Squared Circle Pit

Comedian Earl Skakel enters the pit this week and he's the ideal guest for exploring the intersection between rock and pro wrestling. Earl talks about getting into pro wrestling at a young age, and by chance finding himself backstage at a WWF house show when he was 15 and how meeting Kamala exposed that wrestling was pre-determined for him. We talk about the modern wrestling scene and what AEW needs to do. Plus, Earl shares some amazing stories about his friendships with Roddy Piper and Lemmy, including what it was like to usher Lemmy's funeral. Earl also shares a fun story about sneaking into a Guns N Roses show when he was young.

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Host Rob Pasbani is solo this week to count down the top 20 most metal entrance themes in pro wrestling history. Which entrance makes it to number 1? Do Rob's picks match your own? Let us know in the comments.

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Host Rob Pasbani is joined by Alex Lajas, aka @QueenoftheRing and they have a really fun discussion about the most metal women in pro wrestling, past and present. Lots of love for legends like Chyna, Luna Vachon, Lita, Bull Nakano, Aja Kong, Abadon, Rhea Ripley, Madusa, "The Fallen Angel" Nancy Sullivan, and more.

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Steve from @Wrestling.Sucks joins host Rob Pasbani on this very special edition of the show, where we offer a mixtape of fun WCW Halloween Havoc matches to get in the spirit of spooky season. While we obstain from including Rey Mysterio Jr. vs Eddie Guerrero on our list (since it's been talked about to death), we do include matches from Rey, Ric Flair, Sting, The Great Muta, Terry Funk, Vader, Cactus Jack, Goldberg, Hulk Hogan, DDP and more. Plus, Steve talks about coming up in the Queens hardcore scene, hanging with Frankie from Emmure and being a ref for New Fear City no ring death matches here in NYC.

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Host Rob Pasbani welcomes indie wrestling legend Vinnie Massaro to the Squared Circle Pit to talk about his over 25 year career in pro wrestling. Vinnie discusses his first exposure to pro wrestling, growing up in Italy, and how it inspired the type of wrestler he ended up being. Vinnie discusses wrestling some of his heroes like Mitsuharu Misawa and Jun Akiyama, wrestling in Arena Mexico and his latest challenge of training pro wrestlers at West Coast Pro Wrestling. We also discuss Vinnie's love of Metallica and discovering local Bay Area hardcore bands.

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We talk to Power Hour co-host Josh Bernstein on all things pro wrestling. We discuss how he's a casual hardcore fan, and what that means. Josh discusses getting his two daughters into pro wrestling and who their favorites are. Josh also offers tips on how to get your friends or your kids' friends' parents into pro wrestling. We discuss how AEW can get fans back into arenas.

Power Hour is on Thursdays at 11pm eastern on AXS TV following Impact and New Japan Pro Wrestling. We discuss what life is like for a music video talk show host, traveling the world interviewing bands and if we can expect some pro wrestlers on the series. Bernstein also discusses how he uses pro wrestling psychology in his role as a music host.

Josh and Rob discuss going to wrestling shows together, and all the different rock industry people they talk to wrestling with. Josh also discusses his involvement in the Chris Jericho Cruises and what fans can expect this year.

Finally, Josh discusses his other gig, creating Z2 Comics and working with his music idols on turning their stories into graphic novels.

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"The Duke" himself, Rich Ward, guitarist of Fozzy, steps into the Squared Circle Pit and jokes he "owns some property" at the intersection of rock and pro wrestling. We jump right in to discussing Stuck Mojo's WCW crossover back in the day, his love of wrestling and metal as a kid, how he picked up the guitar, his love of music and touring, how he watched pro wrestling on the road, linking up with Chris Jericho to form Fozzy and how the band keeps busy on off-days when Jericho is wrestling. Ward also discusses what it felt like opening for Iron Maiden, performing with Bruce Dickinson, and the insane rush of Fozzy performing at Wembley Stadium as Chris Jericho made his entrance for his big match.

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Squared Circle Pit is about the intersection of rock and pro wrestling, and at that intersection, Eat the Turnbuckle is putting somebody through the table. Guitarist Shlak and drummer Mike Beer join host Rob Pasbani to discuss how the concept of the band came up, their association with Bad Luck 13 Riot Extravaganza, ECW's influence on their band, the first no-ring death matches/bar brawls and their new documentary "Stabbed in the Face."

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Taking Back Sunday bassist Shaun Cooper talks about his longtime wrestling fandom on the latest Squared Circle Pit. Shaun recalls memories from watching in his youth to host Rob Pasbani. Cooper reveals it was Every Time I Die's Andy Williams, aka AEW wrestler The Butcher who got him back into pro wrestling as an adult. He talks about developing friendships with some pro wrestlers who ended up being fans of the band like Seth Rollins and Becky Lynch, and Shaun tells Rob about his journey to becoming black belt in Brazilian jiu jitsu.

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Taking Back Sunday's new album, 152, is out October 27 via Fantasy. Watch the video for "S'old" here.

Listen to Seth Rollins' 2020 interview on Squared Circle Pit here.

Squared Circle Pit is a podcast hosted by Rob Pasbani exploring the intersection of rock and pro wrestling. More episodes at squaredcirclepit.com

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New York City death match legend Casanova Valentine enters the pit to talk about the performance art of death matches, the first death match he remembers seeing, the huge influence ECW had on his life, what he hopes to achieve as a death match wrestler, his New York City promotion New Fear City.

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Squared Circle Pit is a podcast hosted by Rob Pasbani exploring the intersection of rock and pro wrestling. More episodes at squaredcirclepit.com

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