Wrestling Art with Chris Things

Episode 109 is here pals! It's "Match of the Week" 'Double-Double-Header'  time w/ good friend of the show, Richard of Video Plant - chattin' FOUR absolutely incredible matches - each of which likely deserve their own episode, so this might be a long one! We've got AJ Styles vs Walter from earlier this year, Mil Máscaras vs The Destroyer in a 1973 All Japan CLASSIC, a wonderfully enjoyable '96 CMLL trios bout with Dr. WagnerJr., Felino & Apollo Dantes vs. Hector Garza, Atlantis & El Dandy, followed by a barn-burner of an Hijo Del Santo vs Dr. Cerebro IWRG bout from 2001 that Richard kindly brought to my attention. I enjoyed the heck out of this one, complete with a bunch of fun sidebars; from Nacho Libre, to Doc Wagner Jr.'s big mask loss. And of course, some very exciting upcoming news of the latest int he world of Video Plant!

In my 'World of Chris-Things' intro monologue I chat getting through a wonderful weekend of Brisbane Illustration Fair & Cult Lucha at Netherworld, an incredible Blue Demon 'El Icono' group art show in Mexico City that I am extremely stoked about & THIS weekend's Lucha fiesta with the Lucha Fantastica Sydney Anniversary Show!

Thank you so much for joining me Richard! I had the best time!! Everyone be sure to be following Richard's @Video.Plant for all of the coolest cult cinema & VHS collecting goodness.

Enjoy!!

Check out the Chris Things Match of the Week illustrations in question here: 

M.O.T.W. 123: AJ Styles vs. Walter

M.O.T.W. 124: Mil Máscaras vs. The Destroyer

M.O.T.W. 125: Dr. WagnerJr., Felino & Apollo Dantes vs. Hector Garza, Atlantis & El Dandy

M.O.T.W. 126: Hijo Del Santo vs Dr. Cerebro

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Episode 108 is here pals! It's a very special "WRESTLING CLUB" edition of the podcast commemorating our last club event for a little while. We've got a bunch of audio from the night that was & a great Playlist-debrief chat about what was watched with two of its' most loyal members & dear friends of the show; Joe & Bradley. A tremendous variety of matches & topics are covered. From 80s Dump Matsumoto-infused AJW, to a cool-as-heck UK Riptide Wrestling all-time classic, late 90s WCW madness, the 'Boogy-Woogy Man' Jimmy Valient & 'Exotic' Adrien Street. From 90s wrestling hand-gesture nostalgia to endless Dragon Gate nonsense faction names, to the possible origin story of the great Big Van Vader. Such a fun chat! I had the best time!! If this is it for our Club nights for a little while, I can think of no more perfect way of paying tribute than with these fine gentlemen!

In our opening segment, I chat my latest comings & goings - including this weekends wonderful Brisbane Illustration Fair & then Sunday evening's Cult Lucha IV: "El Santo & Blue Demon vs. Dracula & The Wolfman" at Netherworld!

Enjoy!!

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Episode 107 is here pals! It's another "Match of the Week" ''Triple-Header'  w/ 'Former Tag-Team Partner' & dear pal of mine, Josh for a lovely chat about three excellent Professional Wrestling matches that I made some art of. We've got Great Sasuke vs Black Tiger II (Josh's all-time favourite wrestler, Eddie Guerrero) for the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship in '96 New Japan, the recently retired rudo maestro, El Satánico vs Ultimo Guerrero in a classic all-rudo 2001 CMLL Arena Mexico affair & finally, one of the final matches of the career of AJ Styles, vs Shinsuke Nakamura earlier this year - bringing back their New Japan magic on Saturday Night's Main Event in Montreal! Thanks so much Josh! I had so much fun on this one!!

In my intro monologue, I chat some recent commission work comings & goings, this past Sunday Night's big return of WRESTLING CLUB at the Scratch & some exciting upcoming events!

Enjoy!!

Check out the Chris Things Match of the Week illustrations in question here: 

M.O.T.W. 120: Black Tiger II (Eddie Guerrero) vs. The Great Sasuke

M.O.T.W. 121: Ultimo Guerrero vs. El Satánico

M.O.T.W. 122: AJ Styles vs. Shinsuke Nakamura

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Episode 106 is here pals! It's another "Match of the Week" 'Double-Header'  w/ 'Best Mate David' for two wonderfully contrasting matches in the form of an L.A. Park vs Rush indie-lucha-extrema bloodbath from 2017 & a Tanahashi vs Nakamura New Japan classic from Wrestle Kingdom 2014.

