DEADLOCK: A Pro Wrestling Podcast

"Now, THIS is where the Big Girls play..."

On December 18, 1995, WCW continued to ride the wave of momentum they had been creating over the past few months with their flagship show, WCW Monday Nitro. On this episode of Nitro, in the very first segment of the show, we are introduced to the newest member of the WCW roster. Not only the newest member of the roster, but the current WWF Women's Champion?!

Alundra Blayze, now known as Madusa, made her debut in a big way. Something that we rarely seen on national pro-wrestling television. Madusa took...

"THIS IS BULL.."

We're on the road to WWF WrestleMania 13, but before we get there, we have to set into the WAR ZONE. That's right, it's WWF Monday Night RAW is WAR, which is a really long name that eventually is just WWF RAW is WAR! There's a lot of big matches coming up on this PPV, and we get a little piece of all of them on this very show.

Of course, this is the episode of RAW where Bret Hart, after a main event cage match for the WWF Championship against Sycho Sid, loses...

"IT'S TOMMY'S?!"

On this edition of the DEADLOCK Podcast, we take a look back at this episode of ECW Hardcore TV from January 16, 1996. ECW only continues to get bigger, and the bigger they get, the crazier the show gets. This is a prime example of ECW at it's most "ECW".

In one of the more infamous moments in company history, Beulah McGillicutty, Raven's "girlfriend", has a confession on this episode, and it's that she's pregnant. Raven immediately thinks it's Stevie Richards, and attacks him, only for Beulah to finally admit that the baby's father is Tommy...

THIS...IS A TEMPLE!
 
The boys are back in town for the 2nd time this week, with DOUBLE DEADLOCK, to continue on the first season of LUCHA UNDERGROUND! We're at the third episode now, and business is really starting to pick up for Dario Cueto. We have a big main event, consisting of three luchadors that will become mainstays here in Lucha Underground for years to come.

Konnan has told Dario Cueto that he can't say that his Temple has the best luchadores in the world, if he doesn't have these three talents from Mexico; Pentagon J...

After over twenty years of wrestling running on Saturday's on TBS, WCW decided to re-brand their show to "WCW Saturday Night"!

On this episode of the DEADLOCK Podcast, we take a look back at the re-launching of WCW's Saturday Night show, which is now being called, of course, WCW Saturday Night! This "new" show debuted it's new branding on April 4th, 1992. 

Hosted by Jim Ross & Jesse Ventura (for this week), we get a look at WCW's new idea for this show, which involves more of a talk-show feeling to it, as Jim Ross & Jesse Ventura take u...

The final time you'll see the SmackDown "Oval-Tron" in action.

On this episode of the DEADLOCK Podcast, we take a look back at this episode of WWF SmackDown! from August 9, 2001. The Invasion is in full effect, and Stone Cold Steve Austin, the current WWF Champion, looks to continue to lead his team of WCW & ECW wrestlers into SummerSlam. At Summerslam, Austin is set to defend his title against Kurt Angle. But tonight, Austin steps in the ring with The Dudley Boyz, Bubba Ray Dudley & D-Von Dudley, to take on Kurt Angle & The Hardy Boyz, Matt Hardy & Jeff Hardy.<...

BANG BANG! A signing that Jeff Jarrett calls the 'greatest acquisition in TNA history' (because he hates Kurt Angle) has finally arrived to the iMPACT Zone! Mick Foley is here for the first time in-person on a TNA show!


On this episode of the DEADLOCK Podcast, we take a look back at this episode of TNA iMPACT from October 2nd, 2008. Bound For Glory, the biggest event of the year for TNA, is right around the corner, and a lot of things need to be settled. Samoa Joe & Sting are battling over not only the World Championship, but r...

It's November 4th, 2004, and for Kurt Angle, it was supposed to be a regular day in the ring, but what nearly happens could have changed the careers of him & his "opponent" forever!


On this episode of the DEADLOCK Podcast, we're going to take a look at the infamous incident between Kurt Angle & Tough Enough Season 4's Daniel Puder. Puder, who is definitely from the UFC, has become a fan favorite as of late on the SmackDown-exclusive "Million Dollar Tough Enough". Al Snow has brought Kurt Angle out to teach these guys a lesson in what it takes...

