The Wrestling Podcast, Episode 18: Michael Tunison/Christmas Ape

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Episode 18: The Unforgettable Fire Ant

This week's podcast is your NFL preview podcast, and who better to run down the upcoming season than Michael Tunison (aka Christmas Ape) of Kissing Suzy Kolber? We run down each division, talk about the Steelers, Peyton Manning, both races in the AFC East, the big three in the NFC, whether Cam Newton is the new Brett Favre and who the Super Bowl teams might be come February. We also talk about CM Punk, the Attitude Era, our favorite wrestlers, WrestleMania each year and of course, KSK.

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The Wrestling Podcast, Episode 17: Butch Rosser and Ken Borsuk

Pictured: Ken Borsuk (not really)

Mellow Goldust

For the first time, The Wrestling Podcast has two guests the whole way through. Butch Rosser and Ken Borsuk stop by and we talk everything about the current WWE direction. We eulogize Todd Grisham's career and lavish great praise on The Miz, Alberto del Rio and CM Punk/ Also, we totally get into the tag team division, wax nostalgic about WWECW and even parse the English language. In the coup de grace, we fantasy cast a WWE Films remake of Blazing Saddles. It's a must listen.

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Follow Friday: The Last Five Guests I Had on the Podcast

I was going to tell you to follow William Regal today, but in all honesty, you don't need me to prod you to follow Regal, because you probably already are. From here on out, I'm probably just going to feature wrestlers you don't know or folks in the Twitterati/blogosphere who are cool and deserve your follows. Why? Because WWE really doesn't need my help getting the Twitter word out there, and they get behind everyone, from the cool guys (Regal, John Cena, Zack Ryder, CM Punk, etc.) to the utter tools (Goldust, Michael Cole etc.). So, yeah, to start the newly refreshed view on this, here are the last five guests on The Wrestling Podcast, all of whom are cool in their own way:

• Jeff Paternostro (@jeffpaternostro) - Jeff is the latest and longest-winded guest to date. When he's talkin' baseball and 'rasslin' on the Podcast, he's writing about baseball at Amazin' Avenue, the SB Nation blog about the New York Mets. His favorite things, aside from rooting for a team that crushes his very soul, are Toryumon-influenced puroresu, hipster music and the San Francisco 49ers.


• Trey Irby (@WrestlingTheory and @treyirby) - The former handle is for his wrestling related tweets and the latter is in general. Anyway, he writes the Tumblog Wrestling Theory as well as hosts a local Tuscaloosa radio show called The Long Tide. Like Paternostro, he loves his hipster music. Unlike Paternostro, he's still in school, so he's not too jaded... yet.


• Spencer Hall (@edsbs) - If you're not following the great and powerful Orson Swindle now, after all the times I've told you on here and on Twitter itself, then either you don't like college football or you're a monster who doesn't like to laugh. His blog, Every Day Should Be Saturday, is a must read for all wrestling fans, and he's great for a quirky, cracked-out-by-his-own-admission musings all year long. Today, he was getting the base riled up by posting punnish tweets with hashtags that rhyme with Internet-era portmanteau "humblebrag".


• The Great and Mysterious flubby (@flubby) - His real name redacted for professional reasons, the Flubster is one of now five members of the irreverent NFL bloggers at Kissing Suzy Kolber. While he may not post as much as his brethren there, he is worth following due to his witticisms from time to time. Plus, his Tumblr, the Sugar Sheet, and his Google Reader share-cache are really cool treasure troves of wacky .gifs and other random columns.


• Tom Kingsmill (@WetOREO)Finally, Tom is a really good real life friend of mine who lives horror, bad wrestling, television and '90s music. Visit his occasionally updated blog, Last Blog on Dead End Street, where he'll write about all kinds of stuff in the horror genre.

So there you go, your Follow Friday for this week. Follow all these people, or else I will hunt you down and maim you*

*- Not really, but follow these people anyway.

