The Hard Way

Professor Degree and Blade Daily have a huge announcement about the podcast and discuss Survivor Series Showdown '91! It's a very fun discussion with some really interesting developments! Hercules could work, Skinner was terrible, Tito Santana was so much better than the El Matador gimmick and the Undertaker is poor man's Exorcist. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Blade Daily and Professor Degree are joined by special Australian guest dAdz to review AEW’s Grand Slam Australia from Saturday, February 14th. The trio breaks down the full card, match quality, pacing, and booking decisions from AEW’s major international event. This episode focuses on what Grand Slam Australia reveals about AEW’s current direction, standout performances across the show, and how t...

The Skyscrapers, the tag team composed of Sid Vicious and Dan Spivey, take on the Road Warriors in a Chicago Street Fight...but neither member of the Skyscrapers is Sid or Spivey? Ole Anderson blows up in his match against the Steiners in approximately 2 minutes. Sting is injured but makes an appearance and is awesome, Ric Flair and Lex Luger are wrestling...again. But the Midnight Express and Roc...

Professor Degree and Blade Daily are talking Royal Rumble 1990! Is the Ultimate Warrior one of the least coordinated human beings to ever live? Why does Haku keep helping Jimmy Snuka?! Did Bret Hart ever actually get eliminated?!! There's a lot of shenanigans but it's a damn fun watch! Watch the match: https://youtu.be/Kp4e5QmMVuo?si=bZUWuQfoq3zsrz08 Follow Us on Social Instagram: https://www.inst...

Brett, Blade and Degree are in the hizouse talking about Capital Combat 1990...the PPV by WCW not whatever terrible things are happening in actual America right now. Sting with Robocop! El Gigante is ready for laser tag! Mike Rotunda is a literal Captain of a boat! And there's the usual antagonism and ill will! Follow Us on Social Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thehardway.pod Threads: https:...

Brett, Blade and Professor Degree are back to talk about Georgia Championship Wrestling house show from the Omni in February 1984...3 months after Starrcade 1983, 14 months before the first Wrestlemania. Also, is the ref Tom Petty? And who does Degree describe as a "cotton-y goose"? Watch this show on YouTube: https://youtu.be/2B-jsn9tXGg?si=lPJEIXZXI_h7KWgK Follow Us on Social Instagram: https://...

Brett is back, Blade is sleep-deprived and Chadillac Margarita has Covid! The gang is joining up to discuss AWA Superclash II from 1987! An avalanche of uncle wrestlers! Brian Knobbs in a mask! Shawn Michaels before he knew what the heck he was doing and so much more! Watch AWA Superclash II: https://youtu.be/YBtQ7kTJ474?si=hbNGzDmgzAPIe6rG Watch Next Week's Show - Full Event: Ric Flair vs. Brad A...

Brett Michelle, Professor Degree, and Blade Daily gather around to review, rant, and rave about AEW Worlds End! Blade and Brett feel REAL different about the outcome of the C2 and have a cool conversation about the two perspectives. Plus - a LOT of people online super hate MJF! Follow Us on Social Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thehardway.pod Threads: https://www.threads.net/@thehardway.pod...

Brett is still on assignment so Blade Daily and Professor Degree sat down and just started ranting about John Cena, title belts as props, the art form of professional wrestling, comic books, and much more! Follow Us on Social Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thehardway.pod Threads: https://www.threads.net/@thehardway.pod Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/thehardwaypod.bsky.social Subscribe: ht...

Blade and Professor Degree are left alone to bicker and then review the glory that was AWA Superclash III. With a steaming mild crowd of almost 1800 people that dwindles to probably closer to 600 by the time the show's over, there is a never ending stream of technical failures, terrible finishes, and wrestlers with terrorist gimmicks to go around! Follow Us on Social Instagram: https://www.instagr...

Brett, Chadillac Margarita, and Blade Daily dive deep in to the glorified Monday Night RAW episode masquerading as a PPV that was WWE Vengeance 2001. 20 minute opening promo? Check! Meaningless mid-card matches that lead nowhere? Check! Undertaker needlessly squashing an up and coming talent? Oh yeah. Plus they pull off the delicate trick of crowning the first Undisputed WWE Champion without makin...

Blade Daily, Brett Michelle, Professor Degree and Antione talk all about the insane developments from AEW's Full Gear. Samoa Joe Supremacy?! Who saw THAT coming? Brodido going down in a blaze of glory (and maybe the match of the night), The Young Bucks turning babyface and mending the fence with Kenny and Jurassic Express...is there a new Elite? So much to discuss and so many different reactions!...

Professor Degree and Blade Daily are Brett-less, unsupervised but still fully clothed (thank God). The fellas are reviewing and ranting about one of WWF's best PPVs of the 90's, Canadian Stampede! Follow Us on Social Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thehardway.pod Threads: https://www.threads.net/@thehardway.pod Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/thehardwaypod.bsky.social Subscribe: https://sho...

