The Steel Cage Podcast Network

This week on a milestone DATEScast, our gruesome twosome lament about the lack of respect Halloween gets on this historic fiftieth episode of a podcast that should have never existed in the first place. They recall their Halloweens as children and at the Institute before diving into this week's snack, Chocolate Covered Gummy Bears. Featuring a special shout out to everyone who has been apart of th...

This week in wrestling wasn't an easy one. We saw Roman Reigns step away from the ring after revealing he has been diagnosed with leukemia. Meanwhile, his friends lashed out about it. We also have a few disappointing shows coming up, including a poorly booked all women's event in Evolution and a Crown Jewel event in Saudi Arabia that is mired in controversy.  Featuring:  'The Mayor of Reseda' Dere...

This week on the DATEScast, our dynamic duo try their best to not let a Fantasy Football game cause a rift between them. They eventually conclude that can only happen if Tim stops walking around Costco and talking to strangers about the adversity his team had to overcome. Luckily for us, he found this week's snack while he was there, Delici Sea Salt Caramel Mousse, and opened up a whole new world...

We're back, and so is Joshua Gavin (@TheLumberJew), as he joins Captain Jack (@JackHeartless) IN STUDIO this week during his visit to Los Angeles from the Mid-Atlantic territory.  They discuss the good and bad of NWA 70, recap their live viewing of PWG's Smokey and the Bandido, swap Timothy Thatcher stories, discuss wild rumors about a new money promotion, pick rosters for said promotion, and crea...

On this edition of Minutes with the Mayor, Derek follows up with his pal regular ol' Adam from Australia and his centuries-old fight club known as Underworld Wrestling. We are also joined by one of the competitors from the Underworld, 'The Mercenary' Slade Mercer, to talk about how the promotion has been doing, the Australian wrestling fan base, promotions working together, WWE's impact, and so mu...

The Ghost with the Most turned 30 this year, and Jack Skellington looks great at 25. So let's talk about all the weirdo icons that came out of Tim Burton's head, shall we? Your favorite Bat-Dads reunite to reminisce (and in Greig's case, give some first impressions) on the gothic god of gritty, Tim Burton and his seminal films, Beetlejuice and The Nightmare Before Christmas. Our tremendously terri...

Well, it's finally happened. Everyone has abandoned Derek. But the show must go on, and the Big Show must turn, as this one-man pod talks about the historic 1,000th episode of Smackdown Live. He fondly looks back on attending the fifth anniversary of Smackdown along with the fun we had this week. He also discusses some not-so-fun things, such as the continuing controversy surrounding Crown Jewel a...

This week on the DATEScast, our snackologists return to one of the great snacking capitals of our country (thanks to the founder & proprietor of The Steel Cage, Mr. Joshua Schlag) to try a variation of one of their favorites all-time snacks. Going back to a St. Louis favorite by a spicy little company known as Old Vienna, our certified snackologists pick, eat, and rate Red Hot Corn Chips! Do they...

Oh, what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive. The political landscape is a war zone, and not the kind that used to follow the first hour of RAW. The kind WWE doesn't want to be involved in. But here we are, discussing the fate of Crown Jewel, the ramifications of holding events in Saudi Arabia on other shows like the all women's network special Evolution, fallout from Super Sh...

Halloween comes a little early to Captain Jack’s Armbar Emporium! We continue the tradition of watching along with Roddy Piper vehicles on major holidays, as Captain Jack (@JackHeartless) and special guest Christopher Lapin watch the 1988 disasterpiece Hell Comes to Frogtown. Grab a copy of this piece of work, hit play, and join in as we talk about Piper’s 1987-88 in Hollywood, hero mutants, backg...

This week on the DATEScast, our snackologists are honored to be invited by the Phoenix Rising FC, Phoenix's first place USL soccer team, to PER LIVE from this past Saturday's game against Reno. The duo had to traverse a Donkey Kong-esque setup that included climbing ladders in a press box to rate this week's snack, The Mala Pizza. The Mala by Venezia's Pizza (yes, from Breaking Bad and yes, pizza...

It took Sony over ten years to make it, but they finally got their Venom movie out in theatres. Critics of course, hated it, but what did WE think of it? Well, WE sat down and discussed the movie, its villain, its somewhat oddly-sexy moment, as well as its possible connection to the MCU. WE also went on some serious tangents with topics like Cameron Diaz, Little Shop of Horrors and Pink Unicorns p...

On this edition of Minutes with the Mayor, Derek is joined by friend of the show and Cruisermom extraordinaire, Justine aka Pastasauca, to discuss an exciting week in her wrestlelife. The discussion includes the return of PAC fka Neville fka PAC to the wrestling world with his reemergence in Dragon Gate, a live report from Justine on the WWE Super Showdown from Melbourne, Australia, her trip to a...

