The Wrestle Special

The Insane Clown Posse have a complicated place in wrestling and pop culture as a whole. Travis brings his wife Jess back on the show to find 3 good things about ICP and to drink Faygo.

While the Mandela Effect has skyrocketed in popularity in recent years, pro wrestling doesn't have as many examples as one would think. Are there any actual examples of the Mandela Effect in pro wrestling, and if so, do any of them point to the existence of a parallel universe? 

You ask the questions, Travis answers them. In this mailbag: Which wrestlers I'd reboot the Spice Girls with, which Drag Queen would I choose to represent me in a cage match, what a tag team breakup with myself would sound like, and more!

To celebrate Thanksgiving, Travis looks far into the past and finds a smorgasbord of potential ring names for aspiring pro wrestlers from our Puritan forefathers. 

Confused as to what H.H.P.M. is? Let's just say, after researching 2016's landmark court case Bollea V Gawker, Travis had a very specific question that he needed the answer to. Maybe too specific. 

How big of a role does kayfabe play into the QAnon conspiracy theory? Travis explores the idea that "true believers" are using pro wrestling's playbook to take over the world, and why it might be up to wrestling fans to help stop it's spread.

What if the only thing that mattered in tag team wrestling was astrological compatibility? Travis explores this concept while looking at the various tag team partners of Cesaro, and finds out the hard way that the pair aren't compatible as a tag team. 

Travis attempts to predict when the next vampire gimmick will arrive in pro wrestling by delving through the history of vampires in pop culture, and how that correlates to when vampire characters appeared in wrestling. If your last name is Van Helsing, please listen to a different episode. 

Travis explores the "six degrees of Kevin Bacon" concept and how it applies to wrestlers that have acted. He also adds arbitrary rules that only he would add to make it harder, and power ranks the Disney Renaissance animated films for some reason.

You ask the questions, Travis answers them. In this mailbag: Why I would choose Zelina Vega and Aleister Black to raise my hypothetical child in the event of my death, who has the best calves in wrestling, who would be in a heel faction made entirely out of NBA players, and more!

There are a lot of questions asked daily on Yahoo Answers, some of them are wrestling related, some of them are wrestling related AND part of Russian interference in US elections, and still others are about birds being sacred. Join Travis as he uncovers some sinister activity meant to pit wrestling fans against one another in the months before the 2020 elections.

Travis outlines his picks for first ballot inductees if Vince McMahon lets Popes into the WWE Hall Of Fame. Find out which Pontiffs Vince McMahon would admire enough to enshrine next to the likes of Trish Stratus and Eddie Guerrero. 

The Great Khali is one of the most controversial wrestlers in the history of the WWE, but Travis doesn't think so. Join him in exploring the Punjabi Prison match, 2005 movies, brain tumors, and Tik Tok in finding 3.09 good things about The Great Khali. 

If you thought the Marty Jannetty might have killed a guy saga was over...think again. Travis brings his wife Jess back onto the show to discuss new developments, Marty's alibi, and where said alibi ranks amongst the worst in history. 

You ask the questions, Travis answers them. In this mailbag: What three wrestlers would I take fashion advice from, how could you use an eggplant as a weapon in a vegetable death match, what would a world without Macho Man look like, and more!

Could listening to Stone Cold Steve Austin's entrance music save your life? Travis decides which of the 23 different types of emergencies (as listed by the American Red Cross) could be most effectively dealt with by listening to "I Won't Do What You Tell Me".

In a last ditch effort to ensure more people read Macho Man Randy Savage erotic fan fiction, Travis brings Ted and Andy from Largely Unlikable back onto the show to gain fresh perspective on how erotica commissioned on Fiverr stacks up to actual literature. 

Why bury the lead!? Find out why Travis had Macho Man Randy Savage erotic fan fiction commissioned, and how to get your copy!

Travis takes a deeper look into Marty Jannetty's recent Facebook murder confession...A case of self defense? Something darker? Just a weird guy posting weird stuff on Facebook? Don't make a decision until you listen to this episode!

It's official, Scott's Steiner's Shoney's in Acworth, GA has permanently closed. Join Travis as he lays out 3 potential business plans to help Big Poppa Pump plot his next move in the restaurant business. 

Someone actually did it. Someone put a full episode of The Wrestle Special though Google Translate, and now Travis has to read it. Travis revisits episode 45 after it has been translated through 4 languages and shares the results. 

Travis shoves 4 of the most legendary promos into Google Translate to see if they are still recognizable. That's it. That's the episode. 

You ask the questions, Travis answers them. In this mailbag: Would Macho Man be a deathmatch wrestler, did I want to be a wrestler when I grew up, which wrestler would the Mouth of Sauron manage, and more!

As long as pro wrestling has existed, it has existed in Florida. I don't know if that's true, but it's an easy way to introduce the idea that pro wrestling and Florida have had a long history together, and this episode is all about how Floridians are inspired to do insane things because of pro wrestling, and what the industry can learn from Floridians doing insane things. 

If you thought one episode about Freek-A-Leek and Mambo #5 was enough, you were wrong! Travis returns to the greatest debate in wrestling history with new information, a fresh perspective from an actual wrestler, and a point system that continues to not matter!