The Undercard Wrestling Podcast

It's finally here! The year end awards you've all been waiting for, the Undy's!!! We give away 20+ awards from catagories including: "Faction of the Year", "Tag Team of the Year", "Most Charismatic", "Face/Heel Turn of the Year", "Entrance Music" and of course, the biggies like "Event of the Year" Match of the Year" "Male/Female Superstar of the Year". It's a lot of fun with some awesome reflection on the great wrestling year that was 2023! 

As 2023 winds down, and we get ready for our year end awards show coming up, we wanted to catch up on all things wrestling heading into 2024. We discuss the rise in popularity of WWE, the new signings and where they fit in long term. We disucss what we think will happen with AEW and TNA going forward. And as a special holiday treat, we preview next weeks Undy Award show by giving away our first two year end awards! 

Timebomb Pro invited us up to Fargo once again, and as always, it did not dissapoint! We were granted accesse to the Timebomb roster, namely Jah-C, Conner Hopkins, Jordan and Brandon Gore! Four first time interviews from some eclectic, charasmatic and entertaining individuals! Plus, as a bonus nobody asked for, enjoy an extra 30+ minutes as Rodeo Randy, aka Chris Huffman, stops by to talk all things but wrestling. One more big shout out to Eric Morrison and Timebomb Pro Wrestling!

Timebomb Pro head honcho, Eric Morrison joins the podcast once again to talk all things explosive! We discuss the upcoming Fargo show, as well as his next voyage back to Minneapolis in September for a No Ring, No Rules show! We break a little news about some matches, and a return to Fargo in October! If you are new to Death Match wrestling, or interested, this is the episode for you! Enjoy!

We hang out at Timebomb Pro in Fargo and get a chance to connect with Blair from Winnipeg's Grainmaker Wrestling Podcast! We talk all things wrestling, from Timebomb to WWE, to AEW and beyond! 

WrestleMania has come and gone, so it now time for the much anticipated Pod After Mania! We run down our thougts on all the glitz, glamour and guts of WrestleMania 39! The good, the band, and of course, the Vince...... 

It's finally Mania Week!!! We walk through the entire weekends festivities, including ROH Supercard of Honor, NXT Stand and Deliver as well as both nights of WrestleMania! We talk give our predictions and our thoughts on the build to one of the most anticipated Mania's in recent memory! Come along for the ride, it's the best week of the year!!

The Road to PodcastMania begins here! We take a look at what has happened between Elimination Chamber and now, and how the Mania puzzle pieces are fitting together. We fantasy book a little bit and run down the Mania card as it sits today! We also look at this weeks AEW PPV, Revolution. The Road to PodcastMania sets off in high fashion, join us for the ride!

Episode 88 - Royal Tumble Review is exactly that! We break down the entire Rumble PLE, give our thoughts and predictions on how things play out from here as we are officially on the road to WrestleMania......or even more exciting......PodcastMania 4!! Enjoy!

Our favorite season is upon us! It's Royal Tumble Time, and thus the road to PodcastMania is here! We start the episdoe talking about Jay Briscoe, as well as our thoughts on Raw 30. We then dive into our fantasy booking of the Men's Royal Tumble match, as well as our predictions for the Women's Tumble match. We end this show with some Indy talk about our favorite promotion, Timebomb Pro! Let the Mania season commence!

It is finally time to give away our Undy's!! We hash out our 2022 Year End Awards as only we can, by giving away our Undy's! 20+ catagories, including Rivalry of the Year, Faction of the Year, Entrance Theme of the Year, Finisher of the Year as well as traditional catagories like Male/Female, Tag, Shocking moment, Event of the Year and Match of the Year!  With only a handful of unanimous winners, there is plenty of conversation and good times! Enjoy!

In Episode 85, we run through the year end shows for both AEW (New Years Smash) and WWE (SmackDown) and go over all of our favorite moments and where we think they take us in 2023! We also get to finally talk Wrestle Kingdom 17! We give our predictions and betting odds for the top 5 matches on the card! We bet real, imaginary dollarbucks and the winner gets bragging rights for a whole 20 minutes! Our final segment is succinctly called "Things we are excited to see in 2023 in WWE" and it's as fun as the title is catchy!

