Dan Lambert is an avid pro wrestling title belt collector, and brought a handful from his collection on the Chris Jericho Rock & Wrestling Rager at Sea Four Leaf Clover, and shared the amazing stories behind each belt. He and Eddie Kingston also provided great historical notes about some of the promotions, championships, and wrestlers including Hulk Hogan, Jerry Lawler, Terry Funk, Ric Flair, Bruno Sammartino, The Rock, Stone Cold Steve Austin, and The Ocho Chris Jericho. Dan explains why the Mi...
Mar 01, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Transcript available on Metacast Poker journalist and player Chad Holloway has one bracelet to his name, and he promises that one win was life changing! Chad tells his poker story and offers lots of tips and advice along the way. He talks a bit about the history of poker, the many game variants, some of the strategy for each type of play, and also discusses the rise and fall of the online poker industry. He’s been covering the game for years for PokerNews.com, and shares great stories about some of the game’s greats like the Go...
Feb 24, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Transcript available on Metacast Hacksaw Jim Duggan, Brutus “The Barber” Beefcake, and IRS Mike Rotunda walked onto a cruise ship… No, they really did! They were all onboard the Chris Jericho Rock & Wrestling Rager at Sea Four Leaf Clover, and participated in a live TIJ episode on the ship all about the WWF in the 80s! If you were there, you got the whole thing, and if you weren’t, you get this special exclusive listen. Chris also shares some of the funnier moments, stories, and matches on this year’s cruise including the Jeric...
Feb 22, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Transcript available on Metacast Sudden Impact made their tag team debut in Japan in October of 1991. It was Lance Storm and Chris Jericho at Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling aka FMW. The duo were barely a year into their wrestling careers when this tour opportunity arose, and they recount their nearly three-week trip overseas. They remember how they got the chance to travel to Japan, what it was like boarding the plane with no visa or actual contact information for anyone at FMW. They share stories about FMW promoter Onita, his...
Feb 17, 2023•1 hr 20 min•Transcript available on Metacast Metal Blade Records founder Brian Slagel and Merlin Alderslade from Metal Hammer return to rank Iron Maiden opening songs! They’ve got their Top 10 selected and count them down in a spirited debate that’s filled with great trivia about songwriting, recording, and concerts. Do any songs from the Blaze Bayley era make the cut? And how did the return of Bruce Dickinson and Adrian Smith affect their respective lists? Where do you think songs like “Invade,” “Aces High,” “The Number Of The Beast,” “Pi...
Feb 15, 2023•1 hr 26 min•Transcript available on Metacast Former Playboy Playmate of the Month (January 1996) Victoria Fuller has tons of great stories about Hugh Hefner and her time at the Playboy mansion. She shares what inspired her Playboy dream, how and when she finally met Hef, and some of the memorable experiences she had as a Playmate, including guest stints on Married With Children and Friends! She recounts the time she starred in Weezer’s music video for “Beverly Hills” which was filmed at the mansion, how Hef helped her pursue her other drea...
Feb 10, 2023•1 hr 7 min•Transcript available on Metacast The Jericho Appreciation Society invaded PWG’s Battle Of Los Angeles in a surprise appearance that saw them get the best of their opponents in a 10-man tag. Michael Oku was one of those said opponents, and he recounts the how, where, and when he found out about his participation in this historic match! Michael also details his own start in the British wrestling scene, how he started working for RevPro, what he learned working with Konosuke Takeshita, and his goals for 2023. He also does a deep d...
Feb 08, 2023•1 hr 6 min•Transcript available on Metacast Jeff Waldridge is the caretaker of the haunted Anderson Hotel in Lawrenceburg, Kentucky, and he, Jericho, and AEW’s Dr. Luther recorded this episode live in the dark in the old hotel. Jeff shares the history of the hotel and the 13 verified deaths that took place within its walls. He details the paranormal activity that he’s personally witnessed over years including hearing footsteps and tapping to seeing apparitions, and he chronicles the more invasive occurrences that others have experienced l...
Feb 03, 2023•1 hr 9 min•Transcript available on Metacast Reach For The Sky, Boy! A Tribute to Jay Briscoe The wrestling world lost an incredible wrestler and even better man when Jamin Pugh (aka Jay Briscoe of the Briscoe Brothers) was tragically killed in a car accident just a few minutes from his home in Laurel, Delaware. The accident also seriously injured his two young daughters. The 13x and current ROH World Tag Team Champion is remembered in this emotional tribute episode by some of his close friends including The Young Bucks, Hangman Adam Page,...
Feb 01, 2023•1 hr 25 min•Transcript available on Metacast Jesse Wilkins, Dave Wilkins, and Rob Coakley from the Hometown Ghost Stories podcast (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHnk8lQr-uMiMGEghVQ5LyQ) return to share the terrifying tale of the Villisca Axe Murder House! 8 murders were committed in that house on June 12, 1912, and while the police at the time had many suspects, they actually failed to convict anyone of the heinous crime and the case remains unsolved to this day. The guys detail the story, evidence, theories, and suspects, and explain w...
