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40 Things We Learned from Something to Wrestle: Goldberg – the superstar who lobbied to get him into the company, challenging Steve Austin to a $100,00 fight, WrestleMania XX plans (Ep. 95)

April 17, 2018 Andrew Soucek

Something to Wrestle Release Date: April 6, 2018 Recap By: Andrew Soucek, PWPodcasts Editor DIRECT LINK TO LISTEN/DOWNLOAD The 95th episode of Something to Wrestle focused on Goldberg’s initial run in WWE. It was a single year (2003 to 2004) and was filled with one disappointment after another. Bruce Prichard and Conrad Thompson ran through what went wrong and here […]

WRITTEN PODCAST RECAP: The Ross Report – J.R. returns with WrestleMania and TakeOver rundowns, the NXT star who is going to be a major player, This Week in Wrestling, and the Pet Coon Goofy Award of the week

April 14, 2018 Andrew Soucek

The Jim Ross Report Release Date: April 11, 2018 Recap by: Joe Aguinaldo DIRECT LINK TO LISTEN/DOWNLOAD 0:00 – Intro Jim Ross’ podcast is back at its new home on Westwood One. Coming up on the show are some new features and an interview he did with Bruce Prichard prior to his hiatus. He wants the show to be more […]

WRITTEN PODCAST RECAP: Something To Wrestle With Bruce Prichard on WrestleMania IV – inside the NWA/WWF PPV battle, why the show ran in a casino, why Steamboat-Savage II didn’t happen, Bruno’s exit, Frenchy Martin’s most important contribution to the business and more (Ep. 94)

April 4, 2018 Jeff Rush

Something To Wrestle With Bruce Prichard – Episode 94 Recap by: Jeff Rush Air Date: 3/30/18 DIRECT LINK TO LISTEN/DOWNLOAD WrestleMania IV Bruce started with the WWF in the summer of 1987, and says Vince already had in his head the main attraction for WrestleMania IV – another Hulk/Andre match. In November of 1987, Bruce first heard of the plan […]

37 Interesting Moments From Something to Wrestle: The First Draft (2002) – original pay-per-view plans, alternate names pitched for “WWE,” wrestlers who tried out for commentary, who was the biggest bust?

April 3, 2018 Andrew Soucek

Something to Wrestle: The First Draft Release Date: March 23, 2018 Recap By: Andrew Soucek, PWPodcasts.com Editor DIRECT LINK TO LISTEN/DOWNLOAD Episode 93 of Something to Wrestle focused on the initial brand split and draft from 2002. Bruce and Conrad ran down the genesis of the idea, went into detail on how it was planned out, and discussed a variety […]

WRITTEN PODCAST RECAP: Something To Wrestle With Bruce Prichard on Saturday Night’s Main Event 3/12/88: Harley Race’s WWF run, follow-up to the Main Event “evil twin” angle, notes on Jesse Ventura, Killer Bees, Slick, prison advise Ken Patera gave Bruce (Ep. 91)

April 1, 2018 Jeff Rush

Something To Wrestle With Bruce Prichard – Episode 91 Recap by: Jeff Rush Air Date: 3/10/18 DIRECT LINK TO LISTEN/DOWNLOAD Saturday Night’s Main Event 3/12/88 This was a hot time in the company, as Hulk Hogan was on his way towards a hiatus and the Macho Man was on his way to the top. The company was still tweaking with […]

WRITTEN PODCAST RECAP: Something To Wrestle With Bruce Prichard on No Way Out 2003: Bringing Goldberg into WWE, setting the stage for WrestleMania XIX, how the wrong one-legged wrestler got hired (Ep. 88)

February 27, 2018 Jeff Rush

Something To Wrestle With Bruce Prichard – Episode 88 Recap by: Jeff Rush Air Date: 2/23/18 DIRECT LINK TO LISTEN/DOWNLOAD Noteworthy Items – Why Goldberg was kept off WrestleMania XIX and saved for the night after. – What wrestler was instrumental in bringing Goldberg in. – What led to a big argument between Bruce and the Rock. – The network […]

WRITTEN PODCAST RECAP: Something To Wrestle With Bruce Prichard on The Main Event on NBC: Hogan vs. Andre ’88: The orchestration and execution of the biggest pro wrestling broadcast of all time (Ep. 85)

February 3, 2018 Jeff Rush

Something To Wrestle With Bruce Prichard – Episode 85 Recap by: Jeff Rush, PWPodcasts.com Assistant Editor Air Date: 2/2/18 DIRECT LINK TO LISTEN/DOWNLOAD Noteworthy Items – How far in advance The Main Event was planned – What Vince revealed at that meeting that shocked Bruce – How the WWF intentionally spoiled WrestleMania IV – The peculiar reason Indianapolis was chosen […]

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 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 […]

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 […]

WRITTEN PODCAST RECAP: Something To Wrestle With Bruce Prichard on Vengeance 2001: Why the initial Hardy split didn’t work, the Kiss My Ass Club, George “The Animal” Steele Jr., Jerry Lawler and Ric Flair’s return to WWF (Ep. 80)

January 4, 2018 Jeff Rush

Something To Wrestle With Bruce Prichard – Episode 80 Recap by: Jeff Rush, PWPodcasts.com Assistant Editor Air Date: 12/29/17 DIRECT LINK TO LISTEN/DOWNLOAD Noteworthy Items: – The story of Vince McMahon’s famous ear-tugging during Ric Flair’s return appearance to the WWF in 2001. – Did Lawler and Bruce have heat following Lawler’s departure from the company? – The idea behind […]

