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WrestleMania 40 Recap
Awesome Truth: A Wrestling Book Club - April 10, 2024 07:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★ - 22 ratingsAwesome Truth's Road to WrestleMania finally stops here; we're departing from our usual format to recap the 2-night spectacular, especially the showdown between Roman Reigns and Cody Rhodes. Did it live it up to the hype? Was it too much Rock or (surprisingly) too little? And what's next for Tri...
Roman Reigns' Heel Era on WWE Evil
Awesome Truth: A Wrestling Book Club - March 27, 2024 07:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★ - 22 ratingsThe last stop on Awesome Truth's Road to WrestleMania is all about the Tribal Chief himself, Roman Reigns. His episode of WWE Evil examines the life of the real Joe Anoa'i, including the recent bout with leukemia that led to time away from wrestling and his eventual return as sports entertainmen...
Cody's Torn Pec Makes Hell in a Cell History: The Road to WrestleMania XL Watch-Along
Awesome Truth: A Wrestling Book Club - March 13, 2024 07:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★ - 22 ratingsOur next stop on the road to WrestleMania 40 is yet another look at the rise of Cody Rhodes, namely his showdown with Seth Rollins at Hell in a Cell 2022. You may know this as "the one with Cody's fully torn pectoral muscle," but it's also a match that Walt and Steve have never seen. Does it liv...
American Nightmare: Becoming Cody Rhodes
Awesome Truth: A Wrestling Book Club - February 28, 2024 08:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★ - 22 ratingsCody Rhodes is about to main event two WrestleManias in a row, and his return to WWE from AEW has been about the biggest success story one could imagine. So it's no surprise that, in summer 2023, they released a documentary about his life in and around pro wrestling. But how does that doc hold u...
Twice in a Lifetime: The Rock/Cena II Watch-Along
Awesome Truth: A Wrestling Book Club - February 14, 2024 08:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★ - 22 ratingsAs Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson threatens a return to the ring and a leap into the WrestleMania main event picture, we felt we owed it to our fans to revisit the last time he had a true wrestling match. That's right, we're watching along with John Cena versus The Rock at WrestleMania 29, a show we ...
Ospreay: The Rise of an International Pro Wrestler
Awesome Truth: A Wrestling Book Club - January 31, 2024 08:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★ - 22 ratingsAs Will Ospreay prepares to make his full-time debut with AEW, we thought it was time to revisit his ascent through the ranks of wrestling via the 2020 documentary Ospreay: The Rise of an International Pro Wrestler. Is it a good, well-made doc? Not necessarily, but it does spark some great conve...
Brock Lesnar Takes On Everyone: The 2020 Royal Rumble Watch-Along
Awesome Truth: A Wrestling Book Club - January 17, 2024 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 22 ratingsIf it's January, then it's time for a Rumble watch-along. Awesome Truth is revisiting a recent classic and maybe the best of all time: the 2020 Royal Rumble. It's one of the best-booked matches in Rumble history, from Brock Lesnar's attempt to take on all 30 entrants by himself to Drew McIntyre'...
The Iron Claw
Awesome Truth: A Wrestling Book Club - January 03, 2024 08:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★ - 22 ratingsDespite being incredibly depressing, A24's The Iron Claw is one of the winter's biggest movies, and you better believe the Awesome Truth boys bought themselves two tickets during Christmas break. The tale of the Von Erichs has been told before but there's something special about seeing wrestling...
Austin, Rock, HHH, and Undertaker in a Cell: The Holiday Watch-Along
Awesome Truth: A Wrestling Book Club - December 20, 2023 08:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★ - 22 ratingsHappy holidays! To celebrate the season, and the end of 2023, we're watching one of the Attitude Era's defining matches: the 6-man Hell in a Cell featuring Stone Cold Steve Austin, The Rock, Undertaker, Kurt Angle, HHH, and Rikishi. It's the infamous match with the "big" bump onto a flatbed truc...
The Legendary Al Snow on Netflix's Wrestlers, OVW, and His Top ECW Moment
Awesome Truth: A Wrestling Book Club - December 06, 2023 08:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★ - 22 ratingsWhat does everybody want?! That's right; Al Snow (minus Head) is on Awesome Truth. The living legend and 'star' of Wrestlers joins us to talk about his Netflix-fueled return to the wrestling spotlight, what it's like to book Ohio Valley Wrestling, and how it felt to perform in front of thousands...
