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Today on Something Else, Arya and Trae dive head-first into November 5, 1983! On Mid South, Dusty Rhodes gets assaulted by Nikolai Volkoff’s bag of wheat during a tag team title match as Rhodes & Hacksaw Jim Duggan take on Butch Reed and Jim Neidhart. Plus Junkyard Dog faces Bobby Duncum, Sr, King Cobra turns yellow and Leaping Lanny leaps off the top rope. On World Class, everyone is drunk. The announcer, the graphics guy, Bill Mercer, everyone. Kamala gets disqualified for one thing while Kevin Von Erich is able to flagrantly break the rules without issue. Plus they discuss a passing in Trae’s extended family, the 2024 US Presidential Election, Chavo Classic, Jim Duggan’s hygiene, whether or not Butch Reed killed Junkyard Dog, if Doug Dillinger is still alive, whether or not The Missing Link is Mil Mascaras, 2002 All Japan World’s Strongest Tag League, The Gazelle and Dustin Rhodes vs Team Canada. A fun show as always

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Due to a family emergency, the schedule changed this week. Arya & Trae are scheduled to be back Wednesday with the normal Mid South/World Class show.

On today's Something Else, Arya and Cyndi look at November 6, 2002's TNA pay-per-view, which is the show that made Bryan and Vinny quit and to be honest we are not 100% sure why. This show is bad, but not as bad as we've seen lately. Chris Harris and James Storm have their star making performance by cutting their best promo ever up to this point before they defend the tag team titles against The Disciples Of The New Church. Plus, AJ Styles defends the X-Division Title against Jerry Lynn, BG James faces Sonny Siaki, Miss TNA Bruce has his last ever singles match, Jeff Jarrett continues his face turn against Curt Hennig and Ron Killings has some words for Mr. Wrestling III. All that and Jerry Jarrett being mad at Vince Russo. Another fun show!

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Today on the Smoky Mountain Re-Watch-Along Project, Arya and Trae discuss Tracy Smothers doing a commercial for a local car company, but he can't remember the name of the road and so Primetime Brian Lee shows up and kicks his ass. Plus, Tracy then wrestles a man by the name of Juicy Johnny, which leads to this week’s moment that will get Arya and Trae canceled one day. Dirty White Boy defends the TV Title against Steve Armstrong and Bullet Bob Armstrong has a match with Jim Cornette to talk about. All that plus the MONSTER MASH BATTLE ROYAL and a discussion about WWE ECW, amazingly awful WWE theme songs from 2007, comparing Tracy Smothers to British Bulldog, Super Junior Tag League, Mike Adamle, The New Breed, Papa Johns vs Dominos, Trae wonders what Hillary Clinton is like in bed and the Authors of Pain. A fun show as always!

Today on Something Else, it’s Wednesday, so it’s Total Nonstop Arya! Arya and Cyndi are looking at the October 30, 2002 episode of NWA: TNA. Today, TNA has their second good show in a row as today AJ Styles defends the X-Division Title against Amazing Red in a phenomenal main event. Quite possibly the best one-on-one match in TNA history up to this point. Plus Curt Hennig is still obsessed with Diamond Dallas Page, a man, who again, is not in the company, America’s Most Wanted is finally America’s Most Wanted, Scott Hall challenges R-Truth for the NWA World Title and a #1 Contender’s Tournament starts! Don Harris is named the referee of the tournament and then promptly fired, Miss TNA Bruce has a not bad match and Jerry Lynn has another great match with Sonny Siaki. Another fun show as always!

Today on Something Else, Arya and Trae dive head-first into October 29, 1983! On Mid South, Magnum TA loses the North American Title twice. First he lost it on a house show to Nikolai Volkoff, but then his title win was retroactively reversed and the title reverted back to Butch Reed. Reed, however, has to defend the title against Junkyard Dog with Dusty Rhodes as referee. Volkoff is so upset that he now brings a giant bag of wheat to the ring with him. On World Class, we have the funniest moment in the show’s history as Michael Hayes and Kamala are a team and Kamala doesn’t understand what being on a tag team is. Then The Masked Avenger, who looks, acts, walks and wrestles like Chris Adams is unmasked as…GASP! Chris Adams! Then in the main event, Kevin Von Erich puts Terry Gordy in a five minute bodyscissors and it’s the greatest thing ever. Plus they discuss the Adam Cole-MJF feud, recency bias, Arya reads from her book, WrestleMania IV, Prime Time Wrestling, talking segments vs wrestling segments, Diamond Dallas Page vs Buff Bagwell, Bill Mercer (who is still alive) covering the JFK assassination, TNA Bound For Glory 2024, the episode of Raw in 2009 with Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff vs Mike Rotunda & Barry Windham and JBL. A fun show as always.

