It's the bonus show from 5 years ago, and it was a halfway decent Ring of Honor show. Very few things fell flat from this show in Nevada as Jay Lethal defends the World Title against Will Ospreay match, Jushin Liger takes on Kenny King, The Briscoes defend the Tag Titles against The Addiction, Sumie Sakai puts the Women of Honor Title on the line against Tenille Dashwood, and much more! In the news, we talk about Brie Bella kicking Liv Morgan in the face and possibly concussing her, Mia Yim sign...
Sep 22, 2023•1 hr 54 min
Aces & Eights is running wild while concealing their identities from the world, the masked biker gang is injuring wrestlers all over the place, Hulk Hogan IS NOT happy, and the Bound for Glory Series is coming to a close. Besides all that chaos...things are honestly pretty mid in TNA in 2012. Aside from this, the Tag Titles are on the line as The Bad Influence defends against Kurt Angle & AJ Styles, Zema Ion defends the X-Division Title against Sonjay Dutt, Austin Aries calls out a membe...
Sep 20, 2023•1 hr 56 min
It's back to one of the worst years in wrestling, 1993! Sure, 1995 rightfully always gets the title of "worst year ever," but 1993 gave it a run for its money. There were a few shining lights on this show, like Lord Steven Regal battling it out with Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat for the TV Title, Arn Anderson & Paul Roma vs. The Nasty Boys was...fine...Ric Flair defending the WCW International World Heavyweight Title (real name) against Rick Rude was decent but worse than you'd expect, and th...
Sep 13, 2023•2 hr 3 min
It's sometimes nice to see "new people" being put in the main event, but not this time. Balls Mahoney ends up going one-on-one with Rob Van Dam to close the show and it was NOT GOOD. A SHOULD BE main event ECW Title match is actually near the middle of the card. It also goes from Taz defending against Masato Tanaka to a Three Way Dance when Mike Awesome gets involved...AND WINS! This will open the door to a HUGE controversy for ECW that involves WCW and the WWF as Taz is on his way out and, unbe...
Sep 06, 2023•2 hr 16 min
This was honestly a pretty memorable SummerSlam for 2 reasons--Brock Lesnar absolutely tossing John Cena around like a young child and the fact that most of the attires worn on this show made it onto Mattel action figures! We review this show that was at a weird point in time for WWE. Brock Lesnar just broke the Undertaker's WrestleMania undefeated streak earlier in the year, so he was on a tear. Brie Bella was feuding with Stephanie McMahon and was about to transition into a feud with her own t...
Aug 30, 2023•1 hr 39 min
Every NXT TakeOver in Brooklyn was awesome and you can count on one hand (with having fingers left over) at how many NXT TakeOver events weren't absolutely amazing. We've got a rematch between Johnny Gargano and NXT Champion Tommaso Ciampa, but this time, it's Last Man Standing. Kairi Sane also goes for the NXT Women's Title against defending champion Shayna Baszler. Adam Cole puts his North American Title on the line against Ricochet. EC3 and Velveteen Dream also clash. And we open this card wi...
Aug 25, 2023•1 hr 39 min
In 2017, Cody Rhodes wasn't in WWE or AEW--he was the reigning, defending Ring of Honor World Heavyweight Champion. On this show, one of the biggest of the ROH calendar year, he defended that title against visiting NJPW talent Minoru Suzuki in the main event. Unfortunately, that was fairly unimpressive. On the bright side, most of the rest of the card was really freakin' good. We see A LOT of the Young Bucks on this night as they defend the Tag Titles as well as attempt to win the Six Man Tag Ti...
Aug 23, 2023•1 hr 32 min
Vince Russo may be gone from WWF, but some of his booking philosophy still remains. That's evident here in 2000, which was both a great year and a ridiculously stupid year in Vince McMahon's House of Hunky Men. We have the infamous E&C vs. Dudley Boyz vs. Hardy Boyz TLC match for the WWF Tag Titles on this show, Shane McMahon takes a bump for the highlight reels when he faces Steve Blackman for the Hardcore Title, and The Rock defends the WWF World Title against Triple H and Kurt Angle, who ...