Dolph Ziggler and Sting vs The World: The Survivor Series Watch-Along
Awesome Truth: A Wrestling Book Club - November 22, 2023 08:36 - 53 minutes ★★★★ - 22 ratingsIt's our November watch-along! Awesome Truth is celebrating WWE’s November tradition by revisiting one of our favorite Survivor Series matches from recent history. 2014’s main event has it all: The Authority, a Big Show heel turn, the Bludgies, and Dolph Ziggler putting on a wrestling clinic to ...
Netflix's Wrestlers: Worth a Watch?
Awesome Truth: A Wrestling Book Club - November 08, 2023 08:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★ - 22 ratingsYou may remember Ohio Valley Wrestling from countless mentions in other wrestling documentaries; it's the company where Brock Lesnar, John Cena, Batista, and Randy Orton cut their teeth. Now, however, it's gone from WWE minor league to barely surviving regional Kentucky promotion, and it's up to...
Hogan vs Giant in Monster Trucks: The Halloween Havoc Watch-Along
Awesome Truth: A Wrestling Book Club - October 25, 2023 07:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★ - 22 ratingsWe really had no choice for our October watch-along: It's the spookiest match of all time, Hulk Hogan versus The Giant in a monster truck showdown at Halloween Havoc 1995, followed by an impromptu battle featuring the bearhugging debut of The Yeti. This is the apex of the "Hogan versus the Dunge...
Cassandro, the Lucha Libre Biopic on Prime Video
Awesome Truth: A Wrestling Book Club - October 11, 2023 07:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★ - 22 ratingsPro wrestling has returned to the silver screen, or at least the streaming screen. Cassandro, the new biopic of a beloved exótico played by Gael García Bernal, is now on Amazon Prime Video, and we're talking all about it. Does the film provide a deeper understanding of lucha libre and the luchad...
Omega vs Bryan: The AEW Grand Slam Watch-Along
Awesome Truth: A Wrestling Book Club - September 27, 2023 07:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★ - 22 ratingsIt's our September watch-along! On the heels of the recent third installment of AEW's annual Grand Slam event, we went back to the first-ever Slam to watch what many considered the modern dream match: Kenny Omega vs. Bryan Danielson. Relive this instant classic with your favorite pod as we break...
Angle
Awesome Truth: A Wrestling Book Club - September 13, 2023 07:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★ - 22 ratingsKurt Angle's Olympic medal wasn't a gimmick; in 1996, he won the gold in Atlanta and became the best amateur wrestler in the world, a journey that's covered in detail in Peacock's new documentary, Angle. Peacock is taking a broader approach with their recent wrestling-centric docs, focusing on m...
Should We Tag In for Heels Season 2?
Awesome Truth: A Wrestling Book Club - August 30, 2023 07:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★ - 22 ratingsAgainst all odds, Heels is back on Starz for a second season. But just because the pro wrestling drama has returned doesn't mean we're watching; should we all stick around for another helping of the Duffy Wrestling League? Join us as we discuss the Stephen Amell-led series and try to figure out ...
Bulldog Beats Bret in Wembley: The SummerSlam Watch-Along
Awesome Truth: A Wrestling Book Club - August 16, 2023 07:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★ - 22 ratingsSummerSlam 2023 may be over and done, but it's still August so there's still time for a watch-along! Join us as we revisit a 5-star classic from 1992: it's the "British Bulldog" Davey Boy Smith versus Bret "The Hitman" Hart in front of nearly 80,000 fans at Wembley Stadium in London. It's the In...
Awesome Classic: The Miz, Shawn Michaels, and Becky Lynch Make a Marine Movie
Awesome Truth: A Wrestling Book Club - August 02, 2023 07:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★ - 22 ratingsIt's rerun time on Awesome Truth! Steve had a baby and Walt is being worked to the bone, so let's revisit an old episode that made everyone smile: an in-depth discussion of The Marine 6: Close Quarters. Yes, just a few years ago, The Miz, Shawn Michaels, and Becky Lynch all starred in the final ...
The Hart Foundation vs Stone Cold & Friends: The Canadian Stampede Watch-Along
Awesome Truth: A Wrestling Book Club - July 19, 2023 07:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★ - 22 ratingsFor this month's watch-along, we're revisiting one of the best main events in In Your House history: The Hart Foundation versus Stone Cold Steve Austin and friends. That's right; it's Bret Hart, Owen Hart, Davey Boy Smith, Jim Neidhart, and Brian Pillman against Austin, Ken Shamrock, Goldust, an...
