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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
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#159- The Rock on the Roody Poo Bridge
This week on the show we take a look at some highs and lows in the history segment before jumping into the Retro Raw Review. The show contained a new champion…
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#158- Cody Comes Up Short: WrestleMania Reaction!
This week on the show we have a ton of stuff to cover, including the two night WrestleMania extravaganza! Both nights were very good, with N1 edging out N2 in…
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#157- Next Stop: WrestleMania!
This week on the show we kick things off with a very diverse bit of wrestling history before checking out the Monday Night Raw that was held the day after…
Dorkside of the Ring#156- Stone Cold Beer Bath, Roman Disses Cody, & More!
This week on the show we reviewed the go home Raw to WrestleMania 15. Stone Cold Steve Austin gets one over on The Corporation by dousing them with Coors Light…
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#155- A Bad Night In Greenwich
This week on the show we chat about the first couple of episodes of the new incarnation of ROH TV over on Honor Club. Some good stuff happening over on there!…
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#154- The Revolution Will Be Podcasted
On this week’s giant sized episode we take a look at a pretty good Retro Raw (that included possibly the best “Sign of the Times” we have come across yet, but…
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#153- The Road To Revolution Is Upon Us
This week on the show we talk all about the 3/1/99 WWF Raw in the Retro Review. We are starting to get the formation of the card for WrestleMania 15, and all…
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#152- Elimination Chamber Thoughts, Rockford Indie & More!
This week on the show we take a look at a very entertaining Retro Raw as we rundown the 2/22/99 episode that featured the first ever Inferno Match on…
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#151- I Acknowledge You!
This week on the show we take a look at the WWF Raw after the St. Valentine's Day Massacre PPV in which we saw a giant added to the roster. Aside from Sean…
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#150- Broken Fingers & Thumbtack Hoodies
This week on the show we chat about ACW Wisconsin’s show this past Sunday at Tanners. New champ alert! It was a good one. We also talk about the Raw before St…
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#148- Tattoo Royal Rumble Draw 2023
This week on the show we hit on all of the usual segments! The Retro Raw Review comes on the heels of the 1999 Royal Rumble. The Rock has regained the WWF…
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#147- Remembering Jay Briscoe
This week on the show we spend a goof chunk of time talking about the untimely passing of Jay Briscoe. He meant a lot to a lot of people and we do our best to…
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#146- Vince Returns, GCW: Save Me & More!
This week on the show, we celebrate the 30th anniversary of Monday Night Raw the only way we know how: Selling out to the Saudi's! Just kidding, but really…
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#145- Mankind Puts Butts In Seats!
This week on the show we sat down to discuss a very pivotal moment in the Monday Night Wars. Jan. 4th 1999 was both the day that Hulk Hogan def. Kevin Nash…
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#144- AEW Holiday Bash, Corporate Kane Version 1 & More!
This week on the show we get into the latest Holiday Bash offering from AEW. Shida vs. Hayter was a banger, so if you haven't already seen it, you should seek…
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#143- Scissor That, Slap Nuts!
This week on the show, we chat about the recent Mattel reveals on Ringside Fest 2022. Some folks are happy, and others are not, but we are getting a re-release…
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#142- Ricky Starks, Rock Bottom & More!
This week on the show we have a whole lot of stuff to cover, and only an hour to cover it! We talk about the fire promo from Ricky Starks on Dynamite after he…
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#141- The Crucifixion of Stone Cold Steve Austin
This week on the show we spend a good bit of time chatting about the go home Raw to In Your House: Rock Bottom. While the show is named after the WWF champion…
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#140- Mattel Reveals, Survivor Series Thoughts & More!
This week on the show we take a brief trip down memory lane as we sift through what happened "On This Day" in pro wrestling history. From there we take a deep…
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#139- The Return Of Casey Corbin, & More!
