Wrestling 20 Years Ago Podcast

Lacey & Yullie are on the final stop on the road to 'maina 19, we have Rock Hogan 2, HHH Steiner 2 and Chris White's & Rory's favourites go 1 on 1 , we also have the passing of the legend Mr Perfect Curt Henning.    follow Lacey's YouTube videos at  PopCulture Productions - YouTube

The GM is joined by The Place To Be Nation Wrestling Network's Own Calum McDougall to begin a new year of WWE action..! A full review of Royal Rumble '03 can be heard within, plus the chaps' thoughts on the pending returns to the ring of Hulk Hogan and Stone Cold Steve Austin.

Chris, Chris, Erick and himself are back for another awards show - it's 2002! Who were the winners? Who were the losers (besides us!)? Who are the surprise inclusions and exclusions?    Then, in the final half-hour,   we make an IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT which we then discuss at length re the future of the Wrestling 20 Years Ago Podcast. It's a biggie alright......

Dan W and Devinder close out 2002 with a full and frank review of Armageddon '02! Also on the docket:   You can call him Al. And Devinder does! A lot! Obtuse Angles. HHH and Scott Steiner: arm-in-arm                                                                                                                         You can call him Al. And Devinder will                               . A Lot!                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

Pity poor Chris W as Rory and Dan W try to help him through the Big Show winning the WWE Title from Brock Lesnar! Well..maybe they don't help him that much...   There's also just enough in the chamber for the guys to provide a full review of Survivor Series 2002! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------   Treat yourself to the very best of beer and cider courtesy of our friends at 10 Beer Bottles! 10 Beer Bottles - Craft Beer, ciders and much more besides. Visit the store here:  http://10beerbottles.co.uk Enter Code WRESTLING20 at the checkout and receive 10% Off online orders! No minimum spend! Free Delivery on orders over £45 ! (Excludes: 30% Off, Clearance, Sale, Gift Packs & Bundles, Other Gifts and Christmas Pre-Orders)  

Chris and Chris are here to review a UK-only PPV. I know..I know...but this one has something pretty good on it! Really! ---‐‐-------------------@   Treat yourself to the very best of beer and cider courtesy of our friends at 10 Beer Bottles! 10 Beer Bottles - Craft Beer, ciders and much more besides. Visit the store here:  http://10beerbottles.co.uk Enter Code WRESTLING20 at the checkout and receive 10% Off online orders! No minimum spend! Free Delivery on orders over £45 ! (Excludes: 30% Off, Clearance, Sale, Gift Packs & Bundles, Other Gifts and Christmas Pre-Orders)  

Erick Landstrom and Chris Lacey discuss No Mercy 2002, blood, sex, murder, and necrophilia because this is the WWE in October 2002!       -----   Treat yourself to the very best of beer and cider courtesy of our friends at 10 Beer Bottles! 10 Beer Bottles - Craft Beer, ciders and much more besides. Visit the store here:  http://10beerbottles.co.uk Enter Code WRESTLING20 at the checkout and receive 10% Off online orders! No minimum spend! Free Delivery on orders over £45 ! (Excludes: 30% Off, Clearance, Sale, Gift Packs & Bundles, Other Gifts and Christmas Pre-Orders)

Rory and Dan D are on-hand to walk you through September 2002 in the WWE. Should anyone have any objection, then....   HHH gets given a belt. So what else is new? Billy and Chuck go all the way. Or do they? Unforgiven 2002 PPV Review. Shall I put a second sentence that ends in a question mark here too?    

As a few of our number attended Clash At The Castle last week, we have put together a little show in which we talk about the show a bit! Novel eh? You'll get to hear about our very specific on-site experiences, our thoughts on THAT finish, and whether the WWE will ever fancy coming back to these shores again before 2052!   For some video recordings of our time in and around the show itself, be sure to check out our Facebook page!

