The Pink and Black Playback

We watched it so you don't have to, the year 2000 supernatural drama TV series, The Immortal. It's a paint-by-numbers affair mixing the worst bits from shows LIke Buffy and The Highlander. Bret appears in two episodes as "Randle" a demon that hunts down other demons at the bequest of his boss, who we can only assume is Satan because the show never tells us.

Part of this project is understanding that not every match is a 30-minute classic, so today we're bringing you 3 quick matches from 1992, two of them even made it to TV. First, we have the tag match no one asked for, Bret and Ultimate Warrior vs Kamala and Papa Shango, then Virgil challenges for the title and finally, Bret takes on the man, the myth, the mullet, Barry Horowitz. If you still ha...

Howdy, Markerinos. On today's episode, we reminisce about the brief period when Virgil was a white-hot babyface. After that, we talk about Bret vs Bam Bam Bigelow and the entirely ridiculous concept that is the King of the Ring Tournament. After that, we ramble about how Ted DiBiase has surpassed his own gimmick by being an absurdly evil rich guy in real life.

On this episode, Bret defends the belt against heel Diesel in a pretty good cage match with a garbage finish. We also discuss Wrestlemania 39 and Vinny Mac's preternatural ability to avoid all consequences for his actions. After that, we review our visit to the Bret Hart themed bar in Calgary. Spoiler alert, it was very pink.

Happy anniversary, Marks. One year and 28 episodes later the Playback is still going strong. It's been a big year for both of us and this podcast, as 4/10 as it is, has been an important part of that. Hopefully, we've given you some entertainment over these last 12 months of marking out for Bret Hart. On today's episode, we discuss an all-time great, Bret Hart vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin at Surviv...

Howdy, Marks! You can now find the new episode of our movie podcast, Look Who's Siskel and Ebert Now! available for your listening pleasure at anchor.fm/siskelandebertnow .  It might take a few days for it to appear in your favourite podcasting aggregator, but hopefully, by the end of February, it will be on all major platforms. The new Episode of Pink and Black Playback will be available in...

We're back after our winter break, did you miss us? What am I saying, of course you did. Today we got a Stampede match with Bret, Bruce, and Keith Hart taking on a skinny Dynamite Kid and the Kiwis aka the Bushwhackers back when they were still from New Zealand. Then, to kick off the new year we also watched The Great Muta vs. Shinsuke Nakamura in NOAH on new years day this year as part of Muta's...

Merry Festivus and happy New Year, folks! We'll be back after our winter break with more goofy takes on 35-year-old wrestling matches in February , but for now, we have a new podcast to share with you marks.  Today, we're premiering "Look Who's Siskel and Ebert Now," where we watch movies Siskel and Ebert have reviewed and compare our takes to theirs. In this episode, we look at David Cronenb...

First up, Bret Hart vs. Steve Austin vs. The Undertaker vs. Vader at In Your House: Final Four for the WWF title. What a line-up, it's hard to imagine this match not being an all-timer, but a weird gimmick and rushed storytelling can do the impossible. After that, we watched Hart Foundation vs Strike Force at a WWF house show in Houston Texas on Dec 11, 1987. Our heels, finally wearing pick regula...

On today's episode, we watch Hart Foundation vs the Moondogs on the November 22, 1986 episode of The Wrestling Challenge and Bret vs 1-2-3 Kid for the WWF Championship on the  July 11, 1994 episode of RAW. We are finally on the other side of the "TV Cowboy Bret" era of this show and in the promised land of season 3 of your favourite trash tier Bret Hart Retrospective, ain't you lucky? Today w...

*Note: We found some conflicting info regarding episode numbers. According to IMDB the episode we call 16 is  17 and what we call 17 is 18. Well, we did it, we finished this dismal piece of cowboy fiction. No one made us do this, but damn it, when we commit, we commit. We've got a gang out for revenge, a gang out to rip off Oliver Stone, and an impressively boring final episode where everyone...

pew pew pew! We are back at it again with the further adventures of Luther Root. The town of Curtis Wells has seen better days. Can a gritty soft reboot save this syndicated western?  No, but can Luther Root get any actual screen time?  Also, no.

On this episode, we check out Bret and Diesel's first PPV scuffle. This is the KotR where Jam-up guy, Art Donovan shows up on commentary and it's somehow even worse than you've heard. Then we run down the live taping of RAW and Main Event when WWE stopped in Edmonton last month. See, we don't just sit around and yell about wrestling in Young's condo, sometimes we go out and yell at marks in person...

