The Smack Addict Podcast

It’s time to hit the clubs, baby, because The Smack Addict Podcast is hitting up Webster Hall for our lone episode covering Shotgun Saturday Night! Here’s your chance to see the only televised one-on-one match between Bret Hart and Mankind, plus Sycho Sid gets wild with a chair. Grab a drink, tip your waitress, and hang out in the crowd with Matt and Will as they dodge dancers and break down the c...

It’s night after the Royal Rumble, and there’s a lot of uncertainty around who will be challenging for the WWF Championship at Wrestlemania. At the beginning of the night, Bret Hart makes a drastic decision, Steve Austin insults everyone, and Gorilla Monsoon does his best to remedy the situation later on. Also, Austin takes on The Undertaker in Raw’s main event, which ends in delightful chaos. Joi...

It’s Shawn Michaels’ time to shine in the Alamodome, as he battles Sycho Sid (and a legit case of the flu) to try to recapture the WWF Championship in his hometown. Also, the Royal Rumble match itself features one of the more controversial endings in its illustrious history. Join Matt and Daniel as they travel back to a simpler time, when hometown boys can come home and beat up a tall man from Ark...

We’re a week away from the Royal Rumble in San Antonio, so Shawn Michaels is already in the city, hanging out with many of his fellow San Antonians at a bar. Back in the arena, Bret Hart hobbles out to do commentary for a match, because Stone Cold Steve Austin ran out and attacked him on the weekend. Also in that match: Stone Cold Steve Austin runs out and attacks someone. And of course, WWF Champ...

Bret Hart takes on Vader in the main event of this episode of Raw, but the real concern is whether or not Shawn Michaels will resist interfering while doing commentary. Also, Owen Hart and Mankind take part in a Tough Fella Punch-‘Em-Up (or whatever they’re calling it this week) and Sid steals a cameraman to show off his powerbombing skills. Matt and Kris talk it all out, so hit play and join ‘em!

Bret Hart opens this episode of Raw by coming to the rescue of Savio Vega, and by the end of the episode, he’s in the middle of a big mess of main event stars who all want the WWF Championship. Also, HHH tosses an adult woman at another man. Join Matt and Kris as they try to make sense of it all!

On this episode, Marc Mero gets one more bite at the Intercontinental Championship apple, but will HHH come out on a top all the same? Also, Bret Hart headlines an underwhelming Raw main event, and Matt and Will talk at length about the wonders of WWF Livewire, and what happened one late December when Sid was given a mic and had to talk to fans live on the phone. Jingle jingle baby, it’s time for...

With the latest PPV in the rear view mirror, it’s time to start building to Royal Rumble 1997! On this episode of Raw, Bret Hart comes out to complain about his plight, then he promptly turns around and attacks Stone Cold Steve Austin during a match. Also, the epic Milton Bradley Karate Fighters tournament comes to a conclusion, Jerry Lawler tries to out Goldust, and Billy and Bart Gunn come to bl...

It’s time for Bret Hart to get another shot at the WWF Championship, which is around the waist of Sycho Sid! It’s time to see if Shawn Michaels can behave himself on commentary at ringside! It’s time to find out what an Armageddon Rules match is, and why it exists! It’s time for Matt and Daniel to break down the final In Your House PPV of 1996! It’s time for you to listen to it! IT’S TIME!

We’re just around the corner from In Your House: It’s Time on PPV, and did you know that the main event for this episode is a No Holds Barred match between The Undertaker and Mankind? No? Well, you’ll hear about it 18,000 times over the course of the show. Also, Bret Hart talks about excellently executing, and Sycho Sid (almost) completely decimates Hunter Hearst Helmsley. Will and Matt break is a...

On this week’s episode, Shawn defends his defensiveness and takes the mantle of ‘man’s man’, Flash Funk dropped a moonsault legdrop on a hockey playing grappler, and there was a convoluted dust-up at a house show in London, UK, that was shot on what appeared to be the camcorder your dad got for Christmas 1995. Matt and Will break down all the excitement of the third hour of taping in Connecticut,...

This show opens with a Bret Hart match (as a little treat) as Bret goes hermano-a-hermano with Owen Hart, leading to some interesting shenanigans after the match. Also, we finally hear from Shawn Michaels, and he’s coming to us live from Jose Lothario’s living room in San Antonio, and he’s not too impressed. He wants Sycho Sid, and it sounds like he’ll get him (or whoever is WWF Champion) when the...

It’s the night after Survivor Series 1996, and we’re starting a big block of taped shows with a live episode of Monday Night Raw, which begins with an awkwardly named ‘Toughman Contest’ between Mankind and Stone Cold Steve Austin. We hear from WWF Champion Sycho Sid, who just beat Shawn Michaels the night before, and is getting ready to take on Bret Hart at the upcoming In Your House PPV. So strap...

