Must See Matches

By Must See Matches

Mark Buckeldee, Kieran Lefort and their guests use data gathered from surveying fans on Twitter to discuss the matches every wrestling fan needs to see. The essentials of pro-wrestling, as nominated b... more

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How many episodes does Must See Matches have?

The podcast currently has 106 episodes available.

Must See Matches episodes:

December 16, 2023 Episode 85 -Terry Funk vs. Ric Flair - I Quit - November 15, 1989
***Our friend and frequent guest Eamonn Bell's partner recently lost their home in a tornado. If you can help, their GoFundMe is https://bit.ly/GFMD Thank you***
wXw CEO Felix Kohlenberg returns to finish what he helped us start a full year ago: the Terry Funk vs. Ric Flair I Quit match from Clash IX on November 15, 1989.
PLUS: Terry Funk vs. Eddie Guerrero, brilliant Terry Funk squash matches, brilliant Terry Funk promos, a Terry Funk PSA mostly just a lot of Terry Funk being brilliant, the perfect dropkick, THE hot T-shirt of the summer of 1989, Scott Hall, endangered species, the belly-slapping fan, “Clash the Eighth”, a near-amputation, an angle you couldn’t do today but not for the reasons you’d think, get rich quick with Gary Hart, “designated terminators”, Bruno Sammartino, the return of the handstand piledriver, Great Muta: firefighter and Tommy Young: crossing guard.
Follow Felix and wXw: @FelxiKohlenberg @wXwGermany
Follow the project and podcast on Twitter/IG/Threads/BlueSky: @MustSeeMatches http://linktr.ee/mustseematches
Kieran: @kieranedits Mark: @monkey_buckles
MUSIC: "Chuck Kick Ass" by Nicolas Jeudy. Used under license from Dark Fantasy Studio.