Aug 16, 2023•2 hr 12 min
Going all the way back to 2008, we get to see a lot of great stars who never "made it big" outside of ROH as well as some pretty recognizable stars from today's AEW and WWE. This was during Nigel McGuinness's awesome run as ROH World Champion! We also get to see the Briscoe Brothers in action, Kevin Steen & El Generico vs. The Motor City Machine Guns, the Age of the Fall splinters, Sweet & Sour Inc. are getting on everyone's nerves, and much more. In the news, we talk about Stephanie McM...
Aug 09, 2023•1 hr 50 min
An imposter Undertaker has been running around the WWF for a while as Paul Bearer threatens to bring back THE REAL Undertaker for this Spider-Man pointing meme of a showdown at the 2nd biggest PPV on the WWF's calendar. Bret Hart also defends his WWF World Title against his baby brother, Owen, in one of the greatest cage matches of all time. The thing a lot of people may forget about this show, though, is that "The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase is EEEEVERYWHERE on this thing! He's involved in ...
Aug 02, 2023•2 hr 1 min
WCW went all-in with Bash at the Beach 1998, and it paid off in money but not with show quality. Even matches like Eddie Guerrero vs. Chavo Guerrero and Chris Jericho vs. a returning Rey Mysterio weren't all that great, dragged down by the overall show. Goldberg literally won the WCW World Title from Hollywood Hogan 6 days before this show, in the Georgia Dome, and he put that title on the line against Curt Hennig. That match felt like such an after thought and didn't last long, making Hennig lo...
Jul 26, 2023•2 hr 8 min
This show was definitely the epitome of "the Vince Russo era" of WCW. There were jumpstarts, afterbirths, tournaments, weapons all over the place, no real heels or faces, whacky turns, returns out of nowhere, and Russo himself on camera. Lance Storm was certainly the star of this show, but let's be honest...there are NO STARS in this era of WCW. The new United States Champion is crowned, Scott Steiner and Goldberg collide, 3 Count & the Jung Dragons continue their never ending feud, Jeff Jar...
Jul 21, 2023•2 hr 42 min
For the second In Your House event, we're going back to 1995. The main event was a battle for the WWF Title between champion Diesel and challenger Sycho Sid. The ring is surrounded by hand-picked babyfaces for Diesel and the Million Dollar Corporation, paid off by Ted DiBiase. This wasn't the best match of the night, however, as Jeff Jarrett not only did a live performance of "With My Baby Tonight," but also defended his Intercontinental Title against Shawn Michaels. To this day, Jeff Jarrett sa...
Jul 19, 2023•1 hr 47 min
In 1994, Hulk Hogan made the leap from the WWF to WCW (with a short hiatus in between). We've covered the end of Hogan's WWE career in previous podcasts and now we're touching on the beginning of his WCW career as he FINALLY goes one-on-one with "Nature Boy" Ric Flair for the WCW Title. This match has been talked about for years and years, built up since Flair joined the WWF in late 1991, and it never happened...until now! Also on this card, "Stunning" Steve Austin defends his United States Titl...
Jul 12, 2023•1 hr 44 min
It's ironic that the main event was titled a Stairway to Hell match, because most of ECW was like watching pro wrestling from Hell. It wasn't all bad, though, as we got a decent ECW World Title match between Tommy Dreamer and Justin Credible, a great Four Corners match between Yoshihiro Tajiri, Mikey Whipwreck, Little Guido and Psicosis, Jerry Lynn and Steve Corino had a great match, and we've got a fantastic Six-Man Tag match. Rob Van Dam tries to drag Scotty Anton (the former Scotty Riggs) to ...
