Perched On The Top Rope

Welcome everyone to Perched On The Top Rope!

Perched On The Top Rope is a professional wrestling/sports entertainment podcast. Shows drop Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday at 9 pm Eastern Time!

What can you expect from the show?

Wrestling Interviews: WWE Hall of Famers, IMPACT Wrestling Talents, former ECW, WCW, NJPW talents and more!

Wrestling News: Lee and Justin dish it out weekly with news, rumors, and PPV predictions!

Keeping The Peace With Former MLW Referee, Larry Peace: Former MLW Referee, Larry Peace comes on with a weekly segment called, Keeping The Peace. Larry shares some positive wrestling news!

HEAT Magnet: The Heat Magnet Segment was a limited-series that was so popular we turned it into a weekly segment! We look at who has heat in wrestling, and why!

Action Figure Talk: If you're a figure collector and need all the latest updates from WWE Elites, AEW, KWK and other wrestling related figure lines... Lee and Justin will keep you up-to-date with all the latest going on in the action figure world of wrestling!

Video Game Talk: No matter if its WWE 2k, AEW Fight Forever, or one of the various independent made videogames, we talk about them all and you can watch us play on Twitch at twitch.tv/perchedonthetoprope

Meet The Cast

The Host, Former Dirt Sheet Writer, Lee. Lee has written for dirt sheets such as The Daily DDT, Ringside News, and SportsKeeda. He's an avid collector of ring worn gear and wrestling figures! He's been a fan for over 30 years!

The Co-Host, The Perched Correspondent, Justin. Justin has attended over 120 wrestling shows from WWE, AEW, IMPACT Wrestling, ROH, and NJPW! He is also a figure collector!

Keeping The Peace, Larry Peace. Larry is a former MLW referee with nearly twenty years in the professional wrestling/sports entertainment business!

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Episodes

E132: IMPACT & The Third Era of Married Couple Champions, Santino Marella In-ring Return, Did Triple H Fail at Recruiting & More, OH MY!

Episode 132 of Perched On The Top Rope kicks off as Justin and Lee discuss IMPACT Rebellion results IMPACT crowns new Men and Women's Champions as both champions (Josh Alexander and Mickie James) forfeit their championships due to injury. the new champions, are married! :Justin shares some information that this is the third married couple to be the men's and women's champions in IMPACT. Listen and find out who they are... : Lee shares that the competitor who lost, might actually be leaving IMPAC...

Apr 21, 2023•1 hr 30 min

E131: CM Punk Back To AEW? Jeff Hardy Returns, Contracts Signings with WWE, NJPW, AEW & More, OH MY!

Episode 131 runs down the wrestling news of the week! Rumor has it CM Punk wants to return to AEW and AEW is gearing up for it as well. Hint Hint: June 21st looks pretty good... A current ROH champion re-signs a multi-year deal with AEW A current WWE star re-signs with WWE Jeff Hardy returns and we run down how long its been and why Matt Cardona - Greg The Hammer Valentine beef? Cardona opens up at what happened at WrestleCon between he and the WWE Hall of Famer! Support this podcast at — https:...

Apr 14, 2023•21 min

Perched On The Top Shelf EP6: WrestleMania Figure Reveals and more, OH MY!

While at WrestleMania, Perched On The Top Shelf was able to see so many new figures coming out, from WWE Retros, WWE Elite Series 102, 103, Greatest Hits, Monday Night Wars, Legends and more, OH MY! We go in depth on the WCW Nitro crowd funded Stage project. With the current amount of backers, we may not see any of these Ultimate Editions why? Is it the size of the stage? Is it the hefty price tag? Come talk figures with us! #WWEEliteSquad #WWERetro #WWE #ActionFigures #WrestlingNews #WWEPodcast...

Apr 12, 2023•21 min

E130: Our WrestleMania 39 Experience! RIP Bushwhacker Butch, WWE & AEW News & More, OH MY!

Episode 130 is unlike any other because we get to share our WrestleMania 39 experience with you! RIP Bushwhacker Butch Our host former dirt sheet writer, Lee has a lot of cherries popped attending his first SmackDown TV taping, FIRST WRESTLEMANIA, First Raw TV taping & more, OH MY! The schedule Friday Wrestle Con: The guys talk who the met and more The guys talk about Wrestle Con and who they met www.youtube.com/perchedonthetoprope for the vlog! They also talk the controversy that took place...

