Fanny Pack Wrestling Podcast

This week, the good ship Fanny Pack rides off into the sunset in its final episode. To bring this three-year journey to a close, we brought the pair that started it all with us, Kaz and Drew. Additionally, to further the bookend concept of our finale, we decided to discuss the other pillar of Deej and Petey's Indy Wrestling fandom, Pro Wrestling Guerrilla, and their recent event/tribute, Bowie. We discuss Dalton Castle, his boys, Chris Hero's questionable jersey choices, Zack Sabre Jr.'s torture art, and the beauty of professional crowd discipline. All that, and a whole lot more as Fanny Pack takes its final bow. Enjoy!

On this episode, we make our way down under with some fantastic Australian pro wrestling courtesy of Melbourne City Wrestling's Ballroom Brawl 2016. For this, we are joined by returning guests Patrick Swagger and Jerry "JVeezy" Vin. We discuss "unsanctioned" matches, evil stable invasions, quality storytelling, and trope deconstruction. All that and more! Get in on it!

On a brand new edition of the Fanny Pack, we are joined by guests Ash Snowschu and friend of the show Remishell. With them, we enter the world of Joshi in the form of World Wonder Ring Stardom and their event Gold May 2016. We discuss fun nicknames, our new favourite wrestling stable, their amazing theme song, DJM's love of Santana Garrett, the best elbow drop in the business, and a whole lot of posing. What did the ladies think? Why did DJM (temporarily) walk out in the middle of the show in disgust? Answers to these questions on more can be found by pressing play! Do it!

On this new Fanny Pack, we are joined by HyperRPG host, podcaster, and all around cool bro Aaron Kirby, as well as friend of the show, the Stormy Sooner, Natalie Serjeant. They are on board to discuss one of the first promotions to host a WWE Global Cruiserweight Series Qualifier, Progress Wrestling, and their event, Progress 29: Practically Progress In Every Way. We look at Zach Sabre Jr.'s artistic touch with torture, Jack Gallagher's amazing performance, Tommy End's amazing striking skill, and Progress Wrestling amazing production quality. All that, plus DJM finds his new favourite woman in wrestling, and a whole lot more! Get on it!

On this new Fanny Pack, we are joined by DKG community member and returning guest Wulfegang (not Wolfgang) and Chaos Buffering's Josh "Joshua Chaos" Hilp on a return trip to the Barrowlands in Glasgow, Scotland. We return for Insane Championship Wrestling's newly-minted marquee event, Barramania 2. We talk Local Hero (and future Global Hero) Joe Hendry, the sky-high potential of Nikki Storm, how perfect Nikki Storm's goodbye to ICW was, quality storytelling, Billy "Fucking" Kirkwood's amazing commentary, and Big Damo's impressive bigness. All that, and more when you press play. So do it, already!

On a new edition of Fanny Pack Gaiden, we are joined by Record Breaker Patrick Swagger for a recap of the action that took place at Austin Warfare during SxSW. Additionally we take a look at our thoughts of Season 2 so far, including the journey of Fenix, the new darker vibe of the Temple, and the questionable decisions of who to allow to speak. All that, and a lot more Lucha talk when you press play. Do it!

On this brand new edition of the Fanny Pack, we are joined by cosplayer extraordinaire Remishell and The Offenders' Evan Jones. We talk Pennsylvania promotion Excellence Professional Wrestling's event "Check, Please". We discuss the charm of local indy wrestling, discover some new talent to keep an eye on, and lament Gran Akuma's status in wrestling. All that and more. Get on it!

The Fanny Pack is back! After some unforeseen circumstances the ship is sailing again with guests Jerry "Jveezy" Vin and Drew "Drewsipher" Snyder. They're with us as we take a look at another prolific Illinois-based promotion in AAW and the most recent iteration of their annual event "The Chaos Theory". We talk more midwest wrestling, production value, the power of keeping the audience informed, and a whole lot more. Get on it!