It's the return of chubby-faced young Bret in this all tag team episode of the Pink and Black Playback. when men were men, the tights were tight, and the bees were also men. We try to recall anything at all about the original twin magic team, The Killer Bees. After that Dillon loses it when his two fathers Bret Hart and Arn Anderson face off in a SummerSlam classic. Stick around for some news abou...

Black eyes. Like a doll’s eyes. When he comes at ya, he doesn’t even seem to be livin’… ’til he bites ya, and those black eyes roll over white and then… ah then you hear that terrible high-pitched screamin’. The ocean turns red, and despite all your poundin’ and your hollerin’ those sharks come in and… they rip you to pieces. But first, we talk about the classic Wrestlemania 12 Iron Man Match betw...

1999 was a hell of a year, and maybe not in the best of ways for Bret Hart or his fans. Today we look back at a key moment in the life and career of Bret Hart, specifically the last leg of his WCW run. First, we explore his blink-and-you'll-miss-it tag team title win with Goldberg. Then we witness the fateful kick that ended Bret's career at Starrcade 99 not even two weeks later. Afterwards, Dillo...

Howdy, Owlcoot! During his time off between the iron man match with Shawn and his remarkable 1996 run in the fed Bret Hart appeared in a syndicated western TV show produced in Alberta. Today we examine episodes 17 and 21 of the first season of Lonesome Dove: The Series and meet trapper, stalker, and owner of a sweet jacket, Luther Root. You'll learn cowboy slang and hear about Young's recent run-i...

We got another instant classic for you on the back half of our two-part Vinny Mac retrospective. come and poo-poo the old man with us. First up we have Vince McMahon vs Shane McMahon and a cavalcade of goofballs including a very boob-ily Trish, a very referee-ily Mick, and a very Zombie-ily Linda. After that we Have Vince and Shane McMahon vs Shawan Micheals and God, they don't use his indie name...

Welcome to our first Vince McMahon spectacular! It's just a regular episode but we spend as much of it as possible going off on Vincent Kennedy McMahon. First, we watch Bret Vs, Vince, at Wrestlemania 26 (not 23 like the intro might have you believe) and what might be the last Bruce Hart payday in the fed. a sad day, indeed. After that, we check out the best WWE match since Bret and Stone Cold did...

So much gold on today's episode. First, we check out Bret vs. DIesel at Survivor Series 95 for the WWF Heavyweight strap and then Bret vs. Lex Luger for the WCW United States Champion. Stick around after that where Dillon whines about nuance and we find out if Buff Daddy is really the stuff (spoiler: he is not).

Hey Marks, just a quick update for you all. Due to my work schedule blowing up this month we have to miss a week of the podcast. We will be back on our Bullshit Monday, July 25th.

After all that Hulk Hogan in No Holds Barred, we needed an all-Bret palette cleanser so today we bring you a classic, a dud, and the start of Young's read-along of Bret's Bible. Don't say we never did anything for you. Marvel at how Mick Foley and Bret Hart can barely make a 10 minutes match work, bear witness to one of the best Roddy Piper promos during his WWF days, and make sure you're taking n...

On today's episode, It's movie day and we watch the late 80s fever dream, No Hold's Barred. Famously rewritten by Hogan and VInce McMahon over 72 hours in a Florida hotel, this collection of nonsense, attempted sexual assault, child-focused charity work, Goth Girl Bill Eadie and dookie jokes actually made twice what it cost to produce (according to a citation less Wikipedia entry). Strap in, Jock...

Oh, hi Marks. On today's episode, we watch Bret defend his Intercontinental title against Davey Boy Smith in one of the biggest matches of either man's career. We also checked out another British icon in WIll Osprey Vs Nick Wayne from GCW's I Never Liked You event on June 19, 2022. We were not disappointed. After that, we grind some gears about Vinny Mac allegedly paying more than he did for WCW t...

On this episode we watch Bert Hart lose the Stampede title to Bad News Allen. After that, we check out the (In)famous survivor series 93 match where Bret, Owen, Keith and (the man himself) Bruce take on Shawn Michaels and 3 jobbers dressed as Power Rangers. After that, Young grinds gears about Jeff Hardy's recent troubles and then Dillon pleads with our #1 fan Tony Khan to surprise him.