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Ringside Rant 112: Great American Bash 1990

July 03, 2021 04:44 - 1 hour - 65.4 MB

This week Justin and RJ go back to 1990 and the Great American Bash. This pay-per-view was main evented by Ric Flair putting his heavyweight title on the line against Sting. The 1990 Great American Bash was an uneventful event coming to you from Baltimore, Maryland. RJ and Justin have some strong opinions about his event; download it today to find out what they had to say. Ringside Rant 112

Radioactive Metal 661: The New Queen – interview with Marta Gabriel (Crystal Viper)

July 02, 2021 13:18 - 2 hours - 131 MB

I guess we just can’t get enough Marta! Earlier this year we spoke with Crystal Viper vox Marta Gabriel. We discussed the band’s latest effort “The Cult”. Not one to rest on her laurels, Mrs. Gabriel followed that up right away, dropping a cool comp. of covers. “Metal Queens” pays tribute to all the amazing vocalists that helped shape Marta’s awesomeness. This time we discussed the new record and all the legendary figures that assisted her with it. All making for an excellent listening exper...

Mark Order Podcast 014: Jungle Man

July 01, 2021 17:59 - 2 hours - 152 MB

Its Wednesday, You Know What That Means Matt is back and he is apparently a Heel. The train is quickly off the tracks as Matt is ranting and raving a bunch of non-sense. Once that calms down its time for The Tip of the Schlong as we talk AEW Dark Elevation & AEW Dark. After the commercial break we are back to cover Wednesday Night Dynamite Each segment, and match, we break down with our AEW Expertise. Plus we cover some weekly notes, have some laughs, play FMK & much more This is the m...

Wrestling Night in Canada 031: What If?

June 29, 2021 18:06 - 1 hour - 109 MB

In the Marvel comic book world, the series “What If?” was a unique title asking what would happen if a certain significant event never happened. The Wonderful World of Professional Wrestling its own significant events that helped shape and mold what we enjoy today. With the recent criticisms AEW has been taking for signing past WWE greats, its time to point out that league jumping has been going on since Man first stepped into the squared circle. WWE’s biggest stars were plying their trade e...

Shining Wizards 539: Thought About It

June 29, 2021 03:35 - 3 hours - 165 MB

It’s Monday Night, You Know What That Means The boys are back in town, Kevin is running behind as he’s on the way back from his weekend in AC. Matt and Tony catch up, break some balls, and kill time before Kevin arrives. Kevin recaps his weekend in AC, crushing it at the comedy show, seeing lots of familiar faces, making new friends, and experiencing wild wrestling. Plus a shaving accident!!!! We jump into the wrestling talk as Tony catches us up on NWA Powerrr and the happens in NWA land...

Inconclusive Breakdown 367: $Whackd

June 27, 2021 19:43 - 1 hour - 93.1 MB

On this week’s show: CCP, Fauci, Biden Nukes, Miami Collapse, John McAfee, Chauvin, CRT & much more. #Top10 Movie Dads & we answer your questions. Inconclusive Breakdown 367

Ringside Rant 111: Mike Chioda

June 27, 2021 19:15 - 1 hour - 56.6 MB

On this special edition of Ringside Rant RJ welcomes former WWE referee for over 30 years Mike Chioda to the show. Mike is a new member of the Adfreeshows.com family where he teams with Paul Bromwell and brings “Monday Mailbag” to you soul on ad free shows. Being in the business as long as he has been there are plenty of stories that he talks about on this episode. From Brock Lesnar’s shoot star press at Wrestle Mania 19 to where he stands with AEW. Ringside Rant 111

Turnbuckle Throwbacks 411: Koppstradamus Walks Down Bad Street U.S.A.