Jul 05, 2023•2 hr 5 min
Get ready to cash in with the Marks! AJ Styles and Shinsuke Nakamura had been feuding over the WWE Title since before WrestleMania 34, and it's culminating now in a Last Man Standing match. Two of the best in the world clash for the third time this year! On top of that, the other competitors in the men's Money in the Bank match look to keep down "The Monster Among Men," "The Goddess" Alexa Bliss looks to win her first Money in the Bank match, Carmella looks to escape this event still the SmackDo...
Jun 28, 2023•1 hr 51 min
TNA's first anniversary show was treated like just any other show. However, we did get Sting, Jeff Jarrett, AJ Styles, and a debuting Sean Waltman in the main event...for whatever that's worth. Vince Russo's fingerprints and face was all over this one. It was ridiculous "crash TV" at its "finest" (for lack of a better term). We've got former WWE, WCW, and ECW guys here as well as young NWA talents. In the news, two legends of the business pass away, Kurt Angle returns, Rocky Johnson gets hired b...
Jun 23, 2023•1 hr 52 min
This is one of the best shows from this era of WCW and one of the greatest Great American Bash shows of all time! Your hosts, Troy & Greg, have personally seen this show 3-4 times. It was Sting's crowning achievement of FINALLY beating Ric Flair to sit atop the mountain as the WCW World Heavyweight Champion. The future Undertaker, "Mean" Mark Callous, also takes on Lex Luger for Luger's United States Title. This was actually Mark's "audition" for the WWF, which we discuss on the podcast. The...
Jun 21, 2023•2 hr 12 min
The main event involved murder. That's right! On a major WWE pay-per-view, someone was going to die. Why? Who knows! The Undertaker was fighting for the life of Paul Bearer against the Dudley Boyz in a handicap match dubbed The Concrete Crypt match. It was never said that if the Undertaker lost, Paul would be buried in concrete. Paul Heyman simply said that if the Undertaker "didn't do the right thing," Bearer would be buried. W...T...F? Also on this card, Eddie Guerrero puts his WWE Title on th...
Jun 14, 2023•1 hr 58 min
Wrestling was in a weird place in 1994. Having said that, this may have been one of the weakest King of the Ring events of all time, but we did get one of the greatest matches under 4 minutes ever and a glimpse into the future of the WWF as Diesel takes on Bret Hart. The main event of this show was also one straight out of the Over the Hill Club as Jerry "The King" Lawler and "Rowdy" Roddy Piper face off in a comedically bad match that even bordered on "boring" at times. At least we've got some ...
Jun 07, 2023•2 hr 10 min
The biggest moment of Jay Briscoe's career happened at this show, in the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City. Possibly the biggest name Ring of Honor had seen in years, Kevin Steen (now Kevin Owens in WWE) was the reigning ROH Champion and had Steve Corino's SCUM stable backing him up. All the odds were stacked against Jay, and this was fantastic! Jay Lethal also did battle with Michael Elgin for #1 contendership at the World Title, the American Wolves faced off against reDRagon for the ROH Ta...
May 31, 2023•1 hr 43 min
On April 29, 1999, WWF basically aired a pilot for SmackDown! on UPN. Not a whole lot of great wrestling happened here, but there were some good moments. The New Age Outlaws went for the World Tag Titles and then split up, Vince McMahon tries to show a kinder side of himself, X-Pac and Kane continue their weird partnership, Ken Shamrock and the Big Show look for revenge on The Corporation, and The Corporate Ministry officially forms. In the news, we discuss tragedy befalling The British Bulldog'...
May 26, 2023•2 hr 41 min
THAT'S RIGHT! IT'S BATTLE BOWL! What does that mean? It means we're getting 30 matches on 1 freaking pay-per-view. Will they mean anything? Sure, if you think "randomly" selecting tag partners to face off until they finally get into a mid-card battle royal where the prize is a literal ring...then yeah, it means something. Besides that, we've got Dean Malenko putting his Cruiserweight Title on the line against Brad Armstrong (older brother of Road Dogg), Konnan defending the United States Title a...
