The Left Hook

Krueger is back on this amazing edition of the QNow joined by the host Mark Bland and Jason Kull! First up is the story of Tyre Nichols and the horrendous beating death he incurred at the hands of multiple police officers in memphis Tennessee. The guys never had a chance to discuss this one but the video was too incriminating to pass up. The officers have been let go and they are in the middle of an investigation and probable lawsuit which is forthcoming. But the audacity to lie on a police report and have a higher up sign off on it is indicative of a worse issue that could happen to any citizen. The gentlemen discuss this incident. It's then time for the 3rd round of the one hit wonders Tournament of pop culture. The guys break down another set of songs until we are down to the final 4 (which is happening in a couple episodes!...pending anything stoping us). Did your favorite song make the list? Did the guys vote properly for who you think should move on and who gets booted? Find out! And finally the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame released their list of potential nominees and there a lot of heavy hitters on this list. Cyndi Lauper to the White Stripes, the list has some pretty certain winners in the bunch. Mark, Jay and Matt break down the list and discuss who is deserving and who is not.

Dr. Dallas Stevens is a doctor of decadence and beating people up. As one half of the Junkies for Fame in MMWA, Stevens and his partner JSO are the current MMWA Heavyweight Tag Champs! Where JSO has been on the show multiple times, Stevens has yet to grace Mark and Jason Kull with his presence. He wanted to make sure the show lived up to his quality of standards before becoming involved. But here we are and the Junkies for Fame are the guests on this episode of The Qnow. Also, Mark and Jason decide to talk about REC centers and their value in society in 2023. If you have been to one recently you know they are built to the gills with gyms, ice rinks, pools, parks surrounding and a ton of other things. All this comes with a price for upkeep and more...so Mark and Jason discuss their pricing and need in the 2020's. Also it seems Kevin McCarthy is really butt hurt about people have positions on committees in the new congress after they impeached Trump YEARS AGO. But that petty republican STL styled hate is just fuming in the barely speaker of the house. So he is taking people like Adam Schiff and Ihan Omar off their duties because he is mad. Little do they pay attention to the optics. Finally the Junkies for Fame and Dr. Dallas specific are new to the QNow. So Dallas must enter and answer on the Hotseat! Always a fun few questions to help us get to know the former firefighter and current tag team champion!

It's 2023 and this year is already bringing fist fights and problems for the host of the Q, but sometimes in moments of pity, great things happen too! Justin Deming has been handling life in the Northeast for a few years now and with some family things to handle, he makes a trip back to the midwest and his home town when he gets a chance. Out the Blue Justin decided to show up for the Q and we couldn't be happier to welcome him back for the show. First up it seems the crazy over the top aspect of republicans is starting to become more noticeable. In Missouri they made sure that the female also wore suit jackets like the MEN, because they need their women to represent being more manly in the state government. Well it's not only here, but in Florida Ron Desantis is creating all kinds of issues with CRT and Trans discussions and all of it...why? Well we really don't know but the men discuss these and a few other states attacking really marginal and weird things. Next up is the 2nd round of the TOPC: Best One Hit Wonder. In the last round many great candidates put their name in the ring but only one can out on top. This time around Just A Friend, Cotton Eye Joe and few others throw their name in the ring to find out what is the best one hit wonder according to the QNow and if you don't like what you see, you can play along at home. And finally Mark once again had issues at MMWA but they decided to offer Mark a opportunity he could not pass up. Commissionership of the MMWA. Anthony Castaldi the head of the organization challeneged Mark to take on Shaft for control of the right hand of power. With it Mark and the Kings of Revolution can position themselves better for control and moves within the organization. So everything seems to be on the line for their upcoming Feb 11th match. But Mark and the boys discuss all of it!

