TMPT Empire

The Hogan Era podcast episode 78 is all about Johnny Valiant and one of the biggest rivalries ever in the WWE.The most significant name in professional wrestler history is Hulk Hogan. Hulk was not only the greatest star in his era but also one of the greatest ever to grace the WWE ring. Hulk was the face of WWE in the 1980s as well as early 1990s until he departed for WCW.The Hulk Hogan vs. Johnny...

Welcome to a Special Edition of the Two Man Power Trip with host John Poz, as he pays tribute to one of the all time most influential owners/promoters/bookers, and one of the all time greats, Jerry Jarrett. In addition to an interview John had back in 2019 with Jerry, which will be aired on this episode, you will also hear some classic moments from Jerry's career. RIP Jerry Jarrett. Follow us on T...

The 19th POZCAST with John Poz will feature former WWF Head Writer, Vince Russo as we discuss WWF Canadian Stampede in 1997. On this show we will breakdown the entire PPV show, as well as talk about the events that led up to it, and all the backstage drama going on at the time. We will discuss Bret Hart, Stone Cold Steve Austin, The Undertaker, Mankind, Vince McMahon, Shawn Michaels, and so much m...

Today's Feature episode of The Two Man Power Trip of Wrestling is with author and wrestling historian, David Shabazz. The author joins the show to discuss his new book, "Pro Wrestling's Black World Champions". Host John Poz and David discuss writing the book, his brothers impact on the book, Black wrestling champions, The Rock, Ron Simmons, Bobo Brazil, Ron R Truth Killings, Big E, Bobby Lashley,...

This week John Poz's TMPT welcomes into the show for the flagship episode, country music star and former WCW wrestler, Chad Brock. The former WCW superstar joins the show to talk about his entire professional wrestling career. Host John Poz and Chad talk about breaking into the business, getting into WCW, Eric Bischoff, heat with Kevin Sullivan and Arn Anderson, being friends with Macho Man and Go...

The Hogan Era podcast episode 77 is all about General Adnan and one of the biggest rivalries ever in the WWE.The most significant name in professional wrestler history is Hulk Hogan. Hulk was not only the greatest star in his era but also one of the greatest ever to grace the WWE ring. Hulk was the face of WWE in the 1980s as well as early 1990s until he departed for WCW.The Hulk Hogan vs. General...

Today's Feature episode of The Two Man Power Trip of Wrestling is with former WWE World Tag Team Champion, Samu. The former WWE Superstar joins the show to discuss his entire time in the professional wrestling business. Host John Poz and Samu discuss breaking into the business, Anoa'i Family, his dad Afa, his uncle Sika, The Wild Samoans, Samoan Swat Team, WWF, Vince McMahon, Bob Backlund,  The He...

This week John Poz's TMPT welcomes into the show for the flagship episode, WCW Commentator and Producer, Chad Damiani . The former WCW Employee aka "The Deli Boy" joins the show to talk about his entire professional wrestling career. Host John Poz and Chad talk about breaking into the business, getting into WCW, The WCW Hotline, Boston Brawl, Mark Madden, , and so much more! The best and easy way...

The Hogan Era podcast episode 76 is all about Yoshiaki Yatsu and one of the biggest rivalries ever in the WWE.The most significant name in professional wrestler history is Hulk Hogan. Hulk was not only the greatest star in his era but also one of the greatest ever to grace the WWE ring. Hulk was the face of WWE in the 1980s as well as early 1990s until he departed for WCW.The Hulk Hogan vs. Yoshia...

Welcome to a Special Edition of the Two Man Power Trip with host John Poz, as he pays tribute to one of the all time best and one of the all time greats, The Genius Lanny Poffo. In addition to an interview John had back in 2018 with Lanny, which will be aired on this episode, you will also hear some classic moments from Lanny's career. RIP Lanny Poffo aka The GeniusFollow us on Twitter and IG @Two...

This week John Poz's TMPT welcomes into the show for the flagship episode, Stampede wrestling legend, "No Class" Bobby Bass. The former territory wrestling Superstar joins the show to talk about his entire professional wrestling career. Host John Poz and Bobby talk about breaking into the business, Stampede Wrestling, Stu Hart, Bret Hart, Roddy Piper, Iron Sheik, Tales from the Territories on VICE...

Today's Feature episode of The Two Man Power Trip of Wrestling is with the NWA Superstar, The Thrillbilly Silas Mason. The NWA original joins the show to discuss his entire time in the professional wrestling business. Host John Poz and Silas discuss breaking into the business, NWA, Billy Corgan, NWA 74, Davey Richards, MLW, the first-ever LIVE NWA Powerrr on January 31 in Knoxville, NWA Nuff Said...

