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.

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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).

In our previous episode, we covered Hulk Hogan's arrival at WCW at Bash at the Beach 1994. We all know that in wrestling, you don't only do it once, and you always raise the stakes for the second one. Not only was Hogan vs Flair in a cage, it was a retirement match, meaning whoever lost had to give up their wrestling career for a few months. Subscribe and tell your friends!

Also on the card:

Johnny B. Badd (c) vs. The Honky Tonk Man 3 Pretty Wonderful (Paul Orndorff and Paul Roma) vs Stars and Stripes (The Patriot and Marcus Alexander Bagwell) (c) 4 Dave Sullivan vs Kevin Sullivan 5 Dustin Rhodes vs Arn Anderson (with Col. Robert Parker and Meng) Singles match 09:506 Jim Duggan (c) vs Steve Austin by disqualification Singles match for the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship7 Big Van Vader (with Harley Race) vs The Guardian Angel 8 The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobbs and Jerry Sags) vs Terry Funk and Bunkhouse Buck (with Col. Robert Parker and Meng)

1994 marked a massive change for WCW. Bill Watts left the company, only to be replaced by Eric Bischoff in a shocking move. Bischoff's first massive move: sign the most famous professional wrestler in the world, Hulk Hogan, and finally pit him against Ric Flair for the World Heavyweight Championship. Bash At The Beach was the first meeting between the two, and it also included names like Steve Austin, Cactus Jack, Terry Funk, Dustin Rhodes, Bobby "The Brain" Heenan, and many other iconic wrestling figures. Tell your friends about our podcast thanks

In part 2 of our foray into the Hardy Boyz, Dudley Boyz, and Edge and Christian, we explore the back half of their hottest run, including the infamous first two Tables, Ladders, and Chairs matches at Summerslam 2000 and Wrestlemania 17. Boy, did these guys put on a show. Subscribe and tell your friends how funny we are.

Many people still associate tag team wrestling with what Edge and Christian, The Dudley Boyz, and the Hardy Boyz did starting in 1999 in WWF. The matches were fun, they were brutal, and they involved three very distinct pairs of wrestlers who were there to put on a good show. In this episode, we talk about the beginnings of this run and it all developed. Subscribe for part 2 next week!

In 1992, the WWF had a ton of stars but not very much juice. They brought in Ric Flair, thinking they were going to match him up with the icon Hulk Hogan, but got cold feet and never made the match. At Wrestlemania 8, they decided to do a double main event, with Flair taking on Macho Man Randy Savage and Hogan wrestling Sid Justice. Was it any good? Let us know what you think and subscribe if you haven't already!

The 1992 Royal Rumble is widely regarded as one of the best ever. Ric Flair broke the record for the longest time spent at the Royal Rumble at that time, and Bobby Heenan was his biggest cheerleader on commentary. There were characters, legends, angles being set up, and a masterclass in performing by two of the best to ever do it. Was it the best? Let us know and subscribe!

By 1989, Dusty Rhodes was already a wrestling legend. A multiple time NWA champ who had shown an ability to win over audiences all over the country, the time finally came for him to work for Vince McMahon... and he wore polka dots. And the crowd loved him. This is a classic wrestling story that deserves to be told. Subscribe if you like the show!

Rey Mysterio was a star in WCW, but he never quite made it up past the beginning of the card where they kept the cruiserweights. After WCW folded and a brief (paid) hiatus, he finally came over to the WWE to much pomp and circumstance. What was his first year like? Like/Subscribe/Jump Out The Sky.

A year after fumbling the Sting bag, WCW had built themselves another star in Bill Goldberg (also known as William Billiam "Goldberg" Goldberg.) Poetically, it all came down to a Starrcade. Would Bischoff and the WCW team learn from their mistakes of 1997?

For nearly two years, WCW looked like they may take over as the world's premiere wrestling organization. In 1997, they had one of the hottest feuds in wrestling history with Hulk Hogan vs Sting, and all they had to do was bring it home, but what followed was probably the biggest fumble in the history of professional wrestling. This is the story of, and our reactions to, Starrcade 1997.