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Backbone Wrestling Network...Welcome to Highway to the Impact Zone. Join host Logan Crosland, his student Jacob Williams, TNA expert Matt Souza and special guest Jennifer Smith as they live watch the 1/3/08 episode of Impact.

Buongiorno! The Backbone FOOD Network brings you the meals and stories from the weeknight of the resident cook. This episode, Chef Keithie is whipping up a simple weeknight fare for those looking to clean out their food pantry; a Fire-Roasted Tomatoes & White Beans Chicken Breast Bake. This fast and friendly meal will satisfy your craving and you can savor the flavors with our boy as he shares his ideas for the summer cookouts. Mangiare la mia famiglia

On this very special anniversary edition of YouTube Roulette, the boys are joined by special guest Keithie Langston. Join along with them as they watch a WWF show in Kuwait from May 12, 1996. Featured on the show is Bushwhacker Butch vs a maskless Aldo Montoya, a 25 minute Ahmed Johnson vs Triple H match, Bret & Undertaker teaming, and a Steve Austin vs Shawn Michaels main event. Come and enjoy the regular madness and join in celebration of the Backbone's second anniversary.

Welcome to The Crosup, a weekly look at the wrestling TV and PLEs from WWE, AEW, and TNA. Host Logan Crosland will take you the through the results, promos, and what he considers the top matches of the week. This week he will cover the TV shows from the week of 5/11-5/16. Join Logan each and every week as he guides you across the wrestling world on The CrosUp!

We Watch Comics dives headfirst into the ever-expanding world of comic book movies and TV shows — one episode at a time.  Join Logan and Keithie as we being our Journey through the ArrowVerse; Arrow, the Flash, Legends of Tomorrow, Supergirl, Black Lightning & Batwoman, the boys will pull the thread of the fabric of the Multiverse and maybe have some fun doing it. This episode, Logan & Keithie hope to not get "Burned" by making sure that they "Trust But Verify" all the parties involved.

On the milestone fiftieth episode of NWA Crock and Roll we pause our June 1986 launch for one of those “very special episodes” (No, no one died unbelievably), as Shawn and Scott breakdown their in person trip to Nashville for GCW, Summerslam, Starrcast, Flairs Last Match and more! Bars, Beer, Brides, Food, meeting Ron Garvin, pictures with the Horseman & Baby Doll and most important important of all, an all time wrestling trip with great friends!

In Episode 47, Scott and Logan go over the 5/31/00 Thunder from Boise, Idaho! They talk about maybe the best wcw hardcore match and a wild horse appearance.  Has the bloom come off the Mike Awesome rose? It certainly appears that way. We finally get a world title match for the ppv? Will Tank Abbott survive until Mondays match with Goldberg? 

Backbone Wrestling Network…. Welcome back to Meltzer Knows Best (?), where we will continue our journey with yet another that Dave Meltzer considers a 5-star match. In episode #3, the guys, now officially joined by Scott Shifflett, travel back to the Tokyo Dome on January 4, 2024 to talk about Bryan Danielson vs Kazuchika Okada . Check out the match yourself and then listen along to our breakdown!   https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x9dmxuw

Welcome to The Crosup, a weekly look at the wrestling TV and PLEs from WWE, AEW, and TNA. Host Logan Crosland will take you the through the results, promos, and what he considers the top matches of the week. This week he will cover the TV shows from the week of 5/4-5/9, as well as WWE's Backlash. Join Logan each and every week as he guides you across the wrestling world on The CrosUp!

Welcome to episode #49 of NWA Crock 'n' Roll where we jump out of the timeline and head back to 1984 for another Pre-Crockett timeline watch. In this one we take a look at a Ric Flair title defense in World Class against Gentleman Chris Adams, a six-man tag stacked with star power, a Jimmy Valiant match that gets the crew hot, a chaotic bunkhouse match from Mid-South involving Dusty Rhodes, and a pair of Mid-Atlantic tag matches, which cancels out the Valiant abomination. Come for the Crockett and stay for the bad takes, as we dive back into the good old days of professional wrestling.

