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Finally...Drunk Wrestling History has come back to podcasting.  It's our first episode in two months and today we decided to do something different.  We are turning the show over to the listeners and playing messages they left for us.  We've got some fun messages, we've got some drinks and we are ready to get back into it.  Let's have a drink!  Cheers! Buy a fucking shirt: https://whatamaneuver.ne...

Drunk Wrestling History is back, sort of.  This isn't a regular episode, it's a quick update on what's going on with the show.  It's been way too long since we've put up a new episode but we will be back eventually so check it out to find out when and how the show is gonna work going forward.  Also Eddie's audio sucks cause no one told him he sounded like shit through his air pods.  Cheers!

Drunk Wrestling History is back and this week we are talking about our favorite Wrestlemania main events.  With 39 years of Wrestlemania we had a lot to pick from and some of them mad our lists because of match quality and some because of historical significance.  have a drink with us and see if you gravities made our lists.  Cheers! Buy a fucking shirt: https://whatamaneuver.net/search?q=drunk+wr...

This week on Drunk Wrestling History we are talking about WWE Hall Of Fame and noted bully, JBL.  He has a long history of roughing people up, harassing them, and just generally being a bully.  We are giving examples of how he's treated people badly, examining his excuses, and trying to figure out what is wrong with him.  Kick off your weekend right here with us and have a drink.  Cheers! Buy a fu...

This week on Drunk Wrestling History we are closing out Wrestlemania X7 month with a review of the show itself.  Lots of people consider it he greatest Wreslemania ever.  We are going to be talking about wether we think it is, covering the Vince and Shane buffoonery, and talking about how generally awesome this show is.  We also have a major update on the future of the show. So have a drink with u...

This week we are talking about the legendary Chyna, her career and why it wasn't as good as it should have been.  Cheers!

Drunk Wrestling History is kicking off our half assed Wrestlemania X7 month with a review of the last episode of Nitro.  This show was the Monday before Wrestlmania X7 and it set up the show and left a lot of questions about the future of both WWE and WCW.  So start the Wrestlemania X7 celebration with us and have a drink.  Cheers! Buy a fucking shirt: https://whatamaneuver.net/search?q=drunk+wres...

There have been lots of matches over the years that seemed like obvious ones to book and this week on Drunk Wrestling History we are talking about the ones we'd have liked to have seen.  We each picked a few and are talking about why they would have been cool to see and why we think they didn't happen.  So have a beer with us and check it out.  Cheers! Buy a fucking shirt: https://whatamaneuver.ne...

This week on Drunk Wrestling History we are pulling an episode out of the vault because we are on vacation.  This was all Adam's idea so if you don't like it blame him.  Scott and Eddie aren't here but Adam and The Wives are and they are watching the 2001 Gravy Bowl match featuring Trish Stratus and Stacy Keibler and lots of gravy.  If you haven't seen this match you might want to cue it up on Puh...

Last week we lost one of the greatest wrestlers of all time, The Iron Sheik, and this week on Drunk Wrestling History we are celebrating his life.  He's always been a favorite of the show and we are honoring him by covering his wrestling career, playing some clips of him, and reading some of his tweets.  This is the longest tribute show we've ever done because he's the greatest legend we've ever p...

In 2007 a shady promoter using a fake name decided to book a wrestling convention at the Cow Palace and it turned into a total disaster.  This week on Drunk Wrestling History we are talking about how things went wrong, who got paid and who didn't, a fight in a hotel lobby, and our own experience at the show.  Your'e probably gonna need a drink when you hear about this nightmare so let's start our...

How do you fight a Drunk, angry giant who doesn't want to work with you?  That's what we are talking about this week on Drunk Wrestling History.  Back in 1986 on one of Andre The Giant's trips to Japan he had a match with Akira Maeda who was a legit shooter and a known trouble maker.  Andre had a bit to drink and decided he didn't want to work with Maeda and a 25 minute disaster ensued.  So get so...

This week on Drunk Wrestling History we are going back to 1987 for the first annual Survivor Series.  This show was intended to hurt the buy rate of Jim Crockett's first ever PPV, Starrcade 1987 and it did a great job.  It featured all of the classic 80s superstars and despite some very strange booking was a really fun show.  So have a drunk with us and check it out.  Cheers! Buy a fucking shirt:...

