Vince Russo returns to Eyes Up Here for the first time in over three years for our latest iHeartRadio installment. The former WWE Head Writer pulls no punches, dropping anecdotes about his time working alongside Vince McMahon and how his suggestions helped program some of the most memorable moments of the Attitude Era. Vince also dives into what is wrong with wrestling programming today and how he thinks things could be fixed. You can now send questions into Francine's Eyes Up Here Podcast: emai...
Dec 12, 2023•1 hr 10 min
Aron Stevens joins Francine this week on Eyes Up Here. "The Queen of Extreme" and the former "Intellectual Savior of the (Unwashed) Masses" get together for the first time to discuss Aron's current role as a Manager in the NWA, his thoughts on their continuing growth, and why the critics are wrong about the overall perception of the company. You can now send questions into Francine's Eyes Up Here Podcast: email allpodcastquestions@gmail.com Follow Francine on all platforms @ECWDIVAFRANCINE Insta...
Dec 05, 2023•53 min
We turn the show over to the Eyes Up Here universe for this week's episode. You are in the drivers seat as we dive through Ask Francine. *ALMOST* Anything? questions covering all parts of Francine's career as well as some personal questions with revealing and deep responses. If you don't ask the question, you'll never know the answer. You can now send questions into Francine's Eyes Up Here Podcast: email allpodcastquestions@gmail.com Follow Francine on all platforms @ECWDIVAFRANCINE Instagram / ...
Nov 28, 2023•58 min
Today's Eyes Up Here welcomes the radio host of Busted Open on SiriusXM, Dave LaGreca. Returning to visit Francine for the first time in many years, Dave and "The Queen of Extreme" catch up on the latest happenings surrounding the Busted Open radio show, upcoming projects, WrestleMania weekend, and even the recent time between the ropes Dave has spent as a "heel" manager in the New Jersey area wrestling scene. Plus, we find out all about Francine's recent trip to Virginia Beach. You can now send...
Nov 21, 2023•1 hr 7 min
This week on Eyes Up Here, "The Queen of Extreme", Francine and "The Chadster" look at news from around the wrestling world. The most EXTREME story of the week having to do with Billy Corgan's NWA and a potentially "blown" television deal with the CW Network and an over the top segment from a recent pay per view that has received a HUGE amount of backlash from the wrestling community as well as potential television executives. There is also an update on Vince McMahon's status within the WWE/TKO ...
Nov 14, 2023•58 min
"The Queen of Extreme", Francine, has relaunched her "Eyes Up Here" podcast this week and welcomes WWE Hall of Famer, ECW Original, and Impact (TNA) Wrestling Superstar, Bully Ray, a.k.a. Bubba Ray Dudley, as her first guest. In the first episode of "Eyes Up Here," released under the iHeartMedia banner, Francine and Bubba relive classic ECW stories and moments, as well as discuss "Bully Ray's" current run in Impact Wrestling (soon to be TNA Wrestling again) and online fan critiques of live wrest...
Nov 07, 2023•1 hr
Today's Eyes Up Here is a special tribute to Francine's Mom who passed away on 8/18/2023. Support Eyes Up Here by visiting: http://nativedeo.com/francine and use the promo code FRANCINE at checkout for 20% off Native sunscreen & deodorant! support Eyes Up Here & take care of your skin at the same time! Hello Fresh! Hellofresh.com/francine50 and use code FRANCINE50 for 50% off your first box and your first box ships free! Follow The Queen of Extreme on Twitter: @ECWDivaFrancine and sign u...
Aug 31, 2023•1 hr 13 min
A new Eyes Up Here fresh off a wedding weekend for The Chadster and fresh off a controversial tweet for "The Queen of Extreme". We cover a statement released by Francine in reference to Tod Gordon's book "Tod is God" and a line about "The Queen's" reaction to Kimona's ECW infamous striptease. We also discuss how many turns are too many turns in a story line and look at a viral fight on a boat dock that was synced up to Jim Ross commentary. Support Eyes Up Here by visiting: http://nativedeo.com/f...
