The Monumental Podcast

We are back with Erick Stevens, the 2007 Wrestling Observer Rookie of the Year! In part 1 we talk how Erick got into the business, how he met Roderick Strong followed by some incredible Roddy stories, how horrible the Florida indies were in the aughts, tape trading, FIP, Steve Madison, and his introduction into ROH with the Gang Wars of 2007. Erick is incredibly open about his career, the guys he...

We are back, this time to talk about Nigel McGuinness, the undisputed greatest champion in ROH history! The 90's Rememberer Nut Bunnies joins Hulkamatt to talk Nigel, his heel turn, Gabe Sapolsky's questionable booking in 2008, Adam Pearce's questionable booking in 2009 and so much more! Lots of talk about one of the most interesting year's in Ring of Honor.

We are back with the history of TNA! We go in depth on Jonny Fairplay's TNA run and a bit about his pre TNA wrestling career! Learn about his crazy contract with TNA, how he got it, how TNA immediately violated it and much more! Sources: Bryan Alvarez, Figure 4 Daily, Interview with Jonny Fairplay Bryan Alvarez, Figure 4 Weekly, various 2003/2004 issues Alex Marvez, "No Wrestling With a Conscience...

Game Changer Wrestling presented THE DYNASTY in Asbury Park NJ and what a show it was! Join us in the car (so the sound quality is no good!) as we rundown the card including PCO vs Masato Tanaka, Orange Cassidy vs Kikutaro, Nick Gage, KTB, Jungle Boy, Motorcycle Enthusiast Shlak, Teddy Hart promos with no Teddy Hart and more!

It's the 50th episode! We're going to pretend this is a big mega episode when it was just going to be more history of TNA! Join us as Hulkamatt gives his thoughts on the #NY64, we read from Russo's book, dive into his 2003 booking run, his firing from the company, what this meant for storylines, how they took a TNA like turn, Joe E Legend's Wikipedia and most importantly... HULKAMATT PREDICTS THE...

The New York 64 is a tournament to establish the most disgusting thing WWE has (allegedly) ever done. Please follow @NY64Tournament on twitter https://twitter.com/NY64Tournament and vote in each round. The 4 way play in rounds begin today! On one bracket we have policies or events that are more business practices than storyline events. On the other we have gimmicks, angles, storylines and other te...

Join us for a review of the Best of Music 14 and Game Changer Wrestling: Tha G Code! Hear all about problematic bikers, Teddy Hart, perhaps the craziest death match of the year, and your main event Nick Gage vs Jack Evans!

We are back with the history of TNA! This time we go into Hulk Hogan's planned debut with TNA at Bound for Glory 2003. What was the plan? What were they thinking? No really, what were they thinking? Also Hulkamatts of the Week. Sources: TNA Press Release Bryan Alvarez's Figure 4 Weekly

Writer Cath returns to the show to talk about her experience on The Jericho Cruise, AKA The Chris Jericho Rock and Rager At Sea! Find out who threatened to murder her in cold blood, what was great, what was less great and who was the coolest cat at sea. Over an hour of memories of the greatest cruise in the history of wrestling!

Have you heard about the Nitro book everyone is talking about? Well, some people are talking about. You may have heard it's incredibly well researched and better than the Death of WCW. Is it? We'll go into the good, bad and ugly of the book. Who is it for? What does it get right, what does it get wrong? Join us for almost 90 minutes of analysis of the most significant wrestling book of 2018! For m...

This podcast is not about wrestling, it's about Bobby Fischer. Why? Because Hulkamatt was watching a bunch of chess and suddenly discovered Bobby Fischer was not such a great guy. So I linked him to an article and it was decided we should do an episode. So join us for an episode where Hulkamatt does half of the talking and we discuss the life and times of Chess Grand Master, World Champion, Anti-S...

We are back with the history of TNA! We have some major shake ups in TNA Management in May of 2003 and we are here to cover them. Who is in? Who is out? How will TNA try to become a national player? Join us to find out! Sources: Borash, Jeremy. "From the Inside" accessed 10/13/18 https://web.archive.org/web/20030629182413/http://nwatna.com:80/2003/06/27/inside.shtml Alvarez, Bryan, Figure 4 Weekly...

Now with fixed audio! Join @ChampJulius and I as we go in depth about LA Park vs Rush! We talk both men's careers, how the feud began, what makes it so great, where LA Park might be going from here, our favorite matches, our favorite spots, and so much more. This was meant to be an hour long but when we did an off the cuff history of LA Park's career and a bit on Rush there was no stopping things!...

