From the Mall of America we bring you the debut edition of WCW Monday Nitro! It’s Liger vs. Pillman, Flair vs. Sting and Hogan vs. Bubba. We take a look at this historic night in the Monday Night War! In the podcast; we mention the Pastamania menu. Scroll on down past the cast to read this important historical document. To […]
Early-to-mid 1990s WCW music is a different breed. From Steinerized to Simply Ravishing, American Made to American Males (…American males). It’s certainly a unique flavour. Today we take a look at one of the more famous themes from this time – Man Called Sting. The song appears on the WCW Slam Jam 1 album released in 1992 and author credits […]
We join the WWF on their trip to the Tokyo Dome for a joint show with the intriguing puroresu promotion Super World of Sports. Hogan, Savage, the Road Warriors and more mix it up with Tenryu, The Great Kabuki, George Takano and more!
This weekend the G1 Climax kicks off, and it’s an occasion that ranks right up there with Wrestle Kingdom as one of the best times of year. (I guess Christmas just edges into the top ten). It’s New Japan Pro Wrestling’s annual round-robin tournament and is regarded as the most grueling tournament in wrestling. The month-long tournament involves two blocks […]
There seems to be some confusion about exactly WHEN Earthquake (John Tenta) had his “shoot” with Koji Kitao in Japan. Some sources – even JJ Dillon in his book Wrestlers are Like Seagulls – claim that it occurred in the Toyko Dome on March 30; it didn’t. While Tenta and Kitao did have a match, it was perfectly fine, and […]
Hawk Born: January 26, 1957 (Michael Hegstrand) | Died: October 19, 2003 Billed Hometown: Chicago, IL | Billed Weight: 270 lbs Animal Born: September 12, 1960 (Joe Laurinaitis) | Died: September 22, 2020Billed Hometown: Chicago, IL | Billed Weight: 305 lbs Michael Hegstrand (Hawk) and Joe Laurinaitis (Animal) were childhood friends with a passion for weight-lifting. They became bouncers at […]
One of the disappointing things about watching old shows on the WWE Network is sometimes themes will be replaced due to licencing issues. The most grating examples of this are Chris Jericho and Diamond Dallas Page in WCW. Sometimes due to not wanting to licence, or being unable to, a promotion will create a new theme for a wrestler. And […]
We’re on the road again and this week we look at the talk of the business, AEW’s All Out pay-per-view from Chicago! Greg’s first AEW! What did you think? Let us know. podcast@thewrestlingroadshow.com
The Mall of America in Minneapolis, Minnesota, was used just once as a wrestling venue. While it would not necessarily compare to other great wrestling buildings like the Tokyo Dome, Dallas Sportatorium or the old ECW Arena, it did host a momentous night in the history of professional wrestling. On September 4, 1995, World Championship Wrestling launched their new flagship […]
This weekend New Japan Pro Wrestling are running two events in the MetLife Dome (formerly Seibu Dome) in Saitama. These are the first two events the company has ran in the building since the 2014 G1 Climax. Over the last two years when New Japan has ran Wrestle Kingdom events at the Tokyo Dome, the events have opened with an […]
