Army of Smarkness

Join the guys as they review Superbrawl 5! We're knee-deep in the Bischoff era and pre-NWO. The Hulkster takes on Vader for the first time and Hacksaw Jim Duggan (HOOOOOO) gives a 5 star performance against Bunkhouse Buck!

Join the guys as they review No Way Out 2002! The NWO debuts on WWF television for the first time and Steve Austin takes on Chris Jericho as the main event!

Join the guys as they discuss Royal Rumble 2000, Raw is XXX, and make their picks for this year's Royal Rumble PLE! 

Madusa drops the title in the trash! LIVE from Augusta, GA it's WCW Monday Nitro! A sharp turning point in the Monday Night Wars, this show features the hometown boy Hulk Hogan and a plethora of other great matches! 

The guys discuss Vince McMahon's return to the board of the WWE and break news! 

HAPPY NEW YEAR! Butts in Seats: The Finger Poke of Doom and Mick Foley's First title Win Watch-Along Join the guys as they watch the ever-so lovely Finger Poke of Doom and Mick Foley's First WWF Title win. This is the night that effectively ended WCW's 83 straight weeks of dominance in the ratings and sent WCW in a downward spiral! 

No one is safe! The guys air their grievances and pick their best moments from 2023! 

In this episode, the guys review the biggest WCW PPV of all-time--we're talking of course about WCW Starrcade 1997! One of the longest builds in wrestling history comes to rather underwhelming end. Join us for commentary and a special watch along of the main event featuring Sting vs. Hollywood Hulk Hogan!

Join the guys as they review WWF 1991 Royal Rumble! A rather unremarkable main event, but the moments and matches that preceded it shall live forever! We laugh, we cry.... Actually, we mostly just laugh... It's an episode sure to satiate your AOS thirst! 

This week, the guys review WCW World War 3 1997.   The business is on fire in 1997. WCW has WWF on the ropes and is in the midst of its biggest storyline ever. World War 3 features such classics as the Faces of Fear vs. Glacier and Ernest Miller, Mongo McMichael vs. Alex Wright, and of course the classic Battle Royal! Also, some dudes named Rey Mysterio and Eddie Guerrero had a decent ma...

"What I'd like to have right now is for all you fat, out of shape, inner city sweathogs to keep the noise down while I take my robe off and show all the ladies what a real man is supposed to look like." This week, in addition to discussing Survivor Series 2022, the guys pay tribute and give a retrospective of the "Ravishing One," Rick Rude. We discuss his career in the beginning, middle, and unfor...

This week, we’re reviewing “ECW November to Remember 1997” which took place 25 years ago this month in Monaca, Pennsylvania. It’s the largest attendance in ECW’s history to that point as ”November to Remember” was considered to be ECW’s flagship PPV. Injuries and language-that-doesn’t-hold-up-well abound as ECW struggles to find its footing amongst the 3 companies with what was a so-so PPV at the...

Join the guys for a special episode of AOS in which we do a watch-along of the Infamous Doomsday Cage Match from 1996. Pre-NWO was weird. Really weird. Thank you for the 5 star reviews and be sure to follow all of our socials! 

In this episode, we’re watching the infamous “Montreal Screwjob” that took place at Survivor Series PPV November 9, 1997 between Bret ”The Hitman” Hart and ”The Heartbreak Kid” Shawn Michaels. So get your Peacock out, listen for the countdown, press play, and get fired up for AOS Ep. 16!

Join the guys as they give their picks on Crown Jewel this weekend and review Survivor Series 1990. Survivor Series 1990 featured the debut of some fellow named the Undertaker and the debut 1-time WWE 24/7 Champion (and future WWE HOFer, no doubt) the Gobbledy Gooker! 5 star reviews are encouraged! 

Join the guys for a Mt. Rushmore edition of "Monster Heels." The guys answer the ever-so popular question: "Who's on your Mt. Rushmore?"

Join the guys as they review "In Your House 4!" "In Your House 4" featured the debut of Goldust and that's about it. We'd love to have ya!  

Join the guys as they review Halloween Havoc 1992! From Philadelphia, PA, Halloween Havoc featured the main event of Jake Roberts vs. Sting in a Coal Miner's Glove Match and saw Ron Simmons defend the world title against the Barbarian for some reason. There are laughs a plenty in this train wreck of a PPV! 

Join the guys as they wager a prize on Extreme Rules and review WCW's Spring Stampede 1994! Like what you hear? Leave us a 5 star review and we'll give you a shout out on the podcast!! 

Join the guys as they review the infamous "Chamber of Horrors" match as well as the rest of 1991's Halloween Havoc! 

LISTENER REQUESTED: Business as a whole is down. We're in the middle of Operation Desert Storm and has Sgt. Slaughter turned his back on America! No worries, Hulk Hogan is here to save the day yet again. Join the guys for laughs, cries, and everything in between!

The guys breakdown the fall out from the AEW All Out Scrum! 

SURPRISE! Ryan is out of the country this week, so we decided to release this one a few days early for your Labor Day holiday! We wrap up the Turner/Herd 1989 era with another set of great matches: Jim Cornette vs Paul E. Dangerously in a Tuxedo Match and Flair vs. Funk from the Great American Bash. Also, as a bonus, we throw in the Flair vs. Funk “I Quit” Match from Clash of the Champions 9.&nbsp...

The Turner/Herd era is having its best year. Business is good and we're about to witness the best trilogy in wrestling history. Join the guys as they review the Flair and Steamboat trilogy from 1989! 

The guys go over headlines, discuss local indy wrestling, and Fantasy Book Matt Riddle and Dominik Mysterio.