Host Luke Thayer welcomes writer and performer guests, Rebooking the Territory takes disappointing matches, runs, angles, storylines, and events from WWE, WCW, NWA, ECW--rewriting them the way we wish they had gone. It's what SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED WHEN!
TNA has had a rollercoaster existence with some great moments and some infamous ones, but could they have been a real contender?
Nobody is tougher than these guys in a shoot fight, but their careers never showcased them in that light. They were staples of both WWF and WCW, but never really stood out...until today.
The NWO is near perfect, but then there's all those guys they added to the group. Some good, a couple great, and a ton of filler. Today we change that!
Stone Cold didn't have many missteps in the WWF, but by all accounts turning heel was one of them. It was the turn nobody asked for, and most people rejected, but what happens if we change the whole thing?
One of the greatest ever joining the greatest promotion of all time should have been magic, instead it was underwhelming. We change that today!
One of the most dominate tag teams in WWE history, yet not in the Hall of Fame?! After today's show, there will be no doubt that they'll be the top of the tag team pyramid!
Hot Rod had a hot run, but could it have been even hotter?
Women's wrestling has gone through different phases over the years; the Fabulous Moolah, to Wendi Richter and Rock 'n' Wrestling, to bra and panty matches, to divas, and now the women's revolution. Sometimes featured, many times forgotten, we take a look at the history of women's wrestling and see how HERstory should have been written.
Huge success in WCW didn't necessarily translate to huge success in the WWE. DDP got over in the 90s, but the transition to Vince McMahon's world didn't go as we hoped. That changes today.
It's the feud that almost happened, but was lost. Warrior and Jake could have had a great series of matches, telling a great story. Instead, Jim Hellwig was fired and we all lost out, but what if it had happened?
Russo and Bischoff had a short, tumultuous time together in WCW, and didn't really get much done. The plane was going down with or without them, but could anything be done to pull the nose up? Today, former WWE writer Chris Dunn helps us rebook the bookers!
There's some peaks--tag team champion, Wembley Stadium, and The Hart Foundation run--but what about everything in between?
Jeff Jarrett has some infamous moments during his pre-TNA runs, and he seemed to always be on the cusp of being the top guy. We look to make that happen on this week's show.
Half cheered, half booed for his entire career, but what if John Cena turned heel in the middle of his career? How about 100% boos?! Can it be done, and what about the KIDS?!
Bam Bam had an up and down career. He headlined a Wrestlemania, but had a relatively short career. We change a lot about him in today's episode.
Don't worry, we'll be back with some more great episodes after this short break!
We all love The Four Horsemen, but we don't love ALL of them (we're looking at you Mongo). They were the best in the 80s, but were a mess in the 90s. Can we turn it around and give them the run they really deserved?
Macho Man's run in WCW was pretty good, but could there have been a better option? We explore an in-ring return to action for Randy in the WWF!
We all love the NWO, but let's be honest we all think of them in WCW. Could they have made it work in the WWE? We try on today's show.
Sometimes the stars align and magic happens. That is not the tale of Wrestlemania XI. Possibly the worst Mania ever, Dan St. Germain (Comedy Central; WrestleRoasts Podcast) joins the show to help us turn this event into an all time classic.
Ken Shamrock had a fun couple years in WWF, but it could have been more! What if Ken never leaves to return to MMA, but instead sticks around for some of the best years in company history?
Scott Steiner had a great run, both in tag teams and singles divisions, but he may have just missed being the greatest of the 90s. What if he didn't have a brief run with his brother in WWF, but instead was pushed to the moon as a singles?
As a kid, it felt like Rick Rude wrestled in the WWF forever, but really it was only a handful of years. He left for WCW and then was injured, never returning to the ring for a singles run again. Could he have been convince to stay and be the top dog for Vince McMahon up to the attitude era?
Is Thurman "Sparky" Plug the absolute bottom and Hardcore Holly the absolute peak? Or can we take him higher (or drop him lower). Adam Cozens joins us to find out.