Apr 07, 2023•2 hr 56 min

E129: Roman Reigns-Cody Rhodes Promo's, AEW & Lack Of Introducing Stars In Other Companies, We Review The Big Event & ICONS Of Wrestling

We open the show talking about Monday Night Raw's Promo between Roman Reigns and Cody Rhodes. Roman Reigns on Cody Rhodes, "Let's look at your track record. You didn't want to do the Stardust thing, so what did you do? You ran away. You started a company and a promotion you couldn't get over in. And then you ran away.” WE ARE ON THE ROAD TO WRESTLEMANIA & PERCHED ON THE TOP ROPE WILL BE THERE!!! We discuss the Intercontinental Championship and the United States Championship having high profi...

Mar 24, 2023•1 hr 44 min

E128: Weekly Wrestling Rumors | WWE HOF | ROH, AEW, and NXT news| anddd HOT PTOATO, HOT POTATO!!

WELCOME....to another edition of PERCHED ON THE TOP ROPE!!! This week Lee,Justin, and Alex jump right into the buzz around this year's Wrestlemania and specifically... • WHERE THE HELL ARE THE HALL OF FAME ANNOUNCEMENTS!?!? Do they plan to announce any inductees before Wrestlemania weekend? Did they move when the HOF ceremoney wil be!? Will there even be a Hall Of Fame this year!? • #MickFoley would argue that there is going to be a Hall Of Fame Ceremony this year, as he was contacted by a forme...

Mar 10, 2023•1 hr 57 min

E127: AEW Revolution Predictions with SmackedRaw, Botched Shots and Chair Shots, and AEW Media Call with Tony Khan, OH MY!

Episode 127 features long time guests from SmackedRaw Podcast and Botched Spots & Chair Shots! Our guests join Alex, Lee and Justin to give AEW Revolution Predictions AEW WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 60-MINUTE IRON MAN MATCH: MJF (c) vs. Bryan Danielson TEXAS DEATH MATCH: “Hangman” Adam Page vs. Jon Moxley AEW WORLD TRIOS CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH: The Elite (c) vs. The House of Black THREE-WAY TAG TEAM MATCH FOR THE AEW WOMEN’S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: Jamie Hayter (c) vs. Ruby Soho vs. Saraya AEW TNT CHAMPIONSH...

Mar 04, 2023•2 hr 58 min

E126: IMPACT Wrestling No Surrender Predictions & Jai Vidal Interview

IMPACT Wrestling No Surrender Pre-Show Deonna Purrazzo vs. Gisele Shaw (with Jai Vidal) Jonathan Gresham vs. Mike Bailey NO SURRENDER MAIN CARD Impact Knockouts World Championship Mickie James (c) vs. Masha Slamovich Impact World Championship Josh Alexander (c) vs. Rich Swann Four-way match to determine the #1 contender to the Impact World Championship Brian Myers vs. Heath vs. PCO vs. Steve Maclin Six-man tag team match Time Machine (Alex Shelley, Chris Sabin, and Kushida) vs. Bullet Club (Ace ...

Feb 24, 2023•1 hr

E125: Interview With IMPACT Wrestling Jai Vidal

IMPACT Wrestling Jai Vidal joins Perched On The Top Rope for episode 125 In this interview we discuss : Congratulate Jay Vidal on seven years in professional wrestling : Being the first openly gay male signed to IMPACT Wrestling : Quotes from Scott D'Amore on signing Jai Vidal IMPACT Wrestling and it's supporting the LGBTQ Community : IMPACT's partnership with North American Gay Amateur Athletic Alliance : If he would ever take an ambassador position with IMPACT and LBGTQ community Jay talks mak...

Feb 23, 2023•19 min

E124: WWE Elimination Chamber and NJPW Battle In The Valley Predictions, and More. OH MY!

Episode 124 kicks off with a ten bell salute in memory of Jerry Jarrett who recently passed away. Perched Correspondent Justin, Twitch.tv/perchedonthetoprope Alex, and Former Dirt Sheet Writer, Lee discuss NJPW Battle In The Valley and give their predictions Double Main event II: IWGP World Heavyweight Championship: Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi Double Main Event I: IWGP Women’s Championship: KAIRI (c) vs. Mercedes Moné NJPW World TV Championship: Zack Sabre Jr. (c) vs. Clark Connors...

Feb 17, 2023•1 hr 32 min

E123: Jerry The King Lawler Update, MJF Promo Leave Nassau County Sheriff's Office to Respond, and more, OH MY!

