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Phil, J.R. and Bucky take on TNA, WWE, Lucha Underground and AEW Death Matches!!

WWE Vault drops a Omni Show with Buzz Sawyer and Roddy Piper in a dog collar match and we have to do a show. Eric and Phil do a late night ramble on a new classic

The gents discuss midwest death match wrestling, including Necro Butcher, Ian Rotten and more

Phil is joined by the founder and CEO of AEW Tony Khan, and they talk about some of the great matches in the promotions history which are featured in the Way of the Blade:AEW Edition, and stay tuned to the end for a big announcement!!

The boys discusses Combat Zone Wrestling and Assign matches to the Pro Wrestling Canon

Phil welcomes the Mad King to the Way of the Blade Pod! We talk about his feud with Chris Hero, why he works better with guys he doesn't like, and we dig into some of the hidden gems of his career!!

Back with another episode of the Death Match Canon, Phil and the Boys discusses and canonize matches death matches before and including ECW's Born to Be Wired. We talk Puerto Rico, Taipai Death Matches, Lawler and much more!

We launch a new project on the Way of the Blade Pod, discussing the canonical pro-wrestling matches. Season One of the Canon is the Death Match Canon and in this episode we talk about FMW and which FMW death matches deserve canonization

Phil talks with his friend and fellow Segunda Caida founder Tom Karro-Gassner about one of the odder matches in his book a lumberjack match from WAR between Kodo Fuyuki and Kendo Nagasaki, we talk about the greatness of WAR, Japanese Indy scum wrestling and much more

Phil talks with his good friend and zine co-author JR Goldberg about the epic IWRG mask match between Trauma 1 and Canis Lupus

Phil and Eric talk about the Duggan vs Sawyer dog collar match, a bit, and talk a whole lot about other stuff

Phil talks with the legendary Sandman!! We talk about how much he loved working with Sabu, working Jerry Lawler early in his career, his favorite opponents, wrestling on Ecstasy, the WCW Junkyard match and much more!

Phil is joined by the Wrestling Genius Daniel Makabe to talk about the epic Villiano 3 vs. Atlantis mask vs. mask match. We talk about the way lucha libre has changed, the greatness of old luchadores, Daniel's bloody retirement match, DEAN~! and much more!!

Phil is joined by Indy wrestling icon Joey Janela to talk about his favorite Dome match Jinsei Shinzaki vs. Great Muta from 4/29/96. We talk about him wrestling Shinzaki and Sasuke, the greatness of wrestling spectacle and his upcoming match against Masato Tanaka

Phil talks with Charles from PWO and Wrestling Playlists about the greatest War Games ever, we rank the contenders, talk about what made J.J. Dillion so great and the problems with modern War Games