This week on the show we have a couple of big things happening! First of all, we have now partnered with Freaktoyz, the premier toy and collectible store in…
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#138- Wisconsin Death Trip
5.5 hours of driving. 322 miles. 2 wrestling shows. 1 awesome day. That was Sunday boiled down to its most simple form. This week we spend the bulk of the show…
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#137- Crown Jewel Coverage, Black Eyed Hogan & More!
This week on the show we looked at the go home Raw to Survivor Series: Deadly Games. Both Stone Cold Steve Austin and The Rock have a ton of momentum behind…
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#135- Tales From the Territories, Halloween Havoc & More!
Hey folks! This week on the show we take a look back on another Retro Raw in which Stone Cold Steve Austin has somehow gotten himself a new contract in the…
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#134-McMahon 3:16 Says I Just Pissed My Pants
Hey guys and gals! This week on the show we dissect yet another classic episode of Monday Night Raw. With the memorable scene this week between Stone Cold…
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#133- Corvette + Concrete = Awesome
This week on the show we took a look at the go home Raw to the Judgement Day PPV from way back in 1998. There has been no shortage of insane moments in the…
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#132- Enter Mr. Socko, Tony's Troubles in AEW & More!
This week on the show we discuss the apparent turmoil that is going on behind the scenes at AEW. We don’t really know what is going on, but it doesn’t seem…
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#131- Stone Cold: Zamboni Driver
This week on the show we spend a good hunk of time talking about a very memorable Retro Raw and the Breakdown PPV that proceeded it. Some great nuggets of…
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#130 Follow the White Rabbit
This week on the show we chat about the ominous teasers that WWE has been dropping both during the breaks of their live shows and via a QR code that was in the…
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#128- All Out Weekend 2022
We have a special treat for you listeners on the show this week as we run down an incredible weekend in the outskirts of the Windy City! After the history…
Dorkside of the Ring#126- The Return of Omega & Gargano
This week on the show we discussed a couple of big-time returns! Kenny Omega came back on Wednesday to join the Young Bucks in their quest to be the inaugural…
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#125- Punk Returns, Cardona Nuptials & More!
This week on the show we kick thing off with a dose of “On This Day” that is heavy on the G1 and SummerSlam stuff. From there the WWF is on the Highway to Hell…
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#124- Three AEW Shows, ACW All Star Rumble & More!
This week on the show we sit down to chat about the three offerings from AEW this week (I had no idea that Battle of the Belts was happening until after it…
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#123- Thoughts on SummerSlam, Flair's Last Match & More!
On the show this week we talk all about the two biggest shows of the last week: WWE’s SummerSlam and Ric Flairs Last Match. We watched them both and for the…
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#122- Vince Retires, SDCC Reveals & More!
This week on the show we talk about all sort of stuff, but at the top of the card has to be the fact that Vince McMahon has retired from the WWE. What a crazy…
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#121- Flair's Final Match Preview, ACW: Wisconsin Review & More!
This week on the show, Adam is back Bay Bay! In the Retro Raw Review, we take a look at the go home show to the first Fully Loaded show (it’s also the show…
Dorkside of the Ring#117- What a Wrestling Weekend Ahead!
This week on the show Matty is solo as Adam is on hiatus. It's all good in the hood, though, because the show is dropping early and Adam will be back to watch…
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#116- NJPW Dominion 2022 & More!
This week on the show we have a good old time chatting about all thing professional wrestling. In the Retro Raw Review, we are just two weeks away from KOTR…
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#115- The Injury Bug Is Biting!
Hey guys and gals, we hope you enjoy a slightly abbreviated version of the show this week. We got all the segments in, just spent a little less time yapping…
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#114- The AEW Champion Is A Real Punk!
