Pro Wrestling Moments

Louis & myself made our third trip across the pond for WrestleMania just over 20 years ago. Listen in to hear our thoughts on the event, plus tangents ranging from staring our own mortality in the face to unsavoury places we discovered on our tour of Seattle. The match card :  Matt Hardy vs Rey Mysterio - WWE Cruiserweight title The Undertaker vs Big Show & Albert Trist Stratus vs Victoria vs Jazz...

We’ve got more guest hosts than you can shake a stick at on our review of both WrestleMania Saturday and Sunday. Night 1  Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championships: The Usos (c) vs. Sami Zayn & Kevin Owens   United States Championship: Austin Theory (c) vs. John Cena SmackDown Women's Championship: Charlotte Flair (c) vs. Rhea Ripley Becky Lynch, Lita & Trish Stratus vs. Damage CTRL (Bayley, Dakota Ka...

Dan is back in person for a look back at the jointly promoted 'Wrestle Fest in the Tokyo Dome' show from March 30th 1991 featuring :  WWF TAG MATCH HART FOUNDATION (Bret "Hitman" Hart & Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart) vs THE ROCKERS (Shawn Michaels & Marty Jannetty) SWS vs WWF BATTLE Koji Kitao [SWS] vs "The Earthquake" John Tenta [WWF] SWS vs WWF TAG MATCH The Great Kabuki & Takashi Ishikawa [SWS] vs [...

Stuart Roberts (@wakefieldcanary) & Mark Dunderdale (@dopper6) are back to look at all the happenings from the last full month of Watts UWF ownership - March 1987.   We have a mystery jar causing a lot of friction between rival parties, the continued evolution of the Iceman King Parsons character, plus UWF tv title action with Savannah Jack defending against Eddie Gilbert.   There’s also a feature...

The boyhood dream came true.....no I'm definitely not talking about Shawn Michaels - I'm referring  to myself, Louis & nine trips across the pond to watch WWF/WWE. This was originally recorded in September 2020 & released as a regular episode of Mid South Moments, but there's too much good stuff (arrogant) for this to be lost in the archives forever. So listen in to hear a supercut of highlights f...

Dan joins me in person for our run down of AEW Revolution 2023 featuring : AEW World Championship 60-Minute Iron Man Match: MJF (c) vs. Bryan Danielson Texas Death Match: Jon Moxley vs. "Hangman" Adam Page AEW Women's World Championship Three-Way: Jamie Hayter (c) vs. Saraya vs. Ruby Soho AEW World Trios Championships: The Elite (Kenny Omega & The Young Bucks) (c) vs. The House of Black (Malakai B...

Justine Cager (@justineylou) joined me for a run down of one of the most anticipated WWE pay per views of the last twenty years - the Elimination Chamber 2023 from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. WWE Undisputed Universal Championship: Roman Reigns (c) vs. Sami Zayn Elimination Chamber U.S. Championship: Austin Theory (c) vs. Seth Rollins vs. Johnny Gargano vs. Bronson Reed vs. Damian Priest vs. Montez F...

Phil Stegall (@blueeyeddrumr) returns for a look back at February 1987 in the world of the Universal Wrestling Federation.   We first look at a very promo heavy episode of ‘Power Pro’ following the departure of Hacksaw Jim Duggan from the promotion. Later it’s back to the main UWF show, featuring a big time main event between Terry Gordy & ‘Dr Death’ Steve Williams. Thereafter a supercut of action...

Justine Cagey (@justineylou) joins me for a look back on WWE's first pay per view of 2023 - it's the 36th annual Royal Rumble.   Match card :  Men's Royal Rumble Bray Wyatt vs LA Knight - Mountain Dew Pitch Black Match Bianca Belair vs Alexa Bliss - WWE Raw Women's title Women's Royal Rumble Roman Reigns vs Kevin Owens - Undisputed WWE Universal Championship

Terry Canova (@coach_canova) joined me for a look back at the January 10th 1987 episode of Universal Wrestling featuring the return of Ted Dibiase plus Sting & Eddie Gilbert vs the Fantastics. Thereafter stay tuned for all the key promos and angles from a very 'bait & switch' heavy episode of the UWF from January 17th 1987.  

One of my favourite, and our best, shows of the year - it's the 2023 predictions. Mark (@dopper6), Stu (@wakefieldcanary) & Dan (@danpffc) join me to run down some of the key stories of 2022, and our answers from last year, before looking forward to 2023 :  Will Dynamite drop under 500k viewers for a week of television? Mens/Womens Royal Rumble winners? Will the Rock wrestle? Will Steve Austin wre...

Dan Phillips (@danpffc) joins me for a run down of the biggest show of the year from Japan - Wrestle Kingdom 17. IWGP World Heavyweight Title Match Kazuchika Okada vs. Jay White (c) IWGP United States Heavyweight Title Match Kenny Omega vs. Will Ospreay (c) IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Fatal 4 Way El Desperado vs. Master Wato vs. Hiromu Takahashi vs. Taiji Ishimori (c) Keiji Muto’s Final Match In...