We chat all about both of these fantastic matches & multi-year rivalries in a classic David & Chris wild romp of a chat. In my intro monologue, amidst some shockingly loud rain I chat some very fun recent commissions (including a wonderful pet portrait), along with our upcoming CULT-LUCHA Mexican Wrestling Monster Movie Night at Netherworld & the following weeks' big return of WRESTLING CLUB at the Scratch!

Thanks so much David!

Enjoy!!

Check out the Chris Things Match of the Week illustrations in question here: 

M.O.T.W. 118 - L.A. Park vs Rush (Baracal Entertainment, 2017)

M.O.T.W. 119 - Tanahashi vs Nakamura (NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 2014)

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Episode 105 is here pals! It's another "Match of the Week" 'Triple-Header'  w/ familiar friend of the show, Joe chattin' three somewhat different but all bloody great Professional Wrestling matches! Those being Kenta Kobashi vs. Stan 'The Lariat' Hansen (July of '93), Bret 'The Hitman' Hart vs. 'British Bulldog' Davey Boy Smith (In Your House, Dec. '95) & The Great Sasuke vs. Dos Caras (Michinoku Pro 'Fukumen World League' Masked Man Tournament Final, Aug. '95).

Since I was on a time-crunch, Joe also joined me for the intro monologue (/duo-logue?) which was actually a very fun time! We talk about TWO group art shows that I am involved in this week - including a painting that I still needed to complete after we finished recording. Those being BORLFF's amazing Netherworld Radioactive Ants Group show & Mechanical Pen's Working Title Brewing "Batteries Not Included" Toy-Based Group Art Show. We also chat the night that was our recent Cult Lucha event at Netherworld; "Santo vs The Mummies of Guadalajara" & a big announcement of officially getting the train back on the track for WRESTLING CLUB at The Scratch on the last Sunday of March!

Thanks so much to my ever-supportive pal, Joe!

Enjoy!!

Check out the Chris Things Match of the Week illustrations in question here: 

M.O.T.W. 115: Kenta Kobashi vs. Stan 'The Lariat' Hansen

M.O.T.W. 116: Bret 'The Hitman' Hart vs. 'British Bulldog' Davey Boy Smith

M.O.T.W. 117: Great Sasuke vs. Dos Caras

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Episode 104 is here pals! It's "Match of the Week" 'Triple-Header'  time w/ our friend of the show from across the pond, Richard of Video Plant - chattin' three absolutely fantastic, chock-full-of-heart matches in each of their own ways! A lovely chat is had all about the matches (& my illustrations of said matches) of the following. Go Shiozaki vs Akitoshi Saito from Saito's 2024 swan-song run in Pro Wrestling NOAH, a true Lucha classic in Hijo Del Santo vs Blue Panther taking place in 2001 CMLL Japan & one of the greatest tag matches I have ever seen in the 'Indie-Sleaze-Dream-Team' of Hayabusa & Jinsei Shinzaki vs The Holy Demon Army of Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue in late 90s All Japan!

In my 'World of Chris-Things' intro monologue I talk our upcoming Cult Lucha Screening of 'Santo vs. The Mummies of Guanajuato' THIS SUNDAY NIGHT at Netherworld, an absolutely lovely Lucha Fantastica 'Love Battle' event this past weekend in Melbourne & an extra-special rant about the gentrification of CMLL. Oh boy!

Thank you so much for joining me Richard! I had the best time!! Everyone be sure to be following Richard's @Video.Plant for all of the coolest cult cinema & VHS collecting goodness.

Enjoy!!

Check out the Chris Things Match of the Week illustrations in question here: 

M.O.T.W. 112: Go Shiozaki vs. Akitoshi Saito

M.O.T.W. 113: Hijo Del Santo vs. Blue Panther

M.O.T.W. 114: Hayabusa & Jinsei Shinzaki vs. The Holy Demon Army of Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue

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Episode 103 is here pals! So apparently I have a "Mysterious, Ominous Announcement" for you! Don't worry, it isn't anything too bad, hopefully an improvement! I also thought I'd take this moment to have a good ol' one-sided general ramble with y'all. I'm chattin' Masked Republic's awesome upcoming 'Luchadores vs Everything' book & Kickstarter, our next Cult Lucha event Dos; "Las Momias De Guanajuato" (& brand spankin'new poster of which I am quite proud of!) & getting back to it hawkin' my wares at Lucha Fantastica's upcoming LOVE BATTLE event in Melbourne on Valentines Day!

