Wrestling: Retold and Relived with Richie Mars

John Cena is the latest WWE Star to gain Hollywood success but it took him a while to find his defining character that so many actors strive for. Enter Chris Smith aka Peacemaker, a patriotic broken man who uses violence and his brash personality to defeat those he thinks are harming the peace of the world. Richie Mars is joined by Shoot the Flick's Scott and Frankie to break down the first season...

The WWE Draft gives a lot of fans hope that WWE would take their brand split seriously. Since 2002, the WWE Draft took many shapes and forms with mixed success with each twist they'd put. This week, Richie Mars sits down with Mr. Sethsational to talk about the history of all the drafts that took place in WWE, what worked best, what rules were confusing, the downfall of the concept, the inane S...

Daniel Bryan (Bryan Danielson) is considered by many one of the greatest professional wrestlers in the world. Bray Wyatt is considered by many one of the greatest creative minds the professional wrestling world ever had. When they clashed in 2014, it seemed like a combination destined to work. There was one caveat; the fans wanted Daniel Bryan to be WWE Champion. With this giant elephant in the ro...

After WWE purchased it's competitor WCW, one of the ideas they carried from there was the Cruiserweight Division; a place where the greatest professional wrestlers under 225lbs would compete for their own championship. As talented as the division was, it was hindered by a lack of attention, promotion & care. Richie Mars is joined by longtime friend DFD to talk about their Top 5 Cruiserweig...

We're back and we're talking about arguably WWE's Worst Creative Year in 2019! Richie Mars is joined by WrestleTok content creator Baldbro to discuss all the creative blunders such as the Wild Card Rule, 2/3 Falls Matches, The Fiend vs Seth Rollins Hell In A Cell Match, Goldberg vs Undertaker, Shane McMahon being the "Best in the World", Roman Reign's run in with dog food, AEW's impact on improvin...

If you're emotionally drained from all the wrestling WWE & AEW have been providing; fear not! Richie Mars is back with special guest Hot Take Wrestling to get you through it! They go over whether fans are impatient with Cody Rhodes as WWE Champion, the evolution of The Bloodline storyline, the state of the WWE Women's division, what WWE Draft moves they'd make, who'd they send...

We're back and the biggest news in WWE and wrestling is Cody Rhodes finishing his story to become the Undisputed WWE Champion for the very first time...but how did we get to this point? Richie Mars is joined by his friend Marcus as they structure Cody's Story with the 12 Step "Hero's Journey" story template that is common in such works as Star Wars, Lord of the Rings & Ha...

It's the finale and Main Event of the month long WrestleMonthia and we're ending it with a BANG! The biggest tag team match in WrestleMania history will occur at Night 1 of WrestleMania 40 when The Rock and Roman Reigns take on Cody Rhodes and Seth Rollins. To celebrate this occasion, Richie Mars teams up with his co-host Mr. Seth-sational to go over the BIGGEST tag team matches in Wrestle...

WrestleMonthia continues with the first Night 1 WrestleMania Main Event in history and The Undertaker's Last Match: The Boneyard Match vs AJ Styles! Richie Mars is joined by long time friend and co-host of the Shoot The Flick podcast Scott Eisenberg to discuss the build up to this match, Undertaker's career after the streak was broken, AJ Styles's WWE career, why it being a cinematic m...

We're still in the thick of WretleMonthia and we're taking it back to WWE's Ruthless Aggression Era where WWE made the decision to anoint their next biggest stars; John Cena and Dave Batista! Richie Mars is joined by his good friend DFD to discuss the build of both championship matches, how Randy Orton got the shaft, the John Cena heel turn that never was, Triple H's 'reign of...

We're in WrestleMonthia and we're starting with making the most bloated WrestleManias two nights and see if they're better for it! Richie Mars is joined by Ryan Gray of the North South Connection and CronoSo Podcasts to discuss which matches would headline both nights of WrestleMania, the best match from each one, if each WrestleMania night should seperate between the Raw and SmackDown...

At AEW Revolution 2024, Sting, one of the last of his generation wrestled his final match. Richie Mars and Co-Host of the Ruthless Talk podcast Bryan Thomas go over the wonderful and unparalleled career of "The Icon" himself! What made "Surfer Sting" so charismatic? Why was "Crow Sting" a game changer to professional wrestling? What was up with that WCW Starrcade 1997...

We're back and Richie Mars is joined by his Playboy Possum partner Marcus in a sequel to their WWE Invasion Episode by booking their own WWE Invasion Card...with NO limitations! Everyone who was a part of WWE & WCW during that time is on the table! What stories will they create? Will they keep some matches the same? What will their main events be? It's a brand new concept on Relived an...

