Month: January 2018

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PODCAST RECAP AND REVIEW: Sam Roberts Wrestling Podcast with Bruce Prichard, Eric Bischoff, and JBL on the Monday Night War, the legend Eric wanted to sign, kissing Stephanie McMahon, the DX invasion, who helped JBL get a raise? (EP. 170)

January 31, 2018 Andrew Soucek

Sam Roberts Wrestling Podcast  Release Date: January 25, 2018 Guests: Bruce Prichard, Eric Bischoff, and JBL Recap By: Matthew Wilkinson DIRECT LINK TO LISTEN/DOWNLOAD Newsworthy Items Eric never wanted to shut down WWF.     Eric regrets not letting DX invade WCW.    JBL once made sure WWE wouldn’t sell any shirts of his.   Sam thought Raw 25 was good, […]

PODCAST NEWS & BLOGS

QUICK QUOTES: Triple H discusses signing Ronda Rousey, expectations going forward, and how big of a fan she is

January 30, 2018 Jeff Rush

Nick Schwartz with USA Today’s For The Win column released an interview with Triple H regarding Ronda Rousey. Regarding signing Rousey in time for the Royal Rumble: “It’s funny, there wasn’t pressure on the timing of this at all of necessarily the Rumble part. It really just came together. There wasn’t a lot of back-and-forth or like intense negotiations. It […]

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PODCAST RECAP AND REVIEW: The Steve Austin Show with Billy Gunn on the tag team who brought him into the business, the Brawl For All tournament, Austin on appearing at Raw 25, who takes the Stunner the best?

January 30, 2018 Andrew Soucek

The Steve Austin Show – Unleashed Release Date: January 25, 2018 Recap by: Joe Aguinaldo DIRECT LINK TO LISTEN/DOWNLOAD 0:00 – Intro, RAW 25th Anniversary We’re here at 317 Gimmick Street. As Steve records his podcast, there’s a bird in the front yard and a dog in the backyard making a ton of noise. Steve has all the doors closed […]

Jim Cornette's Drive-Thru

PODCAST RECAP AND REVIEW: Jim Cornette’s Drive-Thru on the wrestler who paid fines to Bill Watts in installments, the body bag rib played on him, thoughts on John Cena, Mordecai, and Sean O’Haire in OVW (Ep. 38)

January 30, 2018 Andrew Soucek

Jim Cornette’s Drive-Thru Episode 38 Release date: January 15, 2017 Recap by: Paul Briody Top stories/moments of interest: • Usual format in which Brian Last asks Jim Cornette email questions from fans about current wrestling and wrestling history with great chemistry between the two. 0:00 – intro begins with recap of Jim’s headset drama. 8:43 – Jim answers question regarding […]

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QUICK QUOTES: Jerry Lawler reveals how WWE reacted to fan unrest during Raw 25, accusations he was asleep during the broadcast, and his use of the term “Puppies” on the air

January 26, 2018 Jeff Rush

On this week’s episode of Dinner With The King, Jerry Lawler discussed his experience at the Raw 25th Anniversary show at the Manhattan Center this past Monday night. On fans in attendance being upset with what was presented to them and how WWE handled the situation: “I think what happened was it wasn’t fully explained, I don’t know what the […]

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PODCAST RECAP AND REVIEW: The Steve Austin Show with Billy Gunn on his best and worst travelling partners, beating Harley Race in pool, bull riding, why Billy once put Austin in a chokehold

January 26, 2018 Andrew Soucek

The Steve Austin Show Release Date: January 23, 2018 Recap by: Joe Aguinaldo DIRECT LINK TO LISTEN/DOWNLOAD 0:00 – Intro We are at 317 Gimmick Street. It is Saturday and Steve is planning to watch UFC 220, specifically Stipe vs Ngannou. On Sunday, he is heading to NYC to take part in the 25th Anniversary of RAW. Coming up on […]

Killing the Town/Storm & Cyrus

PODCAST RECAP AND REVIEW: Killing The Town – Bam Bam Bigelow Tribute Show with memories and stories from Dave Meltzer, Rob Van Dam, Jim Cornette, Diamond Dallas Page, and Chris Jericho

January 25, 2018 Andrew Soucek

Killing the Town Recap By: Andrew Soucek Release Date: January 23, 2018 DIRECT LINK TO LISTEN/DOWNLOAD Highlights -Bigelow nearly fought a famous boxer. -Bam Bam was influential in helping get a future top star into WCW. -Lance Storm reveals why he was once very scared of The Beast From the East. -The old-school reason why a major wrestling booker wasn’t […]

Wade Keller interview with Stan Hansen
PODCAST NEWS & BLOGS

QUICK QUOTES: Problematic booking on Smackdown discussed on the WKPWP

January 24, 2018 Jeff Rush

On today’s episode of the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast, ProWrestling.net’s Jake Barnett joined Wade in breaking down last night’s episode of Smackdown Live. The two opened the show by taking Smackdown’s writers to task for what they perceive as confusing, ineffectual booking of the main event angle: WK: “How were we supposed to feel about AJ Styles, Kevin Owens […]

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PODCAST RECAP AND REVIEW: The Jim Cornette Experience on January 1988, the payoffs, attendance figures, anecdotes, the reason Big Bubba left the NWA, why it was the beginning of the end (Ep. 213)