Erick, Dan W, Chris and that other bloke from ages ago are with you for a co-present-athon for Summerslam 2002. Of course you can expect the likes of: The correct pronunciation of towns and cities with a "G" in them Angle/Rey or Orndorff/Muraco. The world holds its breath... Which version of Ric Flair's music is the best Liking HHH again (sort of) One of the panellist's all-time favourite match.... All-time!   --- But what about the overall score the guys give the PPV.? Has Wrestlemania X-7 been equalled? Hell, has the rating system been broken to such a degree that Wrestlemania X-7 can be surpassed?!...   Find us on Twitter and Facebook!   All shows from August 1993 available on Spotify, along with a playlist of every song you hear!    Next up: Clash At The Castle Special!

Lacey Del & (He's Back) Rory are here to go over the Vengeance PPV, Undertaker in a early runner for MOTY with Jeff Hardy in a ladder match,  the death of the nWo and a pair of new GM's (one is nepotism the other is a shocking wrestling return)   plug for Seddon and Lacey's Comic stash - PopCulture Productions - YouTube

Lacey & Del are with you this month to go over the King Of The Ring PPV and a return of a icon, return of a asshole oh and the little news story of someone taking a ball home

Erick Landstrom and Adam Joyce Get the F Out of May 2002. First, though, they recap Judgment Day 2002, the WWE's rough start on TV, and pay tribute to the British Bulldog (but not before Tim White steals two shows at once!)

Chris and Chris are here to take you through the first half of May 2002. After getting a summary of Insurrextion 2002 out of the way, they then head out of the Time Machine to discuss what is now known as The Plane Ride From Hell. Drawing heavily upon the recent 'Dark Side Of The Ring' documentary, they take you through what happened in those dark few hours - with very strong opinions on the actions and words of certain individuals.   LOTS of swearing and MUCH in the way of NSFW-content to be found within....

Dan Welling is joined by Pete Kimber and Devinder Vargas to review the state of the WWF in April 198..sorry, April 2002!   They look at the early effects of the brand split, review Backlash 2002, stop off to meet Dorothy Flair and then set-up their own handicap match between 'Our Resident Hulkamaniac' and Our Resident Hulkamaniacs!    

Lacey is joined by Erick, Whitie and Dan to cover the showcase of the immortals , Icon vs Icon with Rock vs Hogan, HHH vs Steph (i mean Y2J) and Austin vs Hall. Does it live up to last years 'Mania?    also if you do wanna join lacey in the PopCulture Productions follow at @PopCultProd & @SedLaceyComic 

Join the gang for the first - and very probably last!- ever non-timeline Wrestling 20 Years Ago Podcast quiz! All things Wrestlemania are on the docket today, as two teams of four strive to survive. Sorry, wrong PPV.   Enjoy the next 45 minutes of a game full of high-scoring, controversy, and in the final round an almighty ricket from your genial host!   Let us know via the usual channels how YOU got on!   Our full in-timeline Wrestlemania X-8 review will be with you very soon:)

Chris White is joined by Daniel D'Wit to break down the NWO's debut into the WWF, review the No Way Out pay-per-view and preview Wrestlemania X8!    

Rory McNamara is joined by Chris Lacey and Den Welling as another year begins! After the guests get to grips with Rory's little game, they then go on to discuss a bigger(?) game as HHH makes his return at MSG on January 7th!   A full review of the 2002 Royal Rumble follows thereafter,  and with some choice disagreement from the boys to boot!   We also discuss our hopes and fears - well, mainly our fears! - about the "lethal dose of poison" injected by Vince McMahon at the end of the month.   --   Listen to the end for an important announcement!    

We are back with the 2nd proper quiz show, this time round Lacey is the quizmaster and we see Team 'Yes Sir I Can Boogie Woogie Jimmy Valliant' vs Team 'Allied Powers'. 

After a year where we lost two promotions but gained many more friends along the way, Rory McNamara helms our Ninth Annual End Of Year Awards Show! Chris White, Chris Lacey, Erick Landstrom and Dan Welling debate, discuss but mainly disagree their way through eleven categories covering both the very very good and very very bad of 2001! Listen along and let us know via the usual channels what your picks would be! Did we get it right?   See you in a few weeks for 2002!

Rory McNamara is joined by Del Muir and Pete Kimber to see off 2001. A year which even in its final four weeks still finds time to prepare(warn?) us for a forthcoming brand split, put on a PPV that takes us over two hours to review and best of all(YMMV) crown Chris Jericho the Undisputed Champion!   Thanks for all your support throughout the 2001/2021- and remember, the 2001 End Of Year Awards show will be landing on New Years' Eve!    