This week on the show se take a look back at AEW’s Double or Nothing show from the previous weekend. To piggyback on that we run down all of the figure reveals…
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#113- Water City WrestlingCon Breakdown
This week on the show we chat about the go home WWF Raw to the first Over the Edge PPV. After that we take some time to digest all of the bobblehead offerings…
Dorkside of the Ring#111- WrestleMania Backlash Backlash
This week on the show we begin to brace ourselves for what is a jam-packed slate of live professional wrestling on the horizon! We will get more into the…
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#110- NJPW Dontaku, Jacob F'N Fatu & More
This week on the show we chat about so many topics! In “On This Day” we talk about a very real (but kayfabed) injury to Andre the Giant and the first UK only…
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#107- Yuta Man, Wheeler!
On the show this week we take a good long look at the pro wrestling offerings from the last week. From FTR and The Young Bucks, to an absolute breakout…
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#106- The Madness of Mania Week
We are back… and better than ever! (sing that like the Bischoff theme) After a brief hiatus, the two heads of the dork table are here with all of the pro…
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#105- Thunder Rosa Wins Big!
This week on the show we take a look at the go home show to WrestleMania 14 that featured all of the big players, including Iron Mike Tyson! We also spend some…
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#104- R.I.P. Scott Hall
This week on the show we take a look back at the Monday Night Raw that occurred 12 days before WrestleMania 14. A challenger is possibly concussed and a new…
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#100- We Need To Talk About Cody
This week on the show we chat about all sorts of stuff. The Cody Rhodes situation takes center stage in the "Wrestling Stu". Is it all a work, or is he really…
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#99- A Double Dose of Dynamite, AEW Debuts & More!
This week we ran into a bit of a scheduling issue and had to record late. On the plus side, that allowed us to chat about the most recent episode of AEW…
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#98- Royal Rumble Review 2022
This week on the show we take a look at one of the more memorable moments in WWF Monday Night Raw history: The night that Cactus Jack and Terry Funk took a…
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#97- GCW @ Hammerstein, Rumble Preview & More
This week on the show, "The Wrestling Stu" takes center stage! We chat about the recent GCW show at NYC's Hammerstein Ballroom. What went right, what went…
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#96- GCW is HOT, Tyson on Raw & More!
This week on the show we chat about a huge shot fired in the Monday Night Wars: The night that Iron Mike Tyson showed up on Raw. We play a clip from the face…
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#95- 2022 Royal Rumble Tattoo Draw
Hey guys! This week on the show we check out the go home Raw to the 1998 WWF Royal Rumble. There's a lot going on in the company at this time with the…
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#94- Down Since Day 1 Ish!
This week on the show we run down all of the segments you know and love, but one has morphed into something else. The Wrestling Stu has replaced Whatchu…
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#92- One-Hour Dynamite Draw, ROH Memories & More!
Happy Holidays! This week on the show we discussed a ton of topics including Bryan Danielson and Hangman Adam Page wrestling to a one-hour time limit draw on…
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#91- A Very Memorable Raw Review, RIP Jimmy Rave & More
This week on the show, we take a look at a very memorable episode of Raw in the Retro Review. Three major things happened: The Rock referred to himself as “The…
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#88- Survivor Series Memories, Figure News & More!
We have a great show lined up for you this week! All of the usual segments are represented. On the Retro Raw, everyone has put the Montreal incident in the…
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#87- AEW Full Gear, Bret Screwed Bret, & More
This week on the show we talk about some very prolific Survivor Series in the “On This Day” segment. From there we chat about the Raw from Cornwall, Ontario…
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#86- Casey Corbin, Montreal Screwjob Fallout & More!
Hey, gang! This week on the show you are in for a treat! As we travel down the road that is 1997 WWF, we have hit a major pothole that shook up not only the…
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#85- Prelude to Survivor Series '97, Halloween in AEW & More!
This week on the show we are taking a look back at a very pivotal moment in the Monday Night Wars, and the WWF in general. The Retro Raw Review is the 11/3/97…
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#83- AEW & WWE Head to Head, Suzuki vs. Everybody & More!
This week on the show, we chat about the worst wrestling convention of all time in the “On This Day” segment. We also discuss some new figure news before doing…