The Wrestle Special

Travis reminisces about childhood "Choose Your Own Adventure" books, and stumbles upon an a Choose Your Own Adventure pro wrestling game. Join Travis as he navigates the story of SLAMMED! an interactive pro wrestling RPG, and be a part of the humble beginnings of a pro wrestlers journey.

While Travis was too busy shoehorning the movie Tombstone into this episode that he forgot to to shorten the episode name, he didn't forget to discover and name the 4 different types of promos in professional wrestling as illustrated by movie quotes. If you've ever wondered what movies like Kill Bill and The Devil Wears Prada have in common with wrestling, look no further! Yes, this is a wrestling...

If you've ever created something out of Danish Interlocking Building Bricks, you know the pain of stepping on one. To celebrate this pain, and Inter Species Wrestling announcing their plans for a One Million Block deathmatch, Travis shares the best (most painful?) Building Brick sets to use in the ring. 

On this, the 10 year anniversary of Macho Man Randy Savage's passing, Travis embarks on a journey to find out Macho Man's go to order at Olive Garden, his favorite restaurant. After hours of aggregating reviews and $100 of pasta, breadsticks, and salad later...Travis has his answer. 

Travis comes up with 4 (or 6) reasons why John Cena could help inspire the American public to embrace the COVID-19 vaccine. Yet again, this might be an episode that was created around a bad pun, but you'll have to listen to hear it.

No, Jake Roberts isn't dead, but his gimmick is! Travis examines the possibilities of another wrestler taking the mantle of "The Snake" in 2021. Is it possible? If so, why is it only possible in Florida, and why is the first 5 minutes of this episode about exotic cheeses? 

You ask the questions, Travis answers them. In this mailbag: Should a wrestler adopt a cicada gimmick, which wrestler I'd do a body shot off of, Shawn Michaels' entrance music read as ASMR, and more!

Did Travis create an episode about Jake Paul just to justify the bad pun he thought of for the title? Yes. Is there still substance to this episode? Maybe. Travis outlines the clear (to him) path for AEW to resurrect the WWE's failed Brawl For All event in 2021 with the help of amateur boxer and former PF Chang's guest Jake Paul. 

Travis contemplates starting an OnlyFans, and solicits feedback on what Wrestle Friends would expect, investigates whether or not OnlyFans is the optimum way to further grow The Wrestle Special, and decides recording the podcast naked would not be a good experience for anyone involved, and decides to launch a Patreon instead. Find it here: http://www.patreon.com/thewrestlespecial  

To kick off the 3 year anniversary celebration of The Wrestle Special, Travis opens up some of his 35 half finished notebooks and shares episode ideas that never got off the ground including what Travis' imaginary true crime podcast would be called, only children being more successful wrestlers, cabin fever dreams, and more!

While NBC secured WWE streaming rights for Peacock, an existing service had already cornered the market on pro wrestling content and no one was paying attention: Amazon Prime. Travis brings back on Tank Mansfield to find out what weird wrestling nonsense Bezos is spending his millions on.

Travis rediscovers "Stone Cold Metal", a rock compilation that Stone Cold Steve Austin hand picked the songs for in 1998, and relives his disappointment in finding out none of the songs actually have anything to do with The Texas Rattlesnake. 

A new president means revisiting a past episode of The Wrestle Special- Can Goldberg still beat up the presidents Travis thought originally? Has anything changed? Where does Joe Biden fit into all of this? Does the Vice President matter? All the answers lie within!

In early February, a story broke about the possibility of U.S. House of Representative Lauren Boebert being the 2nd cousin and daughter of legendary tag team wrestler Stan Lane. While everyone else has forgotten about this, Travis has not, and for some reason decided to do an episode about it. 

This is it! The Church Of The Madness finally becomes an actual LEGAL church in the eyes of the IRS....Or does it?    *Part 11 of the "I'm Starting a Macho Man Religion" series*

After revealing the steps and course of study required to become a Savage in The Church Of The Madness, Travis invites Ted Beaver back onto the show to take his test to become the first ordained minister of The Madness.    *Part 10 of the "I'm Starting a Macho Man Religion" series*

Travis outlines the course of study a Madness Person can take to become an ordained minister in The Church Of The Madness, a Savage. Any Madness Person that is called to become a Savage, your path begins here.    *Part 9 of the "I'm Starting a Macho Man Religion" series*

You ask the questions (about The Church Of The Madness), Travis answers them. In this mailbag (specifically about The Church Of The Madness): What's the official cookie of The Madness, where are the bathrooms at The Church Of The Madness, is there an afterlife, and more!   *Part 8 of the "I'm Starting a Macho Man Religion" series*

While The Church Of The Madness is shaping up to be a bonafide religion, according to the IRS it still needs to have it's own ecclesiastical government. Travis find out what the hell that means, the different types of government, and other things about religion that you'd 100% expect out of a wrestling podcast.   *Part 7 of the "I'm Starting a Macho Man Religion" series*

What kind of a religion doesn't have hymns? Travis sits down with Ted and Andy from the podcast Largely Unlikable once again to figure out which songs best represent The Church Of The Madness, and imagine what "No Vaseline" would sound like in a congregation full of Madness People.    *Part 6 of the "I'm Starting a Macho Man Religion" series*

While many religions don't have a recognized creed, the IRS says The Church Of The Madness needs one to be an "official" religion, so here we are. Press play, speak the words, and live in the madness.   *Part 5 of the "I'm Starting a Macho Man Religion" series*

Christianity has the Ten Commandments, Buddhism has the Eightfold Path, and now...The Church Of The Madness has the 7 Statements Of The Madness. Find out how the followers of The Madness protect the world from certain doom by walking the path of Macho Man Randy Savage.   *Part 4 of the "I'm Starting a Macho Man Religion" series*

On May 20, 2011, Macho Man Randy Savage left this plane of existence. On May 21, 2011, He gave us one final gift: thwarting armageddon. What if Macho Man had saved us before this, and what if....he left us the blueprint to save ourselves.    *Part 3 of the "I'm Starting a Macho Man Religion" series*

Travis looks to existing churches for inspiration on what to name the as of yet unnamed church of Macho Man Randy Savage, and by the end of the episode, settles on the perfect one.    *Part 2 of the "I'm Starting a Macho Man Religion" series*

Travis embarks on a series of episodes chronicling his attempt to start an as of yet unnamed religion celebrating Macho Man Randy Savage. Find out why and how one starts a religion centered around a deceased pro wrester from scratch.