Hear the EXTENDED EDITION of every episode from Season 3 on, which includes a DELETED SCENE not available on the free podcast! Hear directors commentary with easter egg explanations of all wrestling references in the show, and more at Patreon.com/KingsOTR! And be a character IN the Kingsverse! What?! Support the your favorite ad-free wrestling show for only a few bucks a month!

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Previously on Kings of the Ring,

Every Territory in the World Wrestling Alliance suffered major hits over a year ago when Michael Angel, Leroy Brown, Corporal Punishment, Killian Kavanagh, and several others all no-showed Alliance events and followed Thor Hanson to Julian Cain’s Empire.

Following a potentially fatal backstage fight, AMW’s North American champion Goliath went back to Japan and destroyed the belt, forcing Charlie Gotch to fire him and vacate the title.  Meanwhile the other half of their 1984 headlining feud, Buddy Melrose retired from the ring, after suffering a cardiac arrest in a match with Goliath. Charlie did not take the decision well, and fired and disowned his long-time best friend and ally.

Julian Cain fired EWF’s official “patriot” Corporal Punishment after he inadvertently pissed off Julian by securing a high-profile toy and cartoon deal with Hasbro that was not brokered by the Empire.

At Empire-Mania, Madonna’s manager, Rob D’Zima told "Diamond" Donny Gold he’d been selected to be Madonna’s boytoy for the evening, until his match ran long postponing her live performance and causing her to be booed.

After the awful publicity and reputation dogging the wrestling industry from the ABC News Exposed report, Julian concocted a plan for a project to provide the distraction they needed to distinguish themselves from the rest of the industry.

Jimmy Buck’s initial angle of wrestling women has been getting over, and they’ve taken that angle on the road at house shows throughout the Southeast, where all the SCW acts are really starting to catch on.

To get them out of the corner they painted themselves into last year, Peyton Thomas and Burt Ironside made “Pretty Boy” Willie Dean their champion in All-South Wrestling, who has ended up holding onto that title ever since, as there hasn’t been anyone else for that spot.

The guys from the Meat Machine were drafted by the heads of the Alliance, and split off to various parts of the country, after being trained by Prince Abdullah Akbar, but not before vowing to always be friends no matter where their careers took them, and to always be the Meat Machine!

Kings of the Ring is intended for mature audiences. Today’s episode would be rated MA for profanity and tasteless jokes from the 80’s.

"Kings of the Ring" is written and directed by @SteveTeTai.  Sound Design and editing by Mana Sports Media. Voice characterization by @SteveTeTai, with Guest Voice Actors:

• RJ City (AEW) Hey EWW! Playlist!

For any questions or feedback email us at [email protected]

Be sure to LIKE/SUBSCRIBE/FAVORITE the “Kings of the Ring” and be sure to give us a 5-star rating on whichever Podcast App you listen to the show on.  Thanks!

Hear the EXTENDED EDITION of every episode from Season 3 on, which includes a DELETED SCENE not available on the free podcast! Hear directors commentary with easter egg explanations of all wrestling references in the show, and more at Patreon.com/KingsOTR! And be a character IN the Kingsverse! What?! Support the your favorite ad-free wrestling show for only a few bucks a month!

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Book (Season) One: The Rise of Cain (eps 1-11)

Book (Season) Two: Retaliation (eps 12-20)

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Previously on Kings of the Ring,

ABC News Exposed Reporter Michael Sluck, not only used journeyman wrestler KJ Parker to discredit pro-wrestling, but threatened the Empire and the Alliance with government intervention if they don’t fully disclose that wrestling is a work. While no one has taken any real action since despite attendance possibly being hurt by the controversy, Julian is considering just going with it, and owning it.

Jimmy Buck’s wrestling debut on WVBS taking on a woman, was a big hit that got him instant heat with the fans. Thor Hansen filmed his first movie, a major co-starring role beside Sylvester Stallone in Rambo!

After Corporal Punishment revealed he got himself a dream deal with Hasbro Toys, Julian Cain fired him, and Hercules Harris wasn’t pleased to hear Julian’s idea to abandon his career-long Hercules gimmick to be a generic racist stereotype of an African.

After Prince Abdullah refused to shoot on Thor Hansen, despite Charlie Gotch promising citizenship for his family trapped in Iran, through his government connections, Abby was disgraced and blackballed from the Alliance by Gotch, and fired by Julian Cain. The Prince stumbled on seven musclebound bouncers from a bar in Oshkosh, and had the idea to train them to be wrestlers, as his ticket back into the business.