WCW emanates from Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas for this edition of WCW Monday Nitro on January 22nd, 1996, where there are not one, but TWO big title matches on hand.
The WCW World Heavyweight Championship is currently held by Ric Flair, and on this edition of WCW Nitro, he defends it against "The Macho Man" Randy Savage. But, this isn't the main event! The second title match, which sees Harlem Heat defending the WCW World Tag Team Championships against Sting & Lex Luger...is also not the main event!
The main event of this show sees Hulk Hogan taking...

The boys are back in The Temple!
Last week, we took our first look at Lucha Underground. We had such a good time with it, that we decided for the first time to do a BACK-TO-BACK review, following up on the last episode. This week, we're taking a look at the 2nd episode of Lucha Underground!
Big Ryck, as well as his henchmen Cortez Castro & Cisco are here to run their mouths some more after the damage they dealt out to Johnny Mundo & Prince Puma after last episode's main event. But, Mundo & Puma don't take the trash talk...

Welcome to LUCHA UNDERGROUND! The year is 2014, and a brand new wrestling company has popped up on a network that hasn't had wrestling before, the El Rey Network. Lucha Underground gave us a different look at how television wrestling can be produced, and this first episodes gives us an early idea on the direction they were looking to go. Dario Cueto is the man in charge, a promoter that has opened up his 'Temple' to luchadores from all around the world. In this first episode, he has $100,000 on the line to the best fighter of the night. Little did we...

We're on the road to WWF In Your House: Buried Alive, where The Undertaker & Mankind will do battle in the first ever Buried Alive match! To get you ready for that match, Mankind & Undertaker have some things to say from, of course, a graveyard. In the main event of this episode of WWF Monday Night RAW, Stone Cold Steve Austin will take on Shawn Michaels in their first one-on-one match in RAW history. Steve Austin is getting ready for his match against Savio Vega at the PPV, and Shawn Michaels...is not doing anything at the PPV because his schedule...

It's WCW Nitro from October 21, 1996! We're on the road to Halloween Havoc 1996, and the New World Order are on a tear, taking out anyone and everyone in their path. WCW are still putting up a fight, but they need someone to step up to the plate and lead them to victory! There's only one man that can get the job done, and he makes his return to WCW after a month long absence; it's STING! Sting is back, and for the first time, he makes an appearance with the beginning stages of the "Crow Sting" look. But, whose side is...

The biggest WrestleMania of all time (there have only been two so far) is upon is, and with no matches announced, and a venue that is only just getting announced on this show, the WWF is going to have to pull out all the stops to have record-breaking attendance numbers for this one. Thankfully for them, life as a pro wrestling fan is a lot different in 1987, and a match like Hulk Hogan vs Andre The Giant is enough to sell NINETY-THOUSAND TICKETS (or maybe not, dude). The date is February 7, 1987 for this episode of WWF Superstars of Wrestling. Roddy...

Ho-Ho-Ho! Ol' Saint Mick Foley is here to bring us this festive edition of WWE SmackDown from November 29th, 2011. Yes, a November Christmas episode. Mick Foley is here to run the show, just because it's Christmas time, and he's Santa Claus. Foley sets up some matches on this show, including a World Heavyweight Title STEEL CAGE Match between Mark Henry & Daniel Bryan. There will be an "All I Want For Christmas" Battle Royal with top stars like Sheamus, Hunico, and Hornswoggle with the opportunity to have one (1) wish granted by Santa Claus himself. Also, it's a Miracle on 34th Street...

The TNA Impact Wrestling episode from July 18th, 2013 is a special edition of Destination X! Chris Sabin uses “Option C” to challenge Bully Ray for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship. After winning the X-Division Championship, Sabin had the opportunity to trade it in for a shot at the TNA World Championship at Destination X. Tonight, he does exactly that as he faces Bully Ray in the main event! Speaking of Bully Ray, he and Aces & Eights have been causing chaos, and they are on a collision course with the Main Event Mafia. Also, the Bound for Glory Series is underway to d...

The June 27th, 2002 episode of WWE SmackDown! is a historic one, as it features the WWE debut of John Cena! Kurt Angle is introduced by Mr. McMahon. Kurt still has his fake hair from losing it in a match against Edge! He takes it off and says he is tired of being made fun of. He then challenges any wrestler in the back that he has never faced to a match right now! A new kid named John Cena comes out, tells Kurt that he has “Ruthless Aggression,” and slaps Angle in the face! The match is now kicked off. Cena...

