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The Pod Street Krew is back for another Ultimate Fantasy Draft and this time we're looking back at the B Shows from one of the greatest runs in WWE history! Join wrestling superfans Alex Doriot and Travis White along with the P.S.K. originals Randy Turco, Watchalong Tommy, Stephen Zieman, and Treymasso Ciampa as we pick matches from the B Shows of 1999-2004 to create our dream PPV lineup. Don't let the name B Show fool you - these shows have some of the greatest matches in WWE history on them. And yes, they've also got some of the weirdest and wackiest ones as well! Take a stroll with us down memory lane in our jumbo-sized time-traveling hearse as we discuss some of our favorite matches of the Attitude Era, InVasion, and Ruthless Aggression eras along with giving some love to some unsung heroes of the time like Test, Victoria, Raven, Saturn, Chyna, Shane McMahon, Kane, Terri Runnels, Dean Malenko, Too Cool, The Kat, and many more. Plus we've got our monthly Undertaker Sightings as we look at his epic entrance at a Savannah Bananas game. Let us know who built the best card and what matches we should have drafted down below in the comments! Pick up your copy of Travis's album "Reconstruction" - available for a limited time only on vinyl!   Make sure you're subscribed to the Watchalong Wrestling YouTube channel to find out what Tommy On The Spot is up to next!   Check out Stephen's latest episode of Brothers Of Collecting on Collecting Deadman YouTube Channel!   Pick up our new DadMan Inc. merch over TeePublic.com and celebrate 25 years of the Biker Taker with us!    Stay connected with our Creature Community by following us on TikTok, Instagram and Facebook!   Be sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel and check out all our travel vlogs, Alex's toy room tour, and more!

Mean Mark was on the rise to the top in WCW in 1990, but things quickly came falling apart. What the heck happened?! Join wrestling superfans Alex Doriot and Travis White on their encyclopedic exploration digging up The Dead Man as we complete our look back at the full journey of The Undertaker in his early days as Mean Mark Callous in WCW. Everything was looking up for the rookie in the summer of 1990 as he had his biggest match ever - a U.S. Title Shot on PPV against "The Total Package" Lex Luger. But after losing that match, everything began to go downhill. We cover Mean Mark's final few months in World Championship Wrestling and try to pinpoint exactly where it all fell apart, including a rematch with "Wildfire" Tommy Rich that may have been the beginning of the end. We also discuss Paul E. Dangerously's incredible promo skills that were evident from an early age, Jim Ross's ridiculous reliance on college stats for commentary, why we need to see more "Grannies" in wrestling crowds, Bob Caudle's awkward commentary blunders, the logics of pro wrestling hospital bills, some incredible house show matches in Mean Mark's final days, and so much more. All that plus we look back at our SummerSlam weekend in Minneapolis, make a pitch to take over the Six Feet Under podcast, and shout out our new friend on TikTok! Download, enjoy, and Taker Easy!    Pick up our new DADMAN INC. merch over TeePublic.com and celebrate 25 years of the Biker Taker with us!    Check out the releaunch of our buddy Stephen's podcast on the Brothers Of Collecting on the Collecting Deadman YouTube Channel!   Listen to "Reconstruction", the new full length album from Travis White! Stream Travis's new album of original tunes on Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, or wherever you love to listen!   Stay connected with our Creature Community by following us on TikTok, Instagram and Facebook!   Be sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel and check out all our travel vlogs from SummerSlam and Royal Rumbles past!

It's our first ever TWO NIGHT WWE experience so we're back again with another special bonus edition of Talking Taker! Alex Doriot and is joined by the Pod Street Krew for the second ever Talking Taker: In Your House, recorded live at Randy Turco's basement alongside special guests Stephen Zieman, and, making his podcast debut, Fitz Turco! Together we recap an awesome night of action and surprises including an all-timer of a main event, the shocking return of Kevin Owens, the deflating win of Baron "Borin'" Corbin, the euphoria of Chelsea Green and Chad Gable's big moments, a Michin sighting, and of course the first ever Human Monies On A Pole Match. We also had another wild day of activities including the ups and downs of our hunt for a Kit Wilson photo op, a visit to the Mall Of America, and a controversial log flume ride! Download, enjoy, stay tuned for our upcoming travel vlog on the Talking Taker YouTube channel, and Taker Easy!    Be sure to subscribe to the Watchalong Wrestling YouTube channel to see all of Tommy's videos from the weekend including his Superstore and Takeover walkthroughs!

