The Lawcast

From 2024: Our hosts revisit Royal Rumble 2005.

Welcome back to The Lawcast! This time we cover Edge's epic Money in the Bank Cash-In with New Year's Revolution 2006.WWE stands at a crossroads as they enter 2006. Eddie Guerrero has shockingly died only two months prior to this show. John Cena and Batista have both failed to deliver the boom in business the company was hoping for when they crowned them has champions.  As we enter the Road to Wrestlemania it's unclear where the company is going.Into this void steps Edge, who finally cashes in his Money in the Bank Contract in shocking fashion after Cena has retained the WWE Championship in an Elimination Chamber Match.Plus we discuss TNA's debut on AMC, Powerhouse Hobbes heading to WWE, and the developing Royal Rumble card. 

Our hosts revisit Royal Rumble 2000.

Welcome back to The Lawcast! This time our hosts cover the January 4, 2010 episode of TNA Impact, featuring Hulk Hogan's debut in TNA. 

Welcome back to The Lawcast! This time our hosts cover the epic conclusion to New Japan's 2010s boom with Wrestle Kingdom 14 from 2020. It's the first ever two night Wrestle Kingdom as New Japan draws a reported 70,000 fans across the two nights, the biggest Wrestle Kingdom and one of New Japan's biggest shows ever.The first night is headlined by Okada defending the IWGP Title against Kota Ibushi with Jay White defending the Intercontinental Title against Naito in the sub main event. The winners of the two matches face off on the second night to unify the belts and become the first IGWP World Heavyweight Champion.Plus we've got Jushin Liger's retirement match, Chris Jericho vs. Tanahashi, Jon Moxley vs. Lance Archer in a Texas Death Match, and more.Plus we discuss Tanahashi's retirement, the rest of Wrestle Kingdom, and Drew McIntyre as the new WWE Champion. 

From 2024: Our hosts revisit Royal Rumble 1995.

On this episode of The Lawcast our hosts revisit Wrestle Kingdom 13.

Welcome back to The Lawcast! This time our hosts revisit the infamous disaster that was the WWECW December to Dismember. They had six months to build to an ECW pay-per-view and they only managed to book a two hour show and announce two matches in advance. And the booker got fired afterward.We've got an Extreme Elimination Chamber Match featuring Big Show, Bobby Lashley, CM Punk, Hardcore Holly, Test, and Rob Van Dam, The Hardyz vs. MNM, and a couple matches no one in their right mind would care about.Plus we discuss AEW World's End, featuring MJF winning the AEW Title and Jon Moxley winning the Continental Classic.

On this episode of The Lawcast our hosts revisit Starrcade 1988.

Welcome back to The Lawcast! This time we cover the infamous Black Scorpion reveal with Starrcade 1990: Collision Course. Of course in the main event Sting battles The Black Scorpion in a Steel Cage Match for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship. Lex Luger challenges Stan Hansen for the U.S. Title in a Texas Bullrope Match. And most of the rest of the show is a terrible tag team tournament.Plus we discuss John Cena's last match, MJF's return, The Continental Classic, Worlds End, and the reveal that Austin Theory is The Man in Black. 

On this episode of The Lawcast our hosts cover Armageddon 2000. 

On this episode of The Lawcast our hosts revisit Starrcade 1996.

Welcome back to The Lawcast! This time we cover NXT TakeOver: R Evolution, featuring Sami Zayn getting his last shot at the NXT Champion Adrian Neville. It's the beginning of the golden age of NXT, featuring the debuts of Kevin Owens and Finn Balor and the first match between Charlotte and Sasha Banks.We also discuss the latest in the Continental Classic, John Cena's last match, and Netflix and Paramount's dueling bids for Warner Brothers and what it means for AEW.

On this episode of The Lawcast our hosts revist Starrcade '94: Triple Threat.

Welcome back to The Lawcast! This time our hosts cover Starrcade '89: Future Shock, featuring the Iron Man and Iron Team Round Robin Tournaments.In the singles tournament we have Ric Flair, Sting, Lex Luger, and The Great Muta. In the Tag Team Tournament we have The Road Warriors, The Steiners, The New Wild Samoans, and Doom. Those are two strong fields, but the show is overstuffed and ultimately disappoints.Plus we discuss AEW's Continental Classic 2025 and TNA landing a new TV deal. 

