ThROH The Years
132 episodes - English - Latest episode: 16 days ago - ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsThe podcast where two guys review Ring of Honor, show-by-show, from the beginning.
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Episodes
ThROH The Years Episode 130 - International Challenge
July 06, 2024 04:00 - 2 hours - 158 MBOn the new ThROH The Years we are almost at the end of 2006, starting the last double shot of events with International Challenge. It's a show with one of the scariest injuries in ROH history, the debut of a great manager, and not one, but two dated Iron Sheik references. Christopher Daniels charms us, and we sum up the dry winter of 06. GET READY FOR FINAL BATTLE.
ThROH The Years Episode 129 - The Chicago Spectacular Night Two
June 15, 2024 03:00 - 2 hours - 118 MBThe new ThROH The Years is here to cover the Chicago Spectacular...Night Two! It's a show that was rebooked with positive results. Trevor acts old, Matt enjoys Trevor saying a word, and the latest weird ThROH The Years syncing with modern times moment happens. We wanted to get our strap on, but were caged instead. Join us.
ThROH The Years Episode 128 - The Chicago Spectacular Night One
May 25, 2024 03:12 - 2 hours - 128 MBThROH The Years takes on the first half of a Chicago double shot with night one of The Chicago Spectacular. The Samoa Joe/Bryan Danielson feud finally comes to a head in a cage match. How did we feel about the feud as a whole? Plus angles a plenty, a sneaky good end of show promo, and we visit Alaska. THE COUNTDOWN TO 2007 TICKS ON.
ThROH The Years Episode 127 - Dethroned
May 05, 2024 04:26 - 3 hours - 178 MBOn the new ThROH The Years, first-time guest Tim Buechner (Q&T podcast) joins us to cover Dethroned, a show that gives away its biggest development in its title. We go into some lengthy digressions, compare ROH to ECW, see more weird coincidences between what we're watching and what we're living, and talk about some absolutely insane standout spots.
ThROH The Years Episode 126 - Black Friday Fallout
April 10, 2024 03:38 - 2 hours - 144 MBOn a bright and sunny Tuesday Matt and Trevor came together to review Black Friday Fallout, a very B-ish ROH show. Matt plays impromptu ROH trivia! Chango loves tables! We figure out the alarm cock in real time! Who else is going to spend so much time talking about THIS show?!
ThROH The Years Episode 125 - The Bitter End
March 24, 2024 03:52 - 2 hours - 152 MBOn the new ThROH The Years, Albert Ching joins us to discuss The Bitter End, one of the worst shows we've reviewed. A night full of normally great promoers doing awful mic work, two long-lived storylines ending in the worst ways possible, a car that needs to be moved and a grandma that gets scared. Listen to Trevor lose his mind, Matt worry about warmth, and Albert reveal what movie he and Matt saw on that trip. This one goes some places.
ThROH The Years Episode 124 - Honor Reclaims Boston
March 03, 2024 03:51 - 2 hours - 110 MBOn the new ThROH The Years, Joe Gagne returns to help us cover Honor Reclaims Boston, a show featuring a main event that got huge buzz at the time in some circles but hasn't been well remembered. More importantly, we talk about chalkboards, growing basil, Eyes Wide Shut and Trevor is pointlessly fake mean to Joe and yet loses in the end. Kubrick would be proud.
ThROH The Years Episode 123 - Irresistible Forces
February 10, 2024 03:38 - 2 hours - 113 MBOn this episode of ThROH The Years the dry winter of ROH starts to get to Matt and Trevor, with Irresistible Forces, a card that continues ROH's duldrums. We end up making our own fun though and deliver a breezy two hour listen that's gonna make it all worthwhile. What was that? Root Beer?
ThROH The Years Episode 122 - Suffocation
January 21, 2024 04:35 - 2 hours - 142 MBOn the new ThROH The Years, we keep on working through our dry winter with SUFFOCATION, a very B B-Show. We talk about a great Homicide promo, a problematic Cornette and Corino one, Dicks, how Matt prepares to get a trophy, why Bryan Danielson is afraid of Ben Gay, and a fan tells Davey Richards to save a life before he ever became an EMT. No other podcast has the guts to cover this show. That's right, I said it.
ThROH The Years Episode 121 - Motor City Madness 2006
December 29, 2023 04:03 - 2 hours - 129 MBThe dry winter of ThROH The Years continues with Motor City Madness 2006, a B-Show that only gets truly memorable with an insane main event. But we have a lot of fun and laughs on this one. Topics include what makes a sandwich, WWF's WrestleMania All Day Long PPV, and Trevor sharing too much about his life yet again. We also talk about the greatness of Bryan Danielson and Mark Briscoe. It's a good fun time with your boys, get on the bus.
