DEADLOCK: A Pro Wrestling Podcast

Last Sunday at WWF WrestleMania X-7, Stone Cold Steve Austin did the unthinkable by shaking hands with the devil himself, Mr. McMahon. Last Monday on RAW Triple H joined forces with Stone Cold Steve Austin to form the Two Man Power Trip. Now after they destroyed The Rock inside a steel cage Mr. McMahon has suspended The Rock Indefinitely. In the main event of SmackDown! Chris Jericho will defend t...

TNA IMPACT in 2010 is thick into the Hulk Hogan, Eric Bischoff era. Abyss takes Dixie Carter hostage at the start of the show and warns everyone that at Bound For Glory on 10-10-10, “THEY ARE COMING!” Because of this Dixie Carter wants Eric Bischoff to FIRE Abyss! Eric comes to the ring to do the deed however Rob Van Dam says if he doesn’t get his match vs Abyss at Bound For Glory he is walking. H...

WCW Nitro 2000 and Vince Russo is WCW World Heavyweight Champion. The title is now vacant and we are going to figure out the future of the belt. Vince Russo shows up in a Popemobile only to be attacked by Goldberg! Goldberg has to beat his old streak of 176-0 to get another shot at the WCW Title but, if he loses once, he’s fired! Russo ends up leaving the building and puts Mike Sanders in charge o...

WWF Backlash 1999 is in the books and The Rock was betrayed by Shane McMahon and The Corporation. Stone Cold Steve Austin is the WWF Champion and The Undertaker has taken Stephanie McMahon hostage. Vince McMahon arrives at the building and has to wait for a phone call from The Undertaker. Upon receiving the phone call, he is instructed to have Stone Cold Steve Austin go to the local hotel to deliv...

In the Summer of 2003 Kane was forced to take off his mask. Doing so showed off his hideous grotesque face! After Kane delivered a Tombstone to Linda McMahon, Shane McMahon was hell bent on destroying Kane. The previous week featured Shane McMahon kicking Kane into a fiery dumpster! This should have been the end for the Big Red Machine, but it wasn’t. Everyone, including his own father Vince McMah...

Episode Notes TNA Impact Wrestling was building up a secret signee on August 1. August 1 Warning had issued mysterious warnings building up a new wrestler coming to the company. He doesn’t work for TNA or Spike TV. Everyone had their guesses on who it could be and rumors even speculated that it would be Dave Batista. To the shock of everyone It turned out to be Tito Ortiz. You could hear a pin dro...

WCW 2000? Check! David Arquette WCW Champion? Check! Vince Russo in Charge? Check! New York Rules? Check! This is THUNDER! Vince Russo and Eric Bischoff are running the show and we are in the heat of the New Blood vs The Millionaire's Club feud. Vince Russo will draw names out of a boot to see who is going to face The New Blood. Every match on WCW Thunder will be "NEW YORK RULES!" There are no rul...

Stone Cold Steve Austin didn’t follow the rules that Mr. McMahon setup when he was Special Guest Referee at WWF Judgment Day 1998. Because Stone Cold Steve Austin was publicly fired at the PPV. Also, the WWF Title has been vacant because of what happened at Judgment Day and we will crown a new WWF Champion at The Survivor Series Deadly Games in a one night tournament. Even though Stone Cold Steve...

At WWE New Year’s Revolution, The Rated R Superstar Edge became the WWE Champion by cashing in the Money In The Bank briefcase on John Cena. John Cena had just gone through the grueling Elimination Chamber match. Edge was the Ultimate Opportunist that night and won the WWE Title for the very first time! After doing this, he decided to celebrate his victory live on WWE Raw, but have intercourse ins...

2000 was a crazy time in the wrestling world. Mike Awesome defected to WCW, however he was still the ECW World Champion. Facing legal action from Paul Heyman, Mike Awesome had to appear at an ECW event and defend the ECW Championship against Tazz, who was working for WWF at the time! This was the one and only time a WWF Superstar wrestled a WCW wrestler at an ECW show. Tazz, now ECW Champion, show...

For the first time ever we have the WWE 2004 Draft Lottery! General Managers, Paul Heyman of SmackDown! and Eric Bischoff of RAW, will get to draw names at random from a tumbler. 12 Superstars from RAW and 12 Superstars from Smackdown will switch brands. NO ONE IS EXEMPT! From the camera crew to the World Champions, everyone is eligible. This night features a historic moment as Triple H is drafted...

The WWF was at the peak of its popularity and had all timer moments every week. Last week featured 3 of the biggest moments of all time including the reveal of The Higher Power as Mr. McMahon and Stone Cold Steve Austin becoming CEO of the World Wrestling Federation. Now that Stone Cold is the new CEO, he takes a visit to the WWF Headquarters at Titan Towers! While there he meets a lot of corporat...

