TMPT Empire

Welcome to the TMPT Empire's 8th Year Anniversary special. Today's RARE flagship interview podcast episode features 2 of my favorite guests since day one all the way back in January 2015, the legendary 4 Horsemen, the Brain Busters, Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard! On this show the Wrestling legends discuss their entire professional wrestling careers. Host John Poz and Arn and Tully talk about To...

The Hogan Era podcast episode 72 is all about Dick Murdoch 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. Dick Mur...

The seventeenth POZCAST with John Poz will feature former WWF Head Writer, Vince Russo as we discuss WWF King of the Ring 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...

Today's Feature episode of The Two Man Power Trip of Wrestling is with former NWA World Tag Team Champion, Jerry Brisco. The WWE Hall of Famer joins the show to talk about his entire professional wrestling career. Host John Poz and Jerry discuss breaking into the business, NWA, JCP, MACW, WWF, Vince McMahon, WWE, Jack Brisco, Dusty Rhodes, CWF, Florida, JBL, his podcast, what he is up to today and...

1995 and 1996 are two drastically different years in the WWE's history. 95 having a thinner and much more youthful look and 96 having a more mature and seasoned roster. This is clearly evident at the Royal Rumble pay per view events in January 1995 and January 1996. Today's Declassified looks at how different those events were and how the cast of characters in both 30 man over the top rope rumble...

This week John Poz's TMPT welcomes into the show for the flagship episode, former WWF Superstar Scott McGhee. The former WWF Superstar joins the show to talk about his entire professional wrestling career. Host John Poz and Scott talk about breaking into the business, Hulk Hogan, WWF/E, Vince McMahon, NWA, CWF, Dusty Rhodes, Ric Flair, Stu Hart, Stampede, Canada, Dynamite Kid, and so much more! Ge...

The Hogan Era podcast episode 71 is all about Rene Goulet 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. Rene Goul...

Today's Feature episode of The Two Man Power Trip of Wrestling is with former NWA World Tag Team Champion, Wildcat Chris Harris. The former TNA superstar joins the show to talk about his entire professional wrestling career. Host John Poz and Chris discuss breaking into the business, WCW, TNA, AMW, James Storm, Jeff Jarrett, WWE, Vince McMahon, ECW, Braden Walker, what he is up to today and so muc...

This week's Declassified closes out the 2022 year with a look back at the tried and true veterans that hung around the WWF during the mid 90s as the company went in a new direction. Piper, Warrior, Backlund and even The Iron Sheik had a role in parts of the growth of a good number of the WWF's New Generation Superstars.  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tmpt-emp...

This week John Poz's TMPT welcomes into the show for the flagship episode, former WWF Superstar Ken Anderson aka Ken Kennedy. The former TNA Wrestling World Champion joins the show to talk about his entire professional wrestling career. Host John Poz and Mario talk about breaking into the business, Hulk Hogan, TNA, WWE, Vince McMahon, having Eddie Guerrero's last match, The Undertaker, Ric Flair,...

The Hogan Era podcast episode 70 is all about Rick 'The Model' Martel 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 v...

The sixteenth POZCAST with John Poz will feature former WWF Head Writer, Vince Russo as we discuss WWF A Cold Day in Hell 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...

Today's Feature episode of The Two Man Power Trip of Wrestling is with former OVW and WWE Superstar, Romeo Roselli. The former WWF superstar joins the show to talk about his entire professional wrestling career. Host John Poz and Romeo discuss breaking into the business, OVW, Jim Cornette, Danny Davis, WWF, WWE, Vince McMahon, The Heart Breakers, The Heart Throbs, what he is up to today and so muc...

This week on Declassified we go back and look at some of the WWF's Christmas moments that took place during the mid 90s New Generation years. Mixed with a few personal holiday wrestling memories, this episode counts us down to the big 2023 kickoff of Declassified.  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 WWF Superstar Mario Mancini. The former WWF superstar joins the show to talk about his entire professional wrestling career. Host John Poz and Mario talk about breaking into the business, Rita Chatterton scandal, Hulk Hogan, WWF, Andre the Giant, Vince McMahon, Paul Roma, training wrestlers today, why he retired from...

The Hogan Era podcast episode 69 is all about The Berzerker 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. The Ber...

Welcome to a Special Edition of the Two Man Power Trip with host John Poz, as he welcomes in for a special interview, The Progressive Liberal, Daniel Richards. The independent wrestler featured on CNN, The Daily Show, HBO, and Vice will be on to talk about his entire professional wrestling career. John Poz and Daniel talk breaking into the business, The Progressive Liberal gimmick, CNN story, HBO,...

Today's Feature episode of The Two Man Power Trip of Wrestling is with former WWE World Tag Team and Intercontinental Champion, Jacques Rougeau. The former Mountie and Quebecer joins the show to talk about his entire professional wrestling career. Host John Poz and Jacques discuss breaking into the business,  Jimmy Hart, The Fabulous Rougeau Brothers, fight with Dynamite Kid, WWF, Vince McMahon, T...

A HUGE weekend in pro wrestling for all three companies back in early August 1996. The WWF was preparing for Summer Slam with a main event of Shawn Michaels vs. Vader, WCW was in the beginning stages of nWo takeover mode and ECW was slowly changing the game one show at a time from the bingo hall in South Philly. This week we look at the WWF House Show loop through Canada, WCW's Texas shows and a m...

This week John Poz's TMPT welcomes into the show for the flagship episode, former WWF Superstar Big Ron Shaw. The former IWF superstar joins the show to talk about his entire professional wrestling career. Host John Poz and Big Ron talk about breaking into the business, IWF, Killer Kowalski, Bruno Sammartino, Hulk Hogan, WWF, Andre the Giant, Vince McMahon Sr, Vince McMahon Jr, upset wins over Ren...

The Hogan Era podcast episode 68 s all about Typhoon 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. Typhoon rivalr...

Today's Feature episode of The Two Man Power Trip of Wrestling is with former OVW and WWE Superstar, Dean Visk. The former HWA superstar joins the show to talk about his entire professional wrestling career. Host John Poz and Dean discuss breaking into the business, Les Thatcher, HWA, OVW, Jim Cornette, Al Snow, Danny Davis, WWF, WWE, Vince McMahon, Kurt Angle, the Cornette vs Santino Marella slap...

This week's Declassified looks at the fall of 1996 and how it affected the WWF. Joined by Hughezy, we check in with both WCW and ECW, picking it up in November and exploring how each promotion moved closer to the end of the year with huge shows.  Could the WWF really compete with the blossoming nWo (World War 3) and was ECW's (November to Remember) influence starting to be affected by the high qua...

This week John Poz's TMPT welcomes into the show for the flagship episode, former NWA World Junior Heavyweight Champion, Downtown Denny Brown. The former NWA superstar joins the show to talk about his entire professional wrestling career. Host John Poz and Denny talk about breaking into the business, NWA, MACW, JCP, CWF, Dusty Rhodes, Jim Crockett, Starrcade, Junior Heavyweight Championship, WCW,...

The Hogan Era podcast episode 67 is all about Boris Zhukov 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. Boris Zh...