Wrestling With The Truth

Atlantic Pro Wrestling is a brand new Nova Scotia based wrestling company getting ready to hold their inaugural event, "Chase for the Championship!" this Friday September 30th in Canning, NS! We welcome APW owner/promoter Richard Boudreau to discuss his love of pro wrestling, what led to the big event and all things Atlantic Pro Wrestling. It's a stacked card that features well know...

It's hard to believe it has been over 20 years since Vince McMahon purchased WCW, the only competitor to ever knock him out of top spot on the wrestling food chain, and the final edition of Monday Nitro aired! Today's generation of wrestling fans may not even know the influence WCW had over the wrestling landscape, so we decided it was time to take a look back at this once great organiza...

AEW has been a powder keg of activity lately with all the fall out from the All Out media scrum. Jay and BC discuss all the news and rumours backstage and what the future of AEW looks like. In this episode we give our own opinion on the events plus we ask: Has Tony Khan lost control of the roster? Is CM Punk's meltdown a work or a shoot? Should CM Punk and The Elite be fired? With Punk possib...

We have a jam packed weekend of wrestling coming up with huge events for WWE, AEW and NXT! In today's episode we will preview both WWE Clash at the Castle and AEW All Out.  We'll give our thoughts on both cards, who we think will win, what surprises to expect and our overall excitement level for both shows! How are you feeling about Clash and All Out? We would love to hear listener thoug...

The role of the "bad guy", or heel, in wrestling seems to have changed over the last 30 years to the point fans now cheer them more than the babyface. In this episode we ask the question: are there are any true heels left in wrestling today? We explore such topics as: When did the role of the heel change? Did the role of the heel change because society changed? Do we blame the nWo for th...

There is so much happening in the world of wrestling right now we decided to take a break from the craziness and have some fun, so we are listing our Top 10 favourite tag teams of the 90's! There are so many options to pick from but we only get ten, and we promise there will be surprises on both our lists!  Plus we talk about this past Monday's Raw and the impassioned promos from both Ke...

It's obvious there has been a seismic shift in the wrestling landscape over the last month.  Should these winds of change be concerning for both Tony Khan and AEW?  This week we are joined by friend of the show and fellow podcaster, Michael Martin, better known as Big Mike the Host to discuss this topic. Mike is living the dream right now as host of Armstrong Avenue Podcast along with former...

The winds of change are blowing in WWE as the Triple H creative era has started with a bang!  In this episode BC and Jay discuss: Triple H's career highlights What to expect with Triple H as head of creative Feelings about SummerSlam, the first Premium Live Event under the new regime How do we feel about the direction going forward? What this could mean for future free agent signings How this...

BC and Jay welcome long time listener and fellow podcaster Steve MacEachern to the show to discuss a wild week in wrestling!  In this episode we discuss: Vince McMahon retiring from pro wrestling Triple H and Stephanie McMahon in charge Ric Flair's "last match" The dirt sheets getting worked...again What this change in management structure means for people like Sasha Banks and Bray...

BC and Jay discuss the rumored change in WWE's content rating from TV PG to TV 14 and the effect it could have on the product.  Will it have a significant impact on the creative direction?  Will it attract lapsed fans of the Attitude Era? Is it a knee jerk reaction to current issues plaguing them on a corporate level? Do we even care if they go in this direction? We also contemplate what a TV...

Renowned Canadian authors Pat Laprade and Bertrand Hebert join us to discuss their tremendous biography of Andre the Giant! Bertrand and Pat have penned multiple wrestling works together documenting such things as  the Montreal wrestling scene and the life of Mad Dag Vachon, as well as individual works on the history of Women's professional wrestling and the biography of Pat Patterson, but th...

Wrestling With The Truth celebrates it's one year anniversary and there is no better way to do it than with the return of the Nightmare Jay Myers to the recording booth! In the first half of this mega-sized episode BC and Jay take a walk down memory lane to reminisce about their favourite moments on the pod over the last twelve months. They also share some funny sound bites from Jay (includin...

Ok, so maybe we didn't buy one for real, but we had to get your attention somehow! This episode we decided to tackle two giant tasks: What we would do if we owned the number 1 wrestling company in the world to make it better? What would do if we owned the number 2 wrestling company in the world to catapult it to number 1? Lot's of great ideas tossed around by both BC Hunter and nWo Machi...

