Podcasts about Axl Rotten

ECW HCTV 197 & 198: January 28 & February 4, 1997 Original Release Date: April 28, 2024 This week Mike P, JV, & Rick will be covering ECW Hardcore TV 197 & 198: January 28 & February 4, 1997 Mikey Whipwreck vs. Chris (Chetti) Van DeLay  (Scranton, PA - 01/18/97) Little Guido vs. Big Stevie Cool (Scranton, PA - 01/18/97) ECW Championship Match - Raven vs. The Sandman (Scranton, PA - 01/18/97) Pitbull #2 vs. Brian Lee  (Scranton, PA - 01/18/97) Paul Heyman announces the main event for the PPV Ricky Morton vs. Big Stevie Cool (02/01/97 - ECW Arena) Steve Williams vs. Axl Rotten (02/01/97 - ECW Arena) ECW Championship Match - Raven vs. Dr. Death Steve Williams (02/01/97 - ECW Arena) The Sandman vs. D-Von Dudley (02/01/97 - ECW Arena) Bubba Ray & D-Von Dudley Join Together The Dudley Boyz & The Gangstas Brawl Please remember to send us feedback and thoughts on the show to the twitter feeds listed below or email bookingtheterritory@gmail.com Follow the ECW LiveCast host at: @MPRU83  @JOHNVANDAMAGE @LeoWyatt85 @ExtremeCast Also check out The Bottom Line Wrestling Cast @bottomlinecast Listen to the Bottom Line Cast right here: https://bottomlinecast.pinecast.co/ Find out more at https://ecwlivecast.pinecast.co Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/ecwlivecast/2c9efb2b-54f9-4050-b90a-6f72605af578 This podcast is powered by Pinecast.Read transcript

ECW HCTV 195 & 196: January 14 & 21, 1997 Original Release Date: April 8, 2024 This week Mike P, JV, & Rick will be covering ECW Hardcore TV 195 & 196: January 14 & 21, 1997 The Gangstas vs. Tommy Rich & Ricky Morton (House Party ‘97 - 01/11/97) Ricky Morton vs. Tommy Rich (House Party ‘97 - 01/11/97) ECW Championship Match - Raven vs. Sandman  Chris Candido vs. Louie Spicolli (House Party ‘97 - 01/11/97) Shane Douglas, Chris Candido, & Brian Lee attack Tommy Dreamer in the Eagles Nest Tommy Rich attacks Terry Funk & Tommy Dreamer backstage ECW Tag Team Championship Match - The Eliminators vs. Axl Rotten & D-Von Dudley (House Party ‘97 - 01/11/97) Shane Douglas puts bounty on  Pitbull #2 & Bubba Ray Dudley Terry Funk vs. Brian Lee (House Party ‘97 - 01/11/97) The Masked Superstar (Rick Rude) confronts Shane Douglas, Return of Pitbull #1 Please remember to send us feedback and thoughts on the show to the twitter feeds listed below or email bookingtheterritory@gmail.com Follow the ECW LiveCast hosts at: @MPRU83  @JOHNVANDAMAGE @LeoWyatt85 @ExtremeCast Also check out The Bottom Line Wrestling Cast @bottomlinecast Listen to the Bottom Line Cast right here: https://bottomlinecast.pinecast.co/ Find out more at https://ecwlivecast.pinecast.co Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/ecwlivecast/f85b776b-ed85-43b0-b208-de01b62719cf This podcast is powered by Pinecast.Read transcript

Supercard Special 18 - Pt 1. - November to Remember '96: Nov 16, 1996 Original Release: December 28, 2023 This week Mike Pru, JV, & Rick Beebe will be covering the first half of November to Remember ‘96 from the ECW Arena on November 16, 1996! Match #1 - Stevie Richards (w/Blue Meanie & Super Nova) vs. David Tyler Morton Jericho (Debut of the Blue World Order!) Match #2 - Axl Rotten vs. Hack Meyers Match #3 - Buh Buh Ray Dudley vs. D-Von Dudley Match #4 - Number 1 Contender's Match For ECW Tag Team Championship - Rob Van Dam & Sabu vs. The Eliminators Match #5 - Mikey Whipwreck vs. Chris Candido Please remember to send us feedback and thoughts on the show to the twitter feeds listed below or email bookingtheterritory@gmail.com Follow the ECW LiveCast host at: @MPRU83  @JOHNVANDAMAGE @LeoWyatt85 @ExtremeCast Also check out The Bottom Line Wrestling Cast @bottomlinecast Listen to the Bottom Line Cast right here: https://bottomlinecast.pinecast.co/ Find out more at https://ecwlivecast.pinecast.co Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/ecwlivecast/fe1b330c-0d82-4635-9917-382b89c432d1 This podcast is powered by Pinecast.Read transcript

It's time for Luke Pennock & Brendan Flaherty to review episode 187 and 188 of ECW, from November 19th & 26th, 1996. Buy a shirt! Buy a shirt.  IG & Twitter: @hcorehavenpod Contact us: hardcoreahavenpod@gmail.com Luke on Twitch: http://www.twitch.tv/pukelennock/ Logo by Raymond Biesinger Theme song by RANX

Supercard Special 17 (Part 2) - Hardcore Heaven '96: June 22, 1996 Original Release Date: July 19, 2023 This week is our Supercard Special #17: Part 2! Mike Pru, JV, & Rick Beebe will be covering the second half of ECW Hardcore Heaven ‘96 from June 22, 1996. Quality Control Center w/ Rick Beebe Match #5 - ECW Tag Team Championship Match - The Eliminators vs. The Gangstas Match #6 - ECW Tag Team Championship Match - The Eliminators vs. The Bruise Brothers Match #7 - Axl Rotten & Hack Myers vs. The Samoan Gangster Party Match #8 - ECW TV Championship Match - Pit Bull #2 vs. Chris Jericho Match #9 - Weapons Match - Tommy Dreamer vs. “Primetime” Brian Lee Match #10 - Sabu vs. Rob Van Dam Please remember to send us feedback and thoughts on the show to the twitter feeds listed below or email bookingtheterritory@gmail.com Follow the ECW LiveCast host at: @MPRU83  @JOHNVANDAMAGE @LeoWyatt85 @ExtremeCast Also check out The Bottom Line Wrestling Cast @bottomlinecast Find out more at https://ecwlivecast.pinecast.co Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/ecwlivecast/4af98574-df8c-4578-b6dc-f46942b88794 This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Ep 266 – Born to Be Wired One of the most brutal main events 0:33 - Welcome 14:00 - BtBW Opening 14:05 - Little Guido (w/ Tracy Smothers and Tommy Rich) vs Pablo Marquez 17:53 – Louie Spicolli vs Mikey Whipwreck 21:01 - Spike Dudley vs Bam Bam Bigelow 24:26 - “The Rookie” Chris Chetti vs Chris Candido 27:37 - “The Franchise” Shane Douglas (w/ Francine) vs Lance Storm 30:56 - Al Snow vs Taz for the ECW World Television Championship 34:50 - The Dudley Boys (D-Von/Buh Buh Ray Dudley) (w/ Big Dick/Sign Guy Dudley and Joel Gertner) vs Balls Mahoney and Axl Rotten 37:33 - The Dudleys (Dvon/Buh Buh Ray/Big Dick Dudley) (w/ Sign Guy Dudley and Joel Gertner) vs Axl Rotten, Balls Mahoney and Hack Meyers) 40:24 - “Mr Monday Night” Rob Van Dam (w/ Bill Alfsono) vs Tommy Dreamer (w/ Beulah) 47:11 - Sabu (w/ Bill Alfonso) vs Terry Funk for the ECW World Heavyweight Championship in a No Rope Barbed Wire match 55:16 - Overall Thoughts 1:02:06 - Smarking It Up 1:10:36 - The Dusty Finish 1:13:42 - Goodbyes Music from this week's show is “This is Extreme” by Harry Slash and the Slashtones and “Crazy” by Little Fight Rate and review us on iTunes, Spotify, GooglePlay, or wherever you find your podcasts Email – WrestlingHistoryX@gmail.com X – WrestlingHistoX

On today's Weird Wrestling, Icky Ichabod has the second volume of his “Hardcore Legends” series. Volume two highlights Mick Foley, Terry Funk, Ian & Axl Rotten, and The Sheik! Get your railroad spikes, barbed wire bats, glass shards, and chainsaws ready for this show!    Show is recorded at Grand Forks Best Source. For studio information, visit www.gfbestsource.com To download and stream past Weird Cinema/Wrestling episodes, visit https://weirdcinema.podbean.com/   #wrestling #ecw #hardcore #hardcorewrestling #mickfoley #terryfunk #thesheik #therottens  #GFBS #wrestling

Supercard Special 16- Hostile City Showdown '96: April 20, 1996 Original Release Date: April 24, 2023 This week is our Supercard Special #16! Mike Pru, JV, & Rick Beebe will be covering ECW Hostile City Showdown ‘96 from April 20, 1996. Quality Control Center w/ Rick Beebe #9 Show Opening - Interview - Joey Styles & The Gangstas Match #1 - El Puerto Riqueno vs. Supernova Match #2 - The Pit Bulls (w/ Francine) vs. The Dudleys (Buh Buh Ray & D-Von Dudley) Match #3 - Taz vs. Devon Storm Match #4 - Axl Rotten vs. Little Guido (w/ JT Smith) Match #5 - 2 Cold Scorpio & The Sandman (w/ Missy Hyatt) vs. The Bruise Brothers Match #6 - Tommy Dreamer vs. Brian Lee Match #7 - Sabu vs. Rob Van Dam Match #8 - ECW World Championship Match -  Raven (w/ Stevie & Blue Meanie) vs. “The Franchise” Shane Douglas (w/ Kimona Wanalaya)  Please remember to send us feedback and thoughts on the show to the twitter feeds listed below or email bookingtheterritory@gmail.com Follow the ECW LiveCast hosts at: @MPRU83  @JOHNVANDAMAGE @LeoWyatt85 @ExtremeCast Also check out The Bottom Line Wrestling Cast @bottomlinecast Listen to the Bottom Line Cast right here: https://bottomlinecast.pinecast.co/ Find out more at https://ecwlivecast.pinecast.co Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/ecwlivecast/fa795baf-3a1d-4da2-8573-13bda5f98a71 This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

ECW HCTV 145 & 146: Jan 30 & Feb 6, 1996 Original Release Date: January 23, 2023 This week Mike Pru & JV will be covering ECW Hardcore TV Episodes 145 & 146 from January 30 & February 6, 1996! Matches & Segments are from the January 27, 1996 ECW Arena show & The Big Apple Blizzard Blast from February 3, 1996 in Queens, NY. The Quality Control Center w/ Rick Beebe (Travel Lodge, Finishers, & RVD) The Pitbulls vs. The Gangstas (01/27/96) The Dudleys vs. Axl Rotten & JT Smith (01/27/96) Rob Van Dam vs. Sabu (ECW Arena 01/27/96) ECW Tag Team Championship Match - Tommy Dreamer & Mystery Partner (Shane Douglas) vs. Cactus Jack & Mikey Whipwreck (01/27/96) ECW World Heavyweight Championship Match - The Sandman vs. Raven  (01/27/96) Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. Juventud Guerrera (Queens, NY 02/03/96) ECW Tag Team Championship Match - Cactus Jack & Mikey Whipwreck vs. The Eliminators (Queens, NY 02/03/96) Promos from Shane Douglas, Raven & Kimono, The Sandman & Woma, Cactus Jack & Mikey Whipwreck, The Eliminators & Francin, The Gangstas, Tommy Dreamer & Beulah, JT Smith, Taz & Fonzie, & Too Cold Scorpio Please remember to send us feedback and thoughts on the show to the twitter feeds listed below or email bookingtheterritory@gmail.com Follow the ECW LiveCast host at: @MPRU83  @JOHNVANDAMAGE @ExtremeCast Also check out The Bottom Line Wrestling Cast @bottomlinecast Listen to the Bottom Line Cast right here: https://bottomlinecast.pinecast.co/ Find out more at https://ecwlivecast.pinecast.co Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/ecwlivecast/ce10bb4e-cd79-4bec-9135-093441a50105 This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Ep 242 – Cyberslam 1997 We all hope one of these storylines is completed 0:24 - Welcome 19:39 - Cyberslam Opening 19:44 - The Eliminators (Perry Saturn/John Kronus) vs Sabu and Rob Van Dam for the ECW World Tag Team Championships in a Tables and Ladders match 31:22 - Chris Chetti vs Little Guido (w/ “Wildfire” Tommy Rich) 35:08 - Balls Mahoney vs Big Stevie Cool (w/ the bWo (Hollywood Nova, 7-11, and Da Blue Guy) 39:28 - Axl Rotten vs Spike Dudley 41:22 - The Dudley Boys (Buh Buh Ray/D-von Dudley) vs the Gangstas (Mustafa Saed/New Jack) 47:36 - Tracy Smothers vs Taz (w/ Bill Alphonso and Team Taz) 50:14 - Raven and “The Bulldozer” Brian Lee vs Terry Funk and Tommy Dreamer (w/ Beulah McGillicutty) 1:00:00 - Chris Candido vs Sabu 1:07:06 - Overall Thoughts 1:08:16 - Smarking It Up 1:22:51 - The Dusty Finish 1:24:17 - Goodbyes Music from this week's show is “Thunderkiss 65” by Rob Zombie and “Fight” by Little Crazy Rate and review us on iTunes, Spotify, GooglePlay, or wherever you find your podcasts Email – WrestlingHistoryX@gmail.com X – WrestlingHistoX

On this edition of the Insiders Edge Podcast, Host Karlifornia speaks to IWA Mid-South Head Honcho, the one and only Ian Rotten! In this Interview they talk about Ian's fandom of Pro Wrestling as a young fan, his encounters with Hardcore Wrestling and how it inspired him, working with "Sick" Nick Mondo at Tournament of Death 2 in the Finals after Mondo took a bump off the roof of a building, his thoughts on John Zandig, his thoughts on how taboo Deathmatch Wrestling was when IWA-MS began to now where it's celebrated, his Taipei Deathmatch with Axl Rotten in ECW and at Hardcore Homecoming, he responds to Jake Crist burning the IWA Mid-South Championship Belts because of not getting paid from their disaster 'Sweet Home Chicago' event on May 20th, 2022, why he has been having financial difficulties and how he's paying back the money he owes, he talks about the Bad Breed and Axl Rotten and Axl's last days before passing and how it's effected him, IWA Mid South chatter takes place and we find out about the future of the company having not run a show in 2.5 years, and SO MUCH MORE!

On this edition of the Insiders Edge Podcast, Host Karlifornia speaks to IWA Mid-South Head Honcho, the one and only Ian Rotten! In this Interview they talk about Ian's fandom of Pro Wrestling as a young fan, his encounters with Hardcore Wrestling and how it inspired him, working with "Sick" Nick Mondo at Tournament of Death 2 in the Finals after Mondo took a bump off the roof of a building, his thoughts on John Zandig, his thoughts on how taboo Deathmatch Wrestling was when IWA-MS began to now where it's celebrated, his Taipei Deathmatch with Axl Rotten in ECW and at Hardcore Homecoming, he responds to Jake Crist burning the IWA Mid-South Championship Belts because of not getting paid from their disaster 'Sweet Home Chicago' event on May 20th, 2022, why he has been having financial difficulties and how he's paying back the money he owes, he talks about the Bad Breed and Axl Rotten and Axl's last days before passing and how it's effected him, IWA Mid South chatter takes place and we find out about the future of the company having not run a show in 2.5 years, and SO MUCH MORE!

