In 1994, Hulk Hogan made the leap from the WWF to WCW (with a short hiatus in between). We've covered the end of Hogan's WWE career in previous podcasts and now we're touching on the beginning of his WCW career as he FINALLY goes one-on-one with "Nature Boy" Ric Flair for the WCW Title. This match has been talked about for years and years, built up since Flair joined the WWF in late 1991, and it never happened...until now! Also on this card, "Stunning" Steve Austin defends his United States Title against Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat, the (VERY) odd couple of Cactus Jack and Kevin Sullivan defend the WCW Tag Titles against Pretty Wonderful, Dustin Rhodes puts his trust in tag-team partner Arn Anderson as they face Terry Funk and Bunkhouse Buck, Vader faces the newly crowned Guardian Angel, and Lord Steven Regal puts the TV Title on the line against the baaaad man, Johnny B. Badd! In the news, we discuss the ongoing steroid trial between the WWF and US Government, Undertaker vs. Undertaker at SummerSlam being spoiled by early advertisements on pizza boxes, the SMW champion no-showing and causing issues, and much, much more! It's a biiiig show today!

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It's ironic that the main event was titled a Stairway to Hell match, because most of ECW was like watching pro wrestling from Hell. It wasn't all bad, though, as we got a decent ECW World Title match between Tommy Dreamer and Justin Credible, a great Four Corners match between Yoshihiro Tajiri, Mikey Whipwreck, Little Guido and Psicosis, Jerry Lynn and Steve Corino had a great match, and we've got a fantastic Six-Man Tag match. Rob Van Dam tries to drag Scotty Anton (the former Scotty Riggs) to a presentable match, Big Sal and Balls Mahoney have a turd, Rhino and Sandman beat each other up over the TV Title, and much more. In the news, we discuss the disastrous fallout of WCW Bash at the Beach 2000, a hellacious injury for Johnny "The Bull" Stamboli, a future WWE star debuting in OVW, the drama between ECW, WWF, and TNN, plus much more!

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Get ready to cash in with the Marks! AJ Styles and Shinsuke Nakamura had been feuding over the WWE Title since before WrestleMania 34, and it's culminating now in a Last Man Standing match. Two of the best in the world clash for the third time this year! On top of that, the other competitors in the men's Money in the Bank match look to keep down "The Monster Among Men," "The Goddess" Alexa Bliss looks to win her first Money in the Bank match, Carmella looks to escape this event still the SmackDown Women's Champion as she faces "The Emperess of Tomorrow" Asuka, "The Irresistable Force" Nia Jax puts her WWE Raw Women's Title on the line against "The Baddest Woman on the Planet" Ronda Rousey, and much more! Not every match on this show was a banger. Daniel Bryan looks to carry the weight of Big Cass, Sami Zayn and Bobby Lashley can't seem to make it "click," and Seth Rollins puts the IC Title on the line against Elias in quite a "meh" encounter. In the news, we discuss WWE breaking records with the forthcoming Super Show-Down in Melbourne, Australia, a current AEW talent that at the time was looking to debut in NXT, Jeff Hardy getting into trouble yet again, AAA trying to run a lucha libre show in Madison Square Garden, an upcoming mega indy spectacular on PPV, and much more!

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TNA's first anniversary show was treated like just any other show. However, we did get Sting, Jeff Jarrett, AJ Styles, and a debuting Sean Waltman in the main event...for whatever that's worth. Vince Russo's fingerprints and face was all over this one. It was ridiculous "crash TV" at its "finest" (for lack of a better term). We've got former WWE, WCW, and ECW guys here as well as young NWA talents. In the news, two legends of the business pass away, Kurt Angle returns, Rocky Johnson gets hired back into WWE and then instantly gets fired, and we talk about one of the biggest rivalries in the history of UFC.

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This is one of the best shows from this era of WCW and one of the greatest Great American Bash shows of all time! Your hosts, Troy & Greg, have personally seen this show 3-4 times. It was Sting's crowning achievement of FINALLY beating Ric Flair to sit atop the mountain as the WCW World Heavyweight Champion. The future Undertaker, "Mean" Mark Callous, also takes on Lex Luger for Luger's United States Title. This was actually Mark's "audition" for the WWF, which we discuss on the podcast. The NWA World and United States Tag Titles are on the line in matches. Vader debuts for WCW against the Z-Man. There are quite a few outdated things on this show that may make you cringe and...oh yeah...El Gigante debuted. But, other than that...this was pretty great! Also, in the news, WCW may be losing Ric Flair very soon, they can't get rid of the Iron Sheik, Terry Gordy & Steve Williams are trying to come in as a tag-team, everything is coming up Milhouse for the WWF, there are some big talent trades going on in Japan, and much more!

