Noobs and Knockouts Podcast

On this episode of the Noobs and Knockouts, we return to Lucha Underground Season 2, where the Trios Tournament has begun, and every team is dysfunctional. Great. The Monster Matanza Cueto faces Fenix, and it honestly goes about as well as it does for his Lucha brother Pentagon. But Death is coming for Matanza.... Also on this episode, mid debuts, a Killshot origin story, Striker and Vampiro actua...

On this episode of the Noobs and Knockouts Podcast, we have our very first episode in MID-ATLANTIC CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING, Jim Crockett Promotions, the NWA! It's 1985, Starrcade is just around the corner, and Dusty Rhodes saves Ric Flair from a beatdown, only to get beaten down by the Andersons! Hmmm, Ric Flair and the Andersons, what a group. If there were four of them, I bet they could have a re...

On this episode of the Noobs and Knockouts Podcast, we head back to 2012 TNA to continue the Claire Lynch arc. I mean, the secret is revealed, the Not-Affair was just AJ and Dixie helping Claire with her drug addiction, story should be about wrapping up, right? Right? Also on this episode, we get the ever confusing adventures of the BFG Series, a long rambling history of TNA Gut Check, more Bruce...

On this episode of the Noobs and Knockouts Podcast, we do a read through of the Rudolph movie. No, that's not a joke. We drafted wrestlers to do voice impressions of, we cast out the entire movie, we did a read through of the whole script. We even sang in character. Yes, we're insane. Won't you join us?

On this episode of the Noobs and Knockouts Podcast, we're heading to 2006 for the Raw after WrestleMania to begin our new arc! Last night at WrestleMania, Shawn Michaels defeated Vince McMahon, but Vince isn't taking that loss well. He's huffing weapons-grade copium, and he has only one conclusion for why he lost: divine intervention. Also on this episode, the debut of Umaga, new tag champs in the...

On this episode of the Noobs and Knockouts Podcast, we return to the Temple for more Lucha Underground Season 2, where Dario Cueto is back in charge of the Temple! His monster brother is the Lucha Underground champion, what does that mean for the Temple? Well, it certainly means that Pentagon Jr is in trouble. On this episode, we talk about Pentagon threatening another authority figure, Marty Mart...

On this episode of the Noobs and Knockouts Podcast, we return to 1990 one last time to watch WrestleMania VI! THE ULTIMATE CHALLENGE HAS ARRIVED, Ultimate Warrior vs Hulk Hogan for both titles! Plus, Jake Roberts vs Ted DiBiase for the Million Dollar Championship, a cop battles a fake African (yikes), a mixed gender tag match for royalty, backstage skits with Steve Allen, and more! Won't you join...

On this episode of the Noobs and Knockouts Podcast, we head to 2012 for the first episode in our Claire Lynch arc. Dixie Carter and AJ Styles are TOTALLY NOT HAVING AN AFFAIR, even though everyone thinks they are and all the evidence points to that and Dixie and AJ keep talking around the issue as if they are. But it's so, so much sillier than that. Also on this episode, it's Open Fight Night, whe...

On this episode of the Noobs and Knockouts Podcast, it's Halloween season, so why not watch a whole PPV dedicated to it. Specifically, why not watch a Halloween PPV featuring the greatest WCW Cruiserweight match of all time? It's Rey Mysterio vs Eddie Guerrero for the WCW Cruiserweight championship, and I guess there's a rest of the PPV here too. Featuring Hogan and Piper in a cage (yikes), a Las...

On this episode of the Noobs and Knockouts Podcast, we return to 1998 to finish our time with the Brawl For All tournament. Bradshaw vs Bart Gunn! It's honestly everything we could have hoped for. Plus, it's the go-home show to Summerslam. Cahoots! Fire magic! Sexual harassment! Hell in a Cell! We've got it all this week! Won't you join us?

On this episode of the Noobs and Knockouts Podcast, we return to the Temple for more of Lucha Underground Season 2, AND IT'S AZTEC WARFARE II TIME. 20 wrestlers enter, one will leave with the Lucha Underground championship. We get the Shadow Realm, the debut of Rey Mysterio, Joey Ryan's handcuffs, all the rivalry payoffs, and a return so shocking it completely changes the match. Won't you join us?

On this episode of the Noobs and Knockouts Podcast, we return to 1990 for Hogan vs Warrior, and the most infamous promo in perhaps the entire storyline. It's time for Hulk Hogan TO SEND THE PLANE INTO A NOSEDIVE. We do deep analysis on Ultimate Warrior here, folks. Also on this episode, an Akeem match?!?!?!, a Hart Foundation promo?!?!, Big Boss Man debuting his greatest theme song, Jesse Ventura...

