“I LOOOOOOOOOVE YOOOOOOOOU!” made Bruce Prichard a television star for the WWF as “Brother Love” back in 1988. But how did a 25-year-old kid working behind the scenes suddenly become a television character? Bruce tells the full story of the Brother Love character, who loved the idea, who hated theRead More →
From an untrained enhancement talent to the main event at Madison Square Garden against Hulk Hogan in under three years, nobody has a story like Ray Traylor!Read More →
The WWF is on fire by April ’98. In this episode we cover the “RAW after WrestleMania” where Sean Waltman returned to the company to join DX, the New Age Outlaws became made men, Vince tried to “tame” his new champion, and everything else on the way to the PayRead More →
ROB! VAN! DAM! This week Bruce examines the entire run of “Mr. Monday Night” for hours on end. From training with the Sheik, to how he got into WCW, to why he left WCW, visiting Japan to fully become Rob Van Dam, finally getting into ECW, and the big breakRead More →
Is the podcast over?! Did Bruce and Conrad sell out? After the rumor and innuendo is put to bed, we have a special announcement about another podcast project, and then it’s time for the main event..Read More →
WHO’S NEXT?! GOOOOOLDBERG! He was the hottest star for WCW during their hottest period but his first run in the WWE wasn’t quite as stellar. Did JR try to bring him in before he signed with WCW? What did Vince think about him? What run-ins did he have with WWERead More →
How do you follow a show like WrestleMania III? Was the pressure on Vince McMahon to outdo himself once again in 1988? How did the company try to capitalize on the success of III, what was thinking behind moving from a dome to casino, what package did Trump offer thatRead More →
Bruce has had enough and he blows a gasket to start the show this week. Around 18 minutes in, it’s all about the first time Vince McMahon decided to do the very first “brand split” with the First Draft on March 25, 2002! Who had the idea first? What wasRead More →
Is WrestleMania 19 the most underrated WrestleMania of all time? It’s Brock’s first WrestleMania and he’s in the main event for the World Title. It’s Steve Austin’s last WrestleMania and the finale of the Austin-Rock trilogy…Read More →
Fire up the WWE Network and find Saturday Night’s Main Event from 1988 in the Vault to watch-along with Bruce Prichard providing alternate commentary over the final major event before WrestleMania IV!Read More →
Bruce Prichard addresses all of the “rumor and innuendo” about Shawn Michaels during two of the most controversial years in his career.Read More →
“The Heartbreak Kid” has been in singles action for about a year and as we start 1993, he’s the Intercontinental Champion who just headlined a Pay Per View for the World Title…Read More →
As we build towards WrestleMania 19 the roster has never been more stacked but was Goldberg supposed to wrestle the Rock at WrestleMania? Was Bischoff supposed to wrestle McMahon? Was Austin supposed to wrestle Hogan? Why wasn’t Scott Steiner on the card?…Read More →
The WWF has struck gold with Mike Tyson agreeing to participate in WrestleMania to the point that the New York Daily News had a headline that read, “Vince Revels as King for a Day!” Business is up and the public attention in WrestleMania is hotter than ever. In the middleRead More →
“Ohhhhhh yessssss!” we’ve got everything you could ever want to know about the Phenom, the Undertaker from 1995, 1996, and 1997! “REST IN PEACE” that we cover why the “druids” were with Undertaker, how Undertaker handled autograph signings in the mid 90s, how the WWF almost did Baywatch, an incredibleRead More →
WWE still refers to our topic today as, “the most watched wrestling program in American TV history.” February 5, 1988, was the first time pro-wrestling had been on network TV since 1955 and 33 million viewers tuned into NBC to see the biggest rematch in history: Hulk Hogan vs. AndreRead More →
“I LOOOOOOOOOOVE YOUUUUUUU!” returned to Monday Night RAW and we hear details about Bruce’s experience at #RAW25. Did he see Vince? What did Stephanie say to him? What does this mean for the podcast?And of course then it’s time for the story behind the very first Royal Rumble. Why didRead More →
STONE COLD! STONE COLD! It is one of the best pay per views of all time, at a time where the WWF was at the very top of it’s game. Seemingly reeling from the departure of top stars and being “out gunned” by the star power of rival WCW, theRead More →
The Rockers have to be the most interesting story of a tag team in the history of WWE! We cover their starts in the business individually, who put Marty and Shawn in the car together for the first time, who they learned from individually, who they wrestled in theirRead More →
Join Bruce and Conrad for a once in a lifetime behind the scenes look at the creation of and the early days of “The longest running episodic program in television history”. Bruce was there on the front lines and has all the stories you did not even know existed andRead More →
Who could forget the night Chris Jericho beat the Rock and “Stone Cold” in the same night? Bruce and Conrad discuss that fateful night and the entire build up to get there including the end of the “Invasion” angle, the Rock-Austin politics, bringing Ric Flair back, the hilarious story aboutRead More →
The Two-Time Podcast of the Year is back with one of the most controversial characters in wrestling history, Goldust! Did Dusty politic to use Dustin in 1990? What did Vince say when Dustin asked for his release in 1991? What was Bruce and Pat’s idea for Dustin in 1993? WhoRead More →
The SI Podcast of the Year is back with FIVE hours of Edge! But first we discuss which WWF Superstar the Steiners used as a human urinal and who they shot in the locker room. Yes, they shot a guy. We cover the early days of Edge extensively including growingRead More →
Rick and Scott Steiner formed arguably the greatest tag team in WCW history, and certainly have a place among the all time greats, but what is the story with their run with WWE? Learn about the plan to push Scott to the moon as a single star, what kept VinceRead More →