The Clean Finish Podcast

With 2023 behind us (Happy New Year to you all!), Greg and Ryan reflect on AEW in 2023 and share their "Best of" lists from the year. Who did each of them land on for wrestler of the year? Which match notched the top spot? Who was the most improved? Tune in and find out!  

After a brief holiday break, the boys are back to discuss the new AEW PPV, Worlds End. Before they get into it, Greg starts his animated deep dive into Batman with Gotham Knight and Ryan talks about a possibly underseen gem with Fair Play. How did the guys feel about Worlds End? Did they love the Devil reveal? Did AEW end the year with a whimper or a bang? Tune in and find out!

Greg dives into a seasonal drama with bite with The Family Stone and Ryan jumped into a new Shudder original take on the Frankenstein story with Birth/Rebirth. Then the boys jump right into the AEW Continental Classic. Who do they think will take the championship? Who is the Devil? And will Shayna Wayne hook up with Christian Cage? All these questions addressed and more!

Greg gets one last noir flick in before the end of the month, revisiting Sin City, while Ryan breaks down a new release with Saltburn. Then, the guys get into an interesting week of AEW. After dishing on their feelings of CM Punk re-debuting in WWE, they get into the mix of the Continental Classic, their favorite promos, and more!

Travelling outside of the world of wrestling, Greg and Ryan break down their own top ten lists celebrating "Noir"vember. They still tackle a movie a piece before diving into the seasonal list, with Greg checking out the last entry of The Guardians of the Galaxy and Ryan saw the festive new slasher, Thanksgiving. Then the guys count down their noir picks, ranging sub-genres and decades. 

Greg continues his journey with Robert Loggia, checking out the 4K of Lost Highway while Ryan time travels to the early nineties and the heyday of Billy Baldwin (if such a thing exists), finally watching Backdraft. Then, the guys get into Full Gear 2023! What did and didn't work for them, what was the match of the night, and did they disagree about any of the matches? Tune in to find out!

Full Gear is upon us! After a quick trip into The Treasure of Foggy Mountain, the vehicle of new SNL skit trio Please Don't Destroy, and warning from Greg about William Lustig's Relentless, the guys dive into the announced card of Full Gear 2023 (as of 5pm on Friday night, sorry Collision and Rampage!) Predictions are made, non-dollars are bet, and WHO IS THE DEVIL?!

Before diving into a NOIRvember megasode, Ryan recaps an Al Pacino sleeper hit with Sea of Love and Greg revisits the time capsule for low-rise jeans and flip phones with The Bling Ring. Then, a look at the penultimate week before Full Gear. See how we feel about the builds to certain announced matches, hypothesizing on the identity of The Devil, and where we love to see of the midcard talent utilized.