On this episode of the Fanny Pack, we continue our annual check-ins of rising now-New-England-based promotion, Beyond Wrestling, and this year's Americanrana event. We discuss the rising star of Donovan Dijak's, Deej's shock of seeing Da Hit Squad again, two differing opinions on Matt Tremont vs. Stockade, and the massive upside of JT Dunn. All that, and a whole lot more!

After some setbacks, Fanny Pack is back with another Gaiden episode. We take a sojourn into the world of Lucha Libre and discuss the biggest yearly show of the two major prominent Lucha promotions in Mexico, AAA's Triplemania and CMLL's 82nd Anniversary show. We discuss the particulars of traditional Lucha, what sets the two promotions apart, and a pair of high-quality main events in the respective shows. Get your lucha on!

This week on the good ship Fanny Pack, we are joined by Drew Snyder and "The Stormy Sooner" Natalie Serjeant as we turn back the clock with some truly classic wrestling. This comes in the form of Olde Wrestling and their 2014 event, "Another Extravaganza of Wrestling Exhibitions. We take a look at Thunderkitty, Jervis Cottonbelly, and Marion Fontaine in their prime, some grapplers who bear a strong resemblence to Chuck Taylor, Heidi Lovelace, Gregory Iron, and a slew of Michigan Indy guys, and we expose Bryce Remsburg for the time traveler he is. All that and more! Check it!

This week, we return to Japan and take A3K contributor AW Brawler and the returning Patty Mc$w@gg with us as we discuss New Japan Pro Wrestling recent edition of their annual Dominion event. We fanboy over Hiroshi Tanahashi, we talk about the great charisma of Shinsuka Nakamura, AW finds out what AJ Styles has been up to he last saw him, and we talk about how much of a giant dork Kenny Omega is and how much we love him for that. All that and a whole mess more can be found by hitting dat play button, son!

The Fanny Pack is back! Season 5 is here and for our return we decided to go back to one of the promotions that is truly near and dear to our hearts, Chikara Pro Wrestling. We are joined by Jack D Tyler D and Sword Song as they experience "Aniversario: A New Attitude". What did our guests think of the world of Chikara? Have we recruited new members into the Chikarmy? Hit play and find out!

This week, we put a final bow on Season 4 of Fanny Pack as Petey and DJM sit down to have a further one-on-one about all the goings-on over Wrestlemania weekend in the Bay Area. We talked out our fears for the state of Indy Wrestling going forward, we spell out hopes for the state of Wrestling as a whole going forward, Petey recounts Rick Foster and Mitzula's reaction to their new Indy Wrestling experiences, and Deej voices his current reservations about Hoodslam as a wrestling product. All that and more await you!

It's JuRYMania time! On the finale of Season 4 of Fanny Pack Wrestling, Petey is joined by Justin Robert Young, Rick Foster, and Chris "Mitzula" Minton to recap their weekend of Indy Wrestling excitement. We talked about how much we missed DJM, the amazing Nikki Storm, the equally amazing So Cal Val, our disappointment with Chris Hero, what the current quality of nXt means for the status of Indy Wrestling, and the fantastic punk rock spectacle of Hoodslam. All that and more. Dig it!

This week, Fanny Pack goes Scottish with one of the U.K.'s flagship wrestling properties and their massive event, Fear and Loathing VII. We are joined by guests Jerry Vin and "Stormy Sooner" Natalie Serjeant for this adventure. We discuss the rising star of homegrown talent Grado, the talented Drew Galloway, the delightly witty Noam Dar, the delightfully vulgar Wee Man, and the delightfully perfect Billy (Fucking) Kirkwood. All that and more! Hit play already, ya cunts!

This week on the Fanny Pack thrill ride, we dive into a young promising Chicago promotion, Freelance Wrestling, and their recent event The Uprising. We talk about how much we love Suge D, how we can't believe Robert Anthony didn't stay signed, some great character work from Four Star Heroes, If Looks Could Kill's fantastic heel-ness, DJ Zema Ion's good sense in headphones, and how uncomfortable The N Words made us despite loving Acid Jazz & Bryce Benjamin. All that and a whole lot more awaits you when you press play!

