Happy Turkey Day! It may be a holiday but your favorite retro wrestling podcast doesn't take days off. A perfect way to celebrate the day is with our discussion of the 1997 event featuring possibly the greatest Halloween Havoc match of all time. Taking place on October 26, 1997 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas in front of nearly 12,500 fans. Some of the greatest matches in this series take place on this show. And maybe one of the worst as well. Will the good matches outweigh the bad when we rank th...
Nov 26, 2020•2 hr 14 min•Season 2Ep. 9
Was Raw or Smackdown triumphant last night? How did we all celebrate the Undertaker's 30th anniversary? And what was the match of the night? Continuing the singles runs from your trios tag team champions, Matty Treats reacts to last night's WWE Survivor Series pay per view. Multiple matches took place featuring the Raw champion against their counterpart on the Smackdown brand. Plus two classic 5 on 5 Survivor Series matches. All of this and to the day this is the 30th anniversary of the Undertak...
Nov 23, 2020•23 min
You know what's great? This podcast. And we have another fun filled episode for you today. This is the first Halloween Havoc in the nWo era and the entire landscape of WCW has changed. Today's historic event took place October 27, 1996 from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Paradise (Las Vegas), Nevada in front of 10,000 fans. These fans came out to see former rival and potential WCW Savior Macho Man Randy Savage take on the recently turned Hollywood Hulk Hogan for the WCW World title. But wait! The...
Nov 19, 2020•2 hr 17 min•Season 2Ep. 8
Happy Monday morning. Did any wrestling news happen since last week? Welcome to the first edition of Kevin's Soapbox. The Masked Library is solo on today's episode of The Run In, but he has something to say about wrestling. Starting off with thoughts about WWE releasing Zelina Vega. Hellions mentions unions and independent contractor status. That is followed up with the rumour that WWE will no longer have house shows once they can start touring again. Kevin reminisces on previous house show memo...
Nov 16, 2020•23 min
Oh baby! It's finally time for one of the most memorable, most iconic moments in wrestling history. When wrestling fans are asked to name the greatest matches of all time, certain names are guaranteed to come up. Flair, Hart, Michaels, and of course Sumo Monster Trucks. Taking place on October 29, 1995 (with the Monster Truck angle taped the night before) from the Joe Louis Arena and Cobo Hall in Detroit, Michigan in front of 13,000 fans. The night builds up for Machine vs Machine and Man vs Man...
Nov 12, 2020•1 hr 50 min•Season 2Ep. 7
Good Monday morning! On today's special episode of The Run In, Matty Treats breaks down Saturday night's All Elite Wrestling pay per view - Full Gear. Joining him to discuss every match is the 4th member of the trios tag team champions - Krone Meltzer. The resident AEW break down crew looks at an incredible night of wrestling. The winners, the losers, the Elite, and so much more. AEW Full Gear matches include: Serena Deeb (NWA Women's champion) vs Allysin Kay. Kenny Omega vs Hangman Adam Page. O...
Nov 09, 2020•46 min
Today is the end of an era. Finally, after becoming the biggest champions of the 1980s in separate companies, Hulk Hogan and Ric Flair will collide. However, only one will survive, because tonight is a retirement match! We will never see one of these legends ever wrestle again! Over 14,000 fans packed the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit Michigan on October 23, 1994 to see which one of these men is truly the real world champion. Hogan brings plenty of his WWF friends along with him to WCW and the 1994...
Nov 05, 2020•2 hr 12 min•Season 2Ep. 6
Your trios tag team champions do it once again. We put the retro back into public consciousness and WWE hears us. Much like In Your House returned earlier this year, the NXT brand has brought back Halloween Havoc after 20 years in dormancy. On Wednesday October 28, 2020 NXT from the Capitol Wrestling Center in Orlando, Florida put on their version of Halloween Havoc. We compare the live version to the Hulu version. Break down the matches. Look at all the call backs to classic WCW events. And so ...
Oct 31, 2020•48 min
When an idea works, the best thing to do is use the idea again. That's right. It's time to Spin the Wheel, Make the Deal once more! Tonight's event aired October 24, 1993 from the Lakefront Arena in New Orleans, Louisiana in front of 6000 fans. Confusion reigns in WCW. Big Van Vader is the champion, but WCW has another world title at this time. The Educator breaks down the behind the scenes history of the WCW International World title. Who is the franchise of WCW? Sting and Sid will battle it ou...
Oct 29, 2020•2 hr 32 min•Season 2Ep. 5
Usually our listeners have the pleasure of waking up with your trios tag team champions. This Monday, wake up with the same person one of the hosts wakes up with. Today is a Hellions take over as the Masked Library Kevin Hellions is joined by his wife, Mrs Hellions, for the entire episode. Elise Hellions watched the October 21, 2020 episode of NXT as part of the House Show’s preparation for NXT Halloween Havoc. Your usual hosts have years of experience and try to stay up to date on the product. ...
