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IWA Deep South King of the Deathmatches 2005 (10/22/05, aborted show, cancelled by the police)starts at 1hr47min

IWA Deep South King of the Deathmatches 2005 (12/3/05) PART ONE

IWA Deep South King of the Deathmatches 2005 (12/3/05)  PART TWO

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It's Thanksgiving in America so we're doing an episode about wrestlers who have bird names. That's it. That's the joke.

Please tell your extended family about this podcast. Play it for them at the dinner table. Thank you.

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Matches discussed~

Takehiro Murahama vs. Naohiro Hoshikawa (Osaka Pro 3/25/2000)

Aja Kong vs. KAORU (GAEA 2/13/2000)

Tracy Smothers vs. Bull Pain (IWA Mid-South 10/5/2002)

Jody Fleisch vs. Jonny Storm (CZW 6/8/2002)

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This week, we explore the evolution of homoeroticism in wrestling since the 1960s, debate which orifice is best for hiding a foreign object, and pay tribute to an actual fucking legend. RIP Destroyer.

Matches discussed:

The Destroyer vs. Mil Mascaras (AJPW 7/25/74)
The Destroyer vs. The Spirit (AJPW 7/25/75)
The Destroyer, Jerry Blackwell & Ron Bass vs. Terry Funk, Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu (AJPW 9/14/82)
The Destroyer vs. Rikidozan (JWA 12/2/63)

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOKkl5djjOT_G8oR_SRjXfGmapPFDzmB8

On this episode, we invite Eric Ritz from @segundacaida on to talk about bladejob conspiracy theories, which Krassenstein bleeds black & yellow, and the correct way for a white American to say "Rush".

Matches discussed:

Villano V vs. Blue Panther (CMLL 9/19/2008)

Villano IV & Ray Mendoza Jr. vs. Cassandro & Hijo de Pirata Morgan (Homenaje Y Despedida De Ray Mendoza Jr. 3/16/2013)

Villano III vs. Rambo (AAA 9/24/1993)

Villano III vs. Atlantis (CMLL 3/17/2000)

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOKkl5djjOT_ZNbt8iTEk8XXdijk-WmTa

RIP Dick Beyer. RIP Mark Hollis. Israel is an apartheid state.

On this week’s episode, we talk about having a moral compass, walking the fine line between humble homage and pretentious bullshit, and consider how many times a man can smash his head into the head of another before tapping into a different, undiscovered astral plane.

Matches discussed:

Ian Rotten vs. Axl Rotten (ECW 7/1/95)

Ian Rotten vs. Tarek the Great (IWA Mid-South 10/4/02)

Ian Rotten vs. Peter B. Beautiful (IWA Mid-South 6/1/01)

Ian Rotten vs. Chris Hero (IWA Mid-South 5/4/02)

Ian Rotten vs. Eddie Kingston (IWA Mid-South/NWA No Limits 7/8/05)

This week's interlude music is the theme from Robocop for the Commodore 64, composed by Jonathan Dunn. Dehumanize yourself and face to bloodshed.

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On Wrestling is Gross #4, we explore being attached at the neck or wrist to your sworn enemy, discuss which director from the New German Cinema would be most likely to film a deathmatch, and determine both the physical and meta-physical realms occupied by the White Castle of Fear. One chants out between two worlds: "Tell your fucking friends."

We live inside a dream.

Matches discussed:

Jerry Estrada vs. La Fiera (Monterrey 1991)
Roddy Piper vs. Greg Valentine (NWA 11/24/83)
Franz Van Buyten vs. Dave Taylor (Hamburg 10/5/86)
Sting vs. Big Van Vader (WCW 2/21/93)

Interlude song is Jeff Rosenstock's cover of Neil Young's "See the Sky About to Rain" which is a song that I listened to a lot when I first got clean. Jeff if you're reading this please don't DMCA us. Thanks man.

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On today's episode, we explore shitting your pants while being tortured, bleeding from your brain due to blunt force trauma, and which drugs enhance or detract from the overall sexual experience. We touch hearts, we touch minds, and we eulogize a legend. 2 and 1/2 hours of high quality bullshit. Wrestling Is Gross #3. Tell your fucking friends.

Matches discussed:

Nick Gage vs. Nate Hatred (CZW 8/9/03)
Nick Gage vs. Nate Hatred (CZW 8/23/03)
Zandig vs. The Messiah (CZW 9/13/03)
Nate Hatred & The Messiah vs. Wifebeater & Nick Gage (CZW 11/15/03)
Ian Knoxx, Lobo, New Jack, Nick Gage, Wifebeater & Zandig vs. The Hi-V (Adam Flash, B-Boy, Johnny Kashmere, Nate Hatred, The Messiah & Trent Acid) (CZW 12/13/03)

Special thanks to our pal @leyawn for letting us use his music. While Yall Here Check Out His Bandcamp

https://leyawn.bandcamp.com

Nate Hatred's GoFundMe

https://www.gofundme.com/nate-hatrednathan-kehner-memorial

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On the second episode, we the explore fighting for your life in a prison cell, doing pure, uncut cocaine before strenuous physical activity, and what it's like to be an anime, more specifically Dragonball character, brought to life. We also learn how to pronounce the Spanish word "deshuesadero". (The first S may or may not be silent.) We face more technical difficulties, fight away sleeplessness and delirium, and one of the hosts gets slightly too drunk. All this and more, on this week's Wrestling Is Gross.

Matches discussed:

Miedo Extremo vs. Ciclope vs. Drako vs. Toxico vs. Wotan vs. Lunatick Fly vs. Leviatham (Zona 23, 6/20/18)
Slim J vs. Corey Hollis (Anarchy Wrestling, 7/28/18)
The Hooligans & Neil Diamond Cutter vs. Jake Garvin, Satu Jinn & Aiden Blackheart (VOW, 7/7/18)
Nick Gage vs. David Arquette (GCW 11/16/18)

(Note: I recorded the first 26 minutes through my webcam microphone because I don't know how to do anything right.)

Special thanks to ProleteR for letting us use his track "Timekeeper". While Ya'll Here Check Out His Soundcloud.

https://soundcloud.com/proleter-beatmaker

On the inaugural episode of Wrestling Is Gross, we explore death and dying, art and non-art, beauty and filth. We face technical difficulties, conceptual confusion, and at least one of the two hosts had to pee really bad for the last 20 minutes. This is the podcast that had to happen, not because we wanted to do it, but because we needed to do it. Call the cops. I dare you.

Special thanks to @leyawn for letting us use his track "path through the forest" in the episode.