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Dorkside of the Ring
The show where your nerdy obsession with Professional Wrestling is not only tolerated... it is celebrated! Every week Mat and Adam take a brief look at the history of Pro Wrestling of the day. From there we take a few minutes to review a retro WWE Raw or Smackdown from this week 24 years ago and then finish with The Wrestling Stu. Think of it as a catch all to cover what is going on all across the landscape of the sport from the previous week, or just random life events that need to be shared…
Episodes
- Dorkside of the Ring
#343- Better Early Than Late!
Hey Yo! This week's show is a little on the light side as far as content because we had to get it in the can early due to a scheduling conflict. It's still…
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#342 Heavy on the Halloween Havoc!
Hey Yo! This week on the program we have quite a bit of Halloween Havoc in the news section, followed by covering a Halloween edition of Smackdown leading to…
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#341 No Mercy 2002, AEW Worlds End & More!
Hey Yo! This week on the show Adam and I chat about the 2002 No Mercy show that featured a really bloody Hell in a Cell match between Brock Lesnar and The…
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#340 Money in the Bank Thoughts & More!
Hey Yo! This week on the show we spend a decent amount of time breaking down the latest Money in the Bank show from WWE and the go home Smackdown to the 2002…
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#339 PAC Tribute, Grand Slam: France & More!
Hey Yo! This week on the show we had a double dose of AEW to chat about as TK's crew put on a tribute show for PAC and then traveled to Paris for a rare…
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#338 Forever OUR Bastard!
Hey Yo! This week on the show, we unfortunately have to spend some time talking about the unexpected passing of PAC. We had the honor of seeing his final match…
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#337- End of a Mondo Lucha Era!
Hey Yo! This week on the show we have a couple of live pro wrestling events to chat about. We attended Mondo Lucha in Milwaukee to see The Beast's last match…
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#336 Sami Wins Again, Triplemania & More!
Hey Yo! This week on the show we chat about a crazy week in the world of pro wrestling. We have had title changes galore in multiple countries! Vaquer in…
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#335- I Don't Trust Bike Lanes
Hey Yo! This week on the show we are trucking towards the 2002 Unforgiven PPV where we will see Brock Lesnar defend his shiny new Undisputed Championship…
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#334-Ospreay Gets It Done In Wembley!
Hey Yo! This week on the show we spend a fair amount of time talking about the amazing All In show that AEW just put on. It sure seems like a defining moment…
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#333- That Toaster Was Set to 2!
Hey Yo! This week on the show we are spending a good chunk of time covering SummerSlam 2002. It was a really good show. HBK coming out of retirement in an…
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#332- Continental Cup Coverage
Hey Yo! This week on the show we covered the go home Smackdown to the 2002 SummerSlam PPV where Brock Lesnar & The Rock will battle for the WWE Undisputed…
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#331- The Globetrotters of the Military?!
Hey Yo! This week on the show we are tip toeing around some music licensing issues so we're a little bare bones, but it's the same show you know and…
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#330- A Tale of Two SummerSlams
Hey Yo! This week on the show we spent some time chatting about the buildup to the 2002 SummerSlam as well as what we thought about the 2026 offering from the…
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#329- Redemption Review, SummerSlam Preview & More!
Hey Yo! This week on the show we chat about the recent AEW Redemption PPV and touch on the upcoming SummerSlam show, but honestly, like usual we spend a good…
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#328- Necro Butcher is Humanity
Hey Yo! This week on the show we get right into things with the history segment before diving deep into the Smackdown that followed. It's the beginning of the…
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#327- Enter the General Manager Era
Hey Yo! This week on the show we are gearing up for the 2002 Vengeance PPV and not only are we ushering in the Ruthless Aggression Era, but hot on the heels of…
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#326- You Like Linkin Park Too?!
Hey Yo! This week on the show we spend quite a bit of time with the history and retro segments. We do hit a smidge on the current stuff as we obviously have a…
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#325- Happy Bobby Bonilla Day!
Hey Yo! This week on the show we chat about some new tag team champions on the retro side of things as well as run down the past week's amazing Forbidden Door…
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#324- Hardcore Porn!
Hey Yo! This week on the show we kick things off with a mostly uneventful history segment. From there, we look at the SD episode that followed the 2002 King of…
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#323- The Rock Returns as Stone Cold Exits
Hey Yo! This week on the show we chat about the latest offerings from AEW and WWE but before that, we have some history and a retro SmackDown to talk through…
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#322- Stray Bullet to the Dick?!
Hey Yo! Programming note: We started our annual bags league this week so things may get a little spicy! We have a wonderful history segment that took a unique…
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#321- Clash in Italy, Dynamite & More!
Hey Yo! This week on the show we took a look at a pretty good episode of Smackdown as we are starting to build to the KOTR PPV and so much more!
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#320-You Know Who I Am, But You Don't Know Why I'm Here
Hey Yo! This week on the show we took a look at the recent Double or Nothing show from AEW, played a clip from one of the most memorable moments in wrestling…
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#319- Lotta Hot Dog Meat Left on That Bone!
Hey Yo! This week on the show we spent some time reminiscing about the glory days of GCW while we talked about Mox vs. Gage from back in 2021. It was a great…
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#318- Fairway to Hell?! Sign Me Up
Hey Yo! This week on the show we keep on trucking toward the 2002 Judgement Day PPV. Things are looking to be at a boiling point between Hulk Hogan and Vince…
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#317- Before the Backlash
Hey Yo! This week on the show we are all over the place, but it was a ton of fun. We have a lot of great stuff in the history segment and it continues from…
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#316- Agreement of Reciprocity?!