Ep 239 – Crossing the Line Again Debuts, surprises and angles 0:23 - Welcome 20:11 - CtLA Opening 21:55 - Lance Storm vs Balls Mahoney 25:47 - Ricky Morton (w/ his girlfriend, Austen) vs Big Stevie Cool (w/ the bWo (Hollywood Nova, 7-11, and Da Blue Guy) 30:10 - Axl Rotten vs “Dr Death” Steve Williams 32:03 - “Dr Death” Steve Williams vs Raven for the ECW World Heavyweight Championship 37:12 - D-von Dudley vs the Sandman 45:08 - Sabu and Rob Van Dam vs the Eliminators (Perry Saturn/John Kronus) for the ECW World Tag Team Championships 54:06 - Tommy Rich vs Terry Funk 59:35 - The Triple Threat (“The Franchise” Shane Douglas, Chris Candido, and Brian Lee) (w/ Francine) vs the Pitbulls (#1/#2) and Tommy Dreamer (w/ Bealah McGillicutty) 1:07:30- Overall Thoughts 1:13:29 - Smarking It Up 1:26:22 - The Dusty Finish 1:29:58 - Goodbyes Music from this week's show is “Thunderkiss 65” by Rob Zombie Rate and review us on iTunes, Spotify, GooglePlay, or wherever you find your podcasts Email – WrestlingHistoryX@gmail.com X – WrestlingHistoX

Ep 230 – Holiday Hell 1996 Ring in the holidays with this ECW show pulled together from TV matches 0:26 - Welcome 13:20 - HH Opening 14:06 - The FBI (Little Guido/Davey Pazano) vs the Dudleys (Buh Buh Ray Dudley/Spike Dudley) (w/ Sign Guy Dudley) 17:49 – “The Bulldozer” Brian Lee vs Louie Spicolli 23:07 - Rob Van Dam vs Taz (w/ Bill Alfonso and Team Taz) 29:07 - D-Von Dudley and Axl Rotten vs the Gangstas (New Jack/Mustafa Saed) for the ECW World Tag Team Championships 31:32 - “The Franchise” Shane Douglas and Francine vs Tommy Dreamer and Beulah McGillicutty 37:22 - Raven vs Sandman for the ECW World Championship in a Barbed Wire match 42:05 - Overall Thoughts 44:46 - Smarking It Up 51:50 - Making Their Way to the Ring 54:49 - Goodbyes Music from this week's show is “Thunderkiss 65” by Rob Zombie and “Come Out and Play” by Offspring Rate and review us on iTunes, Stitcher, GooglePlay, Spotify or wherever you find your podcasts Email – WrestlingHistoryX@gmail.com Twitter – WrestlingHistoX

On August 2nd, 1998 Extreme Championship Wrestling emanated from The Hara Arena in Dayton, Ohio with Heat Wave '98! Paul Heyman and his pro wrestling promotion put on what would be one of their most memorable wrestling pay-per-views in their entire run. With Joey Styles and ECW World Heavyweight Champion Shane Douglas on commentary, the event went as follows: The Hardcore Chair Swingin' Freaks (Balls Mahoney and Axl Rotten) vs The F.B.I. (Little Guido / Nunzio and Tracy Smothers) Justin Credible vs Jerry Lynn Lance Storm vs Chris Candido w/ Tammy Lynn Sytch New Jack vs Jack Victory Masato Tanaka vs Mike Awesome Rob Van Dam and Sabu w/ Bill Alfonso (c) vs Hayabusa and Jinsei Shinzaki for the ECW World Tag Team Championship Taz (c) vs Bam Bam Bigelow for the FTW Championship Tommy Dreamer, The Sandman and Spike Dudley vs The Dudleys (Buh Bu Ray Dudley, D-Von Dudley and Big Dick Dudley) w/ Joel Gertner and Sign Guy Dudley in a Street Fight

Ep 226 – November to Remember 1996 We say goodbye to some friends 0:23 - Welcome 13:06 - NtR Opening 15:28 - David Tyler Morton Jericho vs Big Stevie Cool (w/ the bWo (The Blue Guy and Hollywood Nova) 20:14 – Axl Rotten vs Hack Myers 21:49 - Buh Buh Ray Dudley vs D-Von Dudley 25:57 - The Eliminators (Perry Saturn/John Kronus) vs Sabu and Rob Van Dam to be the #1 contender for the ECW World Tag Team Championships 40:45 - Mikey Whipwreck vs Chris Candido 47:17 - Rob Van Dam and Sabu vs the Eliminators (Perry Saturn/John Kronus) vs the Gangstas (Mustafa Saed/New Jack) in a 3-way Dance for the ECW World Tag Team Championships 55:29 - 2 Cold Scorpio vs Devon Storm in a “Loser Leaves Town for 15 days” match 56:21 - 2 Cold Scorpio vs JT Smith (w/ Little Guido) in a “Loser Leaves Town for 30 days” match 57:38 - 2 Cold Scorpio vs Hack Meyers in a “Loser Leaves Town for 60 days” match 59:17 - 2 Cold Scorpio vs Louie Spicolli in a “Loser Leaves Town for 1 year” match 1:03:06 - Raven (w/ the BWO (Stevie Richards/Blue Meanie/Super Nova), Lori and Tyler Fullington) vs the Sandman for the ECW World Heavyweight Championship 1:09:49 - “The Franchise” Shane Douglas (w/ Francine) and “Prime Time” Brian Lee vs Tommy Dreamer and Terry Funk 1:18:24 - Overall Thoughts 1:24:23 - Smarking It Up 1:32:47 - Making Their Way to the Ring 1:38:22 - Goodbyes Music from this week's show is “Thunderkiss 65” by Rob Zombie and “Desperado” by the Eagles Rate and review us on iTunes, Stitcher, GooglePlay, Spotify or wherever you find your podcasts Email – WrestlingHistoryX@gmail.com Twitter – WrestlingHistoX

Ep 222 – Ultimate Jeopardy 1996 The most heinous thing we've ever seen 0:24 - Welcome 15:29 – Doug Furnas vs Louie Spicolli 17:17 - JT Smith (w/ the FBI (Little Guido/Sal Bellomo), Devon Storm and Bad Crew (Dog/Rose)) vs Mikey Whipwreck 21:14 - Johnny Smith vs Taz (w/ Bill Alfonso and Team Taz) in a Submissions match 25:41 - The Samoan Gangsta Party (Matty Smalls/Sammy Silk) vs The Eliminators (Perry Saturn/John Kronus) 26:50 - “Public Enemy” (“Flyboy” Stevie “Rock” /Meanie “Grunge”) vs the Gangstas (New Jack/Mustafa Saed) for the ECW World Tag Team Championships 31:08 - The Eliminators (Perry Saturn/John Kronus) vs the Gangstas (New Jack/Mustafa Saed) for the ECW World Tag Team Championship 34:11 - Terry Gordy vs Bam Bam Bigelow in a Battle of the Bam Bams 40:51 - Buh Buh Ray Dudley (w/ Big Dick, Spike Dudley, and Chubby Dudley) vs D-Von Dudley (w/ Axl Rotten) 43:21 - “The Franchise” Shane Douglas (w/ Francine) vs Pitbull #2 (w/ Pitbull #1) for the ECW World Television Championship 51:28 - “Prime Time” Brian Lee and Stevie Richards (w/ Blue Meanie, Super Nova, and Lori Fullington) vs Sandman and Tommy Dreamer (w/ Beulah) in an Ultimate Jeopardy match 58:52 - Overall Thoughts 1:06:02 - Smarking It Up 1:12:45 - Making Their Way to the Ring 1:13:59 - Goodbyes Music from this week's show is “Thunderkiss 65” by White Zombie and “Enter Sandman” by Metallica Rate and review us on iTunes, Stitcher, GooglePlay, Spotify or wherever you find your podcasts Email – WrestlingHistoryX@gmail.com Twitter – WrestlingHistoX

This week TMPT welcomes into the show for the flagship episode, former ECW, ROH, and current MLW ring announcer, Stephen DeAngelis. The producer and casting director joins the show to talk about his entire professional wrestling career. Host John Poz and Stephen talk about breaking into the business, Paul Heyman, ECW, New Jack, Balls Mahoney, Axl Rotten, being a Broadway producer, being a casting director, and so much more!The best and easy way to win money is playing fantasy! Join @underdogfantasy today (underdogfantasy.com) and enter the promo code POWERTRIP to double your deposit. Then all you have to do is pick a game, guess higher or lower on or draft your team; then sit back, relax & watch the money roll in!Underdog Fantasy Promo Code: POWERTRIPStore - Teepublic.com/stores/TMPTFollow us @TwoManPowerTrip on Twitter and IG

Ep 212 – The Doctor is In Hope all your prescriptions are correct 0:23- Welcome 12:13 - TDII Opening 13:21 - “Dangerous” Devon Storm (w/ Damien Kane and Lady Alexandria) vs Mikey Whipwreck for the EWA European Juniorweight Championship 18:50 – Louie Spicolli vs Johnny Smith 23:17 - Axl Rotten vs D-Von Dudley 26:05 - Stevie Richards (w/ Raven, Lori Fullington, Tyler and “Kiss”) vs the Sandman for the ECW World Heavyweight Championship 30:36 - “Lionheart” Chris Jericho vs 2 Cold Scorpio 38:48 - Pitbull #2 (w/ Pitbull #1) vs “The Franchise” Shane Douglas (w/ Francine) for the ECW World Television Championship 47:40 - Taz and “Prime Time” Brian Lee (w/ Bill Alfonso and Team Taz) vs Tommy Dreamer and “Dr Death” Steve Williams (w/ Beulah McGillicutty) in a Dream Partner tag match 52:29 - The Eliminators (Perry Saturn/John Kronus) vs the Bruise Brothers (Ron/Don Bruise) vs the Samoan Gangsta Party (Big Matty Smalls/Sammy Silk) vs the Gangstas (New Jack/Mustafa Saed) in a Four Way Dance for the ECW World Tag Team Championships 58:39 - Rob Van Dam vs Sabu in a Stretcher match 1:08:07 - Overall Thoughts 1:14:34 - Smarking It Up 1:24:30 - Making Their Way to the Ring 1:26:36 - Goodbyes Music from this week's show is “Thunderkiss 65” by Rob Zombie and “Crazy” by Little Fight Rate and review us on iTunes, Stitcher, GooglePlay, or wherever you find your podcasts Email – WrestlingHistoryX@gmail.com Twitter – WrestlingHistoX

Ep 210 – Heat Wave 1996 Some matches just have too many rules.... 0:23 - Welcome 16:21 - Heat Wave Opening 16:26 - Samoan Gangsta Party (Mack Daddy Kane/Sammy Silk) vs the Gangstas (Mustafa Saed/New Jack) 19:00 - “The Giant” Paul Lauria (w/ Damian Kane and Lady Alexandria) vs Mikey Whipwreck 22:19 - The Eliminators (Perry Saturn/John Kronus) vs Mikey Whipwreck and Sabu for the ECW World Tag Team Championships 30:49 - The FBI (JT Smith/Little Guido) (w/ Big Guido and Sal Bellomo) vs the Dudleys (Buh Buh Ray/Big Dick Dudley) (w/ Chubby, Sign Guy and Dances with Dudley) 35:46 - Axl Rotten vs Tarzan Goto 43:08 - Chris Jericho vs 2 Cold Scorpio vs “The Franchise” Shane Douglas vs Pitbull #2 (w/ Franchine) in a Four Corners elimination match for the ECW World Television Championship 1:01:01 - Louie Spicolli vs El Puerto Riqueno 1:02:00 - Louie Spicolli vs Sabu 1:07:24 - Raven, “Prime Time” Brian Lee and Stevie Richards vs the Sandman, “Bam Bam” Terry Gordy, and Tommy Dreamer (w/ Missy Hyatt, Beulah McGillicutty, and Kimona Wanalaya) for the ECW World Heavyweight Championship in a Rage in the Cage 6-man match 1:17:02 - Overall Thoughts 1:21:08 - Smarking It Up 1:29:56 - Making Their Way to the Ring 1:32:54 - Goodbyes Music from this week's show is “Thunderkiss 65” by Rob Zombie and “Enter Sandman” by Metallica Rate and review us on iTunes, Stitcher, GooglePlay, or wherever you find your podcasts Email – WrestlingHistoryX@gmail.com Twitter – WrestlingHistoX

Ep 206 – Hardcore Heaven 1996 ECW looks to step up their game....but sometimes things just don't go your way 0:22 - Welcome 11:03 - Opening 12:05 - Mikey Whipwreck vs “The Franchise” Shane Douglas 17:00 - The FBI (JT Smith/Little Guido) vs the Dudleys (Buh Buh Ray/Big Dick Dudley) (w/ Sign Guy, Chubby, and Dances With Dudley) 21:27– Paul Varelans vs Taz (w/ Bill Alfonso and Team Taz) in a Shoot Fight 28:42 - Raven (w/ Stevie Richards and Super Nova) vs Terry “Bam Bam” Gordy for the ECW World Heavyweight Championship 34:08 - The Eliminators (Perry Saturn/John Kronus) vs the Gangstas (New Jack/Mustafa Saed) for the ECW World Tag Team Championships 35:34 - The Eliminators (Perry Saturn/John Kronus) vs the Bruise Brothers (Ron/Don Bruise) for the ECW World Tag Team Championships 37:27 - Axl Rotten and Hack Meyers vs the Samoan Gangsta Party (Sammy the Silk and Mack Daddy Kane) 40:55 - “Lionheart” Chris Jericho vs Pitbull #2 (w/ Francine) for the ECW World Television Championship 47:41 - “Prime Time” Brian Lee vs Tommy Dreamer (w/Beulah McGillicuty and Kimona Wanalaya) in a Weapons match 54:04 - Rob Van Dam vs Sabu 1:01:50 - Overall Thoughts 1:07:18 - Smarking It Up 1:18:00 - Making Their Way to the Ring 1:19:49 - Goodbyes Music from this week's show is “Thunderkiss ‘65” by Rob Zombie and “Fight” by Little Crazy Rate and review us on iTunes, Stitcher, GooglePlay, or wherever you find your podcasts Email – WrestlingHistoryX@gmail.com Twitter – WrestlingHistoX

WRESTLECUP EPISODE - Worst ECW WrestlerECW is well loved by most wrestling fans, well except Sam maybe. However as with any wrestling company, history tends to be kinder to ECW than most, but not everyone who has wrestled under the ECW banner have been well remembered. Well we are Better Call Creative, and ahead of our celebration of all things terrible, we dust of the Wrestlecup to crown the Worst ECW Wrestler of all time. After a spikey end to our WCW Starrcade Wrestlecup, this one is no more controversial, and we discover a not so secret Axl Rotten fan, the very same that said Big Dick Dudley was more of an ECW Champion than Dean Malenko! We'll leave that one with you, because well, somebody had Better Call Creative!

An absolute joy for the WZWA Network to have the one and only former WCW star Dave Burkhead on the show! This is the kind of guest this Podcast was created for, to hear the story of somebody who has seldom had the chance to share it. Host Karlifornia and Dave talk about his beginnings in the business as Knuckles Zandwich working locally with a young Balls Mahoney, Axl Rotten and more in Mid Eastern Wrestling Federation in Maryland, feuding with Kevin Sullivan on the independent circuit, being brought in to WCW in the late 90s working with the likes of Bobby Blaze, Chavo Guerrero, Juventus Guerrera, Scott Norton, Van Hammer, Jerry Flynn, The Cat, Brian Knobbs and more, his friendship with Adrian Byrd, delving into the WCW Hardcore Title Division, making others look good and getting a good reputation, how he felt when WCW Saturday Night ended and being in the final WCW Saturday Night match, the end of WCW, working for the XWF, finishing off his career and what he's been upto since leaving the business!

An absolute joy for the WZWA Network to have the one and only former WCW star Dave Burkhead on the show! This is the kind of guest this Podcast was created for, to hear the story of somebody who has seldom had the chance to share it. Host Karlifornia and Dave talk about his beginnings in the business as Knuckles Zandwich working locally with a young Balls Mahoney, Axl Rotten and more in Mid Eastern Wrestling Federation in Maryland, feuding with Kevin Sullivan on the independent circuit, being brought in to WCW in the late 90s working with the likes of Bobby Blaze, Chavo Guerrero, Juventus Guerrera, Scott Norton, Van Hammer, Jerry Flynn, The Cat, Brian Knobbs and more, his friendship with Adrian Byrd, delving into the WCW Hardcore Title Division, making others look good and getting a good reputation, how he felt when WCW Saturday Night ended and being in the final WCW Saturday Night match, the end of WCW, working for the XWF, finishing off his career and what he's been upto since leaving the business!

It's another drunken watch-along as we here at Hardcore Haven say goodbye - along with the ECW Arena faithful - to the Public Enemy. We also say hello to Rob Van Dam (and The Bad Crew in a different tone of voice), watch The Sandman take on Konnan, Sabu take Stevie Richards from pillar to post, Taz squash Hack, 2 Cold take on Mikey in a TV title rematch (the plot thickents), and mostly muse about the possibility of WWE selling to a big Saudi conglomerate (now you know what night we recorded this one, eh?).   In the tradition of the House Party movies, this one might not have needed to be revisited - but revisit it we did! Farewell champs!   Get the full episode at patreon.com/hardcorehaven Theme song by Booji Bomb. 

Ep 200 – A Matter of Respect ECW goes for the brass ring in this one 0:23 - Welcome 16:34 - A Matter of Respect Opening 17:13 - El Puerto Riqueno vs Damien 666 18:40 - Damien Kane and Dangerous Devon Storm (w/ Lady Alexandra) vs the Dudley Boys (Buh Buh Ray/D-Von Dudley) (w/ Chubby, Dances With, and Sign Guy Dudley) 21:51 – The FBI (JT Smith/Little Guido) vs Axl Rotten and Hack Meyers 24:01 - Raven (w/ Stevie Richards, the Blue Meanie, and Miss Patricia) vs Pitbull #2 (w/ Pitbull #1 and Francine) vs Sandman (w/ 2 Cold Scorpio and Missy Hyatt) vs in a 3-way Dance for the ECW World Heavyweight Championship 37:45 - Mikey Whipwreck vs “Lionheart” Chris Jericho 43:36 - “The Franchise” Shane Douglas vs 2 Cold Scorpio for the ECW World Television Championship 53:24 - Rob Van Dam vs Sabu 1:03:33 - The Eliminators (Perry Saturn/John Kronus) and “Prime Time” Brian Lee vs the Gangstas (New Jack/Mustafa Saed) and Tommy Dreamer 1:10:51 - Overall Thoughts 1:17:25 - Smarking It Up 1:24:44 - Making Their Way to the Ring 1:27:40 - Goodbyes Music from this week's show is “Thunderkiss 65” by Rob Zombie and “Natural Born Killaz” by Dr Dre and Ice Cube Rate and review us on iTunes, Stitcher, GooglePlay, or wherever you find your podcasts Email – WrestlingHistoryX@gmail.com Twitter – WrestlingHistoX

It's Ace's f'n birthday & it's time for the 8th episode of our journey through ECW 1995. Episode 8 of Season 2 is here and as per usual ACEFIELD RETRO returns with MIKE BELCASTER to chat about an extreme happening. We take on HEATWAVE 1995 and will dissect all of the HARDCORE TV results from where we last left off to continue building some much-needed context for our journey into ECW's influential year. What will be our opinion on the event? We get the continuation of the epic feud between PUBLIC ENEMY & the GANGSTAS in a STEEL CAGE match in the main event. It's not called RAGE IN THE CAGE for nothing because we also get LUNA vs TOMMY DREAMER inside the confines of a STEEL CAGE as well. This is the moment that ECW fans remember fondly as the CHAIRSHOT HEARD AROUND THE WORLD when RAVEN is handcuffed to the cage and gets BLASTED with a CHAIR that has to be still ringing in his ear. MALENKO & GUERRERO are back from their tour of JAPAN and they are a sight for sore eyes. We missed them dearly. Oh yeah, AXL ROTTEN challenges for the ECW CHAMPIONSHIP against the reigning champ, SANDMAN. Follow theturnbuckletavern.com for all your Tavern needs!

