Squared Circle Spotlight

Who really killed WCW?

For over 20 years, fans have blamed everyone from Vince Russo to Hulk Hogan, Kevin Nash, David Arquette, Eric Bischoff, and even Vince McMahon. But who actually deserves the blame?

In this episode of Make It Make Sense, we're reopening wrestling's biggest cold case. We examine every major suspect, revisit the biggest moments that led to WCW's downfall, and deliver our final verdict.

Who pulled the trigger... and who was just standing at the crime scene?

👇 Let us know your verdict in the comments.

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For nearly 30 years, Kane lived one of the strangest lives in wrestling history.He survived a deadly funeral home fire, returned from the dead to seek revenge on The Undertaker, learned to speak, joined DX, found friendship with X-Pac, fell in love with Tori, terrorized Pete Rose, electrocuted Shane McMahon's testicles, survived the Katie Vick scandal, set Jim Ross on fire, married Lita, battled Gene Snitsky, became obsessed with May 19, attended anger management with Daniel Bryan, and somehow ended up as a corporate executive for The Authority.In this episode of Make It Make Sense, we're telling the complete life story of Kane through his WWE storylines and asking one simple question:How is this man not the most interesting person in wrestling history?🔥 Did we miss your favorite Kane moment?🔥 Which version of Kane was the best?🔥 What storyline made the least sense?Let us know in the comments!#Kane #WWE #Undertaker #MakeItMakeSense #SquaredCircleSpotlight

🏆 Welcome to The Squared Circle Awards! 🏆Tonight, we're celebrating the absolute best, worst, funniest, most iconic, and most ridiculous moments in professional wrestling history.From legendary entrances and unforgettable moments to exploding limos, killer robots, disastrous gimmicks, and all-time botches, nothing is off limits.This year's categories:🔥 Best Entrance Ever😂 Funniest Botch🤦 Worst Gimmick😳 Most WTF Moment💥 Worst Storyline🏆 Most Iconic MomentWill The Undertaker claim Best Entrance?Will Mantuar take home Worst Gimmick?Can anything top Sting and Robocop for Most WTF Moment?And what truly deserves to be remembered as wrestling's most iconic moment of all time?Join Joe, Jeremy, Charlie, and Kathy as they hand out the most prestigious awards in professional wrestling... and some awards that probably should never exist.👇 Let us know YOUR winners in the comments!Who got robbed?Who did we get completely wrong?And what categories should we add next year?🎙️ New episodes every week from Squared Circle Spotlight!

On this episode of Bad Gimmicks, Better Merch, we're taking a deep dive into WWE's most unlikely success story: El Grande Americano.What started as one of the most ridiculous gimmicks in recent WWE history somehow evolved into a storyline that delivered a critically acclaimed Mask vs. Mask Match that many fans are calling one of the best matches of the year.We break down:🔥 The original Chad Gable version🔥 Ludwig Kaiser's takeover of the mask🔥 Why the storyline lasted WAY longer than anyone expected🔥 The Match of the Year debate🔥 Whether El Grande Americano is still a bad gimmickPLUS...🧸 We take a nostalgic trip back to the 90s and look at the legendary WWF Hasbro action figures, one of the most beloved wrestling toy lines ever created.Were they the greatest wrestling figures of all time? We discuss our favorites and revisit a piece of wrestling history.👇 Let us know:Was El Grande Americano a bad gimmick?And what's your favorite WWF Hasbro figure?🎙️ Subscribe for more wrestling nostalgia, weird gimmicks, forgotten stories, and collectibles every week! #WWE #ElGrandeAmericano #BadGimmicksBetterMerch

Hulk Hogan. Zeus. Tiny Lister. Exploding TV sets. The infamous "DOOKIE!" scene.This week on Make It Make Sense, we're diving into No Holds Barred—the 1989 wrestling movie that somehow became a cult classic despite critics absolutely destroying it.Want to watch the movie before or after listening to our discussion?👉 Watch No Holds Barred here:https://youtu.be/V9VOkwjWh90?si=jNGoQN4LbwJ4AGDrWas this movie a disaster? A masterpiece? Or both?Join the Squared Circle Spotlight crew as we break down the wildest moments, the over-the-top characters, the ridiculous plot, and why wrestling fans still can't stop talking about it decades later.💩 What's that smell?💪 Hulk Hogan at peak Hulkamania😡 Zeus terrorizing everyone📺 Mr. Brell losing his mind🎬 Wrestling movie madness at its finestLet us know in the comments:Is No Holds Barred a terrible movie... or a wrestling masterpiece?🔔 Subscribe for weekly wrestling discussions, bad gimmicks, bizarre wrestling stories, and everything happening in the world of professional wrestling.#WWE #HulkHogan #NoHoldsBarred #Zeus #WrestlingMovies #SquaredCircleSpotlight