ThROH The Years Episode 120 - Survival of the Fittest 2006
December 10, 2023 05:35 - 2 hours - 163 MBToday on ThROH The Years, Jeff Schwartz joins to cover Survival of the Fittest 2006, a show that killed the town of Cleveland for ROH. We go over everything, including clothes being lost, a Bryan Danielson/Samoa Joe rematch, and Trev gets correctly called out for going full Meltzer. Plus, the debut of Ashley. You'll get it if you listen.
ThROH The Years Episode 119 - Glory By Honor V Night 2
November 18, 2023 06:01 - 4 hours - 226 MBOn one of the biggest ThROH The Years of all time we cover one of ROH's biggest shows of 2006, Glory By Honor V, Night 2. David Bixenspan joins us to cover the event, as both he and Matt were there live. We break down the specialness of Danielson vs. KENTA but also explore a million side topics, including how perceptions of indie wrestling changed in our lifetimes. Also Matt forgot to give out the Matt F trophy and I forgot to remind him. We'll make it up to you.This show is a hefty meal.
ThROH The Years Episode 118 - Glory By Honor V Night 1
October 28, 2023 02:35 - 1 hour - 107 MBOn the new ThROH The Years it's KENTA IN A TENTA as Joe Gagne joins us to discuss Glory By Honor V Night 1, a bizarre show that was forced outside at the last minute. We talk about the circumstances behind it, hear some live thoughts from Joe, and recap every match, with some real standout spots. A short and sweet show. KENTA in a tenta, ThROH The Years in your ears.
ThROH The Years Episode 117 - Gut Check
October 09, 2023 03:36 - 2 hours - 143 MBOn the new ThROH The Years we cover a very dramatic moment in Bryan Danielson's history as we review Gut Check, a show with one of the craziest instances of a wrestler working through an injury. But there's so much more. Trevor is discombobulated. Matt educates us about Jennifer Warnes and even sings. Check your stomach biome and get downloading!
ThROH The Years Episode 116 - Epic Encounter II
September 17, 2023 03:33 - 2 hours - 143 MBThROH The Years returns after a break. You better have missed us! Matt was at All In and talks about the influence ROH has had on the AEW of today. We then cover Epic Encounter II, a show with a looong Bryan Danielson/Nigel McGuinness match that Bryan didn't like, but who do we feel about it? Also we have plenty of adorable quotes from Wade Keller, discover the joy of Matt Sydal's promos, and we deliver the debut of a new show tradition, The Matt F Trophy! We're back and on the attack folks.
ThROH The Years Episode 115 - Anarchy in the UK
August 18, 2023 02:35 - 1 hour - 97 MBOn the new ThROH The Years, on the eve of AEW's UK debut, we cover Anarchy in the UK, the second night of ROH's first tour of England. It's a show Trevor thinks is cozy! We talk about it all, including prostates, two fingers, SUWA nearly squashing Bryan Danielson, and the distances between cities. A nice way to pre-game for all the Alls!
ThROH The Years Episode 114 - Unified
August 04, 2023 04:12 - 3 hours - 173 MBOn a very special ThROH The Years, Alan Counihan joins us for an hour-long interview about ROH's first-ever trip to the UK, giving a ton of insight to the scene at the time. Then Matt and Trevor go solo and do a full review of Unified, ROH's first show outside of the US. We cover two fantastic matches on top, the implications of the infamous ring post spot, a wild burial of Chad Collyer and so much more.
ThROH The Years Episode 113 - Fight of the Century
July 15, 2023 03:05 - 2 hours - 120 MBOn the new ThROH The Years we welcome first-time guest Phil Schneider (DVDVR, Ringer, Way of the Blade) to review Fight of the Century, a show with an hour-long epic between Samoa Joe and Bryan Danielson that we all might have liked more than Bryan Danielson did. Phil regales us with many a spicy tangent, Matt gets a Cameo from Bret Hart, and Trevor discovers he's the odd grump out on a match.
ThROH The Years Episode 112 - Time to Man Up
June 24, 2023 02:45 - 2 hours - 116 MBOn the new ThROH The Years, Matt and Trevor get macho as they review Time to Man Up, a very consistent B-Show with some surprisingly significant moments. We say farewell to AJ Styles and discuss his first two ROH runs. We also talk about how things were better when they were worse and dread becoming middle-aged. All that and adorable anecdotes about Matt's Dad attending the show and meeting Kenta in a bathroom.