Episode 123 opens with Lee and Justin giving an update on Jerry The King Lawler after recent health scare. #WWE The guys talk a bit about the WWE Elimination Chamber matches Raw Number 1 Contender Women's Elimination Chamber United States Championship Elimination Chamber Who qualified Who is being tested for a single run Why not a Intercontinental Elimination Chamber match 3.Roman and Sami Zayn feud that started at the #RoyalRumble leaving Sami out of The Bloodline and what about Jey? Monday Nig...

Feb 10, 2023•1 hr 14 min

Perched On the Top Shelf: Hasbro Series Three Review

On this episode of Perched On the Top Shelf, Lee and Justin review Series Three in the WWF Hasbro Line. The line would come with controversy! What's that mean? Well, two figures ended up having major changes develop with their characters which saw a change. Who were the two? Tune in and find out! In total, WWF Hasbro had Big Bossman - No Sunglasses Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake - Zebra Trunks with sheers Earthquake Greg "The Hammer" Valentine Hulk Hogan - Red Bandana, Hulkster Rules Shirt Koko B....

Feb 09, 2023•47 min

E122: The Road To Wrestlemania is Underway | Cody vs Roman, and more matches! | Timothy Thatcher AEW Debut | Samoa Joe is Back....and so is Generic Wardlow | Mox caught bleeding, and more!!

We are on the road to Wrestlemania!! • After the smoke has settled from #WWERoyalRumble we talk confirmed and speculated Wrestlemania matches which include: Confirmed #CodyRhodes vs #RomanReigns (c) #RheaRipley vs #CharlotteFlair (c) Speculated #DominikMysterio vs #ReyMysterio (possibly in a Hair vs Mask match?) #SethRollins vs #LoganPaul #BobbyLashley vs #BrockLesnar #BiancaBelair vs #Asuke or #RhondaRousey We talk about the MASSIVE ending to The Royal Rumble PLE, with #SamiZayn and #TheBloodli...

Feb 03, 2023•1 hr 12 min

E121: Jay Briscoe Tribute, Perched Correspondent’s Experience at WWE Raw XXX, Update on AEW Fight Forever & 2k23, Royal Rumble Predictions and More, OH MY!

Jay Briscoe Tribute with Ten Bell Salute Perched Correspondent Justin shares his experience at WWE Raw XXX. Justin shows off the exclusive at show memorabilia and what he bought. Alex shares why Becky vs Bayley cage match was cut short The guys talk about AEW Fight Forever and what is causing a delay on the game coming out. They also talk WWE 2k23 being up for pre-order at www.2kgames.com and wweshop.com. Royal Rumble Predictions to win a signed #WWEElite listen to the show and pick who guessed ...

Jan 27, 2023•1 hr 45 min

E120: Rest In Peace Jay Briscoe, WWE & Vince McMahon News, Dustin Rhodes versus Heroes Hideout and more, OH MY!

The show kicks off with a ten bell salute in honor of the current Ring of Honor tag Team Champion, Jay Briscoe passed away January 17th. The guys talk Jay Briscoe's career, and the details surrounding Briscoe's death and an update on his daughters who were also in the accident. We here at Perched On The Top Rope send our thoughts and condolences to the Briscoe family Last year, we talked WWE being for sale. This time, we talk who's in the lead to buy who had been rumored to buy WWE and what Vinc...

Jan 20, 2023•51 min

E119: Mercedes Mone NJPW, Signs With AEW? Vince McMahon Back To WWE! WWE For Sale? WWE Stock Raises, IMPACT News, AEW and more, OH MY!

Episode 119 FTR loses their IWGP Tag Team Championships, within weeks they lost the ROH and AAA Tag Team Titles as well. On Dax Hardwood's new podcast, he admitted their #AEW contracts run out in the spring. What is their plan if they don't re-sign? Omega - Osprey Match Review What's up wit Jay White and AEW? Leaving NJPW soon? Mercedes Mone fka #SashaBanks debuted in #NJPW WrestleKingdom 17. She made her botch-a-mania point and hear how Lee and Justin feel about her debut. She's also signed a c...

Jan 06, 2023•42 min

E118: Dragon Lee to WWE, FTR News, First Star Announced for Raw 30th Anniversary Show, IMPACT Wrestling Re-signing's and more, OH MY!

All the updated news on Dragon Lee signing with #WWE FTR dropping #ROH and #AAA Tag Team Titles, When are they done with #AEW ? Lee and Alex let you know. The WWE Raw 30th Anniversay show has been announced and one WWE Legend announced on his personal #Facebook he will be there! Find out who! If Chelsea Green returns to WWE, will she join #ToxicAttraction in NXT? IMPACT Wrestling Re-signs someone part of The Major Figure Wrestling Podcast! Social Media: Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/PerchedOn...