From 2023: On this episode of The Lawcast our hosts revisit TNA Genesis 2006.

Welcome back to The Lawcast! This time our hosts cover AEW's Full Gear 2021, featuring Hangman Adam Page's first time winning the AEW World Heavyweight Championship.The card is loaded, as we've got Kenny Omega vs. Hangman, CM Punk vs. Eddie Kingston, Darby Allin vs. MJF, Lucha Brothers vs. FTR, and more. Plus we discuss Hangman losing the title at Full Gear 2025 to Samoa Joe and preview WWE's Survivor Series.

From 2023: On this episode of The Lawcast our hosts revisit Survivor Series 1988.

Welcome back to The Lawcast! This time our hosts finally cover WCW World War 3, featuring the insane sixty man three ring battle royal for the WCW World Heavyweight Title.Of course that's the main event, but we've also got a loaded undercard with Sting vs. Ric Flair, Lex Luger vs. Randy Savage, Chris Benoit vs. Kensuke Sasaki, and more.Plus we discuss AEW Full Gear 2025 and the prospects for John Cena's final opponent.

Welcome back to The Lawcast! This time we cover the end of Diesel's title reign, which ironically features his best match ever. Diesel and Bret Hart face off for the third time and this time there must be a winner as it's No Disqualification, No Count Out, and No Time Limit. We also discuss Tanahashi vs. Okada at Wrestle Kingdom, AEW Blood and Guts, and John Cena winning the Intercontinental Championship.

From 2023: Our hosts revisit the NWA's Clash of the Champions IX: New York Knockout.

Welcome back to The Lawcast! This time our hosts cover AAA's peak, When Worlds Collide from 1994.AAA got so hot Eric Bischoff decided to promote a pay-per-view for them in the United States. We've got Konnan vs. Perro Aguayo in a Steel Cage Match in the main event. In the semi-main event we'll have Eddie Guerrero and Art Barr taking on El Hijo Del Santo and Octagon in a Best Of Three Falls Hair vs. Masks Match. Plus more action featuring Chris Benoit, Scorpio, Tito Santana, La Parka, and more.We also discuss CM Punk winning the World Heavyweight Title, The Last Time is Now Tournament, and the announcement of the WrestleKingdom main event. 

From 2021: On this episode of The Lawcast our hosts revisit Survivor Series 2003.

From 2023: Our hosts revisit Halloween Havoc 1994.

Welcome back to The Lawcast! This time our hosts cover Bragging Rights 2009, featuring the insane Randy Orton vs. John Cena Anything Goes Iron Man Match. Plus Raw vs. Smackdown matches and Batista's epic heel turn on Rey Mysterio.We also discuss Saturday Night's Main Event, the Andrade situation, and Vince Russo joining Juggalo ChampionShit Wrestling.

On this episode of The Lawcast our hosts revist TLC 2017.

Welcome back to The Lawcast! This time our hosts cover the infamous disaster that was the one and only Heroes of Wrestling pay-per-view.It's a legend show from 1999 featuring many big names of the 1980s and 1990s: Jake Roberts, Yokozuna, King Kong Bundy, Jim Neidhart, Tully Blanchard, and more. Unfortunately we know wrestlers from the 1980s didn't really take care of themselves and a lot of these guys were in rough shape. And Jake Roberts showed up in no condition to perform but was unfortunately allowed to wrestle anyway. And disaster ensued.Plus we discuss WrestleDream, Seth Rollins vacating the World Heavyweight Championship, and Warner Brothers being up for sale. 

From 2021: Our hosts revisit TNA Bound for Glory 2010.

Welcome back to The Lawcast! This time we go back to cover one of TNA's biggest moments, it's Bound for Glory 2006!Sting finally gets his one-on-one match with Jeff Jarrett that they've been building for years at this point. Kurt Angle serves as a Ringside Enforcer and we're left wondering if we can really trust him. Christian battles Rhino in an 8 Mile Street Fight. AJ Styles and Christopher Daniels defend the NWA Tag Titles against LAX in a Steel Cage Match. Many references are made to the Tigers' 2006 World Series run.

