DEADLOCK: A Pro Wrestling Podcast

WWE NXT gets a small boost in ratings post Wrestlemania with a solid card & finally gets a win over AEW in the Wednesday Night Ratings War. Vice released a new Dark Side of the Ring documentary this week on the infamous Brawl For All where Bart Gunn won when WWE very obviously wanted Dr Death Steve Williams to win. Also in the gossip mill, WWE 2K21 possibly cancelled? Justin Leeper, former WWE...

WWE held WrestleMania 36 on two different nights over the weekend at the WWE Performance Center where they had matches like Undertaker vs AJ Styles in a Boneyard match, John Cena vs Bray Wyatt in a Firefly Funhouse match, Drew McIntyre face Brock Lesnar for the WWE title, & more. Vice released the new Dark Side Of The Ring documentary on the career of New Jack. Chris Jericho had a vignette of...

Matt Hardy has a promo with Chris Jericho on AEW Dynamite where Matt Hardy teleports around the arena before stepping in the ring to tell Chris that he is 3000 years old while Chris Jericho yells at a flying drone, Baron Corbin walks up behind Elias and then pushes him off a scaffold effectively eliminating Elias from the living world on WWE SmackDown, and Kazuyuki Fujita faces Go Shiozaki for the...

Matt Hardy & Brodie Lee made their AEW debuts on an episode of AEW Dynamite with no actual fans in the audience, Vice released part one of their Chris Benoit documentary for Dark Side of the Ring which featured the story of Chris Benoit & a little side story of Eddie Guerrero, & we discuss some of the best moments from the Hogan Era of TNA including Bobby Roode's World title run &...

The Coronavirus has cancelled pretty much all wrestling shows for the next few weeks including postponing Wrestlemania & possibly all the indy events that entire Mania week. WWE ran this past week's episode of Smackdown at the WWE Performance Center with no fans in attendance because of it & will have to run the next few weeks of TV up to Wrestlemania the same way - with no fans. We also h...

WWE held their pre-Mania PPV, Elimination Chamber, tonight in Philly which saw a few matches like Daniel Bryan vs Drew Gulak, Aleister Black vs AJ Styles, & a bunch of Elimination Chamber matches. Jake The Snake Roberts showed up on AEW Dynamite to cut a promo on Cody which turned out to be just fantastic. He alluded to being paired with someone so who is it? Johnny, Tony, & James also fli...

Cody Rhodes debuts a new neck tattoo at AEW Revolution that shows off his Nightmare Family logo with american flag colors. The Fiend loses the WWE Universal Championship at WWE Super Showdown to Goldberg in crazy fashion only to show up on Smackdown the next week & point at a sign (very spooky). AEW holds AEW Revolution, their first PPV event of the year, and has quite a few high points! James...

AEW debuts their version of the cage match on AEW Dynamite as Cody faces off against a debuting Wardlow in a match that sees some blood. WWE creates a documentary on the Ruthless Aggression era where they do a little more than fabricate the truth on a few subjects including Vince McMahon saying he just decided to change the name from WWF to WWE. WWE also looking into starting a WWE Performance Cen...

Johnny bought a book off Amazon called the "WWE Legendary Joke Book." Yes, that is literally what it is called. James & Tony pick pages while Johnny reads these legendary jokes. James started training at The Wrestle Factory this past week, taking a class with Mike Quackenbush! Luther cuts a promo on AEW Dark about Jimmy Havoc & how much he enjoys baseball?? James, Tony, & Johnny try to...

The long awaited Cody & MJF segment finally happens where MJF lashes Cody in the back 10 times with a belt on AEW Dynamite. Bowling For Soup made a song literally called Alexa Bliss that makes just as much sense as you can imagine. James, Tony, & Johnny answer questions from patrons including one asking what everyone's favorite "loltna" moments are which brings up some good memories from t...

AEW Dynamite this week featured Jon Moxley against the Inner Circle & the South Bronx Street Thugs. Johnny learns that Yuka Sakazaki sings her own theme song. James compiles a list of the best Nick Gage tweets of 2019 that include Razor Ramon HG, Squirtle, and Scott Steiner's nickname. James & Johnny also open up a pack of old-school WCW trading cards live on stream in a pack battle offici...

WWE hosts Royal Rumble 2020 at Minute Maid Park in Houston, TX where Drew McIntyre & Charlotte Flair win their respective Rumble matches to head to Wrestlemania 36. Edge also makes his big return to the WWE in the men's Rumble while Otis saves Mandy Rose in the women's Rumble. On the other side of things, AEW hosts an episode of AEW Dynamite on a cruise out in the middle of the ocean where Jon...

This week in pro wrestling is wild! Rob Van Dam gets Impact Wrestling banned on Twitch with his segment with his two girlfriends (winning!). Triple H makes a crude joke about Paige on a conference call, who is still one of his employees. Baron Corbin decides to watch AEW over NXT last week & shoots on the opening match. AEW extends their TV deal into 2023 which also includes another 1 hour lon...

