Fanny Pack Wrestling Podcast

On this special Gaiden episode, DJM and Petey sit down to discuss the hotly-anticipated and buzzed-about latest edition of the traditional "January 4th Tokyo Dome Show", New Japan Pro Wrestling's Wrestle Kingdom 9. The guys talk about JR and Matt Striker on commentary, Shinsuke Nakamura's unstoppable run as Intercontinental champ, Kota Ibushi further cementing his belonging in the big leagues, the raw emotion of Okada, and Tanahashi's air guitar skills. All that and whole lot more await you, so hit play already!

Watch the Wrestle Kingdom 9 replay on PPV (Here's the schedule) or on the Flipps app.

This week, we are talking a buzzed-about women's wrestling promotion based out of Florida, Shine Wrestling and their event Shine 23. For this discussion, we are joined by guests we have previously had on to talk women's wrestling in "StormySooner" Natalie Serjeant and "Patty Mc$w@gg" Patrick Swagger. We discuss story progression, women't wrestling, tag-team wrestling, La Rosa Negra's fantastic entrance, Thunderkitty's alignment in this promotion differing from what we've seen her be everywhere else, Kimber Lee continuing to impress, and how much fun a good temper tantrum can be to watch. All that, plus more pointless kvetching about production quality in Indy Wrestling and a whole lot more. Come on and hit play already!

More info on Shine Wrestling can be found at ShineWrestling.com

This week, we are joined by Anime3000.com's Sean Russel and returning guest Rick Foster as we break from our usual norm and cover something from the evil empire. Specifically, we're discussing NXT Takeover: R-Evolution. We talk Sami Zayn's love of ska & punk, Kevin Owens' impactful debut, the future of WWE's Lucha representation, cool-down matches, that GTS tease, Finn Bálor's entrance, the wrestling women of NXT vs. the main-roster Divas, and a whole bunch more.

On this episode of the Fanny Pack, we pulled from the front of our Rolodex and brought back the classic combo of Kaz and Drew to talk about Shimmer's iPPV offering for 2014 Wrestlemania weekend in Shimmer Vol. 62. We discuss Blue Pants, Athena, Hikaru Shida, Japanese RPGs, some ladies that need to be making steady paychecks wrestling on television, and so much more. Join us for the ride, won't you?

Check out more info on Shimmer and purchase DVDs + Merch.

This week on the Fanny Pack we take a look at a much-buzzed-about new wrestling property, the Robert Rodriguez/Mark Burnett produced AAA offshoot, Lucha Underground. Joining us are "Nightwolf" Armando Martinez and "Stormy Sooner" Natalie Serjeant on this Lucha adventure. We discuss Dario Cueto, Americanization of Lucha Libre, how you should never trust Konnan, fantastic luchadors, and story-telling in serialized wrestling television. All that and more awaits. Enjoy!

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This week, we take the Awesome Series to Japan to talk New Japan Pro Wrestling's annual extravaganza known as King of Pro-Wrestling 2014. We are joined by multi-time guest "King Kaz" Brandon Cooper and first-time guest Zac Rodrayguns to talk such topics as the similarity of many New Japan wrestlers to fighting game characters, how much of a carny Bruce Tharpe is, and why Hiroshi Tanahashi is like John Cena, and why that's a good thing. All that and more awaits you when you press play.

We officially return to our Awesome Series with special guests Cody Anderson and Mike "Icewarm" Boyd to discuss one of the prime editions of Chikara's annual staple, King Of Trios 2011. We talk about some of our favourite Chikara regulars and how different they can look over a scant three years time. We also talk about Sean Waltman's moment of redemption and Akira Tozawa's imminent success following this event. All that and more await you.

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This week on Fanny Pack, it's just Deej and Petey as we technically take a break from the Awesome Series and talking about a recent event. That event being Chikara's 2014 edition of the King Of Trios event weekend. We talk about Shynron's amazing career rise, Thunderkitty's impressive toughness, Kimber Lee's continued impressive skills and toughness, bowtie battles, and the traditional Gentleman's Club 8-man challenge. In addition, we cover the Trios tournament and how masterfully the events of which progressed the overall story of this Season 14 of Chikara.

Grab Chikara's King Of Trios 2014 at SmartMarkVideo.com
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This time on the Fanny Pack, Petey shares a piece of his wrestling fandom history with Deej and special guests Hawkeye Jefferson and Patrick Swagger to discuss Major League Wrestling's freshly-released-to-YouTube 2003 event Summer Apocalypse 2K3. We talk about early Indy Wrestling nostalgia, pleather shorts, CM Punks original B-Ball shorts, Sandman carding fans, how much Petey loves Norman Smiley, how much we hated Norman Smiley's match on this show, and our thoughts on two old men wailing on each other. All that and more! Check it!

Watch MLW Summer Apocalyple 2K3 below.

This week, the Awesome Series continues with special guest Rick Foster and Ring Of Honor's seminal 2007 PPV "Driven". We'll discuss all the great forming talent that was witnessed at the event, all the amazing possibilities available to NXT at the moment, seeing wrestlers with different amounts of hair than we're used to seeing on them, nipples,  and how real the hype is for KENTA's WWE run. All that and more when you press play.

Check out ROHWrestling.com for more info on Ring Of Honor.