It's time, once again, for everyone to come aboard the BROOOOO TRAIN on this special bonus edition of Talking Taker! Alex Doriot and Travis White are joined by the Pod Street Krew for the first ever Talking Taker: In Your House, recorded live at Randy Turco's basement alongside special guests and travel companions Stephen Zieman, Watchalong Tommy, and Treymasso Ciampa as they breakdown an incredible weekend in Minnesota for SummerSlam 2026. We give our live reactions to all the incredible moments from night 1 of the show including Cody Rhodes vs CM Punk, Io Sky vs Liv Morgan, and the Hell In A Cell between Oba Femi and Brock Lesnar. Plus the true main event of our night - the WWE Debut of Nick Aldis, prophesied by Tommy himself! But that's only the start as we look back at our experiences at the Superstore and the WWE Fan Takeover including some meet and greets, the Danhausen Ice Cream Truck, and our tribute to The Godfather at the Create Your Entrance booth. We also saw all the sights and scenes of Minnesota including a run-in with a WCW legend, the incredible Mill Museum, and so much more. Download, enjoy, stay tuned for our upcoming travel vlog on the Talking Taker YouTube channel, and Taker Easy!    Be sure to subscribe to the Watchalong Wrestling YouTube channel to see all of Tommy's videos from the weekend including his Superstore and Takeover walkthroughs!

We're headed back to the bowels of the arena, back to SummerSlam 1996, back to THE BOILER ROOM BRAWL for the 30th Anniversary of this legendary match! Join wrestling superfans Alex Doriot and Travis White on their encyclopedic exploration digging up The Dead Man as they take a look back at a classic, innovative encounter between The Undertaker and Mankind that has quite the long and surprising legacy. It was one of the first cinematic matches in WWE history as well as one of the first matches to take place primarily outside of a wrestling ring, and it continues to have an influence on pro wrestling today. We'll talk all about it plus the history of every other Boiler Room Brawl and some of the many matches that it had an impact on. Plus we've got our monthly Undertaker Sightings and we celebrate the 9 Year Anniversary of our podcast with a no holds barred Q&A discussing rebooking The Streak, our dream WWE jobs, Christopher Nolan remakes, best breakfast cereals, and so much more. Download, enjoy, and as always Taker Easy!   Pick up our new DADMAN INC. merch over TeePublic.com and celebrate 25 years of the Biker Taker with us!    Check out the releaunch of our buddy Stephen's podcast on the Brothers Of Collecting on the Collecting Deadman YouTube Channel!   Listen to "Reconstruction", the new full length album from Travis White! Stream Travis's new album of original tunes on Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, or wherever you love to listen!   Stay connected with our Creature Community by following us on TikTok, Instagram and Facebook!   Be sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel and check out all our travel vlogs from SummerSlam and Royal Rumbles past!

We're talking penguin Undertaker, otter Mr. McMahon, and FISH MILK on an all new Talking Taker! Join wrestling superfans Alex Doriot and Travis White on their encyclopedic exploration digging up the greatest professional wrestling character of all time as they review the movie ScreenRant called "The Worst Animated Sequel Of All Time" - Surf's Up 2: Wavemania! It's a truly bizarre cartoon that can't decide if it's made for WWE fans or fans of the first movie, so it ends up being for no one. Starring alongside The Undertaker as animated penguins are John Cena, Triple H and Paige. And then there's Vince McMahon himself as an otter with a bizarre obsession - you're not gonna believe this one! We do our best to make a sense of a nonsensical plot and discuss the interminable length of the movie, the confusing rules of the Surf's Up World, Michael Cole as an exploding seagull, the Napoleon Dynamite reunion on the cast, the puns that did actually made us chuckle, the weird foreshadowing and premonitions in the movie, and much more as we RTL (you'll have to listen to find out what that means). Plus we share some bonkers Amazon and YouTube reviews of this movie that will leave you cracking up. All that and our monthly Undertaker Sightings including Alex meeting another wrestling legend and Travis's review of all the hot 2026 movie releases so far. Download, enjoy, and RTL! Oh, and Taker Easy!   Pick up our new DADMAN INC. merch over TeePublic.com and celebrate 25 years of the Biker Taker with us!    Check out the releaunch of our buddy Stephen's podcast on the Brothers Of Collecting on the Collecting Deadman YouTube Channel!   Listen to "Reconstruction", the new full length album from Travis White! Stream Travis's new album of original tunes on Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, or wherever you love to listen!   Stay connected with our Creature Community by following us on TikTok, Instagram and Facebook!   Be sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel and check out all our travel vlogs from SummerSlam and Royal Rumbles past!