Backbone Wrestling Network...Welcome to Highway to the Impact Zone. Join host Logan Crosland, his student Jacob Williams, TNA expert Matt Souza and special guest Scott Shifflett as they live watch the 12/27/07 episode of Impact.

In 1988 history was made by JCP. A Premium Live Event given away free on TBS showcasing some of the best and brightest for our entertainment. Titles defended. Grudges resolved. Legends are born. Henceforth known as the Clash of the Champions. Join us as the Backbone on this journey recapping these amazing show of shows. This episode, Keithie welcomes "The Walter Cronkite of Wrestling Podcasts" or “The Howard Cosell of Wrestling Podcasts" or simply known as "The Dean of Podcasts", Matt Souza. Clash of the Champions XIII: Thanksgiving Thunder live from the Jacksonville Memorial Coliseum in Jacksonville, Florida and we hit Unlucky Number 13 as this show is.... not that good. The Fabulous Freebirds with Bobby Eaton and Little Richard Marley vs The Southern Boys Buddy Landel vs Brian Pillman Brad Armstrong vs Big Cat The "Z-Man" Tom Zenk vs Brian Lee Michael Wallstreet vs The Starblazer Sgt. Krueger and Col. DeKlerk vs The Beast and Kalua Lex Luger vs The Motor City Madman The Renegade Warriors vs The Nasty Boys The Nightstalker vs Sid Vicious The NWA United States Tag Team Champions The Steiner Brothers vs Magnum Force The NWA Worlds Tag Team Champion Butch Reed with Ron Simmons and Teddy Long vs Ric Flair with Arn Anderson All this plus The NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion Sting trying to deal with the Black Scorpion and his black magic skills.

Buongiorno! The Backbone FOOD Network brings you the meals and stories from the 2000 cookbook Can You Take the Heat by Jim Ross & The WWF Superstars. This episode, Chef Keithie is packing something fierce in the form of Val Venis' Kielbasa. Does the Big Valbowski satisfy the fan's ravenous cravings? I'm sure he brings the meats when it comes to feeding some mouths. (Ugh, even I feel gross typing this, how about we just eat)! Mangiare la mia famiglia

Welcome to The Crosup, a weekly look at the wrestling TV and PLEs from WWE, AEW, and TNA. Host Logan Crosland will take you the through the results, promos, and what he considers the top matches of the week. This week he will cover the TV shows from the week of 4/27-5/2. Join Logan each and every week as he guides you across the wrestling world on The CrosUp!

We Watch Comics dives headfirst into the ever-expanding world of comic book movies and TV shows — one episode at a time.  Join Logan and Keithie as we being our Journey through the ArrowVerse; Arrow, the Flash, Legends of Tomorrow, Supergirl, Black Lightning & Batwoman, the boys will pull the thread of the fabric of the Multiverse and maybe have some fun doing it. This episode, Logan & Keithie review the family vendettas and ringing out the holidays; looking forward to the year's end. 

On Episode 48 of NWA Crock 'n' Roll, the boys continue their journey through May 1986. Topics include; the continuation of Ric Flair vs. half of the JCP roster, a US title press conference for the now confirmed showdown between Magnum TA & Nikita Koloff, Jim Cornette, Tully and JJ Dillon being excellent as per usual, and a trip over to Japan with the Road Warriors before heading out to Las Vegas for an AWA World Heavyweight title match between Stan Hansen and Curt Hennig from AWA TV! 

In episode 46 of the podcast, the guys cover the 5/29/00 Nitro. This is an whirlwind episode as Goldberg finally appears! That's right not the monster truck but actually Goldberg! We get more title changes and sadly its the world again and its not just once! Will the asylum cage be able to hold the Franchise? And the guys debate how many Kronik 4:19 shirts were sold!