Oct 26, 2020•26 min
It's time. Time for the most famous phrase in Halloween Havoc history. It's time to... Spin the Wheel. Make the Deal! That's right. Tonight's event happened October 25, 1992, from the Philadelphia Civic Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in front of 7,000 loud wrestling fans. What is the main event? Sting and Jake "the Snake" Roberts will face off in a match with an unknown stipulation. Sting must spin a wheel full of dangerous specialty matches and accept whichever one the wheel finally lands...
Oct 22, 2020•1 hr 50 min•Season 2Ep. 4
Wow. That was more controversial than we anticipated. The House Show fantasy draft is over and the listeners have raised many complaints and concerns. We bring on super fan and internet wrestling community sensation Krone Meltzer to speak for the fans. Krone breaks down the hits and misses from a fan point of view. There is no holding back on today's episode. All three of your co-hosts get what's coming to them. And if you want something coming to you, we suggest some new threads. You can show y...
Oct 19, 2020•20 min
It’s time for “an evening of terrifying destruction”! This third installment of the series took place October 27, 1991 at the UTC Arena in Chattanooga, Tennessee for nearly 9000 fans. The evening begins with one of the most infamous matches in Havoc history – the Chamber of Horrors! Eight men battle it out in a steel cage, and one will be electrocuted! The night ends with a two out of three falls battle for the WCW World Heavyweight title when champion Lex Luger takes on Ron Simmons. Those match...
Oct 15, 2020•2 hr 22 min•Season 2Ep. 3
We start the day like we start all good days - with breakfast Skittles! Some birthday party talk. We respond to the recent NXT Halloween Havoc announcement and make our own announcement. Then it’s time for part 2 of our Draft! We respond to our listeners’ comments on last week’s controversial pick. Finally we get into rounds 11-20 of our Draft. Check out the rosters for Team Hellions, Hard Knox University, and Treats Brand. The anger and frustration build throughout the picks. Strategy comes int...
Oct 12, 2020•56 min
It's time once again to break down all the winners and losers over today's 3 hour wrestling event. Except, this time, someone dropped the ball. Find out how Kevin messed up and lost an hour of the PPV. All three hours were seen live on October 27, 1990 in Chicago, Illinois at the UIC Pavilion for 8,000 fans. Four matches were deleted for the VHS release, and that is the version that the WWE Network airs. But the big matches for the World title, the U.S. title, and tag after tag after tag team ma...
Oct 08, 2020•2 hr 6 min•Season 2Ep. 2
It's time to shake things up again! This Friday on Smackdown will begin the 2020 WWE Draft. Every talent from Raw or Smackdown is eligible to switch shows. This, in theory, inspires new matches, fresh starts, and new opportunities. And that usually works for one or two people that are moved around each year. When your trios tag team champions were younger we used to do mock drafts of wrestlers all the time. To get wrestling fans excited and to reminisce, we will be holding our own draft on the n...
Oct 05, 2020•47 min
It's time for season 2! Welcome to the newly christened Haunted House Show podcast. For the next 12 weeks we will take a look at the entire NWA/WCW Halloween Havoc series. Every year. Every match. Your trios tag team champions will carry over the top 5 matches and top 5 shows rankings just like we did for In Your House. NWA/WCW was a different beast than the WWF product at the time. More emphasis on wrestling instead of sports entertainment. This inaugural event features many familiar faces in m...
Oct 01, 2020•1 hr 49 min•Season 2Ep. 1
Empty your Monday morning coffee mug, fill it with alcohol, and pour one out. For this is the official end of the In Your House series. Your trios tag team champions gather together to close up season one. We look back on the past 27 episodes of the In Your House series. We pick our personal favorites, bests, and worsts. Compared to the group collective picks there are some interesting differences. Come together with 1990's WWF one last time before we move on to Season 2 and start watching Hallo...
Sep 28, 2020•36 min
It's here. The culmination of our journey. The end of season one of the House Show. This is the last event in the In Your House series. While tonight is the end of the In Your House journey, it is not the end of the Stone Cold Steve Austin vs Mr McMahon saga. This chapter took place on February 14, 1999 at the Memphis Pyramid in Memphis, Tennessee for just over 19,000 fans. Two of the WWF’s hottest rivalries must end tonight! The Rock and Mankind will decide the WWF championship in a Last Man St...
Sep 24, 2020•2 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 27
In case you missed it, listen to SequelQuest EP 123 so you can hear the actual movie pitches of No Holds Barred from The House Show and Ready to Rumble by SequelQuest. Jason and Mickey (General Manager and Commissioner of The Retro Network respectively) were appointed to choose the winning pitch and in this special bonus podcast, we give our final verdict and award the TRN trios tag team championship belts. Thanks to our monthly supporters Chad Droze retrodolls77 Tim Heasley ★ Support this podca...