Pack a bag and grab your passport - we're going on a summer world tour with The Undertaker on an all new Talking Taker! Join wrestling superfans Alex Doriot and Travis White on their encyclopedic exploration digging up The Dead Man as we gas up the time-traveling hearse for a globe-trotting trip to 4 different countries to watch 5 incredibly rare Undertaker matches spanning 18 years of his career. Up first we travel to Japan in 1992 for matches against King Haku and Takashi Ishikawa. Then it's off to 1996 and Puerto Rico for a rarely seen brawl between The Undertaker and Mankind. After that we fly over to Kuwait for a Kuwaiti Cup Quarterfinal match with The British Bulldog. Then we close with some incredibly rare footage from Mexico in 2010 of The Brothers Of Destruction vs. Chris Jericho and Edge. It's a unique exploration of The Undertaker competing internationally featuring opponents we've never covered him against, the possibly first ever appearance of The Druids and his Coffin Entrance, and the famous Hot Tag video that went viral  a few years ago! All that plus our monthly Undertaker Sightings covering the red hot AAA match between The El Grande Americanos and tribute to a Talking Taker legend who recently passed away. Download, enjoy, and Taker Easy!    Pick up our new DADMAN INC. merch over TeePublic.com and celebrate 25 years of the Biker Taker with us!    Check out the releaunch of our buddy Stephen's podcast on the Brothers Of Collecting on the Collecting Deadman YouTube Channel!   Listen to "Reconstruction", the new full length album from Travis White! Stream Travis's new album of original tunes on Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, or wherever you love to listen!   Stay connected with our Creature Community by following us on TikTok, Instagram and Facebook!   Be sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel and check out all our travel vlogs from SummerSlam and Royal Rumbles past!

The P.S.K. is back - and this time we're coming In Your House! Join wrestling superfans Alex Doriot and Travis White on their encyclopedic exploration digging up The Dead Man as they welcome back Stephen Zieman, Randy Turco, Watchalong Tommy, and Headbanger Trey for another Ultimate PPV Fantasy Draft. This time we're picking our favorite matches from the In Your House shows of the New Generation, Attitude Era, and yes even NXT! These shows don't get the love they should, because when you really look back at them so many of the greatest matches of the 90s are found there. From Hell In A Cell to the Hogpen, from Buried Alive to Armageddon Rules, from Max Mini to Mad Dog Vachon's Fake Leg - we cover it all and reminisce about some underrated classics. Plus we cover all the happenings from WrestleMania 42 in our monthly Undertaker Sightings including Taker's live podcast with John Cena and the retirement of one of his greatest rivals. Download, enjoy, and Taker Easy!    Make sure you're subscribed to the Watchalong Wrestling YouTube channel to see all of Tommy's WrestleMania 42  adventures!   Check out Stephen's latest episode of Brothers Of Collecting on Collecting Deadman YouTube Channel!   Pick up our new DadMan Inc. merch over TeePublic.com and celebrate 25 years of the Biker Taker with us!    Listen to "Reconstruction", the new full length album from Travis White! Stream Travis's latest album of original tunes on Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, or wherever you love to listen!   Stay connected with our Creature Community by following us on Instagram and Facebook!   Be sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel and check out all our travel vlogs from SummerSlam and Royal Rumbles past!

It was Written In The Stars for Alex, Travis, and Tommy to meet one day - we just didn't know it yet! On this special bonus episode of Talking Taker, we're joined by longtime P.S.K. member Watchalong Tommy to get into the WrestleMania week spirit and revisit a show that holds a special place in our hearts on it's 15 year anniversary: WrestleMania 27. We are all there for this one as it was in Alex and Travis's backyard of Atlanta. Meanwhile Tommy attended this as his first of many WrestleManias over the next decade and a half. We look back at what motivated us to attend back then, how much has changed with pricing and WrestleMania week activities, the matches we were hyped for, the ones we weren't, the ones that exceeded our expectations, and the ones that let us down. Plus we discuss our Axxess activities and autograph sessions, the souvenirs we stole throughout the week, and the things that got stolen from us! And hang around to the end to hear about Tommy's modern day run-in with none other than Mr. McMahon himself - no kidding! Download, enjoy, and Taker Easy!    Be sure to subscribe to Tommy's YouTube channel to watch the video version of this episode, and check out his live vlogs from WrestleMania 42 in Las Vegas!