Supercard Special #8 - November to Remember '94: Nov 5, 1994 This episode should have been released between Episode 38 & 39. This week Mike Pru & JV will be watching along with November to Remember ‘94 from November 5, 1994. Original Release Date: 02/28/21 Mike P & JV will be watching & discussing the following: Match #1 - JT Smith vs. Hack Meyers Match #2 - The Bad Breed (Ian & Axl Rotten) vs. The Pitbulls Match #3 - 2 Cold Scorpio vs. Mr. Hughes Match #4 - Tommy Dreamer vs. Tommy Cairo Match #5 - ECW World Championship Match - Shane Douglas vs. Ron Simmons Promo - The Sandman's Retirement Speech Promo - Shane Douglas Match #7 - ECW TV Championship Match - Dean Malenko vs. The Tazmaniac Match #8 - ECW Tag Team Championship “Brawl Game” Match - Cactus Jack & Mikey Whipwreck vs. The Public Enemy Match #9 - Main Event - Sabu vs. Chris Benoit Match #10 - Chris Benoit vs. 2 Cold Scorpio Please remember to send us feedback and thoughts on the show to the twitter feeds listed below or email bookingtheterritory@gmail.com Follow the ECW LiveCast host at: @MPRU83  @JOHNVANDAMAGE @ExtremeCast Also check out The Bottom Line Wrestling Cast @bottomlinecast Listen to the Bottom Line Cast right here: https://bottomlinecast.pinecast.co/ Find out more at https://ecwlivecast.pinecast.co Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/ecwlivecast/8de95598-8e19-40da-bcbb-8f2a877b3219 This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Is Rocksteady returning soon? Regal back in WWE? Plus more news, rumors and even a few road stories from our time in the PA, WV, MD area involving Nikolai Volkoff, Samu, AJ Petrucci, John Rambo, Axl Rotten and Tracy Smothers!!! Mandrake and Ferrari have fun taking a stroll down memory lane!

Ep 187 – Big Apple Blizzard Blast One of the more confusing shows ECW has put on in awhile 0:23 - Welcome 13:03 - BABB Opening 14:00 - The Shark Attack Kid vs Taz (w/ Bill Alfonso) 17:30 - El Puerto Riqueno and Axl Rotten vs the Headhunters (Mahim/Mofat) (w/ Damian Kane and Lady Alexandra) 21:34 - The Eliminators (Perry Saturn/John Kronus) vs Cactus Jack and Mikey Whipwreck (w/ Raven) for the ECW World Tag Team Championship 30:52 - Raven and Stevie Richards (w/ Kimona Wanalaya and the Blue Meanie) vs Tommy Dreamer and Shane Douglas (w/ Beulah McGillicutty) 38:58 - Juventud Guerrera vs Rey Mysterio Jr 51:26 - JT Smith vs Buh Buh Ray Dudley (w/ Dances With Dudley, Sign Guy Dudley and Big Dick Dudley) 52:42 - “The Roughneck” Mr Hughes vs Sabu 57:58 - The Gangstas (New Jack/Mustafa Saed) vs Sandman and 2 Cold Scorpio 1:04:16 - Overall Thoughts 1:09:44 - Smarking It Up 1:16:23 - Making Their Way to the Ring 1:18:57 - Goodbyes Music from this week's show is “Thunderkiss 65” by Rob Zombie and “Whoomp! There It Is” by Tag Team Rate and review us on iTunes, Stitcher, GooglePlay, or wherever you find your podcasts Email – WrestlingHistoryX@gmail.com Twitter – WrestlingHistoX

Today's Feature episode of The Two Man Power Trip of Wrestling is with ECW star Bill Wiles aka Belvis Wesley. The former ECW Superstar joins the shows to talk about his entire professional career. Host John Poz and Bill will discuss breaking into the business, the Monster Factory, getting into ECW, Paul Heyman,, the New Jersey independent wrestling scene, Balls Mahoney, Axl Rotten, CW Anderson, the Dangerous Alliance, Belvis Wesely gimmick, Honky Tonk Man, and so much more!PlayActionPools.com has launched as the newest  Sports Pool Hosting Platform.  PlayAction is your spot for all your football contest needs. Go to PlayActionPools.com today!https://playaction.pub/tmptFollow us on Twitter and IG @TwoManPowerTripStore - Teepublic.com/stores/TMPT

Ep 186 – ECW Hardcore TV 01/30/1996 A couple of title matches are the exclamation point on the frenzied pace of this show 0:28 - Welcome 13:14 - Hardcore TV Opening 19:08– The Gangstas (New Jack/Mustafa Saed) vs the Pitbulls (#1/#2) (w/ Francine) 26:47 - Axl Rotten and JT Smith vs The Dudleys (Buh Buh Ray/Dances With) (w/ Big Dick and Sign Guy Dudley) 29:41 - Cactus Jack and Mikey Whipwreck vs Tommy Dreamer and Shane Douglas (w/ Beulah) for the ECW World Tag Team Championship 37:12 – Raven (w/ Kimona Wanalaya, Stevie Richards and the Blue Meanie) vs the Sandman (w/ Woman) for the ECW World Heavyweight Championship 42:39 - Overall Thoughts 44:20 - Smarking It Up 51:32 - Making Their Way to the Ring 53:36 - Goodbyes Music from this week's show is “Dragula” by Rob Zombie and “Come out and Play” by the Offspring Rate and review us on iTunes, Stitcher, GooglePlay, or wherever you find your podcasts Email – WrestlingHistoryX@gmail.com Twitter – WrestlingHistoX

Host Karlifornia had the joy and privilege to speak to one of the ORIGINALS from XPW - Xtreme Pro Wrestling, the beloved Homeless Jimmy! They talk about Jimmy getting into the business, the creation of the Homeless Jimmy character and the vignettes he shot for it, being in the first ever XPW match in 1999 in Reseda, Working with Kronus, Axl Rotten and Chris Candido, working with Abdullah The Butcher, Heatwave 2000 and his CRAZY story of that evening, working in Japan with Supreme, Deathmatches, leaving XPW and why he left, working the first CZW Tournament of Death, returning to XPW for Cold Day in Hell and the 10th Anniversary, and if he would ever return to the new XPW!

Host Karlifornia had the joy and privilege to speak to one of the ORIGINALS from XPW - Xtreme Pro Wrestling, the beloved Homeless Jimmy! They talk about Jimmy getting into the business, the creation of the Homeless Jimmy character and the vignettes he shot for it, being in the first ever XPW match in 1999 in Reseda, Working with Kronus, Axl Rotten and Chris Candido, working with Abdullah The Butcher, Heatwave 2000 and his CRAZY story of that evening, working in Japan with Supreme, Deathmatches, leaving XPW and why he left, working the first CZW Tournament of Death, returning to XPW for Cold Day in Hell and the 10th Anniversary, and if he would ever return to the new XPW!

Axl Rotten literally walked through broken glass to get his title shot, and he gets it on this show! We also get two steel cage matches, a Hack Myers re-run, and STORMIN' MIKE NORMIN. The stars are clearly out to play, folks. Check out Kenny and the A Kenny For Your Thoughts, available on YouTube and wherever you listen to podcasts! For everything A Kenny For Your Thoughts, go to https://linktr.ee/akfytwrestling @akfytwrestling on Twitter https://twitter.com/akfytwrestling @akfytwrestling on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/akfytwrestling A Kenny For Your Thoughts on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/akennyforyourthoughts -------- ApronBump.com to watch and listen to all full episodes!   Want to be featured on a future episode? Leave a voicemail using the "Send a Voicemail" button on ApronBump.com!   Follow me at: @Apron_Bump on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/Apron_Bump/ @ApronBump on Twitter https://twitter.com/ApronBump @ApronBump on Tik Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@apronbump?lang=en “Apron Bump” on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Apron-Bump-1... “Apron Bump” on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/ApronBump

ECW HCTV 35 & 36: Dec 7 & 14, 1993 Original Release Date: 01/29/20 This week Mike Pru & JV will be watching along with ECW Hardcore TV Episodes 35 & 36 from December 7 & 14, 1993. On the December 7 episode Kevin Sullivan & The Tazmaniac team up to take on the Bad Breed, Ian & Axl Rotten. Paul Heyman cuts a killer promo hyping up The Holiday Hell match between Sabu & Terry Funk. Woman propositions “The Franchise” Shane Douglas while Sherri is not around. On the December 14th episode Tommy Dreamer is without his tag team partner, Johnny Gunn for a match between Kevin Sullivan & The Tazmaniac, but Shane Douglas steps in to “help” Tommy Dreamer. There's an extreme locker room clearing brawl! Plus much more! Next time on the Extreme ECW Live Cast we will be wrapping up 1993 with coverage of ECW HCTV 37 & 38 from December 21 & 28, 1993.  Please remember to send us feedback and thoughts on the show to the twitter feeds listed below or email bookingtheterritory@gmail.com  Follow us at the following Please Follow on Twitter Plugs, Facebook Page,  @MPRU83  @JOHNVANDAMAGE @ExtremeCast Also check out The Bottom Line Wrestling Cast @bottomlinecast Find out more at https://ecwlivecast.pinecast.co Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/ecwlivecast/743be0ed-a4f4-4179-9d34-1c5efc2ef476 This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Ep 158 – Heat Wave 1995 “Rage in a Cage” The Chairshot Heard Around the World plus all the Raven and Dreamer you can handle 0:24 - Welcome 12:07 - Heat Wave Opening 14:05 - Mikey Whipwreck vs Stormin' Mike Norman 17:39 - Broad Street Bully and Don E Allen vs Raven and Stevie Richards (w/ Beulah McGillicuty) for the ECW Tag Team Championships 22:21 - “Big Malley” Val Puccio vs “The Shah” Hack Meyers 24:54 – Raven and the Dudley Brothers (Dudley Dudley/Snot Dudley) (w/ Stevie Richards, Eulahh, and Big Dick Dudley) vs Tommy Dreamer and the Pitbulls (#1/#2) (w/ Luna Vachon) 29:19 – Taz and Eddy Guerrero (w/ Paul E Dangerously) vs 2 Cold Scorpio and Dean Malenko 36:51 - The Sandman (w/ Woman) vs Axl Rotten for the ECW World Heavyweight Championship 41:58 - Stevie Richards vs Luna Vachon in a Cage match 47:02 - Public Enemy (Rocco Rock/Johnny Grunge) vs the Gangstas (New Jack/Mustafa Saed) In a Cage match 54:21 - Overall Thoughts 57:34 - Smarking It Up 1:03:29 - Dusty Finish 1:05:45 - Goodbyes Music from this week's show is “Thunderkiss 65” by White Zombie and “Murder was the Case” by Snoop Doggy Dogg Rate and review us on iTunes, Stitcher, GooglePlay, or wherever you find your podcasts Email – WrestlingHistoryX@gmail.com Twitter – WrestlingHistoX

Ep 156 – Hardcore Heaven 1995 Debuts and blood….basically the norm for ECW 0:25 - Welcome 14:03 - HH Opening 14:10 – The Dudley Brothers (Dudley Dudley/Snot Dudley) (w/ Big Dick Dudley) vs the Pitbulls (#1/#2) (w/ Raven, Stevie Richards and Beulah McGillicuity) 18:14 – Broad Street Bully and Chad Austin vs Dino Sendoff and Don E Allen 21:05 - Big Malley vs Hack Meyers 23:35 - 2 Cold Scorpio vs Taz (w/ Paul E Dangerously) 30:32 - Raven and Stevie Richards (w/ Beulah) vs Tommy Dreamer and Luna Vachon for the ECW World Tag Team Championships 36:41 - Axl Rotten vs Ian Rotten in a Taipei Death Match 42:44 - The Sandman (w/ Woman) vs Cactus Jack for the ECW World Heavyweight Championship 49:48 - The Public Enemy (Rocco Rock/Johnny Grunge) vs the Gangstas (New Jack/Mustafa Saed) 56:45 - Overall Thoughts 1:01:48 - Smarking It Up 1:08:15 - Dusty Finish 1:10:44 - Goodbyes Music from this week's show is “Thunderkiss 65” by White Zombie and “Here Comes the Hotstepper” by Ina Kamoze Rate and review us on iTunes, Stitcher, GooglePlay, or wherever you find your podcasts Email – WrestlingHistoryX@gmail.com Twitter – WrestlingHistoX

Ep 153 – Barbed Wire, Hoodies, and Chokeslams Lots of debuts in this one 0:23 - Welcome 16:41 - BW, H, & Chokeslams Opening 16:48 - Broad Street Bully vs the New Jersey Devil 18:32 – Big Val Puccio vs Mikey Whipwreck 20:02 – “The Shah” Hack Meyers vs the Vampire Warrior 23:18 - Tommy Dreamer (w/ Luna Vachon) vs the Vampire Warrior 29:25 - Jungle Jim Steele vs 911 (w/ Paul E Dangerously) 32:05 - Beulah McGillicuty (w/ Raven and Stevie Richards) vs Luna Vachon 33:36 – Raven and the Pitbulls (#1/#2) (w/ Stevie Richards and Beulah) vs 2 Cold Scorpio and Taz (w/ Paul E Dangerously) 38:55 - The Public Enemy (“Flyboy” Rocco Rock/Johnny Grunge) vs Axl Rotten and a mystery partner for the ECW World Tag Team Championships 41:36 - The Sandman (w/ Woman) vs Cactus Jack in a Barbed Wire match for the ECW World Heavyweight Championship 47:26 - Overall Thoughts 50:34 - Smarking It Up 57:22 - Dusty Finish 1:00:26 - Goodbyes Music from this week's show is “Thunderkiss 65” by White Zombie and “Enter Sandman” by Metallica Rate and review us on iTunes, Stitcher, GooglePlay, or wherever you find your podcasts Email – WrestlingHistoryX@gmail.com Twitter – WrestlingHistoX

Ep 150 – Enter the Sandman A great match gets chopped up, while the biggest heel shows up 0:23 - Welcome 9:16 - Enter the Sandman Opening 9:23 - Tony Stetson vs Hack Meyers 11:36 – The Oriental Connection (Tsubo Genjin/Hiroshi Itakura) vs Taz and 911 (w/ Paul E Dangerously) 14:33 - Axl Rotten vs Ian Rotten in a Barbed Wire Weapons match 17:00 - Raven and Stevie Richards (w/ Beulah) vs Tommy Dreamer and Mikey Whipwreck 22:53 - Eddy Guerrero vs “The Shooter” Dean Malenko for the ECW Television Title 29:07 - The Sandman (w/ Woman) vs Cactus Jack for the ECW World Heavyweight Championship 33:26 - Sandman (w/ Woman) vs Shane Douglas for the ECW World Heavyweight Championship 38:08 - Public Enemy (Rocco Rock/Johnny Grunge) vs the Pitbulls (#1/#2) (w/ Stevie Richards) in a Double Dog Collar match 47:19 - Overall Thoughts 51:34 - Smarking It Up 59:30 - Dusty Finish 1:02:00 - Goodbyes Music from this week's show is “Thunderkiss 65” by White Zombie and “Here Comes the Hotstepper” by Ini Kamoze Rate and review us on iTunes, Stitcher, GooglePlay, or wherever you find your podcasts Email – WrestlingHistoryX@gmail.com Twitter – WrestlingHistoX

Ep 149 – Hostile City Showdown 1995 Lots of ECW brawl style matches, but there is a shining light 0:23 - Welcome 11:45 - Hostile City Showdown Opening 12:16 – Stevie Richards (w/ Raven) vs Mikey Whipwreck 16:39 - Tony Stetson vs Tsubo Genjin 18:10 - Axl Rotten vs Ian Rotten in a Viewer's Choice match 24:30 – Raven (w/ Stevie Richards and Beulah McGillicutty) vs Tommy Dreamer 27:57 - “The Shooter” Dean Malenko vs Eddy Guerrero for the ECW Television Title 36:01 - The Sandman vs “The Franchise” Shane Douglas (w/ Woman) for the ECW World Heavyweight Championship 42:27 – Public Enemy (Rocco Rock/Johnny Grunge) vs the Pitbulls (#1/#2) (w/ Stevie Richards) for the ECW Tag Team Championships 46:36 - 911 (w/ Paul E Dangerously) vs Ron Simmons 48:06 - Terry Funk vs Cactus Jack 53:02 - Overall Thoughts 56:20 - Smarking It Up 1:02:56 - Dusty Finish 1:03:58 - Goodbyes Music from this week's show is “Thunderkiss 65” by White Zombie and “Born to be Wild” by Steppenwolf Rate and review us on iTunes, Stitcher, GooglePlay, or wherever you find your podcasts Email – WrestlingHistoryX@gmail.com Twitter – WrestlingHistoX

