DEADLOCK: A Pro Wrestling Podcast

On the search for the best Undertaker WWE Raw main event we visit The Undertaker vs Jeff Hardy Ladder Match! The Undertaker is the Undisputed Champion and he's got a full plate. Coming up he’s got a match with Kurt Angle and a match with The Rock, however he is overlooking his ladder match with Jeff Hardy. This is a huge moment for Jeff Hardy and a star making performance against The Undertaker fo...

Modest to the top! We're back in TNA again, as we review the March 29, 2010 episode of IMPACT. Black Machismo is running the show with Eric Bischoff while Hogan is out of town... or is he, brother? The main event sees Jeff Hardy, Eric Young, and Rob Van Dam facing off against The Band: Kevin Nash, Scott Hall, and Sean Waltman! ...and Bubba the Love Sponge is also here for some terrible reason. We...

The fallout from WWF Unforgiven 1998 happens on this episode of WWF Monday Night RAW! Stone Cold defended the WWF Championship against Dude Love! During the match Austin hit Mr. McMahon with a chair! Mr. McMahon addresses what happened at the PPV and makes Stone Cold defend the WWF Championship against Goldust with Gerald Brisco as the special guest referee. Austin is angry that he has to do this...

The tribe of extreme has risen again! The year is 2006 and WWE has rebooted ECW. Recently Paul Heyman turned and helped the Big Show beat Rob Van Dam to become ECW Champion. Tommy Dreamer is upset that Paul Heyman turned his back on the people who helped make ECW successful. He wanted answers, instead he got a kiss from Paul Heyman and beat up by Test. As WWE ECW World Champion, The Big Show has i...

Vince Russo and Eric Bischoff have the night off from WCW Thunder. They put “The Franchise” Shane Douglas in charge but that doesn’t really work out. The New Blood arrive in a school bus and quickly all mayhem breaks out as the Millionaires Club brawl. As there is no authority figure here, the wrestlers pretty much book their own matches. We get The Filthy Animals vs MIA, Terry Funk vs The Cat in...

On September 25th, 2000 the WWF left the USA Network and moved Monday Night Raw to TNN. This was a huge move for the company as TNN would center the entire channel around the flagship show. Kicking things off huge we have Stone Cold Steve Austin returning to television after being hit by a car. This took him out for months. Throughout the entire episode he interrogated many different people, but d...

In 2005 Randy Orton had claimed that he had killed The Undertaker and that he is now The Phenom! However, at Survivor Series The Undertaker Returned after lightning hit a casket. We are 9 nights away from WWE Armageddon 2005 and Randy Orton calls out The Undertaker. Instead of answering Randy Orton, The Undertaker plays mind games on him. He messes with his entrance music, randomly appears out of...

TNA Wrestling Impact 2010 presents a PPV quality show for free on TV; The Whole F’N Show! The episode is headlined by The TNA World Champion Rob Van Dam vs Abyss in a “Stairway To Janice” Match! Janice, by the way, is a 2x4 covered in nails! After the match we are treated to one of the most infamous moments in TNA history. Abyss sends RVD to the hospital after using Janice on RVD backstage! Also,...

Now it’s time to celebrate the 200th episode of the DEADLOCK Podcast. We have covered a lot of pro wrestling, however we never covered “The End of The Kiss My Ass Club! That’s right, this is the infamous WWE SmackDown! where The Rock makes Mr. McMahon kiss the backside of Rikishi. The build up, the execution, and the aftermath are all tremendous. This is also the go home show to WWF Vengeance 2001...

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This is the WWE Raw episode where the “Summer of Kane” begins. Around 5 months ago, Evolution had taken the mask off of Kane, but this time Eric Bischoff wanted it for good. Kane had a choice to make: he could either choose to join Evolution or he could vs Triple H for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. He chose to fight Triple H however Eric Bischoff put in a stipulation, if Kane loses he ha...

We time skip to the 80’s for the 37th Annual WWF Slammy Awards! Jesse The Body Ventura and Mean Gene host this blizzard take on an award show. As the show goes on we get many musical performances from various WWF SuperStars promoting the Piledriver album. This is where the infamous Vince McMahon Stand Back performance came from. Also, Hacksaw Jim Duggan and King Harley Race brawl all over the buil...

The biggest threat the WWF has ever faced is WCW and ECW teaming up! Vince McMahon is begging Stone Cold Steve Austin to come back as the old Stone Cold and lead the WWF into The Invasion PPV. Stone Cold is drinking at The Friendly Tap drinking the night away. At the end of the night the WWF, WCW, and ECW were brawling as Stone Cold came back to the arena with a broken pool cue. Austin beat up eve...

