Occupy Pro Wrestling
12 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 months ago -Every week, Alex Smiley takes you on a quest to find the awesome things going on in pro wrestling! From upcoming shows, to the latest from our site partners, to wrestling media, and more! Every week is also a conversation with people about what they love in wrestling and why!
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Episodes
OPW presents The Calm Before The War (Episode 2: The Royal RAWmble)
January 31, 2024 07:00 - 16 minutes - 23 MBMonday Night RAW is upon us, with three episodes from the Manhattan Center taking us into and out of the 1993 Royal Rumble. A new era begins and a Federation career comes to an end as we enter…The Calm Before The War! We're looking at all the hits here, from Bobby Heenan trying to get inside during the first-ever show to the curious feud between Randy Savage and Repoooo Maaaaan, and the way the show handles being taped before a PPV event when airing after...and it all leads up to Mr. Perfect ...
OPW presents The Calm Before The War (Episode 1: What Came Before)
December 24, 2023 09:00 - 8 minutes - 11.7 MBIn 1993, the World Wrestling Federation stepped into unknown territory, promising a weekly live broadcast that was “uncut, uncooked, and uncensored.” In the two years that followed, Monday nights became a bit more RAW…even before the looming threat of an explosive WCW show going head to head. Submitted for your approval, dear listener, is a podcast series that looks back on The Calm Before The War! In this first episode of The Calm Before The War, we take a brief look at the history of televi...
OPW Podcast SPECIAL: Something 'Wicked This Way Comes!
October 25, 2023 11:00 - 26 minutes - 36.5 MBIn celebration of Smarktober, Alex Smiley is joined by the former CHIKARA Grand Champion and forever Broadsword of Nazmaldun, Hallowicked, to talk about pro wrestling and horror! We touch on how Hallowicked discovered each for the first time, leading to some fun chat about ECW, horror gimmicks in wrestling, Pet Semetary, and Evil Dead, before getting into the Broadsword's quest to find pro wrestling in horror movies with his Grappling With Demons videos! Hallowicked's central hub, where you c...
OPW Podcast SPECIAL: IMPACT Wrestling...the Key to the Forbidden Door!
March 25, 2022 04:00 - 8 minutes - 13.7 MBOn this special episode of the 'cast, Alex Smiley examines the central role IMPACT Wrestling plays in bridging gaps between promotions after a history of short-term failures, and how it brings full circle its partnerships with New Japan Pro Wrestling and Ring of Honor! (NOTE: A video version of this will soon be available on our YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCr1RWLPyWkqILcms7daD97A), be sure to SUBSCRIBE so you know when it comes out!)
OPW Podcast: The Ocho
March 26, 2020 04:00 - 20 minutes - 28.6 MBOn this episode of the podcast, I have a retrospective on Occupy Pro Wrestling’s eight years of existence before giving a nice little bonus: the debut of the Bright Side of Wrestling podcast! As always, I take a look at the latest from our site partners in the Partner Spotlight, and talk a little bit about what’s to come. Be sure to look for The Bright Side of Wrestling on its own podcast feed coming soon!
OPW Podcast: Nostalgia Pop
July 26, 2019 20:00 - 1 hour - 84.9 MBThe OPW Podcast is finally back, picking up where we left off with a fun interview in store with Pittsburgh and West Virginia stalwart Bradley Ruthers about watching the fine graps on Saturday mornings, the history of wrestling in Pennsylvania, and much more! Before that, the latest Partner Spotlight showcases the latest from all of our site partners, including our newest friends at ESPN Sports Sims! Special Guest: Bradley Ruthers.
OPW Podcast: Big Man On Campus
August 04, 2018 06:00 - 27 minutes - 39.8 MBDid ya miss us? I hope so, or this is gonna be awkward. Occupy Pro Wrestling is finally back with a new podcast, and I got to chat with Kevin Lee Davidson about Glory Pro, #NoNewFriends, the NWL, wrestling for ROH, and the upcoming Resurgence show where he takes on Shigehiro Irie! All this, plus some announcements about the future of Occupy Pro Wrestling and a condensed version of the Partner Spotlight, await you on a brand new episode of the OPW Podcast! If you're in the area of Swansea, IL,...
OPW Podcast: All The World’s A Stage
August 31, 2017 22:00 - 44 minutes - 65.9 MBAll the world’s a stage, and the best stage to be on is in a wrestling ring! This week I celebrate the amazing performance art that is pro wrestling, and I’m not alone as I have a fun chat with Kate Nyx and Liberty Park about wrestling, musicals, and burlesque and how their upcoming GLOB event brings all of it together! All that and the latest in our Partner Spotlight await you in this episode, so enter stage left to this week’s Occupy Pro Wrestling podcast! Thanks as always to our various ...
OPW Podcast: Don’t Cross The Streams
August 23, 2017 08:00 - 54 minutes - 79 MBSolar eclipses, a new podcast, cats and dogs sleeping together…mass hysteria! This week I talk about wrestling streaming services and the highlights of Summerslam weekend before getting into a chat with Todd Joerschel of Filsinger Games, looking at old-school WWF, CHIKARA, Lucha Underground, and the global (one would even say galactic) reach of Filsinger Games! All that and the return of the Partner Spotlight await you, so strap on those proton packs and let’s get to it! Thanks as always to...
OPW Podcast: Revenge of the Smarks
October 25, 2016 00:00 - 1 hour - 71.6 MBSMAAAARRRRRRRRKS! The podcast has finally returned, and we’re picking up right where we left off: The latest from our site partners, including two new partners in What A Maneuver and Keyboard Warriors; A quick look at some great media, including the book Titan Screwed, a podcast called On This Very Screen and the Hell in a Cell precursor known as The Last Battle of Atlanta, which you can find on the WWE Network; And the long-overdue chat I had with Mike Sorg (Sorgatron) back in May, in wh...
OPW Podcast: Positive Vibes
March 26, 2016 00:00 - 55 minutes - 51 MBOn this edition of the podcast, it’s all about, well, positive vibes! Here’s a quick rundown: I talk about the latest from our partners, including Dashawns2cents interviewing THE Maffew from Botchamania, the MFX Podcast doing alternative commentary for WWE Fastlane, and my time on Wrestling Mayhem Show to talk about Roadblock and play the Patreon in the Bank round of Mayhem Mania; In this week’s Wrestling Media Review, I give my thoughts on The Boom Boom Girls of Wrestling, a fun little th...
OPW Podcast: Introductions Are In Order
February 25, 2016 19:00 - 1 hour - 70 MBIt’s here, Ten Percenters! The debut of the OPW Podcast, a pilot of sorts, and a chance to get an idea of what I’m hoping to do with the show! Like a delicious casserole, there’s plenty of layers to enjoy: In the Partner Spotlight, I give an introduction to each of the partners I’m working with, from podcasts to wrestling results to a wrestling film; I give a little introduction of myself, how I get into wrestling and why I’m doing this show; I give a review of Colt Cabana’s Pro Wrestlin...