Welcome back to The Lawcast! This time our hosts cover the insanity of Halloween Havoc 1995, the night Hulk Hogan threw The Giant off the roof of Cobo Arena and The Yet-AY debuted. We're six weeks into the Nitro era and WCW seems to be picking up steam, but that's all going to come to a halt on this disastrous night. Hulk Hogan faces off with The Giant twice, once in a Monster Truck Challenge and once in the ring for the WCW Title. Lex Luger and Randy Savage both wrestle twice, with Luger facing Meng, Savage facing The Zodiac, and then them facing each other. Sting teams with Ric Flair against Arn Anderson and Brian Pillman in what surely isn't a setup.Plus we discuss WWE Crown Jewel, the new ratings tracking and the huge decline in reported wrestling viewership, and Dwyane Johnson's "The Smashing Machine."

From 2023: Our hosts revist TNA's Bound for Glory 2007.

Welcome back to The Lawcast! This time our hosts cover WWE's Taboo Tuesday 2004, in which WWE let the fans vote on what matches and stipulations they wanted to see. We've got Triple H defending the World Heavyweight Championship against either Shawn Michaels, Edge, or Chris Benoit. We've got the fans deciding whether Randy Orton and Ric Flair will face off in a Steel Cage Match, a Falls Count Anywhere Match, or a Submission Match. And the fans deciding who Chris Jericho will defend the IC Title against, the stipulation for Kane vs. Gene Snitsky, the outfit that the divas will wrestle in, and more.Plus we discuss Andrade's return to AEW, the all women Blood and Guts Match, and WWE changing InVasion to "Showdown."

On this episode of The Lawcast our hosts revisit Halloween Havoc '89.

Welcome back to The Lawcast! This time our hosts cover Unforgiven 2000, featuring the blowoff of the Kurt Angle/Triple H/Stephanie McMahon love triangle. It's 2000 and times have never been better for the WWF, but as they say pride comes before the fall. Steve Austin is about to return and there's going to be hell to pay for whoever hit him with a car, and anyone who stands in his way. The Rock is a marked man as he has to defend his WWF Championship against The Undertaker, Kane, and Chris Benoit. And Edge and Christian face off against The Hardy Boyz in a Steel Cage Match. 

From 2023: Our hosts revisit Unforgiven 2004.

Welcome back to The Lawcast! This time our hosts cover TNA's No Surrender 2006, featuring the Fan's Revenge Match between Jeff Jarrett and Samoa Joe and the shocking debut of Kurt Angle.TNA is growing in 2006 and they're about to hit two huge milestones with moving to primetime TV and adding one of the biggest stars in pro wrestling to their roster. And yet Dixie Carter decided that this was the time to bring back Vince Russo, which we believe was ultimately TNA's downfall. We've also got an Ultimate X Match between LAX and Christopher Daniels and AJ Styles and Rhino vs. Christian Cage. Plus we discuss all the news in current wrestling with Wrestlemania heading to Saudi Arabia, WWE's WrestlePalooza and AEW's All Out shows going head to head, and Andrade leaving WWE. 

On this episode of The Lawcast our hosts revisit Fall Brawl 1998.

From 2023: Our hosts revisit TNA's No Surrender 2007.

Welcome back to The Lawcast! This time our hosts cover In Your House: Triple Header, featuring a match in which the WWF Championship, Intercontinental Championship, and Tag Team Championships are all on the line. Diesel and Shawn Michaels team to face the WWF Tag Team Champions Owen Hart and Yokozuna with everything on the line.We've also got Bret Hart vs. Jean-Pierre LaFitte, Bam Bam Bigelow vs. The British Bulldog, Sycho Sid vs. Henry Godwinn, and Savio Vega vs. Waylon Mercy.Plus we discuss AJ Lee's return to WWE and Dynamite's sudden ratings drop.

From 2023: our hosts revisit In Your House: Mind Games. 