We kick off The Hitman’s Last Great Year with a pivotal PPV, Survivor Series 1996. This is a show all about refreshing and resetting, with some major debuts, big wins, and a pretty crucial WWF World Title bout between Shawn Michaels, the champion, and Sycho Sid, the psychotic guy named Sid. But the biggest match of the night (for this podcast, at least) is between our returning hero, Bret Hart, an...

November 2022 is the 25th anniversary of Bret Hart’s final match in the WWF at Survivor Series 1997, but the final year of Bret Hart’s WWF career should not be reduced to one match. Bret Hart was a key player in one of the most important years in wrestling history. In The Hitman’s Last Great Year, we’ll journey from Survivor Series 1996 to Survivor Series 1997, with each episode of the podcast cov...

It’s time for the FINAL EPISODE of The Smackdown Six Podcast! (There’s more to come, wait for the end of the episode to find out!) The winner of the Royal Rumble has left for Raw, so the Smackdown Six era is over, but wait, there’s a big Smackdown Royal Rumble on the show tonight! The winner gets a WWE Championship match at No Way Out 2004, so who will win and get a chance to walk into Wrestlemani...

Some of the biggest storylines on Smackdown come to a head at one of the biggest shows of the year! Will Eddie Guerrero exact revenge against his nephew Chavo for his painful betrayal? Will Brock Lesnar get over his fear of Hardcore Holly, and will Holly justify a midcarder getting such a prominent title match on such a big show? Speaking of Big Show, who will toss his big carcass over the top rop...

There’s only 72 hours between the start of this show and the beginning of Royal Rumble 2004, and we’ve got some action: there’s a big 4-on-2 match that pits Chris Benoit and John Cena against Paul Heyman’s big boys of Smackdown (which ends up being decidedly less unfair than the 4-on-2 premise), Eddie Guerrero gets a chance to get his hands on his nephew and brother in a tag team main event where...

We’re 10 days away from Royal Rumble 2004, so we’ve got to get guys qualified for spots in the Royal Rumble match itself, but in topsy turvy ways! Also, Chavo Guerrero Sr. is here to apologize to Eddie for his son’s actions, which is totally normal for the father of an adult man to do, and John Cena goes up against Rhyno in a match involving a bar of soap. Join Matt & Alex as they go up agains...

Los Guerreros explode in Alabama, as Chavo beats on Eddie after another unfortunate loss. But why is Kurt Angle involved? Also, Brock Lesnar is back on Smackdown, Nidia wrestles Tajiri despite being blind, and Hardcore Holly gets to live up to his name in a street fight against, wellllll, it’s the Big Shooooow… Join Matt and Will as they piece it all together and figure it all out. It’s the Smackd...

We’re in little Laredo, Texas, and we’ve got a Cruiserweight title match, the return of a major Smackdown star, some Royal Rumble qualifying matches. But the biggest takeaway from this show might be the weird ending, featuring more of the ongoing Guerrero family drama, or it might be Hardcore Holly’s odd journey to a title match at a major PPV. Either way, join Matt & Kris as they break the wh...

It’s Christmas, which means it’s time for the WWE to head to Camp Victory in Baghdad, Iraq (as opposed to Baghdad, New Hampshire, maybe?), it’s time for the first ever Tribute to the Troops. This glorified house show features a lot of video packages of WWE superstars learning that they may have bitten off more than they can chew with the dangers involved in being in an active war zone to put on a...

On the 20th anniversary of the PPV, Matt and Will sat down to record a special live commentary of Vengeance 2002. The Smackdown Six Era was mere weeks from beginning, so where are our favourites now? Eddie Guerrero and Chris Benoit are still on Raw and doing battle with Bubba and Spike Dudley, Brock Lesnar is stuck in a fairly pointless Intercontinental Title match, and Edge is teaming with the fa...

The great Hardcore Holly main event push continues as the deck is stacked against the former Thurman "Sparky" Plugg, as Holly is forced to team with a very hurt Shannon Moore against A-Train and Matt Morgan, with a title shot and his contract on the line. Will Brock Lesnar get involved? Is there a random Fatal 4 Way tag title match? Will Jamie Noble continue his dastardly heel ways? Answer: yes, y...

Smackdown is in sunny San Diego, so Rey Mysterio is unsurprisingly given a main event match against Brock Lesnar. Can he win and get a title shot next week? Also, will Eddie and Chavo finally have enough of a conflict to sink Los Guerreros as a tag team? How good does Big Show look in a retro baseball jersey? And will Chris Benoit get another title shot anytime soon after last week’s close call wi...