Rory McNamara is joined by Devinder Vargas to - finally! - put a bow on November 2001 by taking a close look at The Great Reset edition of RAW from 19th November 2001! Turns! Returns! Buns! The guys also find time to discuss the latest episode of JR Goes Back Home and to struggle with the concept of Undisputed Champion!        

Adam Joyce, Billy Johnson and Daniel D'Wit are on-hand for another month of independent wrestling from 2001! Listen out for appearances from wrestlers we haven't seen for a while, wrestlers we will likely never see again and wrestler we will definitely soon be getting used to!

Rory McNamara is joined by Chris Lacey, Erick Landstrom and Chris White to administer the final last rites to WCW and ECW in the form of Vince McMahon's brand of Sports Entertainment gleefully traipsing over their entrails!  Otherwise known as a review of Survivor Series 2001! Stay tuned for us casting our eyes back over the previous sorry four months of Alliance presentation plus yet another piece of Fantasy Booking Brain-Stroming!   Also check out our continually-updated Spotify playlist! (Don't worry, it's The Seekers' version of 'The Carnival Is Over' on there, not mine!)    

For our first of three shows looking at November 2001, Chris White is joined by Rory McNamara to....yeah...review another UK-PPV again, I know I know... but this one has Austin v Rock on it!   Stay tuned for some out-of-time-machine-mode reminiscences! 

Lacey, Del & Yullie are back to go over Octobers WWF tv and the No Mercy PPV, we talk Angle/Austin & RVD as they go for the WWF title, Rock & Jericho battle for the WCW title, and we get the new and now only scale to rate a show.

Daniel D'Wit, Billy Johnson and Adam Joyce are here once again to take you into every nook and cranny of the Indie wrestling landscape of September 2001! As ever you'll come across some names you are familiar with, alongside those who in an alternate universe you are familiar with! For more information on the matches discussed today check out the relevant page on our website right here!   For the latest information and to discover how YOU can get involved, follow the on guys on Twitter at @indywres20yrs  

We keep the time machine in the garage for this special edition of the Wrestling 20 Years Ago Podcast, as Erick Landstrom joins reality show expert Heather Olson to review season 1 of WWF Tough Enough on MTV!

Rory McNamara is joined by Bob Colling and Pete Kimber to look at the WWF in September 2001. After the grim-but-essential task of reviewing the Smackdown held shortly after the attack on the United States, the boys are able to turn their attentions back to professional wrestling by looking at the the stupendous build for Angle- Austin II, the Unforgiven PPV in full and their thoughts so far on the Invasion angle.

Billy Johnson, Daniel D'Wit and Adam Joyce are back to bring you another month of non-mainstream goodness! Today the guys look at a fascinating selection of contests from August 2001, which include a few very familiar names!  For more information on the matches and where you can watch them, check out the relevant page on our website right here!   Follow the podcast on Twitter @indywres20yrs to keep abreast on future shows and on how you can get involved!

Erick Landstrom, Chris White and Dan Welling cover a Very Good SummerSlam 2001, check in on the post-merger locker room (nothing to see here, folks), praise the incredible Steve Austin (what?), and discuss the alarming result of the biggest match of the month: the WWF vs. the WWF.

Adam Joyce, Billy Johnson and Daniel D'Wit are back for another deep-dive into the indie wrestling underworld, this time looking at July 2001! They take you on a World Tour - which like any good World Tour takes in a trip to Portsmouth - and they also drop in on Chris Lacey for an old time's sake ECW Reunion! Well, it has been four months...!   The chaps also bring you another Listener Pick Match - and be sure to follow them on Twitter at @indywres20yrs for how you can help make the call for next month's version!   For video links to all the matches discussed on today's show plus some more information, head to our website!  

Lacey is join by Yullie and Del as we go over one of the biggest months in wrestling history! We finally have WWF vs WCW (with added ECW)! We cover the Invasion PPV and all the TV going into it, another Austin turn, some amazing Heyman promos and then the small matter of the return of the Rock but will he go to the WWF or team WCW/ECW ?