Aug 11, 2023•56 min
Eyes Up Here this week features a furious rant by "The Queen of Extreme" on a shady promoter's tactics cancelling an upcoming appearance. There is also an explosive update to the Rick Steiner / Gisele Shaw drama that occurred over WrestleMania's WrestleCon weekend carrying over to the upcoming Summer Slam WrestleCon. Support Eyes Up Here by visiting: http://nativedeo.com/francine and use the promo code FRANCINE at checkout for 20% off Native sunscreen & deodorant! support Eyes Up Here & ...
Aug 10, 2023•50 min
Support Eyes Up Here by visiting: http://nativedeo.com/francine and use the promo code FRANCINE at checkout for 20% off Native sunscreen & deodorant! support Eyes Up Here & take care of your skin at the same time! Hello Fresh! Hellofresh.com/francine50 and use code FRANCINE50 for 50% off your first box and your first box ships free! Follow The Queen of Extreme on Twitter: @ECWDivaFrancine and sign up to Francine's YouTube channel: Sign up for channel memberships starting at $5.99 for acc...
Jul 26, 2023•1 hr 4 min
Support Eyes Up Here by visiting: http://nativedeo.com/francine and use the promo code FRANCINE at checkout for 20% off Native sunscreen & deodorant! support Eyes Up Here & take care of your skin at the same time! Hello Fresh! Hellofresh.com/francine50 and use code FRANCINE50 for 50% off your first box and your first box ships free! Follow The Queen of Extreme on Twitter: @ECWDivaFrancine and sign up to Francine's YouTube channel: Sign up for channel memberships starting at $5.99 for acc...
Jul 09, 2023•1 hr 21 min
Today's Eyes Up Here says goodbye to wrestling icon The Iron Sheik and looks back at his hilarious and sometimes mischievous history. We also talk about the sometimes repetitive nature of wrestler interviews, the questions asked and whether or not recycling the same stories is a good thing for the wrestling media. Hello Fresh! Hellofresh.com/francine50 and use code FRANCINE50 for 50% off your first box and your first box ships free! Follow The Queen of Extreme on Twitter: @ECWDivaFrancine and si...
Jun 21, 2023•1 hr 1 min
An emotional emergency episode of Eyes Up Here is now available featuring Francine's candid and gut-wrenching thoughts on Darkside of the Ring's Season 4 debut episode, Chris and Tammy. Support Eyes Up Here by visiting: http://nativedeo.com/francine and use the promo code FRANCINE at checkout for 20% off Native sunscreen & deodorant! support Eyes Up Here & take care of your skin at the same time! Hello Fresh! Hellofresh.com/francine50 and use code FRANCINE50 for 50% off your first box an...
Jun 02, 2023•47 min
This week's Eyes Up Here with "The Queen of Extreme" Francine features a deep breakdown of ECW legend Sabu's AEW debut and the notion that AEW is using him "as a surprise for the sake of a surprise". We continue to look at the CM Punk / AEW drama: Chapter 85 as we get more details on Punk's possible AEW return and discuss the Darkside of The Ring: Season 4 plan that is coming to the Eyes Up Here YouTube channel. Support Eyes Up Here by visiting: http://nativedeo.com/francine and use the promo co...
May 30, 2023•58 min
This week's Eyes Up Here looks at the Bret Hart critique of Jon Moxley's use of blood in AEW and what happens when the ring microphone picks up the dialogue being spoken in the ring between wrestlers having a match. Support Eyes Up Here by visiting: http://nativedeo.com/francine and use the promo code FRANCINE at checkout for 20% off Native sunscreen & deodorant! support Eyes Up Here & take care of your skin at the same time! Hello Fresh! Hellofresh.com/francine50 and use code FRANCINE50...
