Ian Johnson

Suplexes and Nostalgia

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Ian is a former sportswriter whose passion for professional wrestling spans over 20 years. Suplexes and Nostalgia was created in the winter of 2023 with the intention of discussing a wide array of wrestling topics such as biographies, watch-alongs, Newsletter Rewinds, Week to Week Rewinds and much more! Join the nostalgia spaceship as we venture through the history of professional wrestling via humor, impressions and investigative spirit!

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Ian Johnson

Episodes

Week By Week: Brock, Bischoff & Bizarre Booking 21.06.2025 23:25

WWE Week By Week August 19, 2002

Week By Week: Brock Bottom - SmackDown Six 25.05.2025 37:21

Join Bohemian Ian in time travel back to the week of August 12, 2002 in the WWE. Reviewing Wrestling Observer Newsletter notes, Monday Night Raw and Thursday Night SmackDown! Order ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠DUBBY⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ today with the promo code SAN10 at checkout to get 10% off of your purchase!

Week By Week: Hulkamania Flatlined - Lesnar Pulled Plug 18.05.2025 36:49

Eat your vitamins, say your prayers... get bodied! Fun reviews of Raw and Smackdown as we time travel back to the week of August 5, 2002 in this Week By Week WWE review! Order ⁠⁠⁠⁠DUBBY⁠⁠⁠⁠ today with the promo code SAN10 at checkout to get 10% off of your purchase!

Week By Week: Un-Americans And Backstage Tomfoolery 05.05.2025 52:35

Bohemian Ian hops into the time machine to review this week in WWE! This is the Week By Week series and it is 7/29/2002! The closer we get to Summerslam the more Brock Lesnar dismantles human beings! Who will his next victim be? Order ⁠⁠⁠DUBBY⁠⁠⁠ today with the promo code SAN10 at checkout to get 10% off of your purchase!

Week By Week: Parking Lot Encounters 21.04.2025 58:05

Bohemian Ian hops into the time machine to review this week in WWE! The Week By Week series is back and it is 7/22/2002! What will the buildup toward Summerslam entail?! Order ⁠⁠DUBBY⁠⁠ today with the promo code SAN10 at checkout to get 10% off of your purchase!

AEW Dynamite Review: Infuriating Interferences 13.04.2025 40:30

Bohemian Ian reviews AEW Dynamite from 4/9/25 in Baltimore MD! Order ⁠DUBBY⁠ today with the promo code SAN10 at checkout to get 10% off of your purchase!

Week By Week: Vengeance 2002 06.04.2025 1:08:39

Stipulations, championship matches, PPV debuts and HHH has a decision to make!

Week By Week: NWO No More, Nepotism Bores 30.03.2025 1:05:16

The NWO has disbanded for reasons unknown New General Managers will be shown Nepotism has overgrown! Join Bohemian Ian for a fun week review of WWE in 2002! Order DUBBY today with the promo code SAN10 at checkout to get 10% off of your purchase!

Week By Week: The Rock, Busta Rhymes and Dr. Evil 24.03.2025 1:08:26

WWE Vengeance is looming and featuring a new twist to the main event that may alter the shape of wrestling history. The announcement of Kurt Angle's addition to the WWE Undisputed Championship match incorporating him into this feud involving The Rock and The Undertaker is a nice surprise but what other advancements will we see in relation to the buildup toward the PPV?

Week By Week: The Undisputed Title Is In Dispute 15.03.2025 53:14

Can Jeff Hardy win the Undisputed Championship in his specialty ladder match? Who will go on to Smackdown to face Kurt Angle for the Undisputed Championship? Can Edge fulfill a lifelong dream of winning the Tag Team Championship with his childhood idol Hulk Hogan? Check out the archives for more nostalgic wrestling coverage!

Week By Week: Rollups And Ruthless Aggression 11.03.2025 1:09:56

Venture through the aftermath of King Of The Ring. Ian delves into the 6/24/02 Monday Night Raw and the 6/27/02 Thursday Night Smackdown.

Week By Week: King Of The Ring 2002 01.03.2025 47:06

Can Kurt Angle get his revenge on Hapless Hogan? Will Undertaker play The Game? Can RVD become KOR? Ian reviews King Of The Ring 2002!

Week By Week: Rock Is Raw And Hapless Chioda 23.02.2025 57:46

How will the week leading up to King Of The Ring unfold?

Week By Week: Stone Cold Walkout And The Bald Angle 15.02.2025 1:56:59

Guest host Cody is back! This is a very special edition of the podcast in which Ian and Cody dissect the week of June 10, 2002 in the WWE!

Week By Week: Subservient Flair And Sling Of The Ring 09.02.2025 59:49

Jump back in your nostalgic time machine with Ian on this Week By Week series as he covers Monday Night Raw from 6/03/02 and Smackdown from 6/06/02!

Week By Week: Chugging Tobacco Juice And Love Triangles 01.02.2025 59:12

We look into WON notes from the 5/27/02 Newsletter. Ian also takes a deep dive into that evening's Monday Night Raw and the 5/30/02 edition of Smackdown.

Week By Week: Karaoke And Retirements 26.01.2025 1:00:41

Raw from 5/20/02 and Smackdown from 5/23/02

Week By Week: Judgment Day 2002 19.01.2025 1:10:35

Battle of the frog splash, tale of terrible tag teams, rule breaking hell in a cell and a second consecutive 28-day Undisputed Championship reign!

Week By Week: Pandas On Planet Stasiak 12.01.2025 59:33

5/13/02 Monday Night Raw is the topic of discussion this week!

Week By Week: Get The F Out 04.01.2025 48:00

A new series begins this week entitled Week By Week. Ian will dive deep into each week beginning with May 6, 2002, when the wrestling world was told to "get the F out".

Jeff Hardy 30.12.2024 1:47:52

Ian breaks down the career of one of the most emulated and enigmatic men in professional wrestling history, Jeff Hardy.

The Best Wrestlers To Never Become WWF/E Champion 14.12.2024 36:45

Tune in every week for a time machine trip of nostalgia!

Most influential wrestlers that never appeared in WWF/E 08.12.2024 46:34

Terry Funk 30.11.2024 41:11

Ian attempts to give tribute to the life and wrestling career of one of professional wrestling's most iconic names, Terry Funk.

W.O.N. Rewind Montreal Screwjob 23.11.2024 1:27:09