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Wrestling Academy

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Frequency: 1 episode/7d. Total Eps: 37

Are you curious about wrestling and want to take a step further in but don’t know where to start? Or are you a lapsed fan and want something to spark your interest again? Then step into WRESTLING ACADEMY where every week Michael Klasek and Samee Junio dive into wrestling history to bring you up to speed on the biggest storylines, wrestlers, rivalries, controversies, and much much more. Theme song by Chris Granados

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And the Winner Is... | Tough Enough Season 1 Ep. 13 2001

Season 1 · Episode 36

Thursday, August 22, 2024 • Duration 01:01:25

Who will walk away with a giant cinderblock with “TOUGH ENOUGH” etched into it?

Will Tazz slide in one more breath-takingly odd moment?

Will Jim Ross unnecessarily say a catchphrase during the awards ceremony?

Tune in, if you’re Tough Enough

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Biting Bros and Cutting Promos | Tough Enough Season 1 Eps. 11 + 12 2001

Season 1 · Episode 35

Thursday, August 15, 2024 • Duration 58:22

Wrestling Academy’s Summer School continues their recap of WWE + MTV’s Tough Enough Season 1

Headmaster Michael and Homecoming King Samee hit the road and eat 15 pound of raw potatoes while recapping “Lessons From The Road” and “Beware Of Rattlesnakes”

The contestants are taken along for a week of shows on the road including Backlash 2001. They showcase their promo cutting skills and Ivy League Chris gets in trouble for what he says about The Undertaker.

Stone Cold Steve Austin visits the Tough Enough house and regales the remaining contestants about the sacrifices he made in the beginning of his career.

Guess who bit who during a night out!

We’re coming up on the finale, who’s going to win it all?!

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A Visit from Mick Foley | Tough Enough Season 1 Eps. 9 + 10 2001

Season 1 · Episode 34

Thursday, August 8, 2024 • Duration 57:20

Wrestling Academy’s Summer School continues their recap of WWE + MTV’s Tough Enough Season 1

Headmaster Michael and Homecoming King Samee flex their circle game muscles and lose their smile breaking down “Yale’s Number One” and “Have A Nice Day”

Al Snow introduces the contestants to The Circle Game and creates a humiliating bet for Ivy League Chris and Maven. Stone Cold Josh and Ivy League Chris are visited by their girlfriends and SPOILER ALERT: It got weird!

Mick Foley swings by the training facility to tell the remaining contestants that it *is* possible to maintain a family, take THAT Triple H!

We wave goodbye to two more contestants, but are they walking off on their own accord?

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Everybody Hurts | Tough Enough Season 1 Eps. 7 + 8 Recap 2001

Season 1 · Episode 33

Thursday, August 1, 2024 • Duration 57:55

Wrestling Academy’s Summer School continues their recap of WWE + MTV’s Tough Enough Season 1

Headmaster Michael and Homecoming King Samee take some sunglasses out of manila folders and immediately hurt themselves diving in to “Bahamas or Bust” and “Injuries Start Piling Up”

The great Kurt Angle visits the contestants at Trax and treats them to a huge vacation in The Bahamas. And you know what they say, “What happens in the Bahamas is that Ivy League Chris is a big jerk.”

After returning from The Bahamas, two contestants eliminate themselves due to injury, two other contestants sit out due to injury, and Matt Hardy, Jeff Hardy, and Lita talk about how they’re never not injured.

We’re past the halfway mark of the season and with these last two eliminations, is anyone going to end up being Tough Enough?

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The Great Grocery Debate | Tough Enough Season 1 Eps. 5 + 6 Recap 2001

Season 1 · Episode 32

Thursday, July 25, 2024 • Duration 01:02:30

Wrestling Academy’s Summer School continues their recap of WWE + MTV’s Tough Enough Season 1

Headmaster Michael (he/him) and Homecoming King Samee (they/them) visit the grocery store to break down “Dinner With Mr. Patterson” and “A Walk on the Wild Side”.

The contestants cook dinner for a surprise WWE guest that causes a heated debate between Bad Boy Darryl and Ivy League Chris, let off steam at famous drag restaurant, “Lucky Chengs”, and we finally see the first two eliminations within the ranks.

Stay tuned to Wrestling Academy as we get deeper and deeper into the series and find out, are WE Tough Enough?

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The Princess and The Big Hole | Tough Enough Season 1 Eps. 3 + 4 Recap 2001

Season 1 · Episode 31

Thursday, July 18, 2024 • Duration 01:05:10

Wrestling Academy’s Summer School continues the recap of WWE + MTV’s Tough Enough Season 1.

Headmaster Michael (he/him) and Homecoming King Samee (they/them) peek through a hole in some shorts and breakdown “The Rules of The Game” and “The Billionaire Princess”

We sit down and endure an intense visit from Triple H, let off some steam with some rough housing that causes a fire, and we say goodbye to a few contestants.

Stay tuned to Wrestling Academy as we get deeper and deeper into the series and find out, are WE Tough Enough?

