Episode #88

Episode #87

This is Part 10 of a multi-part series chronicling WCW after Hulk Hogan turned evil in 1996 and wreaked havoc on the company as part of the infamous New World Order stable. Here is a link to the entire playlist:

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8qvFEEVa_geP5ASCDOn5Zlb2fcEXuKsx&si=7kzFIWwPM3M1mMkB

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World Championship Wrestling is in turmoil. Hollywood Hogan joining the nWo in July spelled major trouble, as they have taken over! Beat downs, spray paint and utter humiliation. WCW wrestlers such as the Macho Man, Sting & Ric Flair have not been able to stall the tidal wave that is the New World Order.

Having defeated WCW's greatest warriors at WarGames, the nWo are riding high, also having completely taken over WCW, hijacking the show the previous monday. And of course another beat down of the Macho Man, as Hollywood Hogan prepares for his next opponent by continuously humiliating him.

In this episode, we have some drama with the Macho Man and his ex-wife Miss Elizabeth. Now doesn't that sound like some juicy classic wrestling?!

The Wrestling Expert & The Frozen Asian join the show to review this classic footage...

0:00 PreShow

0:38 AEW Talk: AEW In Turmoil

12:09 WCW After Hogan Turned Heel; The Story So Far...

13:50 WCW Nitro September 30, 1996

58:54 Closing Thoughts & Review

1:03:23 Please Subscribe!

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Episode #86

Check out our running Road To WrestleMania 2024 playlist for all our segments leading up to 2024's Showcase of the Immortals:

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This episode was recorded on February 17, 2024.

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We are on a wild ride heading to WrestleMania 40. We thought we were gonna get the mega superstar showdown between the Rock and his cousin Roman Reigns. But WWE gave into fan pressure and the shifted to Cody Rhodes challenging Roman Reigns to a rematch at WrestleMania instead, and “finish the story” of winning the title his father never won.

With that finally being set in stone, it makes sense that Cody try and find a way to avoid a repeat of last year. He needs help to fend off the Bloodline. And Seth Rollins offered him just that this past Monday on Raw.

Speaking of fending off the Bloodline. That’s gonna be an even more difficult ask after the Rock joined the stable. That’s right. The Rock is heel and he’s on Roman’s side now.

We got a watchalong of this past friday night’s Smackdown where we finally got a glimpse of the Rock of old, as he blisters the fans in Utah, the way only the Rock can. Kayhan is not the biggest Rock fan, but even he had to admit this was good rasslin’!

Vlad “The Wrestling Expert” and Robert “The Frozen Asian” are on the show to review this sure to become classic footage.

0:00 Intro

2:23 The Rock Has Turned Heel

3:23 Cody and Seth Form Alliance on WWE Raw February 12, 2024

7:31 The Rock’s Promo on WWE Smackdown February 16, 2024

24:15 Please Subscribe!

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Episode #85

This is Part 9 of a multi-part series chronicling WCW after Hulk Hogan turned evil in 1996 and wreaked havoc on the company as part of the infamous New World Order stable. Here is a link to the entire playlist:

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8qvFEEVa_geP5ASCDOn5Zlb2fcEXuKsx&si=7kzFIWwPM3M1mMkB

This episode was recorded on February 9, 2024.

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World Championship Wrestling is in turmoil. Hollywood Hogan joining the nWo in July spelled major trouble, as they have taken over! Beat downs, spray paint and utter humiliation. WCW wrestlers such as the Macho Man, Sting & Ric Flair have not been able to stall the tidal wave that is the New World Order.

Having defeated WCW's greatest warriors at WarGames, the nWo are riding high, and in this episode, complete the takeover. An absolute hijack of the show. And of course another beat down of the Macho Man, as Hollywood Hogan prepares for his next opponent by continuously humiliating him.

The Wrestling Expert & The Frozen Asian join the show to review this classic footage...

0:00 Intro

2:54 WCW Nitro September 23, 1996

3:44 Announcers Review Events From WarGames

4:59 Mark WCW Fans Hate On nWo

5:26 Macho Man Talks About Upcoming Clash With Hollywood Hogan

7:33 Matches In The First Hour

8:02 Macho Man v Greg Valentine

9:04 nWo Beat Down Macho Man, Gloat & Hijack Nitro

14:22 nWo Take Over Announcers Booth

15:00 nWo Introduce Vincent As Newest Member

16:30 nWo 2 Sweet Hand Signal

17:26 Sweet Ass nWo Race Car

18:18 nWo Ruin Jim Powers v M Wallstreet

22:08 Hogan Grafitis Arena & Talks Business With Nasty Boyz

24:40 Any Other Wrestling Faction Completely Hijack A Show Like This?

