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Wrestling Is Gross #95 - Facial Abuse
Wrestling Is Gross - March 29, 2024 19:29 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsProto-Britwres? A different style fight? Two women stabbing each other with a big stick? In the words of Tracy Smothers, Fear is false evidence appearing real. Amen. And a Happy Belated Birthday to the Ace. Matches discussed~ Takehiro Murahama vs. Naohiro Hoshikawa (Osaka Pro 3/25/2000)...
Wrestling Is Gross #94 - Birthday Kisses
Wrestling Is Gross - March 20, 2024 15:08 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsOn today's show, we celebrate the art of getting hit in the nuts, read the blurb from the back of an old VHS box, and take a warm bath in trash juice. Fellas is it gay to kiss your opponent on the lips The Matches~ Randy Savage vs. Hulk Hogan (WWF 4/2/89) Roddy Piper vs. Goldus...
Wrestling Is Gross #93 - Our Most Freudian Wrestler
Wrestling Is Gross - February 26, 2024 17:29 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsMost know him as Riki Choshu. But to others, he's simply known as Big Dick Rick. Sometimes a lariat is just a lariat. Not this lariat. 🍆 Join us on our trek through Riki Choshu's Ishin Gundan and their 1985 invasion of All Japan Pro Wrestling! This is an episode we've wanted to do for a long t...
Wrestling Is Gross #92 - Zandig vs. Goku
Wrestling Is Gross - February 17, 2024 21:15 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsI pledge allegiance to The Boss, and to the Combat Zone for which He stands: One locker room under Zandig, indivisible, with liberty and justice pain for all. Amen. Happy 25th Birthday CZW! Here's to 25 more! Matches discussed~ Nick Mondo vs. Adam Flash vs. Nick Berk (CZW 12/15/01) Sami Cal...
Wrestling Is Gross #91 - Twenty Twenty-Three, It Don't Worry Me
Wrestling Is Gross - January 22, 2024 21:48 - 4 hours ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsIt's the 2023 Wrestling Is Gross Awards aka The Grossies! Also the Fifth Anniversary of the podcast? Pretty weird! It's a great episode and everyone should listen. Tell your friends! Thank you all so much for listening to the podcast in 2023! We finished the year strong and are looking forw...
Wrestling Is Gross #90 - Fishing With Jon
Wrestling Is Gross - December 18, 2023 20:45 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsWe're joined by dear Jon to help us explore one dark corner of lucha libre, where almost everyone is fat, old and bleeding. Sit back and enjoy a solo cup full of beer right to the side of your head! Sí se puede! JON'S 2017 SPREADSHEET JON'S 2018 SPREADSHEET JON'S 2019 SPREADSHEET ...
Wrestling Is Gross #89 - The Septic City Invitational
Wrestling Is Gross - December 01, 2023 17:46 - 3 hours ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsHave you ever told a joke so many times that you started to believe it was a real story? That's kind of how this episode happened. As promised, it's the Carnage Cup 13 review, with special co-host Daniel Makabe. You can watch Daniel Makabe vs. JAIDEN on IWTV tomorrow, December 2nd for DOA ...
Wrestling Is Gross #88 - It's Giving
Wrestling Is Gross - November 23, 2023 23:41 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsIt's the vastly popular Thanksgiving episode! We're going broadway with the mashed potatoes. Four and a quarter stars versus a pumpkin pie. Not putting the green beans over clean, that doesn't work for me brother. 🦃🍴🩸🦃 "It's like Pinter." - anonymous Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts, fo...
Wrestling Is Gross #87 - Velcro Boys
Wrestling Is Gross - November 17, 2023 22:44 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsWhat is the strongest piece of wood in the world? Is that SMW referee Mark Curtis or Academy Award nominee William H. Macy? What if we shrunk down Jim Cornette and put him in a little jar? All this plus so much more! Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts, follow us on X app, Bluesky, TikTok...
Wrestling Is Gross #86 - Smoking On That Mad Jack
Wrestling Is Gross - October 31, 2023 20:11 - 3 hours ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsWe're joined again by dearest Micha to celebrate Halloween and discuss her favorite wrestler in the world, Vampiro. The runtime isn't the only thing scary about this episode folks! ☠️☠️☠️ (We lost a big chunk of this episode from the first half but recovered nicely in the second half. If ...
