Battleground Podcast

Battle sits down with MLW Superstar, EJ 'The Judge' Nduka. EJ talks about the similarites of training for the NFL combine & training to be a pro wrestler, who would he want to wrestle now that MLW has announced they have an open door policy and anyone can wrestle at MLW, bodybuilding and how some promotions scout bodybuilders to become wrestlers, training with D-Von Dudley & more! If you enjoyed t...

NWA week continues on the show! Battle & Eli are joined by the NWA Women's Tag Team Champions, The Hex, Marti Belle & Allysin Kay! The girls talk about what led them to forming The Hex, winning the NWA Women's Tag Team titles, working with legends such as Mickie James, Gail Kim and Madusa, their BIG match this weekend at NWA Hard Times 2 and more! If you enjoyed this episode, could we ask you to p...

Battle & Eli sit down in studio with WWE Hall of Famer, Madusa aka Alundra Blayze! Madusa talks about getting into the WWE Hall of Fame, wrestling in Japan and her history with Bull Nagano, if the rumors are true that she's working for NWA, the infamous trashcan moment, getting married at Graceland and more! If you enjoyed this episode, could we ask you to please consider leaving a short review on...

Today on the show, Battle & Eli welcome back Rocky Romero! Rocky talks about the forbidden door, addresses the rumors about the talks of WWE & NJPW working together, along with not finding out until the day before about NJPW vs. NOAH, bringing Chaos to AEW, how he became Black Tiger, & will he reclaim the NWA Jr. Heavyweight title. Rocky also tells the guys about his new music he's working on & mo...

Today on the show, Battle and Eli sit down with 2X WWE Hall of Famer, 35X Wrestling Champion and Founder of Reality of Wrestling, Booker T! Booker tells us about ROW's big show this weekend in Vegas. Booker T also talks about former guest of the show & ROH Women's Champion Rok-C, his reaction to the news on ROH, his thoughts on the 'War' between WWE & AEW, working with Sensational Sherri and a way...

Today on the show, Battle sits down with WWE Superstar, and new Nashville native, Drew McIntyre! Battle isn't the best when it comes to technology and realized he forgot to hit record when doing the intro, but Drew talks about SummerSlam coming to Nashville, his elaborate entrance at SummerSlam involving a horse & Willie Nelson. Drew also talks about living in Nashville, going to Nashville Predato...

Today on the show, AEW superstar QT Marshall sits down with Battle & Eli. QT talks about his match with Paul Wight and the criticism from social media, working with Cody Rhodes & why fans BOO Cody. He also talks about AEW growing homegrown talent, while bringing in some BIG names, but also not just signing every big name that gets released. If you enjoyed this episode, could we ask you to please c...

Today on the show, Battle & Eli get spooky with Sami Callihan. Sami joins the show to talk about his BIG show happening this Saturday at 9p EDT, The Wrestling Revolver Tales from the Ring. The card is STACKED! Sami give the guys an update on his recovery, and IMPACT! Wrestling. The guys also talk to Sami about his favorite horror movies, Halloween traditions, and more! If you enjoyed this episode,...

Today on the show, Battle sits down with NWA Superstar, Pope! Pope talks about being the NWA TV Champion and who's idea it was to put it on a white strap. Pope also talks about wanting to make history in the NWA, turning down joining the Spirit Squad in the WWE and how one of the 'TOP' guys dissing him for turning it down, what happened to his role in Django and more! Pope also talks about his upc...

Battle & Eli sit down with the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion, Trevor Murdoch ahead of Tried-N-True Pro & NWA's #ByAnyMeansNecessary show on October 24th at Valor Hall in Oak Grove Kentucky. Trevor talks about finally winning the 10 Pounds of Gold, training with Harley Race and the tribute he paid him at #NWA73, what's next for him in the NWA, and more! Get you tickets today for the show at NWATI...

Today on the show, Battle & Eli sit down with one half of the WWE Women's Tag Team Champions, Rhea Ripley! Rhea talks about who's idea it was to team with Nikki A.S.H., the WWE Draft, would she want to go back to NXT, becoming a Grand Slam champion, wanting Motionless In White to perform her theme song, scary movies and more! If you enjoyed this episode, could we ask you to please consider leaving...

On the show today, Battle & Eli sit down with The First Lady Of Professional Wrestling, Maria Kanellis-Bennett from Ring of Honor. Maria talks about the stacked women's division in Ring of Honor, where she hopes to see the women's division in 5 years, her time in WWE, if she could create an all women's super show who would she book and much more! If you enjoyed this episode, could we ask you to pl...