Backbone Wrestling Network…. Welcome back to Meltzer Knows Best (?), where we will continue our journey with yet another that Dave Meltzer considers a 5 star match. In episode #2, the guys discuss 6 man tag match for Korakuen Hall between the team of Giant Baba, Kenta Kobashi, & Mitsuharu Misawa vs Toshiaki Kawada, Akira Taue, & Masanobu Fuchi from January 29th 1994. Check out the match yourself and then listen along to our breakdown! https://youtu.be/kaSGdQ1fciI?si=M2Q19vsBu09I2URk

Welcome to The Crosup, a weekly look at the wrestling TV and PLEs from WWE, AEW, and TNA. Host Logan Crosland will take you the through the results, promos, and what he considers the top matches of the week. This week he will cover the TV shows from the week of 4/20-4/25. Join Logan each and every week as he guides you across the wrestling world on The CrosUp!

On Episode 47 of NWA Crock 'n' Roll, the boys continue their journey through May 1986. Topics include; the usual top-notch interviews from Arn, Tully and JJ Dillion, another rant about Wahoo McDaniel after a TV title match which derails the show for a while, a rare Arn and Flair tag team match on television, an underwhelming debut and a territory spotlight from Alabama which surprises everyone pitting Brad Armstrong and Tim Horner vs. Tom Prichard and Not-My-Mr. Perfect Jerry Stubbs!

On episode 44 taped way before Wrestlemania the boys go after two current day wrestlers! Shawn-Get Cody Rhodes off my TV! Keith-Rey Mysterio Jr.-Enough already and retire! Two takes for sure on this episode so give it a listen

On this classic episode of Highway to the Impact Zone that originally aired on the Place to Be Wrestling Network, join Logan, Jake, Matt and Shawn as they live watch Lockdown 2006! Listen to the crew discuss Samoa Joe vs Sabu for the X Division Title, Christian Cage vs Abyss for the NWA World Title, Team Sting vs Team Jarrett in a Lethal Lockdown match, and more!

You ever watch Thomas the Tank Engine? In a world where one man has only seen 30 or so movies comes a desire to learn from a master. A master of film. A master of cinema. A master who has led such a sad life.  Logan seeks the knowledge and he turns to his own personal “Yoda”; Keithie. Join Logan & Keithie on a wild adventure to discover as we watch along with a new movie each episode in THE MOVIE EDUCATION OF LOGAN CROSLAND. This episode, Logan & Keithie go international as we travel the pain train with Bullet Train. Starring a ton of old, present and emerging stars, this thrill ride weaves an amazing web of circumstances to provide one hell of a joy ride.  A snake, assassinations, smart toilets, Thomas the Tank and the Japanese Yums box all involved. What a ride!! Have you tried these smart toilets? They're a pleasure to the senses. If I had one in the chamber, I would rock this bad boy right now.

Welcome to The Crosup, a weekly look at the wrestling TV and PLEs from WWE, AEW, and TNA. Host Logan Crosland will take you the through the results, promos, and what he considers the top matches of the week. This week he will cover the TV shows from the week of 4/13-4/17, as well as AEW's Dynasty & Wrestlemania 42 Night 1 & 2. Join Logan each and every week as he guides you across the wrestling world on The CrosUp!

On the latest .5 episode, Shawn and Keith go down the Rabbit Holes with wrestlers named Adrian with two separate matches! Up first, Bob Backlund faces Adrian Adonis for the WWF Title from the Spectrum on 3/20/82! From there, Adrian Street takes on the Macho Man Randy Savage from Memphis on 1/28/85 with a special intro cameo from the future Miss Elizabeth. Controversy abounds on this episode in takes, so enjoy the listen!

We Watch Comics dives headfirst into the ever-expanding world of comic book movies and TV shows — one episode at a time.  Join Logan and Keithie as we being our Journey through the ArrowVerse; Arrow, the Flash, Legends of Tomorrow, Supergirl, Black Lightning & Batwoman, the boys will pull the thread of the fabric of the Multiverse and maybe have some fun doing it. This episode, Logan & Keithie start with reviewing two episodes and the guys try to tell the difference between family "Legacies" while dealing with a "Muse of Fire"

On episode 46 of NWA Crock and Roll, the boys continue their journey through May 1986. Topics include; another hot development in the James Gang with Baby Doll vs. Midnight Express with Jim Cornette feud, a god awful Wahoo promo and a tag match with him that causes quite the heel turn from Calum, the US Title Feud continues to brew, Bash 86 announcement, another Flair/Morton match from Mid Atlantic and close with the Territory Spotlight match from the WWF in Detroit with Killer Bees facing Sheik and Volkoff.

