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| EPISODE 90 - 2020 STADIUM STAMPEDE MATCH | 24 May 2023 | 01:38:32 | |
The year is 2020 and the global pandemic is in its early stages, leaving pro wrestling as the only game in town as the world shut down. This allowed wrestling to use their creative freedom to try new things, which created the cinematic match and AEW's first go at a cinematic was at the second ever Double or Nothing PPV, which saw the Elite with Matt Hardy taking on the Inner Circle waging war in the home of the Jacksonville Jaguars , the TIAA Bank Field. Close Personal Friends BSJ and Y0ungist (@y0ungist) join the show to watch the Stadium Stampede match, play a round of Shoot or Kayfabe, talk about the need for more set piece wrestling, and Vince McMahon's new look.
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| EPISODE 89 - TNA DRINKING CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES | James Storm vs Eric Young | 15 May 2023 | 01:07:48 | |
The year is 2008 and wrestling is chugging along to the beat of its own drum in many places. WWE is fully into the Cena Era, complete with an overhaul of the WWE title to a more commercialized and controversial design while TNA continued to grow despite some of its story telling being questionable quality. One such story saw TNA make a mockery of the new WWE logo by buying a toy replica and putting a beer bottle on the spinner and dubbing it the TNA World Drinking Championship, a title that became the most sought after prize for two wrestlers: Eric Young and James Storm.
Ryan Nanni of the Shutdown Fullcast (@celebrityhottub) and Close Personal Friend WackHumanBeing (@wackhumanbeing) join the podcast to break down the Drinking Championship Series, watch James Storm and Eric Young fight over the World Drinking Championship, talk about memories of teh BCS, and Wack's ongoing battle to have Philadelphia be declared apart of New Jersey
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| Episode 80 - Fish Market Street Fight Match | 06 Mar 2023 | 02:11:56 | |
The year is 2008 and wrestling is about to hit its peak in terms of brutal watching, but not quite there yet. As the end of the decade approaches, WWE was firmly cemented as teh top company in America, leaving the independents wide open, but in between was TNA, who in 6 years became arguably the top alternative to WWE. Led by a blend of realistic storylines, booking out of 1983 Memphis, and a wacky cast of characters, TNA had distinguished itself from WWE. Especially when you had a storyline of a hall of fame tag team trying to make weight as they went against some of the X-Division's most out there tag team: Shark Boy, full on Stone Cold parody, and Curry Man. You can support Grumm and The Dork Side of the Ring Podcast: | |||
| Episode 79 - Brutus The Barber Beefcake | 27 Feb 2023 | 02:25:08 | |
The year is 1987 and it is possibly the biggest Wrestlemania of all time: Wrestlemania 3, the show that featured one of the greatest Wrestlemania matches ever between Randy Savage and Ricky Steamboat and one of the most hyped Wrestlemania Main Events of all time between Hulk Hogan and Andre The Giant. A history making night for sure, but underneath that history is a little more as Brutus Beefcake picked up the clippers and became The Barber. | |||
| Episode 78 - Best of Watchalongs Vol 1 | 20 Feb 2023 | 02:03:32 | |
Due to technical issues during recordings, Im left with no new records and as such in need of something! Look no further than the content available on support.grumm.tv. 5 recorded watchalongs from the first year of The Dork Side of the Ring, First the King of the Road Match with close personal friends Jimjam and Diggy. Then the wedding of teddy long with CPFs Curtison and Robi, followed by the Kurt Angle's milk bath with pals Basque and ThatDuffGuyPat. Then the watchalong of Isaac Yankem vs Bret Hart from Summerslam 1995, before finishing off with TylerIAm and SexualJumanji watching the Hollywood Backlot Brawl | |||
| Episode 77 - Fake Razor and Fake Diesel | 13 Feb 2023 | 01:51:24 | |
The year is 1996 and WWE is trailing behind WCW, fueled by their mid-year acquisitions of Scott Hall and Kevin Nash and their involvement with the nWo. While it would be a good year and some change before WWE would have their own fired up acts like Stone Cold Steve Austin and DX, WCW ran away with the wrestling business, something no one has done before, or since for that matter. Not one to lay down and roll over when it comes to the wrestling business, Vince McMahon, with advice from ace scum lawyer Jerry McDevitt, sought to disrupt WCW's success in a lawsuit claiming WCW was using WWE's IP in Razor Ramon and Diesel whenever Scott Hall and Kevin Nash would appear on TV. Normally this would have just been a silly lawsuit, except in an effort to prove it, WWE announced the returns of Razor and Diesel in the fall of 1996, only to only deliver in name only. | |||
| Episode 76 - 2012 Miracle On 34th Street Fight Match | 06 Feb 2023 | 01:59:19 | |