On the show today, Battle & Eli sit down with the NEW Ring of Honor Women's World Champion, The Prodigy, Rok-C! Rok-C talks about starting her wrestling journey at the age of 13, what it's like not only the youngest Women's World Champion in ROH history, but also being the youngest champion ever in ROH! She also talks about her journey in the tournament, who she'd like to face next and her dream m...

Today, Battle & Eli sit down with IMPACT! Wrestling Hall of Famer, Gail Kim! Gail talks about Knockouts Knockdown and how you can be apart of it! Gail also talks about that special moment between her and Awesome Kong at NWA Empowerrr, details on Knockouts Knockdown, paying tribute to Daffney at the show, her thoughts on the Deonna & Mickie feud and more! If you enjoyed this episode, could we ask y...

Battle & Eli welcome back to the show, the legendary, Mickie James! Mickie talks about what went down at NWA EmPowerrr, NWA 73, her plans in IMPACT! and she addresses former guest Deonna Purrazzo, could we see her show up in another promotion that the forbidden door is open, her time in WWE and more! If you enjoyed this episode, could we ask you to please consider leaving a short review on Apple P...

Today on the show, Battle & Eli sit down with the NEW GCW Universal Champion and IMPACT! Wrestling superstar, Matt Cardona! Cardona talks about his release from WWE, working with Nick Gage, showing up at AEW, working in IMPACT! Wrestling, and more! Cardona also drops some news to the guys about the upcoming IMPACT! TV tapings in Nashville! If you enjoyed this episode, could we ask you to please co...

Billy Corgan joins Battle and Eli today on the show! Billy talks about this weekends NWA EmPowerrr & NWA 73 at the Chase in St. Louis. Billy also talks about what happened with the NWA in 2020, bringing in new talent as some of the talent left, bringing in Mickie James, how he got Ric Flair to come back to the NWA and more! If you enjoyed this episode, could we ask you to please consider leaving a...

On the show today, Battle and Josh sit down with the WWE Champion, the Almighty, Bobby Lashley! Bobby talks about his upcoming match with Goldberg at SummerSlam, of course they talk about Brock Lesnar, will Lashley step back in the octagon, and more! If you enjoyed this episode, could we ask you to please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcast/iTunes? It takes less than a minute and help...

On the show today, Battle & Eli sit down with Dark Order's ’10’ Preston Vance. Preston talks about AEW Rampage, joining AEW, how he was paired up with Brodie Lee & the Dark Order, working with Negative 1 (Brodie Jr.), what Cody told him in the ring the night of the Brodie Lee tribute, and so much more! If you enjoyed this episode, could we ask you to please consider leaving a short review on Apple...

Today we celebrate our 200th episode and we couldn't think of a better person to help us celebrate than with IMPACT! Knockouts Champion, The Virtuosa, Deonna Purrazzo! Purrazzo talks about having fans back at IMPACT! Wrestling shows, becoming Homecoming Queen, addresses Mickie James and her upcoming match at NWA Empowerrr, her dream match & much more! If you enjoyed this episode, could we ask you...

On the show today, Battle sits down with Damian Priest. Priest talks about his time in NXT and if there is anything he regrets not getting to do, how the storyline with Bad Bunny almost didn't happen, he also answers fan questions, talks about the nasty bump he took on the steps and more. If you enjoyed this episode, could we ask you to please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcast/iTune...

“The Big, Bad Kaiju” O’Shay Edwards sits down with Battle & Eli on todays episode. He talks about leaving his job as a firefighter to pursue a career in wrestling, training under Hall of Famer Robert Gibson and at the ROH Dojo, answers fan questions, working with Shane Taylor Promotions, and much more. If you enjoyed this episode, could we ask you to please consider leaving a short review on Apple...

Today on the show, Battle and Eli welcome back former guest, the Worlds Strongest Man, Mark Henry! Henry talks about Fyter Fest 2 happening in Garland, Texas Wednesday night, how he got involved with AEW, subtle hints he's dropped about his past, who's his favorites in the company, and more! If you enjoyed this episode, could we ask you to please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcast/iT...

On the show today, Battle talks with Kofi Kingston about his upcoming match against Bobby Lashley at WWE Money In The Bank this Sunday. Kingston also talks about what happened to the Jamaican accent, dropping the belt to Brock Lesnar so quickly, and more! If you enjoyed this episode, could we ask you to please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcast/iTunes? It takes less than a minute and...

Today, Battle & Eli sit down with the Dirty Daddy, Chris Dickinson. Chris talks about working with Brody King, Homicide and Tony Deppen in Violence Unlimited. Dickinson also talks about his infamous match with Jon Moxley at Bloodsport, who he'd like to wrestle, wrestling in Japan, life after wrestling and much more. If you enjoyed this episode, could we ask you to please consider leaving a short r...