Armchair Booking Wrestling Podcast

Okay, we are not too proud to admit when we are wrong. We thought WrestleMania 39 was not going to be a good show. Not only were we wrong, but we were also off by a mile! Though it was not perfect, the event was really good, and was a fun show to watch. We also discuss the aftermath, WWE being bought by Endeavor, and Vince returning as the head of Creative, and what that means to the wrestlers! Co...

WrestleMania 39 is literally a few days away. We should be excited. After all, it’s WrestleMania! But we aren’t. We hope the show ends up being good. Unfortunately, there looks to be a bunch of filler matches. We really hope we are wrong in thinking this though. It’s happened before. Contact and listening Info: https://www.teepublic.com/user/armchair-booking-podcast armchairbookingpodcast@gmail.co...

It was announced today that Andy Kaufmann is going to be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame. That made us start to think of other ways Wrestling and the Mainstream have crossed paths. Some were good, some not so much, but we try to cover them all! Contact and listening Info: https://www.teepublic.com/user/armchair-booking-podcast armchairbookingpodcast@gmail.com https://www.facebook.com/ArmchairBo...

In all our excitement last episode of being able to record again, we both forgot a very important bit of news from the Wrestling World…Rey Mysterio is going to be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame! On this episode, we discuss that, plus a few other wrestling news items. Contact and listening Info: https://www.teepublic.com/user/armchair-booking-podcast armchairbookingpodcast@gmail.com https://www...

Finally, after 3 weeks away, we have returned! As we put it, life happens, and to Steve and Dwaylon, life has been happening a lot lately! Thankfully, we were able to record an episode after long last. On this episode, we give an early preview of the upcoming WrestleMania, and also what Steve experienced at the Fan Fest this past weekend. It felt good recording again! Contact and listening Info: h...

Long-time listeners of the show have heard us give shout-outs to other podcasts, including some that are non-wrestling podcasts as well. Two we mention quite often are True Crimecast and Bless Their Hearts, both of which are hosted by Jamie Boggs and John Bailey. We are so excited to have both of them actually join the show for an episode in our continuing series of Why We Are Fans! They told us t...

We are just a couple of days away from Elimination Chamber 2023, and there are so many intriguing stories involved. Will Austin Theory retain the US Title in the Men’s Chamber Match? Who will win the Women’s Chamber Match and earn a shot at Bianca Belair at WrestleMania? Will Sami Zayn defeat Roman to win the Undisputed Championship in his hometown of Montreal? We cover those questions and more on...

As a treat, we have an active duty military guest on the show! Jax Stinger is not the first person to ever pull double duty by wrestling while serving in uniform, but she’s the first we’ve ever interviewed. She has some great stories about her time in the wrestling world, and in the Army. The one question remains after the interview…will she use the cobra clutch when she’s in combative training? C...

As we continue our series on Why We Are Fans, we invite to the show a friend of Dwaylon’s named Jake Petway. He’s a Luthier, a PhD Candidate, husband, father, and just an all-around cool dude. And for the topic of our show, more importantly, Jake is a huge wrestling fan! We were able to hit on a myriad of wrestling topics, including Jake’s friendship with some current WWE superstars, one of which...

There are so many things we could list about why we love being part of the Wrestling Podcast Community. There’s not much better, although one thing that will top it is being a parent, specifically, being a Dad. When the two can be combined, nothing can beat it. That’s why it’s our pleasure to invite two gentlemen who love being Dads so much, they named their own podcast in tribute. On this episode...

In the Wrestling Podcast Community, there are some names that tend to stick out more than others. As a continuation of our series on Why We Are Fans, we are very blessed and fortunate to have someone whom we feel has one of the best wrestling podcasts around. We welcome back to the show, Ted Hill, The Hillbilly Heel, host of The Heel Truth podcast! We all had a lot of fun recording this, and betwe...

Having friends is nice. Having close friends is even better. Having close friends who are also wrestling fans is just awesome! On this episode, we are joined by a friend of Steve’s (and now Dwaylon’s) named Keri. She has been a wrestling fan almost her entire life, and welcomed our invitation to come on the show! After our conversation, we now have a task to find the episode of Raw from 2012 where...

One of the great things about being part of the Wrestling Podcast Community is the opportunity to meet other, likeminded people who are also part of the Wrestling Podcast Community. As part of our series on Why We Are Wrestling Fans, we welcome to the show BC Hunter and Jay Meyers from the Wrestling With the Truth/War Podcast! To say we had a lot of fun recording this episode would be a huge under...

