Talking Taker

We're talking penguin Undertaker, otter Mr. McMahon, and FISH MILK on an all new Talking Taker! Join wrestling superfans Alex Doriot and Travis White on their encyclopedic exploration digging up the greatest professional wrestling character of all time as they review the movie ScreenRant called "The Worst Animated Sequel Of All Time" - Surf's Up 2: Wavemania! It's a truly bizarre cartoon that can'...

Pack a bag and grab your passport - we're going on a summer world tour with The Undertaker on an all new Talking Taker! Join wrestling superfans Alex Doriot and Travis White on their encyclopedic exploration digging up The Dead Man as we gas up the time-traveling hearse for a globe-trotting trip to 4 different countries to watch 5 incredibly rare Undertaker matches spanning 18 years of his career....

The P.S.K. is back - and this time we're coming In Your House! Join wrestling superfans Alex Doriot and Travis White on their encyclopedic exploration digging up The Dead Man as they welcome back Stephen Zieman, Randy Turco, Watchalong Tommy, and Headbanger Trey for another Ultimate PPV Fantasy Draft. This time we're picking our favorite matches from the In Your House shows of the New Generation,...

It was Written In The Stars for Alex, Travis, and Tommy to meet one day - we just didn't know it yet! On this special bonus episode of Talking Taker, we're joined by longtime P.S.K. member Watchalong Tommy to get into the WrestleMania week spirit and revisit a show that holds a special place in our hearts on it's 15 year anniversary: WrestleMania 27. We are all there for this one as it was in Alex...

We're going back to 1991...and we're going STREAKING! Join wrestling superfans Alex Doriot and Travis White on their encyclopedic exploration digging up The Dead Man as we take our time-traveling hearse back 35 years to celebrate the origin of The Undertaker's greatest accomplishment - The WrestleMania Streak! We're revisiting 3 matches that tell the tale of the birth of this epic achievement. Up...

We're taking our time-traveling hearse Over The Hill on a brand new Talking Taker! Join wrestling superfans Alex Doriot and Travis White on their encyclopedic exploration digging up The Dead Man as they celebrate their 40th birthdays by looking back at what The Undertaker was doing on his 40th birthday! Turns out there just happened to be an episode of Smackdown that took place on that exact day -...

We're talking to an unsung hero of the WWF and the first person to EVER step into the ring with The Undertaker on a very special bonus episode of Talking Taker! Join wrestling superfans Alex Doriot and Travis White as they welcome former WWF Superstar Mario Mancini to the podcast to discuss his incredible 4 decades in the wrestling business and his pivotal part in The Dead Man's legacy. Mario walk...

We're finally uncovering some rare Undertaker footage from the WWE Vault on an all new Talking Taker! Join wrestling superfans Alex Doriot and Travis White on their encyclopedic exploration digging up The Dead Man as they dive into some "Origins and Oddities" featuring "The Man Who Walks With Angels". Up first are the "Origins" - some of the earliest squash matches of the Grim Reaper that we've ne...

SURPRISE! Talking Taker cohost Alex Doriot is joined by P.S.K. member Tommy On The Spot from the Watchalong Wrestling YouTube channel for another special simulcast celebrating Royal Rumble season. This year we're charting our Top 10 surprise entrants in Rumble history. The surprises each year are part of what make the Rumble the most fun match to watch, and we each pick our 10 favorite mystery par...

It's Royal Rumble season so we're helping you get in the spirit with a classic Talking Taker Watch-Along episode, BACK FROM THE DEAD at the top of your podcast feed! It's the 25th anniversary of the epic 2001 Royal Rumble so we invite you to revisit our coverage of this classic. This match was also drafted #1 overall on our Ultimate Rumble Fantasy Draft, which is even more reason to rewatch this o...

The P.S.K. is declaring for the Royal Rumble with another Ultimate Fantasy Draft! Join wrestling superfans Alex Doriot and Travis White alongside the Krew of Randy Turco, Watchalong Tommy, Stephen Zieman, and Trey Rafalowski as they draft their dream Royal Rumble card. Each participant gets to craft a fantasy 5 match card using real matches from 40 years of Rumble PPVs. But they've got to be caref...

The Treacherous Trio is back! Join Alex Doriot and P.S.K. members (and fellow toy collectors) Stephen Zieman and Randy Turco for another look back at the year in Undertaker Toy Collecting on a special bonus episode of Talking Taker! 2025 brought new Dead Man figures in the Ultimate, Elite, and Main Event lines along with bobbleheads, buddies, blind box slap bands and thumb wrestlers, and even some...