The year is 2012 and stagnant is one way to describe wrestling in America. WWE has fully established its international dominance and TNA has failed to compete with the juggernaut and drove away its fans. While stagnant, there is still room for wrestling to be its silliest it can be, especially around the holidays. Fans are treated to holiday discounts on merch, cheaper live event tickets, and more, but on Christmas Eve 2012, they were treated to a live appearance from Ol' Saint Nick himself, Santa Claus on Monday Night RAW. Santa came bearing gifts for all the good little boys and girls when suddenly Alberto Del Rio levels him with one of his many fancy cars. As punishment, Santa's potential last words were for Alberto to face John Cena in a Miracle on 34th Street Fight match. You can support Grumm and The Dork Side of the Ring Podcast: | |||
| Episode 75.5 - 2023 Update | 02 Feb 2023 | 00:21:16 | |
After a month plus hiatus, Grumm returns for a short episode to update you on the ongoings for the Podcast and what to look forward to for the year from Dork Side of the Ring | |||
| Episode 75 - Booker T Goes Grocery Shoppin' | 05 Dec 2022 | 02:04:03 | |
The year is 2001 and the WCW Invasion is over in the WWF, and the wrestlers who once called WCW home have begun to assimilate to their new company and even some have finally made the move to WWF, like Ric Flair, who found himself back in the WWF for the first time since 1993. With Flair taking up the role as co-owner, he looked to make Vince McMahon's life as frustrating as possible, and that unfortunately included Vince's new best friend, Booker T. As Vince and Booker looked to make life equally as frustrating as possible for "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, Flair found a way to really turn up the antics by aiding Stone Cold by clearing as many obstacles as possible, and he did that one fateful Smackdown | |||
| Episode 74 - Chuck Norris, Special Troubleshooting Referee | 28 Nov 2022 | 01:42:25 | |
The year is is 1994 and wrestling is down bad. WCW has gone out and gotten Hulk Hogan to help save the company and the WWF has asked nearly every celebrity in the 90s to come in and be a part of their biggest shows. From Burt Reynolds and Donnie Wahlburg to Leslie Nielsen, the biggest shows of the year for the federation had celebrities involved in some of the biggest matches, but no celebrity was more involved than Chuck Norris, who would find himself as the Special Troubleshooting Referee for the main event of Survivor Series 1994, a rematch from the 1994 Royal Rumble as The Undertaker and Yokozuna would face off again in another casket match. | |||
| Episode 73 - Feast or Fired 2007 | 21 Nov 2022 | 02:27:23 | |
In 2007, while WWE chugging along making money in spite of itself some times, the little company that could, TNA, had organically reached the pinnacle of TV wrestling: a 2 hour primetime show. With established names like Sting, Kurt Angle, Booker T, and the former Dudley Boys working along side with homegrown talent like Samoa Joe, AJ Styles, Robert Roode, and the Motor City Machine Guns, TNA had finally finished carving its niche in the wrestling landscape after 5 years of hard work. TNA became known for its alternative presentation, from its 6 sided ring to its unique match types. One such match became the Feast or Fired Match, a match were 4 briefcases would hang above the ring, 3 with title shots and 1 with a pink slip. It was the ultimate risk vs reward match and TNA had their first one in 2007. | |||
| Episode 72 - Stone Cold Gets Ran Down | 14 Nov 2022 | 01:47:18 | |
By the end of 1999, WCW and WWF were in a heated battle with both companies having top of the industry level stars. Names like Hollywood Hogan, Sting, Bret Hart, Kevin Nash, and Goldberg were atop WCW as WWF had the likes of Stone Cold, The Rock, Triple H, and The Undertaker. However, one of those names would have to miss a year due to a neck injury, that name being the biggest in Stone Cold Steve Austin. In an effort to write off a year of arguably the hottest act in all of pro wrestling, WWE decided the best way to make lemonade would be to hit Stone Cold with a car and have a year long story of who ran over Austin. The story had the potential to create another top of the industry level star, but what happened was simply bad, man. | |||
| EPISODE 88 - LITTLE NATURE BOY VS GORGEOUS GEORGE | 08 May 2023 | 01:55:00 | |
The year is 1999 and the peak of wrestling just about to pass as WCW and WWE still go back and forth for the higher ratings but with a corporate merger, WCW's better days are behind them, despite names like Hulk Hogan, Kevin Nash, Goldberg, Sting, and Ric Flair. But the returning Randy Savage caused a boost in morale as yet another all time great would return, and he did not return alone. Armed with Team Madness, a group of dangerous and beautiful women, Savage rekindled an old rivalry with Ric Flair, who himself had a group with him between Arn Anderson, Asya, and Charles Robinson???? Close Personal Friends Diabeto (@dinzleberg) and Sopee (@Sopee_) join to watch Charles Robinson go from ref to wrestler against Gorgeous George at Slamboree 1999, Bret Hart's incredible use of Black and Pink, nutshots in wrestling, and day time trash tv.