The Wrestling Podcast, Episode 16: Jeffrey Paternostro

For Those About to Man Mountain Rock, We Salute You

Do you like baseball, Dragon Gate and longing for Daniel Bryan's theme song to be "The Final Countdown" once more? Then you'll love the podcast this week as I have longtime friend and Amazin' Avenue blogger Jeffrey Paternostro on the show. We dish about Alberto del Rio, CM Punk, Toryumon and Dragon Gate, CIMA, women's wrestling and a lot of baseball talk. Is Curt Schilling a Hall of Famer? Do the Phillies have a good offense? Do I revel in the fact that in two months, Jair Jurrjens' ERA went up about a run? All that and more are tackled in this week's edition, the LONGEST episode ever.

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The Wrestling Podcast, Episode 15: Trey Irby

1-2-3 Kid A

Trey Irby of Wrestling Theory joins the podcast this week to talk about SummerSlam, Vladimir Kozlov and the other future endeavorees, why preseason college football polls are useless, being the only guy in town who isn't indoctrinated into the blood cult that is college football fandom and his problem with Dave Lagana co-opting the Kevin Steen sign on RAW for himself. There are also a lot of weird segues and a lot of cheap plugs, which make for some comedy. Enjoy!

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The Wrestling Podcast, Episode 14: Spencer Hall (EDSBS)

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Should Be Saturday

Episode 14: Tiny Luchas: Songs from the Mexican Gift Shop

Spencer Hall, or Orson Swindle if you wiiiiill, is this week's guest on The Wrestling Podcast. He's the head guy at Every Day Should Be Saturday, so we'll talk a little college football. As is the custom, we talk about CM Punk as well, including describing him in ways that maybe others haven't thought about before. Also, why Sheamus' being an Irish stereotype is a good thing, why he hates John Cena and of course, some obligatory laughing at the expense of Darren Rovell.

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The Wrestling Podcast, Episode 13: flubby of KSK

Jar of Superflies

The immortal Flubby of Kissing Suzy Kolber is my guest this week. We talk NFL football, fantasy football, bourbon, Randy Savage, old school Memphis wrestling and I insult his profession. Thankfully, he didn't hang up on me right there. Some good fantasy football advice and we talk some trash about Tennessee and their inferior whiskey. Give it a listen.

Note, the end got cut off, and before I could add it back in in post, my mic died. So just imagine me saying "Thank you for listening, and tune in next week when I'll have... another guest!" DO IT FOR YOUR OWN SANITY!

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The Wrestling Podcast, Episode 12: Tom Kingsmill

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Episode 12: I Am Not a Fashion Nugget

Vol. 12 of The Wrestling Podcast details one of the liveliest weeks in wrestling history with good friend Tom Kingsmill. We talk about CM Punk, obviously. From his escaping with the title at Money in the Bank through his ComiCon confrontation with Triple H, he’s certainly been the talk of the wrestling community. Also on the docket are Daniel Bryan, Sin Cara and what match we’d book Punk for at WrestleMania. Listen!

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Your Midweek Links: Money in the Bank and Harry Potter, A Decent Combo

Punk got a lot of people talking
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It's hump day, so here are some links to help get you through the rest of the week:

Self-Shilling:

- Me and Mike Meech of The Fightins discuss baseball, baseball, more baseball, cheesesteaks and the old WWF Ice Cream Bars on The Wrestling Podcast [Episode 11: Junkyard Doggystyle]

- Why I picked the RAW Money in the Bank match as my favorite this week at Fair to Flair [Your Match of the Week, 7/11-7/17]

Wrestling Links:

- The Masked Man welcomes us to the era of the worked shoot. [Grantland]

- A review of the latest offering from Anarchy Championship Wrestling [Dirty Dirty Sheets]

- John Cena proved to be money in the bank at Money in the Bank [Camel Clutch Blog]

- Meanwhile, CM Punk isn't lacking in hype and buzz himself now. [Kentucky Fried 'Rasslin']

- CM Punk and the day WWE changed for the better [On Wrestling]

- Razor's review of Money in the Bank [Kick-out!! Wrestling]

- Five Good Things about Money in the Bank [Grapple Kingdom]

- CM Punk is a prophet [I Ain't My Kitty Cat]