Sep 23, 2020•13 min
Here's hoping the listeners have a well balanced healthy breakfast to go with their Monday morning aural coffee. This episode of the Run In is about new challenges! First off, the Masked Library Kevin Hellions takes over hosting duties with a question for his co-hosts. Could he get into ring shape, and if so - which wrestler body type could he obtain? This conversation goes about as well as can be expected. Then, we take a look outside of our usual wrestling domain and look to the East. New Japa...
Sep 21, 2020•24 min
If you smell what the Rock is cookin...then you will know this is the penultimate episode of the WWF In Your House series. We've come a long way baby, and start off today's show with a little looking back. Today we're also looking back to December 13, 1998 when over 20,000 fans gathered in the General Motors Palace in Vancouver, British Columbia for WWF Rock Bottom In Your House . The Rock and Mankind continue their feud over the WWF championship. In the main event Stone Cold Steve Austin and th...
Sep 17, 2020•2 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 26
Grab your cream. Grab your sugar. Make a full pot or just a K-Cup. Your Monday morning audio coffee is here. If you bring the mug, we'll bring the bowl. We start out this week's episode with football talk that leads into a discussion on super bowl parties. Then the big question of the week. We discuss injuries that changed the course of wrestling. Stalled pushes. Silver lined opportunities. Story line changes and more. Some great examples are given and we would love for the listeners to suggest ...
Sep 14, 2020•26 min
The House Show 24 and 25. Twin Magic. WWF Breakdown & WWF Judgment Day You can listen but you can’t touch the greatness that is this episode. Events are set up on one pay per view that pay off three weeks later on the next show. Which means The House Show proudly presents to you – Twin Magic! On the Brie portion of the show, WWF Breakdown: In Your House. Taking place September 27, 1998 at the Copps Coliseum in Hamilton, Ontario in front of over 17,000 fans. Those fans are there to see the la...
Sep 10, 2020•3 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 24
So much happened in current day wrestling this week. Too much for one man to keep track of. This Monday morning, Matty Treats is joined by The House Show's fourth Horseman - Krone Meltzer! AEW All Out took place on Saturday and there were some interesting moments for Matt and Krone to discuss. Best match, best workers, and of course - that spot. But wait there's more, this week's NXT featured a one hour four man Iron Man match for the vacant NXT title. All of that and more from your favorite wre...
Sep 07, 2020•42 min
Ohhhh baby! It's time once again for your favorite Trios Tag Team champions of the wrestling podcast world to reflect back on this week's installment in the In Your House series. This show took place July 26, 1998 in front of just shy of 10,000 fans at the Selland Arena in Fresno, California. After the Undertaker had Stone Cold Steve Austin's back at Over the Edge, we are all asking if they are still on the same side. Tonight the Undertaker and Stone Cold are teammates against the tag team champ...
Sep 03, 2020•2 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 23
Your Monday morning aural coffee is here. Start your week off with the House Show crew. This morning we answer a listener question and discuss wrestling video games. Create a wrestler. The best and worst wrestling games. Retro stories of all the time we spent playing these games. The state of current day WWE video games. Plus a tease for this Thursday's episode. The Retro Network’s own Kevin Decent ( @MaskedLibrary ) along with his two best friends “Sweet” Matty Treats ( @MattyTreats ) and Matt ...
Aug 31, 2020•24 min
The In Your House series may be nearing it's conclusion but your Trios Tag Team champions are not done with this trip down wrestling memory lane. The 1998 Over the Edge event is mostly forgotten and we are here to rectify that. Your hosts, along with just shy of 10,000 fans are watching the May 31, 1998 event live from the Wisconsin Center Arena in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The Austin era is here. Mr McMahon is becoming the biggest heel in wrestling. The Attitude Era continues to rise in popularity ...
Aug 27, 2020•2 hr 29 min•Season 1Ep. 22
Why is so much happening in wrestling at the same time? It's almost too much for your trios champions. But we break down the biggest events of the week and give some opinions. First we start with updates on our retro wrestling hunts. What did the guys find this week and how are our parents involved? Then we discuss the Thunderdome, NXT TakeOver, AEW, Brodie Lee, Eddie Kingston, Damian Priest, Keith Lee, Karrion Kross, and so much more. The Retro Network’s own Kevin Decent ( @MaskedLibrary ) alon...
Aug 24, 2020•34 min
Tonight is a night of firsts. The first Unforgiven event. The first Inferno match. The first evening gown match. All of these first took place April 26, 1998 at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina in front of over 21,000 fans. This is a hot show for more than one reason. WrestleMania was the previous show and the era of Austin has begun. It's a new era for the rest of WWF as well. Alliances have changed. Characters have altered. The entire company is following Stone Cold's exam...
Aug 20, 2020•1 hr 49 min•Season 1Ep. 21
