The English Professor has a new studio replete with a computer, a mic, and headphones! Setting it all up delayed recording of this show about an hour, so Mark "The Mark" and Chad "The Guru" kill time drinking beer and eating pizza with utensils. A dark secret from The English Professor's past comes to the forefront! Also, what happened to his Collar X Elbow shirts? And did his offensive Jinder Mahal Halloween costume from a few years ago come back to haunt him? Mark attended ECW's November to...
Aug 02, 2020•2 hr 12 min
Andrew Palace is his typical high-energy self as this week's Can Crushers Spotlight bounces from Palace's five-star outdoor match against "Big Time" Bill Collier in the heat and humidity at IWC's Back In Business to unfinished business with Jock Samson to super hero action figures to a lively debate with Mark about cereal! Palace also shares the role his family played in introducing him to wrestling and stars like Hulk Hogan and Kurt Angle, and how they felt about him stepping in the ring! Pa...
Jul 28, 2020•1 hr 33 min
The guys hit the highlights of AEW Dynamite and NXT, and the lowlights of WWE Extreme Rules, Raw, And Smackdown! But the main focus of today's show is you, the listeners! Mark "The Mark," Chad "The Guru," and John "The English Professor" answer your questions in the latest episode of Ask Can Crushers! Questions come in from fans and wrestlers near and far covering dream matches, wrestling history, and the state of current products! There's been a serious injury among The English Professor's a...
Jul 26, 2020•2 hr 18 min
After four months out of action, IWC is back in business! Mark takes a break from interviewing hot young wrestling stars or legends for this week's Can Crushers Spotlight and instead joins forces with the English Professor to cover IWC's latest card: Back In Business! IWC brass got creative in seeing the return of pro wrestling to the Pittsburgh area in a way that was safe! Oh yeah; the matches were all top-notch! If you couldn't be there or didn't catch it on the IWC Network, listen to Mark ...
Jul 21, 2020•58 min
The guys jump right into comparing Wednesday night wrestling shows! AEW Dynamite edged out NXT in the ratings, but which show did Mark "The Mark", Chad "The Guru", and John "The English Professor" think was better? This week's throwback card is the NWA/AWA joint super show, "Nite of Champions II!" As the boys recap the wrestling action from their childhood, they come to the conclusion that things weren't as great as they may have remembered them. Following predictions for tonight's Extreme Ru...
Jul 19, 2020•1 hr 50 min
The Can Crushers Spotlight is back in business as "The Professional" Braden Elliott talks shop with Mark! Only 18 but with a great wrestling look, Braden has kept his eyes and ears open and taken sound advice from some of the best minds in the game, including Bob Backlund, Dr. Tom Pritchard, Manny Fernandez and more! Braden shares some of his favorite wrestlers, and Mark's comparison is pretty darn close! Once the niceties are out of the way, Braden tells us about his plans with "The Alpha Ma...
Jul 15, 2020•58 min
Mark gets his fill of Lord Alfred Hayes this week as the boys discuss Coliseum Video's Smack'Em Whack'Em, hosted by His Lordship and the Bushwackers! Matches include Undertaker vs Razor Ramon and a series of Bret Hart title defenses! Wednesday was round two of AEW Fyter Fest and NXT Great American Bash! The guys are considering another promotion to cover as Raw and Smackdown continue to disappoint. Check out Collar X Elbow for hats, hoodies, and tees! Use promo code CanCrushers to receiv...
Jul 12, 2020•1 hr 47 min
It's been four months since IWC halted their live events! What's Katie Arquette been doing during that time? The Queen of the Silver Screen tells Mark she's anxious to get back in the ring on July 11 for IWC Back In Business when she teams with Queen Aminata against Ray Lyn and Ella Shae! Katie gives a shoutout to her dog, Bear, annas a positive message for all of us during this tough time. She gives Mark a crash course in Timehop while also discussing who her inspiration was in pro wrestling...
Jul 07, 2020•1 hr 5 min
After comparing the ratings and cards for this week's AEW Fyter Fest and NXT Great American Bash, Mark, Chad, And John cover a "classic" PPV, and we use classic loosely. The guys are Uncensored as they discuss WCW's Uncensored from 1995! After shoveling through the shit show, Chad brings us news and rumors before the guys discuss next week's IWC Back In Business (Happy Birthday Nick Lendl!) before paying quick homage to Killer Tim Brooks and the late wife of "Bullet" Bob Armstrong.Shout out t...
Jul 05, 2020•1 hr 51 min
Another star has left the NWA! This time it’s the World Television Champion, Outlandish Zicky Dice! The guys discuss whether the NWA can survive being out of the mind of wrestling fans for much longer! More names and accusations were added to the Speak Out list, including Sammy Guevara. Mark sets a timer to cover WWE’s programming to make sure Chad “The Guru” and John “The English Professor” don’t get too long-winded. Or is it because there wasn’t much in the way of WWE worth discussing? Mark...