May 24, 2023•2 hr 25 min
For an ECW, we've done way worse and we WILL DO way worse. This one actually wasn't that bad. There were, per usual, a lot of very questional booking decisions. There were also some God awful matches and the usual ECW tropes. However, those weren't enough to drag this show down to the depths of usual ECW pay-per-views. Taz was supposed to wrestle Chris Candido in the main event, but that didn't happen because Candido and Tammy were leaving, so Heyman wanted to squash him early. So, instead, we g...
May 17, 2023•1 hr 59 min
The set is one of the most iconic ever for a WWE pay-per-view, but one word sums this show up: mid! From surprisingly disappointing matches from RVD & Rey Mysterio vs. The Dudley Boyz to Undertaker vs. Booker T, to not shockingly disappointing matches like Rico & Charlie Haas vs. Hardcore Holly & Billy Gunn to John Cena vs. Rene Dupree to Torrie Wilson vs. Dawn Marie, and even the debut of Mordecai vs. Scotty 2 Hotty...this show was meh. The main event was incredibly bloody, however,...
May 10, 2023•1 hr 48 min
This really was a 1-match show, but that 1 match sure delivered the goods! In the main event WarGames match, Sting's Squadron (Sting, Barry Windham, Dustin Rhodes, Ricky Steamboat and Nikita Koloff) faced off against the Dangerous Alliance (Steve Austin, Rick Rude, Arn Anderson, Bobby Eaton and Larry Zbyszko) in a bloody, brutal, awesome match full of carnage! A match to determine the #1 contenders for the IWGP Tag Team Titles (involving the Steiners) is also pretty good, partners Flyin' Brian a...
May 03, 2023•2 hr 22 min
TNA was shippin' off the Boston for 2008's Lockdown event! In the main event, we've got Samoa Joe vs. Kurt Angle for the TNA World Title and Joe's career is on the line. In Lethal Lockdown, it's an all-star cast of Team Christian Cage vs. Team Tomko! The rest of the card was...meh. It was there. It was nothing to write home about, but we have some fun laughing at some of this ridiculous booking. There are multiple matches where they try to see how many people you can jam into one cage, one match...
Apr 26, 2023•2 hr
Yes...this is THAT SHOW. Not only did the main event of the secondary show involve a tag-team match for the WCW World Heavyweight Title, but a Hollywood actor pinned the President of the company to win the belt. Yup...this is all real. This would also be the third title change in less than 2 weeks. WCW was dead at this point, but this just really drove the knife in deeper, making sure that body was a corpse. Beyond this, we've got Ernest Miller in action against Bam Bam Bigelow, Billy Kidman con...
Apr 21, 2023•2 hr 12 min
We're taking a trip down memory lane to revisit one of the least memorable events in WCW history, Spring Stampede 1998. You'd think that with the list of big names on this show, it would've been a hit, but that didn't work for us, BROTHER! There were some good matches, like Booker T vs. Chris Benoit, Ultimo Dragon vs. Chavo Guerrero, Chris Jericho vs. Prince Iaukea for the Cruiserweight Title, and even Raven vs. DDP for the US Title was a mess...but a fun mess. Other than that, Rick Steiner and ...
Apr 19, 2023•2 hr 8 min
This may be one of the greatest ECW shows ever and was their very first ever pay-per-view. Terry Funk takes on the Sandman and Stevie Richards in a 3-Way Dance where the winner will face Raven in the main event for the ECW Title. This was a big, crowning moment not only for Funk but also for the company as a whole. Shane Douglas and Pitbull #2 had a brutal brawl over Douglas breaking Pitbull #1's neck. Taz and Sabu has an awesome fight to culminate their blood feud, and this one ends in a big tw...
Apr 12, 2023•2 hr 2 min