It’s ECW Hardcore TV from October 31st, 1995, featuring a huge main event with The Sandman defending the ECW World Heavyweight Championship against Mikey Whipwreck! This is a ladder match but with different rules. The winner must defeat their opponent by pinfall or submission. Before we get to that match, Mikey Whipwreck has one last “Hoodie Training Session” with The Public Enemy. They meet in complete darkness at Central Park in New York. While Rocco Rock leaves to get training items, Johnny Grunge has a training session of his own for Mikey. He makes Mikey run up a ladder and grab b...

It’s November 25th, 2010 on Thanksgiving for this special episode of TNA Wrestling iMPACT! There is no Turkey Bowl, but we do get a Thanksgiving Party with Immortal. Matt Morgan is the current #1 contender for Jeff Hardy’s TNA World Championship. Because he beat Ric Flair, he gets to choose a special guest referee for their match at the Final Resolution PPV. We don’t find out who his referee is going to be tonight, but he does get challenged to an 8 man elimination tag team match by Immortal for the main event. He teams with Douglas Williams, and they need t...

November 12th was Johnny’s birthday, so he decided to pick an episode of WCW Thunder from November 12th, 1998 to celebrate! The show opens with Glacier complaining that people are stealing his finishing move, the Cryonic Kick, which is a superkick. That leads to a match with Gentleman Chris Adams, who is credited as the creator of the superkick. Also on WCW Nitro, Hulk Hogan announced that he is going to be running for President of the United States of America! They show the complete segment in its entirety. Plus, Kendall Windham battles Kenny Kaos, Stevie Ray and Jerry Flynn wr...

WWF Survivor Series 1997 is known for one thing: The Montreal Screwjob. This was the case where Bret Hart was leaving the WWF to join the WCW. At the time, Bret was the WWF Champion, but he didn’t want to lose the WWF Championship in Canada. Especially to Shawn Michaels. During the match, Michaels put Bret Hart in the Sharpshooter. Vince McMahon, who was ringside, ordered referee Earl Hebner to ring the bell even though Bret hadn’t submitted. Shawn Michaels was declared the new WWF Champion. That was The Montreal Screwjob. Now on November 17th, 1997 on WWF Monday Night RAW...

The Inaugural WWF Draft just happened and this is the final WWF SmackDown! before the roster splits up into two brands. On the March 28th, 2002 episode Kevin Nash, Scott Hall, and X-Pac team up to take on Hulk Hogan, The Rock, and Kane. A huge match that features an iconic Kane promo where he starts talking like Hulkamania. Triple H is teaming with Ric Flair for the very first time as both Kurt Angle and Mr. McMahon want to settle the score with Triple H. Stephanie McMahon was fired and now they want revenge. Also, the Dudley Boyz compete for...

It’s the special WWF Saturday Night’s Main Event #3 Halloween Edition that aired on November 2nd, 1985. All the wrestlers are dressed up for a Halloween Party and there is even going to be a Halloween Party Competition. In the first round we have a pie eating contest, followed by a pumpkin dunking contest, and finally in the third round there will be the pumpkin pass! Plus speaking of Halloween we get a special look inside the home of “Rowdy” Roddy Piper and how he spends his Halloween! The Junkyard Dog takes on Terry Funk, Mr. Fuji battles Ricky Steamboat, Randy Sa...

September 26th, 2005 is the final WWE Monday Night RAW on Spike TV. Spike had a few rules on this episode, do not talk bad about Spike TV and don’t mention USA Network. Next week WWE is doing a huge 3 hour episode of WWE RAW Homecoming on USA. Mr. McMahon comes out to open the show and thanks Spike TV for being good partners and promotes the next episode on USA! Spike TV producers didn’t like WWE mentioning USA on air so much that they started to censor the show. They mute commentary and throw up technical difficulty bumpers on t...