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Today on the Smoky Mountain Re-Watch-Along Project, Arya and Trae discuss one of the worst SMW shows ever. The show goes alright for the first 35 minutes, but then it fell off a cliff when Tim Horner came out and the reason it went wrong had nothing to do with Horner. “Smoky Mountain Champion Tracy Smothers is on Down & Dirty With Dutch” was promoted and every part of that sentence is wrong. First of all, Brian Lee won the title and secondly the segment gets edited off the show. Dirty White Boy defends the TV Title and Bullet Bob threatens death upon Jim Cornette. Plus they discuss Konosuke Takeshita vs Mike Bailey and Josh Alexander, Maple Leaf Wrestling, Bailey vs Will Ospreay, TNA Bound For Glory, comparing the New Age Outlaws to Enzo Amore & Big Cass, Night Of Champions 2014, Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff going to TNA, Vince Russo & Ed Ferrara, Nancy Grace, Chris Benoit being demoted from the Four Horsemen to Raw, Ospreay vs Takeshita vs Ricochet, Benoit vs Triple H vs Shawn Michaels and Triple H burying half of WWE.

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It's Wednesday, so it's Total Nonstop Arya and Arya & Cyndi review NWA: TNA from October 23, 2002, with a show that was at least a million times better than last week's show. Syxx-Pac defends the X-Division Title against AJ Styles moments after he makes out with April. You'll never guess what Brian Lawler does in response. Jerry Lynn faces Sonny Siaki in what may be Siaki's best match ever. Plus, Jeff Jarrett, Curt Hennig, BG James, Ron Killings and Scott Hall are all wrestling each other, Hennig is on a lot of drugs, Hall is on a lot of drugs, Hennig calls Diamond Dallas Page a total mark for some reason, and we have a 5-way X-Division elimination match to determine the next X-Division #1 Contender. All that and so much more. A fun show as always.

Today on Something Else, Arya and Trae dive head-first into October 22, 1983! On Mid South, we have a mixed match featuring the mini wrestlers. Plus, new North American Champion Magnum TA defends against King Kong Bundy, Junkyard Dog takes on Max The Missing Link and more fallout from Butch Reed & Jim Neidhart winning the tag team titles. On World Class, Iceman King Parsons challenges Harley Race for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. Remember the last time Harley was on the show defending the NWA Title and David Von Erich cost his brother the title? Well, David can’t let anyone have the damn belt. Plus Art Crews shrinks this week and Michael Hayes faces John Mantell. On top of that, they discuss Dusty Rhodes’ original babyface turn, Kris Statlander’s babyface turn, Private Party, Bad Luck Fale, House Of Torture, comedy in wrestling, Joe Koff, Jim Ross killing Jim Crockett Promotions, Rikishi’s response to Vince Russo ripping Jey Uso for being emotional about winning the Intercontinental title, Jim Cornette pissing on Russo’s grave and Eddie Gilbert almost being like Hitler. A fun show as always!

Having issues with Comcast and don't have the ability to write out the full preview. Enjoy!

Sorry for the delay, had a crazy day dealing with Comcast. Here is an exceptionally awful episode of TNA.

Today on Something Else, Arya and Trae dive head-first into October 15, 1983! On Mid South, Trae loses his ever-loving mind about the debut of Leaping Lanny Poffo. What did Lanny do that caused Trae to freak out? Listen! Also, Butch Reed has chosen to defend the North American Title and wants the fans to choose his opponent, however he has final right of refusal over the challenger. If that’s not enough, he is going to team with Jim Neidhart to take on Magnum TA and Hacksaw Jim Duggan for the tag team titles and the 6’ Art Crews wrestles. On World Class, it is Jimmy Garvin, with Sunshine and the debuting Prescious, taking on David Von Erich. However, Kamala wants an up close and personal view of the proceedings. If that’s not enough for Kamala, he also takes on the 6’7” Art Crews. Plus, the Freebirds battle Chris Adams and John Mantell, of all people. If that’s enough, Arya and Trae are going to discuss the AEW WrestleDream Tag Team Title Match with the Young Bucks vs Private Party. A fun show as always!

Today on the Smoky Mountain Re-Watch-Along Project, Arya and Trae discuss why Wing Kanemura will not be appearing at Summer Blast and the legal actions that Kevin Sullivan is trying to take to force Smoky Mountain to do something they want to do. Two title matches today, in one Bobby Blaze defends the Beat The Champ title against an all time great, Mike Sampson and in the other, The Rock and his partner, Roll Express, take on The Bruise Brothers for the tag team titles. Plus Dutch shows how fearless he is by drinking Pepsi. On top of that, they talk about Darby Allin climbing Mount Everest, Lance Archer’s theme song, AEW’s new tv deal, TNA’s lack of an identity, Triple H’s reign of terror, Jeff Jarrett’s reign of terror, Arn Anderson’s scissor fight with Sid Vicious, re-booking 2004 WWE for some reason, Walking Tall and Sean William Scott’s filmography. A super duper fun show.

Today on Something Else, it’s Wednesday, so it’s Total Nonstop Arya! Arya and Cyndi are looking at the October 9, 2002 episode of NWA: TNA-the absolute worst show ever…until next week’s show and Jerry Jarrett takes credit for the entire show. Actor/Comedian Chris Rock is here. Yes, that Chris Rock. Former AWA World Champion Curt Hennig is here. Yes, that former AWA World Champion Curt Hennig. Hermie Sadler gets confronted by Miss TNA Bruce. Yes, that Hermie Sadler and Miss TNA Bruce. On top of that, Ron Harris has a new tag team partner, Ace Steel is constipated, Mortimer Plumtree has a new associate and Syxx-Pac wins the main event despite not being a participant in it. All this and so much more on a fun episode of Something Else.

