The Steel Cage Podcast Network

Where does the Marvel Cinematic Universe go after the exhilarating events of Avengers: Endgame? To a would-be ‘epilogue’ with everyone’s favorite neighborhood web-slinger in Spider-Man: Far From Home, of course! Still yearning for Aunt May, our dedicated team of Unfunny Nerds blipped back to sit down with a laid-back Canadian and the world’s angriest Transformers fan, to discuss the final entry in...

This week on the DATEScast, Tim and Derek take time for themselves and debate if the amount of effort that you put into creating a snack no longer makes that snack a snack. They also talk about Derek's father's tales of an island occupied by feral research monkeys. drug dealers shooting down police helicopters, and peeing in the ocean with Steve Martin. But most importantly, they pick, eat and rat...

You guys. There’s a LOT happening right now in pro wrestling. RAW and SmackDown are going through changes. Their voices are cracking. Hair is showing up in places they didn’t know hair would grow. We have stories about cuckolding. We have Kevin Owens running around like a mad man on the mic, even using the Stone Cold Stunner. And this weekend we have SO MUCH wrestling to watch. And that ain’t bad....

Captain Jack (@JackHeartless) and Josh (@TheLumberJew) both watched AEW Fyter Fest this past weekend...but from the sound of it, you might wonder if they watched the same show.  Also, they have your G1 Climax preview as New Japan heads to Dallas, and they come together to express more love for EFFY (@KillEffy) and his tremendous promo from RISE's Pride and Joy show on June 30th. Sponsored by Lapel...

Are you a Space Ranger, lost on an unknown world with no signs of intelligent life? Or are you a pull-string cowboy sheriff looking out for all those around you, frustrated by life’s hurdles and that ever-elusive shepherdess? Than we have the podcast for you, as we sat down to discuss all things Toy Story. While Greig shakes off the dust bunnies, Jared and Tim look back at their childhood (and Tim...

Stomping Grounds wasn’t bad, but it wasn’t great, either. With highs and lows and referee blows, it certainly gave our Aussie B Team plenty to talk about. And yes, we brought back #BDE, renamed the 24/7 Title, discovered the perfect way for Brock to cash in, and even accidentally designed the greatest SteelCageShop.com shirt ever. Well, maybe. Hosted by ‘Captain Boomerang’ Greig Tansley (@GreigT13...

This week on the DATEScast, Tim and Derek talk about the saddest birthday parties they've ever had, but at least they never had a birthday party in a mall. They also put on their snackology hats and dig into this week's snack, Birthday Cake Three Musketeers. After making some bold claims on the package, including ridiculous instructions on how to reseal it to save the second candy bar, we have one...

With so much news and fighting on Wrestling Twitter this week, you're getting a double dose of the podcast with everyone's favorite duo. Jared and Derek get together to discuss the news that Paul Heyman and Eric Bischoff will be overseeing RAW and Smackdown, WWE firing a direct shot at AEW's Fight for the Fallen show, Seth Rollins calling out EVERYONE, and much more from an absolutely insane week...

What can we say about X-Men: Dark Phoenix? Did it X-Cite us? X-Cillerate us or X-Ceed our X-Pectations? Or did it mostly just X-Pel the last breath of a once X-Emplary comic book movie series, leaving us X-Hausted? X-Actly. In this instance, X most certainly did not mark the spot, leaving our trio of Unfunny Mutants a little disenfranchised, but not quite as disenfranchised as 20th Century Fox is...

This week on the DATEScast, Tim and Derek discuss how their friends are the worst, where you too can submit your memes of Derek knocked out, and what the ultimate goal of this podcast is: a viewer funded trip to Disneyland to eat all of the signature snacks. They also take time to pick, eat, and rate another snack by Reese's. This time it's Chocolate Lovers and Peanut Butter Lovers Cups. Is too mu...

After a much needed week off, Derek and Josh get together to talk about the current state of WWE. Like Katy Perry said, “You’re hot then you’re cold” - and that’s exactly the way WWE has felt lately. Luckily, this week they were hot - just in time for Stomping Ground. We’ll break down RAW and SmackDown and preview this Sunday’s show. Featuring: 'The Mayor of Reseda' Derek (@cap_kaveman) and Joshua...

On this edition of Minutes with the Mayor, Derek is joined by one half of the Zealot Pro Wrestling ownership group, Casey Van Buren aka Lynx Kinetic, to discuss how much fun starting your own wrestling promotion can be. We talk the ups and downs, how Zealot came into existence, and what you can expect from their upcoming show on Saturday 06/15, Good Friends, Better Enemies. Tickets are available n...