Hey Yo! This week on the show we had a look at the recent offerings from AEW and WWE. Adam did a great job with the recaps as I was out of town for the…
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#315- Mania Weekend 2026
Hey Yo! This week on the show we thought that we would have a whole lot of stuff to talk about surrounding the WrestleMania weekend, but we had a flood here in…
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#314- Dynasty Download
Hey Yo! This week on the show we chat about the recent Dynasty PPV from AEW. Spoiler alert: It was really good. We also checked out the Smackdown before…
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#313- Raw Envy?!
Hey Yo! This week on the show we get off on some random tangents, which we have been told many of you enjoy. We do get into the latest from AEW as they build…
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#312- Riiiiiiiicola!
Hey Yo. First and foremost, my apologies for the coughing, but I have been down bad for a few days, but Adam and I are back on our regularly scheduled BS as…
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#311- Whatcha Gonna Do When the Kanenites Run Wild On You?!
Hey Yo! This week on the show we are thankfully still in business for the Smackdown Symposium, which is great because it was such a fun episode. It happens to…
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#310- Smackdown Sendoff?
Hey gang! This week on the show we have a little lackluster history segment to kick things off. From there, we take a look at the Smackdown that followed…
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#309- Road to Revolution 2026
Hey gang! This week on the show we took a detailed look at the go home Smackdown to WrrestleMania X8. But first we kicked things off with some history and a…
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#308- Mask-y AF
Hey Yo. This week on the show we kick things off with the usual history segment. It's pretty tame this week, not gonna lie. After that we check out the 3/7/02…
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#307- He's Got a (Net) Gun!
Hey Yo! This week on the show we are ramping up the road to WrestleMania X8 in Toronto as we took a look at a crazy Smackdown. We had (almost) 100% less death…
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#306- Shirt Full of Hair?!
Hey Yo. This week on the show we kick things off with a somber edition of the history seg. It was a dark day. We also took a look at the No Way Out 2002 show…
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#305- Bring Me His Heart!!!
Hey gang! this week on the show we spent a lot of time on the go home show to the 2002 No Way Out show. There was a lot to cover in that Smackdown as we are in…
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#304- A Royal Recap
Hey Yo! This week on the program we have an abbreviated version of the history before getting into the Smackdown Symposium where we are just days away from the…
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#303- Evil Empire
Hey gang! Its a special week here on the program. We randomly draw our numbers for the annual tattoo royal rumble. Stick around until the end of the show for…
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#302- Lethal Dose of Poison!!!
Hey gang! This week on the show we spent a little more time than usual on the Smackdown Symposium because, while it was strange, it contained a big moment. We…
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#301- Safety First!
Hey Yo! This week on the show we chat about the go home Smackdown to the 2002 Royal Rumble, as well as some good stuff in the history segment. As far as…
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#300- Wrestle Kingdom, Raw & More!
Hey gang! This week on the show things start off a little rocky. Mat is under the weather, and we are coming off a couple weeks of the schedule getting…
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#299- The Last Show... Of 2025
Hey gang! We hope you are having the best holiday season. We sat down a day early to bring you one last show before we kick 2025 to the curb! It was quite the…
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#298- Holiday Mail In
Hey gang! We were a bit strapped for time this week and with some scheduling issues we had to record a day early. I don't really think we mailed it in, but you…
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#297- Keep Your Hands Off the Big Four!
Hey gang! This week on the show we chat about all the things that are going on in the wrestling world! John Cena's last match, the NXT botch, AEW Continental…
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#296- The Last Time is Now!
Hey gang! This week on the show we talk about this masked man fiasco that is happening in the WWE and how we think the last Cena match will go. We also run…
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#295- Back To Our Regularly Scheduled Programming!
Hey Gang! This week we are back to our normal format after a tremendous crossover episode last week. We hit on all of the normal segments and chat about last…
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#294- We Watch Wrestling X Dorkside of the Ring
Hey gang! This week on the show we have a very special episode for you! We got the pleasure of doing a crossover with Vince Averill of the We Watch Wrestling…
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#293- Blood & Guts Breakdown
Hey gang! This week on the show we are coming off the heels of an absolutely insane Blood & Guts show put on by AEW this past week. On the retro side of thing…
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#292- Then, Now, Forever... However!
Hey gang! This week on the show we talked about the go home Smackdown heading into Survivor Series 2001 as the WWF will take on The Alliance for control of the…
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#291- Only Van Dams
Hey gang! This week on the show we took a look at an abysmal episode as they are still building to the 2001 Survivor Series where The Alliance takes on Team…
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#290- Halloween Hard Times
Hey Gang! This week on the show we open things with some new (to this podcast) intro music before jumping into the history segment featuring the 40th…
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#287- Bastard Repellent
Hey gang! This week on the show we are building to the 2001 No Mercy PPV and cover a double dose of Dynamite. We also got a lot of yuks in, so I hope you…
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#285- Mondo Lucha 2025: Boots on the Ground!
Hey gang! This week on the show we have a Mondo Lucha report from Adam, who was there for one of the most fun shows of the year. We take a little time to talk…
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#284- Dorksideapalooza
This week on the show we kick things off with a little impromptu NXT chatter before getting on track with the normal segments. On the retro side we are heading…
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#283- Post 9/11 Smackdown & Some Banter!
Hey gang! We recorded a little later this week after bringing home the championship in our bags league! We had to shift gears as the Smackdown we covered was…
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#282- Matty's Motto
Hey gang! This week on the show we cover some Clash in Paris and all sorts of other topics including a review of a fantastic tag team Hell in a Cell match…
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#281 SummerSlam History, Forbidden Door & More!
Hey gang! This week on the show we had a ton of SummerSlam in the history segment and followed that up with a chat about AEW's Forbidden Door from this past…