ThROH The Years Episode 111 - Generation Now
June 03, 2023 03:40 - 2 hours - 157 MBToday on a brand new ThROH The Years, we are joined again be Jeff Schwartz to cover Generation Now, a show Jeff named! We bid a fond farewell to Generation Next, cover the night of two Christian Cages, and talk about another big Nigel vs. Danielson match that you've probably forgotten. Which pro wrestler has deceptively huge hands? Who came up with the "Mr.Small Package" gimmick? Jeff has the answers!
ThROH The Years Episode 110 - War of the Wire II
May 14, 2023 03:07 - 2 hours - 130 MBThROH The Years is here, anticipating some hot summer fun, revisiting War of the Wire II. It's a show with possibly the most brutal match in ROH history, an epilogue to the ROH/CZW feud. We have fun giving an overdue spotlight on BJ Whitmer, and also enjoy the most important thing to ever happen to ROH, the debut of the ROHbot Arm! Listen now or regret it on your deathbed.
ThROH The Years Episode 109 - Death Before Dishonor IV
April 23, 2023 04:35 - 3 hours - 202 MBThROH The Years is back and it's a big one, we're covering Death Before Dishonor IV, featuring the legendary Cage of Death match that ends the equally legendary ROH/CZW feud. We cover it in huge depth, even venturing to MySpace to bring you fascinating historical context. We also talk about sacks, one of the most disappointing ROH matches ever, as well as a very overlooked one. Which ones are they? You'll have to listen to find out. Don't be a baby, get the heck in.
ThROH The Years Episode 108 - Chi-town Struggle
April 08, 2023 02:44 - 2 hours - 112 MBOn the new ThROH The Years, the boys are back to review Chi-Town Struggle. Topics include our imaginary Cameo business, Trevor stumbling over himself a lot like this was a first-year episode, why Bryan Danielson is like a modern stand-up comic, and so much more. A real honkin' episode, so tune in.
ThROH The Years Episode 107 - Throwdown
March 19, 2023 02:05 - 1 hour - 87.5 MBOn the shortest ThROH The Years ever, Matt and Trevor breeze through Throwdown, a B-Show with a high-quality double main event. KENTA and Roderick Strong hit each other hard, Jimmy Jacobs gets to shine, and the boys have some friendly disagreements on a few matches. A nice quick (By our standards) listen to get you ready for Mania week.
ThROH The Years Episode 106 - In Your Face
February 26, 2023 04:37 - 2 hours - 145 MBThROH the Years about to get all up in your area with our review of IN YOUR FACE, one of the craziest events in ROH history, a night where so many wild things happened. Glass breaks, concussions aplenty, Green Lantern Fan's worst night and one of the craziest spots in the history of the promotion. We cover it all in an episode chock full of tangents and fun. Trevor says this is one of the best podcasts they've done so don't you dare miss out.
ThROH The Years Episode 105 - Destiny
February 12, 2023 03:48 - 1 hour - 107 MBToday's ThROH The Years features the long overdue return of Joe Gagne! We cover Destiny, a show with some things you didn't often see in the promotion, along with some weird angles and a great one. All capped off with a top-notch double main event, it's a show, and podcast, that will make you want to bang your head into a lighting rig until you hurt yourself.
ThROH The Years Episode 104 - Ring of Homicide
January 22, 2023 04:14 - 2 hours - 142 MBTonight on ThROH The Years we open by remembering Jay Briscoe, an all-time legend. Later, the boys review Ring of Homicide, a show with an unforgettable main event. Plus, Daizee Haze invents the Destino, Matt eats too many tacos and Trevor flubs a joke BUT WE'RE LEAVING IT IN. Rest in peace, Jay.
ThROH The Years Episode 103 - How We Roll
January 02, 2023 04:07 - 2 hours - 115 MBWelcome to 2023! ThROH The Years starts it off by covering one of the worst ROH shows in quite some time. From bland matches, to a bad crowd, to audio problems, there are a lot of things to blame. We cover them all in Christian's debut ROH appearance! RIP to my laptop.
ThROH The Years Episode 102 - Weekend of Champions Night Two
December 18, 2022 04:49 - 2 hours - 161 MBThROH The Years recovers from the previous show by covering Weekend of Champions Night 2! Jeff Schwartz joins us to review a much better event, featuring an absolute classic match that gets a little overshadowed, the end of Super Dragon, a real whiff of a disappointment, and the mildest comeback to a heckle ever. Lots of diversions and fun to be had here!