Today on Something Else, Arya and Trae dive head-first into October 8, 1983! On Mid South, we have a clarification that Jerry Oates and Marty Jannetty are not brothers, but they do take on a brand-new team in Butch Reed and Jim Neidhart. Then Junkyard Dog & Krusher Darsow form a team and King Kong Bundy & Max form a team, but they don’t wrestle each other because that would make this show more interesting, and we have the debut of Leaping Lanny Poffo. On World Class, John Mantell goes to yet another time limit draw, this time with Buddy Roberts. Plus, we have the most recent Kerry Von Erich vs Terry Gordy match and in the greatest moment in World Class history, Bill Mercer interviews General Skandor Akbar in front of Bill Rathke while he takes a shower. All that and so much more on another fun edition of Something Else.

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Today on Something Else, it's Wednesday so it's Total Nonstop Arya and Arya and Cyndi take a look at the October 2, 2002 TNA show. Today, Scott Hall is scheduled to take part in a 6-man tag team main event match but doesn't show up. Why? We'll discuss it on the show. Plus, this week's X-Division Title ladder match as AJ Styles challenges Jerry Lynn and it does not matter who wins because Bullet Bob Armstrong has decided that Jerry will leave as champion regardless. Plus, Sean Waltman insults Low-Ki and Jeff Jarrett & Brian Lawler face BG James and Syxx-Pac in the main event. A fun show as always!

Today on Something Else, Arya and Trae dive head-first into October 1, 1983! On Mid South, it’s Deja Vu all over again as King Kong Bundy cleanly pins Junkyard Dog for a 3 count, but Dog kicks out at 4 ½ and then beats him. Yes, we saw this a few weeks ago. Plus it’s the return of Frank La Vert and Max The Missing Link puts Arya to sleep. Plus it’s the debut of future Rocker, WWF Intercontinental Champion and butt of every joke, Marty Jannetty! On World Class, Bruiser Brody is going to murder Michael Hayes unless Terry Gordy has something to say about it. Spoiler Alert: He has something to say about it. Plus, you can fast forward the first 24 minutes of the show. Then Bill Rathke wrestles John Mantell and I want to fast forward another 5 minutes. All that and so much more on another fun edition of Something Else.

This week on SMW, I am sure a lot of stuff happens, but because Arya's Microsoft Word is acting up, she can't even tell you about it while she writes this preview at 6am. Tammy Fytch has announced she's signed someone. It's not Chris Candido, but he does defend the WWA World Heavyweight Championship, a new Beat The Champ TV Title holder is crowned between Dirty White Boy and Bobby Blaze. Plus a shocking incident occurs, fans, between Primetime Brian Lee and Tracy Smothers. All that and I am sure we go off the rails on today's episode.

Today on Something Else, it’s Wednesday, so it’s Total Nonstop Arya! Arya and Cyndi review the 14th edition of NWA: Total Nonstop Action from September 25, 2002. This week, Jerry Lynn and Sonny Siaki are fighting, but Siaki is finally deciding to cut ties with the rest of the Flying Elvis Impersonators. Chris Harris and James Storm make their first defense of the NWA World Tag Team Titles, facing Brian Lee and Ron Harris in a Tables Match, Jerry Lynn defends the X-Division Title against NWA Champion Ron The Truth Killings in a Lumberjack Match and Jeff Jarrett faces BG James in the main event. All this and so much more!

Today on Something Else, Arya and Trae dive head-first into September 17, 1983! On Mid South, One Man Gang and Junkyard Dog are given the whole 43-minute show to do their match, Thankfully for everyone involved, they went 5. Plus Nikolai Volkoff is angry at worked Russians, Geopolitical Bill Watts is angry at everyone who isn’t American, so Krusher Darsow turns face and we see the popular girl rasslers. On World Class, Chris Adams goes to yet another time limit draw, the booker’s brother wins, and Kevin & Kerry Von Erich wrestle The Mongol and Mr. Ebony and it’s just as good as it sounds. All that and so much more today on Something Else!

Today on the Smoky Mountain Re-Watch-Along Project, Primetime Brian Lee has the chance to become the first Beat The Champ TV Title holder to retire as champion. Spoiler alert. Not only does he win, but Tracy Smothers doesn't give him his chance to have a big moment. Tracy is mad because Mr. Ron Wright brought in George Weingeroff, of all people, and Weingeroff's giant penis tries to penetrate the SMW Champion. Plus Bullet Bob Armstrong is on his way back, Scott & Steve Armstrong suck, Ron & Don Harris do their best Kevin Sullivan impression and Dutch Mantell has received his honorary doctorate. All that and so much more. A fun show as always!

Today on Something Else, it's Wednesday so it's Total Nonstop Arya and Arya and Cyndi look at the first episode of the new TNA. For the first time in a month, TNA is live and they come out swinging. Unfortunately they missed. Today we find out who The Bullet is, Dustin Diamond aka Screech from Saved By The Bell is here, a 10-team Gauntlet for the NWA World Tag Team Titles, Stone Cold Don Harris keeps control and Jerry Lynn challenges Ron The Truth Killings for the NWA World Heavyweight Title. All that plus a Vince Russo swerve on what is a fun show as always!

