Straight Shooters

WWE brought WrestleMania to MetLife Stadium for the first time in 2013, and Vaughn Johnson and Nick Piccone were there to see it live in-person. The WrestleMania experience is always a bucket list item for any wrestling fan, and the guys discuss their journey to WrestleMania and how being there live affected their feelings looking back at the event while watching it on the WWE Network for this podcast.

They certainly cover the good, the bad, and the downright ugly of the event. BUT FIRST, they talk Lashley winning the WWE Championship, NXT moving to Tuesdays, Joey Ryan's wrestling show getting canceled, Randy Orton beefing with rappers on the timeline, and more.

The WrestleMania 29 card:

• Six-Man Tag: The Shield (Dean Ambrose, Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins) vs. Big Show, Randy Orton and Sheamus

• Mark Henry vs. Ryback

• WWE Tag Team Championship: Team Hell No (Daniel Bryan and Kane) (c) vs. Big E Langston and Dolph Ziggler (w/ AJ Lee)

• Fandango vs. Chris Jericho

• World Heavyweight Championship: Alberto Del Rio (c) (w/ Ricardo Rodriguez) vs. Jack Swagger (w/ Zeb Colter)

• The Undertaker vs. CM Punk (w/ Paul Heyman)

• No Holds Barred: Triple H (with Shawn Michaels) vs. Brock Lesnar (w/ Paul Heyman)

• WWE Championship: The Rock (c) vs. John Cena

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Cody Rhodes discusses the upcoming AEW Revolution pay-per-view with the media. March 3, 2021.

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The guys open this week’s episode by discussing the surprising news of Paul Wight, aka the Big Show, signing with All Elite Wrestling after reportedly unable to come to an agreement with WWE to extend his contract. They talk about the wrestling landscape nowadays and touch on a few current items before moving into their deep dive.

The deep dive this week is WCW’s SuperBrawl VII, which took place on February 23, 1997, at the Cow Palace in San Francisco. Hollywood Hulk Hogan would defend the WCW Title against “Rowdy” Roddy Piper, and a new member of the nWo would be unveiled.

The card:

• WCW Cruiserweight Title: Dean Malenko (c) vs. Syxx

• Six-Man Tag: Konnan/La Parka/Villano IV vs. Juventud Guerrera/Super Caló/Ciclope

• WCW TV Title: Prince Iaukea (c) vs. Rey Mysterio, Jr.

• Diamond Dallas Page vs. Buff Bagwell

• WCW United States Title: Eddie Guerrero (c) vs. Chris Jericho

• Three-Way Dance: Public Enemy vs. Harlem Heat vs. Faces of Fear

• Jeff Jarrett vs. Steve McMichael

• San Francisco Death Match: Chris Benoit vs. Kevin Sullivan

• WCW Tag Team Titles: The Outsiders (c) vs. Lex Luger and The Giant

• WCW Heavyweight Title: Hollywood Hogan (c) vs. Roddy Piper

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Recorded December 18, 2015.

This week, the guys talk about this past Raw from Philly and Roman Reigns winning the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. Where does Reigns go from here? And the guys also talk about NXT TakeOver from London this past Wednesday. Did Samoa Joe capture the NXT Championship from Finn Balor?

Brian Isley from BoomBoxLife radio joins the show to give us his take on what went down this week in WWE. Of course, the guys hit on some history of wrestling and the best recap show ever in Livewire.

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It's one of the most critically-acclaimed wrestling documentaries of all-time, and this week, we're taking a deep dive into it.

Beyond The Mat was released on October 22, 1999, and was directed, written, produced, and narrated by Barry W. Blaustein, who was a pretty famous writer and did a lot of projects with Eddie Murphy: Saturday Night Live, Coming to America, and The Nutty Professor to name a few. Blaustein rode across the country documenting the highs and lows of professional wrestling and focused on three main stories: the WWF, Mick Foley, and Jake "The Snake" Roberts.