- Rachel Davies quotes Boston to describe her feelings about CM Punk [WrestleGasm]

- Andre Harrison's Money in the Bank review [The Harrison Analysis]

- Even The Smoking Section has a Money in the Bank review. That's how important Sunday was. [The Smoking Section]

- Some grounded words about MitB. [Wrestling Theory]

- Another live report from someone who went to MitB [Skalba's Scribe]

- I LOVE YOU POP [Fair to Flair]

- Jeff Hardy's drug trial will now drag on into September. At this rate, his case will be decided by a jury of apes presided over by Judge Dr. Zaius [Cageside Seats]

- Chavo Guerrero, Phony Maverick [Camel Clutch Blog]

- The trickle-down effect of Sin Cara's WWE suspension [Lucha Blog]

- Heath Slater, One Man Rock Band [PizzaBodySlam Tumblr]

- Chris Hero is an innovator in brutal-ass strike combos [Musings of a Mark]

- Smashing Pumpkins' latest music video, featuring Cheerleader Melissa and Shelly Martinez. [Diva Dirt]

- With Leather Triple Feature, Pt. 1 - 20 clips that deserve to go viral. I was there for the last one! Heavy does of Chikara here. [With Leather]

- With Leather Triple Feature, Pt. 2 - The Best and Worst of Money in the Bank 2011 [With Leather]

- With Leather Triple Feature, Pt. 3 - The Best and Worst of RAW for 7/18 [With Leather]

- Interview with Mr. Anderson saying that if he's still wrestling in five years, someone should shoot him. I say shoot him now because he's terrible. [Dover Post]

- Jake Roberts promo from World Class [South Atlanta Wrestling]

Jamie Dobson Interviews:

None this week

Non-Wrestling Links:

- Nine classic albums reimagined to theme with Harry Potter. [Next Movie]

- Speaking of The Boy Who Lived, here's a comic that will probably describe you during your viewing experience of The Deathly Hallows, Part 2 [Pants Are Overrated]

- And for those of you who like pervin' on Emma Watson... [Unreality Mag]

- Potter's not the only movie making waves though. Five new Captain America posters [Blast-o-Rama]

- But the US isn't the only country with its own national superhero [Buzz Feed]

- James Franco wanted to appear in Breaking Dawn for the best reason anyone would want to appear in those festering piles of suck other than "to get laid" [Film Drunk]

- I'd settle for just mega coach. [The Oatmeal]

- The US uses the Charlie Harper method for leaving Afghanistan [The Onion]

- Memo to Phillies fans on the ledge. Quitcherbitchin' [The Good Phight]

- Kid murder his parents, then parties afterwards. [Gawker]

- Poor dog just wanted some sleep. [Cool Dogs]

- A leopard on a rampage in India? Yep. [Uproxx]

- The ten worst losses in USA Sports history [Sports Pickle]

- This Virginia Trader Joe's really loves Parks and Recreation. [The Daily What]

- What Apple could learn from Google+ [Cult of Mac]

- Scariest handjob ever. [Deadspin]

- A sneak peek at the new Gredunza Press [Aggressive Art]

- SPIN Magazine paying tribute to Nirvana's Nevermind [The Smoking Section]

- Trollin' during SEC media day... [Every Day Should Be Saturday]

- Games that should have existed back in the day [Cracked]

- Unsilent Majority with the FJM treatment on a writer for my county's newspaper. I'm ashamed that this guy writes for a newspaper located within a mile or so of me [Kissing Suzy Kolber]

- If the NBA has a prolonged lockout, a look at the players who'd go overseas in the interim [Grantland]

- Okay, okay, it's technically a WL Quadruple Feature, but I couldn't resist posting this bike crash porn [With Leather]

- Miz Girl has a relative who goes to Giants games in Frisco [Big League Stew]

- The ten most bangable celebs in the world today. Somehow, they left AJ Lee off this list. Oh wait, I guess she'd have to be a REAL celebrity and just a celebrity to us wrestling nerds who like Divas who are just starting out in WWE and aren't really known by anyone but us. [Pajiba]

