Talking Taker

We're taking the time-traveling hearse back across the pond as we revisit One Night Only on this month's BACK FROM THE DEAD! Join Alex and Travis as we explore a semi-forgotten classic between The Undertaker and Bret Hart in a match that was left off the original VHS release of this first ever U.K. exclusive PPV. The finish might have been wonky, but the match itself is one of the best of The Dead...

We're struttin' and cuttin' on a special bonus episode of Talking Taker! Join wrestling superfans Alex Doriot and Travis White on their exploration digging up The Dead Man as they bring on Manscaped Contest Winner Randy Turco to the show for a special episode dedicated to The Dead Man's haircut history throughout the years. Yes, really -  we're watching along with two classic Taker matches featuri...

IT'S WATCHALONG TIME! Join wrestling superfans Alex Doriot and Travis White on their encyclopedic exploration digging up The Dead Man as they look back at one of their favorite Undertaker WrestleMania matches of all tiz-iiiime: his epic encounter with CM Punk at WrestleMania 29. Longtime P.S.K. member Watchalong Tommy joins us as we look back at the match that stole - and arguably saved - this ent...

Hop in the time-traveling hearse on the road to WrestleMania as we bring our look at one of The Undertaker's most important Mania matches BACK FROM THE DEAD! This month we're taking you back to the truly epic showdown between The Phenom and his demonic brother Kane from WrestleMania 14. This year marks the 25 year anniversary of this, the initial face-off in their storied rivalry, arguably the gre...

OHHHH YESSSSSSSS! Join wrestling superfans Alex Doriot and Travis White on their encyclopedic exploration digging up The Dead Man as they pay tribute to the one and only William Moody - better known to us all as Paul Bearer - on the 10 year anniversary of his passing. After our monthly Undertaker Sightings segment (covering his Super Bowl commercial and more), we dive deep into the full career of...

Relive one of the most shocking moments of The Undertaker and Paul Bearer's careers with us as we bring another classic episode of Talking Taker BACK FROM THE DEAD! This month we're taking you back to the wild Boiler Room Brawl from SummerSlam 1996 between The Undertaker and Mankind that led to the unbelievable heel turn of Paul Bearer. It's a preview of our next all-new episode coming March 1st w...

We're taking you back to school on this month's Talking Taker as we give you a crash course in The Undertaker's signature match! Join wrestling superfans Alex Doriot and Travis White on their encyclopedic exploration digging up The Dead Man as they analyze over 40 years of one of the most unique match styles in professional wrestling history - The Casket Match. Or wait, is it a Coffin Match? We'll...

Count down to this year's Royal Rumble with us as we bring another classic episode of Talking Taker BACK FROM THE DEAD! This month we're throwing it back to our first ever Rumble Watch-Along as Travis and Alex laugh themselves silly watching the 97 Rumble. Cue up the match and watch with us as we struggle to remember luchador names, poke fun at the fans in the audience, talk about our time working...

You didn't think we'd let a year go by without a Royal Rumble Watch-Along, did ya? That's right - it's a very special BONUS episode of Talking Taker as we're joined by Mike and J.V. of The Bottom Line Wrestling Cast for a 25 Year Anniversary look back at the 1998 Royal Rumble win of Stone Cold Steve Austin! The Dead Man doesn't have anything to do with this match, but that's ok because we're joine...

We've got some true fireworks in store as we light up a new year on this month's Talking Taker! Join wrestling superfans Alex Doriot and Travis White on their encyclopedic exploration digging up The Dead Man as we celebrate the 25 year anniversary of the greatest Casket Match of all time - The Undertaker vs Shawn Michaels from Royal Rumble 1998. It's the epic finale of the late 90s era of their ri...

Ring in the holidays with us on Talking Taker as we bring this classic episode BACK FROM THE DEAD! This time around we're looking back at some Season's Beatings between The Undertaker and King Mabel at the December 1995 In Your House. Not only is it a match from a holiday PPV, it's also a holiday-themed episode of Talking Taker as Travis and Alex reminisce about their favorite wrestling-related Ch...

Travel back in time with us to a 1992 Saturday Morning as we rewatch some classic WWF Superstars on this month's Talking Taker! Join wrestling superfans Alex Doriot and Travis White on their encyclopedic exploration digging up The Dead Man as they reminisce about the days of waking up early on the weekends to get your wrestling fix and take a look back at two momentous showdowns involving The Unde...