This week, we introduce of a pair of brand new guests, Anime3000's Jack D and dkgWELP community member "Wulfegang" Shane C, to the fantastic world of Pro Wrestling Guerrilla with their recent event Untitled II. We talk about the guys that should be signed by now, the guys that probably are signed right now, and one guy who should rightfully be dead by now (hint: that one is AR Fox). All that and more can be found by hitting play!

This week, we revisit a promotion from our third ever episode in Chicago-based Billy Corgan passion project, Resistance Pro and their event "And Justice For All". For this, we are joined by two fantastic guests in Petey's Hallyujuku co-host Brandon Cooper a.k.a. KingKaz and the incomparable host of Ruthless Aggression, Hawkeye Jefferson. We discuss Robert Anthony's amazing character work, how you can use old ideas and still make them feel fresh, how family friendly =/= bad, the original "black ref" Justin King, Sugar Dunkerton getting the recognition he deserved, and the value of balance in a wrestling event. All that and more on a really fun episode of the Fanny Pack! Come get some in yo face!

This week on the Fanny Pack we are joined by returning champ, JVeezy, and AnimeWorldOrder's Daryl Surat. Together, we are talking about a promotion hailing from Ontario, Canada called Smash Wrestling and their event Super Showdown 2. We talk Matt Cross, streaks, The Young Bucks, superkicks, The Super Smash Brothers, superkicks, and production value. All that and more when you press play!

On this special Gaiden episode, DJM and Petey sit down to discuss the hotly-anticipated and buzzed-about latest edition of the traditional "January 4th Tokyo Dome Show", New Japan Pro Wrestling's Wrestle Kingdom 9. The guys talk about JR and Matt Striker on commentary, Shinsuke Nakamura's unstoppable run as Intercontinental champ, Kota Ibushi further cementing his belonging in the big leagues, the raw emotion of Okada, and Tanahashi's air guitar skills. All that and whole lot more await you, so hit play already!

This week, we are talking a buzzed-about women's wrestling promotion based out of Florida, Shine Wrestling and their event Shine 23. For this discussion, we are joined by guests we have previously had on to talk women's wrestling in "StormySooner" Natalie Serjeant and "Patty Mc$w@gg" Patrick Swagger. We discuss story progression, women't wrestling, tag-team wrestling, La Rosa Negra's fantastic entrance, Thunderkitty's alignment in this promotion differing from what we've seen her be everywhere else, Kimber Lee continuing to impress, and how much fun a good temper tantrum can be to watch. All that, plus more pointless kvetching about production quality in Indy Wrestling and a whole lot more. Come on and hit play already!

This week, we are joined by Anime3000.com's Sean Russel and returning guest Rick Foster as we break from our usual norm and cover something from the evil empire. Specifically, we're discussing NXT Takeover: R-Evolution. We talk Sami Zayn's love of ska & punk, Kevin Owens' impactful debut, the future of WWE's Lucha representation, cool-down matches, that GTS tease, Finn Bálor's entrance, the wrestling women of NXT vs. the main-roster Divas, and a whole bunch more.

On this episode of the Fanny Pack, we pulled from the front of our rolodex and brought back the classic combo of Kaz and Drew to talk about Shimmer's iPPV offering for 2014 Wrestlemania weekend in Shimmer Vol. 62. We discuss Blue Pants, Athena, Hikaru Shida, Japanese RPGs, some ladies that need to be making steady paychecks wrestling on television, and so much more. Join us for the ride, won't you?

This week on the Fanny Pack we take a look at a much-buzzed-about new wrestling property, the Robert Rodriguez/Mark Burnett produced AAA offshoot, Lucha Underground. Joining us are "Nightwolf" Armando Martinez and "Stormy Sooner" Natalie Serjeant on this Lucha adventure. We discuss Dario Cueto, Americanization of Lucha Libre, how you should never trust Konnan, fantastic luchadors, and story-telling in serialized wrestling television. All that and more awaits. Enjoy!