June 27, 2021 14:39 - 2 hours - 146 MB

The show opens with Jay and the chat room discussing the need for conspiracy theories. More WWE budget cuts, a review of last weeks “Hell In A Cell” PPV, and some NXT talk. MLW sells out in Philly and the Throwback for our 9th anniversary show is announced. This weeks Throwback in WCW’s “Clash Of The Champions XV” from June of 1991 Turnbuckle Throwbacks 411

Radioactive Metal 660: Lori’s Mom – “Metal Muthas” with Barbara Bravo

June 25, 2021 14:20 - 2 hours - 129 MB

We’ve never hidden our love of Decibel magazine. We’ve been monthly readers/subscribers for years now. We’ve chatted about it endlessly and have interviewed contributors. A fave regular feature has been the Metal Muthas column, where the mother of a prominent artist is interviewed. Well…we thought we’d give it a go ourselves. Our fandom of legendary deathmongers Nuclear Death goes back decades. Our friendship with mainperson Lori Bravo has really blossomed over the past year. Thru that we’v...

Turnbuckle Throwbacks 410: Hulk Hogan ICHIBAN!!!!!!

June 20, 2021 16:24 - 1 hour - 72.8 MB

This weeks Throwback is from June 2nd 1983 where Hulk Hogan faces Antonio Inoki for the first ever IWGP Heavyweight Championship. Turnbuckle Throwbacks 410

Ringside Rant 109: CM Punk

June 18, 2021 13:13 - 1 hour - 67.4 MB

This week its clobbering time as Justin and RJ Rant about CM Punk and his pipe bomb promos from 2011. As one of the best promos in wrestling history its been a discussion for years on weather Punks promo was a work or a shoot. On this weeks episode the boys will weigh in on their opinions on the matter and so much more in addition. Ringside Rant 109

Mark Order Podcast 012: A-E-Dubs and Strip Clubs

June 17, 2021 11:28 - 3 hours - 204 MB

Anthony and Kate are back while Matt deals with some issues. The crew talks about the Main Event of Impact’s Against All Odds PPV before getting a Little Tip of the Schlong as we discuss AEW Dark Elevation & AEW Dark. After a brief commercial break, we talk about our broadcast setups and strip club antics before finally bringing it back to Friday night AEW Dynamite. We break down each match, segment, and weigh in with our opinions and have a lot of laughs. We chat about some of the AEW ne...

Turnbuckle Throwbacks 409: The Night The King Of Kings Became King

June 12, 2021 22:25 - 2 hours - 114 MB

Show opens with a Dusty Rhodes promo as it’s the 6th anniversary of his passing. This week Billy Corgan gives the floor to the ladies, Dynamite Kids tragic story from the DSOTR, New Japan has a new champion, and the NXT / In Your House PPV is previewed. This weeks Throwback is the King Of The Ring event from June of 1997. Turnbuckle Throwbacks 409

Ringside Rant 108: For the Love of Wrestling

June 11, 2021 16:25 - 1 hour - 68.5 MB

All of us as wrestling fans had that moment when we fell in love with wrestling and on this weeks episode Justin and RJ discuss when they started watching wrestling; as well as what has kept them watching. One of our loyal fans Michael McLanahan suggested this weeks topic and we hope answered all his questions he had for us. Ringside Rant 108

Midnight Jury 311: More 80s Trivia and Kiss – Creatures of the Night

June 11, 2021 11:46 - 2 hours - 134 MB

With Dr. Ocho on a roll and claiming the Midnight Jury’s title as “80’s Trivia Master”, Cal tries to seal a victory again this month! Will we see a new champion? Also, the Jury listens to and reviews the KISS album “Creatures of the Night!” Midnight Jury 311

Ringside Rant 107: The War Has Begun

June 04, 2021 14:05 - 1 hour - 63.5 MB

Justin and RJ revisit the Monday Night Nitro from June 6, 1996 where we saw the newly inked Scott Hall introduced his ‘Huge” surprise Kevin Nash. This episode, the previous, and the following week are the three most crucial wrestling shows in the history of our great sport. In just a month we would see the formation of the New World Order and thus turn the business on a whirlwind that would last for years to come. Listen this week to remember the start of the Monday Night Wars and one of the...