We're going back to 1991...and we're going STREAKING! Join wrestling superfans Alex Doriot and Travis White on their encyclopedic exploration digging up The Dead Man as we take our time-traveling hearse back 35 years to celebrate the origin of The Undertaker's greatest accomplishment - The WrestleMania Streak! We're revisiting 3 matches that tell the tale of the birth of this epic achievement. Up first it's a rare house show encounter between The Undertaker and Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka that's not just a test run for their Mania 7 match-up - it's also Taker's first ever appearance at MSG! Then we take a look at Taker's tune up for the PPV on the Superstars and Stripes Forever show taking on Tugboat. These two titans tussled on many of Undertaker's first live event appearances and were even briefly slated to have a match at Mania before the plans changed, so it's interesting to see what might have been. Finally we close things out with a look back at the match that started it all for WrestleMania 7, a passing of the torch between two phenoms of pro wrestling. It's a unique look back at the origins of the most legendary run in all of sports entertainment history as we celebrate it's historic anniversary. All that plus our monthly Undertaker sightings looking at Mark Calaway's role as the booker of AAA as well as some anecdotes from his latest Six Feet Under podcasts. Download, enjoy, and Taker Easy!    Check out the releaunch of our buddy Stephen's podcast on the Brothers Of Collecting on the Collecting Deadman YouTube Channel!   Pick up our new P.S.K. Motorcycle Patch Logo merch over TeePublic.com and celebrate 25 years of the Biker Taker with us!    Listen to "Reconstruction", the new full length album from Travis White! Stream Travis's new album of original tunes on Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, or wherever you love to listen!   Stay connected with our Creature Community by following us on Instagram and Facebook!   Be sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel and check out all our travel vlogs from SummerSlam and Royal Rumbles past!

We're taking our time-traveling hearse Over The Hill on a brand new Talking Taker! Join wrestling superfans Alex Doriot and Travis White on their encyclopedic exploration digging up The Dead Man as they celebrate their 40th birthdays by looking back at what The Undertaker was doing on his 40th birthday! Turns out there just happened to be an episode of Smackdown that took place on that exact day - March 24, 2005 - so we're watching along to this episode as we reflect on our arrival into the Middle-Aged Ministry Of Darkness. First we'll spend some time reflecting on reaching this life milestone and how our love of pro wrestling has impacted our lives over these four decades. But don't worry - it's not all sappy because we've got an absolutely BONKERS episode of Smackdown so you'll have a blast listening to us discussing Big Show vs. A Jeep, Luther Reigns's ill-fitting suit, Scotty Too Hotty against WWE Champ JBL (in a much nicer suit), Undertaker's first flirtation with Michelle McCool, Carlito dressed up as Elvis for no discernible reason, a well-deserved tombstone for Rene Dupree, and so much more. Plus we've got our monthly Undertaker Sightings discussing Taker ushering AJ Styles into the WWE Hall Of Fame and a special birthday shoutout from one of our favorite WWE Performers! Download, enjoy, and Taker Easy!  Check out the releaunch of our buddy Stephen's podcast on the Brothers Of Collecting on the Collecting Deadman YouTube Channel!   Pick up our new P.S.K. Motorcycle Patch Logo merch over TeePublic.com and celebrate 25 years of the Biker Taker with us!    Listen to "Reconstruction", the new full length album from Travis White! Stream Travis's new album of original tunes on Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, or wherever you love to listen!   Stay connected with our Creature Community by following us on Instagram and Facebook!   Be sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel and check out all our travel vlogs from SummerSlam and Royal Rumbles past!

