Bang Bang Podcast

A preview of this years WrestleMania and some predictions, recorded just before Dan heads off to Vegas

WrestleMania month rolls on with a look back at an event termed “Once In A Lifetime” and “The End Of An Era”… obviously it's wrestling so none of those things were actually true, but 3 top matches including one of the best HIAC matches of all time, CM Punk getting a WrestleMania moment

Kicking off Wrestlemania month in style with Mags coming back to talk about “The Megapowers Exploding” and 13 other matches that probably didn't need to be on this show, a look at the pop charts from 1989, all the usual high quality chit chat and waffle Cheers all Go and buy a t-shirt https://www.teepublic.com/user/bang-bang-podcast1978

A trip back to 1991 to witness the incredible turn of events that took place at Randy Savage's Stag Party, all the stars are here…A look at a lacklustre top 40, all the usual waffle, and we definitely don't finish with any songs by The Shamen…Cheers xxx

August 1991 - Macho Man Randy Savage decided to have his stag do (organised by Bobby Heenan, let's not look too closely for logic this episode) on a episode of Prime Time Wrestling… Myself and Stephen Graham reflect on the events that took place that evening, and in all honesty, I think we learned a lot about ourselves in the process…Go and buy some merch here

Well let's be honest, this PPV was rubbish, absolute rubbish, but me and Chris have a nice chat anyway, discuss the state of the pop charts in 1995, and all the usual chit chat xxx cheers xx

The fantastic @pocketsizejem joins me to look back at the momentous events of last weekend, why it's alright for heels to have bald spots, the long awaited return of one of my quizzes, and all the usual fun and games

Yes everyone wants to talk about this years Elimination Chamber, but you'll have to wait until next Monday. This week we look back at the first Elimination Chamber that took place at Survivor Series 2002, with HHH, HBK, RVD, Kane, Booker T and Jericho, also features Brock Lesnar's first loss, The Smackdown 6 in tag action, Cruiserweight goodness, a hardcore women's title match, and a mental 6 man Tables match. The top 40 from Nov 2002 examined, some theatre reviews, trips to the cinema, and we finish of with a right old banger, to have a rave up@bangbangpodcast

The other half of Chain Wrestling and all round topbloke Si Powell returns to examine this slice of early 90s WCW/NWA, with a look at the pop charts from1990, a discussion about the best accents in the UK, an appraisal of Cher's career, music from Skid Row and Terry Funk, and a lot more rabbiting on about pointless stuff, cheers allXxx Andy

200 episodes ehI'm joined by the legendary Mags to discuss the 23rd Anniversary of this event, made famous by The NWO turning up in WWF for the first time, featuring an undercard of legends, some fantasy booking, the 2002 pop charts and Jimmy Eat World…*also features Paul Shane and So Solid Crew..

The magnificent Bobby Cash joins me to discuss Man City, Bristol City, True Grit Wrestling, and this years Royal Rumble

Following up from 1993 last week, the multi-talented Mark Fox from Grapple Arcade, Hooked On Wrestling, and the guys behind our new theme “Hijack Mantis” , join me to examine the overall madness of 1994. Check out Hijack Mantis here

Patch Warner from 3 Peaps In A Podcast joins me to discuss his favourite Royal Rumble of all time, we have a lovely chat about it, some predictions for this years Rumble, the legacy left by Giant Gonzales and his hairy pants, and the general state of WWF in 1993 *Special treat at the end, couldn't find a decent copy of Lex Lugers Narcissist theme

15 years ago another Monday Night War erupted, but this time it involved the a load of old blokes and Orlando Jordan…We tell the story of missed opportunities, and look back at some mental TNA storylines xxx

The Netflix Era is upon us, and joining me in giving it a right good seeing too is Simmy.We look at the top ten WWE Studio Movies Discuss 4 matches in 3 hours, lots of talking, some singing, some dancing, and a racist old man gets booed out of the building “Brother”Nice to be back Cheers xxx

We lost the original recording, so we did it again after several drinks and I think we just about managed to recreate it word for wordMuch love to the boys @UTTPodcast go and check out the show, some Stollen reviews, a look at your choices for War Games teams, our own personal choices, and a little Easter Egg around 3 minutes See you next week for Saturday Nights Main Event xx

We're back and this time the episode actually saved !!! 40+ minutes of waffle including a top 10 from 1980 before we get into this past weekends event, Is Wrestling actually quite interesting again ? The answer to that question is yes, and we are quite excited about it Good to be back !!

