Main Event Marks

This is one of the greatest, most historic episodes of Monday Night Raw that the WWE has ever produced. Emanating from the World's Most Famous Arena, Madison Square Garden, there was so much history that took place on this show. This was the final television appearance for Brian Pillman before his death. We see the WWF debut of Mick Foley's alter ego, Cactus Jack. Steve Austin hits a Stone Cold Stunner on Vince McMahon for the first time and, also for the first time, it's publicly acknowledged that Vince is the owner of the World Wrestling Federation. On top of this, cohosts Troy & Greg discuss the passing of Fritz Von Erich around this time, UFC already feuding with brand new MMA promotion, Pride Fighting in Japan, Phil Mushnick being a complete turd in a punch bowl, and much more from September of 1997!FOLLOW US ON TWITTER & INSTAGRAM: @MainEvent_MarksFOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK: facebook.com/maineventmarkspodEMAIL US AT: [email protected] FOR US ON YOUTUBE AT: Main Event Marks

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Probably one of the most fun podcasts the Marks have recorded, they're focusing on an absolutely insane and terrible show. After "Dark Side of the Ring" on Vice TV covered the life of Herb Abrams, the Marks have been wanting to talk about him and his Universal Wrestling Federation. The cocaine-and-hooker-addicted Abrams wanted to compete with Vince McMahon's WWF, but could never get the fledgling UWF truly past first base. He had SOME talent, but most of that was buried. Blackjack Brawl was a colossal failure for many reasons and was absolutely brutal to watch, but it was a hilarious piece of history to cover. The Marks also talk about the early days of the UFC, where dirt rag writers thought it was all fake. Also, Jim Cornette goes off on a former SMW employee for stealing his gimmick!FOLLOW US ON TWITTER & INSTAGRAM: @MainEvent_MarksFOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK: facebook.com/maineventmarkspodEMAIL US AT: [email protected] FOR US ON YOUTUBE AT: Main Event Marks

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This may not have been one of the more memorable Saturday Night's Main Events of all time, but it sure featured quite an array of talent as well as built up to Survivor Series 1989. Hulk Hogan defends his WWF Title against Ted DiBiase while the Million Dollar Man has Zeus in his corner. This would be the final appearance for "The All American Boys"; the Fabulous Rougeaus. "Rowdy" Roddy Piper is looking to go through the entire Heenan Family to get to Rick Rude. And this entire show opens up with the Macho King doing battle with Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka! Past the actual quality of the show itself, there's a lot of historical notes from this time period as well as some big stories involving a lawsuit against Dusty Rhodes, when and where Starrcade 1989 would take place, Verne Gagne and the AWA going absolutely mental, and much more!FOLLOW US ON TWITTER & INSTAGRAM: @MainEvent_MarksFOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK: facebook.com/maineventmarkspodEMAIL US AT: [email protected] FOR US ON YOUTUBE AT: Main Event Marks

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Whether or not we knew it at the time, ALL IN 2018 was basically the demo tape for what would become All Elite Wrestling. It was billed as "The Biggest Independent Wrestling Show Ever," and featured talent from NWA, ROH, MLW, NJPW, CMLL, and more. Co-host Greg has never watched this show before and brings a "new eyes" perspective to a show that co-host Troy is watching back for the first time since seeing it live, 2 years ago. When "Uncle" Dave Meltzer said that Cody and the Young Bucks couldn't sell out a 10,000 seat arena, the Elite members took that as a bet and put their money where their mouths were. Cody faced Nick Aldis for the NWA Title in a classic match, the Young Bucks teamed with Kota Ibushi to take on Fenix, Bandido, and the legendary Rey Mysterio in a lucha trios spectacular, Kenny Omega clashed with Penta El Zero M for the first time in history, Marty Scurll and Kazuchika Okada tore the house down, and Hangman Page fought Joey Janela in a Chicago Street Fight that had the weirdest ending in wrestling history.FOLLOW US ON TWITTER & INSTAGRAM: @MainEvent_MarksFOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK: facebook.com/maineventmarkspodEMAIL US AT: [email protected] FOR US ON YOUTUBE AT: Main Event Marks

