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Ep 37 – Starrcade 1989 "Future Shock" WCW-NWA tries to do a mini-G1 tournament in 1 night. Does it work? 0:27 – Welcome 8:04 – Starrcade opening 11:33 – Doom (Ron Simmons/Butch Reed) (w/ Woman & Nitron) vs the Steiner Brothers (Rick/Scott) 18:18 – Sting vs Lex Luger 23:37 – Doom (Ron Simmons/Butch Reed) (w/ Woman & Nitron) vs the Road Warriors (Hawk/Animal) (w/ Paul Ellering) 25:59 – Great Muta (w...

Ep 36 – Survivor Series 1989 We went much longer than expected because we had to make the show entertaining to ourselves. Hope you find it as entertaining as we did! 0:22 – Welcome 9:18 – Survivor Series opening 15:03 - The Enforcers (Big Boss Man, Bad News Brown, “The Model” Rick Martel, and Honky Tonky Man) (w/ Jimmy Hart and Slick) vs The Dream Team (Brutus “The Barber” Beefcake, Tito Santana,...

Ep 35 – Clash of the Champions 9: NY Knockout The setup for Starrcade is here! Does it work as a show on its own? 0:21 – Welcome 11:21 – Clash opening 14:04 – Fabulous Freebirds (Jimmy Garvin/Michael PS Hayes) vs the Road Warriors (Hawk/Animal) (w/ Paul Ellering) 24:06 – “Hot Stuff” Eddie Gilbert and “Wildfire” Tommy Rich vs Doom (Ron Simmons/Butch Reed) (w/ Woman) 29:34 – Dynamic Dudes (Johhny Ac...

Ep 34 – Halloween Havoc 1989 Will the NWA keep up the momentum in 1989? The answer is no, and we discuss why 0:26 – Welcome 8:58 – Halloween Havoc opening 9:59 – Captain Mike Rotunda vs the Z-Man 14:32 – Midnight Express (Stan Lane/Bobby Eaton) and “Dr Death” Steve Williams (w/ Jim Cornette) vs Samoan Swat Team (Fatu/Samu) and Samoan Savage (w/ “Big Kahuna” Sir Oliver Humperdink) 25:25 – The Cuban...

Ep 33 – Summerslam 1989 "Feel The Heat" Did the A/C keep us cool enough to finish this show? It did, but did we like it all? 0:17 - Welcome 7:35 - Summerslam opening 9:32 – Hart Foundation (Bret “Hitman” Hart/Jim “Anvil” Neidhart) vs Brainbusters (Arn Anderson/ully Blanchard) (w/ Bobby “The Brain” Heenan) 18:23 - Honky Tonk Man (w/ Col Jimmy Hart) vs Dusty Rhodes 23:25 – Mr Perfect vs the Red Roos...

Ep 32 – Saturday Night Main Event 22 A fun side trip to a non-PPV event to meet Zeus and a title change 0:23 - Welcome 7:38 - SNME opening 13:25 - Honky Tonk Man vs Hulk Hogan 19:04 - Jimmy “Superfly” Snuka vs Greg “The Hammer” Valentine with “Rugged” Ronnie Garvin as the referee 25:30 - Brutus Beefcake vs “Macho Man” Randy Savage (w/ Sensationsal Sherri) 36:05 - The Brainbusters (Arn Anderson/Tul...

Ep 31 – Great American Bash 1989 “Glory Days” 2 rings means WarGames, but Funk vs Flair delivers the ultimate battle! 0:21 - Welcome 8:40 - Great American Bash opening 10:04 - 2 Ring King of the Hill Battle Royal (w/ Hot Stuff Eddie Gilbert, Terry Gordy, Scott Hall, Wild Bill Irwin, Flyin Brian Pillman, Ranger Ross, Mike Rotunda, Ron Simmons, Ric Steiner, Scott Steiner, Dr Death Steve Williams, Ke...

Ep 30 – Wrestlewar 1989 “Music City Showdown” This may be our most tangent ridden episode yet. Learn what our favorite Christmas song is and oh yeah the final part of the Trilogy 0:30 - Welcome 7:26 - Wrestlewar opening 10:44 - Doug Gilbert vs Great Muta (w/ Gary Hart) 14:53 - Hacksaw Butch Reed vs Ranger Ross 19:41 - “Capt Redneck” Dick Murdoch vs Bob Orton (w/ Hary Hart) in a Bullrope match 25:3...

Ep 29 – Clash of the Champions 6: Ragin Cajun We're headed to the Superdome for Part 2 of the trilogy in the TV special the same night as WrestleMania! 0:18 - Welcome 8:27 - Clash opening 11:38 - Samoan Swat Team (Samu/Fatu) (w/ Paul E Dangerously) vs Midnight Express (Stan Lane/Bobby Eaton) (w/ Paul Cornette) 20:43 - Great Muta (w/ Gary Hart) vs Steven Casey 26:00 - Junkyard Dog vs Butch Reed (w/...

Ep 28 – Wrestlemania V “The Mega-Powers Explode” The culmination of the Hogan-Savage storyline! Really good tag matches! An underrated classic! This show has it all 0:18 - Welcome 7:05 - Wrestlemania V opening 8:40 - King Haku (w/ Bobby “The Brain” Heenan) vs Hercules 12:18 - Twin Towers (Akeem/Big Bossman) (w/ Slick) vs The Rockers (Shawn Michaels/Marty Jannetty) 17:51 - “Million Dollar Man” Ted...

