Hard Times Podcast

Hard Times Podcast episodes:

• 09.14.2019

  SummerSlam, All Out, 2 NXTs, and Sasha's Wig Reveal

  Megan and Elle catch up with the end of the Summer, featuring Candice LeRae vs Io Shirai at NXT TakeOver Toronto, SummerSlam, Tyler Bate vs Walter at NXT UK TakeOver Cardiff, All Out, Longhorn Steakhouse, Sasha and Bayley’s heel turn,...

  
• 08.17.2019

  All Elite Wrestling, Listener Questions, and More!

  This episode was recorded a while ago, so we don’t cover SummerSlam, but we’ve got plenty to say about AEW’s last two shows, plus we answer a bunch of listener questions!

  
• 05.31.2019

  AEW Double Or Nothing (and a little bit of Money in the Bank 2019)

  Hard Times has been resurrected by the power of All Elite Wrestling’s Double Or Nothing PPV! But before diving headfirst into that, Elle and Megan spend a few minutes talking about the women’s events at Money in the Bank.

  
• 02.24.2019

  Elimination Chamber 2019, featuring Lauren Moran

  We’re welcoming back our friend Lauren Moran, the artist behind the famously bloody “The Man” T-shirt, to talk about Elimination Chamber, and everything else that’s been going on lately.

  
• 02.07.2019

  NXT TakeOver Phoenix and the 2019 Royal Rumble

  We’re back with our first long meaty regular episode in a long time! TakeOver Phoenix, the Royal Rumble, a woman in the men's rumble, the Man in the women's rumble, the problem with men in general, Women of Wrestling, and...

  
• 01.08.2019

  Impact Homecoming, featuring Stella Cheeks and Erin Cline from Not Your Demographic

  Live to tape from inside a car in the parking lot of The Impact Asylum in Nashville Tennessee, Elle and Megan are joined by Stella Cheeks and Erin Cline, co-hosts of our sister podcast Not Your Demographic. Anything we lack...

  
• 01.04.2019

  A Little TLC From The Road

  Let’s have a quick discussion about WWE TLC on our way to see Impact Homecoming!

  
• 12.06.2018

  Survivor Series 2018 and TakeOver WarGames

  In which we discuss Survivor Series, WarGames, Total Divas, our exciting January plans, and of course, The Man. Plus Elle’s controversial picks for the hottest wrestlers of the ‘80s.

  
• 11.10.2018

  Evolution and Everything After

  Let’s talk about WWE Evolution, and some of the other weird stuff that’s going on in wrestling lately.

  
• 10.19.2018

  Fantasy Booking Special (Plus Total Divas!)

  After months of various troubles, we’re back with our long-promised fantasy booking based on the draft we did back in July! Plus, we talk about Total Divas!

  
• 07.28.2018

  Extreme Rules 2018 and Slammiversary XVI

  It's time to talk about Extreme Rules, an oddly paced show with some weird finishes, and Slammiversary XVI, a show that was just about perfect. Along the way we also talk about Miz and Mrs, WWE Evolution, and more.

  
• 07.14.2018

  The Hard Times Fantasy Draft, plus GLOW

  In addition to talking about RAW, SmackDown, GLOW, and the Mae Young Classic, we draft our own WWE rosters, just for fun. Next time, we'll book them! If you listen, it all makes sense (probably).

  
• 06.30.2018

  NXT Chicago II and Money in the Bank 2018

  Chicago street fights, ladders and briefcases, the two gayest matches of the year, undead bridesmaids, murder in the woods, and of course Sasha and Bayley.

  
• 05.12.2018

  Backlash 2018 and an Intro to Impact Wrestling with Stella Cheeks

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• 04.13.2018

  NXT TakeOver New Orleans and WrestleMania 34

  It's WrestleMania! And also TakeOver! Two hours of Elle and Megan's thoughts and feelings about ten hours of wrestling! Plus some thoughts about Raw, but SmackDown hadn't happened yet when we recorded!

  
• 03.22.2018

  Elimination Chamber and Fastlane 2018

  Elimination Chamber! Fastlane! The last two split-roster PPVs (at least for a while)! Also, Kimbler Lee! Ultimate Deletion! Mixed Match Challenge! Elle's birthday! (nothing about Daniel Bryan, because the news literally broke five minutes after we finished recording)

  
• 02.02.2018

  Takeover Philadelphia and Royal Rumble 2018

  We have plenty to say about Takeover Philly and the Royal Rumble. Promising up-and-comers, returning legends, and invading MMA fighters.

