Best Macho King Podcasts (2025)

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Re-View #83: The Retro Re-View 2nd Annual Christmas Extravaganza 1:37:20

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Merry Christmas from the Retro Wrestling Re-View USWA Podcast and welcome to our 2nd Annual Christmas Extravaganza, dropping on Christmas Eve and guaranteed to spread good cheer! Gene Jackson is joined by Josh Briley and Brian Tramel, with a very special return appearance from Richard Mulikin, back on the show for the first time in months. What fol…

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Re-View #82: USWA 6/1/91 (NOBODY slaps the KING!) 1:52:50

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The Retro Wrestling Re-View USWA Podcast is back, and this week’s episode is loaded! Gene Jackson is joined by Josh Briley and Brian Tramel, along with special guest Robb Helt, who brings a first hand fan perspective straight from Texas during one of the most chaotic periods in USWA history. Together, the crew breaks down the June 1, 1991 episode o…

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Re-View #81: USWA 5/25/91 (The Lone Ranger Arrives!) 1:35:01

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The Retro Wrestling Re-View USWA Podcast is back, and this week the gang tackles the May 25, 1991 edition of USWA Championship Wrestling. This week marks the quiet debut of Corey Maclin, co-hosting with Jerry “The King” Lawler, while the Texas vs. Tennessee war officially crosses the line into attempted murder territory. Episode highlights include:…

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Re-View #80: USWA 5/18/91 (Loser Leaves Town- Take 2!) 1:30:31

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Regardless of what we may have thought previously, this week's show is one of the wildest, most convoluted, frustrating and most head scratching episodes of USWA Championship Wrestling we’ve seen yet! From a legit knockout in the opening match… to a southern-fried boardroom fiasco inside Eddie Marlin’s “office”… to Eddie Gilbert cutting the most ho…

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Re-View #79: USWA 5/11/91 (Losers Leave Town! ) 1:55:37

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This week on the Retro Wrestling Re-View USWA Podcast, The Gang dives into one of the wildest episodes of 1991 USWA TV yet—complete with stolen titles, barbed wire, midget madness, Steve Keirn being absolutely DONE with Memphis, and a furious Bill Dundee GOING IN on Eric Embry! They cover: - Eric Embry steals the Southern Title with help from Dr. T…

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Why Elevating A Convicted Felon Betrays Our Values 11:59

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Send us a text What happens to a country when it calls cruelty strength and treats accountability like a partisan insult? We go straight at that question with an unflinching look at Donald Trump’s conduct, the excuses made on his behalf, and the way a culture of grievance and idolatry corrodes basic standards. The tone is raw because the stakes fee…

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Quiet Fat Piggie Trump! Quiet FAT PIGGIE! Sad SO SAD LOVE! 15:26

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Send us a text Start with the costume and follow the money. That’s the through line of this no-filter episode, where we pull apart the mythology of strongmen, the market for outrage, and the cost of turning politics into fandom. We take a hard look at how cheating, bullying, and delay tactics get dressed up as strength while our institutions and pu…

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Re-View #78: USWA 5/4/91 (Meet Miss Texas) 1:41:56

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The gang is back with Episode #78 of the Retro Wrestling Re-View USWA Podcast! This week, Gene, Josh, and BT head to May 4th, 1991, a show remembered for one major moment: the USWA debut of Miss Texas (a young Jacqueline, long before WWE Hall of Fame status). This episode features: • The debut and introduction of Miss Texas, hyped heavily by Dr. To…

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Re-View #77: USWA 4/27/91 (Team Tennessee Roll Call!) 1:26:42

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The Retro Wrestling Re-View crew Gene Jackson, Josh Briley, and Brian Tramel head back to April 27, 1991, for another wild episode of USWA Championship Wrestling and the ongoing Tennessee vs. Texas war! This week brings hard hitting matches, vicious promos, and an endless battle over state pride between Tennessee and Texas! Here’s what’s on tap: Dr…

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Re-View #76: USWA 4/20/91 (The Russian Chain Match!) 1:42:36

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It’s Episode #76, as Gene Jackson, Josh from P3 Radio, and BT from STSPod.Club dive into the April 20, 1991 episode of USWA Championship Wrestling and this one’s loaded! From "NIghtmare" (Uncle) Danny Davis taking on the masked El Grande Pistolero (aka Gypsy Joe) to Jerry Lawler’s unintentionally hilarious “hostage-style” doctor promo, the guys bre…

