Eyes Up Here with Francine

Still calling right down the middle after all these years DADDY! ECW legend and all-time great Bill Alfonso better known to fans as "Fonzie" joins "The Queen of Extreme" for this Eyes Up Here FLASHBACK episode.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's an Eyes Up Here TRENDING TOPICS rundown as "The Queen of Extreme" dives into the latest wrestling news trending across social media as well as taking a deeper look into stories throughout the entire wrestling landscape. Including, Tiffany Stratton's recent controversy, Ricky Starks AEW comments and the latest from the Vince McMahon / Janel Grant lawsuit.  See omnystudio.com/listener for priva...

Today's Eyes Up Here FLASHBACK features an interview with ECW's The Blue Meanie. Meanie and The Queen of Extreme share stories from ECW and dive deep into when he returned to WWE following the One Night Stand PPV and how that time of his life proved to be a very pivotal turning point for our favorite blue guy.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A jam packed Eyes Up Here features Francine's full review of Darkside of the Ring's Season 5 finale on the infamous Black Saturday. Black Saturday saw Vince McMahon overtake the Georgia Championship Wrestling territory and time slot directly from the empire that help build it. Complete with double crosses, blood-oaths, death threats and bruised egos. We also cover a viral tweet that tries to throw...

Was the WWE Backlash crowd the greatest of all time? This week's Eyes Up Here asks the question of whether or not this crowd was the perfect wrestling audience or were they over the top? We also tackle breaking news while recording of Ric Flair being tossed out of a local bar.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today's Eyes Up Here FLASHBACK features a two for one special. You get two of the rarest interviews in Francine's audio vault featuring WWE Hall of Famer, Madusa (Alundra Blayze) and AEW's HEY! (EW) host, RJ City.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Fresh off of the airing of his DSOTR episode, The Sandman returns to Eyes Up Here with Francine to recap and discuss with "The Queen of Extreme" the lowdown on perhaps the best episode ever of the controversial VICE series. "Hak" also gives additional details to stories told on air and shares what was left on the cutting room floor.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

TNA's Lou D'Angeli, FKA Sign Guy Dudley joins "The Queen of Extreme" for today's Eyes Up Here. Lou gives Francine the low down on his return to wrestling following his awesome run with Cirque du Soleil how TNA is growing step by step.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week's bonus episode features the first appearance of Jazz. Checkout the stories of Francine and Jazz as they detail their work together throughout the years and how they managed to stay such close friends.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week's Eyes Up Here with Francine covers the EXPLOSIVE recent CM Punk interview and AEW broadcasting of the all-in backstage footage of the Jack Perry/PPunk altercation. "The Queen of Extreme" weighs in on the topic and gives her take, but also discusses backstage fights she has witnessed in the past and how this incident may compare to one that involved an ECW original and Paul Heyman.    Se...

A brand new weekly segment featuring some of our classic content debuts this week with one of our favorite interviews of all time, Mike Bucci, aka Nova. Nova is one of the most interesting stories to come out of ECW, and he shares all of the amazing things he has done since leaving the wrestling business as well as chronicling his journey with classic stories as told like only he can!  See omnystu...

In last week's episode, we detailed "Titangate" and the 1990s "Ringboy" scandals that rocked the WWE to the core, leading to resignations and on-air arguments between disgruntled talents and Vince McMahon. This week, we focus on more of the stories that WWE has wanted you to forget over the years. One in particular has absolutely been swept under the rug and is not talked about enough, even though...

It's a special Eyes Up Here BONUS episode where "The Queen of Extreme" shares the details about her amazing WrestleMania weekend.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Long before the Janel Grant scandal came to light and the revelation of millions of dollars of hush money being paid out by Vince McMahon, there was a time that the then WWF was embroiled in a gigantic scandal like no other had been seen before up to that point. This scandal involved WWE Executives, wrestlers, fans and anyone connected to the company. Join us as we stroll back down memory and dive...