Ric Flair started the 90s incredibly hot, but by the end of the decade he had been disrespected, mistreated, and thrown aside. Ric had so much left in the tank though, and we give him the run he deserved.
Goldust is the character that was introduced in the New Generation of superstars, yet really is the beginning of the Attitude Era. He was flamboyant, but problematic. Today A.J. Kirsch (WWE Tough Enough) joins us top rebook that early run.
The main event of Wrestlemania VI was one of the greatest matches in the history of wrestling! It was colossal, and the Warrior was riding high. But his run at the top was over in less than a year. We change that now!
Cristian Duran takes a look with us at the WWE career of Matt Hardy. Was it BROKEN...in the bad way?
Mr. Perfect had an amazing run in the late 80s and early 90s in the WWF, but it wasn't perfection. Today comedian Jay Nog joins the show and we look to make Curt Hennig's story flawless.
One of the more cringe-worthy storylines that, at best, could be called racially insensitive. Should Booker T have won the title that night? If so, how would that have changed things for him?
He has quite possibly the most famous, or infamous, moments in wrestling history. Fred Ottman had a decent little run in the WWF, and certainly something in WCW, but it could have been completely different!
Today we celebrate the life and career of Jon Huber, known to many as Luke Harper and Brodie Lee). We go back and change his WWE run and throw in some new angles and ideas for this great performer.
Should CM Punk have ended the streak at Wrestlemania 29? What happens to WWE, and Punk himself, if he does?
Scott Hall had some unique runs, Big Scott, Diamond Studd, Outsider and NWO founder, but the most interesting may have been Razor Ramon. Could he have stayed in the WWF and even been the Heavyweight Champion?
Killer stand-up comedian Dustin Chafin (Showtime, HBO's Crashing) joins the show to discuss The Fabulous Freebirds. We might even be able to get them a long run in the WWF.
Comedian and wrestling commentator Harry Terjanian joins us to see what could be done to save WCW from its demise.
Comedian-Journalist Adam Glyn (TMZ, Host of South of Wilshire) joins the show to rebook Kerry Von Erich's WWF run. Possibly nobody ever had as much upside as the Texas Tornado, but it just didn't pan out...but could it have?
ECW was that edgy, underdog, outsider friend we all had that got a little older and then started working at a bank. Comedian Chris Griggs (Hulu, Netflix) joins the show to rebook ECW's run in the WWE.
Ron Simmons was one of the toughest and baddest dudes ever in wrestling, and yet he was thrown into a cheap gladiator costume. Comedian Jesse Jones joins to rebook Ron into the role he deserved!
It's one of the biggest "what-ifs" in wrestling history...today comedian and actor Ray Marshall (Orange is the New Black) joins the show to get the WCW Invasion done right!
This week comedian James Mattern, from SiriusXM and the WWE Network, joins me to figure out how to make Lex Luger's WWF run explode into an all-time greatness!
Former Tonight Show head monologue and WWE writer Jon Rineman joins us this week as we revisit Wrestlemania VIII. Top to bottom, it's full of hall of famers, but we aim to make it even better.
This week comedian and former WWE writer Matt McCarthy joins the show to discuss the man they call Vader. It should have been so much more, and this week we make it that way!
If you're a wrestling fan you know Stone Cold. You might even be vaguely familiar with the Ringmaster. But for some of us, we remember that blonde, clean shaven, incredible worker called Stunning Steve Austin. Could WCW have made him into one of the top stars of the 90s? Kevin McCaffrey and I do our best to rebook it into existence.
Goldberg was an intense WCW legend, but then came his first WWE run. It wasn't what the fans longed for and ended with him being booed out of the building. What went wrong...but more importantly, what's the solution?
Comedian Matt Little joins the show to rebook The Hitman's unsatisfying WCW run. Join us to share your Ummm, actuallies @RebookingTT on Twitter!
Host Luke Thayer welcomes comedians, TV writers, former WWE creatives and more as Rebooking the Territory takes disappointing matches, runs, angles, storylines, and events from WWE, WCW, NWA, ECW--rewriting them the way we wish they had gone. It's what SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED WHEN!
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