Dorkside of the Ring

This week on the show please bear with us as Mat has a sinus infection and a case of the coughs! That doesn't derail the train that is the Dorkside, baby! We get into all of the usual segments. On This Day... has some highs and lows, some birthdays and deaths, and a lot happened in 1989. The Retro Raw Review has us heading to In Your House: Buried Alive, and there is a lot of figure news to report...

This week on the show, Adam and Mat review the 10/7/96 episode of  Monday Night Raw on the Retro Raw Review where we are less than two weeks away from the In Your House: Buried Alive PPV. The Into the Dorkness segment is a little light this week. Not a whole lot of figure news or new additions to the collections. We make up for it though in the Whatchu Watchin?! segment. we cover NXT Takeover...

This week on the show we talk about how good the beginning and ending of Clash of Champions was, and in the Retro Raw Review we are pretty far down the road that leads to In Your House: Buried Alive. Some big time debuts headline "On This Week in Pro Wrestling History, and we have a good deal of figure related news. Thanks for the listen!

This week on the show, as things change at a rapid pace in 2020, we spend most of our time in 1996 gearing up for In Your House: Mind Games! The Retro Raw Review is headlined by a pair of semi final matches in the Intercontinental Championship tournament. A couple things are added to the collection as well as some news as we go "Into the Dorkness". We finish up with some talk about the current pro...

This week on the show, we spend a good deal of time looking back at the 9/9/96 episode of Monday Night Raw, highlighted by the final first round match in the tournament for Ahmed Johnson's vacated Intercontinental Championship. Many Superstars send him well wishes, and we get Raw debuts from The Stalker and Salvatore Sincere. Figure news dominates the Into the Dorkness segment with updates on AEW...

This week on the show we are back with another edition of the Retro Raw Review! Buckle in as we start heading toward In Your House: Mind Games as we take a look back at Championship Friday on USA. There is a new Ringside Exclusive WWE Mattel Elite up for pre-order: Walter! "Into the Dorkness" has us adding to our collections with the AEW Authentic Scale Ring, Little Bit of the Bubbly Jericho and m...

Hey Dorksiders! This week on the show we pay homage to the career of the late Kamala. After that we talk about on this day in pro wrestling history featuring Rick Rude in the G1 finals, Scotty Goldman and Juggalos! The Retro Raw Review is heating up as we are on the go home show to SummerSlam '96. Lots of things have made their way into our collections this week including the SDCC exclusive Mr. T...

Oh we know where those AEW figures are. They're in the back but you keep saying they are not! All AEW figure hunting aside, we have a great show for you this week! On the Retro Raw Review we are cruising toward the hottest party of the summer in 1996. Jerry Lawler is in action and we get a Battle Royal. The figure news is light, but we have some news including a possible site for SummerSlam 2020....

This weeks show kicks off with an On This Day full of a bunch of wrestling birthdays including HBK and David Von Erich. VKM beats a steroid accusation and the WCW Invasion PPV. The Retro Raw Review sees the debut of two Superstars, one of which is now a WWE Hall of Fame inductee, and the obligatory matches featuring HBK, Ahmed Johnson, and The Smoking Guns. There is some decent figure news ahead o...

This weeks show is full of goodness as we head toward the In Your House: International Incident in the Retro Raw Review. We also see the debut of T.L. Hopper (finally!) Despite being only days away from SDCC @Home, there is a surprising amount of figure news! Who doesn't want a Bret Hart / Bill Goldberg Elite 2-pack?! Also it looks like the Elite 79 lineup has been announced. Finally, Mat and Adam...

This week on the show, we get things going with an injury laden segment of "On This Day In Pro Wrestling History" followed up by a Retro Raw Review that kicks off with the termination, er, suspension of The Ultimate Warrior. Nevertheless, we are cruising toward In Your House: International Incident, and Ahmed Johnson and HBK are down a man until an unlikely hero makes his return to the company. "I...

This week on the show we talk about a couple major signings "On This Day In Pro Wrestling History". Vader is drunk looking for bullfrogs. Former friends and tag team partners collide in the "Retro Raw Review" as Shawn Michaels does battle with Marty Jannety in a great match. Jake "The Snake" Roberts is verbally abused by Lawler and Austin. "Into The Dorkness" features new Masters of the WWE Univer...

This week on the show we discuss the fallout from the 1996 King of the Ring where Austin 3:16 was made. The remainder of the Retro Raw Review is spent starting to build toward In Your House: International Incident. It's a pretty stacked card as we go "Into the Dorkness" as we highlight several pre-orders that went live this week, most notably the SDCC '20 Entertainment Earth Mattel exclusive Mr. T...

Hey, Gang! On the show this week we dissect the go home Raw to the King of the Ring 1996 PPV. A couple of Hall of Famers make their WWF debut "on this day in pro wrestling history". It's a light week as far as purchases go, but we have a few new things as well as news about an Eddie Guerrero limited edition box for sale and some pre-orders that are live at Ringside Collectibles. To finish it off,...

On the show this week we keep on trucking down the road to King of the Ring 1996 even though the World Wrestling Federation is no longer running on Diesel power. The Retro Raw Review features a pair of first round KOTR matches, as well as an appearance by Mankind. It's a bit of a slow news week, but "Into the Dorkness" is headlined by Mat's Highspot.com Memorial Day haul and the Storm Collectible...

This week on the show we get right down to business with several big time things that happened "on this day in pro wrestling history", including a major debut on WCW Monday Nitro. On the Retro Raw Review we see the fallout of In Your House: Beware of Dog (part 1 &2) and start building to the 1996 King of the Ring, which was the first PPV that Adam and Mat attended live. As always we debut new...

Hey Dorksiders, on the show this week we dig deep into the 5/20/96 episode of Monday Night Raw as we inch closer to In Your House: Beware of Dog, From there, we go "Into the Dorkness" with chats about the untimely passing of Shad Gaspard, no more Gulak in WWE, and some weekly purchases that includes two of Mat's most sought after figures. The bulk of the "Whatchu Watchin?!" segment revolves around...

On the show this week we kick things off “on this day in pro wrestling” talking about the most attended show of all time! We recap Raw from 1996, share this months Pro Wrestling Crate, and chat about everything else going on currently in the world of professional wrestling. Enjoy! Check out our Facebook page at Dorkside of the Ring, and give us a follow on Twitter and Instagram @DorksideOTR

Mattel’s figure reveals on what would have been the first day of WrestleMania Axxess is what make up the bulk of the show this week. We continue down the Retro Raw road when we discuss the 4/8/96 episode. And it’s also a busy week as far as “Whatchu Watchin” goes. We talk about what we liked and loathed about Sunday’s super card from the Performance Center, as well as hit on NXT, AEW, and more. En...

On the show this week we kick things off with a WrestleMania heavy "on this day in pro wrestling" before keeping on with our Retro Raw Recap from 1996. "Into the Dorkness" is headlined by a WrestleMania 3 themed Walmart run. "Whatchu Watchin" covers the prior weeks AEW Dynamite, NXT, RAW, WrestleMania XII as well as the Benoit pt. 2 and New Jack's Darkside of the Ring episodes. If you like what we...

On the pilot episode, Raw #151 (3/25/96) is discussed as we open the dialog with our weekly segment, Retro Raw Review. After that we go "Into the Dorkness" where we talk about whats on the horizon in the way of collectibles and action figures. In "Whatchu Watchin" empty arena matches and shows are the main topic as the world of pro wrestling adapts to the ever changing Coronavirus situation. We al...