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December 10, 2023 Episode 84 - Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Jumbo Tsuruta - June 8, 1990
All-Japan expert Joseph Montecillo returns to help us with the lead up to, and fallout from, the pivotal Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Jumbo Tsuruta match from June 8, 1990.
PLUS: Christmas talk, Philippine Time, Asian traffic, Misawa’s tinfoil jacket, Jumbo’s scoop slam, sporting referee Kyohei Wada, Claudio Castagnoli vs. Brody King, 80s British wrestling, Mick McManus vs. Clive Myers, the Misawa Selling Cam, Jumbo Tsuruta’s intimate relationship with the ropes, Triple H, The Fingerpoke of Doom, Essa Rios, RoboCop, and Kieran’s sexy flu voice.
Follow Joseph and the Big Egg: @josephweirdness @thateggsobig // https://www.youtube.com/@JosephMontecilloYT // https://www.josephmontecillo.com
Follow the project and podcast on Twitter/IG/Threads/BlueSky: @MustSeeMatches http://linktr.ee/mustseematches
Kieran: @kieranedits Mark: @monkey_buckles
MUSIC: "Chuck Kick Ass" by Nicolas Jeudy. Used under license from Dark Fantasy Studio.
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50min
December 03, 2023 Episode 83 - Undertaker vs. Shawn Michaels - WrestleMania 25 - April 5, 2009
The Peak of The Streak? The marvellous Kefin Mahon of How2Wrestling, The Attitude Era Podcast and Cinema Swirl joins Kieran and Mark to talk everything Shawn Michaels vs. The Undertaker from WrestleMania 25 on April 5, 2009, including the experience of being there live.
PLUS: broken hearts, the better brother, Doink the Clown, burning down the house, Randy Orton’s “menagerie of wives”, Shawn Michaels’ lack of financial acumen, Seven (not the film), The Chaperone, Kieran goes to Smackdown, a weird figure-four leglock, Yuji Nagata, tributes, Shawn’s magnetic throat, Undertaker the giant penguin, divorces, one of the most famous botches of all-time, the loose explosions of Psycho Sid, star rating controversies, and a long, dark tangent.
Follow Kefin and his many podcasts: @KefinMahon @AEPodcast @How2Wrestling @CinemaSwirl
Follow the project and podcast on Twitter/IG/Threads/BlueSky: @MustSeeMatches http://linktr.ee/mustseematches
Kieran: @kieranedits Mark: @monkey_buckles
MUSIC: "Chuck Kick Ass" by Nicolas Jeudy. Used under license from Dark Fantasy Studio.
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1h 3min
November 26, 2023 Episode 82 - Atlantis vs. Villano III - Mask vs. Mask - March 17, 2000
The only person we could call to talk about the March 17, 2000 Atlantis vs. Villano III Mask vs. Mask match was The Cubs Fan. He brings all the context and history as we get into our final lucha libre match on the list.
PLUS: lucha fever, Arez, Mascara Dorada 2.0, RevPro, Dragon Lee goes boxing, an honourable villain, Kieran’s misspent youth, Conan the Barbarian, fireworks safety, Atlantis’ promotional posing routine, “Baby Richard”, arthritic referees, the worst wrestling TV director of 2000, fans in jail, “paint me like one of your French luchadors”, and Mark’s disturbing amount of hands.
Follow and support Cubs: @luchablog // luchablog.com
Follow the project and podcast on Twitter/IG/Threads/BlueSky: @MustSeeMatches http://linktr.ee/mustseematches
Kieran: @kieranedits Mark: @monkey_buckles
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50min
November 18, 2023 Episode 81 - Triple H vs. Cactus Jack - Royal Rumble 2000 - January 23, 2000
Bang bang, he's back! Matty Edwards tears off the mask and shirt to discuss the Triple H vs. Cactus Jack Streefight match from Royal Rumble 2000.
PLUS: Stranger Things, ratings rivalry, the “phony” Mankind, WWF on Channel 4 and its influence, Heat, Brock Lesnar, WCW Worldwide, The Radicalz, the taxi, STORY, butts in seats, chefs, a ghost that’s definitely a ghost, Mark the vandal, fake barbed wire, universal handcuff keys, censorship, and controversy.
Follow Matty: @MattyEdwards86 // Follow Grappl: @GrapplPod
Follow the project and podcast on Twitter/IG/Threads/BlueSky: @MustSeeMatches http://linktr.ee/mustseematches
Kieran: @kieranedits Mark: @monkey_buckles
MUSIC: "Chuck Kick Ass" by Nicolas Jeudy. Used under license from Dark Fantasy Studio.
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51min
November 12, 2023 Episode 80 - Bryan Danielson vs. KENTA - Glory By Honor V - Day 2 - September 16, 2006
Might-as-well-be-the-third-man, Eamonn Bell joins Mark and Kieran once again to debate the merits of Bryan Danielson vs. KENTA from Glory By Honor V - Day 2, from September 16, 2006.
PLUS: RevPro at the 229, Gadge, Ian Hamilton, show-off heels, technical difficulties, Baldur’s Gate, D&D, Lykoses, Kamala, FIP, Cyber Kong, Hideo Itami, interpromotional politics, Samoa Joe, New-Japan, Scrubs, Butlins, the physics of the figure-four leglock, Kirby, office carpet, “finisher prowres”, GDPR, Low-Ki, and another of Mark’s weird wrestling stories.

