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Wrestling Mailbag: Big Ten Network's new show, COVID affecting NCAA Championships, Gable Steveson, Hawkeyes

Big Ten Network has an in-studio wrestling show now, called "B1G Wrestling & Beyond." It debuted Monday evening and will air every Monday evening through the Big Ten dual schedule, Big Ten Championships and NCAA Championships.

Rick Pizzo was the host, and Shane Sparks served as the analyst. They discussed last week’s results, analyzed some film (Sparks’ "Mat Return of the Week"), did an interview with Iowa wrestler Michael Kemerer and looked ahead to the next week of wrestling.

I had many thoughts while watching the initial run last night. Let’s start at the top:

It’s about (dang) time BTN launched an in-studio wrestling show.