Imagine It Pro Wrestling Podcast

1984 was a huge year for #WWE, as Vince McMahon planned a national expansion for the then WWF that would change the #wrestling landscape forever, and the centerpiece of that push was Hulk Hogan.

Of course the aggressive business tactics of McMahon made him many enemies across the industry, including AWA owner Verne Gagne, who McMahon had lured Hogan away from with a promise of more fame and fortune.

So as the legend goes as told by The Iron Sheik, who had a strong relationship with Gagne after Gagne gave him his start in the business in 1972, was that he was offered 100k to shoot break Hulk Hogan's leg. Sheik turned down the offer, reportedly citing loyalty to the McMahon family instead, but... Imagine It, what if Iron Sheik had taken the money and shoot broken Hulk Hogan's leg, keeping himself as the World Champion instead of dropping that title to Hulk Hogan in 1984.

Imagining all sorts of wrestling scenarios and matchups that haven't happened... Plus match reactions. New full length episodes every Wednesday evening and Saturday morning, and shorts each other day of the week.

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A few events in 1987 led to major ramifications in 1988 when "The Natural" Butch Reed was late to a TV taping where he was supposed to win the #WWE Intercontinental Title from Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat, leading to The Honky Tonk Man instead getting that spot.

HTM would go on to hold the belt for a record 454 days, in part because he refused to drop the belt to "Macho Man" Randy Savage on The inaugural episode of The Main Event airing Feb 5th, 1988. This would lead booking changes in the then WWF, and those would be some of the most significant changes in #wrestling and #wrestlemania history. But Imagine It, what might have happened if Honky Tonk Man agreed to do the job to Savage?

Also, this episode features Mo's old We Talk Wrestling co-host Addie joining him and Joel. Let the chaos ensue.

Imagining all sorts of wrestling scenarios and matchups that haven't happened... Plus match reactions. New full length episodes every Wednesday evening and Sunday morning, and shorts each other day of the week.

No Mercy (N64). Smackdown- Here Comes The Pain (PS2). WrestleFest (Arcade). WWE 2K Series. Fire Pro Wrestling. These are some of the best pro wrestling video games ever made. But are any of them perfect like Curt Hennig?

On this episode of the Imagine It Pro Wrestling Podcast we try and figure out what would make that ultimate wrestling video game. It's lots of fun, so give it a try!

Imagining all sorts of wrestling scenarios and matchups that haven't happened... Plus match reviews! New full length episodes every Wednesday and Sunday, and shorts each other day of the week.

The Fiend and his Firefly Fun House was one of the most memorable and innovative gimmicks ever to be seen on #wwe television, but somewhere along the line the creative got muddled and Bray Wyatt's alter ego never reached his full potential before being laid to rest alongside his brilliant creator.

In this episode of the Imagine It Pro Wrestling Podcast we look back at what went wrong and what could have been booked differently while remembering the genius of the man behind it all, the late Windham Rotunda.

Imagining all sorts of wrestling scenarios and matchups that haven't happened... Plus match reviews! New full length episodes every Wednesday and Sunday, and shorts each other day of the week.

There's not much The Rock didn't do in his #wrestling career, but one of the things apparently left of the list is a reported match with Macho Man Randy Savage at #wrestlemania 21. Imagine it, The Great One vs The Madness. The Rock Bottom vs The Double Axe Handle. The People's Elbow vs The Flying Elbow. The promos, the intensity, the match, all in a #WWE ring.

Imagining all sorts of wrestling scenarios and matchups that haven't happened... Plus match reviews! New full length episodes every Wednesday and Sunday, and shorts each other day of the week.

During one of the peak moments of his illustrious career an unfortunate in match injury ended Big E's time as an in ring performer. But what if that accident never happened? What would he have accomplished and where would he be now?

Imagining all sorts of wrestling scenarios and matchups that haven't happened... Plus match reactions! New full length episodes every Wednesday and Sunday, and shorts every single other day of the week.

WWE has for decades gotten some of the biggest celebrities in the world to participate in matches against their Superstars, but what would happen if you built 2 teams of celebrities to face each other? Who's on the heel side? Who's a babyface? And what if we upped the ante and it was WarGames, The Match Beyond!

Imagining all sorts of wrestling scenarios and matchups that haven't happened... Plus match reactions. New full length episodes every Wednesday and Sunday, and shorts each other day of the week. #wwe #aew #wrestling

He's the biggest star in the biggest #wrestling company in the world, but for a long time it was questionable if the Roman Reigns push would ever work.

In this episode we imagine what it would have looked like if World Wrestling Entertainment & Vince McMahon had lost patience on waiting for the Reigns push to work out and pivoted to someone else.

Imagining all sorts of wrestling scenarios and matchups that haven't happened... Plus match reactions! New full length episodes every Wednesday and Sunday, and shorts each other day of the week.

Sting and The Ultimate Warrior started off as a tag team before breaking off and becoming single stars. Imagine a world where they both stayed together and never separated. What would this have done to both men’s careers.

Imagining all sorts of wrestling scenarios and matchups that haven't happened... Plus match reviews! New full length episodes every Wednesday and Sunday, and shorts each other day of the week.

A lot of dream match ups have taken place, but in some ways that just makes those we missed out on seem more iconic, and one of those match ups is the topic of this episode, a hypothetical match at #WrestleMania II between Hulk Hogan & Bruiser Brody.

Imagining all sorts of wrestling scenarios and matchups that haven't happened... Plus match reviews! New full length episodes every Wednesday and Sunday, and shorts each other day of the week.