Pro wrestler and trainer of names like Axl Rotten and Bob Starr was murdered in Baltimore. Hear his story and more in this episode of The Life and Times of... --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rasslerama/message

Ep 148 – 3-Way Dance Several debuts and a surprise visit gets us excited 0:23 - Welcome 9:06 - 3-Way Dance Opening 9:54 - The Broad Street Bullies (Johnny Hotbody/Tony Stetson) vs the Pitbulls (#1/#2) 15:03 – Raven (w/ Stevie Richards and Beulah McGillicutty) vs Tommy Dreamer 19:04 - Ron Simmons vs Mikey Whipwreck 24:22 - Eddy Guerrero vs 2 Cold Scorpio for the ECW World Television Championship 30:37 – Ian Rotten vs Axl Rotten in a Hair vs Hair match 34:03 - Dino Sandoff vs Hack Meyers 35:35 - Sandman (w/ Woman) vs “The Franchise” Shane Douglas for the ECW World Heavyweight Championship 39:09 - The Public Enemy (“Flyboy” Rocco Rock/Johnny Grunge) vs the Triple Threat (“The Crippler” Chris Benoit/Dean Malenko) vs Taz and Rick Steiner (w/ Paul E Dangerously) in a 3-Way Dance for the ECW Tag Team Championships 46:19- Overall Thoughts 50:04 - Smarking It Up 58:24 - Dusty Finish 1:01:06 - Goodbyes Music from this week's show is “Thunderkiss 65” by White Zombie and “Here Comes the Hotstepper” by Ini Kamoze Rate and review us on iTunes, Stitcher, GooglePlay, or wherever you find your podcasts Email – WrestlingHistoryX@gmail.com Twitter – WrestlingHistoX

Running Time: 1 Hour 31 Minutes Hey everyone, Don Tony here. As promised, I have started the process of bringing back online retro wrestling hotline and podcast episodes going back as early as 2002! I wish I had my archives of wrestling hotline episodes from 1997-2001. Unfortunately at that time, no one was podcasting. The technology wasn't developed yet. And I didn't come up with the idea of posting my audio hotline episodes online until 2002. However, the good news is that there are close to 1000 episodes of archived content from 2002 thru 2019 that will be made available online soon! This memorable retro episode of 'The Masked Maniac Show' goes back to May 15, 2007 hosted by The Masked Maniac with Yours Truly (Don Tony). Your special guests on this episode were New Jack (RIP) and Axl Rotten (RIP). By far the funniest podcast episode I've ever been a part of. Not only was this show hilarious and memorable. But this episode happened to be recorded at the same time Rob Van Dam, Sabu, Big Vito and others were released by WWE. Please keep in mind that these older episodes were recorded at a time where many podcasters still used telephones instead of microphones. So some of the audio quality is primitive. I think the audio quality of the current shows has significantly increased since this episode was recorded in 2007. ==== RIGHT CLICK AND SAVE to download the AUDIO version of THE MASKED MANIAC SHOW w/ NEW JACK and AXL ROTTEN 05/15/2007 CLICK HERE to listen to THE MASKED MANIAC SHOW w/ NEW JACK and AXL ROTTEN 05/15/2007 online CLICK HERE to access previous episodes for all the shows! ==== CHECK OUT THE DON TONY SHOW ON THESE PLATFORMS: CLICK HERE FOR PANDORA CLICK HERE FOR STITCHER CLICK HERE FOR ITUNES CLICK HERE FOR PODBEAN CLICK HERE FOR IHEARTRADIO CLICK HERE FOR APPLE & ANDROID APPS CLICK HERE FOR DON TONY MERCHANDISE! ==== SOCIAL MEDIA / WEBSITE / CONTACT INFO: Twitter: https://twitter.com/dontonyd Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/dontony Facebook: https://facebook.com/dontonyshow Twitch: http://www.twitch.tv/dontonyshow YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/dontony Website: http://www.dontony.com Business Contact: dontony@dontony.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ep 145 – Return of the Funker We get a mystery opponent in the main event...bet you can't guess who it is 0:23 - Welcome 10:54 - Return of the Funker Opening 11:01 - The Pitbulls (Pitbull #1/#2) vs Chad Austin and Joel Goodhart 16:45 - “The Giant” Paul Lauria and Jason, the Sexiest Man on Earth vs Mikey Whipwreck and Hack Meyers 24:35 - 2 Cold Scorpio vs Hector Guerrero 30:25 - Ian Rotten vs Axl Rotten in a Barbed Wire Baseball Bat match 36:58 - Marty Jannetty vs “The Franchise” Shane Douglas for the ECW World Heavyweight Championship 45:15 - The Triple Threat (Chris Benoit/Dean Malenko) vs Sabu and Taz (w/ Paul E Dangerously) for the ECW Tag Team Championships 53:11 - DC Drake vs Cactus Jack 1:00:11 - Overall Thoughts 1:04:34 - Smarking It Up 1:17:34 - Dusty Finish 1:20:38 - Goodbyes Music from this week's show is “Thunderkiss 65” by Rob Zombie and “Born to be Wild” by Steppenwold Rate and review us on iTunes, Stitcher, GooglePlay, or wherever you find your podcasts Email – WrestlingHistoryX@gmail.com Twitter – WrestlingHistoX