Kings of the Ring is intended for mature audiences. Today’s episode would be rated MA for profanity and graphic violence. (awww, no graphic sexual scenes today???)

"Kings of the Ring" is written and directed by @SteveTeTai.  Sound Design and editing by Mana Sports Media. Voice characterization by @SteveTeTai, with Guest Voice Actors:

• RJ City (AEW) Hey EWW! Playlist!

For any questions or feedback email us at [email protected]

Be sure to LIKE/SUBSCRIBE/FAVORITE the “Kings of the Ring” and be sure to give us a 5-star rating on whichever Podcast App you listen to the show on.  Thanks!

Hear the EXTENDED EDITION of every episode from Season 3 on, which includes a DELETED SCENE not available on the free podcast! Hear directors commentary with easter egg explanations of all wrestling references in the show, and more at Patreon.com/KingsOTR! And be a character IN the Kingsverse! What?! Support the your favorite ad-free wrestling show for only a few bucks a month!

Get your official #KingsOTR MERCH on Pro Wrestling Tees! 

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Book (Season) One: The Rise of Cain (eps 1-11)

Book (Season) Two: Retaliation (eps 12-20)

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Previously on Kings of the Ring...

The entire wrestling world experiences the PR damage from the ABC News Exposed report on wrestling.  While SCW strategy is to amp it up in the ring by making the matches more realistic than ever, to the point of hurting each other, Julian Cain still searches for a proper counter, as hyper-realism would never be an option for the EWF, all while trying to figure out what to do with Hercules Harris.  And while the wrestling world deals with that Krusher Krawcyk is dealing with something much worse as he’s being sued for $2 million dollars for striking Michael Sluck during that report.

"Hollywood" Buddy Melrose is on the mend, while juggling such visitors as Thor Hansen and the Gotch family, and Criss Stanley struggles to learn how to wrestle, while being the punching bag for the Meat Machine.

Corporal Punishment gets the offer of a lifetime from the Hasbro toy company, while Bobby Lee Rivers and Davey Boy Givens continue to develop as a team and as friends as an interesting new act for Southeast Championship Wrestling, which also saw Jimmy Buck make his WVBS debut promising to wrestle his very first match, against a mystery opponent.

And finally Charlie Gotch called old friend and World Japan Wrestling owner Mikasa to tell him Goliath was stripped of the AMW title and he needed to return the belt.  Goliath gathered with his harem of Japanese beauties and prepared to do just that.

Kings of the Ring is intended for mature audiences.  Today’s episode would be rated MA for graphic descriptions of bodily functions, profanity, 80’s cigarette smoking, drinking while driving, descriptions of nudity, and outdated wrestling racial characterizations.

"Kings of the Ring" is written and directed by @SteveTeTai.  Sound Design and editing by Mana Sports Media. Voice characterization by @SteveTeTai, with Guest Voice Actors:

• RJ City (AEW) Hey EWW! Playlist!

For any questions or feedback email us at [email protected]

Be sure to LIKE/SUBSCRIBE/FAVORITE the “Kings of the Ring” and be sure to give us a 5-star rating on whichever Podcast App you listen to the show on.  Thanks!

Hear the EXTENDED EDITION of every episode from Season 3 on, which includes a DELETED SCENE not available on the free podcast! Hear directors commentary with easter egg explanations of all wrestling references in the show, and more at Patreon.com/KingsOTR! And be a character IN the Kingsverse! What?! Support the your favorite ad-free wrestling show for only a few bucks a month!

Get your official #KingsOTR MERCH on Pro Wrestling Tees! 

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Book (Season) One: The Rise of Cain (eps 1-11)

Book (Season) Two: Retaliation (eps 12-20)

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Previously on Kings of the Ring...

Julian Cain stole Thor Hansen, the mid-card heel sidekick to Hollywood Buddy Melrose, and turned him into the biggest wrestler in the business, and a movie star for the Empire!  Co-starring in Rambo, as Sylvester Stallone’s sidekick as written in the original script from James Cameron.

Prince Abdullah stumbled on a bar in Oshkosh, Wisconsin where every bouncer looked like a bodybuilding wrestler, and Corporal Punishment left the Carolina’s for the bright lights of the Empire Wrestling Federation to be Julian Cain’s resident patriot.

After a record-breaking run in AMW that ended with Charlie Gotch, Goliath, and Buddy Melrose almost killed literally, Goliath fled the country back to Japan, while Jesse James and Daniel Hawkins traveled to Hollywood to make a deal with comic movie actor Jimmy Buck in a wrestling angle to get SCW publicity, and get Jimmy Buck back in the spotlight.

