Talk 'N Wrestling

Issue # 62 ... Psycho Mike Currently one half of Toronto's Smash Wrestling tag team champions the Well Oiled Machines, Psycho Mike joins us here on today's show. We talk about some of his matches, such as his recent Tables, Ladders & Boxes match. Mike tells us the history of the Box. What's in the box? We talk about him wrestling for Destiny wrestling, Superkick'd and Smash. His tryouts with I...

Issue # 61 ... Simon Rakoff Simon is a professional Canadian Comedian who's had tv appearances with Just For Laughs, Halifax Comedyfest, & Winnipeg Comedy Festival. Simon is also a life long wrestling fan. Last time he performed at the Winnipeg fest, the host of his televised gala was none other than Winnipeg's favourite son Chris Jericho. Today we're all over the map. Talking about Impact tap...

Issue # 60 ... Stone Rockwell Stone Rockwell is a man of action & adventure. He's an action adventurer! Not only that, he wrestles for Impact Wrestling as well as Destiny Westling here in Toronto. He's on the show today not only talk'n wrestling but he's telling us about some of his adventures as well as outlooks on life. If you love wrestling and enjoy adventure this is the issue for you. Oh,...

Issue # 59 ... Jan Murphy Finally Jan Murphy has come back to the TNWpod! Wrestling journalist & promoter Jan is back from Brooklyn where he was covering SummerSlam for his 3rd straight year. We hear all about his weekend. We find out how well WWE treats the International media that they invite for the annual summer supercard. Jan interviewed Ember Moon, Jeff Hardy, Kevin Owens. Speaking of Ke...

Issue # 58 ... Nick Carter Nick Carter is a Canadian stand up comedian from Ottawa, Canada. He's performed at Montreal's international comedy festival, Just For Laughs and has been heard on CBC's hit show, Debaters. This week, we discuss the current state of Virgil. The evolution of women's wrestling. The difficulties of being a barber as a wrestler and other wrestlers who also had "day jobs" aka,...

Issue # 57... Harry. D the Referee Impact Wrestling Referee Harry Demerjian joins us on todays issue. We're talking all things Impact. Slammiversary was recently in Toronto, followed by 2 nights of Explosion Tapings in the Impact Zone. Here we are a few weeks later and Impact is back in Toronto for 2 more nights of tapings. Aside from that, we learn how Harry got into wrestling and how he became a...

Issue # 56 ... Jamie Koharski This week we have former AHL Referee Jaimie Koharski. Jaimie is a second generation hockey referee. His father being legendary NHL referee Don Koharski, Jaimie shares a passion for wrestling. We wanted to have him on to see if there were any similarities between refs in hockey and refs in wrestling. We also talk about the recent passing of wrestlers Brickhouse Brown,...

Issue # 55 ... John Sheehan John is a Canadian comedian who has appeared on CBC's Halifax Comedy fest and has been heard on Debaters on CBC radio as well. A life long wrestling fan finally has had the time to visit us here on TNW. We talk about wresting's competition and other fake sports. The importance of being good on the mic & the Rock. John also tells us some of his live experiences with...

Issue ... # 54 Shawn Lebrun Shawn Lebrun is an old high school buddy of our host Casey Corbin. The two share a love for Van Halen, and a passion for wrestling. They talk about growing up watching the Montreal territory, International Wrestling. Rougeau's vs Garvin's. We also discuss Braun Strowman cashing in on Brock Lesnar. Meeting Edward Van Halen & Dudes with Attitudes and Casey learns that...

Issue # 53... Tyson Dux Tyson Dux is a Canadian indy wrestling legend. 20 years in, he's one of the most respected performers out there. Performing for SmashTO, Superkick'd, Barrie Wrestling, C4 and several others. He's had runs in ROH, WWE and Impact. This issue, we chat about the time he wrestled Mark Jindrak on WWE Velocity when he tore his ACL. Kevin Owens was asked are they're in indy guys ou...

Issue # 52... One Year Anniversary with Vince Averill One of our favourite guests returns for a second visit. Vince Averill is one of the hosts of We Watch Wrestling Podcast. A very popular Headgum podcast based out of L.A. We talk about the current state of wrestling. How are summers are shaping up wrestling wise. Indie promotions like PWG, Smash TO, CZW, Bar Wrestling are mentioned as well Rhond...

Issue # 51... Arda Ocal Arda Ocal is the creator and original host of Aftermath, a WWE weekly recap show on the Score, now known as Sportsnet 360. He would eventually work with the WWE as Kyle Edwards. Doing segments for WWE.com and a variety of other jobs. Arda tells us how he got to host a limited edition Canadian WWE DVD titled, "Our Nation's Pride" The Best of Canadian Superstars. Speaking of...

Issue # 50 ... Spencer "Spenny" Rice From the popular comedy series Kenny vs. Spenny, actor, comedian, musician, writer and wrestling enthusiast Spencer Rice joins us. We talk about the lost art of wrestling managers. The time the Iron Sheik showed up in the episode of Kenny vs. Spenny. When it comes to Kenny vs Spenny, does Spencer consider himself the heel or face? He tells us his favourite matc...