In 1996 Hulk Hogan, Kevin Nash, and Scott Hall formed the New World Order. On this episode of WCW Nitro the nWo show up and cause chaos in the back of Disney MGM where the show is being taped. Scott Hall and Kevin Nash show up with baseball bats and take out the American Males. On top of that, they throw Rey Mysterio into a production trailer like a lawn dart. This stops the show for some time as...

One of the biggest moves in pro wrestling history was when TNA Wrestling moved to Spike TV. This happened right after WWE Monday Night Raw left Spike TV to return to the USA Network. TNA Wrestling had never been on national television before so this was a gigantic step for them. The very first match is AJ Styles vs Roderick Strong. The fans voted on the TNA Wrestling website that the very first ma...

The very first WWF Monday Night Raw Ever. The years is 1993 and the WWF ended Prime Time Wrestling for this brand new Monday night wrestling show! The overall tone is that WWF had no idea what they were doing with Monday Night RAW yet and it was a very rough start for the program. Vince McMahon, Randy Savage, and Rob Bartlett are on commentary. To say the least, Rob Bartlett isn’t great. Bobby Hee...

Not only are the boys back from Japan, but we look back at the time WWE went to Japan in 2005 for SmackDown! WWE is on the road to WrestleMania and they need to find out who will challenge for the WWE Championship. There are 2 #1 Contender Matches for in the WWE Championship tournament, John Cena vs Orlando Jordan and Rey Mysterio vs Kurt Angle! Also, this is the episode that JBL accidentally gets...

XWF is back and IN YOUR FACE! On episode number 2 Brian Knobbs and Jimmy Hart let us know that they tried to create the best storylines with some of the legends of wrestling and the new up and coming future stars of this business. The CEO Rena Mero is having a power struggle with the commissioner Rowdy Roddy Piper who is overstepping his boundaries. AJ Styles cuts a promo saying he is coming for t...

WCW Monday Nitro is Live for Spring Breakout 2000! There is a $500,000 bounty on the head of Hulk Hogan, who is back as the Hulkster in the Red and Yellow! However, Vampiro doesn’t agree with the bounty and lets Hulk know about the bounty! Hulk then praises Vampiro as the future of the company until The Wall stands on top of the hotel roof and points at Hulk Hogan! THAT’S THE WALL BROTHER, and he...

For the first time in over a year the boys are back with a modern WWE review! WWE WrestleMania 39 Night 1 & 2! From Cody Rhodes losing to Roman Reigns to the Rhea Ripley vs Charlotte Flair! The most important moments of the show are discussed. Also, we go back in time to take a look at TNA Impact Wrestling from 2013! The X-Division title is on the line and Suicide picks up the victory! However...

WWF bought WCW last week and WWF WrestleMania X-7 happened last night. Stone Cold Steve Austin fought The Rock in the main event to win the WWF Championship! Mr. McMahon came out during the match to ensure that Austin walked away as the new champion. For the first time ever Stone Cold turned heel and joined forces with the boss Mr. McMahon. On this episode of WWF RAW The Rock demanded a rematch fo...

Well… yeah… we had to cover it eventually! It’s the infamous episode of WWF RAW IS WAR which features Mae Young giving birth to a hand! “Sexual Chocolate” and Mae Young have been in a relationship for sometime now! The story was he had gotten her pregnant. As Mark Henry was going to give a splash in the ring, Mae Young stopped him and delivered a splash of her own. Has this happened it caused her...

The year is 1999 and Kevin Nash is in charge of writing this episode of WCW Thunder! The Finger Poke of Doom just happened and The nWo has reformed as a super group called the nWo Elite. However, there is another group of nWo guys who are getting fed up with the way things are, the nWo B-Team. This group consisted of Stevie Ray, Horace Hogan, Vincent, Brian Adams, and Scott Norton! As we kick off...

We are wild and young! We have just begun! Mr. McMahon announced 3 weeks ago that WWE ECW was no longer going to be on TV. In its place was the “Next Evolution Of WWE!” This new show was called WWE NXT and it would feature current WWE Superstars as Pros and current FCW wrestlers as Rookies. It was a competition show that would eventually feature a game show style format with such games as chugging...

We are gathered here today to witness the union of Brooke Hogan and Bully Ray. Hulk Hogan doesn’t approve of them getting married, as he doesn’t trust Bully Ray. However, Bully wants to make Brooke happy and has Sting try to talk some sense into Hulk. Eventually the ceremony happens and Hulk Hogan indeed does walk his daughter down the aisle. Just as they were going to tie the knot, Taz objects an...