Wrestling Over Everything

The Von Erich family were once on top of the wrestling world. The level of fame that they reached from a tiny venue in Texas should be part of a feel-good story, but tragedy struck them again and again. This is an episode from our previous podcast, Snark Marks. We will be back with a new episode next week!

This feud was made for our show. Two of the greatest wrestlers, and two of our favorites, faced off for the NWA title and we have all of the footage. During arguably Ric Flair's best year, he faced off against "Middle Aged And Crazy" Terry Funk, and the guys are not sure which one of them is the GOAT. Okay, it's Terry Funk, but Flair was great too!

When people talk about ECW, sometimes it takes too long for them to talk about Mike Awesome. He was big, he was athletic, and he had perhaps the greatest mullet in the history of professional wrestling. In this episode, we go over his career and wonder why he never made a big splash in the mainstream. Subscribe and tell your friends!

It was a tale as old as time in wrestling- young buck wants to take on his idol and transcend his powers. Shawn Michaels had already reached the top of the mountain, but his feud with Chris Jericho in the early 2000's began a career resurgence that solidified his place amongst the greatest of all time. Subscribe if you're the GOAT!

Mid-South Wrestling produced many of the biggest stars we've ever seen in the industry, but unfortunately one of their most promising talents' carer was cut short. Magnum TA had the skills, the look, the charisma, and the entire crowd screaming for him. He seemed destined to take over the wrestling world and become NWA champion when tragedy struck.

Steve Austin had a wild career, from being part of the Hollywood Blondes, to Stunning Steve Austin, and even The Ringmaster. It was always clear that he had ability, but when he became Stone Cold, everything changed. In this episode we start at him breaking his neck while wrestling Owen Hart and end with Austin claiming his first WWF World Heavyweight Championship. Subscribe and tell your friends!

We've been wanting to cover this one for a while. Jake The Snake Roberts wasn't invited to Macho Man Randy Savage's wedding reception, so he decided to attack him with a cobra snake on live television. You literally cannot get any better than that. Subscribe and tell your friends!

The American Wrestling Association (AWA) was a big deal in the wrestling world; they boasted some of the top talent in the world and a big TV footprint. It didn't last long, though. Verne Gagne's promotion was quickly poached by Vince McMahon, the ambitious son of the owner of the Northeast Territory. Once Vince took Hulk Hogan, Jesse Ventura, Mean Gene Oakerlund, Bobby Heenan and more, it was all but over.

With Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn looking primed for another program together, we decided we should take a look at the early days of their rivalry. Kevin Steen and El Generico were two young stars in Ring of Honor who started off as partners, but as we know, in wrestling there's no better enemy than your best friend.

Follow along with this playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8HE-eJCbt0f2LseQmX1K6ccQGWjPnaY4&si=mxCMw8948mYbzaLQ

Dusty had the brilliant idea of watching the Survivor Series 10-team tag match from 1988. It is unclear as to whether he chose this match specifically because Andrew doesn't like Survivor Series matches, or despite that fact, but we watched it either way. Subscribe and tell your friends what we do for you.

Featured in this match: Demolition (Ax and Smash), The Rockers (Shawn Michaels and Marty Janetti), The Powers of Pain (The Warlord and The Barbarian), The British Bulldogs (Davey Boy Smith and Dynamite Kid), The Brain Busters (Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard), The Hart Foundation (Bret Hart and Jim Neidhart), The Young Stallions (Paul Roma and Jim Powers), The Bolsheviks (Nikolai Volkoff and Boris Zhukov), The Fabulous Rougeaus (Jacques and Raymond), and the Conquistadors (Uno and Dos).