Wrestling Is Gross #85 - Vince and Shane's Secret Podcast
Wrestling Is Gross - October 12, 2023 20:58 - 4 hours ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsWe begin our descent into hell to examine the in-ring careers of the McMahon family, starting with 1999, the greatest year in the history of American culture. JR Goldberg will be our co-pilot. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts, follow us on X app, Bluesky, TikTok, Instagram, and send us an ...
Wrestling Is Gross #84 - Man With A Harmonica
Wrestling Is Gross - September 30, 2023 23:20 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsThe greatest wrestler of all-time died so we did a podcast about him. Next episode will be about someone who isn't dead. Not yet at least! Thanks for listening! Matches discussed: Terry Funk vs. Jerry Lawler (Memphis 3/23/1981) Terry Funk vs. Stan Hansen (AJPW 4/14/1983) Terry Funk vs....
Wrestling Is Gross #83 - Throw Your Cares Away
Wrestling Is Gross - September 21, 2023 23:04 - 3 hours ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsNew episode! We're back to share a few hours talking about the work of Bray Wyatt and Brodie Lee, attempt to unpack one of the best periods in WWE history, and think about all the things that could have been. "Wrestling is not a love story, it’s a Fairy Tale for masochists." - Windham "I...
Wrestling Is Gross #82 - JAY~!
Wrestling Is Gross - May 17, 2023 23:02 - 3 hours ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsThe first of two parts. This time, we discuss Jay Briscoe's career as a singles wrestler, his legendary matches with his brother, and his role as a load-bearing pillar for Ring of Honor's entire history. A really nice show! Give to DEAN~!'s Gofundme, to help his family in their time of need. I...
Wrestling Is Gross #81 - The World's Biggest Asylums
Wrestling Is Gross - March 31, 2023 18:19 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsBig beer gut and tiny black trunks. Brand new baggy jeans from Gadzooks. A gilded skeleton bodysuit. These are the garments of just a few of the heroes we discuss on today's program. Nearly 3 hours of twisted steel and Grandpa sex appeal. Matches discussed: Minoru Suzuki vs Masakatsu Funaki...
Wrestling Is Gross #80 - Poo Poo Pee Pee
Wrestling Is Gross - March 21, 2023 14:39 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsHey we're back and we're gonna do the podcast again. No, really! For real! This episode has it all too: Poo poo, pee pee, blood, expectoration, and more. To quote Dory Funk Jr, "I'm so fuckin old." Stay tuned at the end for a bonus LIVE REACTION recording of me and my 7 year old daughter ...
Wrestling Is Gross #79 - Blayzegiving
Wrestling Is Gross - November 25, 2022 04:19 - 3 hours ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsWe're back baby! Season Two Premiere! All things Deuce! When Micha (@CrowleyHead) told us she wanted to do three hours on Madusa, we said what the hell, why not three and a half. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts, follow us on Twitter, TikTok, Instagram, and send us an email at wrestlingisg...
Wrestling Is Gross #78 - Gabe's Emo Phase
Wrestling Is Gross - September 28, 2022 16:28 - 3 hours ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsWe're joined again by dear friend JR Goldberg, who curated a playlist of Ring of Honor's bloody and melodramatic 2007 for the show. Fuck, Marry, Kill: Delirious, Colt Cabana, Takeshi Morishima? This episode was recorded 2½ months ago and then we stopped making this podcast for awhile. We appre...
Wrestling Is Gross #77 - Down With An Illness
Wrestling Is Gross - July 30, 2022 21:10 - 3 hours ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsFinally, it's the Chri$ Ca$h episode! We do it all in this one. We do Eric Gargiulo impressions, ponder the early days of the CZW Dojo, and litigate rapping your music during your entrance. Don't do it folks! The New School vs. Irish Drinking Team vs. Towel Boy and Hurricane Kid vs. VD />>>/ T...
Wrestling Is Gross #76 - Tell Me You Love Me
Wrestling Is Gross - June 28, 2022 23:15 - 3 hours ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsIn our very first Pride Month Special Episode, we take a look at the true pioneers, two men brave enough to be themselves despite discrimination and hatred. That's right folks, it's The Pat & Gerry Show. Buy the shirts! The Super Porky shirt! The Rough & Ready shirt! The Wrestling Is Gross...
