KayFAB The Podcast

Friends, it’s been a wonderful journey making KayFab. We’ve laughed, we’ve gasped in horror, we’ve learned proper wrestling terminology and promptly forgotten it. But now it’s time to hang up our shiny diapers and move on to new projects. For our final episode, we take a lightning-round journey through some of the wrestlers we always wanted to cover but hadn’t gotten around to.

Mentioned in this episode:

All about Orion Dove: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/rambling-reporter/vice-executives-wrestling-career-showcased-new-documentary-993035

Riho becomes the AEW Women’s World Champion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LRKF9UxkBY

Angel Garza proposes in ring: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gi9D7GCkBRM

RVD nearly gets set on fire: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQeq3n8mcTE

Perry Saturn picks Moppy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huGfljEq19E

Masked Horse’s colorful past: https://twitter.com/toshanshuinla/status/942928037221462016?lang=en

Masked Horse’s New Japan debut: https://twitter.com/njpwworld/status/942355572434677760?lang=en

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And as always shout out to Mike Malarkey for our amazing theme song! Check out his music here: www.michaelmalarkey.com/music-2/

Producer Mike has spent nearly two years patiently answering KayFab's questions and producing episodes. Now he's moving on to other projects, but leaving a little goodbye gift: an exam to see how much the ladies have learned on their wrestling journey. Will they graduate from new wrestling fans to merely wrestling fans?

KayFab has always been neutral towards Kevin Owens, but Producer Mike is making it his mission to change their minds! The ladies take a wild ride through KO's career, from his French-Canadian early days to the Festival of Friendship to heel turns and face turns and more. But the question remains: is Kevin Owens a KayFab favorite?

Mentioned in this episode:

14 Things You Didn’t Know About WWE’s Kevin Owens: https://sports.cbslocal.com/2017/01/10/14-things-you-didnt-know-about-wwes-kevin-owens/

Kevin’s son gets the count: https://www.facebook.com/NHBWrestling/videos/1624881851058467/

Kevin vs. Shane McMahon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75irEnmCPLg

Kevin Owens on Superstar Ink:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ud71Fw4Muo

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And as always shout out to Mike Malarkey for our amazing theme song! Check out his music here: www.michaelmalarkey.com/music-2/

Happy holidays! Street Team Kyle gives KayFab the greatest gift of all: a new bracket! The ladies have to pick their favorite things in wrestling (ladders, masks, tacks, etc.) and things get contentious fast!

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And as always shout out to Mike Malarkey for our amazing theme song! Check out his music here: www.michaelmalarkey.com/music-2/

KayFab went to a real-life wrestling show and they have thoughts! Sarah talks Hiromu Takahashi and his cat friends, Kristina covers the tampon woman herself, Priscilla Kelly, and Katy decodes Orange Cassidy.

New Japan official profile of Takahashi: https://www.njpw1972.com/profile/1435

Takahashi’s creative pursuits: https://uproxx.com/prowrestling/njpw-hiromu-takahashi-wants-you-follow-his-film-review-blog/

“Everyone needs healing” video: https://twitter.com/TIMEBOMB1105/status/1135549788647071744

Takahashi’s return: https://uproxx.com/prowrestling/hiromu-takahashi-chris-jericho-made-wrestle-kingdom-challenges-njpw-power-struggle/3/

Takahashi’s return, part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUvKE75cbok

Takahashi takes Daryl to Disneyland: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RHAyTcXuq4

Orange Cassidy doc: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thVHAHJ1Mig&feature=youtu.be

Dave Schilling's review of Full Gear (among other things): https://daveschilling.substack.com/

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And as always shout out to Mike Malarkey for our amazing theme song! Check out his music here: www.michaelmalarkey.com/music-2/

Which wrestler had the best Halloween costume? Whose dog is that? And what's Dragon Ball Z about? KayFab is back to answer the hard questions! Katy talks the Jumping Bomb Angels, Sarah discusses Nyla Rose, and Kristina introduces us to Darby Allin.

