Straight Shooters

Recorded October 2021. (Episode 304) It was Hulk Hogan vs. Ric Flair in a Steel Cage Retirement match... ALREADY. Hogan had debuted for WCW in June that prior year and they're already blowing it off. Oh, WCW. -- Follow us on Twitter/X [ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@_piccone⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠]⁠⁠...

This week, the guys dive deep into the show that featured the very first Hell in a Cell match: WWF Badd Blood: In Your House. Shawn Michaels and The Undertaker gave us a match to remember, which none of the other matches on this show can say. BUT FIRST, the current day nonsense: AEW's new TV deal, new NXT title (and IC Title) designs, and more. -- Follow us on Twitter/X [ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Recorded October 2022. (Episode 342) Nick and Vaughn dive deep into WCW Halloween Havoc 1991 and the CHAMBER OF HORRORS MATCH! AND THE HALLOWEEN PHANTOM! AND THE BRAVES/TWINS WORLD SERIES GAME 7 OH NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO -- Follow us on Twitter/X [ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@_piccone⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

This week, we're heading back to one of our favorite periods in wrestling - 1997 AGAIN! Per Nick Piccone request, we are diving deep into WWF One Night Only from September 1997. Shawn Michaels defeated the British Bulldog in his home country for the European Championship. Bret Hart didn't main event again despite being WWF Champion. Dude Love has his worst promo ever, and much more! BUT FI...

This week, we're heading back to one of our favorite periods in wrestling - 1997. Per Patreon request, we are diving deep into WWF In Your House: Ground Zero from September 1997. Shawn Michaels scooped Bret Hart's heat. Meanwhile, Bret has to take on a masked patriotic wrestler. Stone Cold Steve Austin may not be cleared to wrestle, but he has a lot of Stunners to give. And much more! BUT...

Recorded September 2022. We're heading back to 1996 and dive deep into WWF In Your House 10: Mind Games, which took place right in Philly! Shawn Michaels vs Mankind for the WWF Championship. Razor and Diesel are back!? ECW INVADES!? And more! -- Follow us on Twitter/X [ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@_piccone⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Recorded August 2020. We take another deep dive into an event that took place in Philadelphia at the Spectrum in 1990 - WWF SummerSlam. It was a double main event! Hulk Hogan returns to take on Earthquake and the Ultimate Warrior defends the WWF Championship against "Ravishing" Rick Rude inside a steel cage... and much more! Vaughn and Nick discuss the good, the bad, and the ugly in-dept...

This week, we're heading back into the not so distant past and dive deep into the first NXT TakeOver to take place outside of Full Sail University, NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn I on August 22, 2015. Sasha Banks and Bayley changed women's wrestling in WWE forever, Kevin Owens was in the middle of his NXT swansong and WWE main roster rookie deal as he faced Finn Bálor in a Ladder Match for the NXT...

Recorded August 2022. We head back to 2018 NXT for a Patreon request! We're diving deep into NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn 4, where Tommaso Ciampa and Johnny Gargano would vie for the NXT Championship in a Last Man Standing Match. Shayna Baszler and Kairi Sane would vie for the NXT Women's Championship. Adam Cole and Ricochet would vie for the NXT North American Championship. Vie. And more! Vie....

This week, we head back to WCW in August of 1998, where late night talk show legend Jay Leno teams up with Diamond Dallas Page to take on Hollywood Hogan and Eric Bischoff LIVE from the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in Sturgis, South Dakota! -- Follow us on Twitter/X [ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@_piccone⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Recorded August 2022. The greatest wrestling week of Nick's life ends with WCW Road Wild '97 live from Sturgis, South Dakota. Lex Luger would lose to "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan, the Steiner Brothers wouldn't win the WCW World Tag Team Championships, and no Sting. So who cares? We do. Join us as we dive deep into the famous Sturgis rally this week. -- Follow us on Twitter/X [ ⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Recorded August 2022. This episode of WCW Monday Nitro is one of Nick's top wrestling shows ever. He recounts how he recorded the replay of this show on VHS, in addition to some other adult-oriented items on that VHS. Hey, we were coming up on WCW's adult-themed pay-per-view, Road Wild, so why not? Lex Luger would beat "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan for the WCW Championship on this night...

This week, we are joined by THE THIRD MAN Brian Isley and the Fox Sports The Gambler Wrestling Roundtable Originals in Jon Jansen and Jason Fanelli to talk all things #SummerSlam 2024! Our biggest takeaways, best match, worst match, what we're looking forward to the most heading into the fall months of 2024, and soup! -- Follow us on Twitter/X [ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@_pic...