Chris White and Erick Landstrom cover a busy June 2001 in the WWF. The guys discuss another great month from Steve Austin, DDP the Stalker (not so great), the burgeoning WCW invasion, and the 2001 King of the Ring.

Daniel D'wit, Adam Joyce and Billy Johnson are back with you for a second helping of Indie Goodness from June 2001. The guys pick two matches each, during which we will meet the likes of Low-Ki, Doug Williams, a pre-Mickie James Mickie James, The Amazing Red and many many more (oh yeah, The Barbarian and Tony Atlas too).  The guys will also take you through our first Listener Pick Match - and be sure to follow them on Twitter at @indywres20yrs for how you can help make the call for next month's version!   For video links to all the matches discussed on today's show plus some more information, head to our website!

The talking is over! Let the talking begin! Yes it's the first episode of The Indies 20 Years Ago Podcast! Join Billy Johnson, Daniel D'Wit and Adam Joyce as they take you through May 2001 in independent wrestling! They break down all the big and interesting news for the month before reviewing a selection of matches! If you wish to watch along with them then head over to our website for a full match-list with videos of the matches. ---- For those of you who are used to our format on the Wrestling 20 Years Ago Podcast, we are sure you will quickly pick up that these shows are NOT in strict Time Machine Mode, so if you hear things like "WWE" and "Blu-Ray" you don't have to bristle too much!  For those of you brand new to us, welcome! We hope you stick around and check out all the other content we have available on our feed! We've been looking forward to bringing this new direction to you all for a long time so we hope you enjoy it just as much the guys did making it and I did editing it! Follow the fellas on the twitters at @indywres20yrs for more info, clips...and soon on how YOU can get involved with forthcoming programming!

Rory McNamara is joined by Devinder 'The Hardest Working Man In Wrestling Interviewing!' Vargas for a month full of important in-ring action in the second of two shows looking at the WWF in May 2001:   Awww he gave her a paiw of Dudwey gwasses! Judgment Day 2001 Review We always knew it would all go well for Chris Jericho. Honest! HHH Toughs It Out TLC III: Must We? (It's Still Bloody Good Though) People are booing Austin! Really!

Rory McNamara is joined by Dan 'Star-Spotter' D'Wit to look at..oh..right....another UK-only PPV. But this one is good!! Really!! Well, some of it. Maybe...   Warning: Contains bad singing...

Rory McNamara is joined by Pete 'Black Widow' Kimber and Bob 'It's Still Real To Me, Dammit!' Colling to start on the long long long road with just one wrestling company for...er..company. I hope you brought a hip-flask! On the agenda for April 2001: Austin 4:2 Says...The Same Things As Before. Uh Oh.... People Want To Cheer HHH. People Are Weird, Man.... The Intercontinental Title is The Wanker's Title Are we all out on the Back-Lash? Chris Lacey also makes an appearance in order to finally lay ECW to rest...although "rest" is probably the wrong word!

Welcome to a brand new show here on the Wrestling 20 Years Ago Network! The Indie 20 Years Ago Podcast!   Rory McNamara (with his indie-friendly mic) is your host but that's really not important here..   What matters is the presence of Billy Johnson, Pete Kimber, Daniel D'Wit and Adam Joyce as they introduce themselves AND what they have in store for us each and every month on our Network! You will hear about their previous experiences of indie wrestling (both good and bad!), how the new podcast will work and how you can watch along with us!   First show proper will be with you in a month from now! Follow the Twitter account for the podcast here: @indywres20yrs

Rory McNamara. Erick Landstrom. Chris White. Chris Lacey. Dan Welling. Wrestlemania 17. In timeline. Released 20 years to the day. 3 hours. 16 minutes.   Check out our melody.