We take a look at the career of The American Dream , examine a top 40 from 1967, discuss the legacy of Judith Chalmers, and get drunk, cheers ears xxx

Only 51 more weeks to Halloween, but lets look back at 1996 and what WCW were getting up to at Halloween Havoc. Hogan vs Savage, The Outsiders, Jeff Bloody Jarrett, Sexy Big Show, Rey Mysterio vs Malenko, and all sorts of other bits and bobs. A top 10 from 1996 (not the best), an update on my tooth, Wembley vomiting, all the usual guff and bluster, cheers for listening xxx

We finish off our look at the Netflix documentary about Vince. Taking in Painkiller Top Trumps, the value of Hello Fresh and specifically Chocomel, some Emo bands you wouldn't have heard of, and an appraisal of the disparities of wealth in the USA, also lots of swearing and shouting Cheers all xx

We are back from a short break, minus a tooth but full of stories from New York. We get around to discussing Episodes 1 and 2 of the Netflix Doc that everyone was talking about 3 weeks ago (This is us, that's about as current as we can manage). A tribute to Geoff Capes, a top 10 from 1985, and all the usual waffle, go and check out @BottlesBooks @SidneyAndEden and all our other pals PART TWO OUT ON FRIDAY !!!!

We go back 5 years, to a time where WWE was so boring/stale/lazy that it convinced us to start a podcast, so we could talk about Wrestling we actually enjoyed from years ago. An infamous Hell In Cell match between Rollins and The Fiend, a good match between Becky and Sasha, and lots of filler In between. A good 20 mins of waffle beforehand, talking about K-Pop… and a top 40 from 1978, and Steve hits me with a chair

We pay a visit back to 2001, after a quick pit stop in 2024 for Steve's birthday and to discuss current affairs (Yes Glos !!!!) then a brief sojourn to the pop charts of 1969, before discussing this PPV from the middle of “The Invasion” storyline where RVD, Angle and Christian (well his music) all have shining moments. This episode was recorded at Sidney and Eden, big thanks to Louis and Beth

Two Big Events last month, let's have a look at them, with lots of the usual chit chat and rubbish, no top 10, but we finish with a classic tune by New Order Cheers all xxx

A look back at the career of Bryan Danielson, sadly my 20 minutes on David Otunga's legacy had to be shelved in favour of some in depth chat about ROH and all that jazz, a look at the top 40 from Bryan's birthday, all the usual chit chat and wiffle waffle, and some chat about panel members from early 80s Thats Life, yeah... Cheers everyone xxx

Recorded live and in person at Sidney and Eden on Bristol's glittering Glos Rd. Steve picked a "Classic" Summerslam for us to watch, I picked a top 40 from 1979, all the usual high quality chit chat about Wrestling, a sport which is apparently made up, but actually is fucking brilliant sometimes (a bit like this podcast) cheers ears xxx

We asked some our close pals for their picks for Overrated and Underrated wrestlers, we debate these choices in a grown up sensible manner, as sensible as a man drinking industrial strength stout, and bald idiot drinking wine from the bottle can be... A top 40 from 1973, some heavy breathing for fans of high quality audio, and thank god Burnley listened to us and sold Scott Twine to Bristol City Cheers xx

Summer break over, and we return with a look back at the last month, and focus on this year's Summerslam.A top 40 from 1988All the usual gold standard of chit chat and wiffle waffle Lovely to be back guys xxx

Scott Hall was good wasn't he, we're off for a month, see you in August for some Summerslam chat, cheers for the support xxx

Thomas Simpson returns to tell us all about his two nights at The OVO in Glasgow watching Smackdown and Clash At The Castle, we also dissect Empire Magazine's top 10 Horror Films of all time, a quick chat about Football, Uncle Howdy and pals on Raw and what comes next for Drew/Punk Chad Gable and Jade Cargill

Our first look back at some WCCW and we celebrate the 41st… anniversary of this show, featuring Freebirds, Von Erichs, Baby Kamala and Ted Dibiase, Giant Baba Vs King Kong Bundy, and Bruiser Brody in the main event, also Fishman and The Mongol…

Millwall Chris is this weeks Supply podcaster, and he joins me to chat some peak WCW, with Goldberg on the rise and the NWO split, Booker and Benoit having a classic and all the other stuff. We get ready for the Euros with some chit chat about Classic Songs, leading into a top 10 from 1998

27 years ago this week, blimey we are old eh, well Dave Mercy is in as supply podcaster this week, and he's said we can all do 5aSide rather than Maths… We look back at this strange time in WWF just before the Attitude Era gets going, but already, there are no faces on this show, apart from Goldust, and what exactly is Goldust, and what's going on with Ginger Paul Bearer, none of these questions are answered sufficiently, and nobody reads this anyway, so who cares, cheers everyone, enjoy the show xxx

Join us on a journey back to the early days of NXT, looking at Adam Rose, The Ascension, Sami and Tyler Breeze, a really good Natalya match, and some pre bastard Neville. TWO stories about David Essex!!!! AND A TOP 10 FROM 1980 THAT WILL KNOCK YOUR SANDALS OFF !!!!