We're talking to an unsung hero of the WWF and the first person to EVER step into the ring with The Undertaker on a very special bonus episode of Talking Taker! Join wrestling superfans Alex Doriot and Travis White as they welcome former WWF Superstar Mario Mancini to the podcast to discuss his incredible 4 decades in the wrestling business and his pivotal part in The Dead Man's legacy. Mario walks us through meeting Taker that night, their discussion before the match, and the bump he had to figure out how to take on the spot that no one has ever noticed before! Of course that's not all - Mario's got tales from matches and memories with countless Hall Of Famers including nearly getting choked by Jake The Snake's python, getting interviewed by Vince McMahon on national television at 18 years old, his longtime friendship with Paul Roma and the origin of the tag team name Power & Glory, how King Kong Bundy tried to repay a favor to him years later, his greatest match that never aired on TV, the terms "Jobber" vs. "Enhancement Talent", why he left the WWF in the 90s, coming back to the ring in the 2000s, his heat with Mark Henry, and the lost art of the squash match. You don't want to miss this in-depth interview with this legendary peformer - download, enjoy, and Taker Easy!    Check out the releaunch of our buddy Stephen's podcast on the Brothers Of Collecting on the Collecting Deadman YouTube Channel!   Pick up our new P.S.K. Motorcycle Patch Logo merch over TeePublic.com and celebrate 25 years of the Biker Taker with us!    Listen to "Reconstruction", the new full length album from Travis White! Stream Travis's new album of original tunes on Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, or wherever you love to listen!   Stay connected with our Creature Community by following us on Instagram and Facebook!   Be sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel and check out all our travel vlogs from SummerSlam and Royal Rumbles past!

We're finally uncovering some rare Undertaker footage from the WWE Vault on an all new Talking Taker! Join wrestling superfans Alex Doriot and Travis White on their encyclopedic exploration digging up The Dead Man as they dive into some "Origins and Oddities" featuring "The Man Who Walks With Angels". Up first are the "Origins" - some of the earliest squash matches of the Grim Reaper that we've never discussed before including his first ever singles match and his first ever use of a bodybag! Then we look at some "Oddities" - some rarely seen untelevised live event matches against the likes of Stone Cold, Mankind, Shawn Michaels, Diesel, The Rock, Kane, X-Pac, and more! We've got so much to discuss including the evolution of Undertaker's character, the lost art of the house show match, the impeccable comedy timing of Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby Heenan, Paul Bearer's hilarious antics, an absolute banger between Mankind and Taker, Diesel and The Dead Man hanging out backstage, X-Pac and The Rock being over like crazy, and an on-the-scene report from one of these matches from 1996 from our pal Tommy On The Spot! Plus we've got our monthly Undertaker sightings, Alex opens a birthday present from Travis, and we get to meet all of Travis's cats and dogs! Download, enjoy, and Taker Easy!    You can watch all the matches discussed on this episode on  this handy plalist featuring matches from the WWE Vault Channel on YouTube!   Check out the releaunch of our buddy Stephen's podcast on the Brothers Of Collecting on the Collecting Deadman YouTube Channel!   Pick up our new P.S.K. Motorcycle Patch Logo merch over TeePublic.com and celebrate 25 years of the Biker Taker with us!    Listen to "Reconstruction", the new full length album from Travis White! Stream Travis's new album of original tunes on Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, or wherever you love to listen!   Stay connected with our Creature Community by following us on Instagram and Facebook!   Be sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel and check out all our travel vlogs from SummerSlam and Royal Rumbles past!

SURPRISE! Talking Taker cohost Alex Doriot is joined by P.S.K. member Tommy On The Spot from the Watchalong Wrestling YouTube channel for another special simulcast celebrating Royal Rumble season. This year we're charting our Top 10 surprise entrants in Rumble history. The surprises each year are part of what make the Rumble the most fun match to watch, and we each pick our 10 favorite mystery participants. Some were nostalgic, some were comedic, and some were unexpected returns, but they all made for some of the most memorable moments in Rumble history. Get in the spirit for this year's 30 Man and 30 Woman extravaganza and let us know who you think had the better list! Be sure to subscribe to Tommy's YouTube channel to watch the video version of this episode, check out his latest PPV match rankings, and all of his other excellent Royal Rumble content!

It's Royal Rumble season so we're helping you get in the spirit with a classic Talking Taker Watch-Along episode, BACK FROM THE DEAD at the top of your podcast feed! It's the 25th anniversary of the epic 2001 Royal Rumble so we invite you to revisit our coverage of this classic. This match was also drafted #1 overall on our Ultimate Rumble Fantasy Draft, which is even more reason to rewatch this one with us! This one has our patented live commentary of the match itself plus our discussion of Drew Carey's Hall Of Fame performance, Kane's incredible run through the roster, the surprising return of Haku, a rare match between Raven and The Undertaker during the build, and so much more! Enjoy this look back, and be sure to join us February 1st for a brand new episode diving into Undertaker footage from the WWE Vault channel!