This week, we take the Awesome Series to Japan to talk New Japan Pro Wrestling's annual extravaganza known as King of Pro-Wrestling 2014. We are joined by multi-time guest "King Kaz" Brandon Cooper and first-time guest Zac Rodrayguns to talk such topics as the similarity of many New Japan wrestlers to fighting game characters, how much of a carny Bruce Tharpe is, and why Hiroshi Tanahashi is like John Cena, and why that's a good thing. All that and more awaits you when you press play.

We officially return to our Awesome Series with special guests Cody Anderson and Mike "Icewarm" Boyd to discuss one of the prime editions of Chikara's annual staple, King Of Trios 2011. We talk about some of our favourite Chikara regulars and how different they can look over a scant three years time. We also talk about Sean Waltman's moment of redemption and Akira Tozawa's imminent success following this event. All that and more await you.

This week on Fanny Pack, it's just Deej and Petey as we technically take a break from the Awesome Series and talking about a recent event. That event being Chikara's 2014 edition of the King Of Trios event weekend. We talk about Shynron's amazing career rise, Thunderkitty's impressive toughness, Kimber Lee's continued impressive skills and toughness, bowtie battles, and the traditional Gentleman's Club 8-man challenge. In addition, we cover the Trios tournament and how masterfully the events of which progressed the overall story of this Season 14 of Chikara.

This time on the Fanny Pack, Petey shares a piece of his wrestling fandom history with Deej and special guests Hawkeye Jefferson and Patrick Swagger to discuss Major League Wrestling's freshly-released-to-YouTube 2003 event Summer Apocalypse 2K3. We talk about early Indy Wrestling nostalgia, pleather shorts, CM Punks original B-Ball shorts, Sandman carding fans, how much Petey loves Norman Smiley, how much we hated Norman Smiley's match on this show, and our thoughts on two old men wailing on each other. All that and more! Check it!

This week, the Awesome Series continues with special guest Rick Foster and Ring Of Honor's seminal 2007 PPV "Driven". We'll discuss all the great forming talent that was witnessed at the event, all the amazing possibilities available to NXT at the moment, seeing wrestlers with different amounts of hair than we're used to seeing on them, nipples, and how real the hype is for KENTA's WWE run. All that and more when you press play.

This week we bring back Kaz and Drew for their third experience with Beyond Wrestling and their latest event Americanrana '14. They managed to #SellOutFete, but did they manage to sell the guys on their brand of professional wrestling? Hit play and find out!

We're back and better than ever! The Fanny Pack has returned with the beginning of the Awesome Series and a pair of awesome guests. We take a look at PWG's Mystery Vortex with Night Attack's Justin Robert Young and Drunk Kids Gaming's Brian Curley. Did the guys feel the awesome? Hit play and find out!

On this episode of the Fanny Pack we revisit the land of Puroresu with guests JVeezy and Ash Snowschu to discuss Dragon Gate and their event Dragon Gate USA. We revisit our rant on memorable characters in Wrestling, we talk about Yosuke Santa Maria's sports bra, we chronicle Cima's injuries and thus why Ciba is being groomed to take his place, we discuss Dragon Gate's "Lucharesu" style and its influences, and we talk about the awesomeness of the name Mad Blankey. All that and more contained within this episode. Do the thing with the playing and the enjoying and the what not!

On this episode of the Fanny Pack, we delve deeper into the Sapolskyverse with Evovle 26. Along for the ride are Heather "Kid Cadet" Reicher and Serena Magnetta. We discuss many things including the wrestling clinic between Chuck Taylor and Maxwell Chicago, Uhaa Nation's overall freakishness, Jon Davis' big stupid meany pantsness, and the ladies' assessment of Ricochet's attractiveness. All that and more await you so press play already!