Well well well, the new year has come and gone and we are into the new year solid at this point. A few weeks have passed and special guest comes out the woodwork to find out how we have been on the show, and a welcome surprise it is. Matt Krueger comes out of slumber and decides that he would like to catch up with us for the first time since the big 500th episode. So we glady welcome him back into the fold and onto the show as our guest. Jason Kull returns to hang out and discuss some Santos and a tournament of pop culture we are working on for the future. First up, Mark needs to discuss some issues he is having at MMWA wrestling regarding his position as the Asst. Commissioner and some stuff a group named the Brotherhood has been doing since he started. Mark feels wronged because he saw his bosses unhappy about the results of title matches and it was always the brotherhood ganging up on people. Now Mark is in athe middle of a funk because hie attempt to even the score and make owner Anthony Castaldi happy backfired a bit...and because of the Commissioner over the top of Mark...Shaft. The guys discuss. It took 40000 (15....lol) votes for Kevin McCarthy to become the speaker of the house. But after caving to the complainers that are the Trump holdouts and people against Trumps influence in the Republican party, McCarthy can finally try and start to do a bunch of worthless investigations into "liberal/democratic" things. Most importantlythe FBI and who they are looking at and what they know about the republicans with regards to Jan 6th and the illegal things they asked for pardons on. It's not looking good for republicans. And in the end, Mark and Jason decide to do a Tournament of Pop Culture focused on one hit wonders, but there are so many they can do a 5 part episode breaking them all down to find the best #1 One Hit Wonder of all time. So Round one starts on this show today! All this and much more on this episode of The Q!

On this new years eve 2022, we save the best for last. Ed Reggi, an accomplished actor and improvist, joins the Q to discuss what he has been doing these last few years since we seen him, Covid and more Covid and politics has been ravaging the world and Ed has been handling his business the way he sees fit. So it is time to catch up with the snomageddon viral star! First up, Ed and his significant other purchased a house a few years back with some land and Ed has been fixing it up ever since. The guys get into talking about the housing structures in the old days of St. Louis looked, and how they try to emulate it with a more modern feel. This leads to Mark discussing his own home and the layout and how it can be bothersome at times. Next, as the year closes, a lot of things happened in the news politically and otherwise. Mark and Ed tackle the news stories. First the Queen of England passes away and the two reminisce about their thoughts and nostalgia of watching here as they grew up and what she meant to our world. On top of that Russia invades Ukraine and the Jan 6th committee did their thing and people are paying the price now. All this and much more is discussed on this year in review! Finally, Mark decides to field a few questions with Ed Reggi, go as far as to invite Ed's husband to come on the show in the future and discuss their relationship and life together. Mark has interviewed Ed a few times, but never talked with his husband about the real Ed Reggi...find out if Ed is willing to make this happen or if he put the kobash on it real quick.

Well well well we are here and it is christmas time in the city of St. Louis, Mo. Santa Clause has his list and is checking it twice. Now it's time for him to make a call to the Q with Mark Bland and Jason Kull so he can let them in on what it is like to be Santa Clause in 2022! Also, The January 6th committee has released it's recommendations for the Insurrectionists like Donald Trump and these are not charges that should be ignored at all! Trump, Meadows and others purposely decided to incite insurrection and lie about everything. The committee figured this all out and recommended charges from the DOJ. The guys discuss! Variety put out it's cool list of the 100 best movies and there are some surprises compared to past lists. That is what makes this list that good. They take a lot of things into account including influence on others and popularity. You might be surprised at their Top 20 as Mark and Jason break it down. Finally you can't go without hearing from Adam Sandler and his famous Chanukah Song! Mark and jason then discuss some of the worst gifts others got for xmas and how it affected them. All this and much more on this episode of The Q! Merry Christmas to you and your families from the Q!

Welp it seems Mark posted something to social media and it caught him some flack. But it's not that national kinda flack that typically is associated with a social media post...it's more localized and people calling offline to challenge what the post said. On this Episode of The Q, Alex Elias joins Mark and Jason Kull to discuss Mark's recent post where he claimed in his prime athleticness, Mark said he was as good as any other professional athlete and just as athletic. Now Mark didn't say he was a professional football player and could beat Micah Parsons in football today....BUT... back in his prime, with all things working properly, he was as athletically gifted as a Micah Parsons or other professional athletes. Alex vehemently disagrees with this and argues that Mark could never have been the same caliber as a All Pro Football player....But then Mark starts breaking down his size, his sport, what they wear versus a heavily padded football player....Does Mark change the mind of Alex, listen and find out!

Then Mark and the guys discuss the Brittney Griner prisoner swap where Donald Trump came out and said he could have done the prisoner swap for Paul whelan back in his presidency, but he decided not to do it. Just like the wall he didn't build and the Covid he didn't stop. The gentleman discuss the upcoming announcement of his Trump NFT cards, Viktor Bout (the other half of the prisoner swap) and explain how the negotiations between the biden Whitehouse and Putin went regarding the Prisoner Swap. Finally Mark and Jay wants to really get to know Alex a lot better and starts to ask some difficult questions of Alex. This comes on the heels of a personal friend that is dying that Mark had a chance to talk with and it made him emotional and want to find out more about his personal friends. Alex, Jay and Mark discuss the questions as they pertain to their lives in 2022. All this and much more on the new Q!

