Talking Taker

The Pod Street Krew is back for another Ultimate Fantasy Draft and this time we're looking back at the B Shows from one of the greatest runs in WWE history! Join wrestling superfans Alex Doriot and Travis White along with the P.S.K. originals Randy Turco, Watchalong Tommy, Stephen Zieman, and Treymasso Ciampa as we pick matches from the B Shows of 1999-2004 to create our dream PPV lineup. Don't let the name B Show fool you - these shows have some of the greatest matches in WWE history on them. And yes, they've also got some of the weirdest and wackiest ones as well! Take a stroll with us down memory lane in our jumbo-sized time-traveling hearse as we discuss some of our favorite matches of the Attitude Era, InVasion, and Ruthless Aggression eras along with giving some love to some unsung heroes of the time like Test, Victoria, Raven, Saturn, Chyna, Shane McMahon, Kane, Terri Runnels, Dean Malenko, Too Cool, The Kat, and many more. Plus we've got our monthly Undertaker Sightings as we look at his epic entrance at a Savannah Bananas game. Let us know who built the best card and what matches we should have drafted down below in the comments!

Mean Mark was on the rise to the top in WCW in 1990, but things quickly came falling apart. What the heck happened?! Join wrestling superfans Alex Doriot and Travis White on their encyclopedic exploration digging up The Dead Man as we complete our look back at the full journey of The Undertaker in his early days as Mean Mark Callous in WCW. Everything was looking up for the rookie in the summer of 1990 as he had his biggest match ever - a U.S. Title Shot on PPV against "The Total Package" Lex Luger. But after losing that match, everything began to go downhill. We cover Mean Mark's final few months in World Championship Wrestling and try to pinpoint exactly where it all fell apart, including a rematch with "Wildfire" Tommy Rich that may have been the beginning of the end. We also discuss Paul E. Dangerously's incredible promo skills that were evident from an early age, Jim Ross's ridiculous reliance on college stats for commentary, why we need to see more "Grannies" in wrestling crowds, Bob Caudle's awkward commentary blunders, the logics of pro wrestling hospital bills, some incredible house show matches in Mean Mark's final days, and so much more. All that plus we look back at our SummerSlam weekend in Minneapolis, make a pitch to take over the Six Feet Under podcast, and shout out our new friend on TikTok! Download, enjoy, and Taker Easy! 

It's our first ever TWO NIGHT WWE experience so we're back again with another special bonus edition of Talking Taker! Alex Doriot and is joined by the Pod Street Krew for the second ever Talking Taker: In Your House, recorded live at Randy Turco's basement alongside special guests Stephen Zieman, and, making his podcast debut, Fitz Turco! Together we recap an awesome night of action and surprises including an all-timer of a main event, the shocking return of Kevin Owens, the deflating win of Baron "Borin'" Corbin, the euphoria of Chelsea Green and Chad Gable's big moments, a Michin sighting, and of course the first ever Human Monies On A Pole Match. We also had another wild day of activities including the ups and downs of our hunt for a Kit Wilson photo op, a visit to the Mall Of America, and a controversial log flume ride! Download, enjoy, stay tuned for our upcoming travel vlog on the Talking Taker YouTube channel, and Taker Easy! 

Be sure to subscribe to the Watchalong Wrestling YouTube channel to see all of Tommy's videos from the weekend including his Superstore and Takeover walkthroughs!

It's time, once again, for everyone to come aboard the BROOOOO TRAIN on this special bonus edition of Talking Taker! Alex Doriot and Travis White are joined by the Pod Street Krew for the first ever Talking Taker: In Your House, recorded live at Randy Turco's basement alongside special guests and travel companions Stephen Zieman, Watchalong Tommy, and Treymasso Ciampa as they breakdown an incredible weekend in Minnesota for SummerSlam 2026. We give our live reactions to all the incredible moments from night 1 of the show including Cody Rhodes vs CM Punk, Io Sky vs Liv Morgan, and the Hell In A Cell between Oba Femi and Brock Lesnar. Plus the true main event of our night - the WWE Debut of Nick Aldis, prophesied by Tommy himself! But that's only the start as we look back at our experiences at the Superstore and the WWE Fan Takeover including some meet and greets, the Danhausen Ice Cream Truck, and our tribute to The Godfather at the Create Your Entrance booth. We also saw all the sights and scenes of Minnesota including a run-in with a WCW legend, the incredible Mill Museum, and so much more. Download, enjoy, stay tuned for our upcoming travel vlog on the Talking Taker YouTube channel, and Taker Easy! 