January 24, 2018 Andrew Soucek

The Jim Cornette Experience Episode 213 Release Date: January 4, 2018 Recap By: Mark Charles Adams DIRECT LINK TO LISTEN/DOWNLOAD Top Stories/Moments of interest Jim’s New Year resolutions! Jim’s thoughts on his own thoughts on the state of modern wrestling generally from Episode 212 Very detailed look back at business in January 1988 Recap 0:00:00 – Intro: Jim opens the […]

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PODCAST RECAP AND REVIEW: X-Pac 1,2,360 with Nick Hausman on if C.M. Punk will be at “All In,” why Bret Hart doesn’t podcast anymore, the independent scene in Australia, Impact on Twitch (EP. 69)

January 23, 2018 Andrew Soucek

X-Pac 1-2-360 Guest: WrestleZone’s Nick Hausman Release Date: January 10th, 2018 Recap by: Sean McGraw DIRECT LINK TO LISTEN/DOWNLOAD Recap: X-Pac is joined by Jimbo, Denise, Bill and TK. This week’s guest will be WrestleZone’s Nick Hausman. X-Pac confirms that he will be on RAW25. He seems to have a small gripe for not being advertised by name with all […]

Chris Jericho's Talk is Jericho

PODCAST RECAP AND REVIEW: Talk Is Jericho with Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn on how The Festival of Friendship almost played out, pulling Kevin away from a falling Shane McMahon at Hell in a Cell, their relationships with Vince McMahon

January 23, 2018 Andrew Soucek

Talk Is Jericho Release Date: January 17, 2018 Recap by: Joe Aguinaldo DIRECT LINK TO LISTEN/DOWNLOAD 0:00 – Intro On the show today are Chris’s former best friend Kevin Owens and Kevin’s new best friend Sami Zayn to talk about their new tag team, road stories, their early days on the Canadian Indies, dressing room ping pong, Hell In a […]

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QUICK QUOTES: Lana on if she was worried dropping her accent on Total Divas could damage her character, being in the Women’s Royal Rumble

January 20, 2018 Andrew Soucek

Lana was a recent guest on the on 107.7 The Bone with Baby Huey & Bimbo Jimbo and talked about the upcoming Women’s Royal Rumble and Total Divas. Here are the highlights they sent along. On how Rusev felt about Lana becoming a part of Total Divas: “He definitely wanted to do it. He fully supports me, and so he was […]

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PODCAST RECAP AND REVIEW: Sam Roberts Wrestling Podcast with “Woken” Matt Hardy on Matt and Sam’s souls being neighbors thousands of years ago, reaction to his character in WWE, top stories on Jey Uso, Goldberg, return of the Curb Stomp, why Dixie Carter should join WWE (Ep. 169)

January 20, 2018 Andrew Soucek

Sam Roberts Wrestling Podcast Release Date: January 18, 2018 Guest:  Woken Matt Hardy Recap By: Matthew Wilkinson DIRECT LINK TO LISTEN/DOWNLOAD Newsworthy Items Woken Matt is happy with how he is presented in WWE. Hardy thinks there is a good chance we will see old favorites in WWE. Woken Matt says Maxel wanted to delete Bray Wyatt Sam was happy […]

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PODCAST RECAP AND REVIEW: The Ross Report with Bruce Prichard and John Pollock on the booker who thought Undertaker would never draw a dime, the odds of Conor McGregor in WWE, Alpha Entertainment, Jack Swagger vs. Brock Lesnar in MMA?

January 20, 2018 Andrew Soucek

The Ross Report Release Date: January 16, 2018 Recap by: Joe Aguinaldo DIRECT LINK TO LISTEN/DOWNLOAD 0:00 – Intro Coming up on today’s podcast is Bruce Prichard talking about his podcast (Something To Wrestle) as well as part two of the interview with John Pollock from www.postwrestling.com talking about a variety of topics. 4:34 – What’s on JRs mind J.R […]

Cornette's Drive-Thru

PODCAST RECAP AND REVIEW: Jim Cornette’s Drive-Thru on chewing out The Gymini, wrestling bears, “good” and “bad” comedy in wrestling, Shotgun Saturday Night (Ep. 37)

January 19, 2018 Andrew Soucek

Jim Cornette’s Drive-Thru Episode 37 Release date: January 15, 2017 Recap by: Paul Briody DIRECT LINK TO LISTEN/DOWNLOAD Top stories/moments of interest: • Usual format in which Brian Last asks Jim Cornette email questions from fans about wrestling history with great chemistry between the two. 0:00 – Intro begins with the bombshell that Jim will read some questions as well […]

Bruce Prichard Something to Wrestle With

WRITTEN PODCAST RECAP: Something To Wrestle With Bruce Prichard on The Rockers & Marty Jannetty (Pt. 1): How the team came to be, why they were fired after less than two days with the WWF in 1987, their relationship with Andre the Giant and more (Ep. 82)

January 18, 2018 Jeff Rush

Something To Wrestle With Bruce Prichard – Episode 82, Part 1 Recap by: Jeff Rush, PWPodcasts.com Assistant Editor Air Date: 1/12/18 DIRECT LINK TO LISTEN/DOWNLOAD Noteworthy Items – Advise Bill Watts gave Shawn Michaels early in his career that should probably have been heeded by Dolph Ziggler as well. – The former “pretty boy” wrestler Bruce feels is right up […]