October 2018. A month where WWE doesn’t have a “normal” monthly PPV. We have this big Australian show coming up this weekend, and we have a women’s show at the end of the month, but combined with (another) Saudi Arabian show at the beginning of November – that’s it until Survivor Series. Kinda crazy. That said, we break down the way this show was booked, but we also take a bit of an aside to talk...

This week on the DATEScast, our snackologists try to be mature about eating this week's snack, SuperPretzel PretzelDogs, and of course they fail miserably. But they still manage to pick, eat, and rate while making childish jokes about tiny wieners. Featuring: Derek Montilla (@cap_kaveman) & Tim Agne (@timagne) Music by: Polly Hall & Andrew Barkan, and Buzz Poets Inspired by: Mike and Tom Eat Snack...

After a month’s break – Martin (@bushby01) is back to chat the world of European wrestling. Joining him is Simon Miller (@simonmiller316). They chat about Simon’s career with What Culture, training to be a wrestler at the Al Snow academy, his first match and the injury that has sidelined him all summer. They also talk about his time in competitive bodybuilding, editing videogamer.com, becoming “Yo...

Derek’s off living the dream, hanging out with pro baseball players and Daniel Bryan, like it’s no big deal. On this week’s episode, you KNOW we talk about that, but we also dive into R-Truth’s resurgence as a comedic performer, Stone Cold Becky Lynch, the ridiculousness of Randy Orton, and of course – the now infamous injury that Liv Morgan faced in her match involving Brie Bella. Featuring: ‘The...

After sharing tales of both traveling and botches (POOR WRESTLER B!), Captain Jack (@JackHeartless) and Chris (@BrasilianFury) break it down to the brass tacks, past the Bismarck dance and the cabbage patch… They came. They saw. They went to BOLA. And it RULED. With no less than 8(!) must-see contests, breakout performances from Ilja Dragunov, Puma King, Robbie Eagles, T-Hawk, Darby Allin, and a B...

What’s better than one ‘Yo Mama’ joke? A whole UNT worth of them! With the newest addition to the franchise, The Predator, out in theatres, we sat down for our usual ‘Group B’ therapy session and discussed, reminisced and hypothesized about all things Predator. We welcome newcomer and Yautja expert - Vance into the fold. Jared and Mateo compete for the best/worst ‘Yo Mama’ jokes. Greig wants to se...

We survived Hell in a Cell and lived to tell about it thanks to Brock kicking in the door. We talk about the good, including Becky "F'n" Lynch being back on top of the mountain and the magic created by Ambrose, Rollins, McIntyre, & Ziggler, and the bad, which is ending a PPV with a shitty DQ finish. We also discuss our monster Jeff Cobb winning PWG's BOLA, the aftermath on RAW and Smackdown, confi...

This week on the DATEScast, our certified snackologists talk about their love for the game of basketball, and, in Derek's case, when that love died. We also learn about his real-life feud with Chucky Brown, Robert Horry, and most NBA players who played for a team in the state of Texas. Except for one man...ASU Alumni James Edward Harden Jr. Our heroes talk about how much they love this weirdly tal...

On this edition of Minutes with the Mayor, Derek is joined by Jeanne Basone aka Hollywood from the original GLOW wrestling promotion. Topics include her start as one of the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling, her thoughts on the Netflix series, the original cast's involvement with the project, the current Women's Wrestling revolution, and so much more. Don't forget to catch Jeanne (and probably Derek) o...

Big weekend in pro wrestling coming up! PWG’s annual mega-tournament weekend will go down in downtown Los Angeles. Meanwhile, WWE’s Hell in a Cell takes place in San Antonio. No matter how you like your wrestling, there’s something for you. Though, if you can’t be at The Globe Theatre, you’ll have to wait a bit for the Blu-ray or VOD to catch the Battle of Los Angeles. As for WWE… On Sunday, we’re...

Hey nerds, are you looking for your next obsession, something on the level of Game of Thrones, Harry Potter, or even Star Wars? Pause the Netflix, head to your local comic-book shop and pick up Saga. This epic sci-fi fantasy from writer Brian K. Vaughn and artist Fiona Staples has everything — sex, drugs, war, weird aliens, more sex, friendship, betrayal, rocketships, even more sex, cool weapons,...

ALL IN finally happened… and it. Was. Awesome. While Captain Jack (@JackHeartless) watched it on FITE, the crew from The Strap podcast (@TheStrap) were there LIVE and in living color! Sarah (@TheSarahVanB) stops by to compare live notes, both for the big event and for Starrcast, and discuss the fallout. Highlights include murdered Joeys, dick druids, Pharoah being the BEST BOY, Kenny vs Penta, a l...