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Is Wrestling Academy Tough Enough? | Tough Enough Season 1 Recap 2001

Season 1 · Episode 30

Thursday, July 11, 2024 • Duration 01:11:10

It’s time for Summer School at Wrestling Academy and we’re breaking down the first season of WWE+ MTV’s 2001 reality competition show, Tough Enough.

Headmaster Michael (he/him) and Homecoming King Samee (they/them) recap the first two episodes, “Are You Tough Enough”, and “Down and Dirty”

We step through the grueling audition process held at WWF New York, a WWE-themed Hard Rock Cafe-style restaurant and the first few days (including a poorly-planned surprise mud wrestling challenge) of the VERY 2001-coded show.

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Month of Mick Part 4 Mick Foley | Mick Foley WWE 2003 & 2006

Season 1 · Episode 27

Thursday, June 27, 2024 • Duration 01:33:27

The Empire of Barbed Wire | Mick Foley WWE 2003 & 2006

Wrestling Academy’s Month of Mick concludes with a look into Mick Foley’s later career in WWE with two comeback rivalries that ended in hardcore matches: Randy Orton and Rated R Edge.

In our most spit-in-my-face episode yet, Headmaster Michael (he/him) and Homecoming King Samee (they/them) explore two matches of Mick Foley’s later career that were instrumental in lifting up the careers of his younger opponents.

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Monday Night Raw | June 23, 2003

Madison Square Garden

Monday Night Raw | December 15, 2003

WWE Intercontinental Championship

Randy Orton vs. Mick Foley

Royal Rumble | January 25, 2004

Monday Night Raw | January 26th, 2004

WrestleMania XX | March 14, 2004

3-on-2 Handicap match

Evolution vs. Rock 'n' Sock Connection

Monday Night Raw | April 5th, 2004

Backlash | April 18, 2004

Hardcore match for the WWE Intercontinental Championship

Randy Orton vs. Cactus Jack

New Year’s Revolution | January 8th, 2006

Elimination Chamber for the WWE Championship Spinner Belt

John Cena, Shawn Michaels, Kurt Angle, Carlito, Sean Masters, Kane

Month of Mick Part Three: Dude Love | Dude Love WWE 1997 - 1998

Season 1 · Episode 29

Thursday, June 20, 2024 • Duration 01:12:52

Wrestling Academy’s Month of Mick continues lovingly with a deep dive into Mick’s often overlooked persona, Dude Love and his feud with Stone Cold Steve Austin.

In our most groovy episode yet, Headmaster Michael (he/him) and Homecoming King Samee (they/them) fall in love with The Loved One, Dude Love.

We get into how Mick came up with Dude Love (and summarize his 1985 home movie about it), how Dude Love ended up in WWE, and his run with Stone Cold Steve Austin that ended only weeks before Mankind made history by flying off a Hell In A Cell.

Matches mentioned:

The Loved One (1985) Parts 1-3

Mick Foley The Loved One 1985 Home Video Part 1

Mick Foley The Loved One 1985 Home Video Part 2

Mick Foley The Loved One 1985 Home Video Part 3

Monday Night Raw | July 14th, 1997 | Monday Night Raw

Stone Cold Steve Austin and ??? vs. Owen Hart and The British Bulldog

WWE World Tag Team Titles

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RARE: Vince Russo produces 1st ever appearance of Mick Foley as Dude Love on RAW

Monday Night Raw | September 22nd 1997

Falls Count Anywhere

Dude Love (Cactus Jack’s WWE DEBUT) vs. Hunter Hearst Helmsley

Monday Night Raw | October 20, 1997

Month of Mick Part Two: Mankind | Mankind WWE 1996 - 1999

Season 1 · Episode 22

Thursday, June 13, 2024 • Duration 01:39:13

Wrestling Academy’s Month of Mick continues with coverage on Mankind’s debut in 1996 and his ‘98 - ‘99 feud with The Rock

In our most She’s All That episode, Headmaster Michael (he/him) and Homecoming King Samee (they/them) breakdown the creation of Mick Foley’s Mankind, the psychology behind the character, and where that creepy mask came from.

We also get into Mankind vs. Shawn Michaels at In Your House: Mind Games in 1996, an epic battle that occurred mere months after Mankind’s debut, and Mankind’s 1999 feud with The Rock.

Matches mentioned:

Monday Night Raw | April 1st 1996

Mankind vs. Bob “Sparkplug” Holly

In Your House 10: Mind Games | September 22, 1996

WWF World Heavyweight Championship

King of the Ring | June 28, 1998

Hell in a Cell Match

Survivor Series: Deadly Game | November 15, 1998

Tournament Final for the WWF Heavyweight Championship

Rock vs. Mankind

Raw is War | June 28, 1998

No Disqualification Match

Rock vs. Mankind

WWE World Championship

Royal Rumble | January 24, 1999

I Quit Match

Rock vs. Mankind for the WWE World Championship

Halftime Heat | January 31, 1999

Empty Arena Match Falls Count Anywhere

The Rock vs. Mankind

WWE World Championship

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