Caledonian Kings Wrestling Podcast

Hop on in the time machine all the way back to Vader Time! WCW presents Superbrawl four! A who's who of names scattered through this show. Johnny B Badd scheduled to take on Michael Hayes, Diamond Dallas Page takes on Terry Taylor, Harlem heat in action early in their run, and not as we know them. We also have a wrestling masterclass with Arn Anderson and Lord Steven Regal battling for the WCW television title. The tag titles are also on the line with the Nasty Boys be Cactus Jack and Max Payne. And a double main event Inside the ThunderCage! 6 man tag action with Sting, Brian Pillman and Dustin Rhodes vs Rick Rude, Steve Austin and Paul Orndorff. And a World Title main event with Champion Ric Flair taking on the monster Vader. Plenty of action and shenanigans on this one! Don't miss it!

The Kings carry on their venture through 2005 WWE with the second PPV of the year, and the first of the Big 4. The road to WrestleMania begins as the 2005 Royal Rumble takes place. We review Two World title matches, a great match between Edge & Shawn Michaels, a casket match involving The Undertaker and of course the ever-present Royal Rumble match!

The Kings return in the New Year, with no resolutions to speak of they dive into New Years Revolution 2005 . The first event of its kind in WWE. A Raw Exclusive PPV, with all 4 Raw Titles on the line. Eugene & William Regal defend their World Tag Team Championships against Tyson Tomko & Christian, Lita takes on Trish Stratus for the Women's title, Shelton Benjamin defends the Intercontinental title against Maven, Gene Snitsky vs Kane in the continuation of their rivalry, and a colossal main event for the World Heavyweight Championship, inside Elimination Chamber, involving Triple H, Randy Orton, Edge, Chris Jericho, Chris Benoit & Batista, with Shawn Michaels as the special guest referee. There is plenty of action & talking points in this one! Enjoy!

The guys close out the year by reviewing a history making year in WWE. We talk the impact of Covid-19 on the industry, the various PPVs and big moments throughout the year including, Edges return, Drew McIntyre's meteoric rise, Sasha and Bayley's star studded performances, Asuka being the MVP during the Covid era, we also talk about the WWE Releases, third party issues, the speaking out movement, the ones we lost in 2020 and finally a look into the New Year and thoughts on what 2021 will bring us wrestling fans!

The lads return in high spirits with Halloween Havoc 1999, get in the mood for Halloween with this creepy classic. WCW after the takeover of Vince Russo and Ed Ferrara of the writing team air this PPV event. Featuring Goldberg vs Sid Vicious, Sting vs Hulk Hogan, DDP vs Ric Flair, their is an impromptu main event too as well as a plethora of talent in the under card, all 4 of the future radicals, Harlem heat and even Berlin alongside a special segment involving Madusa, Bobby Heenan and the WCW Nitro Cologne! Action packed indeed! Enjoy!

Join the lads as they review Unforgiven 2000! 20 years to the day after the show. A colossal card with colossal names. A huge fatal 4 way main event involving a The Rock, Undertaker, Kane and Chris Benoit for the WWF title. Kurt Angle takes on Triple H, we also have a strap match and a hardcore battle royal as well as a sensational tag team Cage Match between Edge & Christin and The Hardy Boyz! A great card with plenty of talking points! Enjoy!

Join the guys as they head back 6 years to the second NXT Takeover event. Fatal 4 Way. A mismatch of names and “where are they now” Including matches between Bayley and Charlotte Flair, The Lucha Dragons and The Ascension and the colossal main event Fatal 4 Way match between Neville, Sami Zayn, Tyler Breeze and Tyson Kidd. We also see a strange Hair vs Hair match, Mojo Rawley in a single match, and a double debut as Baron Corbin and Hideo Itami both appear in front of the NXT faithful! It's a show full of talking points and surprises! Enjoy!

Summerslam 2005! 15 years ago this show took place. The kings head back and review a memorable show for more reasons than one! Of course the mega Legend vs Icon main event of Shawn Michaels and Hulk Hogan. The Custody of Dominik ladder match between Eddie Guerrero and Rey Mysterio. Chris Benoit and Kurt angle are also on the card in singles matches against two somewhat forgotten talents. Two of the top feuds that year develop with Edge vs Matt Hardy and a Young Randy Orton against the Undertaker. And two world title matches! JBL challenges The Animal Batista! And John Cena defends his championship against Y2J Chris Jericho! Enjoy!