Mentioned this episode:

The overlooked Jumping Bomb Angels: http://whatculture.com/wwe/10-female-wrestlers-ignored-in-wwes-revisionist-history?page=4

Awesome Kong talking about Joshi wrestling: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNQZt-9KJbU

The Best Pro Wrestling Halloween Costumes Of 2019: https://uproxx.com/prowrestling/pro-wrestling-costumes-halloween-2019/

Interview with Nyla Rose: https://wrestlingjunkies.wixsite.com/wrestlingjunkies/nyla-rose-the-native-beast

Another interview with Nyla Rose: https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=news/16A32466C2E64770&f=basic

How Nyla Rose made history: https://www.outsports.com/2019/5/24/18637923/trans-wrestler-nyla-rose-makes-history-aew-double-or-nothing

Deadspin on Darby Allin: https://deadspin.com/this-is-darby-allin-and-i-love-him-1839131254

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And as always shout out to Mike Malarkey for our amazing theme song! Check out his music here: www.michaelmalarkey.com/music-2/

It's a (loosely themed) spooooky Halloween episode of KayFab! Katy talks the Great Muta and all those dragon and skull masks, and Kristina finally delves into Bray Wyatt and all the extremely scary stuff going on with the Fiend. Sarah's pick was a surprise this week, but hopefully it's a fun treat! Plus: who's that banana?!

Deadspin on Bray Wyatt's children's show: https://deadspin.com/bray-wyatts-psychedelic-puppet-show-is-the-best-thing-i-1835328683

Debra McMichael on Pepe: https://uproxx.com/prowrestling/debra-mcmichael-interview-wcw-pepe-the-dog-owen-hart/

Stephen McMichael on Pepe’s long, beautiful life: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVuseeNqPqk

8 Great Dogs In Pro Wrestling History: https://uproxx.com/prowrestling/8-great-pro-wrestling-dogs-matlida-pepe-dog-ziggler/

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And as always shout out to Mike Malarkey for our amazing theme song! Check out his music here: www.michaelmalarkey.com/music-2/

Street Team Kyle joins Katy, Sarah, and Mike for this episode! The group talks Diamond Dallas Page, growing up in the south, and the male smokey eye. Plus: a serious discussion of everyone's preteen fashion choices.

Where Are They Now: https://www.wwe.com/classics/wherearetheynow/diamonddallaspage

WWE profile: https://www.wwe.com/superstars/ddp

DDP vs. “Macho Man” Randy Savage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YekH1GXT_LY

That whole Kimberly thing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kC-d9nX6uQM

DDP's Positive Promo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32MDsTWdnKk

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And as always shout out to Mike Malarkey for our amazing theme song! Check out his music here: www.michaelmalarkey.com/music-2/

What's up with Rusev's beard? Have you had enough Too Cool? And has anyone seen Ready To Rumble? KayFab's on the case! Plus: the ladies delve into Bull Nakano, Too Cool during the Too Cool era, and... David Arquette?!

Mentioned in this Episode:

Too Cool’s debut: https://www.wwe.com/videos/the-debut-of-too-cool-heat-june-13-1999; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fD5tb2g7tg

Too Cool’s entrance video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhdOpdD77w0

Too Cool dance at the 2000 Royal Rumble: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPFqdWoJMpQ

Inside the Arquettes' childhood: https://www.nytimes.com/1995/08/20/movies/none-of-that-sultry-innocence-for-a-change.html

David Arquette, Courteney Cox, and Kurt Russell: https://www.wwe.com/videos/courtney-cox-kurt-russell-comment-on-david-arquette-as-wcw-champion

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And as always shout out to Mike Malarkey for our amazing theme song! Check out his music here: www.michaelmalarkey.com/music-2/

Everyone in the wrestling world is getting married, and KayFab has some thoughts! Kristina introduces the team to Aja Kong, and Sarah gets into Too Cool pre- and post- Too Cool. Then, Katy talks Marko Stunt, wrestling's own Timothee Chalamet!

Brian and Scott in 1998, pre Too Cool: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlwdxUKM3no

Brian airs his “dirty laundry” with his dad around 2001: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVR-ajThXcM

Scott at the performance center: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjtbhSCcec0

Scotty 2 Hotty’s top moves: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBuSGIcrNTY

Follow us on Instagram and Twitter (@KayFABPodcast) if you want to see the looks we're talking about

And as always shout out to Mike Malarkey for our amazing theme song! Check out his music here: www.michaelmalarkey.com/music-2/