- Who greenlit the Captain Planet movie? Ugh... [Topless Robot]

- When Meech said that ZWR was a Picasso with MS Paint, this is the kind of thing he was referring to [Zoo With Roy]

- Aluminum material to make electric cars viable? As a nerd with his degree in Materials Science and Engineering from Drexel, I say awesome. ProTip: aluminum would make combustion cars a buttload more fuel efficient too (if you take care of the whole "way less sturdy" than steel problem it has) [Gamma Squad]

- Teach me how to Doug-ie [Skull Swap]

- A plea to Rupert Murdoch to take down ESPN. Well, he'd have to worry about News of the World taking him down and people throwing pies in his face before he did that now, wouldn't he? [Hugging Harold Reynolds]

- The Predators are at a crossroads with their three best players. [Puck Daddy]

- This video singlehandedly changed my negative opinion on Russians to a positive one. Epic Meal Time, you genius bastards. [Epic Meal Time]

- Florida State is back. It's true, each decade becomes big again 20 years after the fact [Dr. Saturday]

- This is irony. [Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal]

- Two important Season 2 roles cast for Game of Thrones [Warming Glow]

- And just because I can, last week's Corgi Friday, the best in hover corgis [Warming Glow]

- An animated short about Ryan Howard and Chase Utley: Best Friends [The 700 Level]

- Review of X-Men: Schism, Vol. 1 [Comic Books and Whatever]

The Wrestling Podcast, Episode 11: Mike Meech (This Week in Off-Topic Edition)

Episode 11: Junkyard Doggystyle

A TWP-first, a “This Week in Off-Topic” themed podcast featuring Mike Meech of The Fightins, a Phillies blog. We talk about a lot of baseball, including the Phillies’ chances, how nice Tampa Bay Rays fans are, how nasty the Braves’ pitchers are, Brian Wilson and his goofy-ass ESPYs outfit and why he’s rooting for the Pirates this year. We do talk some classic wrestling and we both agree that the old WWE ice cream bars should come back. Check it out!

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The Wrestling Podcast, Episode 10: Justin Henry

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Justin Henry's Twitter

Episode 10: Tyler Black Sabbath

Tenth episode! Justin Henry and I talk about, of course, CM Punk, as well as Destination X, Eddie Guerrero exploitation, Mark Henry, why Jerry Lawler might not be at fault for his cracks about Vickie Guerrero and a few other things. We also delve into his gig writing at WrestleCrap. Give it a listen.

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The Wrestling Podcast, in Downloadable Links!

It has come to my attention that some amongst you, the loyal superfans of TWB, cannot download The Wrestling Podcast. This vexes me, as I want to make all the media that I produce accessible to everyone who wants to consume it. So, if you couldn't listen to it on the Gredunza Press site or get it via iTunes, here they are in direct links to where you can right click and download.

Sgt. Slaughter's Lonely Boot Camp Band - Bryce Remsburg
Chris Masters of Puppets - Jason Mann
Dark Side of the Max Moon - Eric Gargiulo
The Macho Man Who Sold the World - Seth Zillmann (Macho Man Tribute)
Paul London Calling - Tom Ford
Darkness on the Edge and Christian of Town - Mitch of PizzaBodySlam and K. Sawyer Paul
In the Aeroplane over the CIMA - Brandon Stroud
Yankem Hotel Foxtrot - Josh "PUNTE" Zerkle
Wrestle-phenia - Razor of Kick-Out!! Blog

If this doesn't work... then I have no idea what else to say except sorry. And make a sad face. Like this - :[

The Wrestling Podcast, Episode 9: Razor of Kick-Out!! Wrestling

Logo credit: Razor

Episode 9: Wrestle-phenia

Razor of Kick-Out!! Wrestling and Fair to Flair appears on this week’s massive edition of The Wrestling Podcast. Obviously, CM Punk is the hot topic, but there are other conversations explored here. We talk about Razor’s deep-seated yet totally understandable hatred for Randy Orton, why the WWE Divas have a tough lot in professional life, why we love the idea of Wrestling Revolution and how wrestling journalism can be improved. Plus, my dog makes a few appearances.