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It's not on the WWE Network, but the Marks have their ways of watching. Rob Van Dam faced Tommy Dreamer, Taz took on Al Snow (who was transitioning from Lief Cassidy), Shane Douglas took on a very young Lance Storm (with a rat tail!!!), the Dudley Boyz took on the Chair Swinging Freaks in a weird match, and Terry Funk closed the show with Sabu, completely ripping each other apart (literally) with barbed wire! It's been well documented that co-host, Greg, hates ECW and he tried to get Troy to change the show they cover, but they stayed the course. It made for a pretty entertaining review with some funny stuff.FOLLOW US ON TWITTER & INSTAGRAM: @MainEvent_MarksFOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK: facebook.com/maineventmarkspodEMAIL US AT: [email protected] FOR US ON YOUTUBE AT: Main Event Marks

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This show was at the peak of co-host Greg's fandom and at the beginning of co-host Troy's fandom. Jeff Jarrett was just starting to warn people not to piss him off as he cut people's hair for no reason, Stone Cold was white hot as he put his title on the line against the Undertaker, and the Rock put his Intercontinental Title on the line against Triple H in an amazing Ladder match! This and more comes to you from the world's most famous arena, Madison Square Garden!FOLLOW US ON TWITTER & INSTAGRAM: @MainEvent_MarksFOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK: facebook.com/maineventmarkspodEMAIL US AT: [email protected] FOR US ON YOUTUBE AT: Main Event Marks

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It's time for another b-b-b-bonus show! This time, Main Event Marks host, Troy, is being joined by Jacob Grondy from the Curtain Jerkin' podcast on the Wrestling With Wrestling network. Together, they break down the very first ever SummerSlam in WWE history from 1988! WWF Champion "Macho Man" Randy Savage was in need of a partner, so he called up Hulk Hogan to form the Mega Powers against Ted DiBiase & Andre the Giant--the Mega Bucks! The longest reigning Intercontinental Champion of all time, the Honky Tonk Man, was also in need of a challenger after "Outlaw" Ron Bass injured Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake. Who should answer that call? From Parts Unknown, it's the Ultimate Warrior, here to squash Honky! Hear all this and so much more on this blast from the Golden Era past!FOLLOW US ON TWITTER & INSTAGRAM: @MainEvent_MarksFOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK: facebook.com/maineventmarkspodEMAIL US AT: [email protected] FOR US ON YOUTUBE AT: Main Event Marks

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Hulk Hogan finally dropped the "Hollywood" moniker, started donning the red & yellow, and became a good guy again. After that, Kevin Nash agreed to put his career on the line for a shot at Hogan's WCW Title. How can it get any better (he asks, sarcastically)? It all took place on a hot August night at Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. This was the final time WCW would hold a show at the famous bike gathering, and this was a mercy killing. The Insane Clown Posse were in the opening match, Dennis Rodman battled it out with the Macho Man, and almost every single match on this show was awful. The Marks have a ton of fun with this one, as WCW was (as Tony Schiavone calls it) a coffin on rollerskates at this point!FOLLOW US ON TWITTER & INSTAGRAM: @MainEvent_MarksFOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK: facebook.com/maineventmarkspodEMAIL US AT: [email protected] FOR US ON YOUTUBE AT: Main Event Marks

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Besides retro wrestling, the Marks are passionate about one other thing: Toys! In this bonus episode for August, Troy & Greg are running down all the latest figure reveals by AEW and WWE at San Diego Comic Con 2020, along with a few more new figures revealed within the past month or two. Besides just telling you about the figures themselves, they give their opinions and talk about what will most likely go first on the market.FOLLOW US ON TWITTER & INSTAGRAM: @MainEvent_MarksFOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK: facebook.com/maineventmarkspodEMAIL US AT: [email protected] FOR US ON YOUTUBE AT: Main Event Marks

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The Marks (Troy & Greg) were physically in New York City and Brooklyn all week for this show, doing typical touristy stuff and, of course, hardcore figure hunting! SummerSlam 2015 was the biggest SummerSlam ever up to that point and was the first one in YEARS to be outside Los Angeles. The Undertaker came back for revenge on Brock Lesnar...18 months after losing to him at WrestleMania XXX! Also, Seth Rollins duels with John Cena for the US Title and WWE Title! The New Day were heels, running wild on the WWE Tag-Team Division! And does anyone remember that former Daily Show host, Jon Stewart, was the special SummerSlam celebrity host? Besides that, the Marks talk about the news from around that time that involved a major death in the wrestling world, lots of mixing of wrestling and porn during this time, and even a few big stories that involved racism in wrestling.FOLLOW US ON TWITTER & INSTAGRAM: @MainEvent_MarksFOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK: facebook.com/maineventmarkspodEMAIL US AT: [email protected] FOR US ON YOUTUBE AT: Main Event Marks

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