Straight Shooters

A severe storm and a Sixers playoff game couldn't keep us from recording this week, and it's a good thing. Another great episode was had as Nick and Vaughn dove deep into WCW's May pay-per-view from 1997, Slamboree. There was an NFL invasion of sorts, as football greats Steve "Mongo" McMichael, Kevin Greene, and Reggie White all danced inside the squared circle at this event on May 18, 1997, live...

Busy week. First, we discuss NXT's releases, highlighted by conspiracy theorist Drake Wuertz's dismissal. We discuss what led to his specific release, the release of other talent, and more. At the 25:50 mark, we start discussing AEW heading to TBS in January 2022, and the introduction of a new one-hour TV program called "Rampage." At the 44:00 mark, we pay our respects to Jerome Young, aka New Jac...

SHOOTERS CLASSIC! Becky Lynch is pregnant! We found out on Monday night's edition of Raw that "The Man" is going to become "The Mom"! Our congratulations to both Lynch and Seth Rollins on the exciting announcement. While Lynch is preparing for motherhood, WWE decided to give Asuka the Raw Women's Championship, as the Money in the Bank briefcase she won on Sunday night was actually the championship...

Nick Piccone joined The Line Change with Jon Jansen on Fox Sports The Gambler Friday night to discuss the passing of New Jack, and WrestleMania Backlash prop bets. -- Follow us on Twitter [@nickpiccone] [@VaughnMJohnson] [@ShootersRadio] You can subscribe to The Straight Shooters on the following platforms:  [Apple Podcasts] [Google Podcasts] [Spotify] [iHeartRadio] [Radio.com] [TuneIn Radio] [Pan...

The guys dive deep into Extreme Championship Wrestling's Wrestlepalooza '98, which took place May 3, 1998 at the Cobb County Civic Center in Marietta, Georgia. Shane Douglas would wrestle with four separate fractures, but that doesn't mean the match was good. New Jack just flies everywhere. RVD and Sabu had a great botchfest. The pay-per-view was great! We also include the unedited audio of Dougla...

This week, Brian Isley and Derek Badichek join Nick and Vaughn once again as the guys preview Sunday's Backlash pay-per-view highlighted by Randy Orton defending the WWE Championship against Jinder Mahal and AJ Styles vying for Kevin Owens' United States Championship. Then, the guys live commentate the main event of Backlash 2000 with Triple H defending his championship against The Rock with Shane...

This week, we live commentate a very special episode of AEW Dynamite: Blood & Guts. Not just the main event, but the entire show.  Blood & Guts Match: The Inner Circle (Chris Jericho, Jake Hager, Sammy Guevara, Santana and Ortiz) vs. The Pinnacle (MJF, Wardlow, Shawn Spears, Cash Wheeler, and Dax Harwood) w/ Tully Blanchard. -- Follow us on Twitter [@nickpiccone] [@VaughnMJohnson] [@ShootersRadio]...

You Cannot Kill David Arquette was released in 2020 on Hulu, and the documentary covered Arquette's foray back into wrestling after his acting career stalled.  The guys take a deep dive into this documentary and talk about how unfair it is that some wrestling fans blame David Arquette himself for the death of wrestling. -- Follow us on Twitter [@nickpiccone] [@VaughnMJohnson] [@ShootersRadio] You...

This week, Nick and Vaughn give their quick WrestleMania 37 thoughts before ranking the greatest WrestleMania stages/entrance sets of all-time. -- Follow us on Twitter [@nickpiccone] [@VaughnMJohnson] [@ShootersRadio] You can subscribe to The Straight Shooters on the following platforms:  [Apple Podcasts] [Google Podcasts] [Spotify] [iHeartRadio] [Radio.com] [TuneIn Radio] [Pandora] [Stitcher] [Sp...

Nick Piccone and Vaughn Johnson join Fox Sports The Gambler with Jon Jansen and Jason Fanelli for an hour-long roundtable preview. Favorite Mania moments and matches, and previewing Nights 1 and 2 of WrestleMania 37. -- Follow us on Twitter [@nickpiccone] [@VaughnMJohnson] [@ShootersRadio] You can subscribe to The Straight Shooters on the following platforms:  [Apple Podcasts] [Google Podcasts] [S...

Daniel St. Germain (@DSGermain) joins the first segment to discuss the upcoming roast of Hulk Hogan! Couldn't have come at a better time. Follow them at (@WrestleRoasts). Dan also discusses his love for wrestling, more about WrestleRoasts, WrestleMania this weekend, and more. In the second segment, Nick and Vaughn take a deep dive into WrestleMania X, which is possibly one of the more underappreci...