The guys make their return to WCW revisiting Road Wild 1999 from the Sturgis Motorbike Rally. This is a very unique show set up outside with no paying fans, just festival goers. We see an array of matches including the Filthy animals in a six tag match, Harlem Heat reunite and challenge for the WCW tag titles. Also Dennis Rodman in a one on one match against Macho Man Randy Savage in what is a great talking point, followed by the main event. Hulk Hogan returns to the red and Yellow defending the world title against Kevin Nash. All of this and more! Check it out

The third “This is Your Wrestling Life” and how fitting the Kings focus on British Wrestling Royalty, William Regal. Regal by name, Regal by nature, the guys couldn't wait to pick apart the career of the Englishmen. From his early beginnings as a shoot wrestler, transcending through the European ranks of pro wrestling and heading over seas to the states. His rollercoaster career of highs and lows with both the WWE and WCW, alongside some personal battles, make him one of the most intriguing guys the business has ever seen! A “could've been” World Champion? The boys discuss it all! Enjoy!

One of the most infamous B PPV's WWE ever produced, The Alliance take on WWF in the name of Invasion and it's truly unique. Join the guys as they talk all about the intriguing matches including Rob Van Dam vs Jeff Hardy, Tajiri vs Tazz, Edge & Christian vs Mike Awesome and Lance Storm and the penultimate main event where 5 of WWF's best take on 5 of the Alliance's best in a battle for the ages!

The Kings are here with the Horror Show at Extreme Rules! Can't argue with that tag line. Rey Mysterio and Seth Rollins in an Eye for an Eye match and a swamp fight between Bray Wyatt and Braun Strowman really deliver on that promise. We also have two woman's title matches with controversial finishes, a strong opening with a Tag team tables match up involving the New Day and our boy Drew McIntyre defending his WWE Championship against Dolph Ziggler. All this and more join the lads as they talk about it! Enjoy!

The boys are back in action as we count down to this years Extreme Rules PPV, Mark and Stuart review the inaugural Extreme Rules event from 2009. Three colossal matches include Randy Orton vs Batista in a Steel Cage, John Cena vs Big Show in a submission match and Edge vs Jeff Hardy in a ladder match. We also see Chris Jericho vs Rey Mysterio In one of the best matches of that year. As well as CM Punk and Kofi Kingston in action in matches post their ECW runs. All this and much more, Enjoy!

The Kings review Vengeance from 2006, 2 weeks removed from ECW one night stand, they talk Kurt Angle in the rebranded ECW, and his match with Randy Orton. Umaga vs Eugene, with a host of stars from yesteryear. A surprisingly great Intercontinental championship match, Edge vs RVD for the WWE championship, John Cena taking on Sabu and putting over the ECW regime, and a 5 on 2 handicap match with the Spirit Squad taking on Triple H & Shawn Michaels in the main event! There's also a bizarre 2 out of 3 falls match between Ric flair and Mick Foley and an even more bizarre Kane vs Imposter Kane match! Plenty to talk about here! Enjoy!

The Kings return with the latest NXT Takeover, In Your House. Celebrating 25 years since they original. Enjoy the guys talking about the opening 6 woman's tag and the state of the NXT woman's division, Johnny Gargano's heel persona and his match with Keith Lee, the Backlot Brawl Match between Velveteen Dream and Adam Cole, Finn balors Match with Damien priest and what they think of both guys. Their thoughts on Karrion Kross and his match with Tommaso Ciampa and of course the Triple Threat main event between Charlotte, Rhea Ripley and Io shirai! Enjoy!

You asked for it! Our second This is your Wrestling Life, on the late great Eddie Guerrero. Mark and Stuart discuss the story of Eddie Guerrero, including the legendary Guerrero Family, Eddie's early beginnings in Mexico and Japan, his transition to ECW, his time in WCW including his feuds with Malenko, DDP and Rey Mysterio. His hand in creating the Filthy Animals and the LWO. The jump to WWF and the Radicalz. His story and journey with “Mamacita” Chyna. His battles with demons and release from WWE and spending time on the Indies. His return to the company and transition into Los Guerrero's and being part of the Smackdown 6. His incredible climb from near obscurity, banished from the company, to being WWE Champion and spearheading his name into the Hall of Fame after his tragic death. This one is a rollercoaster, enjoy folks!

The guys are back into WCW with Slamboree 1998! Plenty to talk about here including one of the best cruiserweight segments in wrestling history, Bret Hart vs Randy Savage for the first time ever, a Main Event involving the Outsiders, Sting & the Giant. The infamous angle of Eric Bischoff calling out Vince McMahon for a fight and a Bowery death match! Listen in to hear us talk about this all over the place PPV and hear our thoughts on the madness that is, Slamboree 1998! Enjoy!