Recorded August 2021. Following our WWF/WCW/ECW Invasion storyline, here's a classic episode of our SummerSlam 2001 deep dive. -- Follow us on Twitter/X [ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@_piccone⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  [ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@VaughnMJohnson⁠...

Nick Piccone, Vaughn Johnson, and Jason Fanelli convene for the #SummerSlam Roundtable - our first roundtable since February! The guys will talk about their favorite storylines heading into SummerSlam and have predictions for all seven matches to take place Saturday night from Cleveland Browns Stadium!

This week, we're joined by THE THIRD MAN Brian Isley for a SummerSlam Blind Ranking! Brian will list 5 SummerSlam PPV events, and Nick and Vaughn will rank them 1-5 ... the catch is, Nick and Vaughn have no idea what SummerSlam event is coming next. BUT FIRST, they discuss what they're looking forward to the most at this year's SummerSlam from Cleveland Browns Stadium. -- Follow us on...

Recorded June 2023. The Third Man Brian Isley makes his return to the podcast to dive deep into one of the greatest wrestling documentaries of all time, "Hitman Hart: Wrestling With Shadows." Bret Hart was filmed from the fall of 1996 through the end of 1997 and this documentary sees it all through. Ever hear of the Montreal Screwjob? The guys dive deep into it all. "Bret Hart recou...

This week, we head to the greatest year in wrestling, 1997, and dive deep into SummerSlam from East Rutherford, New Jersey. If Bret Hart didn't beat The Undertaker for the WWF Championship, he would never wrestle on U.S. soil ever again! But one thing - Shawn Michaels was the special referee! If Stone Cold Steve Austin didn't win the Intercontinental Championship from Owen Hart, he'd p...

Recorded August 2022. IT'S THE PODCAST YOU THOUGHT YOU'D NEVER HEAR! This week, Vaughn and Nick dive deep into WWF SummerSlam 1992, FROM WEMBLEY STADIUM IN LONDON, ENGLAND! Randy Savage vs. Ultimate Warrior for the WWF Championship! WHOSE SIDE WILL MR. PERFECT BE ON?  Bret Hart vs. British Bulldog for the WWF Intercontinental Championship! WHOSE SIDE WILL ENGLAND BE ON? That's about it...

This week, we head back to the Golden Era of 1997 and dive deep into an event that was headlined by Dennis Rodman tag-teaming with Hollywood Hogan as the nWo goes mainstream! BUT FIRST, we discuss the latest news in the world of professional wrestling, including: AEW, TNA Slammiversary, WWE's Bloodline angle, the Phillies, and more! -- Follow us on Twitter/X [ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

On July 22, 2001, WCW and ECW defeated the WWF in the Inaugural Brawl. It would be cool if it meant former big WCW names coming in to join, but Stone Cold Steve Austin's second heel turn in four months highlighted exactly what was to come from a failed "Invasion" angle. Despite the factory reset by introducing ECW, this event showcased just how ridiculous the entire thing was to look...

Recorded July 2021. It was a Triple Main Event as Kurt Angle, Chris Jericho, and Chris Benoit were the underdogs heading into matches with WWF icons Undertaker, Triple H, and The Rock, respectively. WWF was absolutely on fire at this point, and some of the booking during this event made it clear they could do whatever they wanted, the fans were not going to abandon their fandom. Live from the Reun...

31 years ago today, Yokozuna challenged anyone and everyone to bodyslam him on the U.S.S. Intrepid; professional wrestlers, NFLers, NHLers, anyone with a pulse, really! And nobody was able to do it. That is, until "Made in the U.S.A.", Lex Luger, flew in on a helicopter and faced the challenge. Was it a hip toss!? You be the judge. -- Follow us on Twitter/X [ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Recorded July 2023. In July 1996, we saw one of the most memorable moments in wrestling history, if not *the* most memorable. Hulk Hogan had finally turned his back on all of his fans and turned on WCW at Bash at the Beach to christen the New World Order (or Organization) on July 7. But we're here for the real action - Joe Gomez, Disco Inferno, THE NASTY BOYS, and more! So press play! -- Follo...

Recorded July 2021. The WWF in 1997 had some very, very good things, and some very, very bad things. Their July pay-per-view offering in Calgary, Alberta, Canada was one of the best events they produced that year. With a very dynamic and non-traditional babyface Hart Foundation in Canada vs. those American jerks of Stone Cold Steve Austin, Goldust, Ken Shamrock and the Legion of Doom, the roles wo...