Straight Shooters

Daniel St. Germain (@DSGermain) joins the first segment to discuss the upcoming roast of Hulk Hogan! Couldn't have come at a better time. Follow them at (@WrestleRoasts). Dan also discusses his love for wrestling, more about WrestleRoasts, WrestleMania this weekend, and more. In the second segment, Nick and Vaughn take a deep dive into WrestleMania X, which is possibly one of the more underappreci...

To date, it's been the only WrestleMania to take place in the City of Brotherly Love, and this week, we have our very special guest The Blue Meanie to take the deep dive with us into WrestleMania XV! Stone Cold Steve Austin and The Rock headline what may not have been the greatest WrestleMania ever, but there's certainly no shortage of stories to come out of the March 28, 1999 pay-per-view from th...

Vaughn (@VaughnMJohnson) and Nick (@nickpiccone) are joined by ECW legend The Blue Meanie (@BlueMeanieBWO) as they take a trip down memory lane and celebrate the anniversary of ECW's first-ever pay-per-view, Barely Legal, live from the ECW Arena. As we discuss how ECW showed up on WWF television in 1996, the invasion on RAW in February 1997 to April's Barely Legal pay-per-view, Meanie takes us beh...

Join us on the Ultimate Thrill Ride as we take a deep dive into WrestleMania 33 from Orlando's Citrus Bowl! April 2, 2017 saw what was perhaps the best aesthetically-pleasing WrestleMania to date. The set looked spectacular, the colors were vibrant, the weather was perfect, and WWE settled down in Orlando, Florida's Citrus Bowl for another edition of WrestleMania. The builds to these matches were...

Recorded on March 25, 2016. This week, the guys talk about their experience at Monday Night Raw this past week in Philly. Spoiler alert: it wasn't good at all. Brian Isley of The Brian Isley Show joins the show as we discuss the best WrestleMania of all-time in bracket form. They go in-depth on some of the best WrestleManias ever and the ending causes quite a controversy. Why? You'll have to tune...

This week, the guys deep dive into what Nick thinks is the greatest WrestleMania of all-time. In 2014, WWE backed into a great show with a great story heading into it in Daniel Bryan vs. Triple H. It paid off beautifully in the end. Unfortunately, that wouldn't last, but it doesn't take away from the fact that for the first time in a very, very long time - WWE did the right thing! Join us as we de...

WWE brought WrestleMania to MetLife Stadium for the first time in 2013, and Vaughn Johnson and Nick Piccone were there to see it live in-person. The WrestleMania experience is always a bucket list item for any wrestling fan, and the guys discuss their journey to WrestleMania and how being there live affected their feelings looking back at the event while watching it on the WWE Network for this pod...

Cody Rhodes discusses the upcoming AEW Revolution pay-per-view with the media. March 3, 2021. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The guys open this week’s episode by discussing the surprising news of Paul Wight, aka the Big Show, signing with All Elite Wrestling after reportedly unable to come to an agreement with WWE to extend his contract. They talk about the wrestling landscape nowadays and touch on a few current items before moving into their deep dive. The deep dive this week is WCW’s SuperBrawl VII, which took place o...

Recorded December 18, 2015. This week, the guys talk about this past Raw from Philly and Roman Reigns winning the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. Where does Reigns go from here? And the guys also talk about NXT TakeOver from London this past Wednesday. Did Samoa Joe capture the NXT Championship from Finn Balor? Brian Isley from BoomBoxLife radio joins the show to give us his take on what went...

It's one of the most critically-acclaimed wrestling documentaries of all-time, and this week, we're taking a deep dive into it. Beyond The Mat was released on October 22, 1999, and was directed, written, produced, and narrated by Barry W. Blaustein, who was a pretty famous writer and did a lot of projects with Eddie Murphy: Saturday Night Live, Coming to America, and The Nutty Professor to name a...

Happy St. Valentine's Day Weekend! This week, we're heading back to 1999 WWF and the height of the Austin vs. McMahon rivalry: St. Valentine's Day Massacre. Austin and McMahon carried these few months along with The Rock and Mick Foley, as WWF TV was must-watch each and every week. This pay-per-view was no different, but not because of the undercard (woof), but the main event scene. Oh, and the WW...

This episode comes from a Patreon request! Request your deep dive at patreon.com/shootersradio. The WWF in February 2001 was on another level. Just a month later, Vince McMahon would purchase WCW and that's all she wrote for the modern-day wrestling wars. This week, we deep dive into the last WWF pay-per-view before their purchase of WCW, what things were like in the company then, how things were...