Jun 28, 2020•1 hr 33 min
Today's Spotlight features wrestling comic book writers and editors from Squared Circle Comics, John Crowther & Kevin LaPorte! Members of the Cauliflower Alley Club, old-school wrestling fans, and devoted followers of NWA Powerrr, these guys might as well be Can Crushers doppelgängers! Except that they create a comic book and the Can Crushers couldn't draw a stick figure with a ruler! John and Kevin have been working on a running comic book encyclopedia of pro wrestling! Find out whom the...
Jun 23, 2020•59 min
More names and disturbing news are coming out of the Speaking Out Movement. Mark, Chad, and John give their take on the latest from that breaking news. Instead of a classic PPV, this week the guys discuss a classic VHS tape: The Best of the WWF Volume IV! We're pretty sure the WWE had a PPV this week along with its usual shows, but it was AEW Dynamite that continued to blow the competition out!Use promo code CanCrushers to receive 10% off your Collar X Elbow order! Send us a Text Message...
Jun 21, 2020•1 hr 51 min
With all his brushes with wrestling royalty, as well as his stories from his own career, it's only right that BC Steele gets an extended Spotlight! The Rise heel manager tells us about a childhood memory when he wrote to Hulk Hogan, as well as the advice he got from the Huckster's enemy, Rowdy Roddy Piper! He took an ass-whipping from Luke Gallows, had a run-in with Buff Bagwell, and had less violent interactions with Colt "Boom Boom" Cabana and CM Punk! Will his podcast, 1 Step Forward, ever...
Jun 17, 2020•1 hr 38 min
After discussing the high points of Raw, Smackdown, NXT, and In Your House, and with the greatest wrestling match just a few hours away, the Can Crushers give their five greatest matches (and 2 or 3 worst) in a given genre with John "The English Professor" taking No DQ Matches, Chad "The Guru" discussing Strap/Chain Matches, and Mark "The Mark" covering cage matches! The guys get back to an early Can Crushers tradition: drinking! Mark and Chad share some beers in the studio while John does sh...
Jun 14, 2020•1 hr 57 min
Today's Spotlight features Ryse's Megan Meyers! The Black Rose talks about her love of New Japan and how she stays fit with kickboxing! While she has a wrestling arsenal that should cause her opponents pause, it's her laugh that's really terrifying!Use promo code CanCrushers to receive 10% off your Collar X Elbow order!!Send us a Text Message.Support the Show.Buy Can Crushers Merch At The Can Crushers Store!!https://crowdmade.com/collections/can-crushers-podcastDUBBY use promo code "CANCRUSHE...
Jun 10, 2020•32 min
Today we celebrate two years of Can Crushers with a two-hour show focusing on Round II of our Ask Can Crushers segment! After briefing over this week's wrestling action, which included Raw, Smackdown, and AEW Dynamite, Mark "The Mark," Chad "The Villain," and John "The English Professor" take questions covering matches, promos, storylines, and live events spanning from the fifties and sixties all the way to present day and into the future!Send us a Text Message.Support the Show.Buy Can Crushe...
Jun 07, 2020•2 hr 4 min
Mark starts things off with a recap of an emotional and very important NWA Girl Powerrr featuring anti-bullying messages from the NWA's top female athletes. The subject stays on the ladies as John "The English Professor" talks about a disappointing voter turnout for the Can Crushers Revolutionary Force Tournament. Chad "The Guru" had too much of the bubbly and slept in, but he eventually joined the guys to discuss the week's classic super card, AWA WrestleRock '86! The guys then recap a solid...
May 31, 2020•1 hr 48 min
We told you the stories were too good for episode, so Marvelous Matt Bish is back on the Can Crushers Spotlight to tell us about his interactions with Matt Hardy, AJ Styles, Brutus Beefcake, Eddie Kingston, and more! In this sequel interview, Bish gives his candid opinion on today's style of pro wrestling and whether house shows are really a thing of the past or if they'll be back! The CEO of Marvelous Enterprises explains his friendship with AEW ref, Bryce Remsberg, how he met Trevor Gauge, ...
May 27, 2020•1 hr 13 min
It's been a tough week with the untimely passings of Shad Gaspard and Hana Kimura. With Owen Hart's episode of Dar Side of the Ring airing 21 years nearly to the day after his horrifying in-ring accident, we were reminded of the potential that lay ahead for an athlete who already achieved greatness. AEW paid their proper respects to their late peers while putting on one of the wildest and wackiest pay-per-views in a business known to be wild and wacky! Mark "The Mark," Chad "The Guru," and Jo...
May 24, 2020•1 hr 50 min
In today's Can Crushers Spotlight, Mark talks to an absolutely Marvelous guest! Growing up in New York, Matt Bish tells us about watching the WWF on the MSG Network, the differences between training as a wrestler and a manager, and how another "Marvelous" wrestler helped him pick his name! Who has he managed? How is he different than a valet? What are his thoughts on Punxsutawney Phil? Guys this is a must-listen and is likely to be the first part of a multi-part interview, as Marvelous Matt B...
