The Steel Cage Podcast Network

On this edition of Minutes with the Mayor, Derek is joined by the one and only Effy to discuss his upcoming event during THAT weekend in Tampa, Effy's Big Gay Brunch. They also talk about representation in professional wrestling, his success over the last year, busting your nut at GCW shows, and much more. For tickets to the Brunch: makeitgayer.eventbrite.com Featuring: 'The Mayor of Reseda' Derek...

Snootch to the Nootch! Again. In this age of remakes, redos and reboots, one daring filmmaker (and the Patron Saint of Unfunny Nerd Tangent) throws his hat back into the ring to create one of his own: Jay & Silent Bob Reboot. Our trio of UNT brothers and Kevin Smith apologists (finally) sat down to discuss the latest entry into the ViewAskewniverse, its highs its lows and the general nature of reb...

This week on the DATEScast, it's Girl Scout Cookie season, folks. And Derek is here to fulfill all of your cookie needs and desires while promising not to say "goddamn" so much in honor of one of our favorite viewers. Goddamn it, we did it again. Anyway, once you've purchased your cookies and listened to Tim tell all of the secrets from Jared's bachelor party, check out our snackologists' ratings...

This week, we are celebrating our favorite PPV of the year, the Royal Rumble. And the 2020 edition could go down as one of our favorites ever because it was won by our friend, Drew McIntyre. We talk about all about Drew's big win, Edge's return, the impact of NXT on the women's Rumble match, and more. And speaking of NXT, we also recap another great week in NXT programming, including Keith Lee's f...

Unfunny Nerd Tangent Journal: January, 2020… Who watches the Watchmen? We watched the Watchmen, as in the new HBO television series… uh, Watchmen. Have we said Watchmen enough yet? Okay, cool. Anyway, listen as Greig admits he was 100% WRONG about Damon Lindelof (on this occasion), Jared finds a way to overcome his tin foil mask obsession, and Tim comes to grips with his big, blue… Tick? **cough**...

Love it or hate it, it's a very interesting time to be a Star Wars fan. With both a new movie and a television series recently released, there's plenty to talk about. So we did; getting together with our usual hive of scum and villainy to discuss The Rise of Skywalker AND The Mandalorian. Special Guest, Emily Parker from Austin City Limits Radio returns from the other side of the Force to help our...

IT’S TIME! IT’S TIME! IT’S WRESTLE! KINGDOM! TIME!!!! Captain Jack (@JackHeartless) and our ace NJPW correspondent Chris Damasceno (@BrasilianFury) cover the retirements, surprises, shockers and MOTY candidates of the biggest January shows in the company’s recent history. We now have a champ-champ, Murder Dad has risen, Murder Ibushi is here to stay, and we said a tearful goodbye to our favorite D...

Unfunny Nerd Tangent returns for the New Year by delving back into that zombie show you all know and love... The Walking Dead. That's right, the two remaining people on the planet still watching got together to discuss the ramifications of the world we last visited way back on Episode 10 of our show, while finally diving into the comics for one last read. Rick, Negan, Alpha, the Whisperers and oh...

Transformation can lead to reincarnation, which you could say we're going through on this podcast. We are proud and honored to be joined by an old friend and a brand new member of our co-hosting family on this episode, our "Uncle Beek" Jeremey aka Jaims Van Der Beek from Wrestling Twitter. You know him and love him for his humor and memes, so now you can come here for a steaming mug of his hot tak...

This week on the DATEScast, Tim and Derek are back from a long week off and are ready to ring in the New Year of 2020 the only way they know how: with snacks. Our dynamic duo is putting the past behind them, which includes both of their junior prom dates, and they are now looking to the future, which happens to involve a new form of art they've coined Cannabis on Canvas. For the first rating of th...

It’s finally here…Episode 100 of Captain Jack’s Armbar Emporium! Never one to rest on his laurels, the Captain (@JackHeartless) gets to business and welcomes back the King of Thong Style, Eddie Van Glam (@EddieVanGlam), who has more to say than ever before as he breaks down his 2019 in detail. Eddie pulls no punches as he discusses his triumphant return from a potentially career-ending knee injury...

Transformation. Matt Hardy did it to Bray Wyatt and created The Fiend. Now The Fiend has seemed to make it his mission to change his opponents – just look at his gloves – HURT and HEAL. He’s hurt the likes of Finn Balor and Seth Rollins, while he’s arguably healed Daniel Bryan. We’re hitting a milestone ourselves with Episode #400 as we wrap up 2019 and prepare for 2020. With that, we’ve come to a...

Welcome back to the Festive Season, where, in the true spirit of the American Christmas tradition, an Australian bloke and a Jewish guy sit down to talk about The Smash Hit Holiday Classic: Jingle All the Way! Greig and Jared dive into yet another cheesy holiday movie to dissect its effect on Christmas, holiday movies in general, what can be seen as the 'low point' of Arnold Schwarzenegger's caree...

