Squared Circle Pit

Comedy Store Wrestling co-host Eddy Torres is Rob Pasbani's guest on this week's Squared Circle Pit. We kick things off discussing the advertised matches for this Sunday's Forbidden Door show, and which wrestlers we would like to see on the card. We discuss CM Punk's return last weekend with Eddy having some controversial opinions on Punk. Eddy talks about how he got into pro wrestling and rock, a...

Major League Wrestling COO Mister St. Laurent is the guest on this edition. MSL loves rock and loves pro wrestling, so he's a perfect guest. We learn about advice Pat Patterson gave MSL before breaking into the business, and MSL offers us his career trajectory over the last few years that landed him in the COO position. A great chat for those looking for advice on how to break into pro wrestling....

Sumerian Records Art Director Daniel McBride is Rob Pasbani's guest on Squared Circle Pit this week. He talks about growing up a wrestling fan in New Mexico, how he got into it, how it inspired him, his heavy metal journey and we spend a lot of time talking about the Ultimate Warrior. McBride worked with Warrior when Warrior made an appearance on a Winds of Plague track and shares the story of mee...

Host Rob Pasbani is flying solo this week with a full review of both major weekend events, WWE Night of Champions and AEW Double or Nothing, going through all the matches and the positives and negatives of both shows. Ultimately, Double or Nothing was Rob's least favorite AEW PPV in their five year history. Listen as he explains why. Knotfest has a bi-weekly wrestling column at http://knotfest.com...

Comedian Josh Alba joins host Rob Pasbani to go through the announced cards for the huge Memorial Day weekend of wrestling, featuring a big event from WWE – Night of Champions AND AEW's Double or Nothing. We go through all the matches and angles, plus talk about growing up watching wrestling in the 90s. Squared Circle Pit is hosted by Robert Pasbani and explores the intersection between pro wrestl...

NJPW star and rapper Rocky Romero enters the Squared Circle Pit on this edition. Rocky talks about how he got into pro wrestling as a kid with his grandma, and the moment he decided that this was something he would pursue. Rocky shares great stories of training in the New Japan Dojo, working under Antonio Inoki, stories about his friendship with Kazuchika Okada, the insane amount of work that goes...

Cattle Decapitation bassist Olivier Pinard joins host Rob Pasbani for this edition of Squared Circle Pit. The entire WWE Backlash card is recapped including Bad Bunny's incredible performance and the hot Puerto Rico crowd. Olivier also discusses how he discovered wrestling, his favorites growing up, the rest of his band's opinion on wrestling and how he keeps up on the road. A really fun conversat...

Wrasslerap host and podcast producer Emilio Sparks is Robert Pasbani's guest on this edition of Squared Circle Pit. Emilio tells us all about how he got into wrestling, the Saturday morning killer lineups, the wrestling news telephone game, why Impact Wrestling is underrated, producing wrestling in Mexico and the wild Mexican crowds. Sparks then goes into detail about how WaleMania formed and how...

Host Rob Pasbani talks to Islander vocalist Mikey Carvajal about how he and his band ended up forming a true friendship with wrestling icon Sting, how Sting appeared in their video and how Mikey and Sting connected about their spirituality. Mikey also discusses how he got into wrestling and being in a band, some rare wrestling memorabilia he has, his thoughts on CM Punk's upcoming return, AEW Coll...

Host Rob Pasbani sits down with Rick Jimenez of Extinction A.D. to go over the entire card for WWE WrestleMania Goes Hollywood. We go through all the matches, give our thoughts on the buildup and our predictions on who we see winning. Plus, Rick shares some stories of growing up a wrestling fan. Watch this episode here . Extinction AD's album, Culture of Violence, is out now on Unique Leader Recor...

MLW World Heavyweight Champion, and rock head, Alexander Hammerstone is the special guest on this edition of the show. Hammerstone discusses how he got into pro wrestling, his love of rock, playing drums as a kid, he shows off his guitars and discusses legends he would've loved to get in the ring with. A great chat! Watch the video version of this interview on KNOTFEST Follow Squared Circle Pit on...

Squared Circle Pit hosted by Rob Pasbani is back as a Knotfest exclusive bridging the intersection between rock music and pro wrestling. In the first episode back, Stray from the Path guitarist Tom Williams and podcaster Brian Quinby join the show to offer predictions on AEW Revolution. We also fantasy book how we want CM Punk to return. Watch this episode on Youtube . 00:00 Intro 15:40 Tag Title...

