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RECAP AND REVIEW: Truth With Consequences – Vince Russo’s first Nitro, why he wasn’t successful in WCW, what the locker room was like at the time, the wrestler who thought too highly of himself, why Disco Inferno wasn’t hired by the WWF, rant of the week on AEW

February 2, 2019 Andrew Soucek

Truth With Consequences – The Vinces Destroy WCW – Vince’s First Nitro Release Date: 01/22/19 Running time: 3:01 Recap by: Joe Aguinaldo DIRECT LINK TO LISTEN/DOWNLOAD -On today’s podcast, Matt and Vince discuss how Vince ‘ruined’ WCW. -Dave Meltzer has reported that Vince Russo and Eric Bischoff ruined an industry. -Matt says Vince McMahon sent Vince Russo to the WCW […]

RECAP AND REVIEW: Truth With Consequences on Vince Russo’s worst ideas…or were they? Beaver Cleavage, Heel Goldberg, G.I. Bro, why he put Judy Bagwell on a forklift, the only time the WWE crew didn’t come through for him, the idea that cost him his job in WCW

January 24, 2019 Andrew Soucek

Truth With Consequences Vince Russo’s Worst Ideas.Or Were They? Release Date: 01/15/19 Running time: 1:53 Recap by: Joe Aguinaldo DIRECT LINK TO LISTEN/DOWNLOAD Vince has been maligned, cursed at and told to die because of wrestling angles he’s written. On this podcast, Matt and Vince go through some of these bad ideas, some which may have been attributed to Vince […]

RECAP AND REVIEW: Truth With Consequences – Russo Filters McMahon and Fixes WWE – How Braun Strowman’s character was killed, the star who is being wasted, gimmicks that don’t make sense

December 19, 2018 Andrew Soucek

Truth With Consequences – Russo Filters McMahon and Fixes WWE Release Date: 12/09/18 Running time: 1:40 Recap by: Joe Aguinaldo DIRECT LINK TO LISTEN/DOWNLOAD Intro On this podcast, Russo acts as McMahon’s filter and breaking current product down to rebuild Issue 1: Heels vs. Babyfaces Starting in 2001 ratings decline began. Ed Ferrara was a TV show writer before Raw […]

RECAP AND REVIEW: Truth With Consequences “Killer Queens” – on who convinced Sable to wrestle, meeting Stephanie McMahon for the first time, why Vince and Stephanie shouldn’t take credit for the Women’s Revolution, what the division is currently missing

December 12, 2018 Andrew Soucek

Written Podcast Recap: Truth With Consequences – Killer Queens – Buried By Vince, Exploited By Steph Release Date: December 2, 2018 Running time: 2:33 Recap by: Joe Aguinaldo DIRECT LINK TO LISTEN?DOWNLOAD Show Open On today’s show, Vince and Matt are calling out Vince McMahon and Stephanie McMahon about women’s wrestling. Many wrestlers that have podcasts will not call out […]

RECAP AND REVIEW: Truth and Consequences – The Dirt Sheets vs. Vince Russo on what Vince finds unethical about wrestling journalists, how he defines a mark, Dixie Carter offering a “bounty” for a mole, how he could take WWE’s ratings back to Attitude Era levels

November 27, 2018 Andrew Soucek

Truth with Consequences – The Dirt Sheets Vs. Vince Russo Release date: November 25, 2018 Recap by: Caitlin Lavelle DIRECT LINK TO LISTEN DOWNLOAD In this episode of Truth With Consequences, Matt Koon & Vince Russo attempt to dissect the reasons behind and history of Russo’s conflicts with ‘dirt sheet writers’, including Dave Meltzer, Wade Keller, Bryan Alvarez & Bruce […]

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: Truth With Consequences – what drove the final wedge between Vince Russo and Eric Bischoff, the differences in their booking philosophies, why Eric may have quashed Bret Hart coming to TNA, who had the most watched segments in the company?

November 17, 2018 Andrew Soucek

Truth With Consequences Release Date: November 11, 2018 Running time: 2:17 Recap by: Joe Aguinaldo DIRECT LINK TO LISTEN/DOWNLOAD Intro: Recently, Bryan Alvarez said something about Russo that upset him and Bischoff said something about Russo that upset him. Sometimes, it feels like the world is against Vince and it’s a lot to bear. Vince says he lived a life […]

RECAP AND REVIEW: 83 Weeks Q&A on meeting with Russo, name-dropping Ted Turner, Bullet Club, WCW tape library and more

November 9, 2018 Jeff Rush

Written Podcast Recap: 83 Weeks – Q&A Release Date: November 5th, 2018 Recap by: Jeff Rush, PWPodcasts.com Assistant Editor DIRECT LINK TO LISTEN/DOWNLOAD Bischoff comes out hot on Vince Russo. First question is from Russo – why won’t Bischoff meet with him face to face? Eric calls him a delusional, lying POS. He says he got burned by him twice, […]

RECAP AND REVIEW: Something to Wrestle with Bruce Prichard on When Hunter Married Stephanie – when Bruce first knew they were an item, how Chyna found out, who got drunk and sang at their wedding, the original creative plans for Test