Brett, Blade, and Chadilac Margarita aka Professor Degree are joined by up and coming indie sensation, the New-Age Anarchist, Vivian Cross, for another round of pro wrestling Jeopardy! Follow Vivian Cross Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/viviancross_ YouTube: https://youtube.com/@Vivian. Cross.x Threads: https://www.threads.com/@viviancross_ Follow Us on Social Instagram: https://www.instagram...

The gang is back and FINALLY gets to review a GOOD Halloween Havoc...right? RIGHT?! Well...in a show with great-on-paper matches like Cactus Jack vs. Vader, Ric Flair vs. Rick Rude, and Davey Boy Smith vs. Steven Regal....the highlight was a skit involving Tony Schiavone murdering children. Follow Us on Social Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thehardway.pod Threads: https://www.threads.net/@th...

Blade, Brett, and Degree are back to talk all about the insane, off-the-charts action from AEW WrestleDream! Bandido pins Okada! Jungle Jack is Jungle OVER, Takeshita is getting sick of Kazu’s sh*t, Darby almost drowns but stands tall, Sting is old and bad*ass and so much more! Follow Us on Social Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thehardway.pod Threads: https://www.threads.net/@thehardway.pod...

After a week off, Brett, Professor Degree and Blade Daily return to review one of the absolute worst PPV's of all time...WCW Halloween Havoc 2000. Look it's fake Stings (again)! A kickboxing match! Brian Adams and Bryan Clark are in the main event in a handicap match! It's...actually somehow worse than it sounds. Follow Us on Social Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thehardway.pod Threads: http...

Brett, Blade, and Professor Degree are joined by "Rookie Specialist" Books and Bodyslams to discuss Halloween Havoc '97! Yes, we get the legendary Eddie Guerrero vs. Rey Mysterio classic but...we also get Mongo vs. Alex Wright (and his salami)! Also classics like...Disco Inferno vs. Jacqueline! It's....well it's a show. Books has NEVER watched a WCW PPV before so it's extra funny hearing her react...

Blade Daily joins Professor Degree and Brett Michelle to talk all about AEW All Out from Toronto! Beth Copeland, anyone? Jurassic Express are back! Kris Statlander is glowing with gold! How does All Out compare in quality to the other PPVs this year? What are we leading to with WrestleDream? Follow Sit Down Shut Up Mark Out! Instagram: https://instagram.com/sitdownshutupmarkout Bluesky: https://bs...

We are joined by returning favorite Pippin as he hosts his own game of trivia, "Excuse Me"! That's right, Brett, Blade, and Professor Degree are going head to head for the first time ever and might just be the least cooperative contestants in the history of game shows. Lots of great wrestling facts, lots of laughs, and lots of competitive sh*t talk! Follow Us on Social Instagram: https://www.insta...

Brett, Degree and Blade are back to talk about WWF's Badd Blood '97 show, featuring the first EVER Hell in a Cell match between Shawn Michaels and the Undertaker! Plus - a month before the Montreal Screwjob, why is Bret Hart, the WWF Champion, wrestling in a tag team flag match...that also allows pinfalls and submissions...and also features Vader...as a BABYFACE?! There's many lows but the highs a...

Brett, Degree and Blade travel to Milwaukee, WI in 1992 for WCW Superbrawl II! A ridiculously dumb AND amazing show, we get Brett's incredible impersonation of Jesse Ventura, Jim Ross's feeble attempts to appear human on camera, Tony Schiavone's patent disdain for new Ken Doll, Eric Bischoff and Degree pops Blade so hard he falls out of his chair during the episode! Plus wrestling! Follow Us on So...

Blade and Professor Degree join forces to present another edition of SIT DOWN THE HARD WAY. The fellas are talking all about the incredible AEWxNJPW Forbidden Door PPV. BRODIDO IS FOR REAL! Will Ospreay might have died? Swerve has two legs still...right?! Follow Us on Social Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thehardway.pod Threads: https://www.threads.net/@thehardway.pod Bluesky: https://bsky.a...

Brett and Blade welcome their new permanent co-host, Professor Degree to The Hard Way and review ECW's finest PPV, Heatwave '98! Bill Alphonso has big-time tweaker energy, Taz has infinite aura, Bam Bam Bigelow shaved with the wrong razor, the Dudleys cut a 12 minute promo and much much more! Follow Us on Social Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thehardway.pod Threads: https://www.threads.net/@...

We love us a goofy-@ss PPV and Halloween Havoc '90 definitely fits the bill! Brett and Blade discuss - why were there so many tag matches? Sid beat Sting! Right? Did he beat Sting? We just saw him beat Sting but there's another Sting now. Huh. Nasty Boys are like Rocksteady and Bebop from TMNT! And gosh dang Arn Anderson was really good. Follow Us on Social Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the...