On this episode of the Noobs and Knockouts Podcast, we finally reach the end of the Yes Movement, on the grandest stage of them all, WrestleMania XXX! Can Daniel Bryan overcome all of Evolution and reach his dreams? Can Brock Lesnar do the unthinkable and break the Streak? Can Bray Wyatt destroy John Cena's legacy? Won't you join us?

On this episode of the Noobs and Knockouts Podcast, we make our first journey into Hollywoood media when we watch the first two episodes of Netflix's GLOW series! How does Netflix's GLOW compare to the original? On this episode, we talk about the history of wrestling in Hollywood media, the stated themes of exploitation vs empowerment, Ruth and Betty's parallel journeys in GLOW, Marc Meron being a...

On this episode of the Noobs and Knockouts Podcast, we return to 1998, where Raw is forced to run at the same time as Bill Clinton's testimony before Kenneth Starr's grand jury regarding his affair with Monica Lewinsky. Raw's response is building an entire episode around Stone Cold putting someone in a hearse in the last five minutes and having "Bill Clinton" call in to Raw. The Brawl for All is a...

On this episode of the Noobs and Knockouts podcast, with Aztec Warfare looming, we return to the Temple for Lucha Underground Season 2 with an explosive main event of Fenix vs Mil Muertes, a rubber match for the ages. Also on this episode, the Menage a Trois of Brutality put their careers on the line to get back the Trios titles from the Disciples of Death, Texano and Chavo have a not terrible mat...

On this episode of the Noobs and Knockouts Podcast, we return to 1990 to answer the burning question: Who will defend their title at WrestleMania 6? Jack Tunney has the answer, and that answer is "por que no los dos?" The WrestleMania 6 card is shaping up, and Bobby Heenan and Gorilla Monsoon have all the scoops. Also on this episode, we have more Hogan and Warrior miscommunications, Ultimate Warr...

On this episode of the Noobs and Knockouts Podcast, we return to 2014 as the road to WrestleMania XXX soon will reach its conclusion. Daniel Bryan's YES Movement worked and he has his path to the main event, but all actions have consequences, and HHH is FED UP. This episode of Raw ended in a ten minute snuff film. Also on this episode, John Cena believes, Bray Wyatt seeks to destroy John Cena's le...

On this episode of the Noobs and Knockouts Podcast, we head to 2016 TNA where Austin decides to be very self-indulgent: an episode highlighted Rosemary that aired on his birthday. It's Rosemary vs Jade for the Knockouts Championship in Six Sides of Steel! Also on this episode, a history of Rosemary and Decay, a very confusing journey through the Broken Matt Hardy saga, Aron Rex getting jobbed out...

On this episode of the Noobs and Knockouts Podcast, we return to 1998 as the second round of the Brawl For All begins. It's Dr. Death Steve Williams vs Bart Gunn, and all of Jim Ross' hopes and dreams go up in smoke. Meanwhile, Undertaker and Stone Cold are tag champs, but nobody trusts the Undertaker and he wants an apology. Will he get one? EH EH. Also on this episode, a whole lot of garbage! A...

On this episode of the Noobs and Knockouts podcast, we return to Lucha Underground as we inch closer to Aztec Warfare II! Mil Muertes proves that he's the strongest there is by fighting two guys at once in the main event, and in the meanwhile, we got a four way brawl in the bathroom where everyone is wielding nunchucks. Lucha Underground is the best. Also on this episode we get the debut of Marty'...

On this episode of the Noobs and Knockouts, we return to 1990, where in the aftermath of the 1990 Royal Rumble, Hulk Hogan needs to know what kind of man Ultimate Warrior is, and on God, if Warrior is a demon, Hogan will strike him down, Biblical-style. Warrior is only moderately more coherent in response. Also on this episode we have malfunctions at the junction on Saturday Night's Main Event, Vi...

On this episode of the Noobs and Knockouts podcast, we return to 2014 where Daniel Bryan is seeking his path to WrestleMania XXX, and he will not be silenced! The show will not proceed as planned until he gets what he wants, until the PEOPLE get what they want! It's time for the largest occupied protest in wrestling history, it's time to OCCUPY RAW. Also on this episode, Bray Wyatt gets TWO promos...

On this episode of the Noobs and Knockouts Podcast, we reach the end of the first round of the Brawl for All, a tournament that is going so well the WWE made one of tonight's matches a dark match and showed the highlights later in the show. The saga of CAHOOTS also continues despite Undertaker openly refusing to make himself look like he isn't in league with his brother. Also on this episode, a ne...

On this episode of the Noobs and Knockouts Podcast, we honor Superstar Billy Graham by going ALL the way back to 1977. Back when Vince Senior ran the company and it had 3 W's in it. On this episode, we discuss the legacy of Superstar Billy Graham, the history of the WWWF and the relationship between both Vince McMahons, what wrestling was like in 1977, and the absolute soul crushing experience of...