This week on the DATEScast, Tim and Derek are thankful for a lot of things during this time of the year. They're thankful for good friends, even ol' "Triceratops Penis" Jared, and good snacks. But they're most thankful for the adventure this podcast has taken them on, including the adventure of trying to obtain this week's very elusive snack. After three years of failing to wake up on time, our sn...

This week on the DATEScast, Tim and Derek prepare for the upcoming feasting holiday the only way they know how: by making childish dick jokes. But what should you expect when this week's snack is nuts? No matter the shape of your penis,  we welcome you to join the dynamic duo of snacking as they pick, eat, and rate Planter's A1 Roasted Mix Nuts. Featuring: Derek Montilla (@cap_kaveman) & Tim Agne...

Red. Blue. Yellow. YES, YELLOW. RAW, SmackDown, and NXT are all vying for brand supremacy at this Sunday’s Survivor Series. Before that even happens, NXT is putting on what is sure to be a hell of a show the night before. Even if you don’t keep up with every weekly show, there’s a lot to be excited about. Meanwhile, we also break down some items of cultural significance – from Jim Cornette’s racis...

Unfunny Nerd Tangent returns (from the future) with a new episode – this time, a 2-man podcast, dedicated to Terminator: Dark Fate. Greig and Jared sat down to discuss the latest entry into the wayward franchise, the involvement of James Cameron, the future of CGI acting, as well as the return of Linda Hamilton to the role of Sarah Connor. So check it out. Because at the very least... it’s better...

This week, for the first time in quite some time, Captain Jack (@JackHeartless) is joined by his favorite tag team partner, senior Haunting.net writer Cristen Brinkerhoff (@Wanda102)! They “brother at each other” about how AEW Dynamite has brought Cristen back to weekly wrestling TV, Ricky Morton’s glorious Santa mullet, Tully’s revival of the spike piledriver, wild Arn, Dean AND Muta sightings, a...

This week on the DATEScast, Tim and Derek talk about really fun things like racial awkwardness and the social treatment of people with learning disabilities. But there's also plenty of dick jokes and digs on Nazis to help balance out your usual viewing experience. They also take the time to PER this week's noble snack, Best Buddies No Name Cakes from Mod Pizza. Is it as good as its predecessor? It...

This week on the DATEScast, it's time for our annual HALLOWEEN SPOOKTACULAR! Our gruesome twosome Grim and Scarek don't even have time to banter because they have been procrastinating. Instead of celebrating and rating delicious Halloween treats throughout October, our snackologists are fitting an entire month's worth of reviews INTO A SINGLE NIGHT. Tim picked it, so you know the rest. We are PERi...

This week on the DATEScast, Tim and Derek warn you to never trust a crying child or John Harvey Kellogg. Our dynamic duo discuss Kellogg's All Together cereal and ask the question "Are segregated cereals really ALL TOGETHER?" They also take the time to pick, eat, and rate a cultural phenomenon in Baby Shark cereal. Is it worthy of the name Baby Shark? And why are you even reading this description?...

This week, Derek and Josh try and figure out what the heck is going on with WWE 2K20. They also talk about how great NXT has been and what AEW has been doing right (and what they could work on). The Wednesday Night War isn’t so much a war, and really – it’s a good thing for all of us. Featuring: ‘The Mayor of Reseda’ Derek (@cap_kaveman) and Joshua Schlag (@thesteelcage / @schlizzag) Music by The...

Ha-ha-ha… Leave it to the Clown Prince of Crime to create chaos. Whether in comic books, the silver screen, the current media frenzy or yes, even our own podcast - Batman’s nemesis certainly riles up even the most tranquil folks. And that’s exactly what happened when we sat down to discuss the new DC film from Todd Phillips and Joaquin Phoenix: Joker. Ho-Ho-Hee-Hee… Witness an old-fashioned 2-on-2...

RAW. SmackDown. NXT. Dynamite. NXT UK. Ten plus hours of fresh pro wrestling content is now coming at us on a weekly basis. Throw in a Saturday or Sunday show, and an already out of hand schedule just becomes that more daunting. First world problems, amirite? Truth of the matter is – there’s a lot of great content available to us, and we’re excited to wade through it at our leisure along with you....

Captain Jack (@JackHeartless), fresh out of LA’s first-ever #DynamiteParty, is FIRED UP to talk about AEW’s big premiere on TNT with Josh (@TheLumberJew). Watch Dynamite before checking this one out, listeners, and then enjoy the breakdown of one of the biggest nights for pro wrestling in a long, long time! Sponsored by Lapel Yeah (@LapelYeahPins) and Faces in Heels Burlesque Opening theme by Lemi...