  
• 01.19.2018

  Hard Times Together

  We've returned for 2018! WarGames, Survivor Series, Clash of Champions, Wrestle Kingdom, and Total Divas! Promises we'll hopefully keep! Paige and Absolution and Riott Squad and more!

  
• 10.28.2017

  TLC etc

  We're back! We talk about TLC at length, plus stuff we missed during our hiatus: Hell in a Cell, Sami's heel turn, the return of the Shield, why Elle stopped watching Total Bellas, and more!

  
• 09.15.2017

  The Mae Young Classic

  The Mae Young Classic has come and gone, and you know we're never going to run out of things to say about women's wrestling! All our favorite matches, the wrestlers who won us over (plus the ones we already loved),...

  
• 08.31.2017

  Takeover Brooklyn III and Summerslam 2017

  We finally found the time to talk about Summerslam and the show that always surpasses it, NXT Brooklyn! Great tag team matches! Excellent women's matches with questionable booking! Men's title matches of varying quality! Large men with beards!

  
• 08.09.2017

  Wrestling is Happiness

  Rather than talk about Battleground, we decided to put together a list of wrestling and wrestling-related videos that make us happy when we're feeling blue, and share that happiness with you the listeners. Check the website for the complete list...

  
• 07.20.2017

  Balls

  It's time to talk about the PPV with the most ridiculous name, in which Dean Ambrose fights the Miz for the 400th time, Roman does his best to murder Braun, and Brock falls in love with Samoa Joe. We also...

  
• 06.29.2017

  Money in the Bank 2017, its aftermath, and GLOW

  Elle and Megan talk about Money in the Bank, the whole big mess that grew out of Money in the Bank, and why it's time for Ellsworth to leave. After that, we talk about GLOW on Netflix and how much...

  
• 06.10.2017

  Extreme Rules 2017

  Extreme Rules isn't very extreme, which leaves us some time to speculate about Money in the Bank. And of course we have some thoughts about the recent Bayley discourse.

  
• 05.26.2017

  Takeover Chicago and Backlash 2017

  NXT Takeover Chicago (it was amazing!), Backlash (it had its moments!), the season finale of Total Divas (it had Mr. Belding!), plus the long-awaited return of Wrestle Crush of the Month.

  
• 05.18.2017

  Payback 2017

  We recorded this two weeks ago, so it's a little dated now (the Total Divas season hadn't ended and Birdie Bella Bryan had yet to enter the world), but better late than never, right? Anyway, we both liked Payback a...

  
• 04.28.2017

  Chikara: The Renaissance Dawns and Total Divas

  Continuing our glacially-paced series of bonus episodes, we're discussing the very first Chikara show, The Renaissance Dawns. In which everyone is so young that Ultramantis is wearing red and Colt Cabana isn't even funny. Then we spend almost as long...

  
• 04.06.2017

  NXT Takeover Orlando with Stella Cheeks and Erin Cline

  Stella Cheeks and Erin Cline from Not Your Demographic team up with Elle and Megan to cover the year's biggest weekend of wrestling! You can hear us talk about the Hall of Fame ceremony and NXT Takeover Orlando on this...

  
• 03.17.2017

  Fully Loaded 2000

  For another donor-requested bonus episode, we're going back for the first time to the Attitude Era to talk about Fully Loaded 2000! Lita's style, Edge's face, Undertaker's motorcycle, and a complete lack of discernible babyfaces!

  
• 03.10.2017

  Fastlane and Trying to Get the Taste of Fastlane Out of Our Mouths

  Shocking revelations about why there was no Elimination Chamber episode, Fastlane just about makes us give up on positivity, Megan went to a Chikara show, and more!

  
• 02.04.2017

  NXT Takeover San Antonio and Royal Rumble 2017

  We run through the cards of Takeover and the Royal Rumble, and discuss Peyton and Billie's relationship, Seth Rollins' injury, why the Rumble needs surprised, and more.

  
• 01.26.2017

  WWE UK Tournament/Chikara Season Finale

  Megan and Elle spend a little time talking about the WWE UK Tournament from a couple weeks back, and a lot of time talking about the Chikara Finale from December. Plus a long digression about intergender wrestling, and plenty of...

