# Episode 486: RD Evans Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-happened-when-641617/episode-486-rd-evans Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-happened-when-641617/episode-486-rd-evans.md Podcast: [What Happened When](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-happened-when-641617) Published: 2026-05-13T10:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://c7be55da-9945-475e-9f55-6fdf7da45d46.libsyn.com/episode-486-rd-evans Audio file: https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/mgln.ai/e/553/pscrb.fm/rss/p/claritaspod.com/measure/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/c7be55da-9945-475e-9f55-6fdf7da45d46/RD_Evans_New_Episode_What_Happened_When_with_Tony_Schiavone.mp3?dest-id=4957260 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/what-happened-when-641617/episodes/episode-486-rd-evans Duration seconds: 5727 ## Resource On this episode of What Happened When, Tony welcomes his close personal friend and AEW writer/producer RD Evans! RD shares stories of his love for WCW and Goldberg. He also takes us on a wild run through a classic Chikara tag team gaultet match from 2011 featuring the late great Brody Lee. All that plus, we watch the debut of an up and comer RD's never seen before. WCW United States Championship Belt: https://sports.ha.com/itm/wrestling-collectibles/others/1990-s-wcw-united-states-heavyweight-championship-belt-won-by-steve-austin-ricky-steamboat-lex-luger-and-sting/a/50085-82111.s?ic4=GalleryView-Thumbnail-071515 ECW Arena Sign: https://sports.ha.com/itm/wrestling-collectibles/others/mid-1990-s-extreme-championship-wrestling-ecw-2300-arena-outdoor-sign-signed-by-many-wrestlers/a/50085-82109.s?ic4=GalleryView-Thumbnail-071515 DOSE - New customers can save 35% on your first month of subscription by going to http://dosedaily.co/WHW or entering WHW at checkout. BLUECHEW - Right now, when you buy two months of BlueChew Gold, you get the third for FREE with promo code WHW. Visit http://BlueChew.com for more details and important safety information, and we thank BlueChew for sponsoring the podcast. MORGAN AND MORGAN - If you're ever injured, you can check out Morgan & Morgan. Their fee is FREE unless they win. For more information go to ForThePeople.Com/WHW or dial #LAW (#529) from your cell phone. BETTER WILD - Right now, Betterwild is offering our listeners up to 40% off your order at http://betterwild.com/WHW SAVE WITH CONRAD - Stop throwing money away by paying those high interest rates on your credit card. Roll them into one low monthly payment and on top of that, skip your next two house payments. Go to https://www.savewithconrad.com to learn more. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/what-happened-when-641617/episodes/episode-486-rd-evans/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-happened-when-641617/episode-486-rd-evans.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.