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Today's Eyes Up Here with Francine welcomes the director and producer of the critically acclaimed documentary Beyond the Mat, Barry Blaustein. 25 years after Beyond the Mat gave fans an inside look at the behind-the-scenes workings of the biggest promotions in wrestling, we look back with Barry at how he views the film now versus then and if he would change anything about his creative process of making this ground-breaking feature. Barry also touches on the vibe and reception he received from the different locker rooms he entered, as well as the type of atmosphere he encountered when filming at Titan Tower with Vince McMahon.  You can now send questions into Francine's Eyes Up Here Podcast: email allpodcastquestions@gmail.com  Follow Francine on all platforms @ECWDIVAFRANCINE Instagram / Twitter Order Francine's OFFICIAL t-shirts: Francine's Pro Wrestling Tees store. Subscribe for FREE or become a channel member of "The Queen of Extreme" Francine's Eyes Up Here YouTube experience to get access to exclusive content. Memberships start at $5.99. We've got watch alongs of classic ECW matches, personalized Francine emojis and additional content added from the Eyes Up Here video library. Plus EXCLUSIVE members only content featuring Francine and Chad.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

"The Queen of Extreme" is back from vacation, and she is ready to cover the entire Vince McMahon controversy from top to bottom. From the original court filings to some of the most recent updates, Francine comments on what she thinks of this entire situation and reveals new details on how certain uncomfortable scenarios played out backstage during her time in the WWE with Vince McMahon and members of upper management. You can now send questions into Francine's Eyes Up Here Podcast: email allpodcastquestions@gmail.com  Follow Francine on all platforms @ECWDIVAFRANCINE Instagram / Twitter Order Francine's OFFICIAL t-shirts: Francine's Pro Wrestling Tees store. Subscribe for FREE or become a channel member of "The Queen of Extreme" Francine's Eyes Up Here YouTube experience to get access to exclusive content. Memberships start at $5.99. We've got watch alongs of classic ECW matches, personalized Francine emojis and additional content added from the Eyes Up Here video library. Plus EXCLUSIVE members only content featuring Francine and Chad.   Subscribe HERE! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Filling in for Francine this week is ECW alumni and "Quintessential Stud Muffin" Joel Gertner. Joel comes to Eyes Up Here during a continuing breaking story surrounding the WWE's founder Vince McMahon and his ongoing legal problems surrounding the many accusations and revelations made by former employee Janel Grant in a court filling made public late last month.  You can now send questions into Francine's Eyes Up Here Podcast: email allpodcastquestions@gmail.com  Follow Francine on all platforms @ECWDIVAFRANCINE Instagram / Twitter Order Francine's OFFICIAL t-shirts: Francine's Pro Wrestling Tees store. Subscribe for FREE or become a channel member of "The Queen of Extreme" Francine's Eyes Up Here YouTube experience to get access to exclusive content. Memberships start at $5.99. We've got watch alongs of classic ECW matches, personalized Francine emojis and additional content added from the Eyes Up Here video library. Plus EXCLUSIVE members only content featuring Francine and Chad.   Subscribe HERE! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

THIS EPISODE WAS RECORDED PRIOR TO THE NEWS BREAKING REGARDING VINCE MCMAHON Take a trip with us back to some of ECW's classic moments as "The Chadster" and ECW's one and only "Queen of Extreme" run down a list of classic storylines and angles. We analyze five that still hold up really well today in 2024 and five that are completely played out and wouldn't stand a chance in the modern landscape.    You can now send questions into Francine's Eyes Up Here Podcast: email allpodcastquestions@gmail.com  Follow Francine on all platforms @ECWDIVAFRANCINE Instagram / Twitter Order Francine's OFFICIAL t-shirts: Francine's Pro Wrestling Tees store. Subscribe for FREE or become a channel member of "The Queen of Extreme" Francine's Eyes Up Here YouTube experience to get access to exclusive content. Memberships start at $5.99. We've got watch alongs of classic ECW matches, personalized Francine emojis and additional content added from the Eyes Up Here video library. Plus EXCLUSIVE members only content featuring Francine and Chad.   Subscribe HERE! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

