Top Turnbuckle Podcast

In this episode, Stu and James pick their wrestlers who SHOULD have won a Royal Rumble but were sadly never given that opportunity.

Tune in as the guys change the course of WWE and Rebook the Road to WrestleMania from 1988 to the modern day, and make the case that their picks would have been a better fit than the original winners.

Stu and James also discuss the poor WWE booking as of late, the debut of Danhausen, and ponder whether AEW is actually the wrestling product that cares about its fans.

Here at Top Turnbuckle Podcast, We feel it would only be fitting after the retirement of John Cena that Episode 40 be dedicated to the great man himself.

James and Stu share their Top 3 moments from John Cena's Hall of Fame-worthy career. Including Great matches, promos, surprises, memories and entrances.

The guy's finished up with the latest news and rumours from around the pro wrestling landscape!

In Episode 39 James and Stu look back at the year that was 2025 in pro wrestling!

Both guys will pick their best and worst of this year in categories such as: Best/Worst Wrestler,

Best /Worst Promotion and Best/Worst Match, plus much more! including: listener picks and your usual hilarious tangents!

From both Stu and James, we wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, and we look forward to 2026 with episode 40 kicking the year off!

In episode 38 James and Stu discuss their top 3 wrestlers in horror movies, and for the first time ever in TTP history, both guys have picked the same choices!

After returning from his holiday in Florida, Stu gives us all the details, has some amazing gifts for James, and talks about the amazing experience he had at Universal Studios' Halloween Fright Nights at the Wyatt Sicks attraction!

The guys finish off with all the latest pro wrestling news, including their thoughts on Survivor Series War Games and the John Cena time is now tournament

In Episode 37 Stu and James take a hilarious look at the worst wrestling merch ever! The guys then move on to discuss their main topic.. The Top 3 Wrestlers who destroyed their own careers.

In Episode 36 Stu and James Give their top 3 moments from the legendary WWE Hall of Famer Jake The Snake Roberts!

The guys then move on to discuss their Highs & Lows from the very first AEW: Double Or Nothing from 2019

In this episode, James and Stu pay tribute to the immortal Hulk Hogan and the Amazing, wonderful, Prince of Darkness, lead singer of Black Sabbath and star of the hit TV show The Osbournes.....

The legendary Ozzy Osbourne, who we sadly lost last week.

May both WWE Hall of Famers RIP.

Legends Never Die.

In Episode 34, James and Stu look back at the amazing life and career of Windham Rotunda, better known to WWE fans as Bray Wyatt, and celebrate an amazing artist and human being who the world lost in 2023.

The guys then move on to discuss the best and worst from WWE Night of Champions, as well as the cultural differences between US fans and wrestling fans from the rest of the world at live events.

In Episode 33, James and Stu look back at the greatest X Division champions in TNA wrestling. The guys then continue with the TNA theme and look at the worst moments in TNA history.

The Episode's final segment features the latest goings on in the crazy world of professional wrestling! Featuring: John Cena's Pipe-bomb, Goldberg's WWE return, funny tweets and AEW's All In Texas poor ticket sales.

In episode 32 James and Stu discuss what their dream wrestling theme music would be and discuss what our listeners chose!

The guys also pick what was the most unprofessional behaviour they have witnessed in all of professional wrestling!

The final segment is about the great work that both Karrion Kross and Scarlett have been doing recently and why WWE is not taking advantage of the organic push that could see Kross become a major player for the company!

In this Episode, James Stu and Jonny review wrestlemania 41! with Jonny suffering from eating too many chicken balls, James and Stu take the opportunity to have their own individual EPIC rants about the show.

In addition to the Review, the lads also take the opportunity to review one of the craziest things they have ever seen in our regular tangents! Before recording, the guys watched the real story behind the famous Haunting in Connecticut Movie. This has to be heard to be believed!

In this bonus episode, the Top Turnbuckle Podcast reviews WrestleMania 41!

With Jonny suffering after eating too many Chicken balls, James and Stu take the opportunity to have a mega rant!

The lads also begin (As usual) with an epic tangent by reviewing an alternative true story version of the horror film A Haunting in Connecticut! After watching a crazy video just before recording!

With Jonny away with scurvy and the plague, this episode features just James and Stu, and the guys are looking at the full WWE roster!

Jonnny returns in episode 30 and joins James and Stu as they look and review the WHOLE AEW Roster. The lads will also pick who they think could propel or save it!

Episode 30 sees Jonny Return with James and Stu and the lads cover their thoughts on the entire AEW Roster from A-Z! They also pick who out of the talent could potentially propel or save AEW in the future!

In Episode 29 James and Stu discuss their Top 3 Greatest women's wrestlers of all time! The guys then move on to discuss the highs and lows of pro wrestling in 2024!

WE ARE BACK!

In episode 28, Stu and James Discuss their top 3 worst moments from WCW's Halloween Havoc PPVs. Pick a best and worst dark character from the world of pro wrestling and look back on the hilarious FMV sequences from WWF War Zone on the OG PlayStation.

With WWE Bash At Berlin over, we give you our top German wrestlers.

