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RECAP AND REVIEW: The Pat McAfee Show with Michael Cole on his initial career goal, the worst WrestleMania match ever, negative fan reaction to Roman, the match of his career

February 13, 2019 Jeff Rush

The Pat McAfee Show – Michael Cole Release Date: 02/07/19 Recap By: Jeff Rush, PWPodcasts.com Assistant Editor DIRECT LINK TO LISTEN/DOWNLOAD -Cole was doing the interview as part of a deal with McAfee, where he told him he’d come on his show after he signed with the company. He rarely does interviews. McAfee is officially a “contributor” with WWE. -Cole […]

RECAP AND REVIEW: The Jim Ross Report with Bully Ray on being the last of his kind, the legends who were most influential on his current character, why WWE won’t let anyone get to the level of Rock or Austin, the former Impact wrestler who has “it”

December 19, 2018 Andrew Soucek

The Jim Ross Report – Bully Ray Dudley – The Last ‘Real Heel’ Release Date: 12/12/18 Running time: 1:59 Recap by: Joe Aguinaldo DIRECT LINK TO LISTEN/DOWNLOAD 0:00 – Intro Welcome to another week of Slobberknocker Audio with good ole J.R. Coming up on today’s show is Bubba/Bully Ray who is currently a host on Busted Open Radio with Dave […]

REACP AND REVIEW: Truth With Consequences on Russo’s departure from the WWF and arrival in WCW – what drove the departure, the last call with Vince, the complete original plan upon arriving in WCW, Jericho, the Rock, Jerry Jarrett, Dave Meltzer

November 21, 2018 Jeff Rush

Written Podcast Recap: Truth With Consequences, Episode 7 Release Date: November 18th, 2018 Recap by: Jeff Rush, PWPodcasts.com Assistant Editor DIRECT LINK TO DOWNLOAD/LISTEN Truth With Consequences – Goodbye Mr. McMahon, Hello Mr. Turner (Editor’s note: In the interest of clarity, Vince Russo is referred to as “Russo” throughout this recap. Vince McMahon is referred to as “VM.”) Russo says […]

RECAP AND REVIEW: Something to Wrestle with Bruce Prichard on Survivor Series ’98 – who wrote Rock’s heel turn storyline, The Big Boss Man’s major screw up, the tag teams who didn’t have chemistry together, why Vince McMahon wrote a letter of apology to Steve Austin

November 21, 2018 Andrew Soucek

Something To Wrestle Release Date: November 16, 2018 Running time: 2:26:59 Recap by: Joe Aguinaldo DIRECT LINK TO LISTEN/DOWNLOAD Intro Skip to 8:35 as the first 8:34 was commercial reads, talk about upcoming tours and a quick recap of the Regal podcast. Topic for this podcast is Survivor Series 1998 – Deadly Games in the Kiel Auditorium in St. Louis, […]

RECAP AND REVIEW: Talk is Jericho with Kevin Kelly on his first meeting with Vince McMahon, the major angle he pitched, the member of WWE management who didn’t like him, working with NJPW, why he left ROH, the word he forgot during the Brian Pillman gun angle

November 17, 2018 Andrew Soucek

Talk is Jericho – The New Japan World of Kevin Kelly Release date: November 14, 2018 Recap by: Caitlin Lavelle DIRECT LINK TO LISTEN/DOWNLOAD 2:55 – Kevin Kelly on life between WWE and Ring of Honor Kevin Kelly left WWE in 2003 due to company-wide budget cuts. Kelly says that he looked for jobs within the wrestling industry, including placing a […]

RECAP AND REVIEW: Killing the Town on the differences between how ECW and Impact write their shows, Cryrus conducts a promo seminar and reveals what makes a great promo and what they should try and accomplish, the top three bookers ever

May 24, 2018 Andrew Soucek

Killing the Town Release Date: May 22, 2018 Recap By: Dust DIRECT LINK TO LISTEN/DOWNLOAD Not sure what the Lance ‘hiatus’ actually is. All episodes earlier than April 2018 have been removed from the archive, read what you want into that. Lazenby having technical difficulties. To start off we get a megamix of old KTT episodes intros, guest starring Alice Radley […]

WRITTEN PODCAST RECAP: Jim Cornette’s Drive-Thru on WWE’s legacy wing of the Hall of Fame, Alberto El Patron’s release from Impact, his favorite championship belts, why he never pitched a Shawn Michaels vs. Rock match (Ep. 48)

April 14, 2018 Andrew Soucek

Jim Cornette’s Drive-Thru Episode 48 Release date: April 9, 2018 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 current wrestling and wrestling history with great chemistry between the two. 0:00 – lntro. Plug for the upcoming Jim Cornette graphic novel from […]

PODCAST RUNDOWN: Rearranging WrestleMania 1-17 main events with Wade Keller and Sam Roberts: Warrior-Savage, Michaels-Razor Ladder Match, Austin-Bret and more.