Remember you can contact TH and ask him questions about wrestling, life or anything else. Please refer to this post for contact information. He always takes questions!

The Wrestling Podcast, Episode 8: Josh "PUNTE" Zerkle

Episode 8: Yankem Hotel Foxtrot

PUNTE IS GOJIRA
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Episode 8 welcomes Josh "PUNTE" Zerkle onto the show. Josh was the man who got me started in podcasting by having me on his House of PUNTE show, and he has presence on the web at Kissing Suzy Kolber and With Leather. We talk about blogging, free speech, Ryan Dunn, football and of course, wrestling, mainly through the eyes of a casual fan. Wrestling topics include why Bret Hart, the differences between then and now and why Randy Orton is boring and terrible.

Remember you can contact TH and ask him questions about wrestling, life or anything else. Please refer to this post for contact information. He always takes questions!

Your Midweek Links: B-Stroud, Blogging Bro-se Cansec-bro and BUY THE QUARTERLY

Brandon Stroud, who totally didn't pay me to feature him this week
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It's hump day, so here are some links to get you through the rest of the week:

Self-Shilling:

- The Wrestling Podcast! Brandon Stroud talks about Robert Evans, Akira Tozawa and how awesome a dude Matt Ufford is, all while pretending to be Mitch from PizzaBodySlam. [Episode 7: In the Aeroplane over the CIMA]

- In which I wax poetically about a Christian vs. Sheamus Smackdown main event at Fair to Flair. [Your Match of the Week, 6/12-6/18]

- Fair to Flair Quarterly: You missed the presale, but don't worry, you can still get it on the cheap. Go with the digital copy, like I've been telling you since we started hawking this. It's cheaper, it's greener and doggone it, people will like you. [Fair to Flair Quarterly Spring 2011: On Sale Now]

Wrestling Links:

- Speaking of Mitch, here's his review of RAW this past Monday. It's a hoot! [Fair to Flair]

- Speaking of the guy who pretended to be Mitch on the podcast, here's a double shot of Brandon Stroud Best and Worst ofs, for Capitol Punishment and RAW. [With Leather]

- Lagana gets the FJM treatment from Wrestling Theory [Wrestling Theory]

- Razor scores a huge interview with Jeff Katz, the purveyor of Wrestling Revolution. [Kick-Out Blog]

- WWE bans fake weed. That sucks for anyone who wants to put oregano on their pizza backstage. [Cageside Seats]

- 10 Questions with Icarus. Next week, John Hyperion will interview his terrible back tattoo. [Dirty Dirty Sheets]

- Ric Flair wants a Coke, dammit! [PizzaBodySlam]

- What did Paul Heyman want to do with TNA? [Camel Clutch Blog]

- A review of the WWE's Hart and Soul DVD [The Harrison Analysis]

- Five good things about Capitol Punishment. [Grapple Kingdom]

- Good ol' JR on CM Punk and other things. [JR's BBQ Sauce Blog]

- Jillian Hall returns to the ring. [Diva Dirt]

- United Airlines vs. Sonjay Dutt [I Want Wrestling]

- Footage of Averno's unmasking [Luchablog]

- An interview with Christian. [South Atlanta Wrestling]

- Top 10 most racist/xenophobic moments in wrestling, featuring Booker T getting Sambo'd [MTV Clutch]

- Wrestlespective Radio with guest Joey Image [Wrestlespective]

Jamie Dobson Interviews:

- Don Rosario Caruso

- Referee Jay Stone

Non-Wrestling Links:

- A letter from Little Timmy to Roger Goodell. Not to be confused with Little Jimmy, or else R-Truth would be involved. Also, I reference this on the next TWP with guest Josh Zerkle, who wrote this. Read it, because PUNTE does good work. [Kissing Suzy Kolber]

- How the Boston Bruins ran up a $150K bar tab. I ain't even mad, they earned it. [Puck Daddy]

- Taglines for romantic comedies that'll never exist. My favorite? "This spring, Adrian Grenier falls down a flight of stairs." [The Hairpin]