TNW # 49...Jim Connolly aka Old School Eddington James Jim Connolly is known to Canadian wrestling fans as Old School Eddington James. Ontario's oldest professional wrestling referee. Starting his career back when he was 45, Old School has worked for over a dozed indie promotions. Over the years he's worked with talent like, Kushida,Tyson Dux,Ty Dillinger, Harry Smith, Fit Finlay, Ultimo Dragon St...

ISSUE # 48 ... David Andrew Brent & Dan Rice The guys from Brickworks Entertainment have dropped into Never Sleeps Network Studio to talk about the latest show they're producing, An Evening With Ken Shamrock; Stories from the road, in and out of the ring. Not only are they talking about that, they're telling us about their previous shows. So you'll hear stories of Jake The Snake Roberts, Ted D...

Issue # 47 ... RJ City RJ leaves no medium untouched. He can be seen as 'Gildar' in the kids show 'Splatalot' airing on Nickelodeon, BBC. He has appearances on the Disney Channel, ABC Spark and Teletoon as well as starring alongside Kevin Nash and Robert Maillet in 'Monster Brawl', currently available on Netflix. His professional wrestling exploits have lead him across an ever-growing list of citi...

Issue # 46 … Ken Shamrock!! UFC Hall of Famer & WWE legend Ken Shamrock is here on NeverSleepsNetwork’s Talk’N Wrestling and he’s doing just that. For 30 minutes the world’s most dangerous man tells us about his first Wrestlemania, being the ref for Bret Hart Vs Steve Austin’s legendary submission match. We also talk about the comparisons and differences between MMA and WWE. Also discussed is...

Issue # 45 … Matt McCarthy!! You’ve seen him on Conan and on Corporate, the new Comedy Central hit. The host of We Watch Wrestling podcast on Headgum is here finally to talk some wrestling. On the show we talk about All In. CM Punks appearance/meet & greet in Chicago All In weekend. The recent episode of Table of 3 with Aj Styles, Shane McMahon & Kurt Angle. PWG’s final weekend and new hom...

Issue # 44… Tommy Dreamer!! House of Hardcore is coming to Napanee On, Canada on June 1st. NeverSleepsNetwork’s Talk’N Wrestling is a proud sponsor. So Tommy called the show to chat with our host, Casey Corbin. Was Tommy a fan of wrestling growing up? We find out. He tells us who his favourite opponent was. Explains how important of finding the right persona is. Now that the Dudley’s are in the WW...

Issue #43 … Jason Harper & Sons!! Jason Harper from the Issue #18 is back and he brought his sons. His sons are Jameson (12 years old) and Jake (10 years old) and they just went through their first WWE experience. Along with host Casey Corbin, The Triple J attended recent WWE SmackdownLive house show in Ottawa, Canada. Today they’re on the show to review the 7 matches and Miz Tv segment. All o...

Issue #42 ...Jason Agnew Jason Agnew the former producer / host of The LAW Live Audio Wrestling has dropped into NeverSleepsNetwork Studio making his 1st appearance on Talk’N Wrestling. Jason tells us of his new show Sunday Night’s Main Event on TSN Radio based out of Hamilton. We learn of how he got into wrestling. How he wasn’t allowed to watch then one night he saw a Saturday Nights Main Event...

Issue # 41 … Jeff McEnery!! Talk’N Wrestling Alumni Jeff McEnery (previously in issues #1 & #22) is back in the Never Sleeps Network environment. We’re talking about my upcoming tour with Hacksaw Jim Duggan. Then rolling into the Wrestlemania weekend. Casey & Jeff review the WWE Hall Of Fame Ceremony. NXT TakeOver and of course the grand daddy of them all…Wrestlemania. We break down each m...

Issue #40 …Pete Zedlacher!! Canadian comedy giant Pete Zedlacher, winner of Sirius XM Top Comic, Canadian Comedy Award for Top Male Comedian and 7 times Just For Laughs Alumni joins us to share his stories involving wrestling. When Pete was a writer The Hour With George Stroumboulopoulos on CBC, he had several brushes with wrestlers. He wrote a sketch for Bret Hart. Hulk Hogan dropped by, Pete got...

Issue #39...The State of the Union Address Talk’N Wrestling host Casey Corbin is out on the road performing comedy. In this issue he is alone and he’s giving the TNW peeps the details on some upcoming events involving the show and possible guests and interviews. Upcoming dates are listed with Hacksaw Jim Duggan, The world’s most dangerous man Ken Shamrock and find out what major indie brand of wre...

Issue # 38… Ryan Horwood!! Ryan Horwood is a professional comedian / actor. As a comedian he tours with Yuk Yuks in Canada. As an actor you might have seen him in commercials, or YTV’s Monster Warriors, “Howie Do It” with Howie Mandell and A&E’s Breakout Kings. Today he joins us in the TNW/Comedy Dojo as we discuss what our gimmick would be if we were wrestlers. Who throws the best dropkick? W...