Today on Something Else, Arya and Trae dive head-first into September 17, 1983! On Mid South, the heels just get bigger and bigger, as the vast majority of them are in excess of 300 pounds. Junkyard Dog wrestles Krusher Darsow, King Kong Bundy & Max The Missing Link face Jim Duggan & Magnum TA plus the debuts of Nicolai Volkoff and Jim The Anvil Neidhart. On World Class, Jim Garvin faces Iceman King Parsons in a non-title match. Kerry Von Erich faces Mr. Ebony and Terry Gordy battles Bruiser Brody in a hoss fight. Plus your amazing hosts talk about Arya’s car accident, ZSJ vs Sanada, Boyd Pierce standing up to Ernie Ladd in 1982, early-80’s Japanese wrestling, The Japanese Nerve Hold, the split between WCW and All Japan, Mitsuharu Misawa, Pro Wrestling NOAH, Korakuen Hall, WCW 1994, The Butcher, The Butcher & The Blade, TNA Slammiversary 2016 and sneaking booze in

Today on the Smoky Mountain Re-Watch-Along Project, Arya and Trae discuss WWA Heavyweight Champion of the World Chris Candido, Bobby Blaze’s asscrack, Brian Lee vs Paul Lee, the debut of Ron & Don Harris aka the Bruise Brothers and their assault on the Rock & Roll Express and a main event of Heavenly Bodies vs Scott & Steve Armstrong where Arya and Trae argue the star rating and talk about how Kurt Angle never had a 3 star match on SMW. Plus they talk about Raw moving to 2 hours, PWI 500, Stink Was Wronk, Riho, The Midnight Express in Dallas, the first ever pro-drug talk in wrestling podcast history, Rob Van Dam, Jerry Lynn, AJ Styles and Air Paris not being dead. Another fun show!

Today on Something Else, it’s Wednesday, so it’s Total Nonstop Arya! Arya and Cyndi are looking at Part 2 of the Best Damn Wrestling Event Period special and the good news is this week’s show is better than last weeks. That’s because last week was one of the worst fucking shows ever and this was at least not that, but oh God was it bad. Jeff Jarrett gets blown all show long and then defends the World Title in a cage match with Jeff Hardy. Plus AJ Styles falls from the ceiling, Tom Arnold allegedly wrestles Puppet, Team Canada wrestled 3 Live Kru in allegedly a Flag Match, Roddy Piper allegedly confronts Chris Rose, but AJ Styles really faces Abyss in a Tables Match. Plus a random ass appearance by Lex Luger and you find out The Stroke is a greater finisher than the Canadian Destroyer. A fun show despite that.

Today on Something Else, Arya and Trae dive head-first into September 10, 1983! On Mid South, it is a terrible show with big name main events. Junkyard Dog vs King Kong Bundy in an unofficial Best of 3 Falls match and Ted DiBiase vs Jim Duggan in a No DQ Match where if DiBiase loses he has to leave Mid South. On World Class, yet another Michael Hayes vs Kerry Von Erich match, Jim Garvin vs Chris Adams for the America’s Championship and the push of John Mantell continues. Plus, Arya and Trae discuss the Swerve Strickland vs Hangman Page cage match from All Out, Will Ospreay vs PAC, the split of the Blackpool Combat Club with Bryan Danielson & Wheeler Yuta vs Jon Moxley, Claudio Castignoli, PAC & Marina Shafir, The Outrunners, Christian Cage not cashing in Money In The Bank, Adam Cole, MJF filming a movie, Daniel Garcia, AEW stealing bad WWE angles, Kazuchika Okada being haunted by the New Japan CHAOS stable, Delta Dawn by Tanya Tucker, WrestleMania 36, Manslaughter, Terry Funk’s retirement match, Jim Cornette’s opinion on modern wrestling, Stephen P. New’s comments about Jim Ross, Arya giggles like a ninny talking about Chris Adams recreating the Lex Luger SummerSlam 93 finish and Wrestle Dynasty. Another fun show.

Today on the Smoky Mountain Re-Watch-Along Project, Dirty White Boy is going to challenge Primetime Brian Lee for the Beat The Champ TV Title, plus Bullet Bob Armstrong makes Arya piss her pants, Bobby Blaze wins a match and learns math, Chris Candido debuts and Jimmy Del Ray is a scumbag! All that, plus Hulk Hogan’s comments about Chris Benoit, blazing a joint with Bobby Blaze, Evolution turning on Randy Orton, Orton using CM Punk’s This Fire Burns theme, Home Alone 1 and 2, Jimmy Del Ray being kindred spirits with Vince McMahon, the Netflix Mr. McMahon documentary, Eric Bischoff, Who Killed WCW, Jim Cornette’s problems with wrestlers getting paid, Daniel Garcia, Swerve Strickland, Tony Khan treating people decently, Hangman Page, EVIL, Lance Archer, Tim Horner giving Pam Lawson the Natural Bridge, Tim Horner’s child, Van Hammer, Larry Labisco at La Omni, Cactus Jack having amnesia and New Japan’s Road To series. A fun show as always.