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Re-View #75: USWA 4/13/91 (Jeff Jarrett calls in Robert Fuller?!?) 1:23:56

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This week’s Retro Wrestling Re-View dives deep into USWA Championship Wrestling from April 13, 1991, a show loaded with chaos, blood, betrayal, and yes, even a "bare-ass spanking"! Bill Dundee lays down the law on his wayward son Jamie Dundee (with a little help from the Texas Hangmen), Jeff Jarrett reveals his shocking mystery partner in Robert Fu…

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The Almighty WWE Champion Bobby Lashley vs Drew McIntyre

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https://podcastssss.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/lashley+maintyre+wm37.mp3 Welcome to randommaniaaaaaa. This episode we got the opening match from Wrestlemania 37 (2021) and it’s for the WWE Championship! It’s Bobby Lashley defending against Drew McIntyre. This one is special because this was the first WWE match in front a live audience in one year, …

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Why My Father’s Service Makes Trump’s Insults Unforgivable 15:40

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Send us a text The mic opens on fire and grief: a son of a Marine drawing a bright, unbreakable line between lived sacrifice and performative power. I talk about what service looks like when it isn’t merchandised—twenty-two years in the Marine Corps, a family that’s buried its own, and the quiet work of people who show up without hashtags or camera…

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Re-View #74: USWA 4/6/91 (Eric Embry threatens to KILL Jerry Lawler!) 1:43:29

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The Retro Wrestling Re-View heads back to April 6, 1991, for another wild ride through USWA Championship Wrestling! Gene Jackson, Josh Briley, and Brian Tramel dive deep into a loaded episode where every segment feels like chaos waiting to happen, beginning with "Hot Stuff" Eddie Gilbert’s studio match, a cameo from Jerry Lawler’s doctor, and endin…

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Re-View #73: USWA 3/30/91 ("He might be DEAD!") 1:18:45

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We’re back in the WMC Studios for another wild Saturday morning in Memphis, and this one might just be the craziest episode yet! On the March 30th, 1991 edition of USWA Championship Wrestling, the Texas Bunch crank the violence to 11, Danny Davis shows off a new haircut and a new attitude, and Jerry Lawler goes from Southern Gentleman to History Te…

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Re-View #72: USWA 3/23/91 (The Return of Keirn) 1:18:06

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The Gang is back in the Retro Wrestling Archive Studios for another wild ride through USWA Championship Wrestling from March 23rd, 1991! This week’s episode delivers everything you love about Memphis mayhem, The Texas Bunch wreak havoc before the opening bell, Jackie Fargo sends in a promo from that sounds like he's on a "Walkie Talkie", and Steve …

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Re-View #71: USWA 3/16/91 (The Texas Hangmen Arrive!) 1:19:45

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Step back to March 16, 1991 with this week’s Retro Wrestling Re-View: USWA Podcast! Gene Jackson, Josh Briley (P3 Radio), and Brian Tramel (stspod.club) break down one of the wildest episodes yet, featuring: Jerry Lawler vs. Terry Funk – with Jackie Fargo as the “special” referee! The Texas Bunch (Eric Embry, Tom Prichard, Tojo Yamamoto) raising he…

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Re-View #70: USWA 3/9/91 (Terry Funk returns to Memphis!) 1:19:26

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Step back into March 1991 with Episode #70 of the Retro Wrestling Re-View: USWA Podcast! Gene Jackson, Josh Briley, and Brian Tramel break down a classic Memphis TV leading into the last Mid-South Coliseum card before the move to the Pipkin Building. This week’s show features: A wild and unfiltered Terry Funk promo that set Memphis on fire Jerry La…

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Brutus the Barber Beefcake vs The Million Dollar Man Ted Dibiase

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https://podcastssss.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/dibiase+vs+beefcake.mp3 Welcome to RANDOMMANIAAAA. This episode we got a rather meaningless match from WrestleMania V. Ok, not meaningless, but it’s not the most impactful wrestling match in ‘mania history. It’s two guys who were big stars at the time having a one-on-one contest with only their reputat…

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Re-View #69: USWA 3/2/91 (Tojo is back and he's a Texan now!) 1:21:06

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Step back to March 2, 1991, as Gene Jackson, Josh Briley, and Brian Tramel dig into one of the wildest episodes of USWA Championship Wrestling ever! This week’s show features: The announcement of a four-man round-robin tournament featuring Jerry Lawler, Eddie Gilbert, Steve Austin, and Jeff Jarrett—but not everyone is happy about it, especially Eri…

