TMPT Empire

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...

Welcome to a Special Edition of the Two Man Power Trip with host John Poz, as he welcomes in for a special interview, Tim Kennedy. The former UFC and Strikeforce star joins the show to talk about his entire MMA career. Host John Poz and Tim talk about MMA, UFC, Strikeforce, Michael Bisping, Yoel Romero, Jacare Souza, BJJ, his military background, Hunting Hitler on the History Channel, what he's up...

Today's Feature episode of The Two Man Power Trip of Wrestling is with Irish Whip Wrestling promoter, Simon Rochford. The promoter and owner joins the show to talk about his entire professional wrestling career. Host John Poz and Simon discuss breaking into the business, IWW, training wrestlers, WWE, WWF, Sheamus, Pat Barrett, Drew McIntyre, the Irish wrestling scene, the British wrestling scene,...

War Games and Halloween Havoc. Staple events and match styles of some of WCW's greatest moments have been utilized very well by WWE in recent years. Today's New Generation Declassified looks at how WCW's execution of stipulation and gimmick matches may have been what the WWF needed to push their creative in another direction. Events such as the RAW Bowl showed how weak some of the booking was, but...

This week John Poz's TMPT welcomes into the show for the flagship episode, former WWE World Tag Team and Intercontinental Champion, Ken Shamrock. The UFC Legend and Hall of Famer joins the show to talk about his entire professional wrestling and MMA career. Host John Poz and Ken talk about Valor Bare Knuckle Boxing, breaking into the business, WWE, WWF, Vince McMahon, Shawn Michaels, match vs Vade...

The Hogan Era podcast episode 66 is all about the Red Rooster Terry Taylor 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 Ho...

Today's Feature episode of The Two Man Power Trip of Wrestling is with musician, guitarist, record producer, Lars Frederiksen. The music legend joins the show to talk about his entire professional wrestling fandom. Host John Poz and Lars discuss becoming a wrestling fan, what got him hooked, the Cow Palace, WWF, WWE, AEW, CM Punk friendship, his favorite wrestlers, loving Japanese wrestling, Ranci...

The Survivor Series that changed the format. Ditching the traditional team match concept and mixing it with singles grudge matches, the 1996 Survivor Series serves as the WWF's answer to the success of the nWo and WCW's stranglehold on wrestling in 1996. A title change, a huge return, mystery partners and a rockin' MSG house all make the 1996 edition of the annual November pay per view one of the...

This week John Poz's TMPT welcomes into the show for the flagship episode, former WWE World Tag Team Champion, Mike Mondo. The former WWE Superstar joins the show to talk about his entire professional wrestling career. Host John Poz and Mike talk about breaking into the business, WWE, Vince McMahon, Shawn Michaels, the Spirit Squad, Triple H, getting signed, getting released, his WWE return on Sma...

The Hogan Era podcast episode 65 is all about Johnny Rodz 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 R...

The fifteenth POZCAST with John Poz will feature former WWF Head Writer, Vince Russo as we discuss WWF Revenge of the Taker 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 s...

Today's Feature episode of The Two Man Power Trip of Wrestling is with the King of the Death match legend, The Necro Butcher. The former CZW and ROH Superstar joins the show to talk about his entire professional career. Host John Poz and Necro discuss breaking into the business, training under Black Bart, The Sportatorium in Dallas Texas, Deathmatch wrestling, XPW, CZW, ROH, Samoa Joe, Low Ki, Chr...

We've talked about when wrestlers go from one extreme to another. We've covered going from WWF to ECW. But today's topic on New Generation Declassified looks at the arrival and impact of one of Mick Foley's greatest alter egos, Mankind. Coming in right after WrestleMania 12, Mankind was positioned as a top heel to combat The Undertaker and would prove to become one of the dead man's all-time great...

This week John Poz's TMPT welcomes into the show for the flagship episode, GCW, AEW, ROH, IMPACT star, Blake Christian. The former WWE/NXT Superstar joins the show to talk about his entire professional wrestling career. Host John Poz and Blake talk about breaking into the business, WWE, NXT, Triple H, getting signed, getting released, Gamechanger Wrestling, Jon Moxley, Matt Cardona, Minoru Suzuki,...