Past A Mania

GIVE ME BACK MY SONS

In this episode Adam Sierras. Newbs Hotels. Jesse Indias. Don't forget to throw us an Echo on iTunes, make sure to Lima, and Delta us on social media, and as always thanks for SHIELD

You may be asking "Hey Adam I thought the Daniel Bryan saga ended at WrestleMania 30? Certainly a one off match against Kane doesn't really warrant another episode."

Well allow me to retort:

In this episode Adam THE SHIELD VS EVOLUTION, Newbs THE SHIELD VS EVOLUTION, and Jesse THE SHIELD VS EVOLUTION!!

A masterpiece of a show that deserves no introduction.

On this episode Adam does a Yes Chant, Newbs does a Yes Chant, and Jesse does a Yes Chant

It is the top heavy final stop on the road to WrestleMania 30.

Come joins us as Adam points out Bad News Barrett predicting the future, Newbs calls out Adam’s weird typing flex, and Jesse marks out over the Shield vs the Wyatts.

Well, honestly we all mark out over the Shield vs the Wyatts

Okay but seriously how in the hell does John Cena's body do what John Cena's body does? It doesn't make one lick of sense.

This week we're bringing you Hell in a Cell 2013. A solid 6.5/10 show if I've ever seen one. Jesse continues to lament the existence of Randy Orton. Adam defends that the ending of this show is actually pretty good in a vacuum. And Newbs revels in the Saints losing a big game on a bad call.

Our journey to chronicle the rise of the GOAT, both figurative and literal, has begun. Summerslam 2013 is a weird show. Out of 7 matches only 3 are really worth a damn, but those three are worth all the damns. Adam goes back in time to relive when he first watched this show (and also where he was on 9/11?) Jesse unpacks some of his feelings about CM Punk. And Newbs helps us come to the realization that, up to this point, there’s one performer who has been on every single PPV we’ve watched. Join us for all of this and more as we begin the rise of Daniel Bryan. PS: Have you ever wondered how “Aunt Viv” can be used as an insult? Listen to this and find out.

Hohoho! Merry Christmas from all of us at Past A Mania! Here's our gift to you: the most ridiculous Christmas special that has ever graced our culture. It's the basis for the classic Christmas tune "Santa Got Run Over by Del Rio." Join us as we go through this hilarious episode of Raw and we wax poetic about how strangely important this special really is. It solidified Adam's love of wrestling in his early days of watching, and got Newbs back into it after years away. It's not exaggerating to say that Past A Mania would not exist without this episode of Raw. So cozy up by the fire, open your presents, and join us. Have a merry Christmas and a happy New Year, and we will be back early next year to begin our Daniel Bryan arc with Summerslam 2013.

What was the best wrestling show of the year?

Who were the best performers of the year? What was the match of the year? Who can win in a quiz down between Newbs and Jesse? Why am I asking you this you didn’t make the episode we did. Listen for the answers to all this and much much more, like a lot there’s a whole game of trivia which is basically just answers.

The pinnacle of sports entertainment. The end of an era. No not HHH vs Taker... well, that’s here but, not that one. There is no more competition, there are no more obstacles, there are no more true oposing forces. There are plenty of moments in wrestling history people say they stopped watching. One truly based on the appeal of wrestling itself could be said here. With no more variety of different companies and a heel turn to end all heel turns. And Cena isn’t even a wrestler yet. WrestleMania 17, no matter how you pronounce it, announced the end of the wars, and the dawning of a new wave yet to come as Stone Cold Steve Austin and The Rock reach their final few years at the top of the mountain.

Most shows from the Rumble to Mania get caught up in the build and fall to the inescapable hype of the Show of Shows. However No Way Out 2001 only barely lays down the ground work of what Mania X7 would become. Instead we get wild non-stop multiman matches, a tightly knit if not strangely ended world title match, and a beautifully painted 40 minute epic that is probably what ended up giving us the 2 man power trip. (Editor’s note: I like that match less now.) Get a good hard look at the last show before X7 because 90% of it has nothing to do with building up their biggest PPV of al time. Which is fine, cause it’s a damn good show on its own.