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The show where your nerdy obsession with Professional Wrestling is not only tolerated... it is celebrated! Every week Mat and Adam take a brief look at the history of Pro Wrestling of the day. From there we take a few minutes to review a retro WWE Raw or Smackdown from this week 24 years ago and then finish with The Wrestling Stu. Think of it as a catch all to cover what is going on all across the landscape of the sport from the previous week, or just random life events that need to be shared with our great listeners. Our goal is to entertain and hopefully make you laugh along the way!

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#315- Mania Weekend 2026

2026/04/23

Hey Yo! This week on the show we thought that we would have a whole lot of stuff to talk about surrounding the WrestleMania weekend, but we had a flood here in our little neck of the woods that threw a wrench in all of our plans. We did get together to watch both nights of WrestleMania and a few other things. Oh. And Darby Allin won the AEW World Championship! Cheers!

#314- Dynasty Download

2026/04/16

Hey Yo! This week on the show we chat about the recent Dynasty PPV from AEW. Spoiler alert: It was really good. We also checked out the Smackdown before Backlash 2002 where things are heating up between Triple H and The Hulkster! We hope you all have a wonderful WrestleMania weekend and please hit us up and let us know how you are celebrating. Cheers!

#313- Raw Envy?!

2026/04/09

Hey Yo! This week on the show we get off on some random tangents, which we have been told many of you enjoy. We do get into the latest from AEW as they build up to Dynasty and all the WWE stuff as they build to WrestleMania weekend as well as a ton of other topics. Cheers!

#312- Riiiiiiiicola!

2026/04/02

Hey Yo. First and foremost, my apologies for the coughing, but I have been down bad for a few days, but Adam and I are back on our regularly scheduled BS as always for you fantastic listeners. Lots of WrestleMania in the history segment and from there we get into a new era of Smackdown as the draft has split the roster in half. We then tread water to the finish, but what are you gonna do? Cheers!

#311- Whatcha Gonna Do When the Kanenites Run Wild On You?!

2026/03/26

Hey Yo! This week on the show we are thankfully still in business for the Smackdown Symposium, which is great because it was such a fun episode. It happens to be the last time (for a bit) that both the Smackdown and Raw rosters will intermingle. The history segment was also fun and took a strange turn at the end. From there we took a look at an absolute bloodbath of a Texas Death Match from TNA and spent a little time on the current stuff. Cheers!

#310- Smackdown Sendoff?

2026/03/19

Hey gang! This week on the show we have a little lackluster history segment to kick things off. From there, we take a look at the Smackdown that followed WrestleMania 18. As it turns out, it may be the last Symposium as there has been a new development in the Peacock department. Then we spent the rest of the show chatting about Raw, and the AEW Revolution show, which was an absolute banger! Cheers!

#309- Road to Revolution 2026

2026/03/12

Hey gang! This week on the show we took a detailed look at the go home Smackdown to WrrestleMania X8. But first we kicked things off with some history and a surprise birthday phone call to one of our favorites. From there we continued on our path down the Kings Road as we watched a pivotal match between Misawa and Jumbo. Then we wrapped things up with some current AEW and WWE chatter. Cheers!

#308- Mask-y AF

2026/03/05

Hey Yo. This week on the show we kick things off with the usual history segment. It's pretty tame this week, not gonna lie. After that we check out the 3/7/02 Smackdown as they are just one show away from WrestleMania X8. In the Stu we talk about the WWE Elimination chamber where we saw the debut of Danhausen and the reveal of the mysterious masked man, and much more. Cheers!

#307- He's Got a (Net) Gun!

2026/02/26

Hey Yo! This week on the show we are ramping up the road to WrestleMania X8 in Toronto as we took a look at a crazy Smackdown. We had (almost) 100% less death in the history segment so that is a move in the right direction. We also recapped the latest JWA show and touched on the latest offerings from WWE, AEW and MLW. Cheers!

#306- Shirt Full of Hair?!

2026/02/19

Hey Yo. This week on the show we kick things off with a somber edition of the history seg. It was a dark day. We also took a look at the No Way Out 2002 show that saw the introduction of the NWO to the WWE, and the Smackdown that followed. They are definitely making their presence felt. In the Stu we chat mainly about AEW's Dynamite and Grand Slam: Sydney, but hit on some other stuff as well. Cheers!

#305- Bring Me His Heart!!!

2026/02/12

Hey gang! this week on the show we spent a lot of time on the go home show to the 2002 No Way Out show. There was a lot to cover in that Smackdown as we are in full on soap opera mode with this Stephanie/HHH thing. Not too much to note in the history seg and The Stu focused primarily on the latest offerings from WWE & AEW. We did have some WWE Vault on in the background that may have been mentioned a few times, lol.

#304- A Royal Recap

2026/02/05

Hey Yo! This week on the program we have an abbreviated version of the history before getting into the Smackdown Symposium where we are just days away from the NWO arriving in the WWF. From there we get into the main event of the show, which was the Royal Rumble watch party with none other than Kevin Nash. It was a memorable time and we did our best to tell the whole tale. Cheers!

#303- Evil Empire

2026/01/29

Hey gang! Its a special week here on the program. We randomly draw our numbers for the annual tattoo royal rumble. Stick around until the end of the show for that. We also have a great time talking about random things in the history segment and ask several pressing questions to Google Gemini. Cheers!

#302- Lethal Dose of Poison!!!

2026/01/22

Hey gang! This week on the show we spent a little more time than usual on the Smackdown Symposium because, while it was strange, it contained a big moment. We had a lot of Royal Rumble talk in the history segment, and in the Stu, we talked about a variety of things including JCW Lunacy, AEW and WWE. Cheers!

#301- Safety First!

2026/01/15

Hey Yo! This week on the show we chat about the go home Smackdown to the 2002 Royal Rumble, as well as some good stuff in the history segment. As far as current action goes, it was pretty AEW heavy as WWE tipped their hand with what was going on before we could watch. Also, an old lady gives Mat advice on life. Cheers!

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8 reviews

★★★★★

KevinTriskett 2025/01/30

Awesome Wrestling Podcast

Great format, tons of fun, perfect mix of nostalgia and current events. I listen and enjoy every week.

★★★★★

Michael-Carlson-22 2025/01/10

Incredible podcast hosted by good blokes

I’m grateful for every time I get to hear Mat and Adam chat about wrestling. No one has better chemistry in the wrestling podcast community right now!

★★★★★

Sam_Bro_1 2022/04/07

Awesome!!

Fantastic podcast! Love the retro raw reviews! These guys actually know what they’re talking about and keep up with current day and past wrestling. Ju...

★★★★★

Veritaslisaint 2022/02/03

Great people great show

Major pod fam 4-life

★★★★★

Guy3g 2020/05/19

I like pro wrestling

I really like pro wrestling.

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