May 07, 2023•55 min
Today's Eyes Up Here featuring SoCal Val is the controversial episode that features Val's comments about WWE's supposed hierarchy of female talent and how they select women for the Hall of Fame. Plus, Francine and Val watch their infamous kiss my foot match from WEW and look back at how they put it all together. Follow The Queen of Extreme on Twitter: @ECWDivaFrancine and sign up to Francine's YouTube channel: youtube.com/TheQueenofExtremeFrancineECW Hello Fresh! Hellofresh.com/francine50 and us...
Apr 28, 2023•1 hr 18 min
Eyes Up Here welcomes IMPACT Wrestling's PCO on this week's episode. After reinventing himself on countless occasions, PCO has entered another phase of his long career in IMPACT as a monster that is absolutely NOT HUMAN! Join us today as PCO and Francine talk PCO's WWF days as a Quebeccer, his brief stint in ECW and what is is like working with younger talent in 2023. Support Eyes Up Here by visiting: http://nativedeo.com/francine and use the promo code FRANCINE at checkout for 20% off Native su...
Apr 15, 2023•1 hr 5 min
An explosive post-WrestleMania Eyes Up Here with "The Queen of Extreme" Francine and "The Chadster" covers all the WrestleMania weeknd news and gossip. In addition to results from the 2 night premium live event, we discuss the WWE / UFC merger, the popularity of Vince McMahon's mustache and continuous critiques of the booking by WWE creative. Plus, Chad and Francine get into an argument about "Chadster" withholding news in relation to the RIck Steiner / Gisele Shaw incident. Support Eyes Up Here...
Apr 05, 2023•1 hr 2 min
Eyes Up Here presents an EXCLUSIVE audio podcast for Creative Control starting this week with a few stories that have hit the "Queen of Extreme's" radar over the last week. News pieces that include the ridiculous rumor of an AEW star appearing at WrestleMania, Kelly Kelly's pregnancy announcement, the continous CM Punk locker room drama and after a recent controversial livestream where SoCal Val stated Stacey Kiebler does not belong in the WWE HOF, Francine weighs in with her perspective on the ...
Mar 31, 2023•1 hr 5 min
Kevin Thorn guest hosts this week's Eyes Up Here. Francine invited the former ECW New Breed vampire to join us while she is on vacation to get us through another EXTREME CCNThorn.mp3 week of Eyes Up Here content. We kick it off with a look back at RAW is XXX and some of the critiques and huge praise coming out of that show. We also talk about Kevin's recent AEW appearance and his time in the 2007 Royal Rumble match. Support Eyes Up Here and The Queen of Extreme by heading over to Manscaped. Get ...
Feb 26, 2023•51 min
Today's Eyes Up Here welcomes the last ECW Champion and current IMPACT Wrestling star, Rhino. Rhino joins the show to take fan questions and tell old stories from his days with Francine in ECW. Support Eyes Up Here and The Queen of Extreme by heading over to Manscaped. Get 20% Off and Free Shipping with the code EYESUPHERE at Manscaped.com. That’s 20% off with free shipping at manscaped.com and use code EYESUPHERE. New Year, No Pubes in 2023 with MANSCAPED. Follow The Queen of Extreme on Twitter...
Feb 14, 2023•1 hr 16 min
Vince McMahon returning to WWE, the very controversial Karen Jarrett tweets and we hear all about the craziness that was Francine's Signed By Superstars New Years Eve live signing on an all-new Eyes Up Here w/ The Queen of Extreme, Francine. Follow The Queen of Extreme on Twitter: @ECWDivaFrancine and sign up to Francine's YouTube channel: youtube.com/TheQueenofExtremeFrancineECW Follow Chad on Twitter: @ChadIanB and on Instagram: @IBExclusives. Visit IBExclusives.com for sports and celebrity au...