On WCW Thunder, David Arquette became the WCW World Heavyweight Champion, however after doing so he regrets winning it. Vince Russo & Eric Bischoff, of the New Blood, have different plans for him, he will be in the WCW Triple Cage Match at WCW Slamboree 2000 on Sunday! To make matters worse David Arquette has to have a match with Tank Abbott! We also witness a LEGENDARY Tables Match featuring...

It’s 2008 in TNA Wrestling and the Main Event Mafia is running strong, but they have some opposition from the TNA Originals, The Front Line! Brother Ray confronts Kurt Angles and challenges him to a main event match. This time, the Main Event Mafia and The Front Line will leave the building. The match ends in a double count out, however this leads to one of the most infamous moments in TNA history...

CM Punk finally became the AEW World Champion after defeating Hangman Adam Page in the main event of AEW Double or Nothing 2022. The Anarchy in the Arena match went insane as both teams brawled throughout the arena, amongst the fans! Moxley’s theme kept playing throughout the match until Chris Jericho destroyed the sound board! The Hardys got the victory over the Young Bucks in an AEW dream match!...

DEADLOCK Pro-Wrestling taped DPW Fire Volume 3 on May 15th! James and Johnny break down everything that goes on behind the scenes including the U-Haul saga, setting up a wrestling ring on the 3rd floor & the trials and tribulations of running a pro wrestling promotion! One AEW Dynamite Wildcard Wednesday the Owen Hart Foundation Tournament continued and the Jokers were revealed! John Morrison...

Just 6 days away from WWE Judgment Day 2002. Hulk Hogan defends the WWE Undisputed Championship against ½ of the owner of the WWE Ric Flair. As Hogan is leaving the building he is attacked by The Undertaker and dragged behind his motorcycle! Ric Flair also announces a new member to join the nWo and even he doesn’t know he's joining. Booker T is the chosen one. On AEW Jeff Hardy and Darby Allin hav...

The year is 1995 and WCW is debuting it's very first ever WCW Nitro episode inside the Mall of America! They open the show as Jushin Thunder Liger & Brian Pillman have an iconic match that still stands the test of time. Lex Luger makes his debut on Nitro and has a face off with Hulk Hogan! Plus, Hulk Hogan opens his legendary restaurant Pastamania inside the Mall of America! On AEW Dynamite, J...

We are thick into the Invasion in 2001! WCW & ECW have joined forces as The Coalition try to and take over the WWF. Shane McMahon owns WCW, Stephanie McMahon owns ECW, and Paul Heyman wants to help destroy Sports Entertainment! Stone Cold is going to solve all the problems by playing guitar with Kurt Angle in Vince McMahon’s office! Mr. McMahon wants nothing to do with it, instead he wants “Th...

Triple H surprises the cast of WWF Tough Enough on Episode #3 of Season #1. Not only does he run drills, but he also gives them a big lecture about life on the road in the WWF! You wanna get laid?! Tony Khan makes a huge announcement on AEW, Hook makes his Dynamite debut, CM Punk battles Dustin Rhodes, & Andrade El Idolo fights Darby Allin in a Coffin Match! Plus, DPW Forever behind the scenes...

One of the most controversial episodes of WWF Monday Night RAW was the night that Stone Cold Steve Austin invaded the home of Brian Pillman. Pillman said if Austin showed up he had a gun and Stone Cold would meet Pillman 9mm! Chaos ensued and the WWF was in hot water after this episode. Plus on AEW Dynamite it's Championship week. Minoru Suzuki defended his ROH TV Title against Samoa Joe, AEW Tag...

At TNA Victory Road 2007, all the titles were on the line in a tag team match! They follow up on this in a very TNA Wrestling way, Kurt Angle's clothes and championship belts were stolen. Kurt must go on a quest with Jeremy Borash to find out where his stuff is! On AEW Dynamite, Samoa Joe makes his in ring debut against Max Caster and FTR defend their ROH & AAA Tag Team Titles against the Youn...

WCW just ended as WWF had purchased their competition a few days. WWF WrestleMania 17 is a few days away and that means this is the go home show for one of the best WrestleManias of all time. WWF SmackDown! from 2001 features one of the most iconic moments between Stone Cold Steve Austin and The Rock! Also, on AEW Dynamite Toni Storm Makes her debut and qualifies for the The Owen Hart Foundation W...

The final WCW War Games match happened on September 4th, 2000. It's Russo's Revenge Triple Cage match with the WCW World Championship on the line. Vince Russo put every member of the opposing team in qualifying matches all night. Also on AEW Dynamite we get to see the first match of the Jericho Appreciation Society as they take on Silver and Reynolds of the Dark Order. Plus, Bryan Danielson, Jon M...

The only time a Buried Alive Match happened on WWF SmackDown was on September 9th, 1999! The Rock & Mankind defend their WWF Tag Team Championships against the Unholy Alliance The Undertaker & The Big Show. This match features the infamous Mick Foley bump from The Big Show! Plus Triple H wrecks havoc on SmackDown! and almost gets burned alive by Kane! A huge main event for AEW as Britt Bak...