We end 1986 with a special covering all the highlights and promos from FIVE television episodes. Join us as we journey through the start of the PWI tournament, all the way to why Joel Watts didn't go skiing with Bill at Christmas. There's plenty of surprises, promos and commentary along the way. In addition, a very important announcement about the future of the show. Enjoy, and thanks very much fo...

The WWF presented their second live Prime Time Special on NBC on February 3rd 1989, in front of a gigantic television audience of 19.9 MILLION VIEWERS.   Hear all about the night the Mega Powers finally exploded, plus we have some special bonus content covering the follow up on the March 11th 1989 episode of Saturday Night's Main Event where Miss Elizabeth had to make 'the decision of a lifetime'....

All the promos, the commentary, TWO UWF VIDEO BREAKS, JOEL WATTS and much more during this episode of the Universal Wrestling Federation. Jim Ross also speculates as to when the Missing Link last had a shower.

Justine Cager (@JustineyLou) joins us for the first time right off the back of her trip to Boston for the Survivor Series. We break down all of the matches, and storyline developments plus share our thoughts on the upcoming road to WrestleMania. We also chat how Justine got into wrestling in the first place and some of her favourite matches and moments. The Survivor Series card was as follows : Wa...

Dan Phillips (@danpffc) is back to review AEW's final pay per view offering of 2022. Match card : • Jon Moxley (c) vs. MJF for the AEW World Championship • Chris Jericho (c) vs. Bryan Danielson vs. Claudio Castagnoli vs. Sammy Guevara for the ROH title • Toni Storm (c) vs. Jamie Hayter for the AEW Interim Women’s World Championship • The Acclaimed (c) vs. Swerve in our Glory for the AEW World Tag...

We welcome back Mark Dunderdale (@dopper6) & Stuart Roberts (@wakefieldcanary) for a special look in on what the World Wrestling Federation was up to in November of 1986. This show included the big angle between Randy 'Macho Man' Savage & Ricky Steamboat which lead to their WrestleMania III showdown. Plus Junk Yard Dog, Dick Slater, Billy Jack Haynes and more in action.

After the success of our 'September in review' podcast, we are back with all the key promos and bits of commentary from one of the most newsworthy episodes in the history of the Universal Wrestling Federation.   All UWF titles were on the line during the show, which you can watch here on Youtube : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xx3yN0leFCs

Terry Canova (@coach_canova) is with me for another jump back in time to 1986, and the Universal Wrestling Federation. This week's show featured : Rick Steiner & Sting vs 'Iceman' King Parsons & Chavo Guerrero A big surprise from Michael Hayes & the Freebirds Buddy Jack Roberts vs 'Jumpin' Joe Savoldi A tag title rematch between the Fantastics & 'Hollywood' John Tatum & Jack Victory And more!

Callum Barnes (@callumpbarnes) & Dan Phillips (@danpffc) join me for a look back over THE MAN CALLED STING. We get in our time machines and cover the following famous matches from his illustrious career :  vs Great Muta - NWA World TV title - NWA Power Hour - aired September 1st 1989 w/Lex Luger vs The Steiner Brothers - WCW World tag team title - WCW Superbrawl Return from the Rising Sun - May 19...

UWF Television Review - November 1st 1986 Terry Canova (@coach_canova) is with me for another jump back in time to 1986, and the Universal Wrestling Federation. This week's show featured : A recap of Terry Gordy's title match in Houston vs Ted Dibiase in a SOLID STEEL CAGE Gary Young vs Art Crews News on the upcoming 'Popeyes Superdome Spectacular' Dark Journey is presented with an award The grudg...

Terry Canova (@coach_canova) is back for some more UWF fun from the heady days of 1986. This week's show featured : Buddy Jack Roberts vs Ken Massey - UWF Television title Ted Dibiase tells us what his glove was called More on the PWI wrestling tournament Gustavo Mendoza vs 'Iceman' King Parsons The Fantastics vs Jack Victory & 'Hollywood' John Tatum - UWF Tag team titles And more!

We are loaded with special guests as we bring you our second 'on the road' podcast of 2022 - yes it's New Japan Pro Wrestling's Royal Quest 2 from Crystal Palace's National Sports Centre. This show featured the much anticipated IWGP Tag team title showdown between FTR & Aussie Open, plus Will Ospreay vs Shota Umino, Tetsuya Naito vs ZSJ and much more across two nights. Thanks to the following who...

Stuart Roberts (@wakefieldcanary) joins me for a look back at the career of everyone's favourite head of creative, Triple H!   We cover his matches against  The Rock at SummerSlam 1998 Cactus Jack at Royal Rumble 2000 AND Daniel Bryan at WrestleMania 30   Today’s show was recorded on September 2nd 2022