Thank you so much to everyone who listens to this nonsense!!

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Episode 102 is here pals! Today I am very excited to be chatting with my dear amigo, Portaveritas all about his & LuchaFlan's upcoming '200% MEXA' art exhibition that I am delighted to be a part of! We talk all about this very cool international Lucha Libre art exhibition celebrating Mexicano & Chicano voices. We both agree that the timing couldn't be any more perfect. We also talk Porta's upcoming multi-faceted Querétaro 'Lucha Efímera' exhibition (Porta is a very busy man!). Muchas gracias to the very kind & super talented Jesus Antonio Hernandez Rodriguez a.k.a. 'Portaveritas'.

In my opening monologue, I chat some more about the timing of this exhibition & surrounding awful current world events in the USA. How do you just create weird, irreverent wrasslin' art when the world feels like it is crumbling?I sometimes struggle to know exactly how to talk about these things in the right way, so please endure my awkwardness. But I truly appreciate everyone who is standing together for good in the face of evil at this time.

The Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee (MIRAC) is an excellent all-volunteer, grassroots immigrant rights organisation to consider supporting right now. Please know that every one of you out there protesting and striking to fight this evil have my heart & are holding together my belief in humanity.

Enjoy!!

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Episode 101 is here pals! It's a "Match of the Week" 'Triple-Header' time (this time in more of a bite-sized format) w/ my super loyal pal who supports all of my hair-brained Wrasslin'-Art schemes, Joe! We are chatting 3 bloody lovely matches that we watched together at one of our Wrestling Club at The Scratch events - running the gambit from Lucha to some FMW Terry Funk wildin'! Our matches in question include an early 80s New Japan classic Lucha affair in 'Super Porky' (Brazo De Plata) vs. Tiger Mask (Satoru Sayama), a classic frenetic-paced late 90s Nitro Lucha trios with La Parka, Silver King & Psychosis vs. Rey Mysterio Jr., Juventud Guerrera & Hector Garza & finally, rounding it out with an amazingly wild, prime era FMW Tornado Tag with 'The Funk-Masters of Wrestling' (Terry Funk & 'Gladiator' Mike Awesome) vs. Hayabusa & Masato Tanaka! Thanks as always Joe for a super-fun nerd-out!

In my 'World of Chris-Things' intro monologue I talk starting to map out 2026 & a mind-blowingly great CULT-LUCHA classic Lucha Libre monster movie night event debut this past Sunday at Netherworld with my tag-team partner in crime, Trash Video's Andrew Leavold. Thank you once again to everyone who came along; your support of this latest ridiculously niche in-person event left us gob-smacked!

Enjoy!!

Check out the Chris Things Match of the Week illustrations in question here: 

M.O.T.W. 109: Super Porky' (Brazo De Plata) vs. Tiger Mask

M.O.T.W. 110: La Parka, Silver King & Psychosis vs. Rey Jr., Juvy & Hector Garza

M.O.T.W. 111: 'Funk-Masters of Wrestling' (Terry Funk & The Gladiator) vs. Hayabusa & Masato Tanaka

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Wow, we made it to 100 episodes of this rambling mess of a podcast! Thank you so much everybody!! In honour of the big 100th episode, I went & had a special little in-person chat at the pub with a gentleman who has inspired many of my fringe interests in this life! From the world of Lucha Libre & Lucha Films to the schlockiest of B-Grade Cult Cinema - I don't think I would be quite the fringes of society weirdo that I have become without this chap. Someone who I also happen to be tag-teaming up with for our 'CULT-LUCHA' movie nights in 2026, Trash Video's Andrew Leavold!

In this chat, we discuss Andrew's amazing Trash Video rental store in West End, Brisbane that I frequented many times back in the day, his wonderfully bizarre film & documentary making life & our mutual love of all things Mexico! I enjoyed the heck out of this chat & hope you do too!!

Thanks Andrew!!

Andrew's amazing video store has since evolved into the online space & can be found at the Trash Video Archives - a veritable treasure-trove of all sorts of fringe culty film goodies!

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