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Yokozuna vs Bret The Hitman Hart

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https://podcastssss.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/Yoko+Bret.mp3 WELCOME to RANDOMMANIAAAAAAA!!!!!! This episode we have yet another main event! I get that there have been, like 48 main events…but here we have one! It’s from WrestleMania X in 1994 from Madison Square Garden in New York City, it’s the controversial Champion Yokozuna vs the challenger Br…

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Re-View #68: USWA 2/23/91 (The Texas vs. Tennessee WAR begins!) 1:23:45

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On this week’s Retro Wrestling Re-View, the gang takes a deep dive into the February 23, 1991 episode of USWA Championship Wrestling! The big story is the shocking unholy alliance of Jerry “The King” Lawler and “Hot Stuff” Eddie Gilbert, who agree to team up against Texans Eric Embry and Dr. Tom Prichard—but not without $25,000 bonds to guarantee t…

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Re-View #67: USWA 2/16/91 (Jamie Dundee gets a new family!) 1:17:25

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The USWA in 1991 was chaos, and this week’s episode is no exception! Reviewing the 2/16/91 episode of USWA Championship Wrestling. Jamie Dundee officially ditches his dad and becomes J.C. Ice Baby Bill Dundee cuts a heartfelt apology promo… and gets mocked for it Stunning Steve Austin picks up a win with help from J.C. Dr. Tom Prichard won’t shut u…

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Re-View #66: USWA 2/9/91 (Steve Austin Arrives in Memphis) 1:16:08

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Retro Wrestling Re-View – Episode #66 - USWA Championship Wrestling – February 9, 1991 It’s Peak Memphis mayhem this week! Jerry Lawler & Jeff Jarrett are your NEW USWA Tag Champs… but before they can even celebrate, "Hot Stuff" Eddie Gilbert returns from “exile” to throw fire, cause chaos, and make it clear he’s here for Lawler’s head. Meanwhile, …

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Re-View #65: USWA 2/2/91 (FAREWELL TO THE FABS!) 1:33:20

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This week's Retro Re-View looks at the February 2, 1991 edition of USWA TV and more! Jackie Fargo is BACK in Memphis — and he’s the special referee for Monday night’s Tag Title Showdown between Lawler & Jarrett and The Fabulous Ones! This week’s wild USWA action includes: Lawler saving The New Kids from a Fabulous Ones beatdown Tag Titles held up a…

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Re-View #64: USWA 1/26/91 (Running with Scissors!) 1:20:52

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This week's USWA episode of USWA for January 26, 1991 brings us: Lawler vs. Garvin with a mind boggling ending! Dundee swears revenge after a brutal Fabs/Cornette beatdown "Prime Time" Brian Lee is now teaming with Jeff Gaylord Redman Rumble Royal announced for Monday night! (aka the Redneck Royal Rumble) Bloody ambushes, wild six-man tags, and Bru…

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Re-View #63: USWA 1/19/91 (The Stud Stable Returns!) 1:23:57

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This week’s USWA episode for January 19, 1991 was shorter than usual but there was a lot packed into it! Jim Cornette and the Fabulous Ones double down on the bounty business – now coming for Jeff Jarrett too! A heated World Tag Team Title defense: The Fabs vs. Jerry Lynn & Cody Michaels Robert Fuller rides back into town with the Pit Bulldogs and …

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Re-View #62: USWA 1/12/91 (The FABS cash in!) 1:37:03

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🎙️ Retro Wrestling Re-View USWA Podcast – Episode #62 📆 Reviewing USWA Championship Wrestling – January 12, 1991 💰 THE $100,000 BETRAYAL! The Fabulous Ones stab Jerry Lawler in the back, Eddie Gilbert skips town, and Cornette reveals the mastermind behind it all—TERRY FUNK?! Corny and the Fabs pull off one of the smoothest heel turns in Memphis his…

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Re-View #61: USWA 1/5/91 (The Fabs Return & the $50,000 Bounty) 1:37:38

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🎙️ Retro Wrestling Re-View USWA Podcast 📺 Episode #61: “The $50,000 Bounty and the Return of the Fabulous Ones” 📅 Originally Aired: January 5, 1991 🔥 Strap in for another wild ride through Memphis mayhem as the gang dives deep into a chaotic start to 1991 in the USWA! This week’s episode of USWA Championship Wrestling features: 💰 Eddie Gilbert in h…

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Re-View #60: The USWA 1990 Year in Review 1:44:23