Cue up your VCR and travel back in our time-traveling hearse to the early 90s with us on Talking Taker as we bring this classic episode BACK FROM THE DEAD! This time around we're revisit our review of a Coliseum Video tribute to The Undertaker called "He Buries Them Alive!"  When we first reviewed this tape back in 2018 it wasn't available yet on the WWE Network - but it is now streaming on Peacoc...

What would happen if The Undertaker walked through wrestling's Forbidden Door in 2023? That's the question we're asking on this month's Talking Taker! Join wrestling superfans Alex Doriot and Travis White on their encyclopedic exploration digging up The Dead Man as we fantasy book 10 matches pitting The Phenom against the best that AEW and New Japan have to offer. It seems like anything can happen...

Celebrate the spooky season with us on Talking Taker as we bring this classic episode BACK FROM THE DEAD and revisit our coverage of WWF In Your House: Buried Alive! Alex and Travis analyze the first ever Buried Alive match, a match that truly holds up and gets better with age between The Undertaker and Mankind 26 years ago in October of 1996. Hop in the time-traveling hearse with us and enjoy thi...

It's the 20 year anniversary of our #1 match of The Undertaker's Biker Era! Join wrestling superfans Alex Doriot and Travis White on their encyclopedic exploration digging up the career of The Dead Man as they take their time-traveling hearse back to October 20th 2002 for a Watch-Along of the classic Hell In A Cell match for the Undisputed Championship between Taker and Brock Lesnar. It's one of t...

Our next brand new episode of Talking Taker is coming this Saturday October 1st, and we'll be looking back at the main event of No Mercy 2002 for it's 20th anniversary! It's an absolutely iconic and violent Hell In A Cell battle between The Undertaker and Brock Lesnar for the WWE Championship. We will look back at the match we rated the number 1 of the Biker Taker Era on a special Watch-Along styl...

It's the team-up you've all been waiting for us to discuss - The Undertaker and Scooby-Doo! Join meddling kids and wrestling superfans Alex Doriot and Travis White on their encyclopedic exploration digging up The Dead Man as they trade out their time-traveling hearse for a trip in the Mystery Machine and review this wild animated film from 2016 featuring a mash-up of Mystery Inc. and the WWE. But...

It's the 5 Year Anniversary of Talking Taker! Join wrestling superfans Alex Doriot and Travis White as they celebrate Half A Decade Of Destruction digging up the career of The Dead Man with this special episode. We kick things off with a supersized edition of Undertaker Sightings looking back at news and notes from his multiple TV specials in the month of July. We look back at the hilarious storie...

In July of 2002, three of the greatest WWE superstars of all-time did battle for the WWE Championship and history was made. Join wrestling superfans Alex Doriot and Travis White on their encyclopedic exploration digging up The Dead Man as we take the time-traveling hearse back to Vengeance 2002 to revisit one of our favorite matches that just doesn't get enough love on its 20th anniversary - The U...

It's time to plug in your VCR and rewind with us to the days of Coliseum Video on this month's Talking Taker! Join wrestling superfans Alex Doriot and Travis White on their encyclopedic exploration digging up The Dead Man as they dive into some of the Undertaker's early Home Video Classics! These WWF compilation videos were a staple of growing up as a wrestling fan in the early 90s and they contai...

Now that The Undertaker has entered the Hall Of Fame, we're ranking the greatest entrances of his career on our very special 200th episode! Join wrestling superfans Alex Doriot and Travis White on their encyclopedic exploration of The Undertaker's career as they rank and debate the Top 10 most epic entrances of The Dead Man. That means we're talking all the grand WrestleMania walks, hearses, chari...

As The Undertaker takes his rightful spot in the WWE Hall Of Fame, we turn this very special episode of Talking Taker over to his most loyal Creatures Of The Night! Join wrestling superfans Alex Doriot and Travis White as they take a backseat in their time-traveling hearse this week and present a collection of messages from listeners of the podcast paying tribute to The Phenom and saying #ThankYou...

Scott Hall. Razor Ramon. The Bad Guy. Whatever you want to call him, he was one of our all-time favorite wrestlers. And with his untimely and sudden passing earlier this week, we wanted to pay tribute to a legendary performer that we never covered in the original run of Talking Taker since he surprisingly never had a PPV match with Taker. Join wrestling superfans Alex Doriot and Travis White on th...

The Ministry Of Darkness is one of the greatest factions in WWE history - but what if we could make it better? That's the question we're asking on an all new Talking Taker! Join wrestling superfans Alex Doriot and Travis White and on their journey digging up The Dead Man as they welcome back friend of the show Randy Turco for a one of a kind Fantasy Draft crafting an all-time Ministry Of Darkness...