November 3, 2018 Andrew Soucek

Something To Wrestle With – When Hunter Married Stephanie Release Date: 10/26/18 Run Time: 2:02:33 Recap by: Joe Aguinaldo DIRECT LINK TO LISTEN/DOWNLOAD Triple H in 1998 Triple H had a big year in 1998. He had won the world championship twice and became a constant. He made the heel turn in WM 15 and joined the Corporation He wanted […]

RECAP AND REVIEW: Truth With Consequences on Hulk Hogan In TNA – the insane way Dixie welcomed Hulk, Jeff-Karen-Kurt, the HOF Legend Bischoff wanted to fire, bringing in JR and Bret Hart, and the TNA fantasy football league

October 17, 2018 Jeff Rush

Truth With Consequences Release Date: October 14th, 2018 Episode 2: Hulk Hogan In TNA Recap by: Jeff Rush, PWPodcasts.com Assistant Editor DIRECT LINK TO LISTEN/DOWNLOAD As a rule, Vince didn’t attend TNA’s after parties. He’s not a drinker, but he would sometimes go if they fell on a Monday since he was in the TNA Fantasy Football league. Other members […]

RECAP AND REVIEW: Jim Cornette’s Drive-Thru – working with Nancy Sullivan, the first five star match, if Jimmy Garvin could have been a good babyface, the most fun Jim has ever had at a wrestling show (Ep. 65)

August 30, 2018 Andrew Soucek

Jim Cornette’s Drive-Thru Episode 65 Release date: Aug 13, 2018 Recap by: Paul Briody Top stories/moments of interest: • Brian Last asks Jim Cornette listener questions about current wrestling and wrestling history with great chemistry between the two. 0:00 – Intro. Jim’s favourite undercard Memphis wrestler was Pat Hutchinson who “epitomised a job guy.” 9:22 – Did a match featuring The Undertaker and […]

RECAP AND REVIEW: 83 Weeks with Eric Bischoff on Bash at the Beach 2000 – Russo’s infamous shoot promo, Hogan’s reaction, the original plan, Bischoff’s theory on “dirt sheets”

May 24, 2018 Jeff Rush

83 Weeks with Eric Bischoff – Bash at the Beach 2000 Release Date: 05/20/2018 Recap By: Jeff Rush DIRECT LINK TO LISTEN/DOWNLOAD “Vince Russo is… a very likable guy. You (Conrad) like him because you don’t really know him, and I felt the same way. I was like ‘You know, this guy’s pretty cool.’ He’s got that blue collar, New York, […]

PODCAST RECAP AND REVIEW: The Steve Austin Show with Vince Russo on Brian Pillman’s infamous ECW promo, the WWE wrestler who is most comparable to him, lack of character development in pro wrestling, differences between WWE and UFC

March 16, 2018 Andrew Soucek

The Steve Austin Show Release Date: March 13th, 2018 Recap by: Joe Aguinaldo DIRECT LINK TO LISTEN/DOWNLOAD 0:00 – Intro (The podcast actually starts at 1:52. The first 1:51 are sponsor reads) Steve is on vacation in Nevada visiting his in-laws, doing a bunch of four wheeling and riding his utility vehicles.He’ll also be doing some antique shopping. Steve has […]

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 […]

QUICK QUOTES: Vince Russo on WWE’s biggest problem, challening Vince McMahon on booking decisions, the biggest misconception of Vince Russo

January 8, 2018 Andrew Soucek

Vince Russo was recently interviewed by the Two Man Power Trip of Wrestling podcast and talked about crash TV, challenging Vince McMahon on booking decisions and more. Here are the highlights they sent along: Where did the “crash” TV mindset come from when writing shows in the Attitude Era: “Basically where “crash” TV came from is real simple because there […]

WRITTEN PODCAST RECAP: The Jim Cornette Experience: How Vince McMahon views food, Corny hiding in a NYC McDonald’s bathroom, how Harley Race would win a hypothetical bar fight and more

December 14, 2017 Jeff Rush

The Jim Cornette Experience Episode 210 – Listener Questions Release Date: December 7, 2017 Recap By: Mark Charles Adams DIRECT LINK TO LISTEN/DOWNLOAD Top Stories/Moments of interest • Funny talk about Vince McMahons eating habits • Jim’s opinion on a wide range of different stars from over the years Recap 0:00 – Intro: Jim welcomes us to the episode and […]

QUICK QUOTES: Jim Cornette on accidentally exposing himself during a Bruce Prichard live show, thoughts on WWE using WCW gimmicks

October 18, 2017 Andrew Soucek

Jim Cornette was a recent guest on the most recent episode of Dinner With The King to talk about a recent incident at a Bruce Prichard live show. Here are the highlights they sent along: Cornette on exposing himself to the crowd during Bruce Prichard’s live show: “As we were sitting there at our two man podium, I noticed there […]

QUICK QUOTES: T.L. Hopper on his various gimmicks, working with Jim Cornette, the writer who is “an idiot”

September 25, 2017 Andrew Soucek

T.L. Hopper (Dirty White Boy) was a recent guest on the Two Man Power Trip of Wrestling podcast. He talked about his various gimmicks, working with Jim Cornette, and more. Here are the highlights they sent along: His intense matches and feud with Tom Prichard: “It was just something that comes along every once in awhile where two guys gel […]

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