Wrestling Is Gross #75 - Praying For These Hoes
Wrestling Is Gross - May 06, 2022 21:40 - 3 hours ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsOn today's show, we look back fondly on April 2000, a blissful time when nothing really mattered at all. Perry Saturn's trademark weird skin color, the big hooks from the Backlash set, Pat Patterson's shit-stained undies, and more! Recorded partially outside, I apologize for any audio issues. ...
Wrestling Is Gross #74 - Halfway To A Broadway
Wrestling Is Gross - April 06, 2022 23:14 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsThis time, we stack a bunch of chairs on top of each other to discuss the sins of the Impact Zone, the lineage of the WWF Light Heavyweight Title, and DW Griffith busting Lillian Gish open hardway. Buy the shirts! The Super Porky shirt! The Rough & Ready shirt! The Wrestling Is Gross log...
Wrestling Is Gross #73 - I'm Exhausted
Wrestling Is Gross - March 19, 2022 00:19 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsWe're back to discuss lighting a bag of dog shit on fire, filing a Missing Persons report for an obscure 2000s indy wrestler, and the greatest DQ finish in wrestling history. I'm getting too old for this shit! Shinya Hashimoto vs. Genichiro Tenryu (NJPW 8/1/98) Shadow WX & The Winger vs...
Wrestling Is Gross #72 - Gasolina
Wrestling Is Gross - March 01, 2022 00:20 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsOn today's show, we look back once more to the Willenium and get jiggy with some old friends in the junkyard. Hey diddle diddle, Crash Holly was little, Bill Demott jumped over the moon. Cíclope vs. Fit Finlay vs. Jerry Flynn vs. Johnny Grunge vs. Hak vs. Horace Hogan vs. Brian Knobbs vs. H...
Wrestling Is Gross #71 - A Master Builder
Wrestling Is Gross - January 31, 2022 22:33 - 3 hours ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsThis time, we do our damnedest to eulogize Jimmy Rave; to celebrate his work as a master craftsman, his influence on the modern southern indies, and his innate ability to make fans want to punch him in the face. Jimmy Rave vs. Tony Mamaluke (NWA Wildside 3/23/02) Jimmy Rave vs. Trent Acid (C...
Wrestling Is Gross #70 - Twenty Twenty-One, At Least We Have Each Other
Wrestling Is Gross - January 09, 2022 02:15 - 4 hours ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsAnother year in Hell! Join us, as we march ever closer to the end times and revisit our favorite matches from 2021. Let us circle the drain together. The world is gonna end soon but at least we have wrestling! Thanks to everyone who listened in 2021. We love every last one of you, even the...
Wrestling Is Gross #69 - The 2021 Deathmatch Tournament Digest Parts 1 & 2
Wrestling Is Gross - December 24, 2021 19:08 - 4 hours ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsWell folks, we did it. We fucked around and made our longest show ever. Is Orin Veidt a bitch? Is John Rare an auteur? How long can an episode of a podcast be, legally? All of your questions (and more) will be answered. Recorded over 2 separate sessions with various minor audio issues. So...
Wrestling Is Gross #68 - Tony K's Little E-fed
Wrestling Is Gross - November 25, 2021 19:58 - 3 hours ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsWe're joined by Micha @CrowleyHead once more on Thanksgiving to celebrate and argue and accuse each other of things that may or may not have happened years ago. It's the AEW episode I guess! Check out Micha and other talented voices on Soundrot, a music newsletter that ISN'T run by pre...
Wrestling Is Gross #67 - Wrinkly Old Balls
Wrestling Is Gross - November 13, 2021 17:28 - 3 hours ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsWe're joined by Sally @femboigarfield to chat about dressing like Raven as a pre-teen, threaten to rank every Nitro Girl, and spend well over 30 minutes dunking on Kevin Kelly. Very long, very sloppy episode. Buy the Super Porky enamel pin! Buy multiple pins! It's the holiday season! ...
Wrestling Is Gross #66 - Bucky and Siobhan Meet Frankenstein
Wrestling Is Gross - October 30, 2021 18:19 - 3 hours ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsOn today's show, we discuss . Also, we , , , and so much more. BUY THE SUPER PORKY ENAMEL PIN! BUY THE SUPER PORKY ENAMEL PIN! BUY IT! BUY TWO! Yukihiro Kanemura vs. Kevin Sullivan (SMW, 3/6/93) Raven & Abyss vs Black Reign & Rellik (TNA 12/2/07) Charly Manson vs. Chessman (AAA 8/21...