The Wrestling Podcast

Brandon Stroud of With Leather is back again, and this time, he’s here to preview ACW’s Nothing Is As Real As a Dream, aka, the Wrestling Prom. B recounts the tale about how he came to begrudgingly like Angel Blue in the backdrop of her dream tag team evening gown match with a partner of her choosing against the awesome Rachel Summerlyn and a partner of her choosing. We break down Lady Poison’s special powers, how rad ACH is, the discomfort caused by Jaykus Plisken’s not-so-casual racism and Matthew Palmer as someone who is legitimately crazy, among other things. Sidebars include the dynamic between John Laurinaitis and David Otunga, Dolph Ziggler as the male wrestler that females can, should and do objectify and yarns spun by Brandon about how he had an awkward moment with Ken Anderson and me about meeting Veda Scott before she was Veda Scott. Also, we agree that Rob Van Dam absolutely suuuuucks. We fit some Chikara talk in the end too.

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Vince Morales of Miller Park Drunk is back for his second go-around on the podcast. We talk about Chikara and the current goings on there, mainly focusing on the menace of Gekido and who their identities might be. We also ruminate about Hot off the Griddle and hope that this feud between Kevin Steen and Eddie Kingston is far from over. We talk a bit about Over the Limit, where it’s agreed that Punk/Bryan will be great because we know what we’re getting from them, while Laurinaitis/Cena will be exciting mainly because we don’t know what we’re getting. We also discuss how wrestling right now is pretty good, mainly because everyone in the business right now that is good grew up a fan of it.

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Matt Ufford, formerly of Warming Glow and currently of Kissing Suzy Kolber and SB Nation, comes on the show to talk about the telly. We take turns gushing about Game of Thrones, he names a few other shows everyone should be watching and also gives his philosophy about writing about TV and avoiding superlatives. Obviously, I ask him about Corgi Friday, and we talk a little bit about dogs in general, especially about how awesome adopting dogs from shelters is. We move onto the KSK sex bag he writes every week and talk some of the various screwed up submissions he gets. There’s also a bit of talk about the “10 scale” (basically how asinine it is) and how the Venn Diagram between “hot” and “kinky” intersects. Finally, he describes his new gig at SBN a bit and talks about how Kate Upton is not only hot, but very warm and a great interview as well.

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Dylan Hales of the Wrestling Culture podcast (and soon to be blog!) stops by for his third visit to the podcast. We talk about the excitement levels for both Extreme Rules matches announced so far. We talk about how John Laurinaitis may not be that bad an opponent for John Cena and how Cena himself is one of the most erratic yet underappreciated big match performers in WWE history. We also talk about the pitfalls of what to expect out of Daniel Bryan/CM Punk, but we also take time to appreciate the match is happening and expect it to be good. There’s talk about Extreme Rules and WrestleMania, in which Dylan has a very creative way to describe Undertaker/Triple H. There’s some talk about the indies, and we get into giving you the straight dope on how to find good wrestling on YouTube. Finally, the capper is all about Brock Lesnar.

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Fifty episodes! This landmark episode welcomes Cewsh of Cewsh Reviews to talk about Extreme Rules. We focus in on two matches in particular. First, we break down Brock Lesnar/John Cena, talking about the difference in character, Brock the iconoclast and whether he’ll have ring rust being out as long as he has. We then go into Daniel Bryan/Sheamus, remarking over whether we thought Bryan would get to the level he’s at. We also debate whether WWE might go with another humiliatingly short match like what happened with WrestleMania. We delve into the indie wrestlers who might have a shot to go to WWE, as well as dipping into whether WWE is starting to let guys be their indie characters more and more. I grit my teeth as I somewhat defend Triple H, and Cewsh wonders aloud if John Cena is leaving his perch as THE guy in WWE anytime soon. Finally, we wonder who the next people to enter WWE’s main event scene are and talk a little bit about corgis.

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In the most ambitious episode of Outside the Squared Circle yet, I get together four other football bloggers – Ben Van Iten and Nate Raby of The Footbawl Blog, Mike Tunison of Kissing Suzy Kolber and Josh Zerkle of The Go Route – to plot out a mock for next week’s first round of the 2012 NFL Draft. In addition to making picks, there is discussion on other draft topics like combine workout warriors, drafting for need vs. taking the best player available and an inordinate amount of tooling on Ryan Leaf and Tyson Alualu. A must-listen for football fans, whether they’re draftniks or not.

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The first year of podcasts ends just how it started, with Bryce Remsburg, referee extraordinaire and Chikara maven, as the guest. As one might expect, we talked a lot about Chikara, including reminiscing about High Noon, King of Trios and JoshiMania last year. Bryce gives us his thoughts about being in the ring with Eddie Kingston and Mike Quackenbush at the end of High Noon and all the emotions he had. We also run down the ROH/Chikara partnership, look a little bit at the Sendai Girl invasion for Aniversario weekend, touch on Chikarasaurus Rex and hit on the idea of Chikara being wrestling for the non-wrestling fan. We also talk a little bit about SHIMMER and the best new team in all wrestling, the Queens of Winning. Finally, we end on food on the road, including comparing burger places, seeing if Philly can trade a Wawa for an In and Out and on the places Bryce likes to go to when Chikara hits the road.

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After a week off to recharge the batteries, the podcast is back, this time with friend of Black Heart, Gold Pants and metal/wrestling blogger at The Monolith (coming soon!) Jackson Young. We’re in full post-WrestleMania mode, so we’re talking about Brock Lesnar and how he’s the second coming of the Cornfed Meathead. We also talk a lot about FCW and the future guys who are there who could make some noise. There’s a lot of talk about Dean Ambrose as the next Roddy Piper and Damien Sandow as one of the most versatile future guys they have. We close by talking up Daniel Bryan, his 18 second loss and how it might’ve helped him rather than hurt him.

Ken Borsuk and Butch Rosser stop by for their third trip to the podcast to talk about WrestleMania. We run down the card and talk a little bit about each match, yes, even Kane/Orton despite my protestations. Ken is also going to Mania this year, so we gauge his interest level and talk about what he’s expecting at Axxess. We also delve into WrestleMania XI a little bit, especially how Lawrence Taylor/Bam Bam Bigelow wasn’t that bad.

Ian Riccaboni of Phillies Nation is the guest this week, and surprise surprise, it’s more talk about WrestleMania. It’s not all current though, as we dig into some classic WrestleMania matches and moments, including the legendary blindfold match between Jake Roberts and Rick Martel at WMVII. We also talk about Iron Sheik’s inappropriate boners, Hulk Hogan, the greatness of Cody Rhodes, our excitement levels for WrestleMania this year, the rise of one CM Punk and we even provide five times the daily recommended amount of Brutus Beefcake references. We end talking about what to expect from the Phillies offense this season, and it’s surprisingly optimistic.