Straight Shooters

Recorded 6/20/2019.

Vaughn Johnson and Nick Piccone celebrate the 200th episode of The Straight Shooters! The guys discuss how the podcast got started, some of the best moments of the show, inside stories, shout outs to all of our guests over the years, and more on this milestone episode!

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The night before WrestleMania XV in Philly in March 1999, WWE held a WrestleMania Rage Party at the Pennsylvania Convention Center with legendary musical acts Isaac Hayes, Big Pun, and the... Cherry Poppin' Daddies? It was when WWE was close to if not at its peak in popularity among the masses, so... why not throw a Rage Party the night before the biggest wrestling event of the year?

This week, Vaughn and Nick take a deep dive into the Rage Party, as they both watched it separately and took some very detailed notes on the hour-long pre-WrestleMania hype show. It was aired on the USA Network the Saturday night before WrestleMania from 10:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. on the east coast. Needless to say, there is A LOT to discuss.

Join us on the journey!

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After Keith Lee became NXT Champion by defeating Adam Cole at NXT's Great American Bash finale, he added himself to a list of double champions in wrestling history as he still holds the NXT North American Championship.

This week, we go down the list and name some of the best double champions in wrestling history. 

With NXT winning the total viewers ratings battle against AEW the last few weeks - not the demo though!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - we also talk a little ratings after Tony Khan and Chris Jericho have taken to Twitter to discuss the demos after getting trolled. Character-driven and having fun, or sphincters getting tight? You figure it out.

We also give out flowers to some of the wrestlers in history that deserve it.

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WWE unveiled a new United States Championship design this week on RAW. The guys discuss their thoughts.

Then, they take a look at some of the best and not-so-best wrestling PPV posters through the decades.

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Recorded 7/1/2016.

This week, Vaughn and Nick discuss patriotic wrestling figures throughout history to begin the July 4th celebration weekend.

They then discuss Roman Reigns and whether keeping him in the Battleground main event even though he's been suspended is a good thing.

Brock Lesnar talked about fighting in UFC and not caring about what his WWE fans think or even what Stephanie McMahon thinks about him losing credibility if he loses at UFC 200.

They also discuss Dean Ambrose being referred to as "WWE Champion" and why having two World Titles hopefully isn't the direction WWE is going. They'll tell you why.

The NJPW G1 Climax blocks were announced this week, and the guys talk about the most grueling tournament in professional wrestling today. It begins Monday, July 18.

Lots of different stuff this week, so press play!

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This week, Vaughn discusses his little Twitter dust-up with Dave Meltzer and his incels over whether his comments on Sammy Guevara in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter about the term "rape" being a common way to describe a man thinking a woman was attractive were accurate or not 20 years ago, much less four years ago. Much to nobody's surprise - Meltz decides to block Vaughn.

Then we have some fun. We're going over the best and worst taglines for wrestling pay-per-views in modern history. Some of these are very, very good, and some are very, very bad. Trying to bring some fun to the world, so press play!

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This week, Nick and Vaughn revisit last week's discussion of sexual predators in wrestling and how we need to be accountable and call that out. They also discuss the latest in the WWE COVID-19 breakout at the Performance Center, with Renee Young, Kayla Braxton, and Adam Pearce publicly stating they've tested positive.

Then, the guys discuss the evolution of their wrestling fandom through their childhood to adult years. With the wrestling industry just in a sucky state right now inside and outside of the ring, hopefully a trip down memory lane and discussing how their fandom's changed through the years will bring a little joy and memories back of when wrestling was, dare we say, good.

They round the show out by live commentating the third match in the epic Ric Flair vs. Ricky Steamboat trilogy from WCW WrestleWar, which took place on May 7, 1989 from the Nashville Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee.

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Recorded 09/17/2017.

Nick, Vaughn and Brian Isley discuss their memories of the late Bobby "The Brain" Heenan, who passed away Sunday, September 17, 2017, at the age of 73.

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Over the past few days, a lot of sexual predators have been put on blast for sexual assault in the wrestling community. Kudos to those speaking up. We talk about it.

After the PS5 was unveiled last week, we wanted to talk about some of our favorite wrestling video game memories growing up in-depth, so we did. After that, we live commentated the second match in the Ric Flair vs. Ricky Steamboat trilogy from 1989 - a 2-out-of-3 Falls Match on April 2, 1989 at the Clash of the Champions VI: Rajin' Cajun in the Superdome. This went head-to-head with WrestleMania V on the same night.

Enjoy!

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Recorded 05/09/2018.

Nick, Vaughn and eventually Sawyer discuss the ongoing career arc of the polarizing Roman Reigns.

The guys take a look at his debut in WWE as a member of The Shield, to his breakout as a singles star, to his run as being "The Guy" in WWE, what went wrong, what went right, and what might be for The Big Dog.

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