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QUICK QUOTES: Bruce Prichard reveals the famous WWF theme that featured his vocals

December 12, 2017 Jeff Rush

On this week’s episode of Something To Wrestle with Bruce Prichard, Bruce discussed his memories of working with the legendary former WWE composer, Jim Johnston: Regarding a theme song Johnston had composed that Bruce didn’t like: “The Lex Luger theme. Both Lex Luger theme’s, actually. The ‘American’ Lex Luger theme and the ‘Hero’ song, the original cut of the ‘Hero’ […]

QUICK QUOTES: Bruce Prichard tells the story of Katie Vick

November 17, 2017 Jeff Rush

On this week’s episode of Something to Wrestle with Bruce Prichard, the infamous Katie Vick storyline from 2002 was explained in long form: “You ever have those moments in your life where there are things that are so traumatic that you block them out entirely? (This) really and truly is one of them on so many different counts. “The original […]

WRITTEN PODCAST RECAP: Something to Wrestle with Bruce Prichard on The New Age Outlaws: Smoking Gunns, The Roadie, Rockabilly, Degeneration X, invading WCW, what Vince likes to watch on TV (Ep. 72)

November 14, 2017 Jeff Rush

Something to Wrestle with Bruce Prichard-Episode 72 Recap by: Denny Walker Crum Air Date: 11/03/17 DIRECT LINK TO LISTEN/DOWNLOAD Newsworthy Items: -Rockabilly was originally an idea to get Honky Tonk Man back on TV -Shawn Michaels is credited with the idea of putting The Outlaws together -”Your ass better call somebody” was an homage to Ernie Ladd -Bruce hated working […]

Everybody’s Talking: The Best of the Week in Pro Wrestling Podcasts

November 10, 2017 Jeff Rush

Everybody’s Talking: The Best of the Week in Pro Wrestling Podcasts By Jeff Rush, PWPodcasts.com Assistant Editor As you know, the mission of PWPodcasts is to provide you with written recaps of all the great pro wrestling podcasts out there that you may not have time to listen to. When you find you also don’t have time to read them, […]

WRITTEN PODCAST RECAP: The Ross Report w/ Mick Foley and Jeremy Borash – how Mick got over with Vince McMahon, one of the major turning points of his career, the 20th anniversary of his Hell in a Cell match

November 10, 2017 Andrew Soucek

The Ross Report Guests: Mick Foley and Jeremy Borash Release Date: November 1, 2017 Recap By: Dylan Bowker; Recovering Smark DIRECT LINK TO LISTEN/DOWNLOAD Top Stories: -JR foreseeing a possible Jericho/Omega match -Jeremy Borash on Impact’s partnership with AAA creating a lot of fan intrigue for interpromotional crossovers -Mick’s chance meeting with Jack Nicklaus -Mick creating a stand up tour […]

WRITTEN PODCAST RECAP: Something to Wrestle with Bruce Prichard on No Mercy 1999: Moolah’s controversial past, Bob Holly wants to be champ, British Bulldog’s lackluster return (Pt. 2) (Ep. 69)

November 5, 2017 Andrew Soucek

Something to Wrestle with Bruce Prichard – Episode 69 (Pt. 2) Recap by: Denny Walker Crum Air Date: 10/13/17 DIRECT LINK TO LISTEN/DOWNLOAD Link to Part One of recap Newsworthy Items -Fabulous Moolah has quite the controversial past -Bob Holly wanted the WWF Championship, then wanted to “beat everybody” -Rock didn’t like working with Bulldog -Edge showed up late to […]

WRITTEN PODCAST RECAP: Something to Wrestle with Bruce Prichard: The Rock 97/98 – Polynesian attire and bad haircuts, Die Rocky Die, from People’s Champ to Corporate Champ (Ep. 71)

November 4, 2017 Jeff Rush

Something to Wrestle with Bruce Prichard-Episode 71 Recap by: Denny Walker Crum Air Date: 10/27/17 DIRECT LINK TO LISTEN/DOWNLOAD Newsworthy Items: -Rock and Mark Henry were trained at the same time, Vince thought Henry was going to be the bigger star -Rock’s daughter has expressed interest in wrestling -Rock didn’t initially want to turn heel and join the Nation -Jim […]

WRITTEN PODCAST RECAP: Something to Wrestle with Bruce Prichard: No Mercy 1999 – Vince Russo leaves the WWF, Terry Taylor’s power play, the absurdity of shooting the “funeral” of Big Show’s dad (Pt. 1) (Ep. 69)

October 30, 2017 Andrew Soucek

Something to Wrestle with Bruce Prichard – Episode 69 Recap by: Denny Walker Crumc Air Date: 10/13/17 Newsworthy Items: -Jim Cornette may have flashed the live show crowd in Detroit -Cornette and Santino got into another altercation -United Kingdom fans used to get traditional WWF PPVs for free -Terry Taylor refused to sign a non-compete clause after Russo left unless […]

WRITTEN PODCAST RECAP: Prime Time with Sean Mooney w/ Bruce Prichard on how his WWF career started, the creation of Brother Love, the wrestlers who thought the gimmick went too far (Ep. 19)

October 29, 2017 Andrew Soucek

Show Name: Prime Time with Sean Mooney Episode Title: Episode 19: Bruce Prichard Release Date: 10/25/2017 Guest: Bruce Prichard Recap by: Evan Polisher DIRECT LINK TO LISTEN/DOWNLOAD Episode Highlights Hacksaw Jim Duggan decides to step away from the Prime Time podcast Sean will continue with the podcast, bringing in weekly guests from the Golden Age of professional wrestling, the 1980s and 1990s Sean’s first guest […]

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