On this special Gaiden episode of the Fanny Pack, we have our very first ever interview. Our special guest is none other than Chikara Senior Official, referee extraordinaire, and all-around good guy, Bryce Remsburg! We discuss time travel, crossing dimensions, sketch comedy, Chikara, and more! Click play and enjoy. Let us know what you thought of this interview. Also, let us know if we should do more interviews and who. We look forward to the feedback.

On this fine episode of the Fanny Pack, we are joined by Pa#y Mc$w@gg to discuss National Pro Wrestling Day 2014. We discuss the fantastic wrestling, Gavin Loudspeaker's pale arms, Swagg's agreement with DJM's thoughts on Drew Gulak, our love of the Baltic Siege, our love of Los Ice Creams, and most importantly our love of Chikara. In addition we give our reactions to events that have signaled the heralded return on Chikara Pro Wrestling. Dive in, won't ya?

This time on Fanny Pack Wrestling, we gather the smooth-voiced Jerry Vinn, and Hallyujuku/Two Nerdy Black Guys co-host and Mid-Atlantic native Brandon Cooper a.k.a. King Kaz to talk Mid-Atlantic wrestling. Namely a promotion that made a big splash at National Pro-Wrestling Day 2013 in CWF Mid-Atlantic and their marquee event, Battlecade XIV. We discuss production value, wrestling nostalgia, "El Jefe Manny Garcia's triumph over evil, ridiculous Indy Wrestling names, the importance of a unique persona in Indy Wrestling, and so much more. Sit back and enjoy!

We're back! After a short break we return triumphantly with returning guest Hawkeye Jefferson and new guest, Stormy Sooner herself, Natalie Serjeant. They join us to discuss Women Superstars Uncensored's feature iPPV, "Uncensored Rumble VI". We discuss Nasty Tactics and the Chicks who Use them, DJM discovers his newfound love for Santana Garrett, Petey creeps on Addy Starr some more, Natalie questions Sassy Stephanie's "Sassiness", we all question Barbi Hayden's choice for an entrance theme, and so much more. Listen and enjoy!

On this Intergalactic edition of the Fanny Pack, we bring back podcaster extraordinaire Roberto Villegas along with new guest Ash Snowschu to enter the wild and wacky world of Kaiju Big Battel. What do our guests have to say upon being made privy to the everlasting fighto between good and evil? Listen in and discover for yourself!

On this episode, DJM's longtime friend, Sean aka EvilMog, joins us for a discussion of the center of the Sapolskyverse, Dragon Gate USA. We review their Wrestlecon offering, Mercury Rising 2013. We discuss the amazing Young Bucks, the promising UHAA Nation, the insanely awe-inspiring Ricochet, the big stupid meanie stupid jerkface meanie dumb Jon Davis...and so much more! Hit that play button.

In this Gaiden episode of the Fanny Pack, Petey and the Deej sit down to reflect on what was and what could've been with Wrestling Society X. We marvel at the stacked line-up and lament that such a big stage for lesser-known talent had to be so short-lived. We also take a look at what might've been with Jeffrey Katz' Wrestling Retribution Project. All that awaits you. Enjoy!

On this episode of the Fanny Pack, we revisit Pro Wrestling Guerrilla with a couple of fresh perspectives. We are joined by the returning Brett Hibbard and the self-professed "High Holiday" wrestling fan, Chris Minton, to talk about PWG's anniversary show, "Ten". We discuss the Willie Mack's imminent rise in the wrestling world, observe hilarious behaviour from the crowd, gush about PWG's commentary, marvel at Ricochet's agility, and so much more. Come on, baby!Check out more Pro Wrestling GuerrillaCheck out more events and wrestling stuff at HighSpots.comCheck out previous foray into PWG over here.