Dec 30, 2022•39 min

E117: Mandy Rose Released From WWE....Double Standard?? AEW, Ring Of Honor, and WWE News...OH MY!

E117: Mandy Rose Released From WWE....Double Standard?? AEW, Ring Of Honor, and WWE News...OH MY! Welcome to another episode of PERCHED ON THE TOP ROPE! We are back today after a small hiatus away, and boy do we have a lot to talk about! • Mandy Rose's WWE release is a hug topic this week as we talk about how it happened, where we agree with WWE, where we agree with Mandy, and whether or not it is a double standard (shout out to Santi from Straight Shoot Wrestling for bringing this up) ...speaki...

Dec 16, 2022•1 hr 47 min

E116: Interview w/ Former NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion, "Rugged" Ron Garvin

Interview w/ Former NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion, "Rugged" Ron Garvin In this episode of Perched On The Top Rope, Lee Walker sat down with Former NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion, "Rugged" Ron Garvin for a career introspective. Topics included: • Who Ron was trained by...hint it was NOT Pat Patterson contrary to what all records say • Thoughts on owning ICW and then being worked into the angles • His feud with "Macho Man" Randy Savage AND MORE!! Tune in because this is a good one!! Hey, while ...

Dec 12, 2022•57 min

Perched On The Top Shelf: WWF Hasbros Series 2

Perched On The Top Shelf continues its first mini-series with the WWF Hasbro line. We showcase Series 2 of the WWF Hasbro line! featuring names such as Hulk Hogan, Ultimate Warrior, "Macho King" Randy Savage, Honky Tonk Man, "Million Dollar Man" Ted Dibiase, "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka, "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan, & "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes! #WWF #HulkHogan #UltimateWarrior #MachoKing #RandySavage #HonkyTonkMan #MillionDollarMan #TedDibiase #RowdyRoddyPiper #Superfly #Jimm...

Dec 09, 2022•37 min

Perched On The Top Shelf Episode 11: WWF Hasbro Tag Teams

Perched On The Top Shelf continues its first mini-series with the WWF Hasbro line. We showcase the Hasbro figures that were released with 2 figures on the card such as The Rockers, The Bushwackers, Demolition, The Nasty Boys, The Legion of Doom and even the unreleased Rhythm & Blues! #WWF #ShawnMichaels #MartyJannetty #BushwackerLuke #BushwackerButch #Smash #Crush #HonkyTonkMan #GregValentine #BrianKnobbs #JerrySaggs #Hawk #Animal #Rockers #Bushwackers #Demolition #RythymAndBlues #RoadWarrio...

Nov 30, 2022•56 min

E115: Austin Theory Gimmick Change, NXT Iron Survivor Challenge, and AEW Full Gear Predictions...OH MY!!

E115: Austin Theory Gimmick Change, NXT Iron Survivor Challenge, and AEW Full Gear Predictions...OH MY!! Alex and Justin are back this week and the agenda in this week of pro wrestling is AS FOLLOWED: • Austin theory's gimmick change....selfies no more!? • Shawn Michaels announced the NXT Iron Survivor Challenge...we go over the rules and give our thoughts • AEW Full Gear 2022 Predictions! Who do the boys think will win? The card is as followed: PRE SHOW- *Brian Cage vs the winner of Lance Arche...

Nov 19, 2022•1 hr 34 min

E114: Road Dogg better than Bret Hart?, Worst MITB Cash In ever?, Women's Wrestling Galore, Logan Paul and The Usos Chasing Glory, OH MY!

Episode 114 Justin and Alex dive into the comments made by "Road Dogg" Jesse James about being a better professional wrestler than Bret "The Hitman" Hart. What was he thinking? We also talk about one of the most puzzling Money In The Bank Cash ins ever when Austin Theory Cashed in this past week on Monday Night Raw against United States Champion, Seth " Freakin' " Rollins....we're still scratching our head on this one, guys. We talk about Logan Paul's gutsy performance at Crown Jewell against Un...