We get a chance to walk through our thoughts on AEW's Winter is Coming as well as SmackDown. MJF and Ricky Starks becoming the pillars of the roster, Double J taking screen time from younger talent, The Elite and Death Triangle and their love of hammers! Along with our reactions to Uncle Howdy making his live debut, and Sammy not quite getting what he wanted. We also talk about our year end awards show next week and of course, gotta plug Timebomb Pro and their Holiday Hell show in Fargo later this week!

With ROH's final PPV of 2022 in the books, we take a look at the Final Battle card as well as the Zero Hour pre-show, and give our thoughts, opinions, thumbs up and thumbs downs. We also discuss Honor Club being brought back in 2023, as well as other odds and ends in the wrestling world!

We talk Smackdown and Rampage from last week, as well as a preview of ROH's Final Battle coming up on Dec. 10th! In the second half of the show, we get a chance to talk to the owner of Timebomb Pro as well as their Champion, Bryan Keith! Both have some great stories, from no ring death matches, to hanging out with Booker T at the age of 14, both of these guys have some entertaining stories! 

We finally get to talk some "WARGAMES!!!" breaking down our reactions to the Turkey Tradition that is Survivor Series! We also look ahead to WrestleKingdom 17 with our preview of the 5 matches currently announced. Also in this episode, we look at what suprise entrants could grace us at the Royal Rumble 2023. We wrap up things up with our preview of Timebomb Pro's December 22nd show in Fargo, Holiday Hell and our upcoming interview with Timebomb's head man!

We are back with our Full Gear 2022 review! We talk through our favorite matches, favorite moments and the memories we made along the way! We talk about where AEW goes from here, them hitting the reset button with talent as well as a "far out" conspiracy theory that launches a fun debate! PLUS! We finally get to break some awesome news about a growing partnership with a certain wrestling promotion in the area! Yay us!

Welcome Back!! We promise we won't leave you for that long again! Episode 79 is here with a bang, and with so much happening in the 10 1/2 months in between shows, there is a lot to cover! So we decided to start to nominate our favorite, or not so favorite, moments for our annual Undy Award episdoe! We talk about our favorive matches so far, over/underrated wrestlers and a lot more! Thanks for hanging with us, we are so glad to be back!!

It's that time of year again! Nic Kodak teams up with Heel Turn radio to give out their year end awards! Everything from "Dumbest Thing about Wrestling in 2021" to "Male/Female Star of the Year", we give out all the Undys!

Full Gear invaded Nic Kodak's hometown, so you know he had to talk about it! Timmy O. joins in on the Full Review of Full Gear! From the Dark tapings, to Rampage, Full Gear and even some talk of F1rst Wrestling, these two cover it all!

We travel to Higher Ground World Headquarters - West to meet up with head booker, CEO and janitor of Higher Ground to talk about this weeks upcoming show, Vendetta! We talk about the six match card as well as a myriad of topics including Pro Wrestling Battleground, Nic's allergy status and so much more!! This episode is lightning in a bottle......or a fart in a milk carton.....one or the other!

Co-Host Timmy O. re-joins the show for the first time since June to discuss all that is wrestling! From the influx of free agent signings, to potential MOTY candidates so far, to CM Punk possibly returning TOO SOON!, to the impending re-debut of Bray Wyatt/Windam Rotunda. It's all here, and it's all in your ear!!

The Ginger one returns! Darin Corbin graces us with his presence once again for a candid discussion! We talk about his promo style, and how he developed his notoriety as a "talker". He also takes us through his process of dealing with crowds, of all sizes, when they want to engage the wrestlers during a match! We discuss his patreon, love of running and "Darin Does Dining" among a host of other soulless topics!

Free-Range Kara is back on the Undercard! The last time we sat down, we had a 3+ hour marathon, this time is not quite as time consuming! We talk about the transition form KaraNoia to Free-Range Kara, dealing with the pandemic while changing her entire gimmick. We discuss coming out of the pandemic to a slew of ne opponents, winning her first title since the shut down, her awesome Twitch channel, Patreon and oh so much more! There are even some ducks! It's a hootenanny!!

