The WWF and the WCW/ECW alliance were beginning their war for wrestling dominance in the summer of 2001.

Vince McMahon had his back against the wall and needed the old Stone Cold Steve Austin to return to lead the troops into war. At the time, Stone Cold was a heel, singing and hugging Vince and seeking his approval.

Throughout this RAW, Austin sulks in the bar while watching the show. When all seemed to be lost, a passionate speech by the legendary "Classy" Freddie Blassie brought Austin back to his old ways.

Austin returned and handed out stunners to the Alliance and the crowd went nuts.

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On this special Halloween edition, we are covering The Brood.

This group formed in late-1998 and consisted of Gangrel, Edge and Christian. They were portrayed as vampires - or as Michael Cole put it - they live a gothic lifestyle.

The trio did a lot in the eight months they were together. They were almost lit on fire by Kane, gave numerous blood baths, feuded with and had Gangrel hung by the Ministry, joined the Ministry, left the Ministry and then disbanded.

For what was a mid-card group, they are still remembered fondly to this day. Edge even channeled his Brood character in his 2021 feud with Seth Rollins.

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We are back and talking about one of the most memorable characters of the 2000s, The Boogeyman!

He's had a unique career, from lying about his age on Tough Enough to eating worms to biting a mole off a woman's face.

Even with all the shenanigans he was involved in, he is still loved and remembered fondly by wrestling fans.

Here we cover some of his greatest hits!

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On our previous episode, we announced that we would be covering Ric Flair's run as a hardcore wrestler in ECW in 2006. Due to the controversy surrounding Flair at this time, we decided to not cover that topic. Instead, here is a Worst of Wrestling episode!

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We are at a loss for words with this one.

We aren't sure if this is a real match or some kind of awful fever dream. Either way this match with Warrior and Goldust is awful. There isn't really a match here with Warrior sitting in the ring after stealing Marlena's cigar and just puffing away on it.

The actual match ends in a count out after one move. The fact that this was booked on a pay-per-view is terrible.

Corey has declared this the worst match he's ever seen, so that's something!

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A little bit of a different episode as we take a look at six awful wrestling promos. We hear about people being left out in the desert, good lucha things, a t-shirt being too tight and a long form math problem.

All of these promos should give you a good laugh!

Promos included in this episode:

Undertaker and Big Show ride motorcycles in the desert

Kalisto's good lucha things

Lex Luger and the small t-shirt

Jumpin Jeff Farmer

The genesis of Michael McGilicutty

Scott Steiner math

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In this hidden gem match we have one of the most brutal injuries in WWE history as Hardcore Holly has his back sliced by a table mid match.

Holly continues and delivers an absolute classic with Rob Van Dam in what may be the best match in WWECW.

Watch this one, its available on Peacock!

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This is a different type of episode than what we normally cover. In this one, we discuss the Smackdown that took place on September 13, 2021.

The show was the first large public gathering since the attacks that took place on September 11th. Thousands of people lost their lives in the terrorist attack that took place in New York, Washington DC and Pennsylvania and the emotion can be felt in the arena.

Wrestlers spoke about their emotions and put on a show to take the country's mind off the tragedy. Almost 20 years to the date since this show happened, you can still feel the raw emotion from the wrestlers.

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ECW was one of the hottest wrestling companies of all time and on the heels of two successful 'One Night Stand' PPVs, WWE decided to bring ECW back as a third brand.

A lot of guys from the original run including Tommy Dreamer, Sabu, Sandman, RVD and Stevie Richards. Kurt Angle and Big Show came over from RAW and then there are some new faces... Kelly (she didn't have the second Kelly yet), Kevin Thorn and..... The ECW Zombie.

This is supposed to be the debut of an alternative but it feels very WWE-influenced.

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One of Tom's picks for this hidden gem match is a classic No Holds Barred World Title match between Captain Charisma and The Viper!

This was one of the best matches of the PG Era and a match of the year candidate in a year that included the Summer of Punk.

We see Orton and Christian pull out all the stops in this one and it makes for a hell of a contest!

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We are discussing one of the more interesting character ideas in wrestling history as we take a look at Sean O'Haire's Devil's advocate gimmick.

O'Haire played the character from January to April 2003 while making his debut on Smackdown. Fans were shown vignettes of O'Haire telling them to commit adultery, not pay their taxes, not go to church and break the law.

He ended the promos by saying "I'm not telling you anything you don't already know."

He ended up getting Dawn Marie to flash the crowd and Spanky to streak naked through the arena. The gimmick ended quickly though as WWE chose to drop it and place O'Haire with Roddy Piper.

What could have been great was ultimately a missed opportunity.

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