Two And A Half Marks

Thirty, count' em, THIRTY episodes for Two And A Half Marks! To celebrate this special occasion, David, Jake, and Angelo take a trip to late 2000s TNA. Lockdown was a PPV that featured every match in a steel cage, and mileage may vary on the different was they utilized this for match stipulations. But we have the Main Event Mafia, young Xavier Woods, Awesome Kong, and a very in over his head Mick...

WELCOME EVERYBODY TO WWF SNOOZERSLAM 1995, I'M YOUR HOST ANGELO INGLISA AND THIS IS THE MOST EXCITEMENT YOU'LL GET! While not as insane and bad as WCW Fall Brawl 2000, Summerslam '95 has very few high spots, and serves as a nice sedative. We get a rematch of the legendary Razor Ramon-Shawn Michaels ladder match, a solid clinic in opening bouts between Hakushi and The 1-2-3 Kid, but when the main e...

After a wonderful streak of events, Lady Luck has decided to mar the Marks with some true Death of WCW. Fall Brawl has Vince Russo's stench all over it, and he even makes an appearance. With just one traditional singles match on the card, things get crazy in a hurry. Was WCW's last bit of product featuring guys like Kwee Wee, General Rection, and the Insane Clown Posse that bad?  Two And A Ha...

Adding to the streak of heaters that the Marks have been getting is probably the most iconic wrestling storyline of the 2010s: CM Punk threatening to leave the WWU with the WWE Title. A great storyline with great performers ultimately leading to CM Punk fleeing through the Chicago crowd with the WWE Title in tow. Does the rest of the card stack up? Two And A Half Marks is not affiliated with the W...

Who could forget 2008 WWE? Edge and Vickie Guerrero were a thing, Randy was starting to hear voices, and Ric Flair couldn't lose lest he be fired. The Marks certainly remember. Join David, Jake, and Angelo as the relive 08's Royal Rumble, featuring MVP, Rey Mysterio vs Edge, and BYE GOD THAT'S JOHN CENA! Two And A Half Marks is not affiliated with the WWE/WWF/WCW/TNA/AEW/any promotion or any of th...

Probably the most iconic spot that the Marks have had to date: Starrcade 1998 AKA The Night Goldberg's Streak Ended AKA The Scott Hall Taser Spot. With that as the highlight of the show, it is surprising how little build there was on the rest of the card. We had an hour of cruiserweight greatness, a fun Jericho-Konnan match for the TV Title and that's it. Norman Smiley, Scott Norton, and even Ric...

Well, it isn't In Your House 4. David, Jake, and Angelo head back to a few months before their Summerslam episode with RAW's Vengeance. The overarching story is RAW v ECW, with Orton-Angle, Cena-Sabu, and RVD-Edge for the WWE Title. But the main event is a twisted combo of comedy and nostalgia: DX reunited against the Spirit Squad the made one team look like a bunch of jabronis. HINT: it was not D...

The Marks encounter all kinds of nostalgia with Survivor Series 2009, with a bunch of guys they grew up with, and a bunch of guys they're still watching now. 3 Survivor Series Matches make sure no guy (or gal) goes unremembered, 2 Triple Threat Matches for the World Titles tell the story of greed between tag teams, and Batista murders Rey Mysterio. Two And A Half Marks is not affiliated with the W...

I hope you like the 80's! Starrcade 1988 was definitely a very 80's PPV, headlined by Ric Flair vs Lex Luger for the Heavyweight Championship in a 30 minute piece of art. But that's not all, as we also get MORE KEVIN SULLIVAN (and Dr. Death), 2 Midnight Express 2 Handle, Russians who aren't Russian, lovable Rick Steiner, and more! Two And A Half Marks is not affiliated with the WWE/WWF/WCW/TNA/AEW...

The Marks are back with Part 2 of their All In episode. Despite only 5 matches to discuss, the Marks wax poetically about almost everything on this half of the card. Jake puts over Joey Janela, his favorite New Jersian, David gets to dissect his 2018 dream match: Cleaner Kenny Omega vs Penta El Zero, and the main event absolutely melts Angelo's face off. Two And A Half Marks is not affiliated with...

SCREW THE RULES. David, Jake an Angelo decide to ditch the Randomizer for an episode, and instead dissect the first half of the 2018 event, All In. This event is recognized as what kick started the dawn of All Elite Wrestling, WWE's biggest competition in almost 2 decades. We have MJF heeling it up, the TV's Green Arrow Stephen Amell taking on consummate pro Christopher Daniels, a hell of a Women'...

We had some Scott Hall and Kevin Nash on the last episode, so let's meet Razor Ramon and Diesel! In Your House 4, retroactively named Great White North, was more like In The Trash. The main event, Diesel vs Davey Boy Smith, was an utter wreck that had Vince swearing up and down once they went off air. Speaking of Vince, you get to hear a lot of him on commentary, which adds to the misery. On the b...