For the first time since we've joined iHeartRadio, "The Franchise" Shane Douglas returns to Eyes Up Here. From Tony Khan's touchy tweeting to the new regime running WWE, in typical Shane Douglas fashion, he leaves nothing off the table and delivers his controversial, unfiltered take on all matters having to do with the wrestling business. Plus, "The Queen of Extreme" Francine and "The Franchise" talk all about their huge year ahead and all of their big plans for this coming WrestleCon weekend in Philadelphia.  You can now send questions into Francine's Eyes Up Here Podcast: email allpodcastquestions@gmail.com  Follow Francine on all platforms @ECWDIVAFRANCINE Instagram / Twitter Order Francine's OFFICIAL t-shirts: Francine's Pro Wrestling Tees store. Subscribe for FREE or become a channel member of "The Queen of Extreme" Francine's Eyes Up Here YouTube experience to get access to exclusive content. Memberships start at $5.99. We've got watch alongs of classic ECW matches, personalized Francine emojis and additional content added from the Eyes Up Here video library. Plus EXCLUSIVE members only content featuring Francine and Chad.   Subscribe HERE! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sometimes it takes a name change. Coming off a huge weekend filled with buzz and social media traction, we look at TNA Wrestling's Hard to Kill event, the new faces that have joined the company, and where they all may go from here. Also, a Netflix documentary about Vince McMahon is back on the table. We discuss the possibility of the former WWE chairman being involved with the highly controversial project. You can now send questions into Francine's Eyes Up Here Podcast: email allpodcastquestions@gmail.com    Follow Francine on all platforms @ECWDIVAFRANCINE Instagram / Twitter Order Francine's OFFICIAL t-shirts: Francine's Pro Wrestling Tees store. Subscribe for FREE or become a channel member of "The Queen of Extreme" Francine's Eyes Up Here YouTube experience to get access to exclusive content. Memberships start at $5.99. We've got watch alongs of classic ECW matches, personalized Francine emojis and additional content added from the Eyes Up Here video library. Plus EXCLUSIVE members only content featuring Francine and Chad.   Subscribe HERE! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We turn the show back over to the Eyes Up Here universe for this week's episode. We finish up the questions from our last Ask Francine. *ALMOST* Anything? For the diehard wrestling fan, these questions are tailor-made for you. We discuss topics such as Bam Bam Bigelow's WWF career, catfights, fans getting too close to the action, and who should be the first ECW star elected to the WWE Hall of Fame.   You can now send questions into Francine's Eyes Up Here Podcast: email allpodcastquestions@gmail.com    Follow Francine on all platforms @ECWDIVAFRANCINE Instagram / Twitter Order Francine's OFFICIAL t-shirts: Francine's Pro Wrestling Tees store. Subscribe for FREE or become a channel member of "The Queen of Extreme" Francine's Eyes Up Here YouTube experience to get access to exclusive content. Memberships start at $5.99. We've got watch alongs of classic ECW matches, personalized Francine emojis and additional content added from the Eyes Up Here video library. Plus EXCLUSIVE members only content featuring Francine and Chad.   Subscribe HERE! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Picking up where we left off in our last podcast episode, Eyes Up Here with Francine kicks off 2024 with the second half of the haunting Tammy Sytch interview. The next chapter of this compelling look-back is complete with all the new details that were fresh off the wire prior to the publication of this episode. You can now send questions into Francine's Eyes Up Here Podcast: email allpodcastquestions@gmail.com  Follow Francine on all platforms @ECWDIVAFRANCINE Instagram / Twitter Order Francine's OFFICIAL t-shirts: Francine's Pro Wrestling Tees store. Subscribe for FREE or become a channel member of "The Queen of Extreme" Francine's Eyes Up Here YouTube experience to get access to exclusive content. Memberships start at $5.99. We've got watch alongs of classic ECW matches, personalized Francine emojis and additional content added from the Eyes Up Here video library. Plus EXCLUSIVE members only content featuring Francine and Chad.   Subscribe HERE! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Last month, WWE Hall of Famer Tammy Sytch was sentenced to more than 17 years in prison following a fatal DUI crash.  