Today on Something Else, it’s Wednesday, so it’s Total Nonstop Arya! However, TNA skips the next two weeks in 2002, so Arya and Cyndi review the first of two Best Damn Wrestling Event Period shows in 2004. On today’s show there are wrestling matches, including an Ultimate X match, but none of those matter. What really matters are the five hosts doing bad comedy skits and the fans being mocked for being wrestling fans. The very first thing on this wrestling show is Chris Rose talking about how wrestling is fake and it all goes downhill from there. Making appearances on this show are Tom Arnold, John Salley, Bryan Cox, Monty Brown, The Naturals, Roddy Piper, AJ Styles, Alex Shelley, Jeff Hammond, Kid Kash, Lance Archer, Team Canada, America’s Most Wanted, 3 Live Kru, Christopher Daniels, Elix Skipper, Frankie Kazarian, Michael Shane and a battle for the linear Dupp Cup title. All that plus Arya loses her mind about Jeff Jarrett. A fun show as always!

Today on Something Else, Arya and Trae dive head-first into September 3, 1983! World Class doesn’t exist this week, so we are solo focused on Mid South Wrestling with the debut of Jim Ross as the lead announcer. Don’t be too worried because Boyd Pierce is doing ring announcing due to Reiser Bowden being on vacation. Thankfully, the show is pretty interesting this week. Magnum TA & Jim Duggan face The Road Warriors with a really stupid fucking finish. Then Max, aka The Missing Link faces Tim Horner in what may be a practical joke on the hosts, Junkyard Dog visits a burn victim and Ted DiBiase has a challenge for a Ted DiBiase Leaves Town Match. All that plus the debut of Ravishing Rick Rude, the 2024 Something Else NFL Preview and so much more this week on Something Else!

Today on the Smoky Mountain Re-Watch-Along Project, it is a cavalcade of amazing promos! Jim Cornette, Bullet Bob Armstrong, Mr. Ron Wright and even Scott Armstrong do battle for Promo Of The Show. Plus Primetime Brian Lee battles Jimmy Golden in a Loser Leaves AEW After 7 More House Shows Match and Tammy Fytch has her sights on The Rock & Roll Express. All that plus Arya and Trae discuss Sid Vicious, 1990 WCW, The Black Scorpion, AEW Dynamite, Tomohiro Ishii vs Hangman Page, everyone who wrestled at Madison Square Garden, Arena Mexico, Tokyo Dome and Wembley Stadium and everyone who still needs to wrestle at one of them and whether Shinsuke Nakamura is getting punished for Kazuchika Okada going to AEW. A fun show as always!

Today on Something Else, it’s Wednesday, so it’s Total Nonstop Arya! Arya and Cyndi, review the 11th edition of NWA: Total Nonstop Action from August 28, 2002, with the 2nd half of the first Death Of TNA! Witness a show completely lacking in attention to detail that ends with an exceptional main event, which is actually the best TNA match up to this point. Today, a 3-way ladder match with Low-Ki, AJ Styles and Jerry Lynn for the X-Division Title headlines the show and does it really matter what else is on the program? Well, Tenay and West plug a World Title match between Ron Killings and Brian Lawler and are then shocked when Killings is on the show, which is almost as bad as Don West trying to outlaw ladder matches and then forgetting all about the main event that they’ve plugged 212 times up to that point. On top of that, Bruce defends his Miss TNA title against April Hunter and Arya somehow confuses two entirely different women’s wrestlers and tries to play it off! All that and so much more. A fun show as always!

Today on Something Else, Arya and Trae dive head-first into August 27, 1983! On Mid-South Wrestling, Dr. Death Steve Williams & Magnum TA team up against Ted DiBiase & King Kong Bundy. Plus Arya compares Hacksaw Jim Duggan to Diamond Dallas Page, the contest between Kamala’s ring entrance time and match time took place and Boris Zurkhov wrestles in the opener! On World Class, Boris Zhukov wrestles in the main event, this time against Bruiser Brody. Don’t worry, Boris goes 0-2. On top of that, Kerry Von Erich wrestles Buddy Roberts, Gentleman Chris Adams wrestles someone who isn’t a main eventer, which means he does a 10-minute draw and Kevin Von Erich is highly upset about losing the American Title to Jim Garvin! Plus, Arya and Trae discuss The Bryan Danielson-Swerve Strickland match at All In with the tribute to Beyond The Mat and Mick Foley, the booking of Darby Allin vs Jack Perry and All In in general, CT scans, Magnum TA in the Hulk Hogan spot, the Dukes of Hazzard, the General Lee, Arya’s trip to Foxwoods that included John Mulaney and Arya doubling her money and Trae’s trip to Sam’s Club to see Cody Rhodes vs Minoru Suzuki. Another fun show as always!

