Talking Smark Wrestling Podcast

And another great Hell in a Cell match back again in 2002, this time featuring Brock Lesnar defending his title against The Undertaker in possibly their best match ever. Also the culmination of HHH and Kane's Katie Vick feud, Ric Flair thankfully working heel again, multiple tag team championship matches and more RIGHT HERE on Talking Smark! Tune in to our Twitch streams, where we rebook AEW in th...

THAT'S GOTTA BE DOINK! Shawn and Tony step back to 1997 for Badd Blood! It's the all time classic, THE TAG TEAM FLAG MATCH! Just kidding, it's the first ever Hell in a Cell, and of course, the impactful debut of Kane! Does it still hold up to cell matches from today? Find out RIGHT HERE on Talking Smark! Tune in to our Twitch streams, where we rebook AEW in the classic game Extreme Warfare Revenge...

And back to 1997 this week for WWF One Night Only, the first WWF event to actually be presented as a Pay Per View in the UK, via Sky Box Office! Is it as bad as the Royal Albert Hall show? A very long Bret and Undertaker match that was missing from the US VHS of this tape, the nuclear heat for Bulldog dropping the European title to Shawn Michaels, Hawk's nonsensical poem promo and more RIGHT HERE...

Join Shawn and Tony for another watchalong this week, this time going all the way back to January of 2000 for an absolute classic of a match - the HHH and Cactus Jack street fight! Does it hold up to Foley's other classics? Get your Peacock out and hop along for the ride RIGHT HERE on Talking Smark! Tune in to our Twitch streams, where we rebook AEW in the classic game Extreme Warfare Revenge! htt...

Tony and Shawn zone in on 2002 once again for this week's episode, covering UNFORGIVEN from 9/22/02 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles! Featuring a classic between Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit, planting the seeds of the Evolution stable in HHH vs RVD, and a non-finish match between Brock Lesnar and The Undertaker! How does it hold up today? All that and more RIGHT HERE on Talking Smark!   Tu...

Shawn and Tony take a deep dive all the way back to 1994 for a long awaited listener requested show! The final seeds are planted for Bret and Owen's WrestleMania X match, Yokozuna and Undertaker's infamous casket match, and Lex Luger and Bret Hart's co-winning Rumble controversy! All this and more RIGHT HERE on Talking Smark! Tune in to our first Twitch stream on Wednesday 9/14 at 5PM Pacific Time...

On this week’s Talking Smark we head back to 1997 again for the 25th anniversary of In Your House: Ground Zero. This was the first In Your House PPV offered at the regular non-reduced price point, and the first In Your House at 3 hours long! Undertaker and Shawn Michaels tear the house down, and the Patriot is actually a decent worker? All this and more RIGHT HERE on Talking Smark! Tune in to our...

This week, Brother Tony and Señor Shawn view two truly WONDERFUL demonstrations of athletic exhibition! That’s right, it’s DELETION WEEK here on the cast of pod, and we’re doing a watchalong of the Final and Ultimate Deletion matches! Hop in your chair of wheels, mower of lawn or dilapidated boat, and join us for the ride! You can listen to this and EVERY episode of Talking Smark on YouTube, where...

We’re back to 2002 this week as Shawn and Tony dive in to one of the year’s better events, Summerslam 2002! On this 20th anniversary deep dive, Brock Lesnar is anointed the youngest champion in company history, HHH and HBK have their absolute classic, and most importantly, Howard Finkel has the wiener! All this and more on THIS WEEK’S Talking Smark! You can listen to this and EVERY episode of Talk...

Before Bash at the Beach, there was BEACH BLAST! Join Shawn and Tony as they watch one of Mick Foley's favorite matches from early in his career against Sting. Cactus Jack was brought in supposedly short term to put Sting over, but their string of matches that ultimately culminated in this PPV main event cemented Foley's spot for his second run in WCW. Oh, and in typical early WCW and Bill Watts e...

It's SummerSlam season! And you know what that means, Shawn and Tony head back to 1997 to review another classic. Bret Hart vs Undertaker for the WWF Championship, Steve Austin's infamous neck injury against Owen Hart, HHH vs Mankind in the blue steel cage and more, right here on TALKING SMARK! You can listen to this and EVERY episode of Talking Smark on YouTube, where you can also find bonus cont...

Shawn and Tony do another watchalong, this time of WWF Smackdown from Thursday, July 5th 2001 (filmed Tuesday, July 3rd 2001) featuring the memorable Kurt Angle cowboy hat segment, and the second and LAST WCW main event on WWF television (filmed the night after the now infamous Booker T vs Buff Bagwell WCW Raw match) - oh, and Shawn was THERE. So get your Peacock out and join us this week RIGHT HE...

Shawn and Tony are joined by special guest and Talking Smark's Chief WCW Correspondent, Mattscott, and return to 2002 to cover Vengeance! Featuring a triple threat match with The Rock, Kurt Angle and The Undertaker, a tag team titles match with Edge and Hulk Hogan, another bout between Lesnar and RVD, and the PPV debut of both John Cena and the 20 minute Triple H segment! Is Eric Bischoff's first...