On this episode of Fanny Pack Wrestling, we bring in our buddy, Brett Hibbard to talk about a company that piqued Petey's interest while browsing Smart Mark Video, Dreamwave Wrestling. The Event: No Way Out No Escape 2013. We talk about some wrestling that hapenned. Pretty much that's it. There's no reason to sugarcoat it, we basically describe all the reasons Dreamwave Wrestling set the bar for Indy Wrestling mediocrity.

On this episode, we bring back the duo of Kaz and Drew to revisit a promotion by the name of Beyond Wrestling. Namely their recently released to DVD/VOD event, Americanrana. We discuss the great production value, how awesome tag team wrestling is, we posit which prominent 90's metal singer Masada may be in disguise, DJM finds his new Indie Wrestling man crush, and so much more.

This week, we bring back the team of Jerry Vin and Hawk Jefferson to delve into the unique world of Montreal Independent Wrestling. Namely, we discuss Inter-Species Wrestling and their recent event, Summer Slam-Tasia! We discuss moustaches, Pandas, Italian chefs, pork chops, Petey Rave's delusional wedding plans for him and Addy Starr and much more!

So DJM decided, on a whim, to join Petey Rave in Atlanta for DragonCon, giving the guys the unprecedented opportunity to be in the same physical space. They seized this opportunity by commandeering The NSFW Show's Justin Robert Young and brought him into a hotel room to discuss the keystone to the history of Georgia wrestling, WCW. We discuss, the cruiserweights, NWO, Vince Russo and more. Warning: This episode was recorded on a hastily slapped together recording setup in a hotel room. The audio is not to our usual standards. We'll be back to our Indie Wrestling fare beginning next week. We promise!

On the first episode of Season 2 of Fanny Pack Wrestling, we bring in Jackie Hern and Patrick Swagger to discuss Shimmer Women Athletes,Volume 53 at Wrestlecon to be exact, and we manage to not be creepy about it and almost exclusively talk about the wrestling. And what amazing wrestling it is. We heap praise on such great athletes as Athena, Ayako Hamada, Christina Von Erie, Kimber Lee, Leva Bates, Allison Danger, Serena Deeb, and more. Check out the show, and go support women' wrestling!

On this new episode, we discuss the Ohio-based Absolute Intense Wrestling's JT Lightning Invitational Tournament with returning guests Chris Ronin and Drew Snyder. We discuss Kimber Lee's impressive performance, ACH and Biff Busick's show stealing match, a little more of Michael Elgin and his beautiful mullet, and Tracy Smothers...oh...Tracy Smothers. All that and more and this new edition of Fanny Pack Wrestling.

On this episode of Fanny Pack Wrestling, we discuss another Wrestling Is promotion in the wake of Chikara's apparent dissolution. This time, we talk about Wrestling Is Art with King Kaz and Patty Mc$w@gg. Specifically, their show "Impression" from Greenwich, RI. We discuss the antics of the Baltic Siege, marvel at the athletic abilities of AR Fox, posit on Mike Quackenbush's self-satisfaction, demand that someone close the damned door, plus, Petey gets his shit in. Hit that play button already!

On this opinionated episode of Fanny Pack Wrestling, we bring in the returning JVeezy and wrestling podcaster Hawk Jefferson to talk about Combat Zone Wrestling's event from Wrestlecon earlier this year. We discuss high flying, ultra-violence, Greg Excellent, and Petey goes on a rant. Can this event undo our biases and trepidations when it comes to CZW? Listen and find out.

On this therapeutic episode of Shoo...errr Fanny Pack Wrestling Petey Rave and DJM bring in Brandon Cooper to talk about his experience attending his first live wrestling event after being dragged to Chikara's Tag World Grand Prix by DJM. We discuss the eternal struggle between Demons and Vampires, interesting interactions at the merch table, the mayhem and foolishness of Colony versus Devastation Corporation, coping with unimaginable loss, and more. Check it, fools! Stay tuned to SmartMarkVideo.com to get your copy of Tag World Grand Prix. Go to ChikaraPro.com for info on upcoming events you can attend live.