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| Episode 71 - Kerwin White | 07 Nov 2022 | 02:10:27 | |
In the year 2005, the US had one major wrestling promotion while the independents were coming along. WWE stood tall and alone, removed from the attitude era and its stars as WWE now relied on the likes of John Cena and Batista to carry them through a more new era in the company. As Cena and Batista carried the top of the card, the undercard was filling out and finding their way. One such act was Chavo Guerrero, who found himself now on Monday Night Raw away from his uncle Eddie and a chance to stand out, and did the creative find a way for him to stand out. | |||
| Episode 70 - The Boogeyman | 31 Oct 2022 | 01:39:16 | |
The year is 2005 and WWE is the only game in town as the independents are still in their toddler phase. This leaves WWE to self-create and think outside of the box, which is something that has worked for WWE before. Outside the box thinking is what gave them Wrestlemania and the success it brought. Its the kind of thinking that gave WWE gimmicks like Mankind, Kane, and most famously, The Undertaker. Gimmicks like those that require a certain talent to believe in themselves in a certain way to pull off those kinds of gimmicks to achieve the sort of success they achieved. WWE believed they had another one of those gimmicks, using the old tall tale and childhood nightmare known as The Boogeyman and they believed they had the certain talent who certainly believed in themselves to pull it off, and to a point, they did. | |||
| Episode 69 - Trick or Street Fight Match 2014 | 24 Oct 2022 | 02:10:59 | |
The year is 2014 and wrestling is in a weird time. Far removed from the Attitude Era and the Ruthless Aggression Era in WWE, but not quite at the boom that the late 2010s would hit in terms of quality alternatives. What could only be called a transitional era for WWE as acts like John Cena and Randy Orton were into their second decade on TV and Indy Darlings like CM Punk (quit) and Daniel Bryan (injured) weren't around, WWE was forced to create new stars out of their recent call ups. Seth Rollins, Roman Reigns, and Dean Ambrose would go from being the fearsome trio known as The Shield to 3 individual main event stars. While Seth and Roman sat atop the card, Dean would find himself in sporadic main events and secondary feuds, but the go to for fun. His number was called on one such autumn night in 2014 | |||
| Episode 68 - Good Housekeeping Match | 17 Oct 2022 | 02:04:46 | |
The year is 1999 and the attitude era is in full effect in WWF. From the anti-authority energy from Stone Cold and The Rock to the over the top sexualized gimmicks like Val Venis and Mark Henry, WWF was in full effect in pushing the envelope. One such situation was the rampant misogynist gimmick of Jeff Jarrett. Throughout the summer and fall of 1999 Jeff Jarrett would wrap his trusted guitar around the head of several female talent on air, until he drew the ire of the 9th Wonder of the World, Chyna. The two would fight over Jeff Jarrett's Intercontinental championship at Unforgiven 1999, but it was their rematch at No Mercy 1999 that would be the ultimate battle of the sexes as the two would fight on what would be Jeff Jarrett's last night in the WWF in a Good Housekeeping match where all house appliances were legal to use. | |||
| Episode 67 - One Warrior Nation | 10 Oct 2022 | 01:57:07 | |
The year is 1998 and wrestling is at its peak popularity. As WWF and WCW go back and forth in the ratings every Monday night, each company looked for whatever edge they could when it came to competition. Be it mocking their opponent, threatening to invade the others show, challenging the other's boss to fight on PPV, any inch in the "battle" would be taken. In the late summer of 1998, WCW found what they thought were an entire foot in the form of The Ultimate Warrior, years since his last run in WWF, and a ready made program with the top heel, Hollywood Hogan. However for WCW the magic of Wrestlemania 6 was long gone and left was just a difficult to manage egotrip. | |||
| Episode 66 - First Ever Buried Alive Match | 03 Oct 2022 | 01:46:58 | |