May 20, 2020•1 hr 19 min
Warning: Explicit Content! The Can Crushers are beyond fired up as they recap a Money in the Bank PPV that was an outright insult to fans! Raw and Smackdown weren't much better! The English Professor thinks there were a few teams better than the Road Warriors, as the guys discuss Dark Side of the Ring! After taking a break and cooling down, Mark, Chad and John dig into a great NWA show that featured a powerful promo from Eddie Kingston and the NWA World Tag Team Champions! Former Pittsburgh s...
May 17, 2020•1 hr 47 min
Lots of wrestlers have lofty goals of what they'd like to accomplish in the wrestling business, including Daredevil Dave Doll, who wants to be part of the RetroMania video game! The #DreamChaser tells us about the match that made him fall in love with pro wrestling and his involvement with MLW, Evolve, Impact, and House of Hardcore! Have you ever wondered what a Noodle Death Match is? Who's the thumb wrestling Champion of the World? Who won in a multi-competitor match which included Doll and ...
May 13, 2020•1 hr 8 min
The latest chapter of Dark Side of the Ring may be the darkest yet, as Mark "the Mark", Chad "the Guru", and John "the English Professor" are all shocked by UWF owner Herb Abrams' lifestyle of hookers and cocaine! The guys get hyped over one of the best AEW Dynamite episodes which featured a main event with golf carts and freezers! They then grade Chad's pay per view of choice, Night of Legends, before giving a brief synopsis of Raw and its tanking ratings, controversy surrounding NXT, a pret...
May 10, 2020•1 hr 46 min
In another example of Can Crushers podcast reaching across the world, Tunku Amir, a wrestler from Singapore, joins Mark for today's spotlight! Amir tells us how he discovered Can Crushers and the differences between pro wrestling in Singapore and the States! Amir is a member of the faction "The Crucible" in Chikara and has competed in the Impact Gut Check Challenge! He also shared a locker room with Can Crusher favorite and fellow sanitation worker Duke "The Dumpster" Droese! Send us a T...
May 06, 2020•35 min
The guys kick off the show with a recap of this week's Dark Side of the Ring which featured Dr. D David Schultz before recapping a solid WWE Raw and a very good AEW Dynamite! John "the English Professor" skipped Smackdown so he could tune into IWC's second Facebook live event, Six-pack with Pollock! Don't worry; Mark watched both and covers Smackdown for us! Chad "the Guru" discusses a WWE release that has him pretty miffed, and John releases the name and concept of the latest Can Crushers to...
May 03, 2020•1 hr 33 min
Strictly Business star Royce Isaacs uses some of his down time to talk to Can Crushers listeners about what it means to wrestle in the NWA, a great company with respect for the past and an eye towards the future! He addresses the obvious comparison to the Four Horsemen as well why he can't stand to see his lovely lady, Mae Valentine, talking to Sal! Rumors abound a cross-promotion super card! What does Isaacs know about that!Send us a Text Message.Collar X Elbow - The Wrestling BrandUse promo...
Apr 30, 2020•45 min
We asked you for questions, and you did not disappoint! Questions poured in from listeners, other podcasts, and even people in the business like Jarrod Fritz, the Man Dime and Dime Piece, Calvin Couture, Marvelous Matt Bish, and Nick Lendl, along with others! Mark the Mark, Chad the Guru, and John the English Professor tackle 25 hard-hitting, creative inquires in a first for a Can Crushers show! The guys also cover the highs and lows of Raw, Smackdown, AEW, Kamille's NWA match and some Dark S...
Apr 26, 2020•2 hr 16 min
Extremely confident in his good looks, Tony Bizo, one half of the team known as The Complete Package in OVW, tells us about his time as a bodybuilder and his admiration for Arnold Schwarzenegger! It's no wonder Mark sees shades of HHH and Lex Luger! In the ring, Bizo is a fan of Brian Cage, Eli Drake, and Wardlow and has gotten career advice from Al Snow, Randall Floyd, and Matt Cappalletti while getting constant support from his family since day one of his decision to get into the nutty worl...
Apr 22, 2020•1 hr 24 min
If you're looking for all the latest in-depth WWE news, you won't find much of it here! Raw and Smackdown continue to disappoint, but AEW was an awesome show! Mark, Chad, and John then review SummerSlam '89 which featured Hulk Hogan, Ultimate Warrior, Macho Man, and the Human Wrecking Machine, Zeus, plus a surprise appearance! The English Professor finally did his homework and crammed five episodes of Dark Side of the Ring! Listen closely to find out how your burning questions can make it on ...
Apr 19, 2020•1 hr 35 min
The future is now as Code Red Heavyweight Champion, "The Future of Reality" Trevor Gauge, joins Mark for this week's Spotlight! Gauge tells us how Covid-19 has impacted his family before getting into how it was the indies that turned him on to wrestling! His biggest battles came outside the ring as he fought depression and anxiety over the loss of his brother. But he has channeled that energy by promoting a card to benefit suicide awareness and donating to the American Suicide Foundation. You...
Apr 15, 2020•49 min