The Hogan Era podcast episode 75 is all about Gilbert Guerrero, Jerry Valiant, and random matches during the early days of the Hogan Era. The most significant name in professional wrestler history is Hulk Hogan. Hulk was not only the greatest star in his era but also one of the greatest ever to grace the WWE ring. Hulk was the face of WWE in the 1980s as well as early 1990s until he departed for W...

Welcome to a Special Edition of the Two Man Power Trip with host John Poz, as he pays tribute to one of the all time best and one of my favorite wrestlers ever, Jay Briscoe. In addition to an interview John had back in 2019 which will be aired on this episode, John Poz brings in Phil Schneider from the Ringer to discuss the article he wrote on the former ROH World and Tag Team Champion. John and P...

Today's Feature episode of The Two Man Power Trip of Wrestling is with the Emmy Award Winning Sportscaster, Jon Alba. The Matt Hardy and Eric Bischoff podcast host will discuss his entire time in the professional wrestling business. Host John Poz and Jon discuss breaking into the business, covering sports, WWE, Vince McMahon, Triple H, Saudi Arabia, Comcast, Disney, his podcast with Matt Hardy, St...

First impressions are everything. From returning heroes to unlikely holdouts, we look at some of the more interesting debuts of the New Generation era as well as some of the more unique happenings of the New York / New Jersey wrestling scene during the mid 1990s.  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tmpt-empire--1420896/support .

This week John Poz's TMPT welcomes into the show for the flagship episode, former WCW Superstar, Desperado Joe Gomez. The former WCW Superstar joins the show to talk about his entire professional wrestling career. Host John Poz and Joe talk about breaking into the business, WCW, Eric Bischoff, Kevin Sullivan, Hulk Hogan, the Renegade, the nWo, the Monday Night Wars, and so much more! The best and...

The Hogan Era podcast episode 74 is all about Hulkamania Being Born! On January 23rd 1984 at Madison Square Garden, the wrestling world wouldchange forever as the arrival of Hulkamania was here! Hulk Hogan would defeated the Iron Sheik for the WWF World Title and change the wrestling business forever. The most significant name in professional wrestler history is Hulk Hogan. Hulk was not only the g...

Today's Feature episode of The Two Man Power Trip of Wrestling is with the founder of Wrestling Inc, Raj Giri. Raj will discuss his entire time in the professional wrestling business. Host John Poz and Raj discuss starting up Wrestling Inc, WWE, Vince McMahon, Triple H, Saudi Arabia, Comcast, Disney, how current WWE is mirroring the HBO show Succession, AEW, Tony Khan, Kenny Omega, CM Punk, The Yo...

This week's Declassified looks at which company had the top heels as the calendar switched from 1993 into 1994. Each company would be holding a strong duo on top of the "bad side" but what factors and what made each standout. We go through all the factors that led to the WWF, WCW and ECW kickoff to 1994 and see who had the top heels going into January and beyond.  Become a supporter of this podcas...

This week John Poz's TMPT welcomes into the show for the flagship episode, WWE Hall of Famer, Bushwhacker Luke. The former WWF Superstar joins the show to talk about his entire professional wrestling career. Host John Poz and Luke talk about breaking into the business, Bushwhacker Butch, The Bushwhackers, the Sheepherders, Hulk Hogan, WWF/E, Vince McMahon, the territory days, Stu Hart, Stampede, C...

The Hogan Era podcast episode 73 is all about Giant Gonzalez and one of the biggest rivalries ever in the WWE.The most significant name in professional wrestler history is Hulk Hogan. Hulk was not only the greatest star in his era but also one of the greatest ever to grace the WWE ring. Hulk was the face of WWE in the 1980s as well as early 1990s until he departed for WCW.The Hulk Hogan vs. Giant...

The 18th POZCAST with John Poz will feature former WCW and WWF Head Writer, Vince Russo as we discuss TMPT's 8th Year Anniversary. On this show we will breakdown all the backstage drama going on in the WWE right now. We will discuss Vince McMahon,  Stephanie McMahon, Shane McMahon, Linda McMahon, Triple H, Shawn Michaels, and so much more! Follow us on Twitter and IG @TwoManPowerTripStore - Teepub...

Welcome to the TMPT Empire's 8th Year Anniversary special. Today's RARE feature interview podcast episode features 1 of my favorite guests since day one all the way back in January 2015, and also one of the all time greats, first Double J Jeff Jarrett, and then the Iceman Dean Malenko! On this show the Wrestling legends discuss their entire professional wrestling careers. Host John Poz and Jeff an...

This week's Declassified focuses one more week on the 1996 Royal Rumble. We this time to the match itself and watch entrants 20-28 to breakdown how the psychology of the match is put together, where superstars were placed and how certain competitors seemed to have a drastic fall down the card. Also, what do 96 Rumble participants Barry Horowitz and Tatanka have in common with former WWE Interconti...