25:07 Classic Macho Man Slim Jim Commercial: Win A Monster Truck

25:23 nWo Continue Tormenting Bischoff At Announce Desk

25:45 nWo Ruin Jim Duggan v Ron Studd

27:51 nWo Book Jim Duggan v Syxx

31:09 nWo Encourage Bischoff To Join The Crew

32:01 nWo Sting v Bo LeDoux

34:49 Hogan Talks About Upcoming Match With Macho Man

35:47 High Voltage v Amazing French Canadians

36:40 Hall & Nash Take Spot in Main Event

37:03 Hall & Nash v High Voltage

39:07 Back To nWo At Announce Desk

39:25 First nWo 2-Sweet Hand Shake

39:43 Replay of nWo Beating Down Macho Man Earlier On

39:52 nWo Reign Supreme

40:19 Is Andre The Giant’s Dad?

41:13 Closing Thoughts/Review

Episode #84

Last time we discussed Sting, our esteemed panel of Vlad "The Wrestling Expert" and Robert "The Frozen Asian" seemed disappointed when the AEW Exucutive Vice Presidents Matthew and Nicholas Jackson were announced to be Sting's final opponents for his retirement match at Revolution. Since, we've had a development. Sting & Darby Allin have defeated Ricky Starks and Big Bill and won the AEW Tag Team Titles, meaning now Sting's retirement match will be for the Tag Team Titles.

Does this change the outlook of Sting's retirement match? We discuss.

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Episode #83

Check out our running Road To WrestleMania 2024 playlist for all our segments leading up to 2024's Showcase of the Immortals:

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Man, what a roller coaster of a week it's been! The last time The Wrestling Expert and the Frozen Asian were on the show, all we knew was that Cody won the Royal Rumble, and would obviously want a rematch with Roman Reigns for the WWE Universal Title.

Then a roller coaster week ensued, beginning with Cody stepping aside to let the Rock face Roman for the Head of the Table at WrestleMania. Then a fan backlash followed by the Rock calling Cody's fans "crybabies" on Pat McAfee's show. And finally, Cody taking his spot in the main event back and the chaos that ensued. It was crazy. The Rock even slapped Cody for insulting his family.

We discuss...

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Episode #82

This is Part 8 of a multi-part series chronicling WCW after Hulk Hogan turned evil in 1996 and wreaked havoc on the company as part of the infamous New World Order stable. Here is a link to the entire playlist:

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8qvFEEVa_geP5ASCDOn5Zlb2fcEXuKsx&si=7kzFIWwPM3M1mMkB

We are in the midst of the nWo hostile takeover of WCW. So far they've cheated to win the World Heavyeight Title for Hollywood Hogan, spray painted and humiliated WCW wrestlers, and pretty much done whatever they've wanted to.

The previous night they staved off a marquee WarGames match against The Horsemen, Lex Luger & Sting, after Sting walked out on WCW. nWo planted seeds of distrust with an imposter Sting that made WCW doubt his alliegance. But after it was proven that it wasn't him that attacked Lex Luger, he walked out on his team, leaving the nWo to humiliate the Horsemen and the Macho Man to end the show.

Today, nWo are in celebration mode. And nWo fans are taking liberties, passing out propaganda flyers, taking over the merch stand and celebrating in the parking lot. We also get the first appearance of Syxx in WCW, who releases thousands of nWo flyers from the rafters in Horsemen country. Talk about heat!

Of course we have some of our favorite, as the Nick Patrick arc continues on this show.

But the crux of the matter is why did Sting walk out on WCW at WarGames? We get an explanation on this night. And it's not what WCW want to hear. And with Sting gone, the horsemen leave Lex Luger laying as punishment for Sting abandoning them. And WCW is in disarray!

0:00 Intro

0:41 Last Show...

1:12 WCW Nitro September 16, 1996

1:52 Announcers Report The Situation

2:30 Review of WarGames

5:53 nWo "people" Handing Out Flyers

7:16 nWo Fans Tailgaiting Celebrating WarGames Victory

8:13 Benoit & Mongo Pissed At Sting For Walking Out In WarGames

9:49 nWo People Sabotaging WCW Merch Booth

10:31 Nick Patrick Involved In Controversial Finish To DDP v Ice Train

12:37 nWo Fans Took Over Merch Stand

12:57 Syxx First Appearance

14:55 Macho Man Appears Night After nWo Humilates Him

16:47 nWo Celebrating Outside By Limo

17:37 Macho Man v Scott Norton. Attacks Nick Patrick

19:10 Sting's Explanation For Walking Out On WCW

29:20 Miss Elizabeth Wont Come Out With Horsemen After nWo Attack Previous Night

30:54 Syxx Releases nWo Flyers From Rafters During Horsemen Match

33:10 nWo Reveal Syxx As Newest nWo Member

34:34 Horsemen Cheat To Win Their Match

35:00 Sting Leaves Luger Hanging Against Benoit & Mongo

37:05 Back To nWo Limousine. More Celebration

38:29 Luger Left Laying To End Show. No Sting In Sight

38:46 Closing Thoughts: WCW Nitro September 16, 1996

42:18 Please Subscribe!

Episode #81

Check out our running Road To Wrestlemania 2024 playlist for all our WrestleMania coverage:

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8qvFEEVa_gd92QuNrEbZLtNKqXAuXixH&si=7PH_5gES283dovAs

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This episode was recorded on January 19, 2024

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We got The Wrestling Expert and The Frozen Asian on the show today to discuss the results of the 2024 Royal Rumble. Are we any closer to knowing who will be facing who?