Jan 27, 2023•1 hr 5 min•Transcript available on Metacast 17-year-old Nick Wayne already has an AEW contract, and is eagerly awaiting his 18th birthday in July so he can officially get in an AEW ring! The son of Pacific Northwest wrestling legend, the late, great Buddy Wayne, has been unofficially training since childhood. Nick talks about crashing classes at his dad’s wrestling school, working out with the students, learning from his dad, and having his first official match at the age of 12. Nick explains how and when he started working with Defy Wres...
Jan 25, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Transcript available on Metacast Jamie Dew and Thomas Sena from the SNL Hall of Fame podcast join to do Top 10 picks for an SNL castmembers Hall of Fame! Everybody brings their own Top 10 picks from the show’s 50-year history, and explain their respective rankings. They talk about Will Ferrall, Adam Sandler, John Belushi & Dan Aykroyd, Phil Hartman, Kristen Wiig, Gilda Radner, Eddie Murphy, Martin Short, Chris Farley, Dana Carvey, Kate McKinnon, and so many more! They share their favorite sketches, bits, impersonations and catc...
Jan 20, 2023•1 hr 19 min•Transcript available on Metacast Championship belt maker Dave Millican is the man behind the Chris Jericho Rock & Wrestling Rager at Sea Four Leaf Clove limited-edition championship belt! He’s also the Ace of Belts maker behind title belts for AEW, WWE, Jerry Lawler, UFC, The Rock, and Steve Austin. He’s got plenty of stories about each of the belts he’s made along with some interesting details about belts he’s done for Madonna and Mack Trucks! Dave talks about his start in the business including the first belt he ever made for...
Jan 18, 2023•59 min•Transcript available on Metacast James Janisse from the popular YouTube channel Dead Meat joins to talk all things Canadian horror! He’s doing a deep dive into all kinds of great films made by Canadians and filmed in Canada including Black Christmas which pretty much directly inspired John Carpenter to make Halloween, and David Cronenberg films like Shivers, The Fly starring Jeff Goldblum, and Videodrome. Jericho & James break down The Changeling, My Blood Valentine, Gingersnaps, Cube and the Canadian TV series, Slasher. They s...
Jan 13, 2023•1 hr 5 min•Transcript available on Metacast Jamie and John from the True Crimecast podcast return, and this time they’ve got details on crimes committed by professional wrestlers! They detail the case of Juana Barraza, the luchadora serial killer who prayed on the elderly in the Mexico City area. They’re talking about WCW’s Hardbody Harrison who’s currently serving a life sentence for his part in a sex trafficking ring! There’s Douglas Whitton, an indie wrestler who murdered four people, and Rockin’ Rebel Charles Williams, a protégé of th...
Jan 11, 2023•53 min•Transcript available on Metacast Jeff Jarrett has joined forces with Jay Lethal, Sonjay Dutt and Satnam Singh at AEW, but that’s not all he’s doing! Jeff talks about his office role for AEW and what he hopes it means for the company’s growth in 2023. He also shares stories about his WWE days and working for Vince both as in-ring talent, and in the office on the creative team. He discusses his territory days with Jerry Lawler in Memphis, learning from his father, and starting and building TNA from the ground-up. He recalls taggi...
Jan 06, 2023•1 hr 11 min•Transcript available on Metacast It’s been over 11 years since Chris Jericho competed on Dancing With The Stars, and he and his dance partner, Cheryl Burke, are finally talking about the whirlwind experience. The two have not really spoken since their last dance on the show, and break down what it was really like behind the scenes – from their first meeting and rehearsal to their final performance and all of the crazy press appearances in between. The speculate on why they didn’t make it further, their friendship with fellow co...
Jan 04, 2023•1 hr 5 min•Transcript available on Metacast Kevin Williams is the author of “Wrestling Merchandise of the 1990s,” a photographic look back at some of the best and most bizarre wrestling merch of the 90s. He shares some of the most popular items and wrestlers of the time including Hulk Hogan, Steve Austin, and The Rock. He discusses some of the rarest and most valuable items from action figures to cards to foam fingers!He details why some company’s merch is more valuable than others, how action figures have changed over the years, the piec...
Dec 30, 2022•59 min•Transcript available on Metacast The Pantera reunion tribute tour with original members, singer Phil Anselmo and bassist Rex Brown, launched this month in Mexico with Charlie Benante on drums in honor of his great friend, Vinnie Paul, and Zakk Wylde on guitar in tribute to the great Dimebag Darrell Abbott. Charlie Benante explains how this tour came together, who contacted him, and when and why he agreed to play. He discusses learning the songs and playing them in Vinnie’s style, his favorite riffs and fills, and what he thinks...
Dec 28, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Transcript available on Metacast Andy, Nick and the mysterious Chris L. from the Pod Of Thunder podcast return to do their first-ever non-musical TIJ episode! They are celebrating the holidays by partaking in a watchalong of the Christmas classic, Jingle All The Way, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sinbad, Rita Wilson, and Phil Hartman! And in true watchalong fashion, they offer lots of great trivia including which Jingle All The Way star received comedic training from the great Lucille Ball, which famous Goodfellas actor was p...