The dreaded "Hat of Doom" makes it's long awaited return as we pick topics at random and each give our two cents on each! The hat did not disappoint as we ran the gambit on the following: Mr Fuji vs Bobby Heenan: who do you pick for your manager? What if the Outsiders stayed with the WWF instead of signing with WCW? What if WWE booked an angle where Drew McIntyre had to face 20 secu...

Let's face it...there was only one thing to talk about in the wrestling world last week: the MJF promo on AEW Dynamite! BC Hunter and nWo Machine have not been shy when sharing their feelings about AEW and have heaped tons of justified criticism their way. But they are also big enough to admit when AEW does something right, and boy oh boy, did they ever on Dynamite.  In this episode they will...

Get your twitter fingers ready to send the hate because this week Andy "The Taxman" from Grappling With Canada joins BC Hunter to talk GCW lunacy, AEW botches and the overall state of wrestling today! Andy recently felt the need to speak out about how pro wrestling has lost the plot after seeing images of referees bleeding out during a deathmatch, flaming foot superkicks, light tubes by...

This week we are very honoured to welcome Mr. Beefy Goodness Vance Nevada to the show! Vance is a 30 year veteran of the squared circle, editor of the Cauliflower Alley EAR Newsletter, and after years of intense research currently preparing to release his latest book:  (Un)Controlled Chaos: Canada's Remarkable Professional Wrestling Legacy   In this conversation Vance discusses his new book (...

We had so much fun talking with Paul Fontaine last week that we had to invite him back to the #blanketbooth for another episode, and this conversation does not disappoint! We leave no stone unturned as we discuss: The IWC's fixation with ratings and demos Expectations too lofty for NXT considering it is truly developmental now? Have dirt sheet's ruined wrestling? We pick apart AEW once a...

This week we are joined in the #blanketbooth by podcaster, author and Wrestling Observer columnist Paul Fontaine! Paul gained some unwanted Twitter notoriety recently thanks to a CM Punk vanity search that led to Punk reacting to Paul not knowing his ROH entrance from 15 years ago! Now you can hear Paul's reason behind the tweet and what he thinks of Punk after that exchange. As well we touch...

We were having so much fun discussing WrestleMania 11 for our popular YouTube series, Mania Memories,  that we decided to turn it into a full length audio podcast and give the listeners a sample of what they can expect on the show. Normally we pick a specific Mania, then take two matches only and focus on them as a way to compare yesterday's product to today while at the same time have a nice...

It's 66.67% of the #TooSweetTrio this week as Nightmare Jay Myers is on special assignment so  BC and nWo Machine decided to grab the Hat of Doom, pull out the mystery slips of paper and discuss some random topics: Cody Rhodes Austin Theory Gunther The IWC Best and Worst Wrestling Gear It's off the cuff and straight from the hip! Join along give your thoughts over on Twitter at @wwttpod....

It’s the return of a previous guest, the popular Bear Sawatzky, as he joins the #TooSweetTrio once again in an absolutely out of control (and hilarious) discussion about: Booking big guys; does Tony Khan know how to? Is that all VKM knows to do right? Has AEW redefined wrestling? Keith Lee in AEW vs Keith Lee in WWE nWo Machine’s enduring love for Charlotte Flair and The Bloodline COVID vaccinatio...

BC Hunter and the nWo Machine sit down to talk about the lost art of wrestling promos!  It just doesn't seem to be the same today as it was in years past and we get to the bottom of why that is.  Also, we name some of our favourite promos over the years, and get into an interesting theory of how the Ezekiel character came to be! Episode sponsored by: Marc's Wrestling Masks and K.E.G. Han...

Both the Nightmare Jay Myers and nWo Machine have been left physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually exhausted from a massive weekend of wrestling so BC Hunter has decided to fly solo on this WrestleMania edition of WWTT! BC gives his thoughts on both nights of the Granddaddy of Them All! Do you agree with his assessment? Don't forget to leave us your thoughts over on our Twitter or...

The  #TooSweetTrio wanted to talk music and wrestling so we called in an expert...Winnipeg rap icon Big Bear Sawatzky! Bear has been involved with the music industry for more than 25 years, performing with some of the legends of the Canadian rap and hip hop scene. On top of that he is a massive wrestling fan who is willing to tag up with the Nightmare and defend AEW's honour against those das...