In this episode of Two And A Half Marks, we revisit the mid-90s WCW. We are one month away from the famous Hulk Hogan heel turn, but that doesn't mean there is some substance on this card. There's a super hyped up Kevin Greene and Steve McMichael vs Ric Flair and Arn Anderson match with a fantastic story. There's also some Sting, Steven Regal, DDP, Konnan, Young Rey Mysterio, Chris Benoit and so m...

On this episode, the Marks go off the rails as David works for that explicit tag. We have a meaningful Benoit discussion, talk about singlet tag teams, and a whole lot of other sidebars from a "meh" PPV. There are some great matches, like the opening US Title match, a heel John Cena taking on BikerTaker, and a triple threat match for the WWE Title. And here's a tip: don't be Jamie Noble. Two And A...

In this episode, David and Jake show NO MERCY (get it?) to the the overarching angle in WWF, the Invasion Angle. Creative that has so much potential, that ended up being ridiculous because almost no WCW guys came over to WWF after the buyout by Vince. The card as a whole features some pretty solid matches, including Stone Cold v RVD v Kurt Angle for the WWF Title. Hope you enjoy the Paul Heyman co...

We get our first proper current era PPV with Hell In A Cell 2018, and boy is it... something? David puts the Falcon Arrow over, Angelo criticizes a good portion of the card for various reasons, and Jake takes on the Hell In A Cell in a grudge match. The WWE Women's division puts on 2 solid bouts, 4 of the best guys in the business square off for the Tag Titles, and OH MY GOD THAT'S BROCK LESNAR'S...

Ask, and you shall receive. Angelo asked for 2002-2004 WWE, and the Randomizer presented Unforgiven 2003. Some lows, like Test v. Steiner and and 8 minute match featuring Jim Ross, but some high points like Shawn Michaels v. Randy Orton in the first "Legend vs. Legend Killer" match. Shane McMahon attempts to take his own life, and we have a GOLDBERG appearance. Two And A Half Marks is not affiliat...

The Marks go back to 1993, with another WCW PPV. This one is dedicated to legends, which features an hour of wrestling with guys over 49 years old. 2 Cold Scorpio steals the show, Rick Rude is the best Atomic Drop seller of all time, and we get to discuss an absolute David mark-fest when Davey Boy Smith challenges Big Van Vader for the World Heavyweight Title. Two And A Half Marks is not affiliate...

With Part 2 of their review of the G1 Supercard, David, Jake and Angelo deep dive the 4 final matches which were all very unique. The Marks are split on Zack Sabre Jr., while Naito-Ibushi blew everyone's mind. David would probably be able to book Angelo's dream card with his prediction about Marty Scurll, Jay White has a super punchable face, and how does Okada stack up against history?  We a...

The Marks take it international (kind of)! David, Jake and Angelo decided to tackle the NJPW and ROH joint event; the G1 Supercard. Starting off with the Honor Rumble filled with big names like Minoru Suzuki and Colt Cabana, as well as legends like Jushin Thunder Liger, there's a ton of dream matches to follow up. Jeff Cobb vs Will Ospreay in a clash of styles, a hell of a Woman of Honor title bou...

In the self-proclaimed "Tye Dillinger" episode, the Marks take a swing at the 2nd half of the Wrestlemania 28 card. Starting off with a host of guys in a twelve man tag match to decide the General Manager of RAW and Smackdown, the show ends with 2 barn burners, CM Punk battling a Chris Jericho who is airing out all of Punk's dirty laundry, and the "Once in a Lifetime" match up between The Rock and...

With 8 episodes to their credit, the Randomizer gifted David, Jake, and Angelo Wrestlemania 28 for their first two parter. The boys dissect the first half of the card: Bryan-Sheamus, Show-Cody, a Divas Tag match with Kelly Kelly and Beth Phoenix, and a LEGENDARY Hell in a Cell match featuring HHH, Undertaker, and HBK. The guys breakdown the dawn of the YES! Movement, the Knockout Punch, how far wo...

The guys don't have to go back that far to arrive at WWE NXT UK Takeover: Cardiff, the most recent PPV that the Marks have covered. In fact, David, Jake and Angelo watched this one live back in August 2019. With the "worst" match being 2.5 stars, the guys nerd out over the wrestling artistry featured on the card, including an insane triple threat tag team match, Cesaro and Ilja Dragunov stealing t...

David, Jake and Angelo revisit the Attitude Era, this time with Survivor Series 1998. Headlined by the Deadly Game tournament to decide the new WWF World Champion, Vince McMahon is littered throughout the show as he does everything he can to stop Stone Cold Steve Austin from regaining his title. With an absolute swerve to end the show, what did the Marks think about the PPV? Tune in to find out? T...

The Marks take their time machine out on the highway for this episode, going all the way back to NWA/WCW's 1989 event, Chi-Town Rumble. David, Jake and Angelo lose their mind over the Ric Flair-Ricky Steamboat match, as well as touch on how Sting and Lex Luger prove that they were destined for big things. But what do they think about the rest of the card? Tune in to find out! Two And A Half Marks...