{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Dear Watchers: an omniversal comic book podcast","title":"What if the wrestlers of AEW teamed up with DC heroes for the ultimate championship brawl? From DC X AEW #1-2 (DC Comics)","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/e75917f1\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2686,"description":"🎙 The Forbidden Door Is Open — and Nobody's ReadyEp. 178 What If the Wrestlers of AEW Teamed Up with DC Heroes for the Ultimate Championship Brawl?from AEW Origins: Special Edition #1 (DC Comics, January 2025) & DC x AEW #1–2: \"The Forbidden Door Saga\" (DC Comics, April–May 2026)Find us at https://linktr.ee/dearwatchersThe championship belt is broken. Element X is scattered across the universe. And the only ones who can recover it? A Justice League of DC heroes — and the All Elite.In our first-ever wrestling episode, Guido and Rob share their origin stories as brand-new AEW converts — 44 combined years of indifference, undone in a matter of months — and unpack why pro wrestling is the ultimate genre crossover: drag queens plus comic books plus soap opera. From Hulk Hogan to NWO to finally falling for AEW in 2025, they trace the path that brought them to this Forbidden Door.We kick off with AEW Origins: Special Edition #1, writer Steve Orlando's promo-style introduction to the AEW roster for DC readers. Timeless Toni Storm, Orange Cassidy, Darby Allin, Will Ospreay, Swerve Strickland, Dr. Britt Baker DMD, and more get their two-page origin moments — with the economy and absurdist charm that only a true wrestling fanatic writing comics could deliver. (Orange Cassidy's \"origin\": he found a pair of aviator sunglasses. Perfect.)Then we step through the door into DC x AEW #1–2, where Orlando and artist Travis Mercer throw everything at the wall — and most of it sticks. Nightwing and Will Ospreay take on the League of Assassins. Guy Gardner and Jon Moxley clean up the Mutant Gang. Hawkgirl and Hangman Adam Page battle evil Puritans from Limbo (the skeptical cowboy very much not buying Hawkgirl's past lives story). Orange Cassidy and Harley Quinn trade deadpan one-liners while dismantling the Royal Flush Gang. Zatanna and Timeless Toni Storm face Johnny Sorrow — with Toni absolutely unable to stop flirting with Zatanna. Batman and Darby Allin confront the Joker, with...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/5pTHG5cx4vLLknZPtmzO5d7EksLOYBLcofUhohm8Bl4/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzIwNDcwLzE2NDcx/MTExNDItYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}