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!
May your holidays be as bright as the light shining off of Colossus' organic steel body and as joyful as Wolverine when he's got a new bar to frequent.
Today's episode is brought to you by the delicious Yasso Greek Yogurt bars, specifically the chocolate flavored ones. Oh, and also, ICOPRO.
We pause our usual X-Men comic reading to ask "What If" 22 times and then rank the best 5 stories from the first few issues.
In the beginning of this episode, I said I might get through three rounds. Clearly, I lied.
We take a look at the classic 1980 X-Men story that became an excellent part of the Animated Series and not at all a good part of the movies.
We wrap up Round 7 and do all of Round 8. My voice hurts.
Just wait til we get to the last one...
Hope you had a lovely Thanksgiving, to those who celebrate!
On character development and Champions.
Did you ever see that Big Bang Theory episode where the guys are talking and Back to the Future and have to essentially invent new grammatical tenses to explain the worlds? Yeah. . . That.
Saw it on Reddit, had to give it the DC twist. Follow this hypothetical multiverse title all over the world, winding up in a very surprising place!
More Brackets busted. Sorry, Austin and Alberto.
Covers and covers and covers and others.
Bayley, Becky. . . Becky, Bayley. . . And a Beast!
Imperial Guard! Weapon Alpha - It's a maple leaf??? Xavier's special hideaway.
It just keeps going and going and going...
Storm is amazing. Jean Grey is a Phoenix. Cyclops is. . . Emo.
We love you Banks, oh yes we do. We love you Banks, and we'll be true. When you're not with us, we're blue. Oh Banks, we love you.
The X-Men go into hiding and we get a few years with no new comics. . . But then, a Giant-Sized return!
Bonesaw is ready. . . Are you?
We cover issues 43 to 59, which actually have some moments of intrigue and excitement! Who knew?
Issues 25-42. We get a Banshee! And a deepish dive into the powers of 2 X-Men.
Tournaments and Tangents should have been my name.
The Locust! The Untouchable! The Whiny, Emo X-Men!
Trying something new, which always goes well, doesn't it. . .
Sure, let's start another ridiculous nerdy quest. . .
Want to know how DC comes up with the tournament brackets? No? Well you're gonna.
Robert Frost and meaningless (in theory) tournament brackets.
Banks went to Vegas and all I got was a stats homework assignment...
Bit later than planned, Brando. Sorry.
It's been real. It's been fun. Sometimes it was even real fun. This is not clickbait, the podcast still lives.
We finish Block C and do the first half of Block D. Not that you care. Sadly and more importantly, on the day this is released, I will be singing this song... "Back to school. . . Back to school. . . To prove to Dad that I'm not a fool."
YOU GET A DOINK! AND YOU GET A DOINK! EVERYBODY GETS A DOINK!
DC goes back into borrowing ideas from All Fantasy Everything for single person draft topics and totally nerds out about Prometheus and Mosquitos.
2 new teams in the Top 10, 2 new wrestlers in the top 20!!!
128 matches. 50 minutes. One weak voiced host.
Brandon Banks is a kind and good man with a creative brain.
Who did I watch the most of from the mid 80's?
Bad News, Badd Company, Balls Mahoney and More!
Alllll Over the Map.
It didn't come crashing down and I don't hurt inside.
We do a lot in an hour.
This episode is brought to you by Moe and / or Joe.
There is an episode I reference that no longer exists, mainly because we started this tournament over. It wasn't good, I don't think. I doubt you missed anything.
What is art? What is love? What is the worst candy?
DC put some links in Banks' tournament, which helped speed things along - Man, there are a lot of things DC doesn't know!
How many wrestlers must DC list down ...Before you can call him.a nerd? So many wrestlers that DC lists down...It really is quite absurd...
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