As we continue our series on Why We Are Wrestling Fans, we are fortunate enough to have the opportunity to collaborate with other podcasters. This week, we welcome the return of Justin from TNC SportsTalk: Throw-In With Justin on the show. Justin always has great insight and analysis when it comes to all sports, and this made for a fantastic conversation! Contact and listening Info: https://www.te...

Long time listeners will recognize our next guest on our Why We Are Fans series. We welcome back to the show The Vanilla Gorilla, the “Maryland Swoleverine”, the former cohost of the podcast, Kyle, to give us his story about his own wrestling fandom. From his early days of going to the famed Cow Palace to watch TV tapings, to attending Starrcades ’98 & ’99 in Washington D.C., to his own experi...

Wrestling fans tend to bond over our love for the sport. We all come from various backgrounds, but we all have the commonality of being wrestling fans. On this episode, we begin our series on “Why We Are Wrestling Fans” by interviewing long time fan and friend of the show, Randy Sizemore. Contact and listening Info: https://www.teepublic.com/user/armchair-booking-podcast armchairbookingpodcast@gma...

The year 2023 is now here. How do we think the year is going to go? How will the wrestling companies fare? Personally, we want them all to succeed. That will only make the wrestling world better. How will our podcast do? We discuss these questions and more! Contact and listening Info: https://www.teepublic.com/user/armchair-booking-podcast armchairbookingpodcast@gmail.com https://www.facebook.com/...

2022 is now coming to an end. All-in-all, it was pretty uneventful in wrestling…except for Vince McMahon being forced to step down as CEO of WWE…and the meltdown of CM Punk leading to a backstage brawl with the executives of AEW…and the WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions dropping the belts off on an agent’s desk and walking out of the company…and Ric Flair having his last match…never mind, this was a...

Bray Wyatt returned to WWE on 08 October at the Extreme Rules PPV/PLE over two months ago…and has not wrestled yet. He’s involved in a feud right now with L.A. Knight…with no in-ring action to speak of. We have had an appearance of who is supposedly Uncle Howdy, but nothing else besides words spoken in promos. When will we finally see him in a match? Contact and listening Info: https://www.teepubl...

Kayfabe was once the law of the land in the world of Professional Wrestling. Every decision you made outside of the business was to protect everything inside the business. It was all to keep up the illusion, to safeguard the magic. But now, is it really totally necessary? Is Professional Wrestling better off without the illusions being so intense? Contact and listening Info: https://www.teepublic....

Just in the last few days, the news broke that Mandy Rose has been fired by WWE. The reason? Some “risqué” pictures on pay-site FanTime. This leads us to ask this question… How much control should wrestling companies have over the performers? Contact and listening Info: https://www.teepublic.com/user/armchair-booking-podcast armchairbookingpodcast@gmail.com https://www.facebook.com/ArmchairBooking...

The Internet Wrestling Community, or IWC has grown exponentially since the advent of social media and can be a big influence on wrestling companies. On this episode, we discuss the good and bad of the IWC, and how we all fit in to this world as podcasters. Contact and listening Info: https://www.teepublic.com/user/armchair-booking-podcast armchairbookingpodcast@gmail.com https://www.facebook.com/A...

Survivor Series 2022, a.k.a. Survivor Series: Wargames, was a pretty good event. While there were only 5 matches on the card, 4 of them were stellar with only a singular match being a little suspect. On this episode, we give our review of the card, plus we talk about our appearance on the Wrestling With the Truth podcast! Contact and listening Info: https://www.teepublic.com/user/armchair-booking-...

On this episode, we had the pleasure of being joined by Northern Wrestling Federation Future Star, Mr. Destiny. We not only discussed his journey so far in Professional Wrestling, but also his explanation of his actions in his latest match with Tiny Tim, and his predictions for the NWF 27th Anniversary coming up two days after Thanksgiving! As a bonus, we also talked about his endeavors outside th...

What makes a wrestler “cool” in the eyes of the fans? Is how they carry themselves? Is it the cockiness that demands people call them great, but not actually caring what anyone actually thinks of them? Who are the “coolest” wrestlers? We discuss our opinions on what actually makes a wrestler “cool”, and some examples we feel fit the criteria, and some that didn’t, no matter how hard they tried. Co...