Radioactive Metal 657: Chatting With Disaster – interview with Desaster

June 04, 2021 14:04 - 1 hour - 91.8 MB

“I love it when that happens!” These were the enthusiastic words spilling out of our mouths when we found out we were going to be speaking with German thrash veterans Desaster. On the day of the release of the outfit’s new album!!! “Churches Without Saints” is full lenghter #9 (!!) from these Teutonic Terrors. And while some of their fellow country brethren might get the lion share of the attention, Desaster has been making waves of their own. This is a perfect time to talk with string bende...

Mark Order Podcast 010: Matt Lost His Smile

June 03, 2021 22:20 - 2 hours - 160 MB

Ant and Kate hold it down and dive in AEW Double or Nothing, the latest WWE releases, figure chat, and of course review AEW Dark and Elevation with Ryan Schlong. Mark Order Podcast 010

Inconclusive Breakdown 363: John Xina

May 30, 2021 20:32 - 1 hour - 95.6 MB

On this week’s show: John Cena, Double or Nothing, David Ellefson, shot deaths, Jurgen Conings & much more. #Top10 Songs with a number in the title & we answer your questions. Inconclusive Breakdown 363

Turnbuckle Throwbacks 407: The Insurrextion Of The Jay’s Luscious Locks

May 29, 2021 16:57 - 2 hours - 117 MB

The show opens with an update regarding the future of the podcast. The announcement of the 9th anniversary show. This week an alleged chat between WWE and NJPW?, The latest Dark Side Of The Ring, NXT, John Cena’s Asian goof up, and a preview of this weekends AEW “Double Or Nothing” PPV. This weeks Throwback is WWF’s Insurrextion PPV from of 2001. Turnbuckle Throwbacks 407

Ringside Rant 106: Owen Hart

May 28, 2021 13:03 - 51 minutes - 46.8 MB

This week we remember the “King of Harts” Owen Hart who passed away 22 years ago. As big fans of the Hart family RJ and Justin relive the historical rivalry between Bret and Owen throughout 1994 and after. Owen was also known as the best ribber of all time; listen as we break down our favorite Owen ribs and the great matches that he had as well. Ringside Rant 106

Wrestling Night in Canada 029: Flying Bri Again

May 28, 2021 13:01 - 1 hour - 96.9 MB

The new season of “The Dark Side Of The Ring” is off and running. At this writing, we’re three episodes in with the life and death of Brian Pillman and the violent world of Nick Gage. So it’s a good opportunity to share our thoughts so far. Which also gives way to this episode’s “Turnbuckle Talk”. “Flyin” Brian Pillman has gone down in infamy for al the wrong reasons. But he’s had a pretty exciting and interesting career (to say the least) in the ring. We go over all the highlights from his ...

Radioactive Metal 656: Half Century Boy – interview with Vulture

May 28, 2021 12:44 - 1 hour - 96 MB

Run! Run! 5-0! 5-0! No, “The Man” hasn’t finally secured that long overdue arrest warrant. Your “Cool Uncle Snowy” has officially become “Old Man Snowy” as he hits the half century mark. So to commemorate this event we decide to forego most of our segments, pour some Lemmys and just rock out! To help celebrate we are joined by old friend and Pure Rock Radio head honcho Rich Embury. Between belts we discuss the loss of Tawny Kitaen and the rise of young punks The Linda Lindas. But we weren’t ...

Shining Wizards 534: The Road Is Bright

May 25, 2021 02:47 - 3 hours - 185 MB

It’s Monday Night, You Know What That Means The boys are back with a full episode, we kick things off talking Dark Side of the Ring, Collision in Korea, before talking about the A & E Ultimate Warrior Documentary & who was drafted in the MLW Open Draft We are then joined by New Texas Pro Wrestling Owner, Kiefer Bartek to talk about the upcoming show this weekend, Bomaye. We talk about running your own wrestling promotion, going from wrestler to promoter and dealing with the pandemic We ar...

