman Reigns on night 2. It’s the 150th episode of Socially Awkward.

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Wheelmania: Tracina Jones & Ben Clark – Ep143

Posted on March 29, 2023March 29, 2023 by Evan Wecksell

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It’s Wheel of Fortune’s WWE Week and Evan has Wheel contestants on to recap and preview their appearances. Tracina Jones from Tampa partnered with Drew McIntyre. What did they talk about? How has her week been since going viral due to her incorrect ball-centric guess. Tracina is joining by Ben Clark who is about to partner with Big E. How did they manage to hit it off so well? And what event will Tracina and Ben even up attending next year? All that plus Tracina and Ben offer their full Wrestlemania predictions, and how Evan ended up as an alternate for WWE week. #playingwithballs

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Neil Kelly – Ep099

Posted on April 3, 2020April 3, 2020 by Evan Wecksell

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Neil Kelly was a student Mount Saint Joseph’s in Cincinnati when he hired Evan to play at the school’s spring concert. After 10 years they have reunited (while Neil is caught in a windy Covid-19 storm).

Evan gets Neil’s thoughts on the Democrat field, who was pushing for and how this will all play out as we live with the hysteria of Coronavirus. Then Evan recruits Neil to break down all the matches of Wrestlemania 36… without any knowledge of the current WWE product. Guaranteed awkwardness!

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Wrestlemania 34 Preview w/ Ian Andrew Jones – Ep069

Posted on April 6, 2018April 6, 2018 by Evan Wecksell

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It’s Wrestlemania week so Evan welcomes Facebook friend and fellow wrestling fan Ian Andrew Jones. First, Ian discusses PWG [Pro Wrestling Guerrilla] finding a new venue in LA and his early memories of the venue. Then it’s a trip down WWF memory lane before landing on this year’s Wrestlemania. It’s Brock Lesnar vs Roman Reigns, Ronda Rousey & Kurt Angle vs Triple H & Stephanie McMahon. And will John Cena fight The Undertaker? And don’t forget the return of Daniel Bryan! Why listen to two-hour preview podcasts when Ian & Evan get it done in under 40 minutes?! YES! YES! YES!

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Jake Ramirez + WWE No Mercy Preview – Ep053

Posted on September 22, 2017September 22, 2017 by Evan Wecksell

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Actor Jake Ramirez joins Socially Awkward this week as he speaks to Evan for the first time since Evan performed at his college, Otterbein University, in 2011. Now in Los Angeles, Jake has appeared on such shows as New Girl, 2 Broke Girls and Superstore. Jake shares how he got into acting, why he moved to LA and also delves into his ability to find extremely cheap flights all over the world. $50 from Cincinnati to Las Vegas?! Less than $10 to jump countries in Europe?! Jake shares all his travel hacks.

Plus, Evan and Jake preview/predict WWE’s No Mercy PPV that features John Cena vs Roman Reigns and Brock Lesnar vs Braun Strowman. This episode is one giant white-meat babyface. #kayfabe

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Announcer Chuck Lott & Royal Rumble Preview – Ep028

Posted on January 27, 2017May 30, 2017 by Evan Wecksell

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Chuck Lott is an announcer for Madison Square Garden, St. John’s Basketball, The New York Mets, and, thankfully, is a huge WWE fan.

Evan and Chuck (aka “LaVoz”), figure out how they became Facebook friends and then Chuck talks about announcing at live events, doing improv with WWE’s Dolph Ziggler and how he can usually swing a seat in business class, even when he doesn’t have a ticket!

‘E & C’ then break down this Sunday’s Royal Rumble, offering their match picks and who they want to win the Rumble and who they think will win. Wrestling nerds, unite! With #LaVoz, wrestling talk has never sounded smoother.

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Actor Steve Moulton – Ep007

Posted on September 26, 2016May 30, 2017 by Evan Wecksell

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Actor STEVE MOULTON (Sharknado, Waking, Impress Me) joins Evan for a massive nerd-out session. First, they discuss Steve’s movie credits and then Steve tells Evan how Kevin Smith played a role in his playing a clerk in Sharknado (12:25). They later talk Marvel superheroes and compare their meeting John Cena stories (18:54). Steve is also an avid fan of Disneyland so he offers some insider tips if you are thinking of going (27:39) and you bet he has an opinion on the Disney/Star Wars partnership as well as the new Star Wars movies (36:21). Evan then finds out more about Steve’s movie-centric podcast “View the Right Thing” (42:42) and finally, they lament on how difficult it is to keep up with all their favorite TV shows. #nerdlife

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