The Year is 1996 and wrestling is at the start of its second wave of popularity as WCW's hot nWo angle is drawing a lot of attention and WWF's Stone Cold Steve Austin is barreling down the road to stardom with his carefree attitude and Austin 3:16 slogan. Amid that, a long time fixture of WWE, The Undertaker was in the middle of one of his fiercest rivalries against Mankind, who benefitted from Paul Bearer's betrayal at Summerslam. The feud had seen such violence and brutality that normally wasn't seen in WWF, and the feud needed to be ended, once and for all. Neither man would seemingly be able to stop until the other way laid 6 feet deep, and thats how they would settle it, in the first ever Buried Alive Match at In Your House: Buried Alive | |||
| Episode 65 - Doink the Clown | 26 Sep 2022 | 02:07:13 | |
The year is 1993 and wrestling is falling. The appeal of pro wrestling has gone away from most American people, but not kids. Always the easiest to target demographic, kids still love pro wrestling. They love the action, the super hero like physique, the comic book like characters. No one in the history of professional wrestling and sports entertainment did a better job of marketing his talent towards kids like the WWF. One such character was in fact not created to be beloved, in fact it played on the shared fear people, adults and children alike, had for clowns. | |||
| Episode 64 - David Arquette: World Champion | 19 Sep 2022 | 01:46:41 | |
The year is 2000 and the WWF is running away with the Monday Night Wars as WCW gasps for air in the dust. Looking for anything to draw in viewers and gain headlines in an effort to catch up, WCW was presented a chance to do so, a chance that wrestling fans wish never happened. In April of 2000, Ready To Rumble was released in theaters and featured several WCW wrestlers such as Goldberg, DDP, and Sting. Star of the movie David Arquette, an avid wrestling fan, was included in the promotion of the film, appearing on WCW programming, but little did he know the role he was about to play. You can support Grumm and The Dork Side of the Ring Podcast: | |||
| Episode 63 - First Ever Lion's Den Match | 12 Sep 2022 | 02:05:45 | |
In 1998, as the Monday Night Wars were in full effect, each promotion tried to bring a different draw to their show. WCW leaned on its previously established relationships with professional athletes like Kevin Greene and Dennis Rodman, going so far as to feature Dennis Rodman and Karl Malone on separate sides of as tag team match at WCW Bash At the Beach 1998. WWE went in a different direction, leaning on the legitimate fighting background of two of their own wrestlers, Ken Shamrock and Dan Severn, both former UFC fighters. At a time when the UFC was viewed as nothing more than human cockfighting, it was a risky move and yet at Summerslam 1998, it paid off as Ken Shamrock took on Owen Hart, who had been taught and trained by Dan Severn, in the first ever Lion's Den Match Twitch.tv's ItsOnlyJill (@ItsOnlyJill_) and JOJOsaysBREEE (@JOJOsaysbreee) join the podcast to witness the caged brawl take place in the Madison Square Theater, Woodstock 99, their dream cage fight opponent, and the secret to winning a wrestling match: erections. | |||
| Episode 62 - Choppy Choppy Pee Pee | 05 Sep 2022 | 01:57:57 | |
The year is 1998 and wrestling is fully into the Attitude Era. As WCW and WWF go back and forth atop the Monday Night ratings, each company attempting to win the week with the most eye-drawing show they can. In August of 1998, WWF won one night in particular thanks to the help of Val Venis and his feud with Kai En Tai as the culmination of Val Venis' affair with Mrs. Yamaguchi-san came to its climax. With the threat of castration looming over his head, Val Venis found support from Taka Michinoku to take on 2 members of Kai En Tai, but little did Val know, he was laying in bed with Taka's sister. | |||
| EPISODE 87 - JAIL HOUSE MATCH | 01 May 2023 | 02:05:06 | |