Today on the Smoky Mountain Re-Watch-Along Project, Arya and Trae discuss the end of Stan Lane’s SMW career, as he lost the Last Tangle In Tennessee. Plus we have new SMW Champion. How the Hell did that happen? Ron Wright cuts an amazing promo AND the debut of Jimmy Del Ray. If that’s not enough, we hear from Bullet Bob Armstrong for the first time and he has vowed revenge on Jim Cornette. On top of that, we talk about Buddy Landell’s ball sweat, the 1997 Royal Rumble finish, Eureka’s Castle, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Amy Jo Johnson, the love of Barnstable, Massachusetts, Power Ranger Pink, everyone in WCW living in or near Atlanta, NXT, modern day WWE, NXT, bubbly blonde women, Gallows & Anderson vs Hank & Tank, Jaida Parker, Shawn Spears, No Quarter Catch Crew, the plethora of nameless people on NXT, being canceled and doxed, the WCW Disney tapings and Eric Bischoff. A fun show as always!

Today on Something Else, it’s Wednesday, so it’s Total Nonstop Arya! Arya and Cyndi, review the 10th edition of NWA: Total Nonstop Action from August 21, 2002, Today, TNA dies for the first time and it’s Part 1 of their first death, as their sponsor has pulled the plug. However Arya and Cyndi discuss everything going on. Plus we have the best show TNA has done so far, as we get a solid 2 hour wrestling show, featuring THREE AJ Styles vs Jerry Lynn matches, Bullet Bob Armstrong has a surprise for Jeff Jarrett, Low-Ki has yet another 4-way elimination match with The SAT, the Flying Elvis’ collide as Sonny Siaki wrestles Jimmy Yang and Ron Killings defends the World Title against the Alpha Male Monty Brown! Another fun show, as always!

Today on Something Else, Arya and Trae dive head-first into August 20, 1983! On Mid-South Wrestling, it is the return of Jim Ross! No, not the mayor of Arlington, Texas, but the other one. Today’s big main event is Butch Reed vs Jim Duggan where if Duggan wins, he gets 5 minutes with General Skandor Akbar. Plus we revisit the angle where Kamala bloodied Andre The Giant and body slammed him! On World Class, Kerry, Kevin and David Von Erich defend the 6-Man Tag Team Trophy against the Freebirds! Plus Sunshine is looking all the way live AND we revisit the angle where Kamala bloodied Andre The Giant and body slammed him! All that plus discussion of Zack Sabre Jr, G-1 Climax, submission wins, N-1 Victory, Tavion Heights, who had the superior belly-to-belly suplex, Shane McMahon falling from high things, Shane wrestling Darby Allin, Snoop Dogg, how to mispronounce things correctly, Lord Alfred Hayes talking about Ronceverte, WV, the DFW Airport Hotel and Conference Center, the Paris Olympics, ROH High Impact TV and Manscaped, who doesn’t pay us anything for this plug.

Today on the Smoky Mountain Re-Watch-Along Project, Arya and Trae discuss the biggest angle in Smoky Mountain history. It’s Rage In The Cage and Jim Cornette takes his anger out on Bullet Bob Armstrong. Of course, Jim needs the help of the Heavenly Bodies, Killer Kyle, Kevin Sullivan and Taz to help along. Plus, this is the ONLY show ever where one of the hosts does an impression of Dominic DeNucci talking about George Weingeroff’s penis. In case that’s not enough, they also talk about Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Michael Pickleseller, Gilmore Girls, torrents, dorks, Bloodline Rules Matches, Cody Rhodes Rules Matches, Cody being taken out of WrestleMania XL, The Rock’s penis, George Weingeroff’s penis, the booking of WrestleMania’s X, XX, XXX and XL. Eddie Guerrero, Kurt Angle, the booking of Triple H vs Chris Benoit vs Shawn Michaels, Kurt Angle vs Suguira, TNA, Lockdown, Jim Cornette vs Vince Russo, ROH, G1 Supercard, All In, the lost art of promos, the first battle royal in Madison Square Garden history, Shane Douglas, early ECW, loin cloth, Provincetown, Jeff Lynch, the Wrestling Observer letters page, “Dr.” Mike Lano, tape trading, Wrestling Society X and Fabian Kaelan. A total trainwreck, but a fun show as always!

Today on Something Else, it’s Wednesday, so it’s Total Nonstop Arya! Arya and Cyndi, review the 9th edition of NWA: Total Nonstop Action from August 14, 2002, Today, we have a new NWA Champion and Ron The Truth Killings (R-Truth) is here to team with sometimes rival/sometimes partner, Jeff Jarrett to take on sometimes rivals/sometimes World Tag Team Champions AJ Styles & Jerry Lynn. Plus Bill Behrens apparently got hit in the head too many times because now he is the big dog in charge, complete with comically oversized cowboy hat. Brian Lawler is back and he randomly hates Jeff Jarrett, Trevor Murdoch asks for a blowjob, Bruce thinks he’s Andy Kaufman, Don Harris is a Nazi and a Winner and Loser Leaves Town Dupp Cup match! Another fun show!