We're back and talking about the humble (and painful) beginnings of one of WWE's most brutal creations; the Elimination Chamber! Richie Mars is joined by wrestling content creator Roman Wrestling to talk about the ups and downs of this demonic structure! Why was it created? Who didn't win the Elimination Chamber due to not wanting to go to Australia? Why did WWE change the look of the...

We're back and giving the women of WWE the spotlight as he's joined by TikTok's Chrissy Tina to talk about the progression of the WWE Women's Division through their highs and lows! They talk about the women throughout the different eras, the WWE Diva Search, why Torrie Wilson and Stacy Kiebler deserve more credit than their given, how TNA Wrestling revived interest in women's matches in the Americ...

We're back and we are tackling *BRAND NEW* for the podcast; ratings and demographics and their impact in the current WWE and AEW climate! Richie is joined by Dylan from the Last Week in Wrestling Podcast to discuss the evolution of ratings and demographics and how they evolved over time in the wrestling business! They go over how social media affects the current landscape of WWE and AEW, how d...

* This episode was recorded prior to the WWE Royal Rumble PLE and knowledge of CM Punk's torn triceps * We're back and talking about one of the hottest names in WWE today, CM Punk! Richie Mars is joined by Michael from Suplex Media to dive into the psychology, character and aura that CM Punk emits throughout the entire industry of professional wrestling! Has CM Punk's "pipe bomb&q...

It's the 1 Year Anniversary AND the Season 2 premier! Richie is joined by frequent cohost Seth, James (cohost of Ruthless Talk), Phil Khan (cohost of Outside the Brand Podcast), and LafNotFamous (cohost of The Main Event Players) to discuss one of the hottest topics plaguing the pro wrestling and WWE community today; who should main event Wrestlemania 40 against Roman Reigns, The Rock or Cody Rhod...

We're back and in honor of the release of "The Iron Claw" movie being released, Richie Mars is joined by Mr. Seth-sational to go over their Mt. Rushmore of Professional Wrestling Families! They talk about the impact that all these families made to the business we love, who would be the face of said Mt. Rushmore, and much more! Who made the cut? The Harts? The Guerreros? The McMahons? The Rhodes? T...

We're back and phew, we got another mega episode! Richie is joined by WCW fan Marcus and they relieve what was supposed to be the BIGGEST storyline of all-time; the WCW/ECW Invasion of WWE! At the time, WWE was the only major wrestling promotion left standing and fans all over the world had their dream matches and cards all set up if all their wrestlers were under one roof. Unfortunately, that did...

We're back and this is a HUGE episode! Richie is joined by James Porcelly & Bryan Thomas from the podcast "Ruthless Talk" to talk about the late, great, Bray Wyatt and his legendary career highs and lows! We go over all of Bray Wyatt's zany characters, the pitfalls of where each character went wrong, THAT Hell in a Cell Match with Seth Rollins, how his promos evolved, what losses were the most dam...

Roman Reigns is in the midst of a HISTORIC WWE Championship run. Main WWE fans are wondering whether or not he will pass Hulk Hogan's 4 Year run as champion that put WWE on the map. We breakdown all the comparisons and differences between the two reigns. Is it better having a good guy or bad guy as the face of the WWE? Were superstars hindered by losing to these indestructible champions? When shou...

Happy Halloween! Eddie Guerrero vs Rey Mysterio is a legendary rivalry across multiple promotions in professional wrestling with their most prolific and acclaimed match being their Halloween Havoc 1997 Title vs Mask Match being their magnum ops...and it almost didn't happen. WCW President Eric Bischoff was insisted that Mysterio lose his mask while Rey didn't feel like it was right. We go back and...

Orange Cassidy is one of the most divisive stars in Professional Wrestling today. From his couldn't care less demeanor, wrestling with sunglasses on, even wrestling with his hands in his pockets, there has been a divide in whether or not Orange Cassidy is good for the professional wrestling business in general. Join Richie Mars as he breaks down the Orange Cassidy, what he likes and dislikes about...

Fun Fact: Keith Lee is one of Richie's Favorite Wrestlers! From Fall 2019 to Summer 2020, Keith Lee was one of the fasted rising stars in WWE. From facing off with the likes of Roman Reigns and Brock Lesnar to winning the NXT Championship from the longest reigning champion Adam Cole, Keith Lee was marked for greatness. Unfortunately, that was not the case. Richie talks about Keith Lee's NX...