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We're ONE WEEK away from the premiere of SEASON TWO of the Retro Wrestling Re-View where we'll be doing week by week reviews of the year 1991 in USWA Championship Wrestling but before we get there, this week Gene and Josh are joined by STSPod.club's Brian Tramel to discuss the happenings of 1990 that take us into 1991. It was wild year that saw Jer…

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Re-View #59: Special Interview w/"The Spellbinder" Del Rios 1:18:41

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On this week's episode Gene Jackson welcomes Del Rios, who you may know as the Spellbinder from the USWA or Phantasio from the WWE. Del has had a number of personas throughout his wrestling career and in the process has had not only a pretty unique and extraordinary pro wrestling career, but the same can be said for his life in general. Del was the…

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Re-View #58: Special Interview w/Moondog Splat 1:08:20

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This week it's a special edition of the Retro Wrestling Re-View Podcast as host Gene Jackson welcomes a special guest who we saw a lot of during 1993, Moondog Splat! A fun conversation as Gene digs into Bubba White's time as a Moondog as they discuss a ton of topics including: the coaching he received before taking on the gimmick, what Richard Lee …

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Re-View #57: USWA 12/25/93 (1993 Season Finale & Awards Show) 2:01:45

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This week, the gang is joined by their frequent guest co-host Brian Tramel of STSPod.club as they re-view the couple of segments of the 12/25/93 USWA Championship Wrestling episode that weren't clips from previous shows featuring "Nature Boy" Buddy Landel w/Toni Adams against Mike Anthony as well as highlights of Jerry 'the King' Lawler challenging…

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"No Kings" Trump is a Looser Again! Sad So Sad Love! 20:35

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Send us a text Democracy stands at a crossroads as millions of Americans rally against authoritarian tendencies while facing increasing resistance from militarized law enforcement. The recent No King's March—spanning 52 states with massive turnout—starkly contrasts with what the host describes as Trump's failed birthday parade, revealing a nation d…

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Re-View #56: USWA 12/18/93 (Babyface Bert is FAR 2 WILD!) 1:24:36

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This week, the gang is re-viewing the December 18, 1993 episode of USWA Championship Wrestling and we've got NEW USWA Tag Team Champions! After only two weeks, the War Machines quit the territory after quickly dropping the tag team titles to FAR 2 WILD (Chris Michaels/Todd Morton) in Evansville, Indiana thanks to some help from their unlikely babyf…

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Re-View #55: USWA 12/11/93 (The Gilberts Reunite!) 1:40:46

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This week, the gang is watching the December 11, 1993 episode of USWA Championship Wrestling and there's a lot packed into this one! The last time we saw both Eddie and Doug Gilbert here in the USWA in 1993, they were at war with EACH OTHER! By now a few months have passed and they've settled their differences and now they're back in the USWA to do…

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Cody Rhodes vs Roman Reigns (WM39)

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https://podcastssss.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/Roman+vs+Cody+One.mp3 Welcome to RandomManiaaaaa!!!!! This episode we drew the main event of Wrestlemaina 39 in Los Angeles. It’s the tribal chief Roman Reigns vs The American Nightmare Cody Rhodes! Will Cody finish the story? Only one way to find out, and that’s by listening to our podcast.…

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Re-View #54: USWA 12/4/93 (The War Machines Arrive!) 1:34:54

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This week the gang re-views the 12/4/93 episode of USWA Championship Wrestling! A lot is happening is this week's episode as some people have left the territory (Rex Hargrove for one) and some people have returned (Buddy Landel/Don Bass/Doug Gilbert). There's a shocking heel turn in a tag team match to start the show (well, maybe not THAT shocking)…

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Re-View #53: USWA 11/27/93 (PG-13 WINS THE GOLD!) 1:27:54

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A lot is happening in the USWA during the week of November 27, 1993. Jeff Jarrett loses the USWA Championship to Buddy Landel while in the same night he wins a BATTLE ROYAL last eliminating Jerry 'the King' Lawler to become the new Unified World Champion! Toni Adams offers the new champion some sound advice pertaining to his tag team championship p…

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Re-View #52: USWA 11/20/93 (Music Videos, Crush Stripped As Raper Returns!) 1:25:13

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As you can tell by the headline, it's a slow news week in the USWA for 11/20/93 but the guys still manage to have a lot of fun with this week's episode! In what has to be the most chopped up USWA episode they've reviewed yet, it features several rehashed music videos from the past, an exciting tag team match pitting Phi Delta Slam (Bandit & Textboo…