Follow the project and podcast on Twitter/IG/BlueSky/Threads: ⁠⁠@MustSeeMatches⁠⁠
⁠⁠http://linktr.ee/mustseematches⁠⁠
Kieran: ⁠⁠@kieranedits⁠⁠ Mark: ⁠⁠@monkey_buckles⁠⁠
Follow Eamonn: ⁠⁠@no_more_mutants⁠⁠
MUSIC: "Chuck Kick Ass" by Nicolas Jeudy. Used under license from Dark Fantasy Studio.
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1h 18min
November 05, 2023 Episode 79 - Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Kota Ibushi - Wrestle Kingdom 9 - January 4, 2015
The marvellous Sarah Flann returns to discuss a dream collision for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship: Shinsuke MNakamura vs. Kota Ibushi from Wrestle Kingdom 9 on January 4, 2015.
PLUS: more Cardiff ramen chat, Tetsuya Naito, Jeff Jarrett, not that Kevin Sullivan, “wobby-wobby dubstep”, metaphorical hats, Transformers, Kieran channels Leonard Nimoy, Ong Bak, Bruce Lee, Bishop Brennan, callbacks, violence, accidental bootlicking, “the Murder German”, Cribs with Kota Ibushi, only the finest analogies, and the most dangerous job in all of pro-wrestling.
Follow Sarah: @sarahflann
Follow the project and podcast on Twitter/IG/Threads/BlueSky: @MustSeeMatches http://linktr.ee/mustseematches
Kieran: @kieranedits Mark: @monkey_buckles
MUSIC: "Chuck Kick Ass" by Nicolas Jeudy. Used under license from Dark Fantasy Studio.
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49min
October 29, 2023 Episode 78 - Kensuke Sasaki vs. Kenta Kobashi - NOAH Destiny 2005 - July 18, 2005
Kieran and Mark go tandem to talk the most epic chop battle in pro-wrestling history... oh, and the rest of the match around it: Kensuke Sasaki vs. Kenta Kobashi from NOAH Destiny 2005 on July 18, 2005.
PLUS: suspect mathematics, the handling of the GHC Heavyweight title, highly dated references, Heavies and Juniors, The Wrestling Channel, Coventry, Mark Haskins, Riki Choshu, the “Triple Clown” title, the slow-motion Rey Mysterio hatch, Kobashi’s knees, Kensuke Sasaki: daredevil aerialist, “titty mist”, Akira Hokuto, Greek strangleholds, dumb jock wrestling, and bold seagulls.
Follow the project and podcast on Twitter/IG/Threads/BlueSky: @MustSeeMatches http://linktr.ee/mustseematches
Kieran: @kieranedits Mark: @monkey_buckles
MUSIC: "Chuck Kick Ass" by Nicolas Jeudy. Used under license from Dark Fantasy Studio.
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51min
October 24, 2023 BONUS - Fuminori Abe vs. Takuya Nomura - Kakuto Tanteidan: We are the Fighting Detectives - October 12, 2023
Even the flu couldn't stop Eamonn Bell from joining Mark and Kieran on their first BONUS episode, as all concerned decided Fuminori Abe vs. Takuya Nomura from Kakuto Tanteidan: We are the Fighting Detectives on October 12, 2023 needed to be talked about.
PLUS: the live experience, encounters with a mysterious western wrestler, Hipster Pro-Wrestling, the worst of the Tigers, a struggle to describe Battlarts, New-Japan booking, Munenori Sawa/Lingerie Muto, “Tekken energy”, Final Fantasy, detectives in wrestling, Hideki Suzuki, Billy Robinson, Marty Asami, the best hammerlock ever, Stephanie McMahon, Daniel Makabe, JYD, Royal Quest, and a finger somewhere you probably don’t want a finger.
Follow the project and podcast on Twitter/IG/BlueSky/Threads: ⁠⁠@MustSeeMatches⁠⁠
⁠⁠http://linktr.ee/mustseematches⁠⁠
Kieran: ⁠⁠@kieranedits⁠⁠ Mark: ⁠⁠@monkey_buckles⁠⁠
Follow Eamonn: ⁠⁠@no_more_mutants⁠⁠
MUSIC: "Chuck Kick Ass" by Nicolas Jeudy. Used under license from Dark Fantasy Studio.
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1h 1min
October 22, 2023 Episode 77 - Mitsuharu Misawa, Kenta Kobashi & Toshiaki Kawada vs. Jumbo Tsuruta, Akira Taue & Masanobu Fuchi - April 20, 1991
The incomparable MOJ joins Kieran and Mark once again, this time for the “fierce battle” of Mitsuharu Misawa, Kenta Kobashi & Toshiaki Kawada vs. Jumbo Tsuruta, Akira Taue & Masanobu Fuchi from AJPW Fan Appreciation Day on April 20, 1991.
PLUS: an immediate tangent, Mark’s trip to Japan, the history of Fan Appreciation Day, Taue’s hair, cardigans, hatred, donuts, Fuchi the evil little prick, John Terry, the low dropkick, James Tighe, Caiman, jeet kune do, Dean Ayass, TV commentary training schools, and all the usual, barely broadcastable chaos that ensues when MOJ is on.
Follow the project and podcast on Twitter/IG/Threads/BlueSky: @MustSeeMatches http://linktr.ee/mustseematches
Follow MOJ: @threekidneysmoj
Kieran: @kieranedits Mark: @monkey_buckles
MUSIC: "Chuck Kick Ass" by Nicolas Jeudy. Used under license from Dark Fantasy Studio.
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1h 15min

FAQs about Must See Matches:

How many episodes does Must See Matches have?

The podcast currently has 106 episodes available.