WWE Legends: Dusty Rhodes
Awesome Truth: A Wrestling Book Club - July 05, 2023 07:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★ - 22 ratingsAgainst all odds, the A&E network keeps churning out high-level WWE documentary programming, including this excellent episode of Biography: WWE Legends on "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes. With Cody's return and subsequent rise to the top of WWE, it's the perfect moment to rexamine how the Rhod...
The Story of Chris Candido and Sunny
Awesome Truth: A Wrestling Book Club - June 21, 2023 07:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★ - 22 ratingsWrestling fans have been waiting for the Chris Candido and Tammy "Sunny" Sytch story on Dark Side of the Ring since the show premiered, and now it's finally here. Does it live up to the hype? Did we learn more about Chris and Tammy as people and performers, or is this a tale that most fans alrea...
CM Punk vs John Cena in Chicago: The Money in the Bank Watch-Along
Awesome Truth: A Wrestling Book Club - June 07, 2023 07:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★ - 22 ratingsRemember when CM Punk was the hottest thing in wrestling? And it was because of his talent and not backstage bullsh*t? We do, mostly because we just rewatched the classic Punk/Cena match from Money in the Bank 2011. Join us for our June watch-along as we revisit maybe the greatest modern WWE sho...
CM Punk Beats John Cena in Chicago: The Money in the Bank Watch-Along
Awesome Truth: A Wrestling Book Club - June 07, 2023 07:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★ - 22 ratingsRemember when CM Punk was the hottest thing in wrestling? And it was because of his talent and not backstage bullsh*t? We do, mostly because we just rewatched the classic Punk/Cena match from Money in the Bank 2011. Join us for our June watch-along as we revisit maybe the greatest modern WWE sho...
Writing the Vince McMahon Biography (w/ Abraham Josephine Riesman)
Awesome Truth: A Wrestling Book Club - May 24, 2023 07:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★ - 22 ratingsYou've heard us talk all about Ringmaster: Vince McMahon and the Unmaking of America; now it's time to talk to the author! Abraham Josephine "Josie" Riesman joins us to discuss writing a book that aims to be the definitive Vince biography, as well as how it feels to be an outsider reporting on p...
Ringmaster: Vince McMahon and the Unmaking of America
Awesome Truth: A Wrestling Book Club - May 10, 2023 07:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★ - 22 ratingsThe story of Vince McMahon is a difficult one to tell, especially in the wake of the retirement and resurgence that has kept the WWE chairman in the limelight despite numerous financial and sexual accusations being leveled against him. Vince is one of the most complex and problematic corporate o...
Cena vs HBK vs Edge vs Orton: The Backlash Watch-Along
Awesome Truth: A Wrestling Book Club - April 26, 2023 07:03 - 40 minutes ★★★★ - 22 ratingsIt's April, which means it's (sigh) Backlash season. While this year's event features stars like Cody Rhodes, Brock Lesnar, and Bad Bunny, this post-WrestleMania show is not usually a highlight for WWE. That said, to give you all the watch-along you deserve, we dug into the archives and pulled u...
WWE 24: WrestleMania 38 (and Mania 39 Thoughts)
Awesome Truth: A Wrestling Book Club - April 12, 2023 07:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★ - 22 ratingsWWE 24 is the most consistent documentary series on the WWE Network/Peacock, and their WrestleMania 38 episode is no exception. Even 15 minutes on Rick Boogs can't slow down this intimate backstage look at Stone Cold Steve Austin, Becky Lynch, Kevin Owens, and the other stars of 2022's biggest s...
The Top 10 Wrestling Themes: Our 150th Episode Spectacular
Awesome Truth: A Wrestling Book Club - March 29, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 22 ratingsWe've made it to 150 episodes! To celebrate, we're diving into the rich history of pro wrestling theme songs and ranking our 10 favorites. What will make the cut? Will the glass breaking for Stone Cold Steve Austin top Triple H's Motorhead classics, or will Shawn Michaels being the world's sexie...
The Dawn of Tables, Ladders & Chairs: The WrestleMania Watch-Along
Awesome Truth: A Wrestling Book Club - March 15, 2023 07:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★ - 22 ratingsIt's WrestleMania month, which means it's time for another world-famous Awesome Truth watch-along. This time, we're revisiting WrestleMania XVI, also known as WrestleMania 2000. And, of course, the match we're discussing is one of the greatest tag-team showdowns of all time: the Hardys versus th...
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