The year is 1991 and Wrestling is about to exit its first nationwide boom period. The hokey, over the top characters had not yet worn out their welcome as characters like Typhoon, Earthquake, IRS, and more still drew a loud reaction from the crowd. Perhaps no over the top character benefitted more at this time than The Mountie, the evil Canadian law enforcement man, who found himself on the wrong side of The Big Boss Man, the now good American law enforcement man, and the two would settle their differences at Summerslam 1991 Join CPF BigWheezy (@Wheezytherunner) and Twitch.tv's Cheesewiz (@Cheesewiz) of SoonTM.com as they watch the Jailhouse Match at Summerslam 1991, turning your persona on and off, discover the potential for a comedy movie between The Mountie and Big Boss Man, and more
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| Episode 61 - Mae Young Gives Birth | 29 Aug 2022 | 01:51:52 | |
The year is 2000 and the world of media and content continue to push the boundaries of what is and what isn't acceptable for television. As Jerry Springer looks after the well being of day time television, WWF and WCW saw to prime time. Though as WCW reined in its content under the eyes of multiple mergers, WWF continued to push and push, including multiple sexualized characters, but none more outrageous than 77 year old Mae Young, who would became a hit with the crowd as she became more and more unhinged. Going into the year 200, Mae Young conquered the libido and heart of Sexual Chocolate Mark Henry and what followed became one of the more ridiculous stories in wrestling history. | |||
| Episode 60 - Vince McMahon vs God | 22 Aug 2022 | 02:12:33 | |
The year is 2006 and the WWE is on its way to becoming the Global powerhouse of entertainment it is today, but it still holds dear to the days of the Attitude Era, finding new ways to recreate the biggest and most important feud in WWE of the time: Stone Cold Steve Austin and Vince McMahon. Throughout the early part of 2006, Vince would reprise his role as unhinged and dastardly owner of the WWE and playing the role of Stone Cold was "The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels, finding himself drawing the ire of Vince McMahon which would lead to a Street Fight Match at Wrestlemania 22, which Michaels would win, but not without help according to Vince, who claimed to be fighting two men: HBK and God Himself! What would ensue would be one of the most outrageous matches in concept of the 00s at Backlash 2006 | |||
| Episode 59 - Shane McMahon vs Kane | 15 Aug 2022 | 02:09:38 | |
The year is 2003 and WWE is fully off the wheels in terms of storytelling. After spending much of the year letting Smackdown run wild from Big Show swinging Rey Mysterio on a body board like a baseball bat to Brock Lesnar maiming a one legged wrestler to Vince McMahon wrestling his own daughter, and everything in between, RAW was not to be out done in the fall of 2003, not if Shane McMahon and Kane had anything to do it. Multiple attempted murders, torturing, arson and more criminal activities than in a normal wrestling story as Kane and Shane McMahon found themselves finishing their feud with an Ambulance Match at Survivor Series 2003 | |||
| Episode 58 - 3 Count | 08 Aug 2022 | 01:57:09 | |
The year is 2000 and WCW is in the hospital gasping for life as WWF continues to print money with nearly every new character of theirs. Outside of wrestling, the world is in love with the on going boy band craze, as Backstreet Boys and N*Sync waged war for the top of the charts much like WCW and WWF did years prior. To cash in on the craze, WCW's creative team threw together Evan Karagias, Shannon Moore, and Shane Helms into a trio and called them 3 Count. You can support Grumm and The Dork Side of the Ring Podcast: | |||
| Episode 57 - Battle of the Billionaires | 01 Aug 2022 | 02:10:32 | |
The year is 2007 and WWE is about to make the leap from simply international to a global entity, and to do that they would need to have the largest Wrestlemania to date. On a card that would feature John Cena taking on Shawn Michaels in a battle between two faces of the company for the WWE title, The Undertaker's streak against Batista's World Heavyweight title, all taking place in same city as the previous largest Wrestlemania, Detriot Michigan, home to Wrestlemania 3, WWE needed something a little extra, something that would TRUMP their previous grabs at headlines and mainstream media. That something would go on, unfortunately, to become the 45th President of the United States. That something was Donald Trump.