One of the greatest comeback stories in wrestling history makes a stop by Eyes Up Here as "The Queen of Extreme" and good friend, "American Male," Scotty Riggs reunite for an emotional podcast episode discussing Scotty's unbelievable last year and his complete life transformation. In his viral video with tag team partner Buff Bagwell and Diamond Dallas Page, Riggs goes into detail about just how l...

This week's Eyes Up Here helps reunite Perry Saturn and Francine after 27 years of not crossing paths or seeing one another since Saturn left ECW in 1997. In this extremely rare podcast appearance for the former ECW tag team champion, we hear a collection of stories of life traveling the globe with fellow Eliminators tag team partner John Kronus as well as why there was a need to jump to WCW and ...

Former ECW star Chris Chetti joins Eyes Up Here with Francine for his first ever podcast appearance. After stepping away from the wrestling business, Chetti is in the beginning stages of a wrestling comeback, recently winning a local independent organization's tag team titles and starting to hit the convention scene alongside his brothers and sisters from the land of extreme. But the stories that...

Devon Dudley returns to Eyes Up Here this week. Francine and Devon share a fun recap of their recent family dinner during "The Queen of Extreme's" vacation and how there may be another set of "Dudley" kids who are about to give their Dad a run for his money. We also get an EXCLUSIVE update on the future of The Dudleys and if we may see a potential in ring return for Bubba and Devon at some point i...

This week's Eyes Up Here welcomes former WWE backstage personality McKenzie Mitchell. Since departing WWE, McKenzie has seen success in so many different areas of broadcasting. Having worked for Impact Wrestling and WWE, she is now on a mission to find out the backstory behind some of wrestling's most unique fashion with her new YouTube show, THREADS. In this chat with "The Queen of Extreme,"  we...

Today, Francine welcomes TNA Wrestling's Alisha Edwards to Eyes Up Here. "The Queen of Extreme" and "Mrs. Anything is Possible" discuss all the recent positive buzz and also the controversial happenings surrounding TNA, including the shocking removal of Scott D'amore by parent company Anthem Sports and Entertainment.  You can now send questions into Francine's Eyes Up Here Podcast: email allpodcas...

Today's Eyes Up Here with Francine welcomes the director and producer of the critically acclaimed documentary Beyond the Mat, Barry Blaustein. 25 years after Beyond the Mat gave fans an inside look at the behind-the-scenes workings of the biggest promotions in wrestling, we look back with Barry at how he views the film now versus then and if he would change anything about his creative process of m...

"The Queen of Extreme" is back from vacation, and she is ready to cover the entire Vince McMahon controversy from top to bottom. From the original court filings to some of the most recent updates, Francine comments on what she thinks of this entire situation and reveals new details on how certain uncomfortable scenarios played out backstage during her time in the WWE with Vince McMahon and members...

Filling in for Francine this week is ECW alumni and " Quintessential Stud Muffin" Joel Gertner. Joel comes to Eyes Up Here during a continuing breaking story surrounding the WWE's founder Vince McMahon and his ongoing legal problems surrounding the many accusations and revelations made by former employee Janel Grant in a court filling made public late last month.  You can now send questions into F...

THIS EPISODE WAS RECORDED PRIOR TO THE NEWS BREAKING REGARDING VINCE MCMAHON Take a trip with us back to some of ECW's classic moments as "The Chadster" and ECW's one and only "Queen of Extreme" run down a list of classic storylines and angles. We analyze five that still hold up really well today in 2024 and five that are completely played out and wouldn't stand a chance in the modern landscape. ...

For the first time since we've joined iHeartRadio, "The Franchise" Shane Douglas returns to Eyes Up Here. From Tony Khan's touchy tweeting to the new regime running WWE, in typical Shane Douglas fashion, he leaves nothing off the table and delivers his controversial, unfiltered take on all matters having to do with the wrestling business. Plus, "The Queen of Extreme" Francine and "The Franchise" t...