The Wrestle Special

Following the tradition of Shawn Michaels being known as Mr. Wrestlemania, Travis attempts to find a Mr. and Ms. Backlash. It turns out trying to find a Mr. and Ms. of an event that took a 7 year hiatus may not be the easiest thing to accomplish, but Travis attempted it anyway!

Citing a recent study that found wearing a mask increases a person's attractiveness, Travis brings The Wrestle Special's resident hot guy expert Amber Moreau back on the show to see if the study's findings apply to the stars of lucha libre. 

While Peekaboo Sampson's legacy will live on forever, it's time to move on. In this episode, Travis plays a new pro wrestling choose your own adventure game called Be The Indie Wrestler, and attempts to find a new love, and leave the past behind. 

You ask the questions, Travis answers them. In this mailbag: Was Rick Rude really that ravishing, which KISS songs would make the best wrestling entrance music, where does Batista rank amongst wrestlers turned actors, and more!

The Wrestle Special is turning 5, and instead of a crazy celebration, Travis takes some time to slow down, and reflect on where The Wrestle Special has been, and where it goes next. 

Travis takes on ChatGPT in a battle for the ages to see who knows wrestling best, as they predict the winners of each match on the Wrestlemania 39 card. This episode was recorded in two parts, predictions and reactions, so make sure you stick around to hear the winner of the showdown cut a promo on the loser.

Following the tradition of Shawn Michaels being known as Mr. Wrestlemania, Travis is bound and determined to exercise the demons of the past and crown the one true Miss Wrestlemania based off of their performances at The Showcase Of The Immortals. This one's for the girls. 

If you've ever wanted to learn how to do some of pro wrestlings most iconic moves in podcast form, look no further! With the help of instructors Google Translate and Wikihow, Travis opens his own pro wrestling school and gives step by step directions on how to pull off The Spear, The Tombstone Piledriver, and The Sharpshooter.  *THIS EPISODE IS SATIRE AND NOT A LEGITIMATE GUIDE ON HOW TO DO PRO WR...

With WWE 2K23's release, Roman Reigns is now officially the highest rated wrestler ever in the series at a 99. How does Roman's run at the top stack up to the superstars of the past, and how do we adjust THEIR ratings based off of Roman's? Is there of version of Stone Cold Steve Austin that should be rated higher? What about John Cena? Travis looks at the legendary reigns throughout the history of...

Travis and the Computer AI Booker continue their exploration into the alternate realities in which wrestlers meet the characters they played in videogames, movies, and television. If you are here for the trainwreck that these episodes sometimes become, you're in luck! Listen to find out what happens when every character The Rock has ever played meets one another, as well as what would happen if Ke...

The famed Computer AI Booker returns to the show, this time to find out what would happen if wrestlers met the characters they play in movies and television. In this episode, CM Punk fights ghosts from The Girl On The Third Floor, Macho Man Randy Savage teams up with Bonesaw to fight Spiderman, and the members of Evolution throw down with The Guardians of the Galaxy, with a twist. 

Following the tradition of Shawn Michaels being known as Mr. Wrestlemania, Travis sets out to find a Mr. and Ms. Elimination Chamber immediately following the 2023 edition of the event. Who, if anyone, has accomplished the most at The Elimination Chamber*, and why is there an asterisk there?

It's UFO season on The Wrestle Special, and while SOME wrestling podcasts might not react at all to the US military shooting down multiple "objects", Travis decides he must prepare for the worst case scenario of an alien invasion, and plans the pro wrestling related content he would beam into space to deter any looming threats. 

You ask the questions, Travis answers them. In this mailbag: Which Taylor Swift album matches which wrestling storyline, which wrestlers would Travis cast in a wrestlers only production of Glee, which wrestler smells the best, and more!

Once again following the tradition of Shawn Michaels being known as Mr. Wrestlemania, Travis looks to his favorite event, The Royal Rumble, and examines invidual wrestlers performances at the event to find out who lives up to the title of Mr. and Ms. Royal Rumble. 

In the fourth and final episode of The Wrestle Special Retrospective, Travis revists an episode dedicated to the biggest movie star in the world Dwayne Johnson, The Rock. Travis brings on friends Ted and Andy to help Dwayne finally find his place amongst the legendary action stars, and create The Johnson Line to celebrate this!

In the third episode of The Wrestle Special Retrospective, Travis brings his mom onto the show to discuss what it was like raising a teenage boy during the attitude era. It turns out his mom is a better podcaster than he is!

In this edition of The Wrestle Special Retrospective, we flashback to one of the earliest episodes of The Wrestle Special in which Travis is joined by his friends Matt and Brian to debate which version of The Undertaker was the best and hopefully remain friends after. 

In the first episode of The Wrestle Special retrospective, Travis revists an episode that he's still afraid to type the title to. Let's just say things get weird brother. Really weird. 

Travis reveals his favorite things in wrestliing in 2022! He also promises he'll come up with a better name for the awards next year. Maybe.

Due to the overwhemling amount of questions from last week's mailbag episode, Travis collected all of the sexy questions and put them in one mailbag episode. In this thirstbag: Which old school WWF talk show sets would be the best to get romantic in, FMK The Mean Street Posse, what would happen if the WWE brought back Bra and Panties matches, and more!

You ask the questions, Travis answers them. In this mailbag: Is Macho Man a typical Scorpio, should Buried Alive matches start with the wrestlers buried alive, what WWE Universal Champion would make the best Universal Monster and more!

Inspired by a tweet about Eric Young, Travis sets out to celebrate wrestlers who primairly wrestled in the middle of the card. In this case, celebrating midcard wrestlers means Travis creates his own Midfinity Stones to complete a Midfinity Gauntlet. Would this really be an episode of The Wrestle Special if there wasn't some sort of weird stipulation?

While changing a wrestler's gimmick has been a cornerstone of pro wrestling since the beginning, only now has someone linked those gimmick changes to the way Pokemon evolve in game. Did anyone ask for someone to find this link between the two? No, but Travis did it anyway. Only by listening to this episode, will you unlock the true secret of what The Rock and Bulbasuar have in common, and the trut...

Following the tradition of Shawn Michaels being known as Mr. Wrestlemania, Travis sets out to crown a Mr. and Ms. Survivor Series by looking back at the history of the PPV and the performances throughout the 30+ years of the event.