Welcome back to The Lawcast! This time our hosts cover the debut episode of WCW Monday Nitro, which took place on this day 30 years ago. It's an historic show featuring Jushin Liger vs. Brian Pillman, Sting vs. Ric Flair, and Hulk Hogan vs. Big Bubba for the WCW Title. Plus the shocking return of Lex Luger and some other less notable debuts.Plus we discuss Clash in Paris, Becky joining with Seth and the possibility of AJ returning, and AEW moving All Out to the afternoon. 

Welcome back to The Lawcast! This time we cover CM Punk's return to the ring after seven years away, it's AEW All Out 2021!Of course the match the world came to see was CM Punk vs. Darby Allin. But we also got Chris Jericho vs. MJF with Jericho's career on the line, the incredible Lucha Brothers vs. Young Bucks Cage Match, and Kenny Omega vs. Christian Cage for the AEW Title. And the debuts of Adam Cole and Bryan Danielson. It was perhaps AEW's greatest night.Plus we discuss AEW Forbidden Door and preview Clash in Paris. 

From 2020: Our hosts revisit Summerslam 2015, headlined by The Undertaker vs. Brock Lesnar.

From 2020: Our hosts revisit Summerslam 2010, featuring The Nexus vs. Team WWE.

Welcome back to The Lawcast! This time our hosts cover WCW's New Blood Rising, a show that sees Vince Russo run absolutely wild with his booking.We're one month removed from Eric Bischoff and Hulk Hogan leaving WCW after Bash at the Beach, so Russo is left unsupervised. And he proceeds to book a show of sheer madnesss, featuring a match where the storyline is none of the guys involved will follow the script, a Double Ladder Match, a Judy Bagwell on a Pole Match, a main event with four ref bumps, a "Canadian Rules" Match, and a "Rip the Clothes Off Mudpit" Match that features a miscarriage. Plus we talk about Takeshita winning the G1 and preview Forbidden Door.

From 2020: Our hosts revisit Summerslam 2005.

Welcome back to The Lawcast! This time we go somewhere we've never gone before as we cover the 2019 G1 Climax Tournament in New Japan Pro Wrestling, regarded as the greatest G1 Tournament ever.It's the one that kicked off in Dallas with Okada vs. Tanahashi on live TV in the United States. It gave us Jon Moxley's becoming a star in New Japan, Will Ospreay's breakout tournament, Naito chasing redemption, Jay White trying to claw his way back to the title, Okada pursuing perfection and immortality. There were shocking upsets, unperformances, and star making victories. We cover some of the most interesting matches from the tournament, from Okada vs. Tanahashi on opening night to Jay White vs. Kota Ibushi in the finals. Plus we discuss Karion Kross leaving WWE, WWE running Bad Blood head-to-head with All Out, and Cewsh updates us on this year's G1.

Welcome back to The Lawcast! This time our hosts cover NXT's return to Brooklyn after their 2015 triumph, it's NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn II. We've got Samoa Joe defending the NXT Title against Shinsuke Nakamura, Asuka defending the NXT Women's Title against Bayley, The Revival defending the NXT Tag Titles against DiY, and more.We also talk about a huge week in wrestling, including WWE bringing back Brock Lesnar, WWE's huge deal with ESPN, John Cena turning face, Cody winning back the WWE Title, Seth Rollins cashing in, and the rest of Summerslam. 

From 2020: On this episode of The Lawcast our hosts revisit Summerslam 2000.

From 2023: Our hosts revisit Summerslam 1988.

Welcome back to The Lawcast! This time we're going back to cover the infamous Zeus Summerslam, it's Summerslam 1989!The WWF 1980s boom reaches its crest in 1989 as both Wrestlemania and Summerslam do amazing buyrates, only for the company to fall off a cliff in 1990. We see the true mad hubris of Vince McMahon as Zeus seemingly appears from off the movie screen into our universe to go after Hulk Hogan. Plus The Hart Foundation vs. The Brain Busters and Rick Rude vs. The Ultimate Warrior.Plus we discuss the death of Hulk Hogan and his legacy,