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Re-View #51: Special Guest - J.C. Ice (Jamie Dundee) 1:39:05

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It's been a while since we've had a special guest, so this week Gene invited a man who has been all over the recent episodes of the Re-View, "J.C. Ice" Jamie Dundee in our most NSFW episode of the Re-View ever! They discuss the formation of PG-13 from Jamie's perspective and run down PG-13's first year in the USWA along with a ton of different topi…

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The Undertaker vs Brock Lesnar

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https://podcastssss.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/Undertaker+vs+Brock+Lesnar.mp3 Welcome to RandomManiaaaaaaaaaaa. This week we got a huge moment in the history of this business. It’s when Brock Lesnar broke the Undertakers winning streak at Wrestlemania. Undertaker was 21-0 at the showcase of the immortals heading into this clash with the Beast Incar…

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Re-View #50: USWA 11/13/93 (Jeff Jarrett gets CRUSHed!) 1:32:16

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On this week's episode, we revisit the November 13, 1993 episode of USWA Championship Wrestling! We have new USWA Tag Team Champions as Brian Christopher & Jeff Jarrett have regained the titles and this week they will be wrestling PG-13 w/Lil' Midget D in the studio in the expiration of time match! PLUS: the debut of PHI DELTA SLAM, the team of 'Te…

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Re-View #49: USWA 11/6/93 (Rex Hargrove: "REAL MAN"!) 1:33:23

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On this week's episode, we revisit the November 6, 1993 episode of USWA Championship Wrestling! The show kicks off with Richard Lee's Moondogs taking on the American Eagles in tag team action! Toni Adams lets everyone know that she has found a "REAL MAN" in Rex Hargrove who is now one half of the USWA Tag Team Champions with Koko B. Ware. Brian Chr…

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The Ultimate Warrior vs The Macho King Randy Savage

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https://podcastssss.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/warrior+savage.mp3 Welcome to RANDOMMANIAAAAAA!!! This episode, the Brothers find themselves awash in nostalgia, because we got ourselves a big one from our childhood, it’s the career ending match between the Macho King and the Ultimate Warrior. Randy Savage was known to deliver and this is no exceptio…

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Re-View #48: USWA 10/30/93 (Doink Challenges for the Title!) 1:33:03

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On this week's episode, we revisit the October 30, 1993 episode of USWA Championship Wrestling! We have new USWA Tag Team Champions in Brian Christopher & "the Fabulous One" Jeff Jarrett! The Moondogs turn tail and run! Reggie B. Fine now has TWO ladies and he shows them off to his partner Koko B. Ware who is not impressed. We meet the "All America…

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Re-View #47: USWA 10/23/93 (USWA SURVIVOR SERIES) 1:29:11

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On this week's episode, we revisit the October 23, 1993 episode of USWA Championship Wrestling! We see highlights of the USWA vs. WWF Survivor Series match featuring Jerry Lawler, Jeff Jarrett, & Brian Christopher taking on Vince McMahon's "WWF team" of Shawn Michaels, Doink the Clown, & Koko B. Ware. PG-13 take on the sensational new babyface tag …

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Maria Menounos and Kelly Kelly vs Beth Phoenix and Eve Torres

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https://podcastssss.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/eve+maria+kalle+kelly+kelly+beth.mp3 WELCOME TO RANDOMMANINAAAAAAA!! Heck yeah we’re back and we got ourselves a wrastlin’ match from 2012, it’s a celebrity sighting at Wrestlemania. It’s TV’s Maria Menounos and she’s here to kick some ass, or at the very least, smear someone’s makeup on her own.…

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When Money Matters More Than Morality: A 67-Year-Old's Warning 25:56

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Send us a text Raw, unfiltered, and burning with urgency – Clemon Leon Kunkel doesn't hold back in this passionate examination of American politics and the threats he perceives to democracy itself. The 67-year-old Super Professor speaks from deeply personal experience, revealing how ten members of his family served in the military, including his fa…

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Re-View #46: USWA 10/16/93 (That’s...That's Gotta Be DOOMSDAY!) 1:34:22

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On this week's episode, we revisit the October 16, 1993 episode of USWA Championship Wrestling! "Macho Man" Randy Savage is the new Unified World Champion and Eddie Marlin is upset because "VINCE MACK-MAN" won't stop sending letters and faxes harassing him about the WWF being superior to the USWA (I guess that wasn't apparent until Savage won the t…