Today we're entering the world of sports. That's right, we're talking about everyone's favorite sport… Curling! Curling is a sport in which players slide stones on a sheet of ice toward a target area segmented into four concentric circles. It is related to bowls, boules, and shuffleboard. Two teams, each with four players, take turns sliding heavy, polished granite rocks, also called stones, across the ice curling sheet toward the house, a circular target marked on the ice. Each team has eight stones, with each player throwing two. The purpose is to accumulate the highest score for a game; points are scored for the stones resting closest to the center of the house after each end, which is completed when both teams have thrown all of their stones. A game usually consists of eight or ten ends…  Um...What the fuck.. Fucking Moody… This is why we can't trust him to do research while hunting Sasquatch in Canada… Hold on, let me find the right notes… Son of a bitch, where are they… Ah, here we go. Today we are actually going into the wonderful world of… WRESTLING!!! But you know us… we're actually not looking at the wonderful part… No sirs and madams, we take it to the not-so-wonderful side. We'll be discussing some crazy and tragic wrestler Deaths. Many of our beloved childhood wrestling favorites have passed on over the past decade or so. Many were related to the job's rigors, leading to drug use and overdose, heart attacks, suicides, and a host of other causes. Today, we're going to look at some more… "interesting," if you will... wrestler deaths. Some of these guys you'll know, some only hardcore wrestling fans will know, and some, none of you may know, at all. Also, we're going to skip some of the biggest ones because they've been covered more times than podcasts covering Ted Bundy and in much more detail within the time we have, so you won't be hearing about some of the more popular ones. So without any more curling bullshit (fucking Moody). Let's get to it!    First up is an old-timer that primarily wrestled in Australia… We love you beautiful sumbitches in Australia, so we wanted to throw this one in. Also, maybe you guys have some stories about this guy if you're old enough to remember him. His name is Brute Bernard! He initially made his name as tag team partner of Skull Murphy in the WWF. Brute toured the world with Skull until he died in 1969. Brute won the IWA World Tag titles in Australia with Murphy 6 times. They defeated Mark Lewin & Dominic de Nucci, Lewin & Bearcat Wright, Mario Milano & Billy White Wolf, Mario Milano & Antonio Pugliese, and Lars Anderson & Dick Murdoch. They lost to Lewin & Wright twice, Milano & Pugliese twice, Don Leo Jonathan & Antonio Pugliese, and Mario Milano & Spiros Arion. Brute continued as a solo wrestler in Australia, where he had his most tremendous success, winning the Austro-Asian title from Spiros Arion before dropping it back to him. He also wrestled extensively in the Carolinas, teaming up with the Missouri Mauler in Texas. Brute was also married to pro wrestler Betty Joe Hawkins.   He was famous for his 'camel walk.' I tried to look it up but couldn't find anything about it, but I think it was probably something like the iron Shiek's "Camel Clutch."    So when you look up the cause of death of this guy, you get a common reason of "shot while cleaning gun," which is still fucked up. The thing is, if you do a little more digging, it doesn't seem so simple. While there isn't an incredible amount of information on his death, if you look, you can find enough people that are suspicious of the "accidental" death ruling. Some think it was an intentional self-inflicted gunshot. There is a small amount that believes it was murder. And then some say that he was drunk and decided to play a game of Russian roulette. So what is the real story? Who knows? But there are enough people asking questions and spewing theories to make this an exciting appetizer for the show! Suicide? Russian roulette? Courtney Love? Who knows! And if that's "too soon", fuck off... she had SOMETHING to do with it.   Ok, so who's next? Oh, how about Neil Allen Caricofe. His ring name "Neil Superior" was better known, and he was born on April 6, 1963, in Hagerstown, Maryland. He was at one point a corrections officer, and he also served in the army reserve. He was trained by one of the Wild Samoans, who you definitely remember if you're Chainsaw's age. Superior made his pro debut in 1989. He and his father, Dick Caricofe, founded the All-Star Wrestling League (later known as the National Wrestling League) in Hagerstown, Maryland, that same year. Caricofe formed a tag team with fellow Wild Samoan graduate Doug Stahl called The Superior Brothers, "Nasty" Neil, and "Desirable" Doug Superior. At some point, the two also wrestled under the team name...The Satanic Warriors… yea… Anyway. After splitting with Stahl, Superior embarked on a singles career. One of his first significant opponents was "The Honky Tonk Man" (who I loved as a kid) and who he faced in Hagerstown on August 10, 1991. Superior also feuded with Rasta the Voodoo Mon. Later that year, Superior defeated Helmut Hesler to win the NWL Heavyweight Championship. After that, he worked for many other independent companies throughout the 90s. Finally, he became the south Atlantic pro wrestling heavyweight champion in 1992 and held the belt for 4 months until the promotion folded. He would then go back and finish his career in the NWL until his death… Which is why we're here.    Early on the morning of August 23, 1996, Caricofe, who had left his hotel room around 4:00 A.M., was observed acting erratically and running naked on the seventh floor of the Fenwick Inn in Ocean City, Maryland. Which, of course, we've all done at some point in our lives. It was believed that Caricofe had left his room accidentally and was unable to find his way back. Caricofe may have suffered from a medical condition caused by seizures, which made him sleepwalk. According to the Caricofe family, it wasn't unusual for him to sleep either in his underwear or nude. The night desk clerk, Lisa Mulvihill, became aware of the situation when a concerned guest called the front desk. When Mulvihill investigated, she saw Caricofe "jumping around and banging himself against the wall ."She briefly attempted to communicate with Caricofe but returned to the front desk and called the police, finding him unresponsive. Mulvihill received a second call that Caricofe was banging on the doors of several rooms. Mulvihill then made a second call to the police, informing them that she was returning to the seventh floor and requesting that officers meet her there. Officers would arrive and find Superior roaming the hallway, and when they approached him, they said he appeared to be in a boxer's stance, dancing around on his tiptoes and doing some kind of shadowboxing. They say he was not responding to their commands, and they called for backup when they assumed he was under the influence and dangerous. An attempt by two officers to handcuff Superior failed. They continued shouting commands to lay down on the ground and, when Caricofe failed to respond, all four officers used pepper spray, which they later claimed had no effect. Caricofe then moved toward the officers, pinning Officer Freddie Howard up against the wall, and held the officer by his shirt. Sergeant Braeuninger and Officer Alban radioed for backup, the latter calling in a "Signal 13," indicating an officer needed emergency assistance. Alban, Braeuninger, and Jones began hitting Caricofe on his lower back and legs with nightsticks to free Howard. Caricofe would run away and mash his way down 7 flights of stairs; along the way, police say he ran into a vending area and began beating his head and shoulders into the vending machines. Once he made it down the stairs, he headed into the parking lot, where more police were waiting. They sprayed him with pepper foam and beat him with nightsticks in another attempt to subdue him. Finally, the over officer grabbed him and held him long enough for the others to restrain him. The group held Caricofe down while attempting to handcuff him and place the "violent prisoner restraining device" on his legs. While police were waiting for paramedics to arrive, the officers observed that Caricofe was no longer breathing. They assisted paramedics in performing CPR on Caricofe but could not revive him. He was pronounced dead at the hospital a short time later. The story does not end there, though.    The circumstances surrounding Caricofe's death were questioned during the next few weeks. It was not learned until afterward that Caricofe had been diagnosed with a medical condition two years earlier, a neurological problem possibly resulting from a wrestling-related injury that caused seizures and made him appear to be sleepwalking. Ya know, CTE... for those that don't know, Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a progressive brain condition that's thought to be caused by repeated blows to the head and repeated episodes of concussion. It's mainly associated with contact sports, such as boxing or American football. The Caricofe family was given little information from authorities regarding the death of their son. They learned from Gerald Minnich, director of Minnich Funeral Home in Hagerstown, who described their son's injuries, that Neil Caricofe had sustained "a possible broken nose, swelling around his eyes and a bruise on the back of his head ." Caricofe's father did not initially hold Ocean City police liable for the death of his son. He was told by a Maryland State Police investigator and a friend who was a state trooper at the Berlin police barracks that his son had hit his head on a vending machine as he was running from police. The family believed that the responding police officers, three of whom were temporary, seasonal patrolmen, were inexperienced and had overreacted due to Neil Caricofe's size. In an article from the Washington Post, shortly after the incident, a woman who said she was staying at the hotel and witnessed the incident said Caricofe "didn't yell back or attack but refused to lay down and kept running around."   The woman, who spoke on the condition that her name not be used, said she believes that officers put something resembling a dog collar around Caricofe's neck just before he became unconscious. "There were at least 10 of them on top of him," she said. "When they were finished, he was unconscious."    City spokesman Jay Hancock said he had "not heard about anything being placed around {Caricofe's} neck at all." He said officers are trained to use a baton to strike someone in "the extremities."   The witness also said police officers did not attempt to revive Caricofe by giving him CPR, contradicting police statements that officers had done so.   The autopsy ruled the cause of death was heart disease combined with the ingestion of drugs and alcohol. A toxicology report found the presence of ephedrine, gamma hydroxybutyrate, anabolic steroids, and ethanol in his system. The family would challenge this ruling, though, as they believed he was perfectly healthy and that the police used excessive force, which caused his death. A year after Caricofe's death, his parents were still unable to find out the details of what occurred that night. The family's Baltimore attorney, Gerald Ruter, believed his clients were being stonewalled by law enforcement. So the family began their own investigation. On June 2, 1998, Caricofe's parents filed a $350 million federal lawsuit against the Ocean City Police Department, claiming that their son had died due to police brutality. The case was heard in U.S. District Court in Baltimore. Gerald Ruter, an attorney for the Caricofe family, claimed that the officers "jumped on him and knocked him down and emptied several cans of pepper spray into his face," causing him to suffocate to death. It was further claimed their use of nightsticks and pepper spray to subdue Neil Caricofe was unnecessary and constituted excessive force. Among those named in the lawsuit included former mayor Roland F. Powell, Police Chief David Massey, and 13 Ocean City police officers charged with wrongful death, excessive force, inadequate training and supervision of police, and false arrest.    The case was dismissed by Judge Frederic Smalkin, who believed the officers had appropriately responded. The ruling was upheld by the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on April 1, 2002, concluding that the officers had never resorted to deadly force.   Sounds pretty fucked up. More police bullshit? Justified force? Who knows, but that's a crazy tale!   Next is one of the more prominent wrestlers we're gonna talk about. He started out as the Blue Angel, which transformed him into the Blue Blazer, the character that first brought him success. He is none other than the legendary Owen Hart. This is another one that's been covered a ton, but we wanted to talk about it because some of us here at the train remember watching this happen live. A member of the Hart wrestling family, he was born in Calgary, Alberta, the youngest of twelve children of Stampede Wrestling promoters Stu and Helen Hart. Among other accolades, Owen was a one-time USWA Unified World Heavyweight Champion, a two-time WWF Intercontinental Champion, a one-time WWF European Champion, and a four-time WWF World Tag Team Champion, as well as the 1994 WWF King of the Ring. He headlined multiple pay-per-view events for the WWF and was widely regarded as one of the company's best in-ring performers. And if you've never seen him in action, the guy was an absolute specimen in the ring. On May 23, 1999, Hart fell to his death in Kansas City, Missouri, during the Over the Edge pay-per-view event. Hart was in the process of being lowered via harness and grapple line into the ring from the rafters of Kemper Arena for a booked Intercontinental Championship match against The Godfather. In keeping with the Blazer's new "buffoonish superhero" character, he began a dramatic entrance, being lowered to just above ring level. At that time, he would act "entangled," then release himself from the safety harness and fall flat on his face for comedic effect—this necessitated the use of a quick-release mechanism. It was an elaboration on a Blue Blazer stunt done previously on Sunday Night Heat before Survivor Series in 1998. While being lowered into the ring, Hart fell 78 feet (24 m), landing chest-first on the top rope (approximately a foot from the nearest turnbuckle), throwing him into the ring. Hart had performed the stunt only a few times before. Hart's widow Martha has suggested that Hart unintentionally triggered an early release by moving around to get comfortable with both the harness and his cape. Television viewers did not see the incident. Instead, a pre-taped vignette was being shown on the pay-per-view broadcast and on the monitors in the darkened arena during the fall. A vignette is any piece of video footage featuring characters or events shown to the audience for entertainment or edification. It is usually meant to introduce a debuting character, get a wrestler over before their TV wrestling debut, or signify an impending return. Afterward, while medical personnel worked on Hart inside the ring, the live event's broadcast showed only the audience. Meanwhile, WWF television announcer Jim Ross repeatedly told those watching live on pay-per-view that what had just transpired was not a wrestling angle or storyline and that Hart was hurt badly, emphasizing the seriousness of the situation. Jim Ross would later say in an interview.                     "Being at ringside the night he fell [and announcing live on air that he had died] was the toughest thing I ever did. To this day, I've still never seen the tape. I was pretty numb. Everyone was in shock that night. I still have nightmares about it. Owen was as warm-hearted as any human being I have ever known. He loved to laugh, and he loved to make other people laugh. He had a great spirit, a good soul, and a good heart."   Five months before his tragic death, Owen Hart opened up to Slam Wrestling about his desire to soon leave wrestling:   "When my contract is up, I'm out of wrestling. I've made plans. I've been smart with my fiscal affairs. Financially, I'll be set. I really want to devote a lot of time to my family. I've bought some property on a lake. I plan on doing a lot of boating and fishing. I want to continue to stay in shape. And who knows, I might do ten weeks a year in Japan. Something just to motivate me to keep in shape, keep involved a little bit but not have to deal with the politics, the pressures that are so intense right now. I've paid my dues for twelve years now. If I continue for five more, that's seventeen years working at a pretty hard clip. I think that at that point, my family, my wife, and my kids, have been compromised enough. I would like to kind of just disappear from wrestling fans and stuff. I don't want to forget the fans and what they've done. They've supported me and stuff, but at the same time, I'd like to just — I don't want to be hanging on like one of these wrestlers who's sixty years old, saying, 'Hey, I'm a wrestler.' Let it go. Make your money out of it and get on. Going out and performing- it's an art. I'd like fans to remember me as a guy who would go out and entertain them, give them quality matches. Not just the same old garbage every week."   There was a lot of controversy over the incident. One of the main things that people talked about was how they went on with the show that night after the fall. So many people were upset that they would do this.    Vince McMahon would say of the decision:              "Knowing Owen as the performer he was, it is my belief that he would have wanted the show to go on. I didn't know if it was the right decision. I just guessed that it was what Owen would want." This is bullshit and just shows the kind of person McMahon was, in my personal opinion.   Referee Jimmy Korderas, who Hart almost landed on when he fell, would say:   "It's easy for us to say afterward, 'Well, the show should have stopped…' I was kind of on the fence with that. I kind of liken it a little bit to a Nascar race, where the race continues even after a tragic accident. Again, it's a tough call. I'm just glad I'm not the one who had to make that call."   There were lawsuits filed by Hart's wife against the WWE and the harness company. A settlement was reached with the WWE for 18 million dollars which his wife used much to set up the Owen Hart Foundation. The lawsuit against the harness company was dropped after the settlement.    A traffic end to the life of a great wrestler.   Next up Adolfo Bresciano! You may know him better as Dino Bravo! After training under Gino Brito, he started his career in Montreal in the 1970s, working for Lutte Internationale. He became one of Canada's top professional wrestling stars, winning several major titles, including the Canadian International Heavyweight Championship six times, the NWA Canadian Heavyweight Championship (Toronto version), and the NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Championship. He later signed with the World Wrestling Federation, where, as a partner to Dominic DeNucci, he won the WWF World Tag Team Championship. He was also the sole holder of the WWF Canadian Championship before the title was abandoned in 1986.  Bravo returned to the WWF in late 1986 with a new look. He was now noticeably more muscular and almost immediately began bleaching his brown hair blonde. Again, he was a heel and began working as part of Luscious Johnny Valiant's stable with Greg "The Hammer" Valentine and Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake. Bravo was known as more of a technical wrestler in his days of wrestling in Canada. Still, with his strongman gimmick, his technical side was pushed into the background and his style changed to using power (brawling) moves such as bodyslams, clotheslines, punches, kicks, and other power holds such as the bearhug. In contrast, his finishing move changed from an airplane spin to a sidewalk slam. Bravo left the WWF and retired from wrestling following a European tour in April 1992. After retiring, he helped train wrestlers in Montreal.    After retiring from the WWF, Dino reportedly struggled to make ends meet. Related by marriage to Montreal mobster Vic Cotroni, Dino became involved with crime. Using his status as a wrestling celebrity, he smuggled and sold illegal cigarettes in Canada, mainly to Aboriginals. The story goes that while his wife was taking his daughter to ballet class, he sat down to watch a hockey game on television and ended up shot 17 times with seven hits to the head and 10 to his torso. The crime remains an unsolved murder; however, it is widely accepted that Dino's involvement in smuggling was the reason for his death. As there were no signs of a break-in and no footprints outside the home's windows, there is speculation that Dino knew his killer, that the person was watching hockey with him when the assassination happened. While this can't be confirmed, what is certain is that Dino's wife found him later that evening when she returned home with their daughter. Dino Bravo was killed on Wednesday, March 10, 1993.    In an interview, his former opponent Bret "The Hitman" Hart revealed that Bravo confided to friends shortly before his death that he knew his days were numbered.   Canadian Mafia… Not gonna lie… Didn't know that was a thing!    Speaking of murdered wrestlers, it's time for everyone's favorite…. The midnight train's quick hits!   John Meek wrestled under the name "Iron" Mike Steele, and in his career, he shared the ring with the likes of Marc Mero and Dean Malenko. Unfortunately, his wrestling career and life came to an end on August 29, 2007.   Harry Brian Taylor intentionally ran over Steele from behind with his van while he was riding his motorcycle. Steele passed away two hours later next to his damaged motorcycle.   On July 10, 2008, Taylor was found guilty of second-degree murder for killing Mike Steele. He was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole.   Frank' Bruiser Brody' Goodish found success as a main eventer and became one of the most talented big men in wrestling. Brody was scheduled to face Dan Spivey in Puerto Rico, but he was called into the shower area by wrestler José Huertas González to talk about some business.   Brody was stabbed in the gut by González and died in the hospital from his stab wounds. He was only 42. González was charged with murder but pleaded self-defense and was acquitted.    Tank Morgan was born in 1933, and his name died down following his tenure in WWF (now WWE) from 1966-1967.   On December 12, 1966, he lost to former WWE Champion Bruno Sammartino in a two out of three falls match inside Madison Square Garden's, the world's most famous arena.   This was the most notable moment in Morgan's entire career, but sadly, he was gunned down in a drive-by shooting on August 15, 1991, while walking his dog. Unfortunately, the details concerning his death are pretty scarce.   Many people believed that Morgan was caught up in the crossfire and was a victim of mistaken identity. What we do know, however, is that he was murdered.   "Gentleman" Chris Adams had a successful wrestling career. He's also the man who trained a guy named Steven James Anderson, aka Steve Williams "The Ringmaster," aka "Stunning" Steve Austin, aka... you guessed it! Stone Cold Steve Austin. Adams worked for World Class Championship Wrestling as a mid-carder in the late 1990s.   After Adams' short-term girlfriend Linda was found dead in 2000 following a drug or alcohol overdose, Adams was charged for manslaughter. However, he was passed out too, but he survived the overdose.   He waited to find out whether or not the court found him guilty, but he never lived to hear the verdict. Adams was shot in the chest after a heated argument with his friend on October 7, 2001.   The charges were acquitted after the friend claimed that he shot Adams in self-defense.   Ricky Lawless was considered an excellent technician during his career in the '80s. He trained a lot of independent wrestlers such as Joey Maggs, Bobby Starr, and Axl Rotten.   Lawless was discovered dead at the age of 28 after he, too, was shot. It was determined by the police that Raymond Swartz, the husband of the woman Lawless had reportedly had an affair with, was the man responsible for the shooting.   There you have it… murdered wrestler quick hits.   No wrestling family has been through more tragedy than the Von Erichs. The family's actual last name is Adkisson. However, every member of the family who joined the wrestling business used the Von Erich name. This was in dedication to the patriarch of the family, Jack (Fritz Von Erich) Adkisson.   Fritz lived to the age of 68, though unpleasantly, five of his six sons preceded him in death, three by suicide.   The firstborn son, Jack Jr., was electrocuted at the age of six in 1959 in a household accident.   In 1984, David Von Erich died in Japan from an unconfirmed cause, although it is widely believed he died from a drug overdose.   On April 12, 1987, Mike Von Erich left a suicide note for his family, then went to Lewisville Lake, where he drank alcohol and overdosed on the sleeping aid Placidyl. A few days before his death, Mike was arrested after a DUI. His body was found four days later and buried at Grove Hill Memorial Park in Dallas.   On September 12, 1991, at about 9 P.M., Chris Von Erick was found by his brother Kevin and mother outside of their family farm in Edom, suffering from a self-inflicted 9mm gunshot wound to the head. According to Kevin, he discovered Chris sitting alone on top of a hill. Chris reassured him, and after Kevin left, he shot himself in the head. Although Chris was hospitalized at the East Texas Medical Center shortly after 10 P.M., he died 20 minutes after arriving, eighteen days before his 22nd birthday. Toxicology reports also revealed cocaine and valium were in his system at his death. Kevin had talked to Chris earlier that day about 100–150 yards north of their home where an apparent suicide note had been left. After the 1987 suicide of brother Mike, Chris began to experience depression and drug issues. He was also frustrated by his inability to make headway as a wrestler due to his physical build. His interment was located at Grove Hill Memorial Park in Dallas.   On June 4, 1986, Kerry von Erich was in a motorcycle accident that nearly ended his life. He suffered a dislocated hip and a badly injured right leg. Doctors were unable to save his right foot, eventually amputating it. According to his brother Kevin, Kerry injured the foot following surgery by attempting to walk on it prematurely, thus forcing the doctors to amputate it. He continued wrestling after the accident with a prosthesis. He kept the amputation secret to most fans and fellow wrestlers, even going to the extreme of showering with his boots on. His amputation was kept secret from the public until after his death. However, Roddy Piper stated in his autobiography: "We were the best of friends. In fact, he felt comfortable enough to sit with me in a hotel and shoot the breeze with his prosthetic off".   After the amputation of his foot, Kerry became addicted to pain killers, followed by several drug problems. Among the many of them were two arrests, the first of which resulted in probation. Kerry died by suicide with a single gunshot to the heart with a .44 caliber pistol on February 18, 1993, on his father's ranch in Denton County, Texas, just 15 days after his 33rd birthday. His death came just one day after being indicted for the second drug charge, which would have more than likely resulted in extensive jail time (being a violation of his probation),   In his autobiography, "My Real Life in the Cartoon World of Wrestling", Brett "the Hitman" Hart stated that Kerry had told him that he had decided to join his late brothers in heaven and was waiting for God to tell him when. Bret told Kerry that his living daughters would need him more than his late brothers. Kerry mostly convinced Bret that he had changed his mind, but Bret feared that it was only words. Kerry told Bret again in the summer of 1992 that he wanted to follow his three late brothers David, Mike, and Chris and that they were calling him. Kerry's marriage had fallen apart earlier in 1992, and according to Hart, Kerry believed that his death was inevitable.   Fritz lived to the age of 68 and had to bury 5 of his sons.    Kevin Von Erich talks about being the last Von Erich brother left alive in an interview from 1994. He says:   "My brothers and I lived real dangerously.   "We were a really reckless group always showing off for each other – like walking on bridges in Japan and taking every chance we could. We were just young kids. I'm really surprised that I survived…   "We used to have this thing called the 'chance of the day,' where every day we'd take a chance on our lives. Dave was always too smart for that, so he'd just watch. We'd jump on wild bulls' backs, jump on trains going fast. "We'd get on the roof of a car at highway speed. You start thinking nothing can get you, and you're indestructible. That's part of being in sports. We were blessed with good bodies and good balance. We felt like we could do anything, and nothing would hurt us."   He goes on about the pain killers and drugs:            "Mike was into painkillers. All the brothers had painkillers prescribed by doctors. Kerry was the only one who got into illegal drugs [that weren't prescribed].   "Kerry figured he didn't have anything to live for. He was rootless. He had no home. Seeing me with my family made his pain greater. It reminded him of what he was missing. It was such a sad, tragic thing.   "He had his two beautiful daughters and a wife he loved, but then he'd come home, and all his stuff would be moved out. She'd move all his stuff out. Kerry was no saint [but] they both treated each other kind of rough.   "He had pretty much come to an understanding the day he killed himself. He just left having lunch with Kathy, his wife. Kerry was going to jail*, and he was afraid of never seeing his girls again.   "He said, 'Kevin, I'm about to kill myself…'   "We had talked for about an hour. We told some good dirty jokes, we laughed, and he told me, 'I'm going to kill myself.' I thought I had him talked out of it.   "He said, 'I didn't want to be like Mike and not say goodbye.'   "That's when I begged him. I said, 'Don't do this. Don't leave me alone. You're my only brother. Don't leave me.'   "I thought I had talked him out of it.   "Thirty minutes later, they found his body. He must have gone right out and done it.   If you want to talk about tragic wrestler deaths, there you go. We can't even imagine going through something like that. And remember, if you or someone you know are having thoughts of harming yourself or someone else, please reach out to your local mental health professionals. It takes a stronger person to get help than to do something you can't take back.   Those are some of the crazier deaths we found. This list is but a small fraction of the tragic deaths from the world of wrestling. Tons of guys we grew up watching have died recently due to health complications and drug issues. There have been some younger guys that have passed on recently as well. There have been tons of suicides in wrestlers under the age of 50. Also, as we've seen, a pretty good amount of murders. As we stated earlier, we stayed away from many more prominent names, mainly because they were health-related and covered extensively in recent years. Also, we don't want to talk about a guy who decided it was best to end his wife's and son's lives, as well as his own. CTE is a raging bitch. We'd like to hear what you guys think and maybe some crazy ones we've missed since we're not perfect! But before we talk about anything else, I am going to show you wonderful listeners some of my favorite moves in the ring on my boy Logan and check this out on our youtube page! Top wrestling movies   https://www.ranker.com/list/wrestling-movies-list-of-all-wrestling-films/ranker-film

Ep 143 – Double Tables What is double tables? Who continues to surprise us? 0:26 - Welcome 9:35 - Double Tables Opening 12:25 – Jason the Terrible and the Pitbulls (Pitbull #1/#2) (w/ Jason, the Sexiest Man on Earth) vs Hack Meyers and the Young Dragons (Dragon #1/#2) 18:12 - Stevie Richards (w/ Raven) vs Tommy Dreamer 23:46 - Paul Lauria (w/ Jason, the Sexiest Man on Earth) vs Mikey Whipwreck 29:10 - Axl Rotten vs Ian Rotten 33:27 – “The Snowman” Al Snow vs “The Crippler” Chris Benoit 40:51 - Tully Blanchard vs “The Franchise” Shane Douglas for the ECW World Heavyweight Championship 45:24 - Sandman (w/ Woman) vs Cactus Jack in a Texas Death Match 51:51 - The Public Enemy (Rocco Rock/Johnny Grunge) vs Sabu and the Tazmaniac (w/ Paul E Dangerously and 911) in a Double Tables match for the ECW Tag Team Championships 1:00:38 - Overall Thoughts 1:04:46 - Smarking It Up 1:15:30 - Dusty Finish 1:18:39 - Goodbyes Music from this week's show is “Thunderkiss 65” by White Zombie and “Great White Shark” by John Williams Rate and review us on iTunes, Stitcher, GooglePlay, or wherever you find your podcasts Email – WrestlingHistoryX@gmail.com Twitter – WrestlingHistoX

The Outlaws are back and they're EXTREEEEEEME again!!! It's ECW's second PPV of 1998, down in the home of the Big Boss Man - Cobb County, Georgia. We're disappointed by the overbooking going on here as Paul E seems to be trying his hardest to get The Franchise Shane Douglas even more over than he already is. We get a fun tag team match as the champions Chris Candido and Lance Storm take on Balls Mahoney and Axl Rotten. Tracy Smothers is back in action with the FBI against the BWO, Mikey Whipwreck looks to take revenge against Justin Credible, Sabu and RVD go 30 minutes for the TV title and New Jack bleeds like a stuck pig for Bam Bam! Follows the Outlaws: On instagram at https://www.instagram.com/outlawspod/