It's time for Higher Ground head honcho Josh Calisto to join the Undercard once again to discuss upcoming events as the Independent scene starts to make its way back! Also, host Nic Kodak re-introduces himself to his longtime rival, his cat allergies, as he tries valiantly to maintain a semblance of professionalism as his nasal passages and eye holes slowly swell shut for good! Fun times!

Happy Anniversary to us! We celebrate 3 years of Podcasting with a fun look back at some of our favorite guests and episodes, as well as look forward to what 2021 and beyond has in store for us! We chat about Double or Nothing, WrestleMania, recent WWE releases and possible landing spots. We also dig into the Midwest wrestling scene too, with Timebomb Pro in Fargo taking place recently. As well as F1rst Wrestling and Higher Ground Wrestling coming back into the fold!

It's PodcastMania 3!!! Your Host Nic Kodak joins up with Timmy O once again to run down the excitement that is Mania Week! With fans finally back for Mania, what can we expect, and how high is your excitement level? Ours is at an 11!

With the inability to have our annual Royal Mumble event, we had to settle for mumbling about the Rumble! Timmy O joins in to chat about the annual classic! We discuss all things Rumble as we break out of the starting blocks on the road to Podcast Mania III ! Join us as we Mumble about the Rumble in our milestone episode 69.......Nice!

We welcome Russell Rouge to the show for the first time, and yes, we are ashamed that it took this long to get him on! It was worth the wait, however, as we broke down the brand new promotion, Futura Wrestling! Everything from where they will start filming the pilot episode, to talent and the meaning behind the promotion, all the juicy details are here! We also chat about taking time off during quarantine, getting back into the ring after 10 months off as well as Russell's top underrated MNDY talents! Plus, there is a special bonus at the very end that we were very glad we got to share with Russell! CONGRATS!!!

As we enter a new year, we bring back an old friend! Co-Host Timmy O helps us ring in 2021 by joining the show as we discuss all of the goodness that is pro wrestling! Everything from The Fiend/Randy Orton to WrestleKingdom to the AEW/Impact crossover, we chat about it! We also give away a few of our year end Undy Awards, just for good measure!

Episode 66 is so good, it belongs in a gallery! The Renaissance Ricky Noren joins the Undercard for the first time! We discuss his evolution from traditional wrestling style to his love of Deathmatch wrestling. We talk about his Youtube channel, and how he uses it to stay sane during quarantine. We also get to discuss one of our favorite hobbies, sports cards! 

After nearly a 4 month layoff, we are back, and back with a BANG! We check another guest off of our bucket list, with one half of the incredible Top Flight, Airwolf!! We talk about how Covid changed his training habits, to his favorite Tag Teams to his performance at one of the most influential shows in 2020, Black Wrestlers Matter. Check it out, and welcome back!

With AEW's Double or Nothing in the rearview mirror, Nic Kodak brings in the ever opinionated Ash Kohler to look back at the latest PPV in the "Pandemic Era". They also discuss wrestling as a whole since empty arena shows became a fixture. Nic and Ash even take a look and rank all of the "cinematic" matches......#1 will shock you! Sorry, we forgot we weren't BuzzFeed for a sec..... Finally, Nic announces plans for a DoN "Podcast Party" next year, in Vegas for the 2021 Double or Nothing! (Assuming things are even sort of back to normal by then)

What a weekend Wrestlemania was! Nic and Timmy get together to walk through the historic 2 day event and break it down! From the amazing to the meh, they have it all figured out......or so they think!

PodcastMania is here! We take on the Grandaddy of Them All, which is Too Big for Just One Night!! We discuss our hopes and fears for the most unique WrestleMania we may ever see! We discuss our favorite #WrestleMemory as well as #WrestleMenu! How did the phrase Poop and Pop #PoopandPop come about....you're just gonna have to listen to find out!

Since we are all quarantined for the time being, we decided to get in touch with the only doctor who would come on our show, Dr. Chris Smith! Fortunately for us, he is a vast well of wrestling knowledge and we got the opportunity to discuss the uncharted territory we now find ourselves in.  This was a very unique episode and we appreciate everyone who takes time to enjoy it with us!

After 8 long months, the original Co-Host returns!! Timmy O makes his long overdue comeback as the two OG's catch up on all things grappling related! From AEW Revolution, Matt Hardy's WWE exit and possible new landing place, Lance Archer and Brodie Lee's potential future, WWE happenings as well as F1RST Wrestling and Higher Ground Wrestling! So much good stuff!