The Last Time Is Now - and we are there for it! Talking Taker cohost Alex Doriot is joined by Pod Street Krew members Watchalong Tommy and Randy Turco as they recap being there live for John Cena's final match at Saturday Night's Main Event in Washington D.C.! We discuss the incredible atmosphere in the arena, debate our opinions on the finish, and contemplate the legacy of the Never Seen Seventee...

We're revisiting one of The Undertaker's greatest rivalries for it's 20th anniversary on an all new Talking Taker! Join wrestling superfans Alex Doriot and Travis White on their encyclopedic exploration digging up The Dead Man as we take the time-traveling hearse back to 2005 and the epic conclusion of the Randy Orton-Undertaker feud inside Hell In A Cell at Armageddon 2005. It's a bloody battle t...

To celebrate the 35 year anniversary of his iconic debut, we're looking back at the final episode of WWF TV before The Undertaker debuted! It's a special BONUS episode of our encyclopedic exploration Digging Up The Dead Man as wrestling superfans Alex Doriot and Travis White do a watch-along of the November 17, 1990 episode of WWF Superstars, just 5 days before The Undertaker made his debut as the...

The Talking Taker Pod Street Krew is back with another one of our infamous fantasy drafts! Join wrestling superfans Alex Doriot and Travis White alongside Watchalong Tommy, Stephen Zieman, and Randy Turco as we duke it out to draft the ultimate Survivor Series card. There's no clowning around as this might be our most cutthroat competition yet! We encourage you to play along with us and come up wi...

On this special bonus episode of Talking Taker, Cohost Alex Doriot celebrates Halloween with one of the greatest Undertaker Cosplayers in the world and a loyal P.S.K. member, Stephen Murphy A.K.A. Jokerious Torrance! Stephen sits down with Alex to discuss his many different tributes to The Dead Man in cosplay form and walks us through the inspiration for them. Along the way he shares about why doi...

Before The Rock, John Cena, or Batista did it, The Undertaker went Hollywood! Join wrestling superfans Alex Doriot and Travis White alongside fellow P.S.K. member Stephen Zieman as they hop in the time-traveling hearse back to 1999 and the summer The Undertaker was making guest appearances on all sorts of tv shows! It's an often overlooked era of Taker's career and even The Dead Man's most dedicat...

Long before The Undertaker battled Stone Cold, The Punisher faced off with Steve Williams! Join wrestling superfans Alex Doriot and Travis White on their encyclopedic exploration digging up The Dead Man as they welcome back Mike and JV from The Bottom Line Wrestling Cast for a Watchalong of USWA TV from 11/4/89 featuring the first ever match between the men who would go on to become The Undertaker...

The Boys Of Summer are back to dream up our Ultimate SummerSlam cards of all tiz-iiiiime on an all new Talking Taker! Alex Doriot and Travis White are joined by their Pod Street Krew Brothers Randy Turco, Stephen Zieman, Tommy On The Spot, and Trey Ciampa for a sequel to our WrestleMania Draft earlier this year. We're taking turns building our fantasy 8-match card of the greatest matches from 37 y...

We're celebrating the final year of John Cena's career by revisiting his first PPV encounter with The Undertaker from 22 years ago this month with this classic episode of Talking Taker, BACK FROM THE DEAD at the top of your podcast feed! Originally released in June of 2019 as episode 93, It's Vengeance 2003 featuring Cena trying to prove himself against Big Evil in the biggest match of his career...

Put on your Nintendo Power Gloves and travel back with us 1990 for another deep dive into Mean Mark on this month's Talking Taker! Join wrestling superfans Alex Doriot and Travis White on their encyclopedic exploration digging up The Dead Man as they take the time-traveling hearse back again to WCW to discuss his rise up the ranks in the formative days of his pro wrestling career. When we last lef...

Before he was the Dead Man, he was the Mean Man! Join wrestling superfans Alex Doriot and Travis White on their encyclopedic exploration digging up The Dead Man as we take the time-traveling hearse all the way back to early 1990 for part one of a deep dive on a prequel chapter to The Undertaker's career - his singles run in WCW as Mean Mark. Taker has often downplayed this run in interviews and ta...

We've got our python pants on for our trip in the time-traveling motorcycle celebrating 25 years of the Biker Taker on this throwback Talking Taker, BACK FROM THE DEAD at the top of your podcast feed! Originally released in November of 2018 as episode 67, It's Survivor Series 2000 featuring an overlooked classic between The Undertaker and Kurt Angle. Perhaps it's kind of forgotten about due to a r...

We're trading out the time-traveling hearse for a time-traveling lawnmower as we enter The Undertaker's Yard on an all new Talking Taker! Join wrestling superfans Alex Doriot and Travis White on their encyclopedic exploration digging up The Dead Man as they celebrate the 25 Year Anniversary of the "Biker Taker" character's debut by looking back at the home video release of "This Is My Yard". This...