Internet sensation Justin Whang enters the Squared Circle Pit. He talks about his favorite wrestlers and metal bands growing up, staying up late to watch ECW, his thoughts on the current WWE vs. AEW scene, going to an AEW live show, and his band, Jynx referencing wrestling. Watch the video version of this interview .  Follow Squared Circle Pit on Youtube, Instagram ,  Facebook  and&...

Paul Heyman is a huge inspiration to me, so it was an honor to have him as. guest on the Squared Circle Pit. I tell Paul about why he's a huge inspiration to me. We immediately dive into how ECW got away with licensing music, the Grammy nomination ECW got, and ECW nostalgia in general.  I ask Paul to discuss the first concert he went to, and he tells a great story about seeing Led Zeppelin in...

I am very excited to have MVP (Montel Vontavious Porter) enter the pit today to talk about his roundabout way of getting into punk, metal and hardcore bands. He talks about his favorite Metallica albums, his favorite era of Iron Maiden and the connection between heavy metal and pro wrestling, especially during the Attitude era. MVP talks about his goal of starting a hardcore band. MVP also shares...

The former Aleister Black in WWE, now Malakai Black (aka Tommy End) is the latest guest on  Squared Circle Pit . We talk about his huge debut in AEW, how it was the plan all along after his release, and what he hopes to accomplish in this new phase of his career. We also talk a lot about how he got into heavy metal, what he's listening to now, who in WWE he used to talk to about heavy metal (...

A perfect guest for this podcast, and somebody I've been trying to get on for a long time - ROH and NJPW star Brody King sits in on the show today. We talk about Brody's awesome band, God's Hate and when we could expect some live shows. We also go through Brody's career, how he came up with his name, and how "The Butcher" Andy Williams from Every Time I Die was partially responsible, working Madis...

WWE superstar Rhea Ripley enters the Squared Circle Pit. We talk about her big Raw debut, getting a title opportunity at WWE WrestleMania 37 against Asuka, the influence of Suicide Silence on her logo and persona, her favorite metal and emo bands and the hardships with relocating to America. Also, in the audio version, I give my full predicitions for NXT Takeover: Stand and Deliver and WrestleMani...

WWE superstar Damien Priest enters the Squared Circle Pit to talk about what his favorite metal bands are, how metal gets him through his workouts, his journey in pro wrestling, how he got to WWE, advice from Undertaker & Scott Hall a.k.a. Razor Ramon, his friendship with Bad Bunny, working with HHH and Shawn Michaels and more. Follow Squared Circle Pit on  Instagram ,  Facebook &nbs...

I'm very excited to welcome comedian Dan St. Germain to the show. Dan co-hosts WrestleRoasts , a hilarious new podcast where they roast a different wrestling personality every week. You can see their roast of Bret Hart here . I talk to Dan about the link between comedy and wrestling, which wrestlers have the best comedic timing and if anybody ever got upset about any of his roasts. We also discuss...

I'm very excited to have James Durbin on, a lifelong fan of pro wrestling. We talk about how he first got into it, his opinion on the current scene in WWE, AEW, and NJPW, and his experience being a part of WWE WrestleMania in 2012. We also talk about Durbin's new metal album, The Beast Awakens - which features a track with Chris Jericho, his stint on American Idol, working with Judas Priest and mo...

AEW music producer Mikey Rukus talks about how he got the dream gig of creating theme songs for AEW, his favorite wrestling entrance themes, his process of creating themes, some themes he created at the last minute, working on Sting's theme and keeping that secret, and his new album, Bring the Rukus, out now. Follow Squared Circle Pit on  Instagram ,  Facebook  and  Twitter . C...

This Is Hell frontman Travis Reilly joins me for the first SCP of 2020. Travis talks about getting into wrestling as a kid, getting back into wrestling by being on tour with This Is Hell, how he watched wrestling on the road. Stories comparing touring in a punk band to touring with wrestlers. We discuss the indie wrestling scene and we wrap the discussion talking about best practices for printing...

Could this be the biggest guest in Squared Circle Pit history? Paul "Triple H" Levesque joins me on this edition to talk about how he got into heavy metal, the bands that first inspired him, the connection between heavy metal fans and pro wrestling fans, how he licensed Black Sabbath for NXT TakeOver: War Games, his friendship with Ozzy Osbourne over the years, his friendship with Tool guitarist A...

I am incredibly excited to talk to one of the biggest guests yet on the show, Adam "Edge" Copeland. We talk about how Edge got into rock and heavy metal, and how he got into pro wrestling. Edge talks about his early favorites like KISS and Black Sabbath ,  Iron Maiden, Metallica , and his favorite bands now like Behemoth . We talk about Edge's friendships with Zakk Wylde and Rob Zombie, and a...