  
• 01.14.2017

  The Best (or at least Our Favorites) of 2016

  It's a new year, and Hard Times is a year old! So we figured it makes sense to talk about our favorite people and events from the year in wrestling that just ended. Plus some discussion about indie stars arriving...

  
• 12.17.2016

  Starrcade 1985: The Gathering

  In the first full length bonus episode requested in our King of Trios fundraiser, we discuss the show that followed the promo that gave our podcast its title. Dusty Rhodes shows Ric Flair what hard times really are, Magnum T.A....

  
• 12.13.2016

  Tables, Ladders, and Chairs 2016

  It's time to talk about TLC, the show where most of the matches are between people who've fought several times before, but this time they fall off of stuff and hit each other with things. All this and Total Divas...

  
• 12.04.2016

  Takeover Toronto and Survivor Series with Steve Orlando

  It took us a while to get an episode together about the Thanksgiving week shows, but we've made up for it with a double-length episode featuring special guest Steve Orlando. Over the course of just over three hours, we talk...

  
• 11.22.2016

  Thanksgiving Week Mini-Episode

  We're not covering Survivor Series and Takeover until next week, so this week we're answering some questions from GoFundMe supporters and talking about Total Divas. Also there's holiday travel going on so things are a little askew and Elle is...

  
• 11.03.2016

  Hell in a Cell 2016

  Megan and Elle are back to talk at length about Hell in a Cell, the RAW women's division, Chikara and more.

  
• 10.14.2016

  Clash of Champions & No Mercy

  It's been a while! So we talk about Clash of Champions, No Mercy, a Chikara show Megan went to, what's going on with Paige, and more.

  
• 09.15.2016

  Backlash 2016

  Plenty to say about Backlash, and a bunch of other things too: The prestige of the Intercontinental Championship, indie wrestling feelings, queer people (and homophobes) in the WWE, and a quick primer on Appalachian geography.

  
• 09.04.2016

  Live from King of Trios 2016!

  Live to tape from a hotel room in Bethlehem PA! It's our King of Trios special! Featuring guests Kieran Shiach, Helena Hart, Aidan Sullivan, and Chris Sims. We recorded on night two, so that's as far as our spoilers go....

  
• 08.27.2016

  Summerslam 2016 and NXT Takeover Brooklyn with Ashly (aka NewAgeAmazon)

  Ashly (you may know her better as @NewAgeAmazon) is our special guest as we discuss Summerslam, Takeover Brooklyn II, Talking Smack, Holy Foley, Ashly's extremely brief in-ring career, and a bunch of other stuff. And then at the very end...

  
• 08.08.2016

  Bonus: A King of Trios Pitch, plus the Cruiserweight Classic and the New Era

  Surprise! It's a bonus episode, in which we talk about Sasha becoming Champion, everything else going on with the brand split, the whole first round of the Cruiserweight classic, and in which we announce our first ever fundraiser!

  
• 07.26.2016

  Battleground 2016

  We both enjoyed Battleground, but that doesn't mean there aren't some things to pick apart along the way. Plus the brand split, Cruiserweight Classic, gas masks, indie wrestling, the return of Daniel Bryan, and why John Cena identifies with Enzo...

  
• 06.28.2016

  Money in the Bank 2016 and More (with Lauren Moran)

  In which we have our first ever guest, the delightful Lauren Moran. The three of us discuss NXT Takeover: The End, Money in the Bank, Adorable Trash Possum World Heavyweight Champions, the upcoming Brand Split, Elle's movie pitch, Joshi werewolves...

  
• 05.26.2016

  Extreme Rules 2016

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• 05.05.2016

  Payback 2016

  Payback has come and gone. Megan and Elle worried a lot about Enzo, enjoyed the hell out of the mid-card matches, and got pretty frustrated with how far the women's division has fallen since Mania. Plus an indie match that's...

  
• 04.06.2016

  Wrestlemania 32 and NXT Takeover Dallas

  Wrestlemania weekend has come and gone, and Elle and Megan are left with feelings. Feelings about the Women's Championship belt, feelings about Shinsuke Nakamura, feelings about Dean Ambrose and Bayley and Charlotte and Sasha and oh man, the feelings about...

  
• 03.26.2016

  Pre-Mania Indie Wrestling Bonus Episode

  Elle went to three live indie shows in two days! Elle talks a lot about Chikara and Queens of Combat, Megan talks a bit about indie wrestling in Alaska, and we both talk about where else you can hear us...