Jan 14, 2023•49 min
Today we are joined by comedian Vinnie Paulino. Vinny joins the show to talk Comedy at the Carlson, the life of a standup comic and we find out what a creep-off is. Also, Vinnie and Francine discuss similarities between comedians and wrestlers and how the life of both sides of performing have both challenges as well as great rewards. Follow The Queen of Extreme on Twitter: @ECWDivaFrancine and sign up to Francine's YouTube channel: youtube.com/TheQueenofExtremeFrancineECW Follow Chad on Twitter:...
Jan 06, 2023•1 hr 3 min
We all see it. Some of us have hid them. But the Elf on The Shelf generates mixed reactions from everyone. Today we look at some naughty photos snapped of the loved...or hated little red elf. Merry Christmas 2022. Fight Camp: It’s time to join the biggest boxing community in the world without leaving your home. FightCamp packages start at just $99. They even offer some great financing options so you can get started for as low as $9 a month. To get everything you need, go to FightCamp.com/eyesuph...
Dec 26, 2022•20 min
oday's Eyes Up Here Xtra is a little more of the freestyle format. We talk about drama in the workplace, behind the scenes issues that occurred in ECW and how Francine managed to navigate through some muddy waters at times in the locker room. Fight Camp: It’s time to join the biggest boxing community in the world without leaving your home. FightCamp packages start at just $99. They even offer some great financing options so you can get started for as low as $9 a month. To get everything you need...
Dec 23, 2022•19 min
An all-new Eyes Up Here is now available for your listening pleasure. This week, Francine and "The Chadster" discuss the recent tweet by WWE Superstar Liv Morgan staking her claim to being the NEW "Queen of Extreme". Francine gives her response as well as critiques Liv's usage of the kendo stick on the last Smackdown. Fight Camp: It’s time to join the biggest boxing community in the world without leaving your home. FightCamp packages start at just $99. They even offer some great financing option...
Dec 14, 2022•51 min
Take a journey with Francine and Chad to look at some of the weirdest stipulation matches and match concepts ever booked in pro wrestling. From Punjabi Prisons to Chamber of Horrors, some of these will have you ask: Who booked this crap? Fight Camp: It’s time to join the biggest boxing community in the world without leaving your home. FightCamp packages start at just $99. They even offer some great financing options so you can get started for as low as $9 a month. To get everything you need, go ...
Dec 06, 2022•20 min
Today's Eyes Up Here Xtra is Freestyle 3. We are talking about random wrestling topics. This week we cover ECW's run on TNN and its first exposure to national television. Was this good or bad for business? Also, social media and kayfabe? Is there any way to make it work today? Follow The Queen of Extreme on Twitter: @ECWDivaFrancine and sign up to Francine's YouTube channel: youtube.com/TheQueenofExtremeFrancineECW Follow Chad on Twitter: @ChadIanB and on Instagram: @IBExclusives. Visit IBExclus...
Nov 25, 2022•31 min
Episode recorded live on YouTube featuring the amazing Mickie James. This interview covers IMPACT, NWA, Mickie's near signing with ECW and so much more! Follow The Queen of Extreme on Twitter: @ECWDivaFrancine and sign up to Francine's YouTube channel: youtube.com/TheQueenofExtremeFrancineECW Follow Chad on Twitter: @ChadIanB and on Instagram: @IBExclusives. Visit IBExclusives.com for sports and celebrity autograph signing opportunities. Also support our great sponsors: Athletic Greens: Head to ...
Nov 16, 2022•1 hr 14 min
If you were a Howard Stern fan from back in the day, you will love to hear about the odd downfall of the show and the incredibly sad story of Stuttering John. Joined by Hughezy, we riff on how mighty and the not so mighty have fallen. ------------ Follow The Queen of Extreme on Twitter: @ECWDivaFrancine and sign up to Francine's YouTube channel: youtube.com/TheQueenofExtremeFrancineECW Follow Chad on Twitter: @ChadIanB and on Instagram: @IBExclusives. Visit IBExclusives.com for sports and celebr...
Nov 13, 2022•36 min