April 5, 2018 Jeff Rush

Over the course of three weeks, Wade Keller welcomed Sam Roberts onto the WKPWP. The two took a look at the main events of each of the 33 WrestleMania’s to date and came to a decision on whether the match that finished the show was the right one to do so. They also discussed alternative options for each show. This […]

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 […]

QUICK QUOTES: Mick Foley, Vicki Guerrero, and Ivory discuss their favorite Raw moments

January 22, 2018 Jeff Rush

In anticipation of the 25th Anniversary of Monday Night Raw, Lilian Garcia hosted a multi-guest episode of Chasing Glory where numerous guests discussed their most memorable Raw moments: Mick Foley: “The night I won my first WWE title was the most memorable, not only because it was a great moment, at the time, but as a guy nobody ever picked […]

PODCAST RECAP AND REVIEW: The Steve Austin Show – Unleashed! with Vince Russo on pro wrestling lacking stories, coming up with The Rock speaking in the third person, original plans for Mike Tyson in the WWF, what big match was Austin disappointed in?

January 16, 2018 Andrew Soucek

The Steve Austin Show – Unleashed! Release Date: January 11, 2018 Recap by: Joe Aguinaldo DIRECT LINK TO LISTEN/DOWNLOAD 0:00 – Intro Steve welcomes everyone to the show and was informed by his producer that today is Steve’s 500th show. He queues up Vince Russo who will be on today’s podcast talking about the Attitude Era. Steve says it’s always […]

QUICK QUOTES: Vince Russo discusses his contributions to Austin and Rock’s careers, takes issue with Bruce Prichard

January 12, 2018 Jeff Rush

Vince Russo was the guest on The Steve Austin Show – Unleashed! this week. The two discussed their memories of working together. Regarding the development of the “Stone Cold” Steve Austin character: “Vince never watched ECW, never. He didn’t know anything about ECW and he knew very little about ‘Stunning’ Steve Austin in WCW… I was a huge fan of […]

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 […]

WRITTEN PODCAST RECAP: X-Pac 1,2,360 w/ Austin Aries on life outside of WWE, recently being contacted by Impact Wrestling, where the bananas came from (Ep. 65)

December 14, 2017 Andrew Soucek

X-Pac 1-2-360 – Episode 65 Guest: Austin Aries Release Date: December 6, 2017 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 Austin Aries. X-Pac says Austin went through Eddie Sharkey’s school in Minnesota and sort of followed his footsteps on the independent scene in that […]

QUICK QUOTES: Roman Reigns on wrestling Triple H, being compared to John Cena and The Rock

December 5, 2017 Andrew Soucek

Roman Reigns was interviewed by Sport360 about WWE’s upcoming show in Abu Dhabi. Here are some of the highlights: Wrestling Triple H: “Going against Triple H, I think that speaks for itself. We were the main event of the largest WrestleMania of all time and we are proud to be able to bring this to the WWE Universe in Abu […]

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 […]

QUICK QUOTES: Joey Ryan discusses his success, compares his finisher to the Worm, the People’s Elbow

October 16, 2017 Jeff Rush

Sports Illustrated recently published an interview with Joey Ryan: Regarding not being beholden to the rules and structure of a corporate environment like WWE: “That just makes me want to turn up the volume even more. That leaves more doors open for me.” On his earning power as an independent wrestler: “It’s now become profitable to become an independent wrestler, […]

WRITTEN PODCAST RECAP: The Ross Report w/ The Brooklyn Brawler on his friendship with The Ultimate Warrior, his rare wins, greatest wrestling managers, who his stiffest opponent was

September 11, 2017 Andrew Soucek

The Ross Report Recap w/ Steve Lombardi (The Brooklyn Brawler) Release Date: Sept 6, 2017 Recap By: Dylan Bowker, Recovering Smark DIRECT LINK TO LISTEN/DOWNLOAD Top Stories: -Brooklyn Brawler’s plans for promoting his new UCW territory and his training school idea -The litany of workers Lombardi welcomed into the WWE and his relationships with them (Steamboat, Rock, etc.) -Ultimate Warrior helping […]

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