Inconclusive Breakdown 362: Lovato Potato

May 23, 2021 23:37 - 1 hour - 87.2 MB

On this week’s show: DC Animated, Media Mergers, Fauci Flip Flops, Moderna ingredients, Cash Gernon & much more. #Top10 Songs with a color in the title & we answer your questions. Inconclusive Breakdown 362

Turnbuckle Throwbacks 406: WE’RE LIVE!… To Tape

May 22, 2021 16:17 - 1 hour - 83.6 MB

The boys pay tribute to the life and death of ECW original New Jack while watching the awful WrestleMania Backlash PPV. Turnbuckle Throwbacks 406

Mark Order Podcast 008: Fan Fiction

May 20, 2021 13:12 - 3 hours - 184 MB

Its Wednesday Night, You Know What That Means Kate, Anthony & Matt are back talking all things All Elite Wrestling. We talk a bit about Impact, and why it seems like Kenny Omega being World Champion has flatlined Schlong joins us to talk AEW Dark Elevation & AEW Dark We take a deep dive into AEW Dynamite, the new TV Deals, & much more. This is a jam packed show as the march to Double or Nothing continues. Your one stop shop for all things AEW. Mark Order Podcast 008

Inconclusive Breakdown 361: Unintended Consequences

May 16, 2021 22:13 - 1 hour - 103 MB

On this week’s show: Israel, Palestine, Colonial Pipeline, Gas Hoarding, TV cancellations, New Jack, WWE Backlash. Gene Therapy Stats & much more. #Top10 Country Songs & we answer your questions. Inconclusive Breakdown 361

Turnbuckle Throwbacks 405: HUSTLE, HUSTLE!

May 15, 2021 12:04 - 2 hours - 125 MB

Hammer does a run in as Phil experiences an awful act of racism on his commute home from work this week which leads to a deep discussion about racism and the current state of affairs in the country. Previewing this weekends Mania Backlash PPV. AEW and Cody Rhodes going as the “American Dream” and Phil hates it of course. This weeks Throwback is a selection from Jay and the first time a throwback thats under 20 years old it HUSTLE 3 from 2004 in Yokohama Japan featuring an AJPW Triple Crown C...

Ringside Rant 104: Owens Debut

May 14, 2021 13:06 - 1 hour - 65.3 MB

It has been rather cold as of late across the country and especially this week when Justin and RJ rant about In Your House: Cold Day In Hell from 24 years ago. The main event of this show is one of the low key best rivalries of all time; Undertaker who came in as WWF champion taking on “Stone Cold” Steve Austin. RJ and Justin also talked about the pay per view debut of Ken Shamrock in a stiff match against Vader. Its been a discussion between wrestling fans forever; Undertaker is the best gi...

Wrestling Night in Canada 028: More Horsemen

May 14, 2021 11:35 - 1 hour - 88.7 MB

The original NWA Four Horsemen were the epitome of the wrestling “faction”. The idea was to bring together the top heels of the territory with the same philosophy. For the first few years, it was pure mat magic. But as Crockett promotions began to give way to WCW, the magic fizzled. More and more new members were added that just didn’t first the mold. Almost tragic considering the amount of talent that would have fit nicely. So this time around we put on our fantasy booker caps and came up w...

Shining Wizards 532: Blood, Guts and Wrestling Talk

May 11, 2021 02:53 - 3 hours - 184 MB

Its Monday Night, You Know What That Means The boys are back with another jam packed episode. Tony is ready for the Thunderdome at 9pm, and we have a full show with Mike Sheer and Perch the Ref. We come in hot talking about the A & E WWE Biography series. Matt finally got around to the Macho Man and he hated it, plus we dive into the Booker T episode, and what the WWE decided to leave out. Plus a little talk about the Hidden Treasures show The Boys are joined by Mike Sheer who is working ...

Ringsinde Rant 103: Loree Bischoff

May 10, 2021 11:11 - 56 minutes - 51.6 MB

On this very special edition of Ringside Rant, RJ welcomes Loree Bischoff to the show. Mrs. Bischoff is a life coach, a nutritional coach, and a two time author; we talk about those and so much more. We also talk about where she started and where she wants to go with her new venture as a Teen Life Coach as well. Ringsinde Rant 103

Inconclusive Breakdown 360: For the Moms

May 10, 2021 01:19 - 1 hour - 67.3 MB

On this week’s show: Marvel Phase 4, Firing Squads, AZ Audit, Mask Mandates, Cult Leaders, Birthing People & much more. #Top10 Westerns & we answer your questions. Inconclusive Breakdown 360