On today's episode.

Roman Reigns defended the Universal Title and is set to be heading to WrestleMania as champion.

Also, Jade Cargill had an impressive debut in the Women's Royal Rumble, in a match that Bailey ultimately won.

And no surprise, but Cody Rhodes repeated as Men's Royal Rumble winner. But is he set to "finish his story" and become champion at WrestleMania?

And what of CM Punk? An exciting WWE return derailed once again by an unfortunate injury.

We got it covered on the Malapert Smark podcast!

Disclaimer:

This episode was recorded before the February 2nd 2024 edition of Smackdown, so no one on the panel knew Cody Rhodes was going to step aside for the Rock to face Roman Reigns instead. We will discuss these developments on the next show...

0:00 Preshow

0:50 Intro

1:40 WWE Royal Rumble January 27, 2024

2:02 Roman Reigns Defends Universal Title In 4-Way

5:13 Jade Cargill Stars At Women's Royal Rumble

11:51 Twin Brothers Jimmy & Jey Uso The First 2 Into The Royal Rumble

13:47 Cody Rhodes & CM Punk The Last 2 In The Royal Rumble

17:10 CM Punk Injured During The Royal Rumble Match

23:50 Who Will Royal Rumble Winner Cody Rhodes Choose To Face At WrestleMania?

28:02 Please Subscribe!

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Episode #80

In this episode, Vlad "The Wrestling Expert" and Robert "The Frozen Asian" join the show to discuss the latest WWE News. Including the Vince McMahon sex trafficking scandal that's rocked the wrestling world.

Also, WWE Raw is headed to Netflix. The panel discuss the ramifications for the future of wrestling, and TV in general...

0:00 Intro

1:18 The Vince McMahon Sex Trafficking Scandal

25:20 WWE RAW Moving To Netflix

32:09 Please Subscribe!

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Episode #79

This episode was recorded on January 19, 2024

This is Part 7 of a multi-part series chronicling WCW after Hulk Hogan turned evil in 1996 and wreaked havoc on the company as part of the infamous New World Order stable. Here is a link to the entire playlist:

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8qvFEEVa_geP5ASCDOn5Zlb2fcEXuKsx&si=7kzFIWwPM3M1mMkB

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We're in the midst of a hostile takeover, as Hollywood Hogan and the Outsiders have recruited Ted DiBiase and the Giant to join their New World Order faction, and they are taking over WCW. But WCW wrestlers have vowed to fight back, as Sting and Lex Luger have joined members of the 4 Horsemen to take on the NWO at WarGames. But one week after Sting stole a police car to chase after the nWo, he is no where to be found, and his team mates are questioning his commitment to the cause...

We got Vlad "The Wrestling Expert" and Robert "The Frozen Asian" on the show to review this historical footage.

0:00 PreShow

1:07 Intro

1:46 The Story So Far...

5:36 WCW Nitro September 9, 1996

6:11 Announcers Review Giant Joining NWO Last Week

8:05 Pat Tanaka v Super Calo

9:20 Mean Gene Backstage With Ric Steiner & Lex Luger

11:50 First Ever nWo T-Shirt Commercial

13:39 Review of Glacier's Debut on WCW Pro

14:27 nWo Propaganda Flyers Fall From The Rafters

17:28 Scott Noron Feuding With Ice Train

17:47 Flair, Arn & Lex Can't Locate Sting Ahead of WarGames

21:47 Mean Gene Questions Nick Patrick About DQing Sting & Luger Previous Week

25:22 Sting Joins The nWo?!

31:57 1996 Technology Confirms Ted DiBiases Was In nWo's Limo

33:11 WCW Wrestlers Looking For nWo In The Parking Lot

35:35 Flair, Arn & Lex Rocked By Sting Joining nWo

40:05 First Instance of nWo 4-Life Hand Signal

43:41 WCW Announcers Dejected Over Losing Sting To nWo

44:59 WCW Wrestlers Damage nWo Limos But No Sign Of nWo

48:19 Robert's Thoughts On Go Home Show Ahead of WarGames

48:40 WCW Fall Brawl: WarGames September 15, 1996

48:52 Review of nWo Destroying Lex Luger's Car on Saturday Night

49:37 Macho Man BackStage Interview Before Match Against The Giant

51:26 Macho Man v The Giant

54:10 Sting Finally Appears Right Before WarGames / Claims He Didn't Attack Luger On Nitro?!

56:48 WarGames: Hogan, Hall, Nash & ? v Flair, Arn, Lex & ?

1:05:41 nWo Attack Macho Man After WarGames and Spray Paint Miss Elizabeth

1:07:12 Closing Thoughts: Sting Walked Out on WCW

1:12:38 Please Subscribe

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Intro & Outro Music Courtesy:

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"Pyrosion - Day In Paris" is under a Creative Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) license.

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Music promoted by BreakingCopyright: https://bit.ly/bc-day-in-paris

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