- Deep-fried Kool Aid. Somewhere in Canada, a bearded man drinking Jack Daniels just did a spit take. [Buzz Feed]

- Speaking of which, the laziest, but still an awesome, edition of the show Jamie Oliver doesn't want you to watch. [Epic Meal Time]

- Spencer Hall gives tribute to Ryan Dunn. [SB Nation]

- Justin Henry also writes about Dunn, but it's more a cautionary tale than a tribute. [Camel Clutch Blog]

- If talk radio callers took to the streets... [Sports Pickle]

- Rolling Stone's top 100 songs of the '00s. Sure to inspire FFFFFFUUUUUUs from people who are foolish enough to take any list RS does seriously. [Rolling Stone]

- Skype, making phone sex better... or worse? Not sure what to think about this one. [Deadspin]

- Game of Thrones season 1 finale recap! [Unreality Mag]

- A bionic dog? A bionic dog. [Gamma Squad]

- Interesting idea for Flashpoint [Comic Books and Whatever]

- A trailer for the new Muppet movie. [Blast-o-Rama]

- A fine rant about Ilya Bryzgalov, re: Flyers fans [Flyers Goal Scored By]

- George O'Leary might be in some trouble over his response to a UCF player dying on the practice field. [Dr. Saturday]

- Advanced sabermetrics for rock 'n roll? I don't know whether to revel or be aghast. Well, I'm aghast if only because Klosterman gave the Rolling fucking Stones a 0.989. THEY SUCK. [Grantland]

- Dennis Rodman hates LeBron James almost as much as he likes wearing women's clothing. In a related note, no, B-Stroud didn't pay me at all to feature him four times this week. Why did you ask? [With Leather]

- The primary difference between mayo and Miracle Whip. [The Oatmeal]

- Who knew ancient artists were pervs? [Cracked]

- Better to be pissed off than to be pissed on [The Daily What]

- How to remember the ACC divisions mnemonically [Every Day Should Be Saturday]

- Len Bias, 25 Years Gone [Dan Shanoff]

- Amare Stoudemire talks trash to a retiree. [Hugging Harold Reynolds]

- Jimmy Rollins looks to break a world record in something other than having the most swagger. [The 700 Level]

- No Shatner in Star Trek 2. *sad* [Film Drunk]

- Bit LOST actor marries a country music star 35 years his junior. He's 51. Yeah, and if this girl is 16, then I'm Idris Elba. [Warming Glow]

- So true. [Skull Swap]

- A look at "traditional" marriage over the years. [GraphJam]

- Who knew the ICP didn't have a sense of humor? [Uproxx]

- Roy Halladay's epic St. Louis workout [I Want to Go to the Zoo with Roy Halladay]

- "That's funny, I didn't think nerds were capable of relationships." - some jock [Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal]

- Swine flu dirty bomb Russian insurgents Paris Hilton's vagina. [The Onion]

- The Japanese interview the Phillie Phanatic. Yep. [The Fightins]

- The long awaited new "Weird" Al Yankovic video for "Perform This Way". As a side note, "Weird" Al in drag looks an awful lot like Jane Krakowski [Topless Robot]

Remember you can contact TH and ask him questions about wrestling, life or anything else. Please refer to this post for contact information. He always takes questions!

The Wrestling Podcast, Episode 7: Brandon Stroud of With Leather

Archibald Peck, Stroud and the lovely Veronica
Photo Credit: Destiny D. Talley

Vol. 7: In the Aeroplane over the CIMA

Episode 7 of The Wrestling Podcast guest-stars Brandon Stroud of With Leather. We pretty much talk about everything from Chikara to John Morrison to why TNA gives us headaches to Ice Ribbon to the Uproxx family of bloggers to Akira Tozawa to ACW to Joe Rogan to The Dugout and everything in between. Give it a listen!

Remember you can contact TH and ask him questions about wrestling, life or anything else. Please refer to this post for contact information. He always takes questions!