The first time ever looking at WWF Wrestling Challenge and today we are taking it back to January 12th, 1992. Rumors have been swirling all over the place, even WWF Magazine, about what is going on with Shawn Michaels and Marty Janetty. The Rockers relationship is a very rocky one indeed. Brutus “The Barber” Beefcake invited both of them to come to The Barbershop and get to the bottom of the drama. Marty thinks that Shawn is only looking out for himself and that they are one of the best teams of all time and need to get back on track. Shaw...

January 14th, 2010 is the second ever episode of TNA Wrestling Impact under the Eric Bischoff Hulk Hogan regime. They follow up on the historic Monday Night Impact in this episode entitled “The Band!” The Young Bucks open the show making their debut as Generation Me against the Motor City Machine Guns. During that match we see Scott Hall, Kevin Nash, and Sean Waltman, The Band, arriving to the building. The Nasty Boys trash Team 3D’s locker room leaving behind filth, trash, and poop. Brother Ray uses an axe to break into the locker rock and Team 3D gets attacked by The...

January 4th, 1986 is the 4th episode of WWF Saturday Night's Main Event! The show opens in beautiful Florida at a water park. Hulk Hogan and Mene Gene are making Hulkamania Powered Protein Shakes in preparation for his big WWF Championship match against Terry Funk tonight! Throughout the night we keep coming back to the water park to see various superstars enjoy time pool side. We even get a waterslide contest between Jimmy Hart and The Junkyard Dog! Cowboy Bob Orton teams with Jesse Venutra and Rowdy Roddy Piper against the Hillbillies, Macho Man Randy Savages takes on George “The Animal” Stee...

March 3rd, 1999 is the go home show to WWF Wrestlemania 15 and site of the infamous Stone Cold Steve Austin “Beer Bath!” The show opens with The Corporation coming out to promote WrestleMania this Sunday. It’s The Rock vs Stone Cold Steve Austin for the WWF Championship. Mankind will take on The Big Show at the PPV and the winner will ref the championship match! Tonight we will have Stone Cold Steve Austin battle The Big Show Paul Wight. Before this, Mankind will face The Rock and the winner will ref tonight’s main event. Following all of this, Stone Cold com...

September 11th, 1995 is the second ever episode of WCW Nitro! Lex Luger just made his debut and is here to challenge Hulk Hogan for the WCW Championship. Hogan is preparing for his War Games match this Sunday and is down a member Vader is unable to make the PPV. Who will join Team Hogan to take on The Dungeon of Doom? This is also the first time that Nitro and RAW go head to head in the Monday night ratings war. Plus, Sabu makes his debut against Alex Wright, VK Wallstreet battles Sting for the US Title, and Scott Norton...

August 27th, 1999 WWF Monday Night RAW featured the biggest ratings segment in the history of pro wrestling when Mick Foley,, as Mankind threw a celebration for The Rock! WWF Unforgiven 1999 had just happened last night and major fallout from the PPV is happening. Triple H gloats about becoming WWF Champion after winning the vacant title in a Six-pack challenge. Big Show, British Bulldog, Kane, Mankind and The Rock were all unsuccessful in winning the match. Stone Cold was forced to make the count on The Rock as he was the special outside enforcer. Mr. McMahon comes out on RAW is...

It’s April 27th, 2000 and we are 72 hours away from WWF Backlash! The Rock says he is ready for his match at the PPV! DX and The McMahon Helmsley Regime arrive and give The Rock the night off ahead of his PPV match with Triple H! The Rock then guarantees that Stone Cold Steve Austin will be here tonight. The entire night revolves around Triple H and crew finding different Stone Cold “traps” around the building. Foam fingers, a room full of beer cans, and even a real life rattlesnake! After having enough, The McMahon Helmsley Regime call out The Rock a...

It’s August 23rd, 2012 and it's Open Fight Night in TNA Impact Wrestling! Any wrestler can challenge any other wrestlers to a match that night! The show opens with a group of TNA stars in the ring led by Sting. They have all come together to fight against the evil group known as Aces & Eights! They are a motorcycle gang of unknown identities who are trying to destroy Impact Wrestling. At the end of the night, Sting and his group come out again, challenging the Aces & Eights to a fight! That is when all hell breaks loose! Bodies everywhere; backstage an...

