Kyle had the pleasure of joining Vaughn Johnson (Philly.com) and Nick Piccone (PhillyVoice.com; BleedPhilly.com; PhillyInfluencer.com) on The Straight Shooters to discuss the latest in pro wrestling. 

The guys hit on these topics: Jimmy “Superfly” Snuka’s arrest and charges for murder, Zahra Schrieber’s firing from WWE, TNA’s Bram being arrested for domestic violence, and the guys also hit on Raw from this past Monday.

The guys take a few callers and then end the show with a new segment: the Thursday Night Debate.

Listen to the podcast after the break or here if the embedded feature doesn’t work on your device.

Hello wrestling and Broad Street Beat fans, one and all. It is I, your favorite troll commenter and paragon of virtue, Dan Aleksander. I'm here to give you the run down and some predictions for the biggest non-sporting sporting event of the year, WrestleMania. It's going down this Sunday night, live on the WWE Network for just $9.99 (or on pay-per-view, if you're Total Deadbeat Rob Lowe).

Chances are this is the one time you probably might watch professional wrestling with someone, as WrestleMania equally draws in pro-wrestling devotees, lapsed fans and those affiliated with said fans but who otherwise have no connection to watching men and women in spandex pretend to grapple. This year's mega-event (The Super Bowl of Professional Wrestling / The World Series of Sports Entertainment) comes to you from Levi's Stadium in San Fra.. San Jo... Santa Clara, California - the house that Jim Harbaugh's $8.00 khakis built.

Here's a terse run down of the super card and its respective competitors, in case you need the primer or refresher course:

MANGO SALSA:
Ben: Aroma 7, Taste 6, Finish 8, Intangibles 7 Average: 7
Dan: Aroma 8, Taste 7, Finish 8, Intangibles 7 Average: 7.5
Super Average: 7.25

Aroma:
With the combined flavor of mango and salsa, you would expect a particularly boisterous aroma.  However, when we took our first whiff upon opening the bag, the aroma was barely noticeable.  There was a faint tropical smell, as mango was the most prevalent smell coming from the bag.

Taste:
When you take your first bite of the mango salsa chip, the mango flavor rushes to your senses and hits you immediately.  It's a strong first bite, but a pleasant one.  However, once you dive into the bag and eat a few more chips, the mango taste weakens and is barely noticeable about five chips in.

Finish:
The after taste is very pleasant, as you notice the change from mango to salsa.  The after taste isn't very strong or pungent and won't remind you of what you just ate three hours later.  I gave it an 8, as it left you longing for more of the mango salsa taste.

Intangibles:
The mango salsa chips we had came in a wavy style, which I appreciate more than the regular chip structure.  The mango salsa chip isn't a very strong chip in terms of lingering flavor, but you can easily get lost in an entire bag while watching TV if you're not careful.

-Dan Goggin

CAPPUCCINO:
Ben: Aroma 9, Taste 6, Finish 6, Intangibles 7.5 Average: 7.125
Dan: Aroma 7, Taste 6, Finish 7, Intangibles 8 Average: 7
Super Average: 7.0625

Aroma:
The cappuccino chips possess a fierce aroma. We ate these second after the mango salsa chips and as soon as we opened the bag the cappuccino chip scent overpowered the mango scent. Some might have an issue with the scent being that strong, but I appreciated the chip for doing its thing. It demands your attention.

Taste:
Cappuccino doesn't belong on a potato. It's that simple. The taste wasn't bad, but it certainly wasn't anything I could imagine eating on a consistent basis. It tasted like it belonged on a cookie instead of a chip.

Finish:
The taste didn't leave as fast as the mango chips. And since the finish was identical to the taste it also earned a 6.

Intangibles:
I initially gave the chip a 7 for intangibles. I liked it a bit more than the mango since it was regular and not wavy. I had to bump it up to a 7.5 though when I realized that it tasted like that cinnamon butter they give you at Texas Roadhouse. Love that stuff. The other glass-half-full quality the chips had is that there is no real caffeine in them, so you can crush a bag at night and still turn in. 

-Ben Lebo

Wasabi Ginger and Bacon Mac & Cheese next week.

The annual postseason college football game played in Bismark, North Dakota will for the next four years be known as the Broad Street Beat Bismarck Bowl as part of a sponsorship deal signed between Broad Street Beat sports blog and ESPN events.

The arrangement marks one of the most high-profile marketing initiatives yet for a low-level Philadelphia sports website and comes as the sometimes illiterate writing styles of Dan Goggin, Matt Ryan, Kyle Babcock and founder Ben Lebo continue to gradually make inroads into mainstream media.

It had been going on for months. Triple H and Stephanie McMahon had been refusing to give Daniel Bryan his shot, telling him he wasn't an "A-level talent."

Sunday night no one would hold down Bryan. He defeated Triple H to earn his bid in the title match later that night.

The NBA Slam Dunk contest took place over this weekend and if you missed (which if you got up to go to the bathroom for 2 minutes you probably did) boy did you miss a great one! Under the new format this year, a team of 3 Eastern Conference dunkers took on a team of 3 Western Conference dunkers. No one could have imagined an ending like this though.

Soon the late night talk show landscape as we know it will be forever altered. Jimmy Fallon will be moving up in the world to take over for Jay Leno and Seth Meyers, of former SNL fame, will be taking over for Jimmy Fallon in the 12:35 time slot that most of us don't have the luxury of watching. There's been some debate over who the new late night king will be now. Only 3 people can truly be considered, the 11:35 time slot hosts, who include Jimmy Fallon alongside veterans David Letterman and Jimmy Kimmel. I shall now rank these 3 to help you decide whether you should turn your TV to CBS, ABC or NBC as you drift off to sleep on Monday nights.

Realizing that Sunday is a prime day to be hungover and craving delicious chicken sandwiches, Philadelphia natives Ben Lebo and Dan Goggin are set to capitalize on Chick-fil-A's errors. The new chain, Chick-fil-B, will open soon in the Mid-Atlantic and only operate on Sundays.

Well, it's been a slow week with all the Philly sports teams being off for the holidays. Every year I make a top 20-25 list of the best songs of the year so I can burn it onto a CD because I have a 2005 Subaru that is too late to have a tape-deck and too early to have an auxiliary jack to plug an iPod into. This year, I figured I would share it with you, the readers. Keep a few things in mind. 1. This is purely subjective and in no way reflects what was actually really popular and 2. I don't listen to a lot of rap, pop or country music. Enjoy.