Join the lads as they review MITB 2020. Who will climb the corporate ladder in the most unique version on the classic ladder match. Drew Mcintyres first PPV title defense. Tamina in a woman's championship match? A fatal 4 way tag match as well as talking about empty arenas and the state of wrestling currently! This is a fun one!

Join the Lads as they review perhaps their favourite show yet! They talk the Blossoming Midcard Of WWF at the time with guys like Kurt Angle, Edge & Christian, Too Cool, The Radicalz and Chris Jericho. A tag tables match with the Dudley Boyz and D-X, a show all about the McMahons/ Helmsley regime with Shane o Mac taking on Big Show in a Falls Count anywhere match. They also chat about The surprising MVP of the show being Gerry Brisco and the colossal 60 minute Iron Man Match for the WWF title, between two of the biggest stars of the generation and a monumental return to top it all off! What a show!

Mark & Stuart are back with an April Classic PPV from 1998, in the form of Unforgiven. A unique card where we get an Nwa Tag title match, Chyna in a Shark cage during the European title match, WWE's first Evening Gown Match as well as their first Inferno Match and a Main Event Title Match between Stone Cold Steve Austin and Dude Love. There's lots to talk about here in the height of the attitude era, ENJOY!

Join the Lads as they review their latest PPV, Backlash 2003. The colossal once in a lifetime Main event between The Rock and Goldberg, two young studs by the names of Brock Lesnar and John Cena fight over the WWE Championship. A classic David vs Goliath match between Big Show & Rey Mysterio, and a classic opener between Los Guerreros and Team angle! All this and much more! Enjoy!

Our inaugural episode of our new series where we follow the wrestling career of “The Animal” Batista. We talk his beginnings in OVW as Leviathan, his main roster debut, Joining Evolution, becoming world champion, his move to Hollywood and subsequent returns to the wwe up till his recent retirement and his awaiting induction into the Hall Of Fame. We review milestone matches along the way. Enjoy!

It's WrestleMania season, and we go to the grandest stage of them all in Florida 2008. Join us as we talk Undertaker vs Edge, a colossal triple threat match for the WWE Title, a hard hitting street fight, a Money In The Bank Ladder Match and the historic Shawn Michaels vs Ric Flair match! Enjoy!

More WCW from Mark & Stuart as they review the companies final PPV event Greed. They talk the eventual takeover from WWE, the surprisingly good opening contest, cruiserweight tag team championship tournament, Lex Luger and Buff Bagwell losing to surprising opposition. Dusty Rhodes and Ric Flair on PPV in 2001? The stardom of Booker -T, the Magnificent-Seven stable and they touch on the career of Scott Steiner! All this and more! Enjoy!

Join Mark and Stuart as they review their first WCW Pay-per-view. They talk a sensational match between Eddie Guerrero and Dean Malenko, including a look into Deans career. A strap match involving Buff Bagwell, a street fight between Harlem heat and Public Enemy, some cruiserweight matches, and a bonkers main event that only Peak WCW and NWO could provide! Listen in!

Join Mark and Stuart as they Review the most recent WWE PPV on the Road to Wrestlemania. We talk Shayna Baszler, the elimination Chamber match type. The Undertakers return and prospects for Wrestlemania. How good Daniel Bryan is and the smackdown Tag team championship scene. All this and much more! Enjoy!

Join Mark and Stuart as they discuss Elimination Chamber 2010. The first Elimination Chamber PPV where we have two Chamber matches for both the WWE Championship and World Heavyweight Championship. We also talk about the early days of Drew McIntyre, as well as the pyro Incident involving the Undertaker. All of this and much much more! Join us!

Join Mark and Stuart as they Talk about NXT RIVAL from 2015, the beginnings of Nxt, the stars of the show, where they came from and where they ended up. They go through the show match by match and give insight into what these stars had and how they would all evolve into stars/flops respectively.

Join Mark and Stuart as they discuss NXT Takeover Portland 2020. They talk Adam Cole vs Tommaso Ciampa, the prospect of Rhea Ripley vs Charlotte Flair at Wrestlemania, How good Keith Lee and Dominik Dijakovic are. The Tegan Knox and Dakota Kai street fight, and the rise of the Broserweights.

Join Mark & Stuart as we talk about the WWF PPV St. Valentine's Day Massacre Of 1999. Talking Last man standing between The Rock and Mankind as well as Austin vs McMahon in a steel cage! Enjoy!

Join us as we review NO WAY OUT 2000 Ppv by WWE. Join Mark and Stuart as they talk match by match and the facts and figures surrounding the show, including our opinions on the matches and characters involved

Mark and Stuart give a review of the recent Royal Rumble event by WWE, hear their thoughts and opinions related to the show. They also touch on the Raw following the Pay Per View.