Turnbuckle Throwbacks 404: Hulk Hogan’s Happy Green Chest

May 08, 2021 11:32 - 2 hours - 122 MB

Lots of current talk including reviews of the WWE/A&E biography of Randy Savage. The season 3 premier of “Dark Side Of The Ring” episode 1 featuring Brian Pillman. AEW’s “Blood & Guts” event, and NJPW’s cancelation of two upcoming major shows. The weeks Throwback is from May 3rd 1993 in NJPW where Hulk Hogan squared off against the Great Muta! Turnbuckle Throwbacks 404

Ringside Rant 102: Cry Baby Bret Hart?

May 07, 2021 13:07 - 1 hour - 62.5 MB

This week Justin Davis makes his debut on Ringside Rant; and boy did he come in on a hot topic. RJ and Justin Rant about everything Wrestle Mania XII. Twenty Five years ago this pay per view was billed as the mecca of all events headlined by the match of the year. However, some may have some other opinions on that matter. Find that and so much more out on this weeks episode. Ringside Rant 102

Radioactive Metal 653: Big Guns – interview with Artillery

May 07, 2021 12:12 - 1 hour - 99.8 MB

Break out the heavy artillery! Legendary thrashers Artillery are back with another killer record! Appropriately entitled “X”, this latest platter is the outfit’s 10th (!) album. And these Dutch metallers are showing no signs of letting up. They preserved over personal adversity and Father Time himself. And sounding better than ever! We sat down with axeman/founder Micheal Stutzer and got the scoop on this momentous record. We discussed the writing process without his brother and bandmate Mor...

Mark Order Podcast 006: Blood and Guts

May 06, 2021 11:26 - 3 hours - 190 MB

It’s Wednesday Night, You Know What That Means Kate, Anthony & Matt are back to talk all things AEW The Mark Order catches up with each other since the last show Ryan Schlong joins the crew to talk AEW Dark Evolution & AEW Dark He gives us his top 3 matches between the 2 shows, and gives us a break down of each show After a commercial break we are back with KATE rapping the rankings. We dive into a huge show, AEW Dynamite Blood and Guts. We talk about each match, segment, and talk abo...

Shining Wizards 531: LaGreca’s Pain and Ice Train

May 04, 2021 11:14 - 3 hours - 175 MB

We are off and running this week with Busted Open’s Dave LaGreca. Fresh off his ass whipping at Mission Pro Wrestling courtesy of Thunder Rosa. The boys have some fun with Dave, but at the end of the day, Dave did an amazing job with this story, cut a killer promo, and took a beating like a champ. Plus Mission Pro Wrestling got a nice rub. Dave also busts on the boys. After Dave goes off to watch Raw, for some ungodly reason, we are joined by WCW mainstay Ice Train. We talk for almost an ho...

Inconclusive Breakdown 359: Joe No Cool

May 02, 2021 20:55 - 2 hours - 114 MB

On this week’s show: Biden Speech, Menthol cigs, this week in what is racist now, Vaccine anxiety & much more. #Top10 Underrated Movies & we answer your questions. Inconclusive Breakdown 359

Turnbuckle Throwbacks 403: Roddy’s Last Garden Party

May 02, 2021 03:07 - 1 hour - 98.4 MB

Hammer pays the boys a visit, Phil is now obsessed with collecting wrestling figs. Then they get into some current news including Kenny Omega his newly won IMPACT championship and who his next opponent should be. MLW gets a new TV deal and AEW sinks in the ratings department. This weeks Throwback is From February of 1987. Roddy Piper in his final Madison Square Garden appearance before his “initial” retirement in a six man elimination tag match! Turnbuckle Throwbacks 403

Ringside Rant 101: Chris Jericho

April 30, 2021 13:02 - 1 hour - 73.3 MB

On this episode RJ and Dave celebrate anniversary of Chris Jericho vs Triple H from Judgement Day 2002 inside Hell in a Cell. We do a recap of the match and then Rant about the career of Chris Jericho. Lastly, Dave and RJ talk about the impact that Y2J has had on the wrestling business for over 30 years up to his current work in AEW. Ringside Rant 101

