Joy of Booking

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Join lifelong wrestling fan DC Matthews as he picks up his pen and index cards and discusses all things fantasy booking. From massive tournaments that nobody asked for to drafts of wrestlers past and present, predicting upcoming PPVs and trying to reimagine wrestling history, there's all sorts of nonsense to enjoy when you have the Joy of Booking!

DC Matthews


    • May 25, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 39m AVG DURATION
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    Latest episodes from Joy of Booking

    Joy of Break'ing - See you in a month!

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2025 5:56


    Thanks for all the fish!

    Joy of Nerding - 99 and then 9 Questions Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2025 43:17


    What's your definition of success?

    JOB - Why AR Fox? (ABC List)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2025 35:31


    We crown a new number one and discuss whether it is easier to have promo skills and learn to wrestle or the other way around.

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    JOB - #BlameBanks (and a spontaneous Deep Dive of D-Lo)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2025 41:42


    In my explanation of my current stats project (Blame Banks), I take you behind the scenes of my madness and we spend WAY too much time talking about D-Lo Brown, whom one Cagematch commenter has called "The Greatest Mid-Carder of all time".

    JON - Almost 100 Questions, Part 1!

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2025 53:05


    DC copies another podcast.

    Fictional Wrestler Tournament - One Fourth Done!

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2025 41:35


    DC, as usual, bends the rules.

    JOB - ABC List - 2 New Teams in the Top Ten!

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2025 36:54


    This is a show about best friends, really.

    JOB Mega'sode! Tracking Matches Per Year, 1985-2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2025 107:27


    Stick with it til the end, I promise.

    JOB - Has Anyone Mused on Wrestlemania Yet? Nobody?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2025 66:00


    I talk a lot. And make bold accusations in some cases.

    JOB - WWE Evolve, Episodes 1-3

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2025 43:10


    DC has watched three shows on Tubi and shares his thoughts.

    JOB - Mania Musings

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2025 43:35


    DC pauses his mad dash to catch up with WWE before Mania to discuss. . . The mad dash to catch up before Mania. . . And then Mania. . . And whatever else he said.

    Joy of Booking - Multiversal Tag - 2003 to 2011!

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2025 30:18


    We cruise through almost a decade of Multiversal Tag Title Madness.

    Joy of Booking - Fictional Wrestler Tournament Part 2!

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2025 28:20


    Joy of Nerding - Fantasy Drafts - YA Books and Feeling Free!

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2025 43:40


    It was you all along, dear listener.

    Multiversal Tag Team Titles ...Or... How Road Dogg sucks again

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2025 36:07


    We got through 2001. . .That's something, right?

    ABC List - Andy Kaufman and 2.0!

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2025 36:28


    Andy, did you hear about this one?

    Fictional Wrestler Classic - Episode 1!

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2025 30:58


    Brandon Banks is a mad genius.

    Multiversal Tag Title Mega-Episode. . . Kinda

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2025 51:23


    He was dumb and thought he could finish the tag title run in a single episode. . . He was so dumb.

    JOB - Multiversal Tag (1988-1993)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2025 32:19


    Jerry Seavey should be champ.

    JOB - Experimenting with a Multiversal Tag Title

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2025 30:10


    Was Brandon right? ... Probably.

    JOB - The 2010's time project and more Multiversal IC titles!

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2025 26:16


    Happy Birthday Champ! Well, yesterday anyway...

    JOB - The Alphabetical List is Amazing!

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2025 42:16


    We put a number of women into the Top 10 and end with an all-time great.

    JOB - Keeping Up with the Projects!

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2025 32:27


    Multiversal IC title and the 2000's in terms of match time - Who are the Iron Men and who was Mr. Quickie???

    Pontificast - The State of DC's Wrestle Watching.

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2025 30:54


    11 years later and #FindYourHappy is still the law of the land.

    JOB(ish) - We go All Over the Place

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2025 36:19


    What podcasts do I listen to? What Reddits do I follow? Who has the best record in 5 minute or less PPV matches in the 1980's and 90's? This and much more.

    JOB - The Alphabetical List goes American!

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2025 22:12


    I know you're waiting for it, Banks. . . Your patience will be rewarded. . . Someday.

    JON - Ideal Dinners, Sounding Cool and the MASK THEME SONG!!!

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2025 30:12


    Listen to the end, you cowards!!!

    JOB - Tracking the Multiversal IC title

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2025 33:14


    If the IC belt changed hands anytime a champion lost, no matter what. . . What would that look like?

    JON - Jimbo Loves Acupuncture!

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2025 36:36


    More BitLife Nonsense

    JOB - A Blissful Alphabetical List

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2025 32:35


    We get back into our alphabetized version of My List. There's some German dancing and two new members of the Top 10.

    Tracking the IC title, part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2025 42:00


    We finish up our study of televised IC title victories.

    Joy of Nerding - Fantasy Drafting at 4 AM!

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2025 34:41


    When you make pancakes and chicken burgers before the sun comes up, the next thing you do is podcast!

    JOB - Reacting to a Really Royal Rumble

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2025 35:56


    Cagematch and I do not agree on this one.

    JOB - Tracking the IC title, part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2025 37:36


    JOB - Banks Demands a PPV Title Failure Tournament

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2025 47:13


    JOB - Poobah-Paloozah

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2025 27:29


    We go back into the Twitter archives with a specific porpoise.

    Joy of Nerding - Jimbo and Billy!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2025 32:33


    This podcast is about a Gooch and a Glasscock.

    JOB - PPV Title Failures - We Wrap It Up. . . Ish.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2025 40:38


    We do ROH, we do the TNA weekly shows, we catch up to the presentish day. . . Who's gonna come out on the top? Oh, and then I do more because I'm crazy.

    JOB - PPV Title Failures - The 2010's!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2025 29:35


    This decade was a bit rough at times - Not exactly the banner years some people (me) were expecting.

    JOB - PPV Title Losses - The 2000's!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2025 25:54


    DC does a couple years of stats, then reports back. Lather, rinse, repeat.

    JOB - PPV Title Losses, The 90's, Part 2 (Double Length Episode!)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2025 64:56


    I had to take a couple breaks recording this one - My stamina is kaput.

    JOB - PPV Title Losses, The 90's (Part 1)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2025 39:33


    The 92 Royal Rumble really made me write a lot of names.

    Joy of Booking - PPV Title Losses - The 80s!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2025 30:26


    A new question leads to DC taking you inside the stats process.

    JON - Jimbo Loves Libraries

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2025 47:54


    More BitLife nonsense.

    Joy of Booking - Avatar, Alexa and Stables, Oh My.

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2024 32:13


    The Ula Falula.

    Joy of Nerding - Fantasy Drafts Galore!

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2024 36:44


    Learn about DC's tastes in candy, his contract riders and what movies make him cry. This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

    JOB - We Finish the 2006 PWI 500 Tournament!

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2024 28:45


    Who makes it to the Final Four? Who had the best year? Who put the bop in the bop-she-bop-she-bop?

    JOB - Who is DC's Favorite Wrestler in 2024?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2024 39:44


    DC starts out with intentions of making a Tier List. . . And then fails.

    Joy of Nerding - A Hard Knock BitLife...Or 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2024 39:54


    Prison, murder, illegal emigration. . . This episode has it all!

    JOB - 2006 PWI 500 Tournament, Round 3!

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2024 29:23


    We change a lot of the brackets up but it's better, promise. This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

    Joy of Nerding - Old Man Logan, Old Tweets, Old Gripes about the Sox

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2024 39:32


    The name pretty much says it all...

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