The Monday Night War was known a lot of craziness and some the craziest parts of it was the inflated contracts.  The competition between WCW and WWE was so strong that wrestlers were getting paid more than they ever could before and this week on Drunk Wrestling History we are reviewing Hulk Hogan's 1998 contract.  There's lots of crazy stuff in it some hilarious stuff too.  Have a drink with us an...

Vince McMahon has some weird issue with tag teams where he thinks he needs to break them up or bury them no matter how good they are.  It doesn't make any sense based on his background in wrestling, how his dad ran the territory and Wrestling History in general and this week we are wondering what his deal is.  There's also more body function talk in the beginning of the episode so if you don't wan...

Being our usual disorganized selves, we forgot all about WCW PPV episodes for 10 months but this week Drunk Wrestling History is getting its shit together and reviewing Starrcade 1987.  This show happened at a crucial time for Jim Crockett Promotions and they needed a major success and this show did not deliver at all.  It suffered from sabotage by the WWF, bad booking, and doing it in the wrong c...

This week on Drunk Wrestling History we are talking about one of the greatest tag teams in history, The Dudleys.  But before we get into that we are recapping our weekend in Los Angeles for Wrestlemania.  If you want to skip past the silliness of our trip start the show at 32:00, but if you want to hear about what we got up to check out the whole show.  So let's have a drink and get the weekend st...

This week on Drunk Wrestling History we are celebrating Passover by talking about wrestlers you didn't know were Jewish.  There have been lots of Jewish wrestlers over there years, some of them very well known, and others that might surprise you.  So pour a glass of Manischewitz and celebrate the contributions of Jewish wrestlers with us  L'Chiam! Buy a fucking shirt: https://whatamaneuver.net/sea...

Everyone knows about Owen Hart's tragic death and that it never should have happened. But no one knows what his career would have looked like if he hadn't died and this week on Drunk Wrestling History we are fantasy booking how things would have turned out. We each created our own scenarios, some parts are plausible, some are ridiculous, and we are talking about how we think his career could have...

It's almost time for Wrestlemania and there's no better way to celebrate St. Patrick's day than to listen to the Drunk Wrestling History gang review Wrestlemania X8 which happens to turn drinking age today.  It was one of the best Wrestlemanias of all time and it featured the legendary match between The Rock and Hulk Hogan.  There were also a couple musical acts, some 24/7 shenanigans, and a statu...

This week on Drunk Wrestling History we are paying tribute to another wrestler who died way too young, Lanny Poffo.  Lanny worked in territories all over the country and eventually ended up in WWF with one of the greatest gimmicks of all time.  He had some memorable storylines including a feud with Hulk Hogan so we thought it was fitting to give him an episode  Check it out to hear all about him a...

This week on Drunk Wrestling History we are dipping our toes in Wrestlemania X7 with a watch along.  The Gimmick Battle Royal was a bit of a blemish on the Wrestlemania card but it was a lot of fun to see some of the stars from the past again.  It also marked the return of two of the all time greats, Bobby Heenan and Mean Gene.  We are calling all the action on this episode and  it was mostly entr...

Everyone who's been watching wrestling for a while has seen a few bad matches and this week on Drunk Wrestling History we are talking about the worst matches we've ever seen.  We are going around the room and we each picked the worst match we've seen using our own criteria.  You've probably seen most of these and you've also probably tried to forget them and we are here to make sure that doesn't h...

This week on Drunk Wrestling History it's our annual Valentine's Day celebration. There's lots of drinking, lots of shenanigans, and lots of feet. This year we decided to play our version of The Newlywed Game. We stepped up the video production and actually did a 3 camera shoot and spent days producing it. See if you can get as drunk as Shannon and play along with us. Cheers! Subscribe to our YouT...

We all know Vince McMahon is crazy but how many crazy things did he actually do in his career?  This week on Drunk Wrestling History we are talking about a handful of them and we will probably have to do another episode or 12 to cover them all.  There are probably some that you know about and some that you've never heard of so have a drink with us and find out just how crazy Vince is.  Cheers! Sub...