This week on Make It Make Sense, we cover one of the most tragic stories in wrestling history:The rise… and complete downfall… of WWE’s first diva, Sunny.Before the Divas era, before social media influencers, and before WWE fully understood the power of personality and sex appeal, Sunny became one of the biggest stars in wrestling — and one of the first true internet celebrities.But over the years, the story spiraled into arrests, addiction, controversy, public meltdowns, and eventually real-life tragedy.How did one of wrestling’s biggest success stories become one of its darkest cautionary tales?💬 Let us know in the comments:Was Sunny failed by wrestling culture… or were the bad decisions ultimately her own?

This week on Bad Gimmicks Better Merch, we dive into one of the weirdest stories in modern wrestling:How did Ricochet — one of the most athletic wrestlers on the planet — become one of the most polarizing and hated names in wrestling discourse?From his rise as an untouchable indie superstar and Prince Puma in Lucha Underground… to the awkward promos, internet backlash, AEW/WWE tribalism, and nonstop social media discourse… we break down how Ricochet somehow became wrestling’s favorite punching bag.Is the hate deserved?Or did Ricochet become a victim of modern wrestling fandom?🔥 Topics Covered:Ricochet’s indie/NXT risePrince Puma and Lucha UndergroundWhy fans turned on RicochetAEW vs WWE discoursePromo criticismModern wrestling fandomSocial media backlash“Great wrestler, no character?” debate

In 1998, WWE decided to take scripted wrestling… and turn it into a real fighting tournament.What could possibly go wrong?In this episode of Make It Make Sense, we break down the infamous Brawl For All tournament — the backstage politics, the real knockouts, the injuries, Vince Russo’s role in creating it, JBL’s involvement, Bart Gunn accidentally ruining WWE’s plans, and the infamous Butterbean fight that somehow made the entire thing even worse.This wasn’t just a bad idea…It may have been WWE’s dumbest idea EVER.🔥 Topics Covered:Why Vince Russo created the Brawl For AllJBL and backstage “tough guy” cultureDr. Death Steve Williams being the planned winnerBart Gunn shocking everyoneReal knockouts and injuriesThe Butterbean WrestleMania disasterWhy the tournament completely backfired

This week marked the anniversary of one of the wildest—and darkest—stories in wrestling history: The Plane Ride From Hell.

From Brock Lesnar and Mr. Perfect nearly fighting through the plane… to Ric Flair walking the aisle in nothing but his robe… to Goldust singing over the intercom while Scott Hall passed out in his seat… this flight sounded less like a WWE charter and more like complete chaos at 30,000 feet.

In this episode of Make It Make Sense, we break down:

• what actually happened on the infamous flight
• how the locker room culture spiraled out of control
• why so many people treated this insanity as “normal”
• and how the story became one of wrestling’s most controversial legends

🔥 Topics Covered:

• Brock Lesnar vs Mr. Perfect
• Ric Flair controversy
• Goldust’s drunken singing
• Scott Hall during the flight
• WWE locker room culture in the early 2000s
• Dark Side of the Ring’s Plane Ride From Hell episode

💬 Let us know in the comments:
What’s the craziest Plane Ride From Hell story you’ve ever heard?

Jack Swagger had the push, the look, the “Real American” gimmick… and somehow it still never clicked.

In this episode of Bad Gimmicks, Better Merch, we break down why WWE’s attempt to turn Jack Swagger into the next big patriotic star completely fell flat—and why the WWE Slam Attax card game somehow had more personality than the gimmick itself.

We also open up a pack of WWE Slam Attax cards and revisit one of the weirdest and most nostalgic pieces of WWE merch from the 2010s.

🔥 In this episode:

• Why the “Real American” Jack Swagger gimmick failed
• WWE trying to force Swagger into the main event scene
• The history of WWE Slam Attax
• Opening WWE Slam Attax cards live
• Why the merch was honestly more entertaining than the character

💬 Let us know in the comments:
What’s your favorite weird piece of WWE merch… and was Jack Swagger ever going to work?