The Monumental Podcast

It's the 50th episode! We're going to pretend this is a big mega episode when it was just going to be more history of TNA! Join us as Hulkamatt gives his thoughts on the #NY64, we read from Russo's book, dive into his 2003 booking run, his firing from the company, what this meant for storylines, how they took a TNA like turn, Joe E Legend's Wikipedia and most importantly...

HULKAMATT PREDICTS THE WRESTLEKINGDOM CARD BLIND! Skip to 53:00 if you only want to hear this.

My new favorite segment in podcast history.

Sources:

Vince Russo: Forgiven, One Man's Journey from Self Glorification to Santification, 2005 ECW Press

Bryan Alvarez, Figure 4 Weekly 12/29/2003

Wikipedia, Joe E Legend: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_E._Legend

The New York 64 is a tournament to establish the most disgusting thing WWE has (allegedly) ever done. Please follow @NY64Tournament on twitter https://twitter.com/NY64Tournament and vote in each round. The 4 way play in rounds begin today!

On one bracket we have policies or events that are more business practices than storyline events. On the other we have gimmicks, angles, storylines and other televised entertainment. They will meet in the finals to decide the worst of all!

@epitasis and I discuss this tournament, the selection and brackets!

Join us for a review of the Best of Music 14 and Game Changer Wrestling: Tha G Code! Hear all about problematic bikers, Teddy Hart, perhaps the craziest death match of the year, and your main event Nick Gage vs Jack Evans!

We are back with the history of TNA! This time we go into Hulk Hogan's planned debut with TNA at Bound for Glory 2003. What was the plan? What were they thinking? No really, what were they thinking? Also Hulkamatts of the Week.

Sources: TNA Press Release

Bryan Alvarez's Figure 4 Weekly

Writer Cath returns to the show to talk about her experience on The Jericho Cruise, AKA The Chris Jericho Rock and Rager At Sea! Find out who threatened to murder her in cold blood, what was great, what was less great and who was the coolest cat at sea. Over an hour of memories of the greatest cruise in the history of wrestling!

Have you heard about the Nitro book everyone is talking about? Well, some people are talking about. You may have heard it's incredibly well researched and better than the Death of WCW. Is it? We'll go into the good, bad and ugly of the book. Who is it for? What does it get right, what does it get wrong? Join us for almost 90 minutes of analysis of the most significant wrestling book of 2018!

For more information on the book or to buy it, visit the official site: https://wcwnitrobook.com/item/nitro-the-incredible-rise-and-inevitable-collapse-of-ted-turners-wcw-paperback

This podcast is not about wrestling, it's about Bobby Fischer. Why? Because Hulkamatt was watching a bunch of chess and suddenly discovered Bobby Fischer was not such a great guy. So I linked him to an article and it was decided we should do an episode. So join us for an episode where Hulkamatt does half of the talking and we discuss the life and times of Chess Grand Master, World Champion, Anti-Semite, Cult Member and overall unstable person Bobby Fischer. From his upbringing to running away from airports to breaking international law, it's all here!


Sources:
Bobby Fischer Against the World, Directed by Liz Garbus, 2011

Bobby Fischer Speaks Out!
https://hwarmstrong.com/ar/Fischer.html

Bobby Fischer and the Worldwide Church of God: http://tartajubow.blogspot.com/2012/06/bobby-fischer-and-worldwide-church-of.html

Darrach, Brad "The Day Bobby Blew It" Playboy, Reprinted by The Daily Beast, accessed 10/13/18 https://www.thedailybeast.com/bobby-fisher-was-a-genius-and-a-jerk

We are back with the history of TNA! We have some major shake ups in TNA Management in May of 2003 and we are here to cover them. Who is in? Who is out? How will TNA try to become a national player? Join us to find out!

Sources:

Borash, Jeremy. "From the Inside" accessed 10/13/18 https://web.archive.org/web/20030629182413/http://nwatna.com:80/2003/06/27/inside.shtml

Alvarez, Bryan, Figure 4 Weekly, 5/28/05

Meltzer, Dave, Wrestling Observer Newsletter 7/13/15

Behrens, Bill. TNA Ownership Timeline. 8/6/2009, accessed 10/13/18 http://www.mandatory.com/wrestlezone/news/191273-tna-ownership-timeline-with-comments-by-former-employee/3

Dixie Carter's 2007 US House Congressional Committee testimony

Now with fixed audio! Join @ChampJulius and I as we go in depth about LA Park vs Rush! We talk both men's careers, how the feud began, what makes it so great, where LA Park might be going from here, our favorite matches, our favorite spots, and so much more. This was meant to be an hour long but when we did an off the cuff history of LA Park's career and a bit on Rush there was no stopping things!

Sorry for the double upload, I didn't mix it. Hulkamatt is on vacation so we'll be back to the History of TNA in a week or so!

We are back! After the Hulkamatt of the Week we get to this week's topic, Joanie Laurer (Chyna) and her run in New Japan! How did Antonio Inoki decide to bring her in? How was her big match with Chono promoted? Why did he decide to make her a shooter? Find out in this tribute to Inokiism!

My notes were corrupted right before recording so I lost my sources. Beyond cagematch, the Best Damn Sports Show Period, Observers, Figure 4s, an interview with Sean Waltman I also used some message boards from the time for context. I can't find a couple of them now. Sorry!