Radioactive Metal 652: Heavy Metal Delorean

April 30, 2021 13:01 - 1 hour - 86.1 MB

No “Creature Feature?” No pro-blem-o! Here at the RAM offices, we’re veterans of the scene. A.K.A. we’re old. Having gone heavy music full time in ’84, we’ve seen a lot stuff about our beloved genre come and go. While we look back fondly on what was, there is a number of cool stuff from today we’d love to take back to those glory daze. On the flip side, there’s a number of cool stuff from yesteryear that we’d love to see as a part of today’s scene. So we put on our thinking helmets and share...

Wrestling Night in Canada 027: Nasty Boyz

April 29, 2021 13:15 - 3 hours - 187 MB

‘Mania might be in the rearview mirror but there’s still plenty to discuss. And we have a rather unique interview as well. “Nasty Ronnie” is most noted for being the vocalist of legendary heavy metal band Nasty Savage. Old time wrestling fans though will remember him from his days in the 80s Florida territories. He brought his outrageous stage antics to the squared circle when he was discovered by none other than Kevin Sullivan. We discuss with Ronnie all his nastiness including his musical ...

Mark Order Podcast 005: Willy Pipp

April 29, 2021 12:06 - 3 hours - 167 MB

Its Wednesday, You Know What That Means Another week of AEW wrestling to cover Matt and Ant kick off the show catching up & Matt unboxes his Series 4 while they talk about figures, he pulls a CHASE Figure, which was pretty awesome. They talk a little about Kenny Omega’s big win on Sunday at Impact’s Rebellion PPV before being joined by Ryan Schlong to talk AEW Dark Elevation & AEW Dark Ryan hangs around after the commercial break to talk AEW Dynamite, but not before Matt FAILS at rapping...

Midnight Jury 309: April Fool’s Day

April 27, 2021 02:34 - 2 hours - 122 MB

Before April is over, lets travel back to 1986 and review the horror classic APRIL FOOL’S DAY! Midnight Jury 309

Shining Wizards 530: Seeing REDD

April 27, 2021 02:33 - 2 hours - 158 MB

We are back and picking up where we left off last week The boys catch up, and we find out that Tony likes to watch movies in bits and pieces. We rag on him for a while, before we turn our attention to the Mickie James garbage bag situation. We are then joined by Redd Davis, independent wrestler & from the 1st graduating class of the Rhodes Wrestling Academy. We talk about being picked by Dustin Rhodes, why he wanted to become a pro wrestler, the value of learning from such a legend and muc...

The Mark Order Podcast 004: Baseball and Battle

April 22, 2021 11:19 - 2 hours - 161 MB

It’s Wednesday Night, You Know What That Means The crew is back and ready to entertain. After catching up with each other the crew somehow gets on to talking about baseball, and they name their top 3 baseball movies, then thanks to the Facebook Live feed go down a strange rabbit hole of baseball movies. Finally we shift gears into the world of AEW. Can AEW maintain 1 million viewers a week? Live shows in July? Why isn’t AEW talking about Impact’s PPV this weekend? Anything of note from...

Shining Wizards 529: Tony Appreciation Night

April 20, 2021 11:11 - 3 hours - 175 MB

Tony won the 2020 PPV Picks for the Year. So our punishment was to have a show dedicated to Tony. Matt and Kevin put together a star studded list of guests. We do very little pro wrestling talk, we kick off with some catching up, then its some talk about WWF VHS tapes and the recent releases before our first guest joins us. After some technical difficulties J George joins us, he tells some jokes, and gets the party started. Mikko Maestro calls in to get in on the fun. We are then joined b...

Inconclusive Breakdown 357: Riot Season 2021

April 18, 2021 18:58 - 1 hour - 98.8 MB

On this week’s show: FedEx Shooting, Riot Season, Replacement Theory, Diversity, Covid Microchips, NFTs, more vaccines, WWE firings & much more. #Top10 Overrated Solo Artists & we answer your questions. Inconclusive Breakdown 357

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