Beyond The Bell

In celebration of the release of WWE 2k15, Beyond The Bell relives the history of Professional Wrestling Video Gaming. Part two covers the dawning of a new era of gaming with WCW/NWO World Tour and WrestleMania 2000 through the modern day of the SmackDown v Raw series to today. Plus, the theme of the week takes a 16-bit twist!

@BTBcast breaks down the transitional years of 1991 and 1992 in Four Horsemen history. Relive the events that led to Ric Flair’s historic and controversial decision of officially leaving WCW and signing with the WWF. For the very first time since its inception, the Four Horsemen were officially disbanded. Sid Vicious also “jumped ship’ to the WWF as Arn Anderson joined the Dangerous Alliance and Barry Windham becomes World Champion. Would this be the official end of the Four Horsemen? We would soon find out that diamonds are forever, and so are the Four Horsemen!

The Halloween tradition continues this year as Beyond The Bell relives the scariest moments in The Undertaker’s legendary career. From the Deadman’s “Resurrection’s”, casket matches and being buried alive and set on fire to the Ministry of Darkness and the historic Hell In A Cell match with Mankind, this edition covers the scariest moments of them all. Also, this edition features some of the most legendary themes of the Phenom throughout his various incarnations.

On the heels of the release of the most anticipated Pro Wrestling game ever, WWE 2k15, Beyond The Bell archives the history of Professional Wrestling Video Gaming. Part one of this two part series covers the beginning of Video Gaming in the early 80’s, the 8 & 16-bit eras, Nintendo, Sega and Arcade consoles through the dawning of a new era of Gamers with “Attitude.” Find out what led to the very first ever licensed WWF video game and the inspiration behind the legendary WCW vs nWo World Tour N64 masterpiece. Also, relive some the classic 16-bit wrestling themes that we all remember and loved so much!

Relive the historic Monday night battle for Sports Entertainment supremacy between the World Wrestling Federation and World Championship Wrestling in this companion piece to the WWE Network series “The Monday Night War.” This five part series breaks down the  ratings war between WWF Monday Night Raw and WCW Monday Nitro,. In this inaugural edition, @SeanBeckerman documents the beginning of the war stemming from the 1980’s, “Black Saturday,” the Pay-Per-View battle and Ted Turner’s purchase of WCW leading to the creation of WCW Monday Nitro which ignited the war. Relive the shocking return of Lex Luger on the debut edition of Nitro, Brian Pillman’s controversial gun incident, the Billionaire Ted skits, the birth of the nWo, the Montreal Screwjob and Rick Rude’s shocking dual appearance on Raw and Nitro on the same night! Listen to retro audio featuring Vince McMahon, Ted Turner, Jim Ross, Eric Bischoff, Bret Hart and many more.

WCCW provided fans with unlimited memories and stories that will stand the test of time. In this retrospective series, @SeanBeckerman relives World Class memories and covers the yearly milestones that WCCW made in wrestling history. This edition features the Milestones of the Texas-based promotion’s final years of 1989 & 1989. Rewind and relive the WCCW/AWA title unification, Michael Hayes battling the Freebirds, Bruiser Brody’s death and the beginning of the USWA. So get ready to remember the World Class memories of the final years of WCCW.

This edition covers 3 historic battles in Sports Entertainment: Sgt. Slaughter vs The Iron Sheik, Mighnight Express vs Rock N Roll Express and Hulk Hogan vs Paul Orndorff. Listen to retro audio and the memorable promos between the Hulkster and Mr. Wonderful.

@SeanBeckerman presents the archive of the WWE SummerSlam 2014 Pre-Game show that aired LIVE prior to Sunday Night Showdown on the SNS Radio Network. Relive Sean’s top 5 all time SummerSlam’s that he witnessed live in person, in the arena! Also, Sean breaks down what Superstar can be considered Mr. SummerSlam. Plus, see which matches and storylines he predicted correctly coming out of the biggest event of the summer. So get ready to “feel the heat” as we wraps up SummerSlam month on Beyond The Bell.