We dive into all of it in one of our most in-depth and comprehensive episodes ever. Join us!

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Happy St. Valentine's Day Weekend!

This week, we're heading back to 1999 WWF and the height of the Austin vs. McMahon rivalry: St. Valentine's Day Massacre. Austin and McMahon carried these few months along with The Rock and Mick Foley, as WWF TV was must-watch each and every week. This pay-per-view was no different, but not because of the undercard (woof), but the main event scene. Oh, and the WWF debut of one BIG superstar.

The card:

• Bluedust vs. Goldust

• WWF Hardcore Title Match: Bob Holly vs. Al Snow

• Mideon vs. The Big Bossman

• WWF World Tag Team Title Match: Jeff Jarrett & Owen Hart (w/Debra) (c) vs. D-Lo Brown & Mark Henry (w/Ivory)

• WWF Intercontinental Title Match (Special Referee: Billy Gunn): Ken Shamrock (c) vs. Val Venis (w/Ryan Shamrock)

• The Corporation (Chyna/Kane) w/Shane McMahon vs. D-Generation X (Triple H/X-Pac)

• WWF World Heavyweight Title Last Man Standing Match: Mankind (c) vs. The Rock

• Steel Cage Match: Stone Cold Steve Austin vs. Vince McMahon

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The WWF in February 2001 was on another level. Just a month later, Vince McMahon would purchase WCW and that's all she wrote for the modern-day wrestling wars.

This week, we deep dive into the last WWF pay-per-view before their purchase of WCW, what things were like in the company then, how things were firing on all cylinders, what wasn't so great, and a lot more.

The card:

WWF Hardcore Title: Raven (c) vs. Big Show

WWF Intercontinental Title Fatal 4-Way: Chris Jericho (c) vs. X-Pac vs. Eddie Guerrero vs. Chris Benoit

Stephanie McMahon vs. Trish Stratus

Three Stages of Hell: Triple H vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin

Steven Richards vs. Jerry Lawler

WWF Tag Team Titles Table Match: Dudleyz (c) vs. Edge/Christian vs. Undertaker/Kane

WWF Title: Kurt Angle (c) vs. The Rock

BUT FIRST! Some post-Royal Rumble thoughts, especially on Bad Bunny and wrestling fans ... and why wrestling fans who want wrestling to be cool again will never allow wrestling to be cool again. And what happened to snow shoveling etiquette in this world!?

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Did y'all know Stone Cold Steve Austin and Vince McMahon had a bitter rivalry in 1999? Well, if you didn't, the 1999 Royal Rumble will certainly get you up to date quickly on everything regarding this feud.

The 1999 Royal Rumble was really a two-match show: Mankind defending the WWF Championship against The Rock in an "I Quit" Match, and Stone Cold Steve Austin and Vince McMahon drawing numbers 1 and 2, respectively, in the Royal Rumble match itself. Make no mistake about it - nobody else in the match mattered one iota on this night, and we're diving deep into it. 

Side note: Is Chyna the first woman to ever win a Royal Rumble match? If WWE's going to claim certain Royal Rumble events are part of the lineage then they should claim more of them are. Listen to find out what we're talking about.

The card:

 Road Dogg vs. Big Boss Man

WWF Intercontinental Title: Ken Shamrock (c) vs. Bad Ass Billy Gunn

WWF European Title: X-Pac (c) vs. Gangrel

WWF Women's Title Strap Match: Sable (c) vs. Luna Vachon

WWF Title "I Quit" Match: Mankind (c) vs. The Rock

30-Person Royal Rumble Match

BUT BEFORE THAT! We name the five winners for the free WrestleRumble pick 'ems!

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This week, the guys are live commentating the 1997 Royal Rumble. This year, the Rumble returns to San Antonio's Alamodome, where the '97 Rumble took place. Join us for the entire Rumble match as we provide our commentary for the duration of it. Originally recorded on January 13, 2017.

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