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| Episode 56: Latino Heat Parking Lot Brawl | 25 Jul 2022 | 01:53:28 | |
The year is 2003, gone is the Attitude Era and fully into the Ruthless Aggression era is the WWE, the lone super promotion in America. As Monday Night RAW continued to be more about the over the top entertainment with the big names, Smackdown spent their time focusing on a more focused drive into creating new names with the help of quality workers like Kurt Angle and Eddie Guerrero. One such name being a man who would go on to be synonymous with the Ruthless Aggression Era, John Cena, who would find himself at odds with then United States Champion Eddie Guerrero, who would challenge Cena to a Latino Heat Parking Lot Brawl | |||
| Episode 55 - The Rock Concerts | 18 Jul 2022 | 01:59:54 | |
The year is 2003 and wrestling is in a good place. The early 2000s independents are set up and becoming the cult hits they were, TNA has found its footing after early launch scandals, and WWE is chugging along on the road to Wrestlemania 19, where for the last time ever, we would see the iconic rivalry of Stone Cold and The Rock. Prior to their last match, The Rock would host a concert, as his talents far exceeded just WWE as he was Hollywood now. He would do it again a month later prior to his match with Goldberg, both times we were blessed with the vocal talent of The Rock, to an extent, and both times the concerts were cut short | |||
| Episode 54 - The Artist Formerly Known as Prince Iaukea | 11 Jul 2022 | 02:15:22 | |
The year is 2000 and wrestling is strong, though the days of being strong are numbered, especially for World Championship Wrestling, who were going through rough times behind the scenes with corporate restructuring and creative changes. Part of the creative changes included new gimmicks for old names, names like Price Iaukea, a milquetoast good guy who had several attempts to catch on with the audience but never did. That is until someone got an idea to try to turn Prince Iaukea into another well known act that went by the name Prince. | |||
| Episode 53 - Mr. America | 04 Jul 2022 | 02:03:55 | |
The year is 2003 and WWE is the only game in town when it time to matter. The independent scene is slowly growing and with no competition, WWE remains the top of North America. With the attitude era behind them, but global expansion not yet what it would be in the coming years, WWE continues to lean into the patriotism of the early 2000s America. With the War in Iraq still going, WWE would not shy from flying the red white and blue flag, so far as much as debuting a new character in the weeks after Wrestlemania 19, Mr. America. There was a big ado about the new wrestler, no one knew anything about him, but when they saw him debut, a familiar mania ran wild through the crowd. | |||
| Episode 52 - Hollywood Backlot Brawl | 27 Jun 2022 | 02:08:35 | |
The year is 1996 and Wrestling is in its final days before its biggest boom period, but the seeds for the attitude era were laid in the first half of 1996, including the return of Roddy Pipper in January, talking about the rights and wrongs of America and Goldust's obsession with the machismo of Razor Ramon. WWE was getting close to the edge with its storytelling, until Razor Ramon handed in his notice and plans for Roddy Piper's original Wrestlemania 12 opponent, OJ Simpson, changed. | |||
| Episode 86 - Prince of Darkness Match | 24 Apr 2023 | 02:03:34 | |
The year is 2005 and wrestling in America has become a bit stagnant with WWE at the top of the food chain and the American indies still forming. TNA Wrestling tho, seemed poised to make a change to the food change, beginning to have monthly PPV specials and in an effort to be the alternative to WWE, one such event became infamous for its gimmick: Every match was in a steel cage. But even then, how do you make the matches different even with a steel cage? Blindfolds for one. From Something Unexpected, Boomdabah ( @boomdabah) and CPF Cornman (@ZackCorneliusen) join the podcast to watch The Prince of Darkness match between Dustin Rhodes and Bobby Roode, talk about chiropractors in a corn field, and the great war between Texans and Canadians. You can help Boom raise money for St. Jude's at https://donate.tiltify.com/@boomdachik/something-unexpected-for-st-jude-2023 You can support Grumm and The Dork Side of the Ring Podcast: | |||
| Episode 51 - Kiss My Foot Match | 20 Jun 2022 | 01:45:48 | |
The year is 1995 and wrestling is not in a great place as both major American are struggling to keep the attention of fans, top stars aren't awe-inspiring, and a new gas station just opened up around the corner. One top star that was drawing was Bret Hart, whose international appeal was unrivaled, and as such Bret Hart, even when not the champion was a fixture, despite rather uninteresting feuds against the likes of one-eyed jacket stealing pirates. The 'ol reliable feud with long time annoyance Jerry "The King" Lawler would reach it's highest point in June, when the two would face off at King of the Ring in the first ever Kiss My Foot match. | |||
| Episode 50 - First Ever Inferno Match | 13 Jun 2022 | 02:17:07 | |
The year is 1998 and wrestling is in the midst of the Monday Night Wars, when both WCW and WWF were doing their best to make the most entertaining wrestling show they could, and for the most part, succeeding. While WCW started to slow down, WWF picked up steam behind the power of Stone Cold's ascent to the top of the company as well as the feud between The Undertaker and Kane, filled with equal parts Kaiju movies, Horror movies, and super powered showdowns. | |||
| Episode 49 - Big Show's Shit Shower | 06 Jun 2022 | 01:59:13 | |