We come crashing back to reality with a brand new episode all about Slamboree 1994, featuring the usual chit chat, how Steve met The Red Hot Chilli Peppers, what Elbow song left Andy traumatised for life, a general catch up on the current wrestling news, and eventually we get to the worst selling WCW ppv of 1994

Join me on a journey back to late 2019, and our episode all about the great man, this new version features lots of classic moments from career, and some Englebert Humperdink, new episode coming next week !!!

Big Van Vader is/was the man, I think we are all agreed on that. We discussed him and all sorts of other crap Christmas 2020/New Year 2021, lots of other waffle as always, love you lots xxx

Our debut show !! A two-parter all about the legendary Mick Foley is here in one lovely episode. Scheduling means no new episodes for a few weeks, but due to popular demand I've gone back and “remixed” some of the classic episodes, adding in audio clips, songs and other kinds of bits/bobs (which of course, with all my bright ideas meant that it took more time to edit than a regular episode) Hope you enjoy, thanks for the support and the regular show will be back in a few weeks

Live from Bristol's glittering Gloucester Rd, it's the inaugural Bang Bang Podcast Hall of Fame…

A look back at last weekends showcase of the immortals, both nights, all of the matches, all the ads, all the mentions of HHH, all of it, literally all of it, cheers everyone for listening, I'm off for a bath

We take our last look at a “classic” Wrestlemania by heading off to Silicon Valley (whatever that is) and enjoying fun in the sun, with pals such as Sting, HHH, Rusev, Cena, Brock, Roman, Seth, Randy, Bray and Taker, we look at a top 10 from 1985, chat about all sorts of usual nonsense, nobody reads this bit anyway, so hey xxx

WrestleMania month continues as we go back to 2009, a mixture of good and really bad stuff, the end of one era, and the beginning of a few more. A top 10 from 1972, some WrestleMania predictions, some bad football prediction, and all the sparkling wit and charm you normally get from us xxx

Back to 2004 this week, looking at a memorable night for many reasons. The top 40 from 1985, finishing off with The Dammned, some politics, death, murders and a song, cheers ears, love you all xxx

We kick off WrestleMania month by going back to 1991, a simpler time, when the only controversy was creating an angle based on an actual WAR !!! But hey it's nice to see Sarge and his big chin, possibly Randy Savage's finest moment, the beginning of the streak, and about 50 other matches that last 5 mins a piece. A short lived changed to the schedule as I look at what was on TV in 1991, and all the usual high brow comedic moments, cheers guys xx

We compile our WrestleMania dream card based on your suggestions!!! So it's your fault if it stinks!!! We also have a brief chat about The Iron Claw, and all the usual chit chat, you are all amazing xxx Luv ya lots jelly tots xx

Join us to reflect on last weekend Elimination Chamber from Australia, we also reflect on our life choices in general as we spend 90 minutes downstairs in a pub chatting about a made up sport. But for the regular people there is a top 10 From 1973, an attempt to understand the 6 nations, a few WrestleMania predictions, and the usual high standard of rubbish chatted xxx

We head back to 2000 and check out Mick Foleys last match (for 2 months), some classic stuff from Angle and Jericho, The Dudley Boyz making their mark, Taz and his small push, Big Show and his many turns, Chyna's legacy, a top 10 from 1981 !!! Some general chit chat as always, many thanks to Black Lakes (and Black Lace), recorded downstairs at Sidney and Eden in Bristol, cheers guys xxx

Steve chose this so don't blame me…. We dip our toes into the latter stages of WCW, where in 1999 people are running out of ideas… but hey, we manage to avoid talking about it for 40 mins, there's a top 10 from 1974, births, deaths, Scousers, and Steve meeting Shaun Ryder, more toilet action, really we should be charging for this stuff

Listeners views on this years Rumble, followed by a top 10 from 1965, followed by a look back at the 1998 Rumble, followed by a good old fashioned Steve soliloquy… and all the usual wiffle waffle and chit chat

We return after a month off with a look at this years Royal Rumble, also we examine the whole WWE/Vince/TKO/Netflix stuff, have a general catch up and talk the usual amount of rubbish, nobody reads this anyway do they ? I'd like to petition for Noel Edmonds to return to Bristol to present Deal Or No Deal, thanks everyone, love you all, Andy xx

We reach the end of this year's Christmas bonanza with a right treat. A “feature length” review of this piece of 80s coked up nonsense. Next year we'll definitely do “The Boys in Blue”