Who The Hell is LUTHER?! Marty Scurll becomes the new booker of ROH. Brian Cage joins AEW. Jon Moxley has his decision for The Inner Circle. XFL, GCW and a whole lot more. The boys are back in town to dissect this week's pro wrestling! Deadlock Shop: https://shop.deadlockpw.com Deadlock Patreon: https://patreon.com/deadlockpw Deadlock Twitter: https://twitter.com/deadlockpw Deadlock Instagram: htt...

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14 Nights 1 & 2 Post Show. AEW had an Elite show from the "South Park" arena in Jacksonville. Was the Lana Lashley Wedding the worst segment of all time? Tony & Johnny break this week's wrestling down the best they can. Deadlock Shop: https://shop.deadlockpw.com Deadlock Patreon: https://patreon.com/deadlockpw Deadlock Twitter: https://twitter.com/deadlockpw Deadlock I...

James and Tony are here for the 1st Annual Deadies! The Deadies Year End Awards are voted by YOU the fans in each category including Wrestler of the Year, Match of the Year, and Worst Twitter of the Year. Who will walk out a winner? Deadlock Shop: https://shop.deadlockpw.com Deadlock Patreon: https://patreon.com/deadlockpw Deadlock Twitter: https://twitter.com/deadlockpw Deadlock Instagram: https:...

The year is just about over, but not before another episode of the DEADLOCK pod. James is still in Japan, so Tony and Johnny got you covered. From the internet having a heyday with the Dark Order botch, to Edge possibly returning to WWE, to Jeff Jarrett doing Mukbang, we have it all. Deadlock Shop: https://shop.deadlockpw.com Deadlock Patreon: https://patreon.com/deadlockpw Deadlock Twitter: https...

WWE TLC 2019 Post Show where The Fiend Mallet returns! James is off to Japan, so John Blud from newLEGACYinc joins Tony. The Miz looks like a dork, everyone in AEW is spooky, and 50 other pro wrestling shows happened this week. Deadlock Shop: https://shop.deadlockpw.com Deadlock Patreon: https://patreon.com/deadlockpw Deadlock Twitter: https://twitter.com/deadlockpw Deadlock Instagram: https://ins...

Luke Harper finally gets granted his WWE release, which actually happens live during the podcast. We discuss The Deadies Year End Awards finalists & go over each of the 4 finalists for each category including Wrestler of the Year, Match of the Year, and Worst Twitter of the Year. Chris Jericho also chooses Jungle Boy for his final match of 2019 and people on Twitter can't grasp basic wrestling...

The Fiend has debuted his new WWE Championship which is his big face on a belt which is as hilarious as you can imagine. It also cost $6500 which is also as hilarious as you can imagine. The Butcher & The Blade debuted on AEW television by attacking Cody Rhodes. Sheamus has a vignette as he is making his return to WWE television. James & Tony go in on the week of wrasslin. The Deadies 2019...

WWE hosts Survivor Series over the weekend in Chicago with NXT TakeOver WarGames the night before as the NXT workers work overtime to get over. Two WarGames matches & a bunch of long elimination matches the next night on Survivor Series. While on the AEW side of things, Darby Allin & Jon Moxley tear the house down on Dynamite. Listen as James & Tony go over the world of wrestling this...

CM Punk makes his "return" to WWE by way of FOX's new show, WWE Backstage. Oney Lorcan, Sin Cara, & more request their WWE releases after some tough times. The Fiend shows up on Smackdown & changes the WWE Universal Championship to the color blue for whatever reason. James & Tony break this week's wrestling down the best they can. Deadlock Shop: https://shop.deadlockpw.com Deadlock Pat...

AEW Full Gear is in the books & it was quite an interesting night. Kenny Omega and Jon Moxley had a deathmatch "Lights Out" match, Riho & Emi had quite the banger, MJF turned on Cody after his match with Chris Jericho for the AEW Worlds Championship, & Shawn Spears had a Shawn Spears match. James & Tony get together to discuss what they thought of everything AEW brought to the tabl...

WWE recently held their latest Saudi Arabia PPV, Crown Jewel, but Vince seems to have left half the roster behind as he quietly leaves in his private jet. Jordan Myles speaks out about his black-face inspired t-shirt released by WWE & AEW has issues with their women's division as James & Tony talk about it all. Deadlock Shop: https://shop.deadlockpw.com Deadlock Patreon: https://patreon.co...

It's been just about a week since the launch of WWE 2K20 & to say it's been a shaky launch would be understating it. James & Tony break down what exactly misfired with this year's WWE game while Marcus recovers from being sick. James also participated in a $50,000 WWE tournament & James/Tony talk about this week's episode of AEW including Cody Rhodes punching glass with his hand. Deadl...