In the third of three volumes for this most tumultuous of months, Rory McNamara helms a show in which we look at the 288th and final edition of WCW Monday Nitro - which just so happened to have a serious chunk of it simulcast with WWF Monday Night Raw. (In the highly unlikely event of you not knowing why this was able to happen, check out Volume 1 for this month...which you should have done anyway...) Old-school WCW fan Chris Lacey is also here to help pick over the bones.   Erick Landstrom guides you through all the happenings on the Nitro side such as a defiant Ric Flair letting rip, Booker T becoming the final WCW World Heavyweight Champion and Flair n' The Stinger hooking it up one more time.   Chris White has you covered for the go-home show for Wrestlemania X-Seven. The return of Mick Foley, Angle getting something to do and  more huge developments re the main event are all here.   And then from there...we have the simulcast portion itself...and we can safely call that eventful!     (We recommend listening to all three shows in order!)

In the second of three volumes for this most tumultuous of months, Chris White is joined by Rory McNamara to dedicate just a little bit of time to the small matter of the build to probably the biggest Wrestlemania of all time!   Speaking of all time, they get a contender for Worst Segment Of Forever And Ever out of the way first before looking at how the WWF have prepared us for what we have in store in Houston in just a few short days.   They look at Shane McMahon being all noble and that, the Undertaker being all ignoble and that,a contender for BEST Segment of Forever And Ever and then finish up by predicting the whole card!   Our full review of Wrestlemania lands on April 1st!   (We recommend listening to these three volumes in order!)

In the first of three volumes for this most tumultuous of months, Erick Landstrom is joined by fellow former keepers of the WCW flame on this podcast - Bob Bamber and Rory McNamara - as they then watch it be extinguished for the final time.   They plot the course from the start of the month all the way until the still-shocking news of the company's demise being made official.   The final PPV - which could only ever be called 'Greed' - is reviewed by the team, as they also use some of its more positive moments to plot a course  as to where the company could have gone.   Vince McMahon and his pocket change are also discussed at great length, including whether the encouraging noises about full-scale WCW programming under the WWF banner are really just extended death throes..    The boys then sum up the last seven and a half years of covering WCW on this podcast channel..and wonder aloud what- if anything can be learned from it.   Thanks for the memories WCW. No, really. Thank YOU.   (Note: We recommend listening to these three shows in order!!)

Chris White and Rory McNamara have reached the last stop on The Road To Wrestlemania (take a drink)!    In addition to the full review of the No Way Out PPV from Las Vegas, they find time to discuss the following:   Are You Ready For Some Football? Well, No. Not Really. I'll Pay To See These Guys Fight - As Long As I HAVE To Pay To See Them Fight The King Abidcates Oh Yeah...The Wrestlemania Main Event Might Be Alright Too..   --   ..and stay tuned for no fewer than four VERY SPECIAL SHOWSSSSSS coming your way over the next few weeks:)      

Erick Landstrom is joined by Rory McNamara and Pete Kimber to discuss WCW for February 2001.   Will the sale to Fusient happen? Who’s in charge of creative? Where did all the women go? What did Pee Wee say? Oh, and SuperBrawl: Revenge happened too. The show then closes with some very special news concerning what’s to come in March and April.

Chris White is joined by Lacey & Dan Welling to go over the 2001 Royal Rumble, we discuss rumoured ECW talent coming in and what may be done with them.

Lacey and Yullie run through what could be the very last ECW PPV, we cover the show and the news of no new shows for a few months, possible sale, Hayman looking to the fed for a job and more 

Yes it's finally here! The quiz that takes in our entire timeline! Hosted by Rory McNamara, and contested by great names past and present from our near-300 shows over the last seven years; strap yourselves in for six rounds of brain-creaking trivia!   Get your thinking caps on and then let us know via the usual methods how well YOU managed to get on against our crack contributors.   (PS. Apologies for both my internal mic and the very Saturday Night mood of the recording!)   Thanks for all your support since 2013 - stick with us for is certain to be our biggest year yet:)

Sound the bugles, one and all! WCW has been sold! It will be all plain sailing from here, no doubt! Rory McNamara, Erick Landstrom and Peter Kimber take you through all the news leading to Fusient Media Ventures taking control of the company in January 2001. Ok so no money has actually changed hands yet, and it is still possible they could pull out of the deal by March 30th 2001, but what are the chances of that eh? The guys talk about the possible end of the careers (for very different reasons) of Messers Goldberg and Eudy, welcome back Dusty Rhodes and weigh up how likely it is will be seeing co-branded WCW and WWF PPVs before too long.....