Wrestling History X

EP 14 – Starrcade 1987 “Chi-Town Heat – Glory Bound” Is a time-limit draw ever good? Do Matt and Michael agree on this show? Do we come up with 2 more t-shirt ideas? 0:24 - Welcome 6:59 - Starrcade welcome 8:10 - Sting, Gorgeous Jimmy Garvin, and Michael “PS” Hayes (w/ Precious) vs Eddie Gilbert, Rick Steiner, and Larry Zbysko (w/ Baby Doll) in a Six-man Tag match 20:44 - Barry Windham vs “Dr Deat...

House Show #3 - NJPW G1 29 Night 1 Reactions Micahel and Matt sit down in their hotel room to discuss what they just saw in person in Dallas, Texas.

EP 13 – Survivor Series 1987 “The Biggest Event Since Wrestlemania III” The continuation of many feuds with no culminations. And spoiler alert: the ladies steal the show. Or at least we think so. 0:20 - Welcome 5:51 - Survivor Series welcome 9:36 - Team Honky Tonk (Honky Tonk Man, King Harley Race, Hercules, Outlaw Ron Bass, and Dangerous Danny Davis) (w/ Bobby Heenan and Col. Jimmy Hart) vs Team...

EP 12 – Great American Bash 1987 “War Games – The Match Beyond” A Dusty Classic - WAR Games and we get 2 of them! Lex Luger has joined the Horsemen and goes for a belt. 0:33 - Welcome 5:07 - GAB welcome 5:30 - Four Horsemen (Ric Flair, Lex Luger, Tully Blanchard, and Arn Anderson) and JJ Dillon (w/ Dark Journey) vs The Road Warriors (Hawk/Animal), Dusty Rhodes, Nikita Koloff, and Paul Ellering in...

Ep 11 – Wrestlemania III “Bigger! Better! Badder!” We discuss the Best and Worst Matches of 1987 (as stated by the Wrestling Observer) and some little people show up to face a really big person. 0:45 - Welcome 5:36 - Wrestlemania III opening 7:20 - Can-Am Connection (Rick Martel/Tom Zenk) vs Magnificent Muraco and Bob Orton (w/ Mr Fuji) 9:26 - Billy Jack Haynes vs Hercules (w/ Bobby Heenan) 14:58...

Ep 10 – Starrcade 1986 “Night of the Skywalkers” When real life affects what is supposed to happen at a wrestling show. But we do get an amazing video package about Magnum TA. Michael also rants about the announcing. We also had some audio issues (mainly Matt forgot to turn the mics on) but he did his best to clean it up to make it listenable. 0:22 - Welcome 4:02 - Starrcade 86 welcome 5:48 - Tim...

Ep 9 – The Big Event “The Biggest Event of All Time” We cover a show that wasn’t a PPV but anything that’s the Biggest Event of All Time is worth viewing – right? We also had some audio issues (mainly Matt forgot to turn the mics on) but he did his best to clean it up to make it listenable. 0:27 - Welcome 5:09 - Big Event opening 6:12 - Killer Bees (Jim Brunzell/B Brian Blair) vs Jimmy Jack Funk a...

Ep 8 – Great American Bash 1986 “Ringmasters” Another highlight video show with 2 Flair, 2 Dusty, 2 Magnum TA, 2 Jimmy Valiant matches – we talk the good, the bad, and you might be surprised at our opinion of this show. 0:36 - Welcome 4:49 - Ric Flair vs Road Warriors Hawk (w/ Paul Ellering) for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship 11:21 - Jimmy Valiant vs Shaska Watley (w/ Paul Jones) in a Hair...

Ep 7 – Wrestlemania II “The Premier Sporting Event of the Year” or “What the World Has Come To” Michael and Matt coming from one location to discuss the Wrestlemania that came from three locations 0:38 - Welcome 3:54 - Wrestlemania II opening 7:43 - Magnificent Muraco (w/ Mr Fuji) vs Paul Orndorff 11:59 - Randy Savage (w/ Miss Elizabeth) vs George Steel for the WWF Intercontinental Championship 17...

We got together to record a little prediction show for the next 2 big PPVs that are about to happen. Lets see how wrong we can get with some of these as neither of us watch WWE on the regular and who knows what direction they are gonna go with AEW.

Ep 6 – Starrcade 1985 “The Gathering” Here’s a gimmick match! There’s a gimmick match! Everybody’s in a gimmick match! Michael and Matt discuss all the gimmicky action 0:33 - Welcome 2:03 - Starrcade 85 opening 3:26 - Krusher Khrushchev vs Sam Houston for the NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship 7:47 - Manny Fernandez vs Abdullah the Butcher in a Mexican Death match 12:58 - Ron Bass vs Black...

Ep 5 – The Wrestling Classic Randy Savage as a heel and one of his first meetings with Ricky Steamboat. Who else did we mark out for during this show? Find out with Michael and Matt. 0:29 - Welcome 3:13 - Wrestling Classic opening 7:47 - Adrian Adonis (w/ Jimmy Hart) vs Corporal Kirchner 10:52 - Dynamite Kid vs Nikolai Volkoff (w/ Freddie Blassie) 12:32 - Randy Savage (w/ Miss Elizabeth) vs Ivan P...

Ep 4 – Great American Bash 1985 “Ringmasters” Can a highlight video make a show better or worse? Why is Dusty main eventing while Flair is still champion? Does anyone even care about the Television Championship? All things that are discussed by Michael and Matt. 0:29 – Welcome 1:34 – Great American Bash 1985 opening 5:24 – Ron Bass vs Buddy Landell (w/ JJ Dillon) 8:09 – Minnesota Wrecking Crew (Ol...

Ep 3 – Wrestlemania 1 “The Greatest Wrestling Event of All-Time” Michael and Matt experience our first WWF event. Michael comes away with a new favorite wrestler. Matt provides another look back into the history of wrestling. 0:32 - Welcome 1:02 - Wrestlemania 1 opening 6:49 - Tito Santana vs The Executioner 9:18 - King Kong Bundy (w/ Jimmy Hart) vs Special Delivery Jones 11:47 - Ricky Steamboat v...

House Shows are a way for us to just talk about anything we want. And we decided to talk about how we fell in love with wrestling. Someone forgot to turn the mic on (it was totally Matt) so the audio isn't as great as always.

Ep 2 – Starrcade 1984 “The Million Dollar Challenge” What has changed in a year in the NWA? Michael and Matt discuss the entire show match by match giving their perspective all these years later. Check out the show on the WWE Network and watch along with us. 0:24 - Welcome 1:19 - Starrcade 84 opening 3:27 - Denny Brown vs Mike Davis for the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship 7:34 - Brian Ad...

Ep 1 – Starrcade 1983 “A Flare for the Gold” Michael and Matt begin their journey with the first show in the modern-day PPV era of wrestling. They talk about what they like and give a little history too. 0:30 – Welcome 1:30 – Starrcade 83 opening 7:37 – The Assassins (w/Paul Jones) vs Rufus R Jones and Bugsy McGraw 17:48 – Kevin Sullivan and Mark Lewin (w/ Gary Hart) vs Johnny Weaver and Scott McG...