Today on Something Else, Arya and Trae dive head-first into August 13, 1983! On Mid-South Wrestling, it is the debut of The Butch Reed Show, followed by the debut of The General Skandor Akbar Show, followed by The Mr. Wrestling II Show and then we get 3 meaningless matches to fill out the last 10 minutes. On World Class, it is a double main event with Kerry Von Erich vs Michael Hayes and Iceman King Parsons vs Buddy Roberts. However, it is so much less exciting than that. Plus Chris Adams continues to not win and Mr. Ebony channels his inner-Indi Hartwell. Plus they talk about the death of Kevin Sullivan, Yuya Uemura’s injury, Happy Corbin, Kaito Kiyomiya vs Ryohei Oiwa, all the wrestling Trae watched in 24 hours, Chris Charlton calling Trae a wag, Arya searching Trae’s Twitter, injuries in the G-1 and the N-1, Harold & The Purple Crayon’s connection to 9/11, how much money Arya and Trae would have to make in order to review Impact from the beginning, John Mulaney, TV/DVR Sleeze Thread, Lexy Nair’s heel turn, how far away the La Quinta is from the Curtis Culwell Center, Arya trying to surreptitiously eat grapes while not on mute, driving to WrestleMania, Hotels.com, Chewy and how we’re not getting paid from either of those places.

Today on the Smoky Mountain Re-Watch-Along Project, Arya and Trae are one-third of the way through SMW and it is the go-home show to Volunteer Slam 93! Today it is legitimately one of, if not the, greatest promo in Smoky Mountain history as Jim Cornette is irate about Commissioner Bob Armstrong’s continuous interference in his business. Plus it is a Mask vs Mask Match where both men lose their masks, with Dixie Dy-no-mite vs The Avenger, Stan Lane’s last tv match, The Nightstalker’s last match and more from Tammy Fytch! All this and so much more on another fun show!

Today on Something Else, it’s Wednesday, so it’s Total Nonstop Arya! Arya and Cyndi, review the 8th edition of NWA: Total Nonstop Action from August 7, 2002, Today, Ron The Truth Killings (R-Truth) will challenge Ken Shamrock for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. Can Truth become the first African American to win the title? Plus Ricky Steamboat screws over Jeff Jarrett, Apollo and then the fans, as he allows the Dupps to do whatever the Hell they want, so they create the Dupp Cup. Plus, after a series of awful finishes, AJ Styles defends the X-Division title against Jerry Lynn and Low-Ki in a 3-way match. All that and so much more. A fun show as always!

Today on Something Else, Arya and Trae dive head-first into August 6, 1983! On Mid-South Wrestling, we have new tag team champions, as Jim Duggan and Magnum TA have upended Ted DiBiase and the departing Mr. Olympia for the belts, but more importantly than that, Junkyard Dog has been named a Colonel in the Governors Army, which is apparently a thing. Plus Dr. Death Steve Williams vs King King Bundy and the debut of The Missing Link. Oh boy. On World Class, the Von Erich’s take on Michael Hayes, Buddy Roberts and Jimmy Garvin AND Chris Adams plays soccer here on our wrestling show! Plus, Fuck Logan Paul, JK Rowling, Pat McAfee and Jake Shields, along with discussion of AEW Ring Of Honor, Death Before Dishonor, the history of ROH and That 70’s Show. All that and so much more. Another fun show, as always

Today on the Smoky Mountain Re-Watch-Along Project, Arya and Trae discuss Bobby Eaton’s final SMW match, as he defends the Beat The Champ TV Title against Primetime Brian Lee. Plus it’s another great promo day with Jim Cornette, Robert Fuller, Tracy Smothers and Kevin Sullivan doing battle. On top of that, Bullet Bob Armstrong continues to twist the knife in Corny’s back AND Tammy Fytch has her eyes set on Brian Lee. On top of that, they discuss shitty audio issues, the linear IWGP Championship, the G1 Climax, the linear AEW Championship, Trae being a song writer, Trae in the choir, Tim Horner being a sex symbol, The Fantastics, Arya spilling iced tea mix, sweet tea, Abdullah The Butcher’s House of Ribs, Whataburger, Trae losing his shit about the proper way to make sweet tea, comparing Midnight Express to Young Bucks, SummerSlam, Vickie Guerrero, Hulk Hogan, weird names for Japanese matches and Wrestling Dontaku 1993. Another fun show!

Today on Something Else, it’s Wednesday, so it’s Total Nonstop Arya! Arya and Cyndi, review the 7th edition of NWA: Total Nonstop Action from July 31, 2002, and it’s bullshit from the start, as Ricky Steamboat is here and he promptly ends Jeff Jarrett’s suspension due to him not coming to a meeting. Whatever. So Jarrett wrestles Scott Hall, but before he could do that, out comes Puppet The Psycho Dwarf, who pulls a fricking fun on him. Thankfully Jarrett has a steel chair, which is an appropriate defense to a gun. Plus The Truth becomes Ron Killings, Bruce challenges for the Miss TNA Title, Low-Ki wrestles Jerry Lynn and we get a total cluster fuck in the main event! Another fun show!

Today on Something Else, Arya and Trae dive head-first into July 30, 1983! On Mid-South Wrestling, Buddy Nichols is here to discuss two fuck ups by referee Ricky Ferrera. First, Junkyard Dog wrestles Mr. Olympia and then Steve Williams & Johnny Rich face Ted DiBiase & King Kong Bundy. Both have fucked up referee finishes. In between that is a terrific Butch Reed-Magnum TA match. On World Class, Kevin Von Erich faces Jimmy Garvin in the main event. Plus, David Von Erich claims that Garvin touched him in a way he’s never been touched and Arya is distracted by the Olympics. Plus they discuss MJF vs Will Ospreay, Swerve Strickland’s AEW Title reign, UWF Beach Brawl, finding the WCW TV Title in the trash, finding in the WWF European Title in Shane McMahon’s bag, Toa Henare, G-1 Climax, the worst title changes, the TNA Lockbox Challenge, John and Rick Davidson’s All Japan tour, Y2K, Matt Striker, Matt Stryker, Herb Abrams, Golden Greek John Tolos, the easiest fruits to spell, Poetry For Neanderthals, Deadpool & Wolverine and Nia Jax. Another fun show!