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The main event involved murder. That's right! On a major WWE pay-per-view, someone was going to die. Why? Who knows! The Undertaker was fighting for the life of Paul Bearer against the Dudley Boyz in a handicap match dubbed The Concrete Crypt match. It was never said that if the Undertaker lost, Paul would be buried in concrete. Paul Heyman simply said that if the Undertaker "didn't do the right thing," Bearer would be buried. W...T...F? Also on this card, Eddie Guerrero puts his WWE Title on the line against JBL in a Texas Bullrope match, the US Title is on the line as John Cena defends against RVD, Booker T, and Rene Dupree, Rey Mysterio faces off with Chavo Guerrero, and much more. In the news, we talk about changes to the WWE writing staff, some major shakeups to future plans for PPVs, FX interested in NWA-TNA, Jeff Hardy popping up in TNA, and much more!

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Wrestling was in a weird place in 1994. Having said that, this may have been one of the weakest King of the Ring events of all time, but we did get one of the greatest matches under 4 minutes ever and a glimpse into the future of the WWF as Diesel takes on Bret Hart. The main event of this show was also one straight out of the Over the Hill Club as Jerry "The King" Lawler and "Rowdy" Roddy Piper face off in a comedically bad match that even bordered on "boring" at times. At least we've got some interesting news as Hulk Hogan joins WCW, there are 2 Undertakers, Smoky Mountain Wrestling is struggling to stay afloat, and nutty Herb Abrams is planning on running UWF in a HUGE building in Las Vegas, Nevada! That and much more on this week's podcast!

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The biggest moment of Jay Briscoe's career happened at this show, in the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City. Possibly the biggest name Ring of Honor had seen in years, Kevin Steen (now Kevin Owens in WWE) was the reigning ROH Champion and had Steve Corino's SCUM stable backing him up. All the odds were stacked against Jay, and this was fantastic! Jay Lethal also did battle with Michael Elgin for #1 contendership at the World Title, the American Wolves faced off against reDRagon for the ROH Tag Titles, Roderick Strong took on "Machine Gun" Karl Anderson, and much more! In the news, we discuss lawsuits over Owen Hart wrapping up (yes, in 2013), controversies over CM Punk (this could literally be any time), Paul Bearer passing and what WWE did about it, Michael Cole changing direction as an announcer, a certain former WWE superstar getting fired from ROH before retiring, and a ton more!

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On April 29, 1999, WWF basically aired a pilot for SmackDown! on UPN. Not a whole lot of great wrestling happened here, but there were some good moments. The New Age Outlaws went for the World Tag Titles and then split up, Vince McMahon tries to show a kinder side of himself, X-Pac and Kane continue their weird partnership, Ken Shamrock and the Big Show look for revenge on The Corporation, and The Corporate Ministry officially forms. In the news, we discuss tragedy befalling The British Bulldog's life, Paul Wight getting a new name, Public Enemy leaving WWF, Jim Cornette heading to Ohio Valley Wrestling, major termoil in Japan after the passing of Giant Baba, and much more!

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THAT'S RIGHT! IT'S BATTLE BOWL! What does that mean? It means we're getting 30 matches on 1 freaking pay-per-view. Will they mean anything? Sure, if you think "randomly" selecting tag partners to face off until they finally get into a mid-card battle royal where the prize is a literal ring...then yeah, it means something. Besides that, we've got Dean Malenko putting his Cruiserweight Title on the line against Brad Armstrong (older brother of Road Dogg), Konnan defending the United States Title against Jushin Thunder Liger, and The Giant defending his World Heavyweight Title against Sting. While WCW was about to hit a super hot period, you couldn't necessarily tell by this card. It's okay, though, because we spice it up and have a lot of laughs! Meanwhile, in the news, we discuss Nitro going to 2 hours, a stacked Great American Bash card coming up (now in our archives), Scott Hall and Kevin Nash making waves, Japan thinking they've got a new giant to promote, WWF signing a crap ton of jobbers and also signing one of the future biggest stars in the history of the business. That and much more!

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