It's time for Luke Pennock and Brendan Flaherty to review episodes 99 and 100 of ECW, from March 14th and 21st, 1995.  We're in person for the first time ever! This one comes to you from the HH Dungeon (aka Luke's basement) and features a horrendous background hiss! (Sorry about that) The dancers are in place for a three-way! Things heat up between Cactus Jack and Terry Funk! The Pitbulls diversify their real estate portfolio! Taz changes into regular clothing! Also discussed: the inner life of Luchasaurus, wrestlers who act, engaging with the material, Joey's monotony, the milestones on Millionaire, the price of Airbnb's in Stamford, Axl Rotten quoting Plato, Luke's time at wrestling camp, preferring caviar, the vagaries of getting into the pay-per-view business, respecting the classics, and more.  https://www.patreon.com/hardcorehaven/ IG & Twitter @hcorehavenpod Luke on Twitch: http://www.twitch.tv/pukelennock/ Theme song by RANX

Happened In the 90's hosted by Steve and Matt picks a day, any day, and then goes back in time to that magical decade we all know and love the 90's, to revisit episodes of tv, movies that premiered, or cultural events that occured on that day in the 90's.  This week we cover July 1st:  This week Steve and Matt mourn their shade filled ways.  Why can't we stop being negative?!! WHYYYYYYYY!!!!!?  They also discuss, with reverance, Conan O'Brien and his retirement.  They also talk about the brilliance of the Eddie Murphy classic Boomerang as well as the love white people had for A League of Their Own.   Segment 1  ECW – Hardcore Heaven Air Date: 07/01/1995 Story:  Hardcore Heaven (1995) was the second Hardcore Heaven professional wrestling event that took place on July 1, 1995 in the ECW Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Eight professional wrestling matches were contested at the event. In the main event, The Gangstas made their in-ring ECW debut against The Public Enemy. Matches: 1. The Pitbulls (w/Raven, Stevie Richards & Beulah) vs. Dudley Dudley & Snot Dudley (w/Big Dick Dudley) -This is the debut of the Dudley family. There is no Bubba Ray and no D-Von at this point, but they are wearing tie-dye and overalls. 2.  Broad Street Bully and Chad Austin vs. Dino Sendoff and Don E. Allen 3. Hack Meyers vs. Big Malley 4. 2 Cold Scorpio vs. Taz (w/Paul E. Dangerously) 5.  ECW World Tag Team Champions Raven and Stevie Richards (w/Beulah) vs. Tommy Dreamer and Luna Vachon 6. Axl Rotten vs Ian Rotten – Taipei Death Match 7. ECW World Champion The Sandman (w/ Woman) vs. Cactus Jack 8. Public Enemy vs. The Gangstas ____ Segment 2 Ren and Stimpy Air Date:  07/01/1995 Episodes: (2 parts) Hair of The Cat (Season 5 | Episode 2A) Story:  Ren is unaware that he is allergic to Stimpy's cat hair and as a result suffers everything imaginable. When Ren gets wise, Stimpy is isolated to a pickle jar. City Hicks (Season 5 | Episode 2B) Story:   Ren and Stimpy leave the country when it rains and their dust fields are ruined with "useless" fruits and vegetables, but don't have much luck in the city at first. Pexels.com Video Credits: Walrus Video: Video by Putulik Jaaka from Pexels Jellyfish Video:  Video by Pixabay from Pexels. Ren and Stimpy History Video Credit:   Video by TheGrandMac on Youtube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGQwyrSHq0s #GoodbyeConan #ECW #SadSteve #MadMatt #PickleJar Thanks for listening!  Check out the video on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCk5uXQXE9WGIWcpSkNkXaOg  Email Us At:  hitnineties@gmail.com Instagram: HappenedInThe90s  Twitter: HIThe90s  Facebook:  @HappenedInThe90s  Website: happenedinthe90s.wordpress.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

James Ellsworth's rise to WWE stardom was 14 long years in the making. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Ellsworth trained under Axl Rotten and made a living on the independent wrestling scene under the ring name "Pretty" Jimmy Dream. He worked for various promotions over the years - usually in a tag team with Adam Ugly - and made stops in American Combat Wrestling, Big Time Wrestling, First State Championship Wrestling and CZW. Ellsworth made random appearances in the WWE over the years, typically whenever the company ran shows in Maryland or Pennsylvania, usually just filling in as an extra or working as one of Adam Rose's “Rosebuds.” One night in 2016, fate stepped in and turned Ellsworth into a household name thanks to a brief promo before getting squashed by Braun Strowman on Raw. Ellsworth's story about how he found himself on national television involves Arn Anderson and his ability to throw a punch. Ellsworth putting over Strowman lead to meeting Vince McMahon, getting signed with the company, and being thrust into a program with AJ Styles and Dean Ambrose. In this interview, Ellsworth talks about his days on the indie circuit, training with an ECW original, getting his shot with the WWE, his run with Carmella, “winning” the women's Money in the Bank match, and the possibility of being called back to work for the company at any moment. Ladies and gentlemen, entering the podcast, hailing from Glen Burnie, Maryland…this is James Ellsworth. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/not-about-wrestling/support

The guys dive deep into Extreme Championship Wrestling's Wrestlepalooza '98, which took place May 3, 1998 at the Cobb County Civic Center in Marietta, Georgia. Shane Douglas would wrestle with four separate fractures, but that doesn't mean the match was good. New Jack just flies everywhere. RVD and Sabu had a great botchfest. The pay-per-view was great! We also include the unedited audio of Douglas' shoot promo before Taz comes out to confront him. It was... wild. The card: • The bWo (The Blue Meanie and Super Nova) vs. The F.B.I. (Little Guido and Tracy Smothers) (w/ Tommy Rich) • Justin Credible (w/ Jason and Chastity) vs. Mikey Whipwreck  • ECW World Tag Team Championships: Chris Candido/Lance Storm (c) vs.  The Hardcore Chair Swingin' Freaks (Balls Mahoney and Axl Rotten)  • Bam Bam Bigelow vs. New Jack • Tommy Dreamer/Sandman (w/ Beulah McGillicutty) vs. The Dudley Boyz (Buh Buh Ray Dudley and D-Von Dudley) (w/ Joel Gertner, Big Dick Dudley and Sign Guy Dudley) • ECW World Television Championship: Rob Van Dam (c) (w/ Bill Alfonso) vs. Sabu (w/ Bill Alfonso) • ECW World Heavyweight Championship: Shane Douglas (c) (w/ Francine) vs. Al Snow -- Follow us on Twitter [@nickpiccone] [@VaughnMJohnson] [@ShootersRadio] You can subscribe to The Straight Shooters on the following platforms:  [Apple Podcasts] [Google Podcasts] [Spotify] [iHeartRadio] [Radio.com] [TuneIn Radio] [Pandora] [Stitcher] [Spreaker] [Player FM] and wherever else you get your podcasts! Exclusive Patreon content: [patreon.com/shootersradio] Facebook: [The Straight Shooters] E-mail: [straightshooterspodcast@gmail.com] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This Week the Guys Bring you Case Number 00049 -Mass Transit Incident  The Mass Transit Incident As one of the most bloodiest moments in not Just ECW but in Pro Wrestling History. When a young man lies about his age and training to get booked on a ECW house show that Axl Rotten had not been able to make and left a spot on the card for someone to team with Dvon Dudley to face The Gangsters Mustafa Saeed and New Jack! Eric Kulas Approached new jack and started telling him what he wanted to do in their match.   New Jack took offence to the lack of respect shown by Kulas so when Eric Kulas asked New Jack if he would "blade" him during the match New Jack was only to happy to oblige. What happened next was a brutal and bloody site.    Get an exclusive first look or listen to Wrestling With Tragedy by subscribing to Patreon.com/RussoTWC Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/wrestling-with-tragedy-podcast/id1536425184 Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/6YxvkqC7qXLToeMDHENKUF?si=957JvRrsSTaLUgtnmpiSzQ Google Play https://podcasts.google.com?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkLnBvZGJlYW4uY29tL3dyZXN0bGluZ3dpdGh0cmFnZWR5L2ZlZWQueG1s Podbean https://www.podbean.com/pi/pbblog-8rkmq-9732e7  Merchandise https://www.storefrontier.com/wrestlinwithtragedy Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/Wrestletragedy Twitter twitter.com/wrestletragedy Instagram Instagram.com/wrestletragedy Music By Cicadas the Song is Restriction check them out https://www.facebook.com/CicadasOfficialBand/ #ECW #newjack #masstransit #paulheyman #tommydreamer #dvondudley #KINGPINANGEL

Also known as the Hardcore Chair Swingin Freaks, Balls Mahoney and Axl Rotten weren't the most successful team in ECW history, but they just might be the most "ECW team" in ECW history. While mostly remembered for their wild brawls and "chair swingin", Balls and Axl both were extremely talented wrestlers between the ropes as well. What advice did Axl Rotten give to Cheech about his teeth? What did Colin drink out of Balls Mahoney's fanny pack? Both of these things were somehow discussed! Let's go!

With IMPACT Wrestling making Fabruary HARDCORE MONTH on Impact Plus, let's go back into the Classic TNA Vault and Review Hardcore Justice from 2010 on IMPACT Plus! So Fire up your IMPACT Plus and join us in this edition of the Smash This Podcast THROWBACK SERIES!!! Results The FBI (Tracy Smothers, Little Guido, & Tony Luke) (w/ Sal E. Graziano) defeated Kid Kash, Simon Diamond, & Johnny Swinger (10:43) 2 Cold Scorpio defeated CW Anderson (6:46) Stevie Richards (w/ The Blue Guy & Hollywood Nova) defeated P.J. Polaco (6:31) Rhino defeated Al Snow & Brother Runt in a Three Way Dance Match (5:49) Team 3D (Brother Ray & Brother Devon) (w/ Joel Gertner) defeated Axl Rotten & Kahoneys in a tag team Street Fight (11:55) Raven defeated Tommy Dreamer (16:59) Rob Van Dam (w/ Bill Alphonso) defeated Sabu (w/ Bill Alphonso) (17:12) Smash This Podcast Merchandise On Sale Now! T's...Sweatshirt's...Mugs! http://smashthispodcast.deco-apparel.com/shop Thanks for watching! Ring that bell for notifications!! Like Share Sub!!! TwitchTV Channel: https://www.twitch.tv/smashthispodcast SMASH THIS PODCAST NOW IN AUDIO FORMAT TOO! https://anchor.fm/smashthispodcast Follow me on Social Media: @JAYBONE5150 on Twitter @SmashThisPod on Twitter @STPJAYBONE on Facebook @smashthispodcast on Instagram #IMPACTPLUS #TNA #IMPACTWRESTLING #KNOCKOUTS --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/smashthispodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/smashthispodcast/support

Join us as we recap the 6th annual ECW November To Remember PPV, from November 1, 1998. Featuring: The bWo (The Blue Meanie and Super Nova) vs. Danny Doring and Amish Roadkill; Tommy Rogers (w/Chris Chetti) vs. Tracey Smothers (w/ Tommy Rich, Little Guido, Big Guido, and Ulf Herman); Lance Storm (w/Tammy Lynn Bytch) vs. Jerry Lynn — (Special guest referees: Tammy Lynn Sytch and Mikey Whipwreck); Tag Team Champions The Dudley Boyz (w/Joel Gertner, Big Dick Dudley, and Sign Guy Dudley) vs. Masato Tanaka and Balls Mahoney (w/Axl Rotten); Tommy Dreamer and Jake “The Snake” Roberts vs. Justin Credible and Jack Victory (w/ Jason, Nicole Bass, Chastity & Lance Wright); FTW Champion Taz, Sabu and Rob Van Dam (w/Bill Alfonso) vs. The Triple Threat (ECW Champion Shane Douglas, Bam Bam Bigelow and Chris Candido) (w/Francine) & MORE!! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/slopdrop/support

On this episode of 83 Weeks, Eric and Conrad revisit TNA's Hardcore Justice 2010, which took place on August 8, 2010 at the Impact Zone in Orlando, FL. In it, we'd see, what else, a Hardcore match, between Rob Van Dam and Sabu. Plus, Raven taking on Tommy Dreamer with special guest referee, Mick Foley, Team 3D vs. Axl Rotten and Kahoneys in a South Philadelphia Street Fight, and much more! Did you know you could be enjoying 83 Weeks days, even a week in advance on ADFreeShows.com? ADFreeShows.com is a SUPER Patreon page that brings all Conrad's podcasts under one roof, early and AD FREE! Not only do subscribers get the regular shows, they also have access to BONUS content you won't see or hear anywhere else! Join ADFreeShows.com for as low as $9 a month or choose a higher tier for more access to your favorite podcasts! You can enjoy this episode and other clips of 83 Weeks everyday on YouTube! Subscribe and turn on your notifications at www.83WeeksOnYouTube.com Let us help you save some money and get out of debt today over at www.SaveWithConrad.com If you want the world to hear about the exciting things your doing in your business then you need to advertise on 83 Weeks! We can help make a difference in your company today over at www.AdvertiseWithConrad.com We are always coming up with new hilarious t-shirt designs over at www.EricBischoff.com head over there now and check them out! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of 83 Weeks, Eric and Conrad revisit TNA's Hardcore Justice 2010, which took place on August 8, 2010 at the Impact Zone in Orlando, FL. In it, we'd see, what else, a Hardcore match, between Rob Van Dam and Sabu. Plus, Raven taking on Tommy Dreamer with special guest referee, Mick Foley, Team 3D vs. Axl Rotten and Kahoneys in a South Philadelphia Street Fight, and much more! Did you know you could be enjoying 83 Weeks days, even a week in advance on ADFreeShows.com? ADFreeShows.com is a SUPER Patreon page that brings all Conrad's podcasts under one roof, early and AD FREE! Not only do subscribers get the regular shows, they also have access to BONUS content you won't see or hear anywhere else! Join ADFreeShows.com for as low as $9 a month or choose a higher tier for more access to your favorite podcasts! You can enjoy this episode and other clips of 83 Weeks everyday on YouTube! Subscribe and turn on your notifications at www.83WeeksOnYouTube.com Let us help you save some money and get out of debt today over at www.SaveWithConrad.com If you want the world to hear about the exciting things your doing in your business then you need to advertise on 83 Weeks! We can help make a difference in your company today over at www.AdvertiseWithConrad.com We are always coming up with new hilarious t-shirt designs over at www.EricBischoff.com head over there now and check them out!

On this episode of 83 Weeks, Eric and Conrad revisit TNA's Hardcore Justice 2010, which took place on August 8, 2010 at the Impact Zone in Orlando, FL. In it, we'd see, what else, a Hardcore match, between Rob Van Dam and Sabu. Plus, Raven taking on Tommy Dreamer with special guest referee, Mick Foley, Team 3D vs. Axl Rotten and Kahoneys in a South Philadelphia Street Fight, and much more! Did you know you could be enjoying 83 Weeks days, even a week in advance on ADFreeShows.com? ADFreeShows.com is a SUPER Patreon page that brings all Conrad's podcasts under one roof, early and AD FREE! Not only do subscribers get the regular shows, they also have access to BONUS content you won't see or hear anywhere else! Join ADFreeShows.com for as low as $9 a month or choose a higher tier for more access to your favorite podcasts! You can enjoy this episode and other clips of 83 Weeks everyday on YouTube! Subscribe and turn on your notifications at www.83WeeksOnYouTube.com Let us help you save some money and get out of debt today over at www.SaveWithConrad.com If you want the world to hear about the exciting things your doing in your business then you need to advertise on 83 Weeks! We can help make a difference in your company today over at www.AdvertiseWithConrad.com We are always coming up with new hilarious t-shirt designs over at www.EricBischoff.com head over there now and check them out!

Hardcore Heaven 1996 was ECW's biggest event to date for the company.  The show aired in 3 parts on TV. Join the boys as they discuss part 3 that aired on 7/9/1996 On the card: Eliminators/Gangstas/Samoan Gangsta Party/Bruise Brothers get extreme! Samoan Gangsta Party vs. Axl Rotten and Hack Myers Sabu vs. Rob Van Dam

Welcome One, Welcome ALL! To another glorious rendition of The Golden Age of Grappling! This week we look to the early days of extreme! To the nasty, filthy, sticky, bloody floors of the ECW Arena in Philadelphia Pennsylvania! “Steve” Richards fills the world in on the tale of Beulah McGillicutty and the old says of ECW Summercamp! Ian and Axl Rotten play with Barbed Wire in a bloodbath of a match! The Franchise is headed to be a teacher on Monday Night Raw! Cactus Jack gets burned by a Terry Funk's flaming branding-iron! Oh and Dean Malenko and Eddie Guerrero put on a clinic right in the middle! So join us as we review ECW's Hostile City Showdown from April of 1995!

It's a ECW reunion here in 2010 TNA Wrestling. All the former hardcore wrestling stars made their way to the 'Extreme Zone' for the last stand.All of the stars were there including: Simon Diamond, Blue Tilly, Lupus and even CW Anderson! The real stars were there too: RVD, Tommy Dreamer, Raven, Sandman, etc.The show was a fun mess of matches including Raven vs Dreamer with Mick Foley as the referee, RVD vs Sabu, Team 3D vs Balls Mahoney and Axl Rotten just to name a few.It was....something! We break it all down for you!Follow us on Instagram @ StrangerRingsPod and please leave us a review!

@WPopcast1 is back with a whole new edition of the Wrestle Popcast presented by the #HTMPodcastNetwork. On todays show, Robyn is joined along side Ian Rotten. Discussions include Ian's promotion, IWA. As well as some ECW Stories, working with CM Punk, Amazing Maria, and a crazy road story about him and Axl Rotten.