After failing as a fake Angel Brother, Raphael Angel was fired from All-South Wrestling by Burt Ironside, and the bomb was dropped, as ABC News Exposed, featured a full-blown expose on pro-wrestling being fake, that the entire country watched on TV.

Kings of the Ring is intended for mature audiences.  Today’s episode would be rated MA for profanity, and vulgar anatomical descriptions. (gross!)

"Kings of the Ring" is written and directed by @SteveTeTai.  Sound Design and editing by Mana Sports Media. Voice characterization by @SteveTeTai, with Guest Voice Actors:

• RJ City (AEW) Hey EWW! Playlist!

For any questions or feedback email us at [email protected]

Welcome to the Kings of the Ring, the one and only @RJCITY!!! Yes, the AEW Superstar and host of AEW Hey Ewww! is officially in the Kingsverse, portraying the Hollywood comedian with pro-wrestling dreams: Jimmy Buck!!!

Hear the EXTENDED EDITION of every episode from here on out which includes a DELETED SCENE not available on the free podcast! Hear directors commentary with easter egg explanations of all wrestling references in the show, and more at Patreon.com/KingsOTR! And be a character IN the Kingsverse! What?! Support your favorite ad-free wrestling show for only a few bucks a month!

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Book (Season) One: The Rise of Cain (eps 1-11)

Book (Season) Two: Retaliation (eps 12-20)

Previously on Kings of the Ring,

After a year chasing the fantasy of being a mainstream sports celebrity, "Diamond" Donny Gold finally understood he was only a puppet and the subject of Julian Cain’s scorn and vengeance, and left the Empire Wrestling Federation and came back to the South, where longtime best friend Jesse James, accepted him back with open arms.

In his efforts to combat Julian while building up the hottest pound for pound territory in the country, Jesse has been looking to add fresh outside talent. Not only bringing Donny back, but traveling the country to find wrestlers in the most unusual of places.

Vanilla mid-carder David Givens was paired up with Bobby Rivers, a guy who’s been out of the business for a year after getting beat up in a barfight in front of wrestling fans. They were sent to the flea market to buy bandanas for some kind of a rock’n’roll gimmick Jesse concocted.   Two guys very unsure this’ll work, but too desperate at this stage to object.

Empire-Mania finished off 1984 as the biggest and most successful show in wrestling history, which brought more attention to the sport than ever before. Including unwanted attention in the form of a consumer reporter for ABC, who started putting together a major story, to take wrestling down.

And while the heads of the world wrestling alliance will always bicker and squabble, they are more unified than ever in dealing with THE common threat of threats in Julian Cain’s EWF and his war against all of them, and how to stop him.

Kings of the Ring is intended for mature audiences.Today’s episode would be rated MA for graphic descriptions and sounds of violence, excessive profanity, drug use, and some mid-80’s cigarette smoking.

"Kings of the Ring" is written and directed by @SteveTeTai.  Sound Design and editing by Mana Sports Media. Voice characterization by @SteveTeTai, with Guest Voice Actors:

For any questions or feedback email us at [email protected]

Hear the EXTENDED EDITION of every episode from here on out which includes a DELETED SCENE not available on the free podcast! Hear directors commentary with easter egg explanations of all wrestling references in the show, and more at Patreon.com/KingsOTR! And be a character IN the Kingsverse! What?! Support the your favorite ad-free wrestling show for only a few bucks a month!

Get your official #KingsOTR MERCH on Pro Wrestling Tees! 

Get the official NOVEL ADAPTATIONS! 

Book (Season) One: The Rise of Cain (eps 1-11)

Book (Season) Two: Retaliation (eps 12-20)

• KingsOTR.com

"Kings of the Ring" is written and directed by @SteveTeTai.  Sound Design and editing by Mana Sports Media. Voice characterization by @SteveTeTai, with Guest Voice Actors:

• Cyrus Fees (UFC/BareknuckleFighting) LINKS HERE!

For any questions or feedback email us at [email protected]

New to the show? Not ready to binge ALL the way from the beginning? Worried you'll get lost jumping in with Season 3? Old fan, but it's been a while since you last heard Seasons 1-2?

Listen to this 4-minute primer to get caught up to speed as we enter Season 3 of the KINGS OF THE RING saga: BIG TIME!

Very quick and short announcement on the ultimate accessory to Season 2, and a short preview for Season 3 and the reveal of the Guest Voice Actor for Season 3!

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