We are back! After the Hulkamatt of the Week we get to this week's topic, Joanie Laurer (Chyna) and her run in New Japan! How did Antonio Inoki decide to bring her in? How was her big match with Chono promoted? Why did he decide to make her a shooter? Find out in this tribute to Inokiism! My notes were corrupted right before recording so I lost my sources. Beyond cagematch, the Best Damn Sports Sh...

We are back with a special guest! Bryan of Street Fight Radio joins Hulkamatt to predict 15 year old tournaments they've barely ever heard of! They'll pick winners from the Anarchy Alliance and infamous Hard 10 Tournaments! Plus Hulkamatt reviews Jarrett vs Raven, we watch the finals of the Hard 10 tournament and give the history of BEER Wrestling! An action packed show.

It's the third and final part of your SEX Education! We go through the Raven vs Jarrett feud, the return of Russo, the power struggles, everything we can think of! Plus a Hulkamatt of the Week that exposes how long it took me to edit this. Sources: Watching 100 TNA PPVs and Dave Meltzer's LAW recaps from March through June 2003

Hulkamatt is back so that means it is time to continue the history of TNA! We start with the debut of Raven, and talk about all the big names, Nikita, Dusty, Schiavone, Larry Legend, The Road Warriors, all of the brave heroes who stood up to Vince Russo and SEX! We'll be back with SEX Part 3! Sources: OWW's SEX Guide and their TNA recaps were very useful in figuring out what happened when and how!...

We're back, well I'm back because Hulkamatt is still sick! I'm joined by Writer Cath (@W_Cath_SA) to review WWA The Inception! Yes another World Wrestling All Stars PPV! We'll discuss the show, events surrounding the show and delve more into the early "Internet Wrestling Community" by taking a look at Scott Keith's review of it. Sources: Keith, Scott "The Smark Rant for WWA The Revolution" 2/25/02...

Hulkamatt is sick, so we are on a brief hiatus from the history of TNA which means it is a great time to invite Nut Bunnies back on the show to discuss Bryan Danielson's ROH title reign! We go through what led up to it, the major stories, the matches, the injuries, memories of the time, some repetitive booking and some great booking! Join us for 2 hours of Danielson plus this week's Deej Award!

Warning: This is a non wrestling episode! In fact this episode may appeal to no one on the planet! Join us as Hulkamatt, Nut Bunnies, musical visionary CJM Venter and myself go through the history of the Beast of Music, a series of mix tapes of bad music we made in the late aughts. After Venter tells us about his 2003 summer vacation for 10 minutes we discuss musical legends such as: Jan Terri, Co...

We close out 2002 with the end of Jerry's diary! Jerry sends an email to Jeff outlining why Jeff Jarrett will be a great NWA Champion and how the fans will love him. He buries R-Truth, buries Jeff, buries Dixie, buries Russo and well buries everyone. Also this week's Deej Award winner! Sources: Jarrett, Jerry, the Story of the Development of the NWA TNA, Trafford, 2004. D'Lo Brown's TNA debut vide...

Our review of Game Changer Wrestling: Zandig Tournament of Survival 3! Warning: This is a car episode, if you don't want to listen to lower than usual audio quality, skip this one! Hear about all of the matches, all the crazy death match stuff we remember, Nick Gage, the Nazi collaborator, Ciclope, PCO, Joey Janela, the insane weapons, and so much more! This show was so crazy we forgot about a dud...

We are back to talk about sexual harassment in TNA! Namely with regard to Goldy Locks. What happened to her? What did TNA do? What did she do? Plus more on her career and CRUSH EM CELL PHONE! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7TeqPm1KyE Also this week's winner of the True Warrior Award! Sources Jarrett, Jerry. The Story of the Development of the NWATNA, Trafford 2004. Bruce, S. More on TNA Lawsuits...

We take a break from the history of TNA to invite the world famous "Nut Bunnies" on the show to pay tribute to TAKESHI MORISHIMA! The greatest ROH Champion of all time! This Morishima sized episode clocks in at almost 3 hours long as we discuss his match with Samoa Joe and his title reign as well as a bit about the overall ROH product at the time. Join us for a match by match history of Morishima...

Jerry Jarrett's life gets turned upside down, then he decides to quit, then he decides not to, and invents SEX! Join us for the origin story of Sports Entertainment Xtreme, one of the worst stables and storylines in wrestling history. Sources: Jarrett, Jerry. The Story of the Development of the NWATNA, Trafford 2004. Johnson, Matt "Catching Up with Jerry Jarrett" SLAM Sports http://slam.canoe.com/...