Dec 23, 2022•2 hr 44 min•Transcript available on Metacast The Hard Times & Hard Hits of Athena The ROH Women’s Champion Athena explains how her strong style wrestling earned her the nickname “The American Joshi” on the indie scene, and also caused a bit of controversy in a recent AEW Dark match against Jody Threat. Athena talks about her journey to AEW, reinventing the Athena character, and why she let Jade destroy her cool angel wings. She also details her run at WWE from her multiple tryouts to signing to NXT to her move to the main roster to her dev...
Dec 21, 2022•1 hr 23 min•Transcript available on Metacast Frederick Kroetsch followed Teddy Hart around with a camera for years, and never thought he’d end up as a major player in a documentary about Teddy Hart and the mysterious disappearance of Teddy’s ex-girlfriend, Samantha Fiddler. But that’s exactly what happened, and you can see it play out in the new doc, “Dangerous Breed: Crimes. Cons. Cats.” streaming now on Peacock. Frederick explains how he first met Teddy over 10 years ago, why he decided to start filming Teddy, and what his original plans...
Dec 16, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Transcript available on Metacast It’s the first-ever Classic Movie Clash and what better way to start than with The Godfather versus Goodfellas?! Anthrax drummer Charlie Benante, Fozzy bassist PJ Farley, and Tom G. and Zeus from the Shout It Out Loud podcast join to debate both classic mafia movies! They’ve got great trivia, hilarious impressions, favorite scenes and performances (Al Pacino, Marlon Brando, James Caan, Ray Liotta, Robert DeNiro, and Joe Pesci), and some serious analysis about the writing, direction (Francis Ford...
Dec 14, 2022•1 hr 11 min•Transcript available on Metacast 2022 – A Career Year for The Ocho Could this be another “Wrestler Of The Year” kind of year for Chris Jericho? Many are calling 2022 a career year for sure, and that’s really incredible considering how 2022 started for The Ocho! He went from suffering a pulmonary embolism and the real possibility of never wrestling again to dropping some serious weight, and then having some of the best matches of his career. Jericho breaks down many of them with great behind-the-scenes stories and details. He’s ...
Dec 09, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Transcript available on Metacast Chris Jericho’s light-up jacket is one of the newest pieces of memorabilia on display at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Tampa, Florida! And to celebrate the occasion, Chase McCue from the Hard Rock joins to tell the story of acquiring and installing the infamous light-up jacket, along with stories about some of the other more famous pieces in Hard Rock’s 80,000+ collection! Chase explains how the acquisition process works, and how he and his team decide which pieces of music memorabilia will be...
Dec 07, 2022•53 min•Transcript available on Metacast Barren Cross played the inaugural Immortal Christian Rock Festival over Labor Day weekend and Chris Jericho was there to host a special Q+A prior to the band’s first live performance in 10 years! All four original band members participated – singer Michael Drive, bassist Jim LaVerde, guitarist Ray Parris, and drummer Steve Whittaker. They talk about how they got started, being influenced by bands like Iron Maiden, their first time in the recording studio after raising the money from their family...
Dec 02, 2022•50 min•Transcript available on Metacast Chris’ longtime friend and Manager, Barry Bloom, makes his TIJ debut with some amazing stories about the incredible talent he’s worked with over the years including Jesse Ventura, Mean Gene Okerlund, Scott Hall, Kevin Nash, and of course, Chris Jericho. Barry recounts how he first met Chris and helped him make the jump from WCW to WWE. He details his relationship with Jesse Ventura, his first wrestling client, and how he helped Jesse land the role as Sgt Blain Cooper in the movie Predator. Barry...
Nov 30, 2022•1 hr 13 min•Transcript available on Metacast One-time Olympic mogul ski hopeful and host of the Torched podcast, Molly Bloom, ran a high-stakes poker game at the Viper Room in Los Angeles frequented by A-list celebrities, powerful politicians, big money investment bankers, and billionaires. When a famous actor usurped the game from her, she moved to New York, and started an even bigger game. That’s where the story took a scary and dramatic turn involving the Italian Mob, Russian organized crime, drugs, the FBI, a Federal takedown, a trial,...
Nov 25, 2022•59 min•Transcript available on Metacast Dustin Rhodes has had some amazing matches in his career and talks about a handful of his favorites including 1992 War Games where Sting’s Squadron took on Dangerous Alliance. He breaks down his Wrestlemania 12 Backlot Brawl with Roddy Piper, and shares what went as planned and what didn’t in that match. He shares what inspired his big lingerie reveal, what happened to his gold Cadillac and Piper’s white Bronco, and what it was like to film on the Universal Studios lot. Dustin also talks about t...
Nov 23, 2022•1 hr 8 min•Transcript available on Metacast Lee Moriarty is more than just a technical wrestler and he’s out to prove it at AEW! Lee talks about signing with AEW, and evolving Taiga Style to better represent what he is now as a wrestler, performer and personality. He speaks to his love of graphic design and street wear, and how he’s used those skills to enhance his wrestling career. He recounts his wrestling training in Pittsburgh, learning the lucha libre style in Mexico, who got him interested in wrestling in the first place, and the ro...
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