“The night is dark and full of terrors”, and so is Unfunny Nerd Tangent 77: Game of Thrones. The biggest television show ever has wrapped up, and opinions are divided. Many fans walked away happy, while many more (it seems) remain the opposite. So what else could we do but gather an eclectic collection of folk from all over the realm to reminisce, nitpick and on occasion rewrite this epic fantasy...

This week on the DATEScast, Tim and Derek discuss all the reasons why Boise sucks and why nobody should ever move there. Ever. They also ponder what happened between candy maker Joseph Edy and ice cream maker William Dreyer that ended their relationship. Not that it matters, because they're picking, eating , and rating BREYERS ice cream anyway. And not just any  ice cream....(no we mean that becau...

Fresh off the road from Las Vegas and all points in-between, Captain Jack (@JackHeartless) sits down with Zoey (@ZHJ2000) to talk about it. Join in as they discuss Starrcast II, Double or Nothing, New Japan's Best of the Super Juniors final, Ring of Honor being the WORST, and much more! Sponsored by Lapel Yeah (@LapelYeahPins) and Faces in Heels Burlesque (facesinheels.com) Opening theme by Lemi a...

Adam Cole, BAY-BAY! Need we say anything else? But really, during a week in which WWE is promoting their Saudi Arabia show and going extra light on the in-ring action, there’s little need to pay attention to any of that. If you aren’t caught up on NXT, now is the time to do so. Still hungry for wrestling? New Japan’s Best of the Super Juniors Final took place this week as well, and though we recor...

All Elite Wrestling is here, and they have sent a message to the wrestling world. We had a crew on hand to take it all in – the good of Double or Nothing, the bad of Starrcast, and the ugly of what Vegas can do to you at 3am. If you’re not super interested in the details about attending Starrcast live (spoiler alert: it was a shit show, and not in a good way), go ahead and skip on over to 34:52 wh...

Money In The Bank 2019 has come and gone, with many 'fans' once again claiming they'll cancel their WWE Network subscriptions over the results. But will they really? We doubt it. With most of the Steel Cage crew heading to Las Vegas for AEW Double Or Nothing, that leaves the Down Under B Team to once again give their Aussie thoughts on this week in WWE, as well as touching so ever briefly on the u...

A film series based on revenge, murder, secret societies and... puppies? Yep. So gas up your Mustang and break through the concrete in your basement, because it’s time to talk about John Wick. With the third movie of this Keanu Reeves film trilogy (so far) in theatres, intrepid UNT assassins, Jared and Tim presented their marker to Greig and made him binge all three films in a week, and in the sam...

Lots to talk about this week: from the Money in the Bank show to AEW officially having a basic cable deal with TNT, there’s a lot to dig into. WWE’s championship picture has a ton of potential, but will it be tapped into properly? Don’t sleep on AJ Styles, and don’t you dare sleep on Bayley! Featuring: ‘The Mayor of Reseda’ Derek (@cap_kaveman) and Joshua Schlag (@thesteelcage / @schlizzag) Music...

This week on the DATEScast, Tim and Derek relive the glory days of children's cartoons being filled with sarcasm, wit, and other wonderful content that kids probably shouldn't be seeing, with most of those cartoons being on Nickelodeon. These cartoons helped shape our snackologists lives. Well, Derek's at least. Tim didn't have cable because his parents didn't love him. But that doesn't stop him f...

As Captain Jack (@JackHeartless) begins to prepare for the double whammy of Starrcast II and AEW’s first show, Double or Nothing, next weekend, Josh (@TheLumberJew) has some hot takes to lay down! These two discuss the pros and cons of the new company’s maiden voyage on PPV, their roster, and their near future, while throwing in a dash of talk about Chikara, Beyond Wrestling, and even…Game of Thro...

WWE TV was terrible this week, so we do our best to try to forget it. But real life WWE once again has plenty of drama, including Big E's thirst for Mama Lynch, contract situations, Lars Sullivan actually being trash, and more. The guys also discuss their upcoming trip to Vegas for AEW Double or Nothing and who we could see debut at the event. Featuring: 'The Mayor of Reseda' Derek (@cap_kaveman)...

Avengers: Endgame is finally here, and we made sure we did whatever it takes to bring you the best podcast we could. And if we failed, well, we’ll just go back in time and fix it. As we brought together a cavalcade of unlikely movie reviewers, spanning the cosmos and reality, itself, we broke down the incredible characters and the mind-bending plot of this latest film, as well as stopping along th...

Well hello kids, and welcome to disappointment! RAW and SD had one of “those” weeks, I guess you could say. No matter – we had plenty of other entertainment to keep our attention – from Avengers to Game of Thrones to even Taylor Swift… Heck, it’s always easy to put NXT up on a pedestal – but hey, they’ve earned it. We’ll dive into some rumors this week – from Dean Ambrose / Jon Moxley to Luke Harp...