Podcast Feedback Wanted

Hey, you see that poll up in the upper lefthand corner of the page? Yeah, that's your chance to leave feedback anonymously. I really want to know what the consensus is on the podcast after these first six episodes. I know I open it up to troll voting, but I think I can trust most of you to vote honestly. If you have extended feedback, especially if you voted "indifferent" or "hate", please leave it in the comments. I really love doing the podcast, and I want to know where I can improve and what you guys think is good or bad about it as well.

Also, I want to know what guests you want to have on the show. So far, I've had Bryce Remsburg, Jason Mann, Eric Gargiulo, Seth Zillmann, Mitch of PizzaBodySlam, K. Sawyer Paul and Tom Ford all on, with Brandon Stroud's episode ready to post at around 5:30 PM EDT, give or take 15 minutes or so. All of them are candidates to return because they've all been great guests in my estimation. However, what guests would you like to see? Give me some names, but be realistic. I'd love to get CM Punk or John Cena on the show, but that'd be somewhat of a nightmare. I will be looking into getting more Chikara/ROH/indie guys on the show in the future, but what blogging names out there do you want to see?

Please leave as much feedback as possible for this. I podcast for me, but I also podcast for you too.

Remember you can contact TH and ask him questions about wrestling, life or anything else. Please refer to this post for contact information. He always takes questions!

The Wrestling Podcast, Episode 6: Mitch (PizzaBodySlam) f/ K. Sawyer Paul

Christian was one of the topics for this episode
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Episode 6: Darkness on the Edge and Christian of Town

Episode 6! And this is a landmark episode in that not only did I finally corner the wily Mitch of PizzaBodySlam, my blogging Bro-berto Luong-bro, but I also had a special run-in guest… K. Sawyer Paul, who came in at about the 55 minute mark. We pretty much talk about everything, including Fair to Flair, the quarterly, bad wrestling journalism, ROH, live wrestling, Christian, R-Truth and of course, the Stanley Cup Finals. As an aside, this was recorded Thursday, before the Canucks took a 3-2 series lead. Anyway, give it a listen, it’s a rollicking, fun podcast, even though it’s the longest one.

Remember you can contact TH and ask him questions about wrestling, life or anything else. Please refer to this post for contact information. He always takes questions!

The Wrestling Podcast, Episode 5: Tom Ford Talks PWG

Vol 5: Paul London Calling

This episode is an all-PWG affair, as Philly ex-pat Tom Ford and I talk about All-Star Weekend 8. We run the card down and talk about the stuff that happened, as well as veering off into other conversation during it, among them, who the best women wrestlers are, why Akira Tozawa is awesome and whether I’d pay money to see Claudio Castagnoli give a 100-rotation airplane spin to Evan Bourne on WWE PPV (spoiler alert, I totally would). We finish by talking briefly about TV, since Ford is a HUGE TV nut. LISTEN!

Remember you can contact TH and ask him questions about wrestling, life or anything else. Please refer to this post for contact information. He always takes questions!

Your Midweek Links: Kharma Police

Lot of Kharma links this week
Photo Credit: WWE.com

It's Hump Day, so if you're having a little trouble getting through the midpoint, here are some links to get you through:

Self-Shilling:

- In case you haven't listened to it yet, here's The Wrestling Podcast's Randy Savage Tribute Episode, with Seth Zillmann of the A1 Podcast. [Episode 4: The Macho Man Who Sold the World]

- More Macho Man podcasting goodness, Jason Mann and I talk about the first SummerSlam main event on his podcast. [Wrestlespective Radio]

Wrestling Links:

- Rare Macho Man audio [I Want Wrestling]

- John Hyperion interviews Rachel Summerlyn. [Dirty Dirty Sheets]

- Stephen T. Stone takes his turn shouting into the abyss re: the WWE's booking habits. [Grapple Kingdom]

- Speaking of shouting into the abyss, Andre Harrison's five point plan to save TNA. [The Harrison Analysis]

- A review of Brock Lesnar's new book from David Bixenspan. It's not a good one. [Cageside Seats]

- Bruiser Brody abusing the son-in-law of Dick the Bruiser. [South Atlanta Wrestling]

- Trey Irby of Wrestling Theory guests on Fair to Flair with a piece about Kharma and feminism. [Fair to Flair]

