Way of the Blade

Phil welcomes his old friend and ex-NXT staffer Rob Naylor to talk about Killer Khan vs. Terry Gordy from World Class Nov 11th 1982. We talk about the greatness of both guys, hidden Omni matches, 2000s Indy wrestling and much more

Phil is joined by the super talented artist of the Way of the Blade Chris Bryan to talk about Commando Negro vs. El Pollo Mascara contra Mascara from IWRG 12/26/10. We talk about visual style in wrestling, Chris's illustrious Australian Indy wrestling career and how a project like this book comes together

I bring on Brian Solomon the author of the upcoming Sheik biography Blood and Fire to talk about the incredible All Japan tag match with Terry and Dory Funk taking on Sheik and Abdullah, we talk about the history of all four guys, the role of the NWA Champion and stories from his book

Phil is joined by AIW Double Champion Joshua Bishop to discuss his Mania weekend banger against Dominic Garrini. We talk about getting psyched up to wrestle a death match, Bishop's insane ideas for the match and much more. Match below https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1lBWmU90jc

We discuss El Dandy vs. Pirata Morgan from EMLL 9/23/88 with Journalist, Activist and Pirata Super fan Eduardo Martinez. We talk about the cosmic target placed on Pirata's eye, the struggle to find footage of this match, and more. This was taped in the height of the pandemic so there is some charming doom and gloom

We are joined by AEW President, Promoter and Booker Tony Khan to discusses Ric Flair vs. Ted DiBiase from Mid-South wrestling. We talk about arguably the greatest hour of wrestling television ever, the challenges of producing AEW in a pandemic, his vision for booking World Titles and a lot more

A three man pod with legendary managers Jeff G. Bailey and Rev. Dan Wilson discussing the evil vs. evil 2007 NWA Anarchy War Games match between the Devil's Rejects and the NWA Elite. We hear the real story about Dominus vs. Abomination and lots of stories of this legendary feud. Watch the match https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isr0k2ek6ek Buy the Book https://www.amazon.com/dp/173494594X?&...

In part 1 of our 2 part Anarchy War Games retrospective. Phil is joined by @revdanwilson to discusses the epic War Games from July 22, 2006 match where Rev. Dan led his Devil's Rejects into the cage to face off with a team representing NWA Anarchy. We talk about the history of the Devil's Rejects and all of the lead up to this all timer of a match Buy the Book https://www.amazon.com/dp/173...

Technical Wrestling master Daniel Makabe @danielmakabe joins the pod to discusses Daisuke Ikeda vs. Yuki Ishikawa from FU-TEN 4/24/05. We talk about their endless violent dance and Dan discusses what it is like to be in the ring with Ikeda and Ishikawa, wrestling Negro Navarro and his oddball career https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxRLkhX_yMs&t=3s

Phil is joined by his fellow Segunda Caida compatriot Eric Ritz @segundacaida to discuss Killer Karl Kox vs. Dick Murdoch from All Japan Wrestling Dec 9th 1976 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUE_dw4aTd8