Well Marcus Boston is back on the show to help us close out the Best Action Movie since 1980. The guys are down to four competitors for the best movie. Lethal Weapon (80s), Terminator 2 (90s), Inglorious Basterds (2000s), Winter Soldier (2010's). Who will reign supreme in this final discussion, we are going to find out but first! A local STL broadcaster got caught with a third DWI. This bothers Mark because of the number of DWI's that this gentleman got. They discuss this and the attacks that Mark endured for stating what everyone else was already saying. It was a great week for moderates and democrats in the USA. Georgia had their runoff election between Warnock and Herschel Walker. Walker entered the situation talking about werewolves and Vampires and election fraud and all of it...BUT IN THE END...the most mind numbing thing happened after the republicans lost the election. They blamed it on something they did and pretended to be confused by their own actions....The gents discuss all of this. Finally Marcus explains that he is not a fan of Christmas, but he also shares it with a birthday. So based of this, Mark and Jason press down to find out some info regarding the uniqueness of having a birthday right next to christmas. Plus Marcus explains that his Mom had a unique way of delving out presents for both the birthday and christmas, which just peaks more interest and brings up more questions.

It's been a a grind but we are finally at the final brakcet of the Tournament of Pop Culture: Best action movies since the 1980's. On today's show is the final 2010's bracket and it is a doozy! And Marcus Boston, joins Mark and Jason Kull to break down all of it and get a final winner! First up Marcus is back and RACE is all over the news and Kanye is going crazy helping right wing nazi sympathizers get more well known and all of it. Maybe Marcus can make some sense out of all of this. But to get there, we discuss colonization, the former queen of england and how things are lookes from perspective and time. The USA is a very shallow existence with 300+ years under it's belt. But other parts of the world are thousands of years older and have writen history from 3000-4000 years ago. Places in the middle east and around the birthplace of civilization. Marcus, Mark and Jason break this down and discuss Race in the US versus the view of Racism in the world. Then Marcus lets out once again that he is choosing not to go to his 20 yr High School Reunion. This gets Mark and Jason discussing the time Mark went to his 20 yr reunion and it was in Ferguson the night of the Mike Brown situation. Mark relays the thoughts and feelings of that and how he was pointed out as one of "those people right there" and how he needed to "they all need to die". It was a wild reunion story that has been brought up before, but this leads to Marks major discussion on Elon Musk and the craziness that has hampered this world we live in since Covid in 2020. Elon seems to have gone off the rails and the men discuss! Finally, It's time for the TOPC: Best Action movies since 1980 and in this final round, we are focused on the Movies of the 2010's. And Action movies to boot. Which Mission Impossible made the list? Does Django Unchained have an unfair advantage? What movies were on the list that you wanted but they didn't make it. Well to find out you have to tune in and let the gents break down the movies and the bracket for you!

The tough guys are back and ready for this first week of the holiday season! First things first...JSO is back and ready to talk with Mark and his Number 1 enemy, Jason Kull. JSO starts off on the right foot explaining his most recent championship grab at MMWA wrestling in St. Louis. Him and tag partner are now the Heavyweight Tag Champions and the EGO has blown up to all time highs. This leads to a discussion about everyone's favorite topic, Donald Trump and this time his former ATTY. General Bill Barr who is now an anti Trump conservative. But the guys are confused at how you can sit there today with this disdain for Trumps moves, while you ignored and turned the other cheek to everything when you could have easily put an end to Jan 6th and all of it. Next up, JSO decided to bring his wife to the studio and the rule in Radio is simple, do not come in the studio if you are unwilling to jump on the mic. Cause that is a norm in the business. Well Lindsey O'Connor joins Mark and Jason to discuss what the courting for JSO was and the type of game he spit to get her interested in him. This leads to other questions later on in the Hot Seat that JSO has to defend! Finally we are in the 2000's region of the best action movies since 1980 (barstool bracket). We bring in JSO to discuss this decade and help us whittle it down to Kill Bill or Gladiator or 14 other options that compile to give you a great list of movies in the action category between 2000-2009. So join us as we break it all down on this episode of The Q!