The January 15th, 2001 episode of WCW Nitro features fallout from the WCW Sin 2001 PPV. That show featured a No Disqualification Tag Team Match between Totally Buffed, Buff Bagwell and Lex Luger, and DeWayne Bruce and Goldberg! Goldberg’s team ended up losing. Since he lost, Goldberg was forced to leave WCW. Now on WCW Monday Nitro, we proceed to have “The Funeral of Bill Goldberg!” They bring out a casket with a spear, a jackhammer, and Goldberg’s book. Totally Buffed and slew of other characters mock Goldberg and his career. This leads to Kevin Nash coming out and challenging Scott St...

Justin Credible vacated the ECW Tag Team Championships with Lance Storm after he became ECW World Champion. Thus, on the September 1st, 2000 episode of ECW on TNN they held a ECW Tag Team Title tournament. Emanating from the historic Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City, this episode would feature 4 tournament matches. Rhino and Justin Credible vs. Sandman and Chilly Willy, Simon Diamond and Johnny Swinger vs. Roadkill and Danny Doring, and Tommy Dreamer and Jerry Lynn vs. Rhino and Justin Credible. The main event would see Tommy Dreamer and Jerry Lynn vs. Simon and Swinger vs. Tajiri and Mikey Whipwreck...

WCW Saturday Night from January 30th, 1993 features one of WCW’s most bizarre creations: the White Castle of Fear. In the lead up to SuperBrawl III, Sting receives a mysterious invitation to Big Van Vader’s icy mountain lair to play an insane game. What followed was a strange vignette filled with mind games that felt more like a low-budget action movie. It really is something to witness. Also, because so many fans love it, we get to see the 2 Cold Scorpio music video! Set to his theme song, the video featured Scorpio dancing, flying through the air in the ring...

March 30th, 1998 WWF Monday Night RAW is one of the most important episodes in history. Following the massive WrestleMania 14 where Stone Cold Steve Austin defeated Shawn Michaels to become WWF Champion. The Austin Era has begun! Mr. McMahon opens the show and gives Stone Cold a brand new WWF Championship belt. He tells Austin he can do things the easy way or the hard way. Mr. McMahon receives the Stone Cold Stunner courtesy of the rattlesnake. This prompts Vince McMahon to call the local police and have Steve Austin arrested. Also, The Rock and The Nation of Domination turn on...

It’s the July 4th, 2006 episode of WWE ECW on Sci-Fi and everything is fine… or is it?! Rob Van Dam won the WWE and ECW Championship at ECW One Night Stand 2. He was on top of the world. Until he was traveling from a show in West Virginia to Philadelphia with Sabu on July 1st. RVD was pulled over for speeding! They would both be arrested for possession of marijuana. This would cause RVD’s world to come crashing down. On RAW the night before this episode, he would lose the WWE Championship to Edge in a triple threat match...

Russo and Bischoff are in charge of the “NEW WCW.” It’s WCW Nitro May 22, 2000 and Vince Russo promises us the funeral of Ric Flair. Flair was beat up by the New Blood on WCW Thunder last week and passed out as he was being carried out! The New Blood decides to make a mockery out of The Nature Boy by holding a funeral for him. Also, as it’s a new WCW all the matches are now under relaxed rules! The Cat fights Booker T in a Weapons Match, Mike Awesome battles The Wall in an Ambulance vs Table match, a...

We cordially invite you to the DEADLOCK Podcast about WWE Monday Night Raw on August 23rd, 2004. Kane & Lita are getting married and having “The Wedding From Hell!” It's the most unholy wedding in WWE history when Kane forces Lita to marry him. Also, The Rock made a surprise return at the start of the show during The RAW Diva’s Search Contest. He verbally assaults everyone and makes the girls eat pie. This would be the last time we see The Rock for a long time as he is going to make movies in Hollywood! Plus, Evolution turned on Randy Orton...

AJ Styles kissed Karen Angle last week when the Angles were renewing their wedding vows. Now that AJ and Karen kissed, they are married! The February 21st, 2008 edition of TNA iMPACT! features the “Alligator Honeymoon” of them. Kurt Angle is focused on his main event match vs Booker T and doesn’t care that his wife is going on a date with AJ Styles. AJ takes her to dinner and Gator Land! Also, The Tag Team titles are on the line, an X Division Title #1 contender match, and Brother Ray battles Shark Boy & Curry Man! Plus, Rellik is Killer spelled backwa...