Talk about Big Boys, we review a classic house show match between "Das Wonderkid "Alex Wright and "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair. We also bring you our top 3 WWE European Title Matches and finish with our TTP trivia quiz for the Top Turnbuckle Podcast Championship!!

James, Johnny, and Stu pick their Top 3 moments from the Hall Of Famer, the Hardcore Legend, Mick Foley. Our re-watch come from 2022's Ring Of Honor Final Battle, were "Dem Boys" The Briscoes take on "Top Guys" FTR in a Dog Collar Match. Finally, the guys pick their highs and lows from ECW's first ever PPV event, Barely Legal.

James, Johnny and Stu battle it out for the coverted TTP Title in the Top Turnbuckle Trivia Quiz, and finish up the episode with news from the pro-wrestling world

Ric Flair battled Ricky Steamboat. The Megapowers exploded, and Zeus came for Hogan.........we discuss the highs and lows and Top 3's in Pro-Wrestling from 1989.

Our watch-a-long comes from May 27th episode of WWF Saturday Nights Main Event, were Hulk Hogan took on The Big Boss Man in a Steel Cage Match.

In episode 24 we deal with bad wrestling gimmicks, from funny to bad taste all the way back to. Well just awful! The lads give you their personal picks on what they feel are the very worst gimmicks in their opinions!

After finally getting to do the annual TTP bad Christmas mystery gifts in February to our Facebook group just before recording Jonny gives us his XMAS WRESTLING RAP which was actually much better than we expected!

A warm welcome from your hosts: Stu, James, and Johnny!

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In this episode with Jonny unable to make the upcoming christmas special. Stu and James give their own personal thoughts on all goings on in professional wrestling throughout 2023, and we read out our listener picks.

With a little shout out to some of our die hard listeners and followers, and those behind the scene too., we wish you a warm welcome from your hosts: Stu, James, and Jonny.

Welcome to Episode 21 where the lads talk about The Good the bad and the ugly from professional wrestling in 1988! From the WWE and WCW to the AWA hosting Superclash 3,The guy's best and worst memories from the pro wrestling territories memories of 1988 is covered!

A great organic discussion takes place on if the WWE Bloodline has become stale, If They should have pulled the trigger on Cody Rhodes and if Gunther is a Better champion than the Tribal Cheif Roman Reigns.

Danhausen Watch is Back

Jonny sings WWF's Mr perfect's "Im Perfect" in...

Welcome to Episode 21 where the lads talk about The Good the bad and the ugly from professional wrestling in 1988! From the WWE and WCW to the AWA hosting Superclash 3 with other wrestling territories memories of 1988 is covered!

The watch-along this week is the extremely strange Golddust vs Warrior Contest from WWF in your house 7 Good Friends Better Enemies!

Jonny sings WWF's flash funk in the style of Pavarotti!

And finally, round 3 of TTP wrestling trivia Begins!

A warm welcome from your hosts: Stu, James, and Jonny!

In Memory of Windham Rotunda and Terry Funk. RIP. Welcome to Episode 20 Pt 2! Where the lads discuss their most personal heart-wrenching wrestling promos! Fit Finley (The Belfast brawler) vs. Steven (William) Regal is our watch-along match from WCW Uncensored 1996. Jonny sings's Summerslam 1993 Men on a Mission and Macho Man Randy Savage's Rap. And we introduce the Top Turnbuckle Podcast Trivia game! Stu, Jonny and James will test their knowledge each episode against the WWF/WWE 1997 official World Wrestling Federation Trivia questions! A warm welcome from your hosts: Stu, James, and Jonny!

Recorded on 20 August 2023. In Memory of Windham Rotunda and Terry Funk. RIP. Welcome to Episode 20! Where the lads discuss their most personal heart-wrenching wrestling promos! Fit Finley (The Belfast brawler) vs. Steven (William) Regal is our watch-along match from WCW Uncensored 1996. Jonny sings's Summerslam 1993 Men on a Mission and Macho Man Randy Savage's Rap. And we introduce the Top Turnbuckle Podcast Trivia game! Stu, Jonny and James will test their knowledge each episode against the WWF/WWE 1997 official World Wrestling Federation Trivia questions! A warm welcome from your hosts: Stu, James, and Jonny!

Welcome to Top Turnbuckle Podcast Episode 19. On this edition, the guys chat all things UK related. The lads count down their Top 3 Greatest UK World Of Sport wrestling matches. Featuring the likes of Big Daddy, Stephen Regal, Les Kellett and so many more. Johnny gives you two songs this month as he busts out Big Daddy's We Cannot be moved and William Regals, Real Mans Man. Sticking with England, The boys try and pick their Best and Worst moments when they head back to 1999 and visit Manchester where the WWF would put on possibly their worst UK PPV No Mercy...

Episode 18 Is all about pro wrestling away from WWE. As the lads give you their top 3 favourite current wrestlers working in a promotion away from WWE! Jonny gives 2 hilarious performances of Koko B Ware's Piledriver and Jessie and Festus Biscuits and Gravy, The crazy world of wrestling is explored when Top Turnbuckle Podcast visits WCW's Dungeon of Doom and the WWF's 1987 Slammy Awards... James and Stu are shocked by Jonny's fascination with a certain body part of Ravishing Rick Rude and we finish with the latest pro wrestling news! A warm welcome from your hosts: Stu, James, and Jonny!