The unfortuntate incident tragically killed a 75-year-old man. The crash occurred in Volusia County, Florida, in March 2022. Eight months prior, Tammy joined Eyes Up Here for an in-depth interview during which she discussed many of the details of her prior stays behind bars, what she would do to prevent any future incarceration, and what she thought she could do to build a brighter future. Today's Eyes Up Here: True Crime Special features: "The Queen of Extreme" Francine re-listening to the interview and providing new commentary on the discussion with what we all know now about the facts and the story behind one of the 1990s most downloaded women on the internet.   You can now send questions into Francine's Eyes Up Here Podcast: email allpodcastquestions@gmail.com  Follow Francine on all platforms @ECWDIVAFRANCINE Instagram / Twitter Order Francine's OFFICIAL t-shirts: Francine's Pro Wrestling Tees store. Subscribe for FREE or become a channel member of "The Queen of Extreme" Francine's Eyes Up Here YouTube experience to get access to exclusive content. Memberships start at $5.99. We've got watch alongs of classic ECW matches, personalized Francine emojis and additional content added from the Eyes Up Here video library. Plus EXCLUSIVE members only content featuring Francine and Chad.   Subscribe HERE! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sean Ross Sapp is the managing editor for Fightful.com. Today he joins Eyes Up Here for the first time to discuss last week's episode with Vince Russo and how their personal animosity has grown throughout the years. Sean also tells Francine all about his recent charitable effort and work with a local wrestling promotion to help raise money for a good cause, as well as why he decided to learn how to train inside the wrestling world when he began reporting on it. Additionally, Sean tells a detailed story about a so-called wrestling journalist who tried to publicly confront him at Starrcast in 2022. You can now send questions into Francine's Eyes Up Here Podcast: email allpodcastquestions@gmail.com  Follow Francine on all platforms @ECWDIVAFRANCINE Instagram / Twitter Order Francine's OFFICIAL t-shirts: Francine's Pro Wrestling Tees store. Subscribe for FREE or become a channel member of "The Queen of Extreme" Francine's Eyes Up Here YouTube experience to get access to exclusive content. Memberships start at $5.99. We've got watch alongs of classic ECW matches, personalized Francine emojis and additional content added from the Eyes Up Here video library. Plus EXCLUSIVE members only content featuring Francine and Chad.   Subscribe HERE! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Vince Russo returns to Eyes Up Here for the first time in over three years for our latest iHeartRadio installment. The former WWE Head Writer pulls no punches, dropping anecdotes about his time working alongside Vince McMahon and how his suggestions helped program some of the most memorable moments of the Attitude Era. Vince also dives into what is wrong with wrestling programming today and how he thinks things could be fixed. You can now send questions into Francine's Eyes Up Here Podcast: email allpodcastquestions@gmail.com  Follow Francine on all platforms @ECWDIVAFRANCINE Instagram / Twitter Order Francine's OFFICIAL t-shirts: Francine's Pro Wrestling Tees store. Subscribe for FREE or become a channel member of "The Queen of Extreme" Francine's Eyes Up Here YouTube experience to get access to exclusive content. Memberships start at $5.99. We've got watch alongs of classic ECW matches, personalized Francine emojis and additional content added from the Eyes Up Here video library. Plus EXCLUSIVE members only content featuring Francine and Chad.   Subscribe HERE! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Aron Stevens joins Francine this week on Eyes Up Here. "The Queen of Extreme" and the former "Intellectual Savior of the (Unwashed) Masses" get together for the first time to discuss Aron's current role as a Manager in the NWA, his thoughts on their continuing growth, and why the critics are wrong about the overall perception of the company.  You can now send questions into Francine's Eyes Up Here Podcast: email allpodcastquestions@gmail.com  Follow Francine on all platforms @ECWDIVAFRANCINE Instagram / Twitter Order Francine's OFFICIAL t-shirts: Francine's Pro Wrestling Tees store. Subscribe for FREE or become a channel member of "The Queen of Extreme" Francine's Eyes Up Here YouTube experience to get access to exclusive content. Memberships start at $5.99. We've got watch alongs of classic ECW matches, personalized Francine emojis and additional content added from the Eyes Up Here video library. Plus EXCLUSIVE members only content featuring Francine and Chad.   Subscribe HERE! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.