In Episode 45 of the podcast, Scott and Logan go over the 5/24/2000 Thunder! Will there be another world title change? Only time will tell? Just how many tables matches can one man lose in a week? Who is GiI Bro? and will Scott call him just GI or GI Bro? 

Backbone Wrestling Network…. Welcome to a brand new podcast journey that we are calling Meltzer Knows Best (?). In this journey, we will be watching each and every match that Dave Meltzer has rated 5 stars or above and discussing them together. Logan Crosland will be leading the way through this journey and will be joined by Keith Langston & Shawn Kidd on every episode. In Episode #1, the boys travel back to the Osaka Profectural Gymnasium for a match between Kenta Kobashi & Mitsuharu Misawa from January 20th 1997. Check out the match yourself and then listen along to our breakdown!  https://youtu.be/VlfV1bGq_ns?si=s4qy9BEd5NVVF-WE

On the new episode of YouTube Roulette, join Shiff, Logan, and Matt, as they watch Do Fixer vs Blood Generation form Supercard of Honor 2006 (Matt), Tyler Black vs Bryan Danielson from ROH 2008 (Scott), and Speedball Mike Bailey vs Bandido from PWG Battle of Los Angeles 2022 (Logan).

In this episode of New Gen on a Mission, Justin Pratt and Tim Slomka discuss the first WCW Monday Night Nitro.  They talk about Luger, IRS and Norton all showing up, good spread of talent between matches, Pasta Mania and Pepe. Enjoy!

Welcome to The Crosup, a weekly look at the wrestling TV and PLEs from WWE, AEW, and TNA. Host Logan Crosland will take you the through the results, promos, and what he considers the top matches of the week. This week he will cover the TV shows from the week of 4/6-4/11, as well as TNA's Rebellion. Join Logan each and every week as he guides you across the wrestling world on The CrosUp!

***Originally aired on Place to Be Nation in July 2022***  On episode 45 of NWA Crock and Roll, all four Horsemen are back together to begin the journey of May '86! Topics include; “Good Hand” Don Kernodle vs. Arn for TV Title, one of the greatest matches ever watched on the podcast for National Title that takes up a whole episode of World Wide, more greatness in the Baby Doll/Jim Cornette feud with a new twist, a fantastic Morton/Flair World Title House Show match from Greensboro and close with the Territory Spotlight segment looking at a WCCW World Title match between Rick Rude and Bruiser Brody that causes Dr. G to cut a heated promo on Dave Meltzer!  

In 1988 history was made by JCP. A Premium Live Event given away free on TBS showcasing some of the best and brightest for our entertainment. Titles defended. Grudges resolved. Legends are born. Henceforth known as the Clash of the Champions. Join us as the Backbone on this journey recapping these amazing show of shows. This episode, Keithie welcomes back for a return encounter, Scotty "Too Hotty" Shiff. Clash of the Champions XII: Mountain Madness/Fall Brawl '90 live from the Asheville Civic Center in Asheville, North Carolina in which we see a few debuts, one hell of a US Title match and the Stinger's first title defense against The Black Scorpion???? The Fabulous Freebirds with Buddy Lee Roberts vs The Southern Boys with Bullet Bob Armstrong Mike Rotunda vs Buddy Landel Tim Horner and Brad Armstrong vs The Master Blasters The Nasty Boys vs Jackie Fulton and Terry Taylor Bill Irwin vs Tommy Rich LPWA Women's Champion Susan Sexton vs Bambi NWA United States Tag Team Champions The Steiner Brothers vs Maximum Overdrive Stan Hansen vs The "Z-Man" Tom Zenk NWA United States Champion Lex Luger vs The Nature Boy Ric Flair NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion Sting vs The Black Scorpion  All this plus Missy Hyatt, Sid Vicious and a Freebirds trip to Hollywood.

