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The 1991 Royal Rumble took place from the Miami Arena in Miami, Florida on January 19, 1991 ... two days after the United States started an offensive on Iraqi troops occupying Kuwait.

The WWF exploited the hell out of this by having Sgt. Slaughter adopt an Iraqi Sympathizer gimmick and acquire manager General Adnan months earlier, who would carry around the Iraqi flag. Needless to say, this pay-per-view had a very pro-United States push to it as we uncover multiple ways WWF exploited a very real-life war throughout the course of this show.

The card:

Rockers vs. Orient Express

Big Boss Man vs. The Barbarian

WWF Title: Ultimate Warrior (c) vs. Sgt. Slaughter

The Mountie vs. Koko B. Ware

Ted DiBiase/Virgil vs. Dusty and Dustin Rhodes

29-Man (?) Royal Rumble Match

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Join us as we take a deep dive into this pay-per-view from May 1, 2011. John Cena looks to win the WWE Championship from The Miz in a Triple Threat Steel Cage Match with John Morrison, CM Punk and Randy Orton battle to be the Last Man Standing, Sheamus defends the United States Championship against Kofi Kingston in a Tables Match, Rey Mysterio takes on Cody Rhodes in a Falls Count Anywhere Match, and much, much more!

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We take a deep dive into this movie:

Gordie Boggs (David Arquette) and Sean Dawkins (Scott Caan) are best friends who operate a sewage truck and idolize pro wrestler Jimmy King (Oliver Platt). After Diamond Dallas Page (Diamond Dallas Page) dethrones their hero, Gordie and Sean embark on a mission to help King get his title back. When they finally track him down, however, they discover that King is not too keen on recapturing his former glory. Can the boys find a way to motivate the faded champ?

Join us.

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Jon Huber (Brodie Lee, Luke Harper) passed away this past week. We pay tribute to the man and the wrestler at the beginning of this show. The man was beloved by everyone in the wrestling industry and we pay our respects to the 41-year-old husband and father.

After our tributes, we take a deep dive into WCW Starrcade 1998 with the Third Man returning to the show, Brian Isley! Goldberg - should he have been beaten? Who should have beaten him if not Kevin Nash? Was the nWo rebirth a good idea before Goldberg got hurt? How much wrestling was really on the show from bell-to-bell action? Stacy Keibler sighting? Listen to these questions get answered and much more on this episode!

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Vaughn and Nick give their gifts to professional wrestling for the holiday season.

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The World Wrestling Federation ended the year 2000 with a 6-man Hell in a Cell Match for the WWF Championship. Kurt Angle defended the title against Stone Cold Steve Austin, The Rock, Triple H, Undertaker, and Rikishi in what might be one of the most underrated HIAC matches of all-time.

There were more matches, too, but this was pretty much a one-match show. The guys dive deep into one of the longest episodes ever! Vaughn drops knowledge on why the Birmingham Bolts of the XFL had to change their name from the Birmingham Blast as many may not know the reason, Chyna and how she fit into the WWF landscape at the time, the Right to Censor, 2000 wrestling in general, and much, much more!

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We're here.

We've talked about it before on the podcast, but this episode we're taking a deep dive into the most important pay-per-view in the history of World Championship Wrestling. It was arguably the most anticipated wrestling pay-per-view of all-time, and it marked the beginning of the end for WCW.

The end product looked nothing like what was built up beforehand. The terrible finish, rash of injuries plaguing the roster causing massive card changes, bad timing, bad commentary, bad refereeing, just bad everything happened that night on December 28, 1997.

We talk all about it and then some on this week's episode.

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All Elite Wrestling had their biggest Dynamite show to date on December 2, 2020, as the event titled "Winter Is Coming" aired on TNT live. And we live commentate all the happenings, including Sting's AEW debut and Kenny Omega winning the AEW World Heavyweight Championship while hightailing it out of town with Don Callis to... IMPACT WRESTLING?

We're here for it all... give it a listen!

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The night after the 1990 Survivor Series, the Ultimate Warrior defended the WWF Championship against "The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase on The Main Event on NBC.

On this episode, we're taking a deep dive into the entire show.

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It was  Deadly Game at the 1998 Survivor Series, as a one-night tournament to crown a new WWF Champion was had! The guys dive deep into the happenings of what Nick says is Vince Russo's shining moment.

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