Episode 17 takes it to the extreme as your hosts James, Stu and Jonny pick their top 3 favourite wrestlers from the legendary Extreme Championship wrestling! For best and worst, the lads keep it hardcore with their own personal pick of who was the greatest ECW champion! Stu puts the guys through hell as they were forced to watch the infamous Judy Bagwell on a WCW New Blood Rising pole match and give their thoughts. Jonny gives a fantastic poetic reading of Billy Gunns WWE entrance theme Ass Man alongside HBK’s sexy boy in the theme of a Shakespearean play! The la...

Welcome to episode 16 of the Top Turnbuckle Podcast! It's WrestleMania season and the Lads give you their top 3 underrated WrestleMania matches! The second topic is the best and worst celebrities to appear on the showcase of the immortals! The news this week is dominated by WrestleMania 39 including a review and the fallout after! Including the abysmal Raw after WrestleMania 39 and the sale of WWE to Endeavour! A warm welcome from your hosts: Stu, James, and Jonny!

Welcome to episode 15 of the Top Turnbuckle Podcast! The lads discuss their top 3 Dream wrestling matches that have never happened and talk about the best and worst moments from WWE King of the Ring! Stu talks about his first experience at a wrestling indy show. Jonny recites Bret Harts's's wonderful hit, there's never been a good time to say goodbye and James can't get over the poster of WCW Slamboree 2000!

Welcome to episode 14 of the Top Turnbuckle Podcast! In this episode, in what feels like a fitting tribute, the lads discuss their Favourite matches from the brilliant ROH and Indy Legends the Briscoe Bros!

The next topic is the best moments from the legendary Dusty Rhodes! A fitting subject given that his son Cody Rhodes is about to face Roman Reigns at Wrestlemania 39!

The guys move on to discuss and review the the fallout from WWE Elimination Chamber 2023; what did they think of Sami Zayn vs Roman Reigns? Was Asuka the right choice to face...

Welcome to the 1st Anniversary of the Top Turnbuckle Podcast! In this episode, the lads discuss their top 3 moments from pro wrestling in 1992! Jonny gives us all a musical rendition, and Stu is finding new passions in old-school pro wrestling from WCW and WWE!

The next topic is WWE Raw! Specifically, the first-ever episode of WWF Monday Night Raw in 1993! Inspired by the 30th anniversary of Raw that took place recently, you will hear what the guys thought were the best and worst moments from the first episode ever!

The guys move on to discuss...

Episode 12 Is all about nostalgia! In this episode, the lads reminisce about how they fell in love with wrestling as kids! The old days of growing up in the 90s and having a friend tape you wrestling off of satellite tv are discussed, First wrestling events attended and the first wrestling figures owned are all discussed, alongside our usual tangents, which involve pants and dog poo on a stick?!

As usual, the latest news is discussed, including WWE's Mandy Rose controversy and Bray Wyatt and Uncle Howdy's debut!

In Memory of Mark Dobson.

This Episode Top Turnbuckle podcast go to the Movies! Jonny, Stu and James pick their Top 3 Movies Starring or featuring wrestling! The Lads then move on to discuss the worst moments from WCW Starrcade 99! They finish up as usual with the latest pro wrestling news including a review of AEW Full gear 2022 and the latest news from AEW overall. WWE News featuring Bray Wyatt's latest feud. The NWA title picture and a potential return for World of Sport Wrestling. A warm welcome from your hosts: Stu, James, and Jonny!

TTP reaches double figures! In this Episode Stu, Jonny and James Discuss their worst gimmick matches! Featuring WCW, WWE, DDT Pro Wrestling and more these matches are unbelievable! The best and worst moments in this episode focus on Triple H and his career! The lads finish off as always with the latest pro wrestling news! Featuring Bray Wyatt's WWE return, The emergence of Top, Young, Hungry talent getting more TV time on AEW and killing it! The acclaimed, MJF, Willow, Jungle boy, Daniel Garcia and Ethan Page in particular and importantly the passing of the legendary and influential Japanese...

In Episode 9 Stu and James happily welcome back Jonny after he missed episode 8! This episode comes after the guy's amzing road trip to Wales for the much anticipated UK PPV WWE Clash at the Castle! As brilliant as the event itself was live alongside the memories the guys have from the show itself, the road trip, Swansea, and the accommodation that maybe gave them as many hilarious memories that you will hear all about here! The guys start as usual with their top 3s, This time it's their personal top 3 favorite entrances from pro wrestling... The next topic covers...

In episode 8 Stu and James discuss their top 3 Nxt title matches! They move on to discuss their favorite survivor series moment and discuss the latest pro wrestling news and rumors... This episode is, unfortunately, missing co-host Jonny, who due to no fault of his own could not make the show.. Stu and James realize how much WWE fans have to look forward to when they talk with passion about how good Nxt used to be under HHH.. They also wonder how AEW will cope moving forward with what looks like egos clashing amongst their