The year is 2003 and WWE is the only major promotion in North America as independent companies like ROH and TNA are in their infancy. While we've covered how the early years of the brand split gave way to Smackdown being more focused on the sports part of sports entertainment, it didn't not preclude the blue brand from partaking in antics, such as the feud in the fall of 2003 between Eddie Guerrero and The Big Show, who held disdain for Eddie and "his people". Eddie would get several laughs ranging from setting up Big Show to eat laxative rich burritos and goading him into the ring to be cover in "caca". | |||
| Episode 48 - Lakers and Nuggets Take Over RAW | 30 May 2022 | 01:38:35 | |
The year is 2009 and the wrestling world is in an alright place, WWE is chugging along just fine and the only things that slow it down are live sports, but one particular week more than others. The NBA Western Conference Finals were due to be played in Denver the same day that WWE had booked the Pepsi Center, home of the Denver Nuggets. What ensued was another battle of the billionaires, this one more real than the previous. When the venue was switched the Staples Center, the home of the LA Lakers, who were facing the Denver Nuggets, surely Vince McMahon would leave it at that. NOPE! | |||
| Episode 47 - Fake Kane | 23 May 2022 | 02:14:06 | |
The year is 2006 and professional wrestling is doing okay, there are a handful of healthy independent promotions, TNA is growing upward momentum, but at the top is WWE and without a true alternative, WWE's growth expands outwards into other forms of entertainment, like movies. In 2006, WWE began their movie division starting with the horror movie See No Evil, staring Kane and decided they would use the movie's release date in a storyline involving Kane, but May 19th came and went with little flare on WWE programming, but the following weeks when an Fake Kane debuts to harass Kane, things might have been better off leaving the payoff at nothing. | |||
| Episode 46 - PN News | 16 May 2022 | 02:16:59 | |
The year is 1991 and wrestling is falling behind in the world of main stream attention. Hulkamania is running on less steam than ever before, Sting hasnt been healthy for long enough for WCW to give him the reigns and let the promotion be built around him. In need of drawing in fans and attention, both companies would introduce new character that appealed to a broader audience, but none were quite as miscast as PN News, the 400 pound rap attack. | |||
| Episode 45 - Duchess Of Queensberry Match | 09 May 2022 | 01:59:37 | |
The years is 2001 and pro wrestling has become a much smaller world with the WWE purchasing WCW and ECW. The bubble had burst and the fallout began shortly after Wrestlemania 17, starting with Backlash 2001 but not because of effort. As the main event featured the Two Man Power Trip vs The Brothers of Destructions, the undercard would feature this week's topic: The Duchess of Queensberry Match between WWE Commissioner William Regal and Chris Jericho. | |||
| Episode 44 - The Booty Man | 02 May 2022 | 01:55:08 | |
The year is 1996, a year that is pivotal in the history of pro wrestling and sports entertainment, mainly for the sudden shift both major American promotions make as well as the swelling support of ECW. The shift from over the top cartoony to realistic and gritty was sudden in the grand scheme of things, but at the start of the year, you'd be unable to tell in WCW as it turns out Hulk Hogan had a sleeper agent in The Dungeon of Doom, and his name was THE BOOTY MAN Twitch.tv's Boomdabah (@Boomdabah) and Purple (@PapaPurple) join to watch The Booty Man take on DDP at WCW Uncensored 1996 as well as discuss hairy wrestler and unleash utter chaos on this episode. | |||
| Episode 43: Big Boss Man Ruins A Funeral | 25 Apr 2022 | 01:53:08 | |
The year is 1999 and the Attitude Era is in full effect in WWE, from the sexualization of their female talent to satanic like crucifixion like sacrifices.. One talent though, had seen the depth and lengths the Attitude Era could go for villany more than the rest: Big Boss Man. From being hung at Wrestlemania to feeding Al Snow his own dog, Big Boss Man was the most sick individual of WWE, and he would take it a step further in his feud with The Big Show, mocking his dead father and stealing the Big Show's Father's casket right from the funeral. | |||
| Episode 42 - The Milan Miracle | 18 Apr 2022 | 01:52:01 | |
The year is 2006 and WWE is coming off the high of its largest box office at the time in Wrestlemania 23 and the WWE is on its annual post mania European tour when someone in creative gets an incredible idea as Monday Night Raw plans to emanate from Milan, Italy for the first time ever: What if we debut a hometown hero? BRILLIANT! Except, WWE didn't have someone from Italy to debut, so they made one up. Take a candian, put him in street clothes from Milan and have him speak just enough Italian to fool everyone. Oh, have him win the Intercontential Championship in a shocking debut to cap it all off. | |||
| Episode 85 - Foley Vs Orton | 17 Apr 2023 | 01:51:54 | |
The year is 2004 and WWE is starting to see their next stars take the next step: John Cena has gone from two dimension prototypical WWE star to a quick witted, popular rapper. Dave Batista has gone from a deacon to being the muscle of the dominant stable of the time, Evolution, Brock Lesnar has gone from monster rookie to future NFL tryout. But one star was in need of aid in taking that next step and thats where Mick Foley came in to help one Randy Orton. In an effect to make Orton take that next step, Mick Foley was going to drag Orton to the darkest parts of hell.