Be sure to subscribe to the Watchalong Wrestling YouTube channel to see all of Tommy's videos from the weekend including his Superstore and Takeover walkthroughs!

We're headed back to the bowels of the arena, back to SummerSlam 1996, back to THE BOILER ROOM BRAWL for the 30th Anniversary of this legendary match! Join wrestling superfans Alex Doriot and Travis White on their encyclopedic exploration digging up The Dead Man as they take a look back at a classic, innovative encounter between The Undertaker and Mankind that has quite the long and surprising legacy. It was one of the first cinematic matches in WWE history as well as one of the first matches to take place primarily outside of a wrestling ring, and it continues to have an influence on pro wrestling today. We'll talk all about it plus the history of every other Boiler Room Brawl and some of the many matches that it had an impact on. Plus we've got our monthly Undertaker Sightings and we celebrate the 9 Year Anniversary of our podcast with a no holds barred Q&A discussing rebooking The Streak, our dream WWE jobs, Christopher Nolan remakes, best breakfast cereals, and so much more. Download, enjoy, and as always Taker Easy!

It was Written In The Stars for Alex, Travis, and Tommy to meet one day - we just didn't know it yet! On this special bonus episode of Talking Taker, we're joined by longtime P.S.K. member Watchalong Tommy to get into the WrestleMania week spirit and revisit a show that holds a special place in our hearts on it's 15 year anniversary: WrestleMania 27. We are all there for this one as it was in Alex and Travis's backyard of Atlanta. Meanwhile Tommy attended this as his first of many WrestleManias over the next decade and a half. We look back at what motivated us to attend back then, how much has changed with pricing and WrestleMania week activities, the matches we were hyped for, the ones we weren't, the ones that exceeded our expectations, and the ones that let us down. Plus we discuss our Axxess activities and autograph sessions, the souvenirs we stole throughout the week, and the things that got stolen from us! And hang around to the end to hear about Tommy's modern day run-in with none other than Mr. McMahon himself - no kidding! Download, enjoy, and Taker Easy! 

Be sure to subscribe to Tommy's YouTube channel to watch the video version of this episode, and check out his live vlogs from WrestleMania 42 in Las Vegas! 

We're going back to 1991...and we're going STREAKING! Join wrestling superfans Alex Doriot and Travis White on their encyclopedic exploration digging up The Dead Man as we take our time-traveling hearse back 35 years to celebrate the origin of The Undertaker's greatest accomplishment - The WrestleMania Streak! We're revisiting 3 matches that tell the tale of the birth of this epic achievement. Up first it's a rare house show encounter between The Undertaker and Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka that's not just a test run for their Mania 7 match-up - it's also Taker's first ever appearance at MSG! Then we take a look at Taker's tune up for the PPV on the Superstars and Stripes Forever show taking on Tugboat. These two titans tussled on many of Undertaker's first live event appearances and were even briefly slated to have a match at Mania before the plans changed, so it's interesting to see what might have been. Finally we close things out with a look back at the match that started it all for WrestleMania 7, a passing of the torch between two phenoms of pro wrestling. It's a unique look back at the origins of the most legendary run in all of sports entertainment history as we celebrate it's historic anniversary. All that plus our monthly Undertaker sightings looking at Mark Calaway's role as the booker of AAA as well as some anecdotes from his latest Six Feet Under podcasts. Download, enjoy, and Taker Easy!