Shawn and Tony swerve the listeners and pull a sidebar, returning to 1996 for the first time since Mania Month! Undertaker takes on Goldust and ruins the arena, but there's only one question. IS this Mick Foley's greatest match at the time? Listen in to this week's TALKING SMARK  You can listen to this and EVERY episode of Talking Smark on YouTube, where you can also find bonus content, archi...

Can Shawn and Tony no-selling their lack of a promised special guest add up to Shawn Michaels' over-selling Hulk Hogan's offense? Tune in to this week's TALKING SMARK to watch along with an ALL-TIME CLASSIC... Or is it? You can listen to this and EVERY episode of Talking Smark on YouTube, where you can also find bonus content, archived episodes and more! http://talkingsmark.com Questions or topic...

Shawn and Tony return from watchalongs back to 1997, and this week they're covering what is supposedly one of the greatest Pay Per View events of all time! Key word - SUPPOSEDLY. Does this one hold up in 2022 against jaded smart mark eyes? Tune in to this week's TALKING SMARK to find out. You can listen to this and EVERY episode of Talking Smark on YouTube, where you can also find bonus content, a...

This week, get your Peacock out and join Tony and Shawn for two classic ladder matches in 2002, Rob Van Dam vs. Eddie Guerrero for the Intercontinental Championship, and Undertaker vs. Jeff Hardy for the World Championship. Also, comments on Jeff Hardy’s most recent DUI arrest and MORE on TALKING SMARK! Watchalong details: Eddie Guerrero vs. Rob Van Dam from Raw 5/27/02 (S10 E21) – 1:11:07 Jeff Ha...

Shawn and Tony met up IN PERSON and obviously decided to watch one of the greatest wrestling events of all time, bro - TNA's first ever PPV from 6/19/2002! Cue up your YouTube to the official upload, titled "FULL EVENT: The First TNA Pay-Per-View EVER! (June 19, 2002)" and join us for a night of Johnsons, Flying Elvises, and The Wall as a main event star, bro. Nothing could POSSIBLY go wrong, bro!...

Shawn and Tony return from their 1997 to cover another King of the Ring, this time it’s 2002! Brock Lesnar is cemented as the “Next Big Thing,” Chris Jericho vs. RVD, Ric Flair against Eddie Guerrero, and Undertaker defends the undisputed title against HHH! Can Kurt Angle carry Hulk Hogan through a decent match? Does it hold up to the upward trend in 2002 PPVs, or did the Plane Ride From Hell, ros...

This week, Shawn and Tony head back to 1997 and cover King of the Ring! There's a Shawn Michaels/Steve Austin match, so it can't be that bad, right? ...Right?! You can listen to this and EVERY episode of Talking Smark on YouTube, where you can also find bonus content, archived episodes and more! http://talkingsmark.com Questions or topic suggestions? Contact the show at TalkingSmarkWrestling@gmail...

Join Shawn and Tony for one of Steve Austin's final RAW appearances before he took his ball and went home. Also, Ric Flair and Stone Cold's first and only singles match! Who needs new Stranger Things and Star Wars when you can listen to us talk about Tommy Dreamer eating his own vomit?! You can listen to this and EVERY episode of Talking Smark on YouTube, where you can also find bonus content, arc...

Continuing with 20th Anniversaries in 2002, Shawn and Tony cover the first PPV event where the World Wrestling Federation becomes World Wrestling Entertainment, The Undertaker wins the WWE Championship from Hulk Hogan, Kurt Angle loses his hair to Edge, and Paul Heyman scores a pinfall victory! All of this and more on this week's TALKING SMARK! You can listen to this and EVERY episode of Talking S...

Shawn and Tony cover their second UK Exclusive PPV event - this time it's WWF Insurrextion 2002! This event is during the tour that culminated in the now-infamous Plane Ride From Hell. Is it better than the Prince Albert Memorial Battle Royal At The Hall, or does it feel like a house show again? Can HHH have a better match with Undertaker than he did with Hogan? All this and more on this week's TA...

Staying with the theme and 25th anniversary of 1997 events this week, Tony and Shawn cover the perhaps less-than-memorable Undertaker title defense against Stone Cold Steve Austin. Does Ken Shamrock's debut live up to the hype? Can Mankind carry Rocky through a decent match? Who let Flash Funk wear those boots, and can ANYONE sit through an Ahmed Johnson gauntlet match and enjoy the rest of a show...

Shawn and Tony continue on into 1997 for the RAW following In Your House 14: Revenge of the Taker. Does writing off Bret Hart's injury in storyline give us some of the best segments of all time? Did Ahmed Johnson have his best match yet? When the hell is the HHH and Goldust feud going to end? Brian Pillman rocks some tie-dye Zubaz, all of this and more on this week's Talking Smark! You can listen...