Nov 11, 2022•1 hr 21 min

Perched On The Top Shelf Episode 11: WWF Hasbros: Tag Teams

Perched On The Top Shelf continues its first mini-series with the WWF Hasbro line. In this video, we showcase the Hasbro figures that were released with 2 figures on the card such as The Rockers, The Bushwackers, Demolition, The Nasty Boys, The Legion of Doom and even the unreleased Rhythm & Blues! #WWF #ShawnMichaels #MartyJannetty #BushwackerLuke #BushwackerButch #Smash #Crush #HonkyTonkMan #GregValentine #BrianKnobbs #JerrySaggs #Hawk #Animal #Rockers #Bushwackers #Demolition #RythymAndBl...

Nov 09, 2022•5 min

E113: WWE Crown Jewel Predictions, Jeff Jarrett is #ALLELITE, Danhausen News and more, Very Nice Very EVIL!

Episode 113 of Perched On The Top Rope brings Lee, Justin and Alex to discuss WWE Crown Jewel this Saturday! Undisputed WWE Universal Championship #RomanReigns (c) vs. #LoganPaul Raw Women's Championship (Last Woman Standing Match) #BiancaBelair (c) vs. #Bayley One-on-One #BrockLesnar vs #BobbyLashley Steel Cage Match #DrewMcIntyre vs. #KarrionKross One-on-One #BraunStrowman vs. #Omos The O.C. vs. The Judgement Day Undisputed Tag Team Championship The Usos (c) vs. The Brawling Brutes Women's Tag...

Nov 04, 2022•1 hr 33 min

Perched On The Top Shelf EP 10 WWF Hasbro Series 1

Figure collectors rejoice! Episode ten starts with the first Perched On The Top Shelf Mini Series with the WWF Hasbro Line! Listen to Lee explain series one by talking about his Ax and Smash prototype cards! We also go into detail about Series one first release, with older ages being 5 & up. WWF Hasbro series one also had little colored cards and no Official over the WWF logo! ..but wait, there's more! Lee and Justin showcase the differences between the bio-cards of Ultimate Warrior, Akeem, ...

Nov 03, 2022•1 hr 2 min

E111: Bret Hart Virtual Signing Comments, NXT Halloween Havoc, Ultimo Dragon News and AEW Fired Someone, OH MY!

We would like to send our condolences to the family and friends of AEW Lead Video Engineer, Brian Muster. We would like to send our condolences to the family and friends of Tristen Nash. Tristen is the son of WWE Hall of Famer, Kevin Nash. May they both Rest In Peace. Episode 111 The Perched Boys comment on #BretHart recent virtual signing with K & S Wrestlefest where Bret Hart comments on serval things such as, Who he would have liked to have faced Compares a current #WWE star to #AndreTheG...

Oct 21, 2022•1 hr 14 min

Perched On The Top Shelf Ep8: WWE Elite 2-Pack Reviews

In episode eight, The Perched Boys review all the WWE Elite Two Packs! The history behind #WWEElite Two Packs originally started off from a videogame promotion back in 2011! Flash forward to 2016 and #Mattel blessed fans with three two packs! K-Mart Exclusive WWE Hall of Fame Target Exclusive WWE Hall of Fame Target Exclusive In 2017, #WWE opened the vault for a two-pack with original Elite packaging from 2011 (or what it would have looked like if they had done two-packs and tag teams). It would...

Oct 19, 2022•1 hr 13 min

E111: MAJOR SPOILER ON WWE RETURNS FOR WYATT 6, IMPACT SOILERS 10-2o & MORE, OH MY!

Perched On The Top Rope Episode 111 comes with major spoilers! WWE News Discussed DX Reunion Hit or Flop? Seth Rollins becomes second two time Gland Slam champion winning the US Title defeating Bobby Lashley thanks to the return of BROCK LESNAR! and Justin, Alex, and Lee share their thoughts. Bray Wyatt exclusive to SmackDown and it turns out, he might not be alone. Rumor has it Bo Dallas is returning, and Lee shares who he knows as a Wyatt 6 member! The Perched Correspondent Justin breaks down ...

Oct 14, 2022•1 hr 14 min

Perched On The Top Shelf EP8: WWE New Gen Arena Review + WWF Hasbro Custom Maker, Chris Fantom

WWE New Gen Arena Review + WWF Hasbro Custom Maker, Chris Fantom Joins The Show! On episode 8 of Perched On The Top Shelf, Lee, Justin and Chris review the #Mattel Ultimate Edition New Gen Arena. They break everything down right from the box and best description possible. While Lee enjoys the light up New Gen Entrance, being a stickler, Lee owns custom #WWF entrances which for legal purposes, #WWE and #Mattel cannot do. So, Lee compares them, but the WWF lights don't do the different effects tha...

Oct 12, 2022•1 hr 2 min

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