ThROH The Years Episode 101 - Weekend of Champions Night One
November 27, 2022 03:37 - 1 hour - 95.5 MBThROH The Years picks up after the Milestone Series with one of our weirdest episodes ever. We learn about crumpets! Listen for the moment where Trevor actively considers if he should call the police! Oh, and we review one of the dullest ROH shows in recent memory. All of it makes for what we call in the podcast industry, a good episode.
ThROH The Years Episode 100 - The 100th Show
November 06, 2022 03:33 - 2 hours - 143 MBIt's a special time as we're here with ThROH The Year's 100th EPISODE! We cover ROH's own 100th show, another all-timer in a string of them. Trevor loses it during a segment , you'll know which one. Matt does his Jerry Lawler. We might have figured out a secret dream match that would've happened. Thank you to everyone who has been with us over these 100!
ThROH The Years Episode 99 - Better Than Our Best
October 16, 2022 04:00 - 3 hours - 212 MBThROH The Years is back with another one of ROH's biggest shows, as well as one of our biggest shows. We cover Better Than Our Best and we brought Alan Counihan along! We cover it all, Dragon Gate, Lance Storm's return, the end of the Homicide/Cabana feud. Other topics include: churning butter, dry hand skin, how great Alex Shelley is. A top shelf pod.
ThROH The Years Episode 98 - Supercard of Honor
October 02, 2022 04:05 - 3 hours - 179 MBThROH The Years presents one of the biggest shows in its history covering one of the biggest shows in ROH history, the original Supercard of Honor. We cover the legendary Dragon Gate Six-Man from a million angles, examining its influence on wrestling. We also feast on the heavy meal that is the end of the Danielson/Strong trilogy. Trevor also has a weird anecdote spurred on by a weird Ace Steele promo. THIS IS ONE OF THE BIG SHOWS. GET DOWNLOADING.
ThROH The Years Episode 97 - Dragon Gate Challenge
September 11, 2022 03:06 - 2 hours - 126 MBThROH The Years begins ROH's first triple shot with triple voices. That's right, first time guest Chad Campbell @bigboysplaywcw joins us to run down Dragon Gate Challenge. It's a show that ends the Christopher Daniels/Samoa Joe feud...kinda. It also is in some ways the birth of Dragon Gate's US influence, but most of all it's remembered as the night BJ Whitmer and Jimmy Jacobs almost died. It all turns out fun, at least on this episode!
ThROH The Years Episode 96 - Best in the World
August 20, 2022 02:50 - 2 hours - 122 MBThROH The Years continues through the Milestone Series covering Best in the World. Is it the best show ROH has done yet? Possibly! Headlined by two great tag matches, we talk about the promo that saved Jimmy Jacobs' career, odd humming, and a lot more. SPOILER WARNING: We ruin the ending of 1999 Best Picture winner American Beauty.
ThROH The Years Episode 95 - Arena Warfare
August 06, 2022 03:10 - 2 hours - 148 MBIt's Arena Warfare time! ThROH The Years covers ROH's debut in ECW Arena for a very unique show and a big escalation in their feud with CZW. Christopher Daniels takes a longer than expected drive! Bryan Danielson yells at a little girl! Samoa Joe is afraid of garden tools! All this and way more on tonight's episode.
ThROH The Years Episode 45 - Arena Warfare
August 06, 2022 03:10 - 2 hours - 148 MBIt's Arena Warfare time! ThROH The Years covers ROH's debut in ECW Arena for a very unique show and a big escalation in their feud with CZW. Christopher Daniels takes a longer than expected drive! Bryan Danielson yells at a little girl! Samoa Joe is afraid of garden tools! All this and way more on tonight's episode.
ThROH The Years Episode 94 - Fourth Anniversary Show
July 23, 2022 02:58 - 2 hours - 119 MBTonight the boys review one of the better ROH shows they've covered in quite some time, the Fourth Anniversary Show. Two or three very different great matches, the return of the Briscoes, the farewell for two others, a great chapter of the CZW feud, and Jack Evans takes one of the scariest bumps in history. Plus we talk about who people resemble in a segment that I have no idea how harshly Matt will edit. Listen and find out!
ThROH The Years Episode 93 - Unscripted II
July 10, 2022 03:45 - 3 hours - 168 MBThROH The Years is finally ready to cover the weirdest show in ROH history, Unscripted II. A series of fallings out and a snowstorm ravage a card and open the door for one final CM Punk match. We cover it in incredible detail including discovering an amazing proposed ROH match that almost was. Plus we talk about an important evolution for Nigel McGuinness, heckling fans, bad pancakes, do snow angels make you a pussy, and Trevor makes Matt uncomfortable by proposing a Cream Scale.