Backbone Wrestling Network...Welcome to Highway to the Impact Zone. Join host Logan Crosland, TNA expert Matt Souza, and special guest Jennifer Smith as they live watch the 12/20/07 episode of Impact.

2 Fun topics on this episode of The Shit Take after Shawn screws up the number ordering in episodes! Keith-Dave Meltzer is a 0 Star Journalist Shawn-Trick Williams is already a bigger star than 90% of the Roster

Welcome to The Crosup, a weekly look at the wrestling TV and PLEs from WWE, AEW, and TNA. Host Logan Crosland will take you the through the results, promos, and what he considers the top matches of the week. This week he will cover the TV shows from the week of 3/30-4/4, as well as NXT's Stand & Deliver. Join Logan each and every week as he guides you across the wrestling world on The CrosUp!

We Watch Comics dives headfirst into the ever-expanding world of comic book movies and TV shows — one episode at a time.  Join Logan and Keithie as we being our Journey through the ArrowVerse; Arrow, the Flash, Legends of Tomorrow, Supergirl, Black Lightning & Batwoman, the boys will pull the thread of the fabric of the Multiverse and maybe have some fun doing it. This episode, Logan & Keithie find out just how "Damaged" Oliver, Quentin & Laurel are.

***Originally aired on Place to Be Nation in June 2022*** On episode 44 of NWA Crock and Roll, the boys pause before going head first into May 86 with a new bridge episode concept that will take place after each monthly watch called Pre Crockett Match Year Spotlight. The concept: 6 matches featuring Crockett stars from a wrestling year prior to the Crockett era starting in April 85 or prior to them becoming a part of Jim Crockett Promotions. This episode looks at 1985 and matches with some historical context that set up the Crockett era. Included; Flair vs. Gordy for World Title, Road Warriors vs. The High Flyers for AWA Tag Titles, Rock and Roll Express vs. The Freebirds, Buzz Tyler vs. Tully Blanchard for TV Title, Wahoo vs. TA in a cage for US Title that one person gives a shocking rating and close with a match with The Russians vs. Don Kernodle and…Ricky Steamboat?? This was a fun one! All matches discussed can be found on You Tube!  

In Episode 44 of the pod, Scott and Logan go over the 5/22 Nitro! We have a new champion due to a Ric Flair brain aneurism? There's also a funeral for Ric Flairs career and someone comes out of the casket? How will Kidman be cucked this week? Find out on this episode of Are You Smarter than Vince Russo's WCW!!!

Backbone Wrestling Network, Welcome to the Ice Palace for this episode of Linking Up Luchas! Join your host Logan Crosland on this pod journey where he will be linking some of his most beloved friends up with one of his favorite short lived Lucha promotions, Lucha Underground. On this installment, he is joined by Jennifer Smith, Scott Shifflett, Shawn Kidd, Jacob Williams, & Matt Souza as they wrap up the entire series by live watching Ultima Lucha Cuatro! Join us one last time and enjoy the madness that is Lucha Underground. Thanks to all the listeners, as well The North South Connection & BackBone Wrestling Network for hosting us over the past few of years!

On a big episode 25 of Hands of Z, Keith and Shawn deviate from the normal two match cadence of 1 Larry and 1 Garvin match and make it all about Larry! Enjoy as the boys deep dive and watch the Battle Royal from 1989 complete with interviews in build up where Larry wins the AWA title! Sgt. Slaughter, Tom Zenk, Manny Fernandez, Wahoo McDaniel, Ken Patera, The Future Beverley Brothers and Orient Express and more! Its a packed match with two entrants that never made it to the Battle Royal but had interviews in the lead up. One was a Rock, the other one an American Dream?? Larry is on fire! Jerry Lawler gets verbally destroyed, Bill Apter is in the house and so much more!  Fun episode!