Ep 27 – Chi-Town Rumble Steamboat makes his return in a big way! But this show also makes a huge blunder. 0:32 - Welcome 8:03 - Chi-Town Rumble opening 10:59 - Michael “PS” Hayes vs Russian Assassin #1 (w/ Paul Jones) 19:17 - Sting vs Butch Reed (w/ Hiro Matsuda) 30:41 - Original Midnight Express (Randy Rose/Jack Victory), and Paul E Dangerously vs the Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton/Stan Lane) and...

Recording right after watching the first episode of AEW Dynamite thru the computer mic, so sorry about the quality

Ep 26 – Main Event 2 What will happen when the MegaPowers meet the Twin Towers? Nothing should crumble right? 0:39 - Welcome 5:59 - Main Event opening 11:59 - Twin Towers (Akeem/Big Bossman) (w/ Slick) vs Mega Powers (“Macho Man” Randy Savage/Hulk Hogan) 23:31 - Hercules vs Ted DiBiase (w/ Virgil) 28:40 - Overall Thoughts 33:20 - Smarking It Up 42:49 - Dusty Finish 44:05 - Goodbyes Music from this...

Ep 25 – Royal Rumble 1989 “No Partners…30 Opponents” First Rumble PPV, but still no prize for the winner. What storylines would make their progression on the road to WrestleMania? 0:25 - Welcome 5:28 - Royal Rumble opening 6:52 - Dino Bravo & the Fabulous Rougeaus (w/ Frenchy Martin and Jimmy Hart) vs Hacksaw Duggan & the Hart Foundation in a 2 out of 3 falls match 15:27 - Rockin Robin vs Judy Mar...

Ep 24 – Starrcade 1988 “True Gritt” Did Michael find a new favorite wrestler? Did Luger/Flair surpass their GAB match? 0:25 - Welcome 7:56 - Starrcade opening 10:11 - The Varsity Club (“The Gamesmaster” Kevin Sullivan/”Dr Death” Steve Williams) vs the Fantastics (Bobby Fulton/Tommy Rogers) for the NWA United States Tag Team Championship 19:27 - The Original Midnight Express (Dennis Condrey/Randy R...

Ep 23 – AWA Superclash III The only PPV the AWA ever put on. Lots of new faces, and some old faces. 0:33 - Welcome 7:25 - Superclash III opening 9:23 - Chavo Sr, Mando, and Hector Guerrero vs Cactus Jack and the Rock N Roll RPMs (Mike Davis/Tommy Lane) in a 6-man tag match 16:22 - Eric Embry vs Jeff Jarrett for the WCCW World Light Heavyweight Championship 21:48 - Jimmy Valiant vs Wayne Bloom 23:5...

Ep 22 – Survivor Series 1988 “Teams of Five Strive to Survive” First appearances by Shawn Michaels, Owen Hart and last appearances by Dynamite Kid on our least favorite Big 4 PPV 0:22 - Welcome 4:37 - Survivor Series opening 6:09 - Team Warrior (Ultimate Warrior, Brutus “The Barber” Beefcake, The Blue Blazer, Sam Houston, Jumping Jim Brunzell) vs Team Honky Tonk (Honky Tonk Man, Dangerous Danny Da...

Ep 21 – Summerslam 1988 “Where the Mega Powers meet the Mega Bucks” The 1st SummerSlam! Another of the Big Four PPV's start! 0:20 - Welcome 3:31 - Summerslam opening 7:04 - The Fabulous Rougeaus (Jacques/Raymond) vs the British Bulldogs (Davey Boy Smith/Dynamite Kid) (w/ Matilda) 17:02 - Bad News Brown vs Ken Patera 20:20 - “Ravishing” Rick Rude (w/ Bobby Heenan) vs Junkyard Dog 25:20 - The Bolshe...

Ep 20 – Great American Bash 1988 “A Price for Freedom” After all the fun we had with Clash of the Champions, could the NWA keep its momentum going? 0:29 - Welcome 6:28 - Great American Bash opening 7:06 - Sting/Nikita Koloff vs Arn Anderson/Tully Blanchard (w/ JJ Dillon) for the NWA World Tag Team Championships 18:38 - The Fantastics (Bobby Fulton/Tommy Rogers) vs the Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton...

Ep 19 – Clash of the Champions 1 NWA puts on a show the same night as WrestleMania. 0:32 - Welcome 4:10 - Clash of the Champions welcome 7:12 - “Gorgeous” Jimmy Garvin (w/ Precious) vs Mike Rotunda (w/ Kevin Sullivan) in a “College Rules” match for the NWA World Television Championship 12:30 - Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton/Stan Lane) (w/Jim Cornette) vs The Fantastics (Bobby Fulton/Tommy Rogers) f...

Ep 18 – Wrestlemania IV “What the World is Watching” A tournament is brewing. Do Matt and Michael love it as much as the last tournament? 0:25 - Welcome 8:12 - Wrestlemania IV welcome 13:35 - Battle Royal 21:14 - Hacksaw Jim Duggan vs “The Million Dollar Man” Ted DiBiase (w/ Virgil and Andre the Giant) in a 1st round tournament match 26:09 - Don Muraco (w/ Superstar Billy Graham) vs Dino Bravo (w/...

House Show #4 Started chatting about different things, so we turned the mics on to let you in on our conversation

Ep 17 – The Main Event 1 A spin-off of Saturday Night Main Event that contained 3 title matches Recording under the stars in Oklahoma and then tried to be cleaned up but you can still hear the wildlife 0:38 - Welcome 2:35 - Main Event welcome 6:36 - Honky Tonk Man (w/ Jimmy Hart and Peggy Sue) vs “Macho Man” Randy Savage (w/ Miss Elizabeth) for the WWF Intercontinental Title 15:41 - Andre the Gian...

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