ThROH The Years Episode 92 - Dissension
June 26, 2022 04:32 - 3 hours - 174 MBThROH The Years is back with returning guest Jeff Schwartz to cover a Dissension, a show with three instances of just that! Plus we say goodbye to Abyss and Low Ki, with an extended discussion of the latter. We talk about real injuries, fake botches, promote good causes, and Matt tests out multiple catchphrases and debuts an impression. We've done it again!
ThROH The Years Episode 91 - Tag Wars 2006
June 12, 2022 02:51 - 2 hours - 125 MBThROH The Years returns to cover a fun B-Show, Tag Wars 2006. A match makes Trevor nostalgic, Matt has hopes for Flock of Seagulls, the mystery of red sauce is explained and we talk a lot about an CZW/ROH angle. No episode has more Jimmys.
ThROH The Years Episode 90 - Hell Freezes Over
May 22, 2022 03:36 - 3 hours - 165 MBThROH The Years has finally made it to 2006 and we kick off with a bang with Hell Freezes Over. Chris Hero finally debuts in ROH and we deep dive why that was such a big deal. Plus Samoa Joe is feelin' it, Matt Sydal has a star-making performance, and more outside news tidbits than you can shake a stick at. Jump on board the 06 train as it leaves the station!
ThROH The Years Episode 89 - Final Battle 2005
May 02, 2022 05:16 - 4 hours - 234 MBThROH The Years presents its fourth annual year in review show! First we review all of Final Battle 2005, a very noteworthy show topped off with a great match from a debuting Japanese superstar. Then we do our annual mini-show recapping 2005, doling out awards and giving overall thoughts. Oh and Trevor tells the darkest anecdote in show history.
ThROH The Years Episode 88 - Steel Cage Warfare
April 17, 2022 03:37 - 2 hours - 161 MBOn the new ThROH The Years we cover Steel Cage Warfare, a spectacle of a show full of violence, gimmicks and big storyline developments. We cover it all but also talk about a motionless Lance Storm, Trevor angering people on Twitter, Chef Boyardee, and asaucenations. This is an episode that has a little of everything.
ThROH The Years Episode 87 - A Night of Tribute
March 27, 2022 03:12 - 2 hours - 136 MBFive years. For five years ThROH The Years has wasted hours of your life and on this anniversary show we're not done yet. After copious thank you's we review A Night of Tribute, a show that took place in the wake of Eddie Guerrero's death. We cover a real hidden gem of a card with a great main event, a strange and disappointing semi, one of the greatest promos of Colt Cabana's career, and tons more. We also find time to tell our childhood school fence stories.
ThROH The Years Episode 86 - Vendetta
March 13, 2022 04:09 - 2 hours - 137 MBOn today's ThROH The Years we cover Vendetta, a super show with one of ROH's best matches of 2005. We also talk about towel-loving fans, how expectations change how we view matches, and a semi-conscious Bill Watts. Dr.Keith even does a run-in at the very end! Enjoy!
ThROH The Years Episode 85 - Showdown in Motown
February 20, 2022 04:03 - 2 hours - 135 MBThROH The Years covers Showdown in Motown tonight, but we cover a lot of things. Gabe Sapolsky as a Hall of Famer, vegan chicken nuggets, pet peeves, Matt's nickname for YouTubers, flag thoughts. An episode good enough to make Trevor not self-deprecate for a minute!
ThROH The Years Episode 84 - This Means War
January 29, 2022 03:50 - 2 hours - 122 MBThROH The Years brings back guest Joe Gagne to cover This Means War. A secretly important show in wrestling history that gives birth to the Bryan Danielson we know and love. Plus, Halloween candy, gassy fans, a worked shoot explored, a wonderful opener and so much more!
ThROH The Years Episode 83 - Buffalo Stampede
January 10, 2022 03:35 - 2 hours - 114 MBIn 2022 the rules of podcasting have not changed, which means ThROH The Years is back to cover Buffalo Stampede! Low Ki is at his goofiest! Lazer tag! A wild six man brawl! Corino vs. Danielson! Is this show better than a trip to Hawaii? That is for you to find out.
ThROH The Years Episode 82 - Enter the Dragon
December 27, 2021 05:24 - 3 hours - 184 MBThROH The Years enters the Bryan Danielson era of ROH with their review of Enter The Dragon and An Honorable Mention's Jeff Schwartz joins the party! We talk about a great main event, an underperforming undercard match, pooping next to a champion, indie promoter hecklers and a ton more. RIP Jimmy Rave