In this episode of New Gen on a Mission, Justin Pratt and Tim Slomka talk SummerSlam 1995.   They discuss the misuse of talent (Bret, Bulldog, Luger, Sid) offset by some great in ring in the ladder match, plus 123 Kid showing up again and Diesel's flameout. Enjoy!

Welcome to The Crosup, a weekly look at the wrestling TV and PLEs from WWE, AEW, and TNA. Host Logan Crosland will take you the through the results, promos, and what he considers the top matches of the week. This week he will cover the TV shows from the week of 3/22-3/28, as well as TNA's Sacrifice. Join Logan each and every week as he guides you across the wrestling world on The CrosUp!

Hi everybody, this is Keithie Kasem and I want to welcome you to the BackBone Radio Network. Here you can enjoy sports & entertainment like never before. Catch some previews of our shows we offer here on the BackBone Wrestling Network. Our hosts & co-hosts do all they can to entertain and inform, so stay a while, listen in and enjoy. 

***Originally aired on Place to Be Nation in June 2022*** On an angle heavy episode 43 of NWA Crock and Roll, Shawn, The Doctor and Shiff (Calum saw a Wahoo match was scheduled to open the show and conveniently couldn't make it  ) close out April '86. Topics discussed include; a total reset after Crockett Cup setting up the next few months, two amazing all time angles with Flair/Morton and Americas Team/The Midnight Express with Jim Cornette, a Dusty promo that rivals Hard Times, a hidden gem match from Mid Atlantic, The Road Warriors not being able to read, write or know what match they are having or when, the greatest Saturday night show ever up to this point and close with the Territory Spotlight segment going to Japan featuring another hidden gem match between Ted Dibiase taking on Tenryu.

On episode 31 of Territorial, Shawn looks at the debut of NWA Main Event on 4/3/1988 on TBS. Coming out of the first Clash the NWA ups its TV game with a new show to follow up that highlights its top stars in main event matches on Sunday Night. After setting up the history of the show, Shawn immediately goes into the episode and recaps the debut show! Matches on deck: The Road Warriors vs. Larry Zbyszko and The Super Destroyer Dusty Rhodes vs. Ivan Koloff for the US Title Lex Luger, Sting and Barry Windham vs. Ric Flair, Tully Blanchard and Arn Anderson!

On this classic episode of Highway to the Impact Zone that originally aired on the Place to Be Wrestling Network, join Logan, Jake and Matt as they live watch Destination X 2006! Listen to the crew discuss Abyss, Jeff Jarrett and AMW vs Rhino, Ron Killings, and Team 3D, Ultimate X for the X Division Title, Christian Cage vs Monty Brown for the NWA World Title and more!

On the latest .5 episode its all about the Western States Heritage Title as Barry Windham defends the title against two of the Four Horseman! After a brief overview of Barry's reign the boys get right into it! Up first is Barry defending against Arn Anderson on a 9/5/87 episode of NWA Pro! After that they watch a match that takes place the night before the Bunkhouse Stampede 1988 where Barry actually lost the title to Larry Zbyszko, as Barry defends against Tully Blanchard on a 1/23/88 episode of NWA Superbouts in a match with some big happenings that lead to the very first Clash of Champions! Spoiler: One of these is a Four Star watch!

Welcome to The Crosup, a weekly look at the wrestling TV and PLEs from WWE, AEW, and TNA. Host Logan Crosland will take you the through the results, promos, and what he considers the top matches of the week. This week he will cover the TV shows from the week of 3/16-3/21. Join Logan each and every week as he guides you across the wrestling world on The CrosUp!

We Watch Comics dives headfirst into the ever-expanding world of comic book movies and TV shows — one episode at a time.  Join Logan and Keithie as we being our Journey through the ArrowVerse; Arrow, the Flash, Legends of Tomorrow, Supergirl, Black Lightning & Batwoman, the boys will pull the thread of the fabric of the Multiverse and maybe have some fun doing it. This episode, Logan & Keithie find out just who is "An Innocent Man". Do they fail this show? Listen and find out.