Today on the Smoky Mountain Re-Watch-Along Project, Arya and Trae discuss the debut of Sunny aka Tammy Sytch aka Tammy Fytch as she gives a shoutout to Hillary Clinton. Plus the debut of Bobby Blaze, the return of Chris Candido, Kevin Sullivan vs The Nightstalker, Bobby Eaton and a whole bunch of huge matches made, including the main event for Volunteer Slam 93! Plus they discuss Jackass, Ghosts, Umaga, The Ryback and Nailz!

Today on Something Else, it’s Wednesday, so it’s Total Nonstop Arya! Arya and Cyndi, review the 6th edition of NWA: Total Nonstop Action from July 24, 2002, which is the first ever episode from the Nashville Fairgrounds Arena! Today, Ken Shamrock has Ian Harrison block a door to a room. Note that I said A door and not THE door. Plus Jeff Jarrett gets suspended, but never leaves, K-Krush is now The Truth, AJ Styles and Jerry Lynn defend the tag team titles against The Flying Elvis Impersonators, the debut of Disco Inferno, Simon Diamond and Johnny Swinger and Ken Shamrock vs Sabu in a ladder submission match, which is also the end of the main event push of Malice. All that and so much more on Something Else!

Today on Something Else, Arya and Trae dive head-first into July 23, 1983! Plus, and I hope you’re sitting down, they stay on topic! On Mid-South Wrestling, it is the aftermath of the Superdome show, where Butch Reed unseated Junkyard Dog for the North American Title. Plus Dusty Rhodes vs King Kong Bundy in a taped fist match and the return of Buddy Nickels, the man who made wrestling what it is today! On World Class, Bruiser Brody will attempt to collect on Iceman Parson’s bounty, as he tries to remove the wig from Buddy Roberts! Plus Jimmy Garvin is the valet for the day for David Von Erich, the booker’s brother takes on the top heel and Chris Adams faces Terry Gordy. Another fun show as always!

Today on the Smoky Mountain Re-Watch-Along Project, Arya and Trae discus Kevin Sullivan’s latest disqualification, Bobby Eaton’s latest Beat The Champ defense, how awful SMW management is and the latest show without a scheduled main event! Plus we talk about 30 Rock, Orange Is The New Black, Police Squad, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, SVU, our banter, going off the rails, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Mad TV, CW Anderson, Cactus Jack vs Vader, Mick Foley getting his ass kicked, The Sandman, fortuitous neck injuries, Steve Austin stunning Vince McMahon, Masa Chono, wrestling bears, Sid, ECW Extreme Evolution, Rob Van Dam vs Jerry Lynn, Will Ospreay, MJF vs Kenny Omega, AEW, Toni Storm vs Mariah May, blindness, the failure of Roman Reigns, booking the company as the heel, Young Bucks, Kazuchika Okada, WrestleMania 32 and Triple H on yet another fun, exciting show!

Today on Something Else, it’s Wednesday, so it’s Total Nonstop Arya! Arya and Cyndi, review the 5th edition of NWA: Total Nonstop Action from July 17, 2002. It is the last episode at the Nashville Municipal Auditorium and the World Heavyweight Champion, Ken Shamrock is on the show for 30 seconds. Plus, Sabu wrestles Malice in a weirdly good ladder match, Jeff Jarrett is taken out of his match as punishment for being attacked by Scott Hall, K-Krush/R-Truth hangs Norman Smiley and an infamous moment where a mini wrestler masturbates in a trash can. Another fun show!

Today on Something Else, Arya and Trae dive head-first into July 16, 1983! On Mid-South Wrestling, it is Dr. Death Steve Williams, Arn Anderson and BIG BOY WILLIAMS in the same match! Plus Johnny Rich has a sudden and mysterious injury, so he needs to be replaced in his match with Ted DiBiase AND a match that may still be going on between Butch Reed and George Weingeroff. On World Class, Bill Mercer is really weird. Like really weird. Also on today’s show, an update on Trae fighting Hurricane Beryl, plus talk about Richard Simmons, Dr. Ruth, Family Guy, The Simpsons, Modern Family, Big Bang Theory, Young Sheldon spoilers, Corner Gas, Community, Parks & Rec, The Office, Leatherkenny, Jim Ross, Villano III, roman numerals, Jerry Lawler, power levels, Bill Dundee, Jerry Jarrett, WWE Speed, the worst thing Grizzly Smith has ever done, Babyface Baron Corbin, Big Show, Billy Gunn, The Ass Boys, color theory, ECW on TNN, calling the same move different names, Sean O’Haire, Roddy Piper, WWE Vault, Takeshi Morishima, Survivor Series 1994, Bret Hart vs Bob Backlund and WCW Saturday Night.