To date, it's been the only WrestleMania to take place in the City of Brotherly Love, and this week, we have our very special guest The Blue Meanie to take the deep dive with us into WrestleMania XV! Stone Cold Steve Austin and The Rock headline what may not have been the greatest WrestleMania ever, but there's certainly no shortage of stories to come out of the March 28, 1999 pay-per-view from th...

Vaughn (@VaughnMJohnson) and Nick (@nickpiccone) are joined by ECW legend The Blue Meanie (@BlueMeanieBWO) as they take a trip down memory lane and celebrate the anniversary of ECW's first-ever pay-per-view, Barely Legal, live from the ECW Arena. As we discuss how ECW showed up on WWF television in 1996, the invasion on RAW in February 1997 to April's Barely Legal pay-per-view, Meanie takes us beh...

Join us on the Ultimate Thrill Ride as we take a deep dive into WrestleMania 33 from Orlando's Citrus Bowl! April 2, 2017 saw what was perhaps the best aesthetically-pleasing WrestleMania to date. The set looked spectacular, the colors were vibrant, the weather was perfect, and WWE settled down in Orlando, Florida's Citrus Bowl for another edition of WrestleMania. The builds to these matches were...

Recorded on March 25, 2016. This week, the guys talk about their experience at Monday Night Raw this past week in Philly. Spoiler alert: it wasn't good at all. Brian Isley of The Brian Isley Show joins the show as we discuss the best WrestleMania of all-time in bracket form. They go in-depth on some of the best WrestleManias ever and the ending causes quite a controversy. Why? You'll have to tune...

This week, the guys deep dive into what Nick thinks is the greatest WrestleMania of all-time. In 2014, WWE backed into a great show with a great story heading into it in Daniel Bryan vs. Triple H. It paid off beautifully in the end. Unfortunately, that wouldn't last, but it doesn't take away from the fact that for the first time in a very, very long time - WWE did the right thing! Join us as we de...

WWE brought WrestleMania to MetLife Stadium for the first time in 2013, and Vaughn Johnson and Nick Piccone were there to see it live in-person. The WrestleMania experience is always a bucket list item for any wrestling fan, and the guys discuss their journey to WrestleMania and how being there live affected their feelings looking back at the event while watching it on the WWE Network for this pod...

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The guys open this week’s episode by discussing the surprising news of Paul Wight, aka the Big Show, signing with All Elite Wrestling after reportedly unable to come to an agreement with WWE to extend his contract. They talk about the wrestling landscape nowadays and touch on a few current items before moving into their deep dive. The deep dive this week is WCW’s SuperBrawl VII, which took place o...

Recorded December 18, 2015. This week, the guys talk about this past Raw from Philly and Roman Reigns winning the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. Where does Reigns go from here? And the guys also talk about NXT TakeOver from London this past Wednesday. Did Samoa Joe capture the NXT Championship from Finn Balor? Brian Isley from BoomBoxLife radio joins the show to give us his take on what went...

It's one of the most critically-acclaimed wrestling documentaries of all-time, and this week, we're taking a deep dive into it. Beyond The Mat was released on October 22, 1999, and was directed, written, produced, and narrated by Barry W. Blaustein, who was a pretty famous writer and did a lot of projects with Eddie Murphy: Saturday Night Live, Coming to America, and The Nutty Professor to name a...

Happy St. Valentine's Day Weekend! This week, we're heading back to 1999 WWF and the height of the Austin vs. McMahon rivalry: St. Valentine's Day Massacre. Austin and McMahon carried these few months along with The Rock and Mick Foley, as WWF TV was must-watch each and every week. This pay-per-view was no different, but not because of the undercard (woof), but the main event scene. Oh, and the WW...

This episode comes from a Patreon request! Request your deep dive at patreon.com/shootersradio. The WWF in February 2001 was on another level. Just a month later, Vince McMahon would purchase WCW and that's all she wrote for the modern-day wrestling wars. This week, we deep dive into the last WWF pay-per-view before their purchase of WCW, what things were like in the company then, how things were...

This episode comes from a Patreon request! Request your deep dive at patreon.com/shootersradio. Did y'all know Stone Cold Steve Austin and Vince McMahon had a bitter rivalry in 1999? Well, if you didn't, the 1999 Royal Rumble will certainly get you up to date quickly on everything regarding this feud. The 1999 Royal Rumble was really a two-match show: Mankind defending the WWF Championship against...

This week, the guys are live commentating the 1997 Royal Rumble. This year, the Rumble returns to San Antonio's Alamodome, where the '97 Rumble took place. Join us for the entire Rumble match as we provide our commentary for the duration of it. Originally recorded on January 13, 2017. -- Follow us on Twitter [@nickpiccone] [@VaughnMJohnson] [@ShootersRadio] You can subscribe to The Straight Shoote...