We are back with Josh Calisto as we preview the upcoming Higher Ground show, the first under the new banner! We look at the card, the possible ramifications and fallout! We also get a chance to discuss F1rst Wrestlings recent show in Rosedale Mall, amongst other oddball topics!

The Royal Mumble is back! We are joined by the same cast of characters from Royal Mumble 1, only this time, there's cake! If you don't know what this is, think Mystery Science Theater, but with way more puns! Last years event received a lot more positive feedback that we anticipated, so we thought we would push our luck again! The women's rumble match is first, followed by the men's! We had a ton of fun putting this together, so we hope you enjoy as well! Let's get ready to Mummmmbbbbllleeeeee!

Referee Clark Feldman makes his Undercard debut, and yes, we are ashamed it took us 56 episodes for this to happen! We discuss lots of interesting stories of his travels, including his infamous and ongoing feud with Darin Corbin. We get to talk a little about his band days, and how that has resurfaced up in Grand Forks, ND. We even touch on one of his favorite hobbies, retro video games!(although, we decided to save the big gamer discussion for his return) All of this, and more.......except ducks.....we forgot to talk about ducks.....

We team up with the Heel Turn guys in our first episode of 2020 to give away some 2019 year end awards! We not only give away our global awards, but local Undy's as well! 

Josh Calisto is back, as the winds of change blow us into 2020! We discuss the new direction he is taking wrestling and we look back at some of our favorite memories of 2019! We also give away a few of our Undy Awards to get you ready for the full Year End Award episode coming your way soon!

We found ourselves in St. Paul for the last time at a wrestling event, and we happen to come across four young, talented trainees at from the Freelance Academy in Chicago! They took time out of their busy schedule to sit down and talk about their young journeys, from where they started to where they hope to end up! Enjoy!

Rad Lightning is back for some more crazy tales! This time he details 2004, or as much as our time allowed! This is part one of a two part series! So enjoy the craziness and get prepped for part 2!

We welcome back Darin Corbin, and as always, he did not disappoint! We talk about a vast array of topics, from his upcoming shows in a synagogue, a palace and of course, First Ave! We also discuss living as a public figure with a private life and how social media has helped his career as well as a headache! 

We have reached the big 5 - 0! We couldn't think of a better way to celebrate than hanging out in the Mud Pit with the two baddest podcasters on the planet at Heel Turn Radio! We talk about all things wrestling, including best promos, CM Punk and Seth Rollins,  What happened to Bullet Club, our best Stone Cold Steve Austin and Dusty Rhodes impersonations and of course, what we are thankful for this holiday season! Enjoy and thank you to everyone for helping us get to 50 episodes!

As we near December, we are closing in on Showtime Championship Wrestlings final St. Paul show at the Eagles Club. Josh Calisto stops by to talk about the final card to ever compete in that historic building! We also dabble in a few other topics.....eventually!

We welcome back Dr. Chris Smith to the show, and we are happy we did! We get a chance to talk about all the wrestling goodness that has gone on in the last month and a half! Smackdown moving to FOX, AEW running weekly and NXT going live! We also dabble in some other fun wrestling related topics, so tune in and enjoy!!

Red Lightning is no more.....please welcome.... Bad Rad Lightning! Rad Lightning joins us again to work us through some more amazing stories of his wild past! Wondering why in God's name we called this episode some nonsensical name? Well, I promise there is a semi-good answer buried deep within the episode! So check it out!

Josh Calisto is back (are you really surprised?), and this time we discuss the upcoming weekend of Spooky Shows! Fright Club 2, in Eau Claire, Wisconsin is right around the corner! It's packed with all sorts of Halloween treats...and a few tricks!

Episode 45 is here and after a short layoff, we brought the Boom! A triple shot of guests, including the Master of Monotone, Josh Calisto talks about the upcoming Showtime schedule. Black Sexellence, Devon Monroe gets his first taste of "PodLife", with his first experience on the show discussing the rise of LGBTQ+ in the wrestling community. And of course, everyones favorite d-bag, fresh off his 1 month exile....I mean...excursion to the U.K., Rylie Jackson! Enjoy the madness!