- Speaking of Wrestling Theory, more on Kharma, as to why the Bella Twins' attacks on Kharma weren't as bad as some though. [Wrestling Theory]

- Even MORE Kharma, my blogging Bro-bby Heenan, PizzaBodySlam, with his reply to that thread on Tumblr. [PizzaBodySlam Tumblr]

- Common sense about Kharma's comments about Jim Ross on Monday. [Camel Clutch Blog]

- A month of Kharma in WWE: A retrospective. [Diva Dirt]

- Razor gives the THQ press release on WWE '12 the FJM treatment. [Kick-Out!! Wrestling]

- Best and Worst of RAW for this past week... maybe the best one yet. [With Leather]

- Jerry Lawler's recollections of working with and against Randy Savage [Kentucky Fried 'Rasslin']

Jamie Dobson Interviews:

- Johnny Gargano

- Justin Mane

- CJ O'Doyle

- Marc Mandrake

Non-Wrestling Links:

- While Jim Tressel finds support from a legendary golfer... [Dr. Saturday]

- ...he gets no such love from an actual, honest-to-God alumnus of the school he boned. [With Leather]

- I'd totally eat at a food truck called This Is Spinal Tapas [Film Drunk]

- To jack it to pictures of a hot coworker or not to jack it to pictures of a hot coworker? That is the question. [Kissing Suzy Kolber]

- Ever wonder what a "Canuck" was? With the Stanley Cup Finals upon us, I'm sure you have. [Puck Daddy]

- DC Comics rebooting ALL of their series this coming fall. I like this idea a lot, actually, although the only comic series I really read, Green Lantern, doesn't need one. [Topless Robot]

- Cracked Photoplasty: What if real life were like RPGs? [Cracked]

- You think our leaders say dumb shit? Queen Elizabeth's husband has been gaffing for 90 years now! [The Independent]

- The Phillies get a visit from Guy Fieri... [Zoo with Roy]

- I rarely link the same site twice here, but I think ZWR deserves it. How Charlie Manuel came about to let Wilson Valdez pitch in that epic 19-inning game... "Chu no my nayn?" [Zoo with Roy]

- Kevin Owen interviews Darryl Dawkins. Side note, why hasn't someone in pro wrestling adopted the nickname "Chocolate Thunder" yet? [Hugging Harold Reynolds]

- The evolution of Super Smash Bros. graphics and a question about Nintendo's processing power [Unreality Mag]

- 40 songs about jackin' it. [BuzzFeed]

- Drew Magary has never seen a dead body. Why does that surprise me so much? [Deadspin]

- 25 Alternate Versions of Batman. Honestly, this list is missing Batman as a member of GWAR. [Gamma Squad]

- The upside to Jim Tressel getting the heave ho at Ohio State. Note: Jason Mann, Josh Zerkle, Pete Speer, Billy Dunlevy and other OSU fans, you probably aren't agreeing with this. [Every Day Should Be Saturday]

- George Lucas has 50 hours of scripts for a Star Wars TV show written. In other news, *FART NOISE* [Warming Glow]

- Did you miss Oprah's last show? Odds are, if you read this blog, you have. Fear not, because here's a recap for you! [Holy Taco]

- I don't know, if Clevelanders haven't committed mass suicide yet, I'm not sure LeBron winning a title would make them take the leap. (KIDDING PETE GAWD) [Sports Pickle]

- When PBS reports that Tupac and Biggie are still alive, that's when you know it's too good to be true. [Uproxx]

- Never invite your mother to dirty limerick night. [Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal]

- Back to Egypt for you, Sons of Abraham [The Onion]

- Why Scottie Pippen is full of poop in calling LeBron James better than Michael Jordan. [The Smoking Section]

- Link, made out of urls. This is so meta it's not even funny. [Buzz Brewery]

- The Atlanta Thrashers, remembered for... eh, they really weren't memorable for anything but getting beaten by teams, especially the Flyers. [The 700 Level]

- More Thrash-to-Winnipeg musings, a more radical expansion plan from Ryan Lockhard. [Flyers Goal Scored By]

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