Join CPFs AW and JTR (@eljefejakobe) as the watch the Backlash 2004 no holds barred match between Randy Orton and Mick Foley for the intercontinental championship, play another round of shoot or kayfabe, and talk about their favorite nepo babies before putting AW in the blender of Vince McMahon ideas
Twitch.tv's @Schmoogoogable (@schmoogoogle) and Close Personal Friend Diggy (@bdig89) join to watch Team 3D vs LAX in an electrified cage match, talk about their own forays into electric fenses, and talk becoming fans of wrestling as adults - Twitter: @IAmGrumm and @DorkSideRing | |||
| EPISODE 41 - Katie Vick | 14 Apr 2022 | 02:01:09 | |
The year is 2002 and the wrestling landscape has just one major American company, WWE. In an effort to create a competitive landscape, WWE split their company into two brands: RAW and Smackdown. Smackdown was a more athletic based presentation while RAW aimed for soap operas and more entertainment. In an effort to do more soap operas, WWE began a story featuring the World Heavyweight Champion Triple H and the #1 contender, Kane, surrounding the death of Katie Vick, a made up person made up for an entirely different reason than it happened, and what happens lives on in infamy. | |||
| Episode 40 - Vampiro vs Kiss Demon | 04 Apr 2022 | 02:35:26 | |
The year is 2000 and WCW is in full toilet bowl swirl mode. While WWE has a surplus of marketable and drawing talent, WCW is trying to play catch up all at once by dividing their young talent and old talent into warring factions, fighting in extreme gimmick matches to draw attention to them, and getting any celebrity name they could to seem relevant to WWE. That includes Vampiro, coming off throwing a enflamed Sting off the NitroTron and being associated with Insane Clown Posse, who at Bash at the Beach 2000 would face the Kiss Demon in a Graveyard Match, the second Graveyard match of 2000 in WCW. You can support Grumm and The Dork Side of the Ring Podcast: | |||
| Episode 39 - Wrestlemania 7 Blindfold Match | 28 Mar 2022 | 01:57:38 | |
The year is 1991 and the golden age of wrestling is just about over. Hulkamania is losing its luster, Ric Flair is being asked to dye his hair black, the Ultimate Warrior could carry the company like Hogan, and it seems pro wrestling is just running the same plays to diminishing returns. But wrestlers like Jake "The Snake" Roberts and Rick "The Model" Martel had a job to do at Wrestlemania 7 and that was to don black bags over their heads and some how wrestle each other blindfolded. You can support Grumm and The Dork Side of the Ring Podcast: | |||
| Episode 38 - Mike Awesome vs The Dark Carnival | 21 Mar 2022 | 02:12:42 | |
The year is 2000 and the wrestling world has begun to exit its highest high, just as WCW is just about done swirling the toilet bowl. Relying on "get over quick" schemes and shocking to diminishing returns angles has proven to not be the way to keep WCW afloat amid corporate restructuring. Nothing could seem to keep WCW from its doomed fate, not pushing new faces of the company like Booker T, Scott Steiner, or Jeff Jarrett. Not international tours of Australia, Canada, or England. Not giving incredibly impressive Mike Awesome a gimmick riding the high of the hit sitcom That 70s Show and certainly not his feud with ICP and Vampiro | |||