The Double Dropkick Show

In 1988, Ted Turner purchased Jim Crockett Promotions and ignited a new war in professional wrestling. In 2001, Vince McMahon purchased WCW from Time Warner. What if Vince McMahon had bought Jim Crockett Promotions in 1988? We lay out what could have been the Wrestlemania 5 card in 1989 and look at all the possibilities that Vince would have had in front of him. We would love your comments by sending us a tweet @heathmullikin and @theddkshow or by joining and posting our Facebook Group, The Wrestling You Grew Up With. We would also appreciate if you took a moment to Like our Facebook Page, and leave us a rating and review on iTunes.

This started off as one of our usual catching up conversations where we were also going to discuss the Cracked article, 5 Conspiracy Theories we’re ashamed to admit Make Sense.  Somehow, we ended up on religion, politics, and transgender bathrooms.  If hearing two grown men and life long friends disagree on just about everything without yelling or getting mad at each other then this is not the episode for you.  Chances are that no matter what side of these issues you are on you are going to hear something you don’t like.  We hope this episode helps others disagree agreeably.  We talk a little wrestling too including Badstreet USA on iTunes.  This may be Heath Mullikin and Mark Whitman’s finest hour…or not. We would love your comments by sending us a tweet @heathmullikin and @theddkshow or by joining and posting our Facebook Group, The Wrestling You Grew Up With. We would also appreciate if you took a moment to Like our Facebook Page, and leave us a rating and review on iTunes.

 

It’s an almost unthinkable question. What if Hulk Hogan hadn’t signed with WCw? In 1994, this sent shockwaves through the wrestling industry and changed the landscape of the business. Heath Mullikin and Mark Whitman look at what WCW could have done differently instead of signing Hogan and the impact that would have had on other wrestlers. A great resource on this time is wrestling is The Death of WCW: 10th Anniversary Edition of the Bestselling Classic — Revised and Expanded.

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In this episode we talk about Batman vs. Superman and Daredevil Season 2.  Mark also reviews some of the classic films he’s watched recently which leads us to a detailed discussion of the Godfather trilogy.  We would love your comments by sending us a tweet @heathmullikin and @theddkshow or by joining and posting our Facebook Group, The Wrestling You Grew Up With. We would also appreciate if you took a moment to Like our Facebook Page, and leave us a rating and review on iTunes.

After a hiatus of over a month, Heath Mullikin and Mark Whitman return with a look back at the month of April in Pro Wrestling.  We review NXT Takeover Dallas, Wrestlemania, and the Raws since then.  We also talk about the other wrestling we’ve been watching. We would love your comments by sending us a tweet @heathmullikin and @theddkshow or by joining and posting our Facebook Group, The Wrestling You Grew Up With. We would also appreciate if you took a moment to Like our Facebook Page, and leave us a rating and review on iTunes.

Heath Mullikin and Mark Whitman give you their Wrestlemania 2016 preview looking at NXT Takeover, the Hall of Fame induction, Wrestlemania, and Monday Night Raw.

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Heath Mullikin and Mark Whitman create a dream card featuring the stars from Starrcade 83-85 vs. the stars of Wrestlemania 1-3.  Who made the 10 match cut?  Who got left out?  What’s the main event of this dream card?  What goes into booking a card like this?  It’s not as easy as you might think. We would love your comments by sending us a tweet @heathmullikin and @theddkshow or by joining and posting our Facebook Group, The Wrestling You Grew Up With. We would also appreciate if you took a moment to Like our Facebook Page, and leave us a rating and review on iTunes.

In this episode of the Double Dropkick Show, Mark Whitman and Heath Mullikin talk about the return of Shane McMahon, The Freebirds going into the WWE Hall of Fame, the election, and the worst wrestling journalism.  The guys pull no punches in giving their thoughts on the do’s and don’ts of covering an independent wrestling event.  Let the record show that this is the show where the term Jeff Jabroni was coined.  Plus, why they’re not as excited as everyone else is about the Shane vs. Undertaker match for Wrestlemania.  We would love your comments by sending us a tweet @heathmullikin and @theddkshow or by joining and posting our Facebook Group, The Wrestling You Grew Up With. We would also appreciate if you took a moment to Like our Facebook Page, and leave us a rating and review on iTunes.

On October 4, 1975, wrestling was changed forever when a single engine plane crashed in Wilmington, NC.  The crash ended the careers of 2 wrestlers including US Heavyweight Champion Johnny Valentine.  2 other wrestlers on the plane, Ric Flair and Tim Woods(Aka Mr. Wrestling) were able to continue to careers and Flair went on to become a 16 time World Champion widely regarded as the greatest of all time.  What if Ric Flair’s career had ended after the plane crash?  How would wrestling be different today?  Which great superstars would’ve never been inspired to pursue wrestling because they never saw the Nature Boy? We would love your comments by sending us a tweet @heathmullikin and @theddkshow or by joining and posting our Facebook Group, The Wrestling You Grew Up With.  We would also appreciate if you took a moment to Like our Facebook Page, and leave us a rating and review on iTunes.

 

It was great to catch up with Robert Truesdale aka Rasslin with Redbeard at the recent PWX show in Gastonia, NC. Robert was there to present some of the Carolina Pro Wrestling Awards.

The Rasslin with Redbeard Youtube Channel

Rasslin with Redbeard on Facebook and on Twitter

Carolina Pro Wrestling Awards on Facebook

We would love your comments by sending us a tweet @heathmullikin and @theddkshow or by joining and posting our Facebook Group, The Wrestling You Grew Up With. We would also appreciate if you took a moment to Like our Facebook Page, and leave us a rating and review on iTunes.