This episode comes from a Patreon request! Request your deep dive at patreon.com/shootersradio. Did y'all know Stone Cold Steve Austin and Vince McMahon had a bitter rivalry in 1999? Well, if you didn't, the 1999 Royal Rumble will certainly get you up to date quickly on everything regarding this feud. The 1999 Royal Rumble was really a two-match show: Mankind defending the WWF Championship against...

This week, the guys are live commentating the 1997 Royal Rumble. This year, the Rumble returns to San Antonio's Alamodome, where the '97 Rumble took place. Join us for the entire Rumble match as we provide our commentary for the duration of it. Originally recorded on January 13, 2017. -- Follow us on Twitter [@nickpiccone] [@VaughnMJohnson] [@ShootersRadio] You can subscribe to The Straight Shoote...

The 1991 Royal Rumble took place from the Miami Arena in Miami, Florida on January 19, 1991 ... two days after the United States started an offensive on Iraqi troops occupying Kuwait. The WWF exploited the hell out of this by having Sgt. Slaughter adopt an Iraqi Sympathizer gimmick and acquire manager General Adnan months earlier, who would carry around the Iraqi flag. Needless to say, this pay-pe...

Patreon request: Extreme Rules 2011. SUBSCRIBE: [patreon.com/shootersradio] Join us as we take a deep dive into this pay-per-view from May 1, 2011. John Cena looks to win the WWE Championship from The Miz in a Triple Threat Steel Cage Match with John Morrison, CM Punk and Randy Orton battle to be the Last Man Standing, Sheamus defends the United States Championship against Kofi Kingston in a Table...

We take a deep dive into this movie: Gordie Boggs (David Arquette) and Sean Dawkins (Scott Caan) are best friends who operate a sewage truck and idolize pro wrestler Jimmy King (Oliver Platt). After Diamond Dallas Page (Diamond Dallas Page) dethrones their hero, Gordie and Sean embark on a mission to help King get his title back. When they finally track him down, however, they discover that King i...

Jon Huber (Brodie Lee, Luke Harper) passed away this past week. We pay tribute to the man and the wrestler at the beginning of this show. The man was beloved by everyone in the wrestling industry and we pay our respects to the 41-year-old husband and father. After our tributes, we take a deep dive into WCW Starrcade 1998 with the Third Man returning to the show, Brian Isley! Goldberg - should he h...

Vaughn and Nick give their gifts to professional wrestling for the holiday season. Follow us on Twitter [@nickpiccone] [@VaughnMJohnson] [@ShootersRadio] You can subscribe to The Straight Shooters on the following platforms:  [Apple Podcasts] [Google Podcasts] [Spotify] [iHeartRadio] [Radio.com] [TuneIn Radio] [Pandora] [Stitcher] [Spreaker] [Player FM] and wherever else you get your podcasts! Exc...

The World Wrestling Federation ended the year 2000 with a 6-man Hell in a Cell Match for the WWF Championship. Kurt Angle defended the title against Stone Cold Steve Austin, The Rock, Triple H, Undertaker, and Rikishi in what might be one of the most underrated HIAC matches of all-time. There were more matches, too, but this was pretty much a one-match show. The guys dive deep into one of the long...

We're here. We've talked about it before on the podcast, but this episode we're taking a deep dive into the most important pay-per-view in the history of World Championship Wrestling. It was arguably the most anticipated wrestling pay-per-view of all-time, and it marked the beginning of the end for WCW. The end product looked nothing like what was built up beforehand. The terrible finish, rash of...

All Elite Wrestling had their biggest Dynamite show to date on December 2, 2020, as the event titled "Winter Is Coming" aired on TNT live. And we live commentate all the happenings, including Sting's AEW debut and Kenny Omega winning the AEW World Heavyweight Championship while hightailing it out of town with Don Callis to... IMPACT WRESTLING? We're here for it all... give it a listen! Follow us o...

The night after the 1990 Survivor Series, the Ultimate Warrior defended the WWF Championship against "The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase on The Main Event on NBC. On this episode, we're taking a deep dive into the entire show. Follow us on Twitter [@nickpiccone] [@VaughnMJohnson] [@ShootersRadio] You can subscribe to The Straight Shooters on the following platforms:  [Apple Podcasts] [Google Podc...

It was  Deadly Game at the 1998 Survivor Series, as a one-night tournament to crown a new WWF Champion was had! The guys dive deep into the happenings of what Nick says is Vince Russo's shining moment. Follow us on Twitter [@nickpiccone] [@VaughnMJohnson] [@ShootersRadio] You can subscribe to The Straight Shooters on the following platforms:  [Apple Podcasts] [Google Podcasts] [Spotify] [iHeartRad...