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RUNNING TIME: 3 Hours 21 MinutesHosted by Don Tony SYNOPSIS: S2 E16 (04/16 - 04/22) Audio: Fabulous Moolah appears on TV Show 'To Tell The Truth' (1961) Playboy Buddy Rose loses a Hair vs Hair match against Roddy Piper. Audio: Hulk Hogan def Nick Bockwinkel for AWA Heavyweight Title - only to have decision overturned a few days later. Thus began two years of AWA fu**ery towards Hogan and fans. Adrian Adonis and Dick Murdoch (North South Connection) def Tony Atlas and Rocky Johnson to win WWF Tag Titles. Looking back at AWA Wrestlerock '86. Looking back at Saturday Night's Main Event #16 (1988). Mike McGuirk makes WWF announcing debut. Audio: Highlights of wrestling themed Morton Downey Jr Show featuring David Schultz, Paul E Dangerously, Jim Wilson, Capt Lou Albano, and others (1988). Controversial 'Now It Can Be Told' episode hosted by Geraldo Rivera accusing WWF of multiple accounts of sexual abuse airs. Roddy Piper hosts Piper's Pit that never makes TV due to controversial comments related to Geraldo 'Now It Can Be Told' episode. Paul Heyman, Jim Crockett and Jim Hudson join forces to create a new Promotion (later called World Wrestling Network). Audio: Infamous Vader vs Cactus Jack WCW Worldwide match involving multiple hard shots to Cactus' face. Includes rare unedited commentary by Jesse 'The Body' Ventura. Negotiations between All Japan Women's Wrestling and Tonya Harding fall thru. Looking back at WCW Spring Stampede PPV (1994, 1998, 2000). Audio: Ric Flair's WCW Heavyweight Title win over Ricky Steamboat not acknowledged in the record books. Looking back at ECW Hostile City Showdown 1995. Audio: After losing ECW Heavyweight Title to Sandman, Shane Douglas walks out of ECW Arena - wearing a WWF Monday Night Raw shirt. Brian Pillman released from hospital following serious auto accident. First televised Bi-Sexual wrestling angle? Beulah McGillicuddy cheats on Tommy Dreamer with Kimona Wanalea. Audio: WWF starts airing ridiculously stupid 'Reality-Check' spots during Raw episodes. Looking back at WWF IYH 14: Revenge Of The Taker (1997). Scott Steiner arrested for threatening GA DOT Highway worker. Buff Bagwell suffers serious neck injury during tag team match on WCW Thunder. Brock Lesnar passes up Olympics and agrees to a deal with WWF. Audio: 'It Never Happened!'. Looking back at the night Chris Jericho def Triple H to win WWF Championship, only to have the decision reversed moments later. Audio: WWF Champion Triple H vs ECW Champion Tazz. Looking back at ECW Cyberslam 2000. Triple H regains IC Championship def Jeff Hardy. Looking back at WWF Backlash PPV (2002, 2004). Audio: Hulk Hogan vs Triple H for WWF Undisputed Championship.  Colt Cabana vs Eddie Guerrero vs CM Punk tear it up in IWA Mid South. Audio: Vince Russo replaces James Storm with AJ Styles against Jeff Jarrett (Cage Match for NWA World Heavyweight Championship). Bloody Jim Ross on Raw leads to MA Rating on WWE Network. Audio: 'You Screwed Matt!' Fans let Lita and WWE know how they feel after Matt Hardy being fired following incident with Lita and Edge. Brock Lesnar and WWE settle 'no-compete' lawsuit following failed attempt at NFL career. Palmer Cannon requests release from WWE after incident involving Chris Benoit and JBL. WWE ends working relationship with developmental territory Deep South Wrestling. Austin Aries suspended for 90 days by TNA due to unprofessional behavior. Santino Marella makes WWE debut and wins IC Title. Looking back at WWE King Of The Ring (2008). 'Barack Obama' and 'Hillary Clinton' battle it out in WWE ring. WWE suspends Michael PS Hayes after incident involving Mark Henry and a racial slur. TNA launches their 'Cross The Line' campaign. Looking back at TNA 'Lockdown' PPV (2009, 2010). WWE airs Monday Night Smackdown. WWE releases Shelton Benjamin, Mickie James, Katie Lea Burchill, Jesse, Mike Knox, Funaki, and Jimmy Wang Yang. RVD def AJ Styles to win TNA Heavyweight Championship. WWE announces the creation of WWE Performance Center. E! announces the creation of WWE Reality TV Series, 'Total Divas'. WWE sends Rosa Mendes home from European Tour due to personal issues. WWE Network releases 'Warrior: The Ultimate Legend' documentary. Takeshi Morishima abruptly retires due to complications involving diabetes. WWE airs idiotic commercial hyping 'Extreme Rules PPV (2016) by showing Bugs having sex. Samoa Joe def Finn Balor to win NXT Championship. Ring collapses on Raw during match between Braun Strowman and Big Show. And so much more! NOTABLE BIRTHDAYS: George Steele, Roddy Piper, Karl Davis, Ox Baker, Angelo Savoldi, Axl Rotten, Terry Majors, Frankie Laine, Gran Apache, Little Bruiser, Chuck Conley, Babe Small, Little Beaver, Iván el Bronco, Universo Dos Mil, Tank Morgan (RIP), Masaaki Takemura 93, El Matemático 79, Bob Bruggers 75, Brutus Beefcake 62, Nailz 61, Damien Kane 59, Brooklyn Brawler and Gorgeous Matsuno 58, Bobby Jay 54, Miguel Pérez Jr and El Samurai 53, Vickie Guerrero and Fang Suzuki 51, Pimpinela Escarlata, Gran Apache #2 and El Príncipe Maya 50, Mr. Electro 49, Vito Andretti 47, Orlando Jordan 45, Damián el Terrible 43, Jonny Storm and Rellik 42, Roxxi 40, Paul London, Bo Cooper and Ricky Cruzz 39, Danny Devine and Joe Doering 37, Garett Bischoff 35, Jay Lethal and Curt Hawkins 34, Chuck Taylor and Jake Carter 33, Nikki Cross and Mia Yim 30, El Bandido and Lady Jaguar 24 NOTABLE PRO WRESTLING DEBUTS: Road Warrior Hawk (1983), Rey Fénix and Drew Gulak (2005), Kiera Hogan (2015) NOTABLE DEATHS: Jackie Nichols 92, George Grant 84, Bruno Sammartino 82, Paul Jones 75, Ray Mendoza 73, Katsuji Ueda 71, Chet Coppock 70, Gori Guerrero and Mitsu Arakawa 69, Chief Big Heart 66, Wahoo McDaniel 63, Johnny Marrs 61, El Verdugo 57, Matt Anoa'i 47, Chyna 45, Rick Rude 40, Villano II 39, Alex Medina 36, Masakazu Fukuda 27 RIGHT CLICK AND SAVE to download the TWIWH S2 E16 (04/23/19) CLICK HERE to listen to the TWIWH S2 E16 (04/23/19) online. 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Raekwon starting up The 10 Song Block. Peter Gabriel's Secret World Live is The Top Album. Thunder Alley stalled in it's 2nd Season. Club Dancing as usual with the Best. Mrs. Parker and The Vicious Circle are here. Album Tracks coming your way you might like. Supergrass one of My Picks this week. Axl Rotten and Ian Rotten: The Bad Breed are in The Pro Wrestling Spotlight.

RUNNING TIME: 3 Hours 56 MinutesHosted by Don Tony SYNOPSIS: S2 E5 (01/29 - 02/04) Looking back at Royal Rumble PPV (2005, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2017). Audio: Closing moments of each Royal Rumble match. Andre The Giant makes memorable appearance as 'Bigfoot' on the Six Million Dollar Man. Audio: Lee Majors tells a drinking story about Andre The Giant on the Six Million Dollar Man set in 1976. NWA airs the special 'Superstars On The Superstation' on TBS. Miss Elizabeth knocked out unconscious and The Mega-Powers (Hulk Hogan and Macho Man Randy Savage) split (from WWF Main Event #2). Looking back at WCW Clash Of The Champions XIV: Dixie Dynamite. Roddy Piper and Jesse Ventura star in the Movie Pilot 'Tag Team' on NBC. Audio: Roddy Piper and Jesse Ventura look back at discuss the filming of Tag Team. Lex Luger makes WWF Monday Night Raw debut. Looking back at ECW 'The Night The Line Was Crossed' and the historic 'Three Way Dance' between Terry Funk vs Sabu vs Shane Douglas (1994). Looking back at ECW 'Double Tables' event (1995). A day in the life of a hardcore ECW fan (DT): Looking back at ECW Big Apple Blizzard Blast (1996) which DT attended then walked home two hours in the snow. Looking back at ECW Crossing The Line Again (1997). Audio: Paul Heyman announces first ever ECW PPV to air in April 1997. WCW presents Pay-Per-Listen event 'Boston Brawl' (1998). Audio: Sample of Real Media streaming WCW used for PPL events. Audio: DX presents the 'State Of The Union' (Curse Words) Speech from Raw - Censored and Uncensored versions. New Age Outlaws push a Dumpster with Cactus Jack and Terry Funk inside off the stage during Raw. Looking back at ECW Hostile City Showdown '98. Audio: WWF Halftime Heat: The Rock (c) vs Mankind Empty Arena Match for WWF Championship. Audio: Random memorable Ric Flair promo from WCW Nitro. Audio: Hulk Hogan talks gibberish on Nitro with Chuck Zito. WCW nixes Kornberg, err Goldberg acting role on upcoming episode of ER. Anniversary of WWF and NBC teaming up to announce the formation of the XFL Football League. Audio: The Radicals (Benoit, Malenko, Guerrero, Saturn) show up on Monday Night Raw. Audio: Hervina (Harvey Whippleman) def The Cat in a Lumber Jill Snow Bunny Match to win the Women's Championship. Kurt Angle suffers first pinfall in WWE career. Audio: Highlights from Week One of XFL along with rare post game Press Conference with Vince McMahon. Women Of Wrestling (WOW) holds their first and only PPV, Unleashed. Audio: Vince attempts to 'buy out' Ric Flair in front of a great energetic crowd. Audio: The Brian Kendrick makes a musical WWE debut. Looking back at the moment Vince McMahon tore both quads during Royal Rumble PPV. Audio: Randy Orton says Eddie Guerrero is in hell. Brock Lesnar makes his UFC debut against Frank Mir (UFC 81). Bobby Lashley quits WWE. Jack Swagger suffers first loss in WWE. Controversy erupts online after Kelly Kelly claims in radio interview that Bra And Panties matches will not be back and WWE will remain PG. WWE continues transition to Permanent PG by renaming some wrestling moves (ie: Cena FU to Attitude Adjustment). Highspots becomes the authorized agent for Ric Flair. Audio: John Cena tells TMZ that Chyna has a 'Fruit Basket'. Audio: Vince McMahon announces the cancellation of ECW in lieu of a new program - NXT. Shaved head Undertaker returns to Raw wearing a horrendous Halloween wig. Rumor of WWE debuting a new Cruiserweight Show on WWE Network gains traction. Audio: Bret Hart 4/10 is born. Maxim debuts a new advice column hosted by Iron Sheik. Looking back at TNA Impact 500. Audio: Seth Rollins meets his 'destroyer' as Samoa Joe makes Raw debut. Akira Tozawa makes 205 Live debut. Audio: After abrupt firing of Enzo Amore, Drake Maverick becomes first ever GM for 205 Live and announces tournament to crown next Cruiserweight Champion. And so much more! NOTABLE BIRTHDAYS: Gino Hernandez, Kerry Von Erich, Masa Saito, Jersey Joe Walcott, Ray Steele, Sailor Art Thomas, Ed Gantner, Giant Gonzalez, Satoru Kitaoka, Tito Montez (RIP), Haru Sasaki, Chief Thunder Cloud 85, Dory Dixon 84, Dory Funk Jr. and Ivan Putski 78, Gen'ichiro Tenryu 69, Joyce Grable 68, Dennis Condrey and Vulcano 67, Blackjack Heddon 65, Black Bart 64, Shin'ichi Shino 63, Fit Finlay 61, Haku 60, Marty Jannetty 59, Hardcore Holly 57, Macho Pump 54, Ray Odyssey 51, MAX Miyazawa 49, Pentagoncito Black 48, Bad Nurse Nakamura 45, Kazuyuki Miyata 44, Dragon Kid 43, Police Wo~man and Atsushi Ohashi 40, Teddy Hart 39, Bam Bam Barton 38, Punisher Martinez and Chris Sabin 37, Drake Maverick 36, Brian Cage and Rob Fury 35, Shun'ichi Shimizu and Mini Psycho Clown 34, Vin Gerard 33, Ronda Rousey and Becky Lynch 32, Akiba Shiori 30 NOTABLE PRO WRESTLING DEBUTS: Curt Hennig (1981), Mustafa Ali 2003, Rosemary (2008), Shaul Guerrero 2011 NOTABLE DEATHS: Johnny Carlin 94, Joe McHugh 88, Les Thornton 84, Count Von Bromberg 78, Whipper Billy Watson 72, Rick Conrad 70, Jack Brisco 68, Giant Baba 61, El Mongol 58, Mini Chessman 46, Jim Clinstock 39, Axl Rotten 38, Lord Humongous 36 RIGHT CLICK AND SAVE to download the TWIWH S2 E5 (02/04/19) CLICK HERE to listen to the TWIWH S2 E5 (02/04/19) online. CLICK HERE to listen to the AD FREE (02/04/19) episode (Patreon Link) ITUNES LINK Please subscribe to us on ITUNES =================  PROGRAMMING NOTE: TWIWH (S2 E6) HOSTED BY DON TONY Your next episode of 'TWIWH (Season 2 Episode 6)' will be posted Tuesday, February 11, 2019. In addition to download links, a preview of TWIWH airs every week immediately following the live episode of Don Tony And Kevin Castle Show. =============== PANDORA, WE'RE HERE! (DTKC SHOW NOW ON PANDORA!) Pandora Radio has launched an all new Podcast section, which features a very limited number of shows. And we are proud to announce we were chosen to be one of them! If you haven't experienced Pandora Radio, try it out. And if you are already a subscriber, you can now stream our entire library! Remember, at this time, all Podcasts on Pandora are available only thru their Phone App. CLICK HERE to listen to DTKC SHOW, BwB, TWIWH, and more on Pandora now! =================  IF YOU ARE A FAN OF 'DON TONY AND KEVIN CASTLE SHOW' and 'BREAKFAST WITH BLASI' and just can't get enough of the shows, check out our PATREON PAGE! You'll gain access to our Patreon Exclusive shows such as 'The Castle Chronicles' hosted by Kevin Castle, and 'BREAKFAST SOUP' hosted by Don Tony & Missionary (Wrestling Soup), BLAH³ hosted by Don Tony, and early access to other content. You also have exclusive access to lost episodes of 'The Minority Report' from 2004/2005, vintage episodes of 'The Masked Maniac Show', and retro Blackhearts Hotline reports from 2001/2002. In addition to the shows, we hold monthly PPV Predictions Contests and other prize giveaways! And by signing up, you'll help us keep the DTKC Show and BwB free for everyone, and get interactive with DTKC like never before. 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Trebuchet and Showtime Shultz sit down, and watch the bloodbath between Ian and Axl Rotten!!! Listen at your own risk!!!

Any man with two hands and videoscope has a chance to talk to Steve Austin on his podcast and that's exactly what former WWE superstar James Ellsworth does. Join Steve as he talks with James about his time in the WWE working with AJ Styles, Dean Ambrose as well as his participation in the inaugural women's Money In The Bank ladder match. James also covers his appreciation for Ricky Morton, his training with ECW's Axl Rotten, the time Arn Anderson paid him the best compliment ever and much more!

RUNNING TIME: 1 Hr 48 Minutes Hosted by Don Tony SYNOPSIS: Episode 5 (01/29 - 02/04)Andre The Giant stars on Six Million Dollar Man.. Audio: Lee Majors ribs Andre.. WWF The Main Event draws record 33 Million viewers.. Dave Hebner screws Hulk Hogan.. Andre The Giant wins WWF Title.. The Mega-Powers explode!.. Dusty Rhodes returns to WCW.. Paul E arm wrestles Missy Hyatt.. Lex Luger makes Raw in ring debut.. Sabu vs Shane Douglas vs Terry Funk: The original ECW 3 Way Dance.. Bam Bam Bigelow makes ECW debut.. Audio: Paul Heyman announces Barely Legal PPV.. WCW Pay Per Listen w/ Audio Sample.. Audio: New Age Outlaws throw Cactus & Funk in a dumpster off stage.. Audio: Censored and uncensored versions: Degeneration X State Of The Union.. Eric Bischoff in a dunk tank.. Audio: Vince McMahon announces new XFL football league.. One year later, XFL holds first games. Lots of XFL audio highlights included featuring The Rock, Austin, Undertaker, Vince, and more!.. The Radicalz appear ringisde at Raw and make in-ring debuts.. Smackdown Extreme!.. Women Of Wrestling (WOW) air on PPV.. Maven def Undertaker for Hardcore Title.. Posedown Challenge: Billy & Chuck vs Torrie Wilson & Stacy Keibler.. Undertaker interrupts Goldberg vs Kane.. Vince McMahon tears both quads at Royal Rumble.. Brock Lesnar loses UFC debut.. Bobby Lashley leaves WWE.. Jack Swagger loses 1st WWE match.. PG era kicks in as Kelly Kelly proclaims no more Bra & Panties matches and FU becomes the Attitude Adjustment.. Edge wins Royal Rumble in record time.. Audio: Vince announces the end of ECW and beginning of NXT.. Scott Steiner and TNA part ways.. Kevin Nash and Booker T return to WWE.. 40 Man Royal Rumble match.. Bald Undertaker wears horrible wig at Raw.. WWE considers new Cruiserweight show for Network.. Audio: Bret Hart calls Triple H overrated and 4/10 is born.. Steve Austin talks CM Punk on Arsenio Hall.. Maxim Magazine debuts Iron Sheik advice column.. Chyna responds to Austin / Triple H HOF discussion.. Kurt Angle wrestles last TNA match.. Samoa Joe debuts on Raw.. Kassius Ohno returns to NXT.. Akira Tozawa debuts on 205 Live.. and so much more! NOTABLE BIRTHDAYS: Joyce Grable, Sailor Art Thomas, Crazy Luke Graham, Giant Gonzalez, Kerry Von Erich RIP, Dory Dixon 82, Dory Funk Jr 78, Ivan Putski 77, Mr Saito 76, Genichiro Tenryu 68, Dennis Condrey 66, Takashi Ishikawa 65, Black Bart 63, Fit Finlay 60, Meng and Lawrence Taylor 59, Marty Jannetty 58, Pantera 54, Ray Odyssey 50, Doug Gilbert 49, Big Show and Sean Casey 46, Dragon Kid 42, Teddy Hart 38, Chris Sabin and Becky Bayless 36, Rockstar Spud 35, Knuckles Madsen 34, Angela Fong, Savannah and Mascarita De La Muerte 33, Madison Rayne 32, Becky Lynch and Ronda Rousey 31 NOTABLE DEATHS: Dave Levin 91, Joe McHugh 88, Tom Drake 86, Tom Barbola 85, Ignacio Martinez 82, Nicholas Spillios 79, Tito Montez 78, Whipper Watson 74, Jack Brisco 68, Big Jim Wilson 67, El Santo and Nelson Royal 66, Renato Torres and Chris Belkas 63, Giant Baba 61, Bulldog Bob Brown, Manny Villalobos 56, Axl Rotten 44, Luis Hernandez 33, Dennis Clary 31, Gino Hernandez 28 RIGHT CLICK AND SAVE to download the TWIWH EP5 (02/05/18) CLICK HERE to listen to the TWIWH EP5 (02/05/18) online. ITUNES LINK Please subscribe to us on ITUNES ================= PROGRAMMING NOTE: 'TWIWH (EP6)' HOSTED BY DON TONY Your next episode of 'TWIWH (EP6)' will be posted Monday, February 12, 2018 at 6PM EST. In addition to download links, it will air immediately following Don Tony And Kevin Castle Show live at 11:15PM EST. =============== IF YOU ARE A FAN OF 'DON TONY AND KEVIN CASTLE SHOW' and 'BREAKFAST WITH BLASI' and just can't get enough of the shows, check out our PATREON PAGE! You'll gain access to our Patreon Exclusive shows such as 'The Castle Chronicles' hosted by Kevin Castle, and 'BREAKFAST SOUP' hosted by Don Tony & Missionary (Wrestling Soup), and early access to other content. You also have exclusive access to lost episodes of 'The Minority Report' from 2004/2005, select vintage episodes of 'The Masked Maniac Show', and retro Blackhearts Hotline reports from 2001/2002. In addition to the shows, we hold monthly PPV Predictions Contests and other prize giveaways! And by signing up, you'll help us keep the DTKC Show and BwB free for everyone, and get interactive with DTKC like never before. You get it all for as little as $5! CLICK HERE to visit our Patreon page and gain access now! =============== DTKC SHOW / BwB / BREAKFAST SOUP / MATARRAZ T-SHIRTS ON SALE!Pro Wrestling Tees has launched the only source for T-Shirts of' Don Tony and Kevin Castle Show', 'Breakfast w/ Blasi', 'Breakfast Soup', and even 'Deli Man'! Please visit our T-Shirt store now. More designs will be added shortly. CLICK HERE to visit our T-Shirt Store now! ===============  PROGRAMMING NOTE: DON TONY AND KEVIN CASTLE SHOWYour next episode of the 'Don Tony And Kevin Castle Show' will air Monday February 12, 2018 LIVE at 11:15PM EST following WWE Raw. Thank you to everyone who enjoys what we do. Please spread the word of our show. 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It's still off-season time, so settle in and listen to your wrestle-boys Joaquin, Chuck, Frank and Tom talk about the term "mark" and what it means in today's wrestling landscape. Then, fire up the network, dip your hands in glass, and join us for a live watch of Ian Rotten vs Axl Rotten. It's brother vs brother in a Taipei Death Match! ( WWE Network - ECW Hardcore Heaven 1995 - press play when we do at timecode: 1:02:08 ) As always, if you have awesome match suggestions for us to watch, e-mail us at thisisawesomepod@gmail.com or tweet us @TIAPOD And of course, you can listen to every episode and learn a little bit about our pod at our home on the web thisisawesomepod.com

"The Undisputed King of Hardcore" is back on the show!! And he's got a lot on his mind ... Topics include: -What's going on with the CZW-"IWA" angle? --What happened backstage on the night Ian cost Tremont the title? --How does Josh Crane fit in? --"This is not my first fu**ing rodeo" --Status of Crane/Patricks with IWA -Thoughts on the Zandig "return"  -Thoughts on DJ Hyde --What stopped the CZW-IWA angle? --Why did it take John Wayne Murdoch so long to get to CZW? -Running weekly shows --Plans for 2017 -Feelings on the current IWA roster -Why is Reed Bentley no longer in IWA? -Thoughts on the Mitch Ryder situation --Axl Rotten's addiction --Corporal Robinson -Thoughts on wrestlers & social media -Kevin Brannen & Carnage Cup -What's the future look like for Death Match Wrestling? -Why has he returned to the ring? --Updates on his health --Evaluating talent in spite of his blindness -Thoughts on CM Punk's brief stint in UFC -How 'Bout Them Cowboys!?!?    

John Pollock and Court Bauer are back to discuss all the major stories of the week: --The state of TNA and funding they have received from Anthem Sports and Entertainment --Paige undergoes neck surgery --Roderick Strong debuts on NXT television --Hideo Itami injured and out for two-months --The main roster needs and how the NXT roster is being utilized --A.J. Styles teases a match with Shawn Michaels --WWE’s interest in Rush from CMLL --New talent reporting to the Performance Center --The recent WWE Network survey and looking at outside promotions --NXT Takeover in Toronto and shoulder events that weekend in the city --Bill Goldberg’s return and reaction he’ll receive in Toronto, as well as how he will be used in follow up appearances on Raw --World of Sport returns with Jim Ross set to call their two-hour special --The UFC’s cuts this past week and the cost cutting they are in the midst of --Georges St. Pierre declares he is a free agent – and the UFC disagrees --Boston Globe story on Jordan Parsons, Balls Mahoney and Axl Rotten regarding CTE being discovered

2016 has been a tough one, and this week, Kyle and Jeremy are talking to Johnny Candido about the late Balls Mahoney and Axl Rotten.

A farewell to Axl Rotten. Highlights include Ethan Page vs. Vinny Marseglia, Hardcore Holly and Shatter vs. C. M. Serenyi and Laszlo Arpad, Johnny Gargano vs. Sean Carr, Lufisto vs. Andrew Backlund, and Josef von Schmidt vs. Colt Cabana.

A farewell to Axl Rotten. Highlights include Ethan Page vs. Vinny Marseglia, Hardcore Holly and Shatter vs. C. M. Serenyi and Laszlo Arpad, Johnny Gargano vs. Sean Carr, Lufisto vs. Andrew Backlund, and Josef von Schmidt vs. Colt Cabana.

The 1980s Movie Graveyard Podcast returns for Valentine's Day to watch a miniseries filled with intergalactic love. That's right, this Valentine's Day, V stands for Valentine. Off topic banter includes the legacy of Axl Rotten, Chewbacca's worth as a father and Sunny finally making the transition to porn. Who loves you? The 1980s Movie Graveyard, that's who!

Callum, Tommy and Greg are back and in a jovial mood because Tommy was close to on time and it's EPISODE 200!!! On tap this week - Axl Rotten dies - Bret Hart has cancer - A bunch of NXT guys including Bull Dempsey have been released - Quick Raw Review, let's be honest not much happened outside of Ambrose confronting Lesnar - NXT thoughts including Finn Balor vs Apollo Crews - Lucha Underground continues to be the show of the week, including thoughts on Prince Puma & Pentagon Jr. teaming, PJ Black debuts to take on The Mack and Johnny Mundo and Killshot have a fun match - Then onto your questions with some of the topics including Favourite LOLTNA moment, Sunny Side Up and what wrestlers have we met? The Boys will be back next week to tackle Raw from Seattle, NXT and Lucha Underground.

It's the SUPERBOWL SUNDAY edition of the Sound Off with a prediction for the big game, an explanation for why some people have been having issues downloading the show, the death of Axl Rotten, the best WrestleMania opponent for Randy Orton, why WWE is handling AJ Styles perfectly so far, why Road Dogg is wrong when he says wins and losses don't matter, Finn Balor added to the injured list, making sense of Scott Hall's proposed WrestleMania main event,  defending myself from my (minor) criticism of The Rock, Kevin Nash managing a new nWo faction, why wrestling doesn't get much credit as a sport, Bret Hart's prostate cancer diagnosis and sharing some personal news of my own at the end of the show. Get ONE FREE AUDIOBOOK by signing up for a 30-day trial of the Audible service at www.audibletrial.com/solomonster.  You're supporting the Sound Off by doing so!

For episode #18 of Fresh Is The Word, your host K-Fresh talks about the upcoming Elzhi album “Lead Poison” and his falling out with Elzhi, his thoughts on the HipHopDX article on the Ma Dukes/House Shoes beef, the retirement of wrestler Daniel Bryan, and the passing of ECW original Axl Rotten. For this week’s guest, we have electronic music artist Fritz Helder, formerly of the band Azari and III. He has a new EP out called Force of Nature. We talk about the EP and why it was time for him to start a solo career, along with talking about his time with Azari and III and a whole slew of other things. ENJOY! (Photo Credit: Liam Cushing) Follow Fritz Helder: Facebook: facebook.com/FRITZ.HELDERSFACESPACE Soundcloud: @fritz-helder Twitter: twitter.com/fritzhelder Instagram: instagram.com/fritz_pop_tv Web: www.fritzpop.tv Subscribe on iTunes: tunes.apple.com/us/podcast/fresh-is-the-word/id1061710940?mt=2 Listen on Stitcher Radio: www.stitcher.com/podcast/fresh-is-the-word Follow Fresh Is Th --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/freshistheword/message

The news broke roughly 48 hours ago that ECW great, Axl Rotten, passed away. This is his last known interview, in it's entirety, with a foreword from Kyle. R.I.P. Axl. We, here, at the Obtuse Angles Podcast will miss you.

Corporal Robinson joined us to pay tribute to Axl Rotten and discuss his upcoming "Kill Em All Cup" tournament, and his conflict with Ian Rotten.  

Firstly, I want to apologize for the audio quality on this episode. The studio we use to record all of our shows had an update that changed something and it caused a popping sound to occur whenever Gary or Paul speak. I, (Sean) sound clear the whole show.You can still hear what they say, but it does make it annoying to listen to. Unfortunately this wasn't something I could hear during the live recording, it wasn't audible until the final product was created. I can't really do anything about it either, other than just scrapping the episode and we re-record it, which unfortunately we can't do. This is not indicative of us and I want to say I'm sorry because we had a great episode this week and stupid audio problems kinda ruined it. If you want to listen to the show anyway, the description and time stamps are below. This week on W2M, we discuss Shinsuke Nakamura finishing up with New Japan Pro Wrestling and heading to the WWE Performance Center. He’s apparently signed a three year deal, but will he stay with WWE? Or does he go back to NJPW when he’s done? Could they change his name? We discuss this and more. We also talk about all the stuff going on with Lucha Underground from the company announcing a Season 3 to Jim Cornette’s rant and the ever growing discussion on inter-gender matches. Can this really appeal to a mass audience? Could this stunt the growth of LU? And what do we think of inter-gender wrestling in general.Sadly, we also have to talk about the sad news of Bret Hart having Prostate Cancer and the passing of Axl Rotten as well.Of course, we start things by discussing the wrestling news in “Quick Hits,” we discuss Awesome Kong being sent home from the TNA UK Tour, WWE possibly doing a Cruiserweight Network show, Cryme Tyme wanting to return to WWE, Davey Richards and Tye Dillinger injured, and more. We move on to answer our questions about WWE RAW and then move onto this week’s NXT. After that, we talk a little bit about the 1/30 NJPW Road-To show and how New Japan did the send-off for Shinsuke Nakamura. Then we also do a NJPW New Beginning 2/11 Osaka Preview.Next we review this week’s Lucha Underground and then get into the inter-gender match conversation here too. Then we finish out with a look at this week’s ROH TV, we discuss Impact on POP TV, and our W2M Power Rankings (yes, we are actually ranking them this year.)----------Time Stamps--------(8:20-43:45) Wrestling News, Bret Hart, Axl Rotten, Nakamura's contract(43:45-1:32:20) WWE RAW Discussion(1:32:20-1:46:09) WWE NXT Review(1:46:09-2:14:50) Nakamura Farewell & NJPW New Beginning 2/11 Osaka Preview(2:14:50-2:24:25) Lucha Underground Review(2:24:25-2:42:50) Intergender Wrestling Discussion(2:42:50-2:50:25) ROH Review(2:50:25-3:03:40) TNA Impact Review(3:03:40-End) Superstar of the Week, Superstar of the Month for January and Match of the Month for January

Firstly, I want to apologize for the audio quality on this episode. The studio we use to record all of our shows had an update that changed something and it caused a popping sound to occur whenever Gary or Paul speak. I, (Sean) sound clear the whole show.You can still hear what they say, but it does make it annoying to listen to. Unfortunately this wasn't something I could hear during the live recording, it wasn't audible until the final product was created. I can't really do anything about it either, other than just scrapping the episode and we re-record it, which unfortunately we can't do. This is not indicative of us and I want to say I'm sorry because we had a great episode this week and stupid audio problems kinda ruined it. If you want to listen to the show anyway, the description and time stamps are below. This week on W2M, we discuss Shinsuke Nakamura finishing up with New Japan Pro Wrestling and heading to the WWE Performance Center. He’s apparently signed a three year deal, but will he stay with WWE? Or does he go back to NJPW when he’s done? Could they change his name? We discuss this and more. We also talk about all the stuff going on with Lucha Underground from the company announcing a Season 3 to Jim Cornette’s rant and the ever growing discussion on inter-gender matches. Can this really appeal to a mass audience? Could this stunt the growth of LU? And what do we think of inter-gender wrestling in general.Sadly, we also have to talk about the sad news of Bret Hart having Prostate Cancer and the passing of Axl Rotten as well.Of course, we start things by discussing the wrestling news in “Quick Hits,” we discuss Awesome Kong being sent home from the TNA UK Tour, WWE possibly doing a Cruiserweight Network show, Cryme Tyme wanting to return to WWE, Davey Richards and Tye Dillinger injured, and more. We move on to answer our questions about WWE RAW and then move onto this week’s NXT. After that, we talk a little bit about the 1/30 NJPW Road-To show and how New Japan did the send-off for Shinsuke Nakamura. Then we also do a NJPW New Beginning 2/11 Osaka Preview.Next we review this week’s Lucha Underground and then get into the inter-gender match conversation here too. Then we finish out with a look at this week’s ROH TV, we discuss Impact on POP TV, and our W2M Power Rankings (yes, we are actually ranking them this year.)----------Time Stamps--------(8:20-43:45) Wrestling News, Bret Hart, Axl Rotten, Nakamura's contract(43:45-1:32:20) WWE RAW Discussion(1:32:20-1:46:09) WWE NXT Review(1:46:09-2:14:50) Nakamura Farewell & NJPW New Beginning 2/11 Osaka Preview(2:14:50-2:24:25) Lucha Underground Review(2:24:25-2:42:50) Intergender Wrestling Discussion(2:42:50-2:50:25) ROH Review(2:50:25-3:03:40) TNA Impact Review(3:03:40-End) Superstar of the Week, Superstar of the Month for January and Match of the Month for January

Eddie Guerrero made a huge impact in professional wrestling, so much so that ten years after his death, fans stil cheer his names thoughout arenas.  His nephew, Chavo Guerrero talks about his legacy, career, teaming up with him and the future of his family in pro wresting.  Also, it had been years since Swedish death metal band At The Gates had released new music. Last year, fans were surprised with the release of their new album. Tomas joins The Roman Show to talk about the upcoming US tour, legendary musicians, and more.  Plus, The Roman Show talks Wrestlemania main event, Axl Rotten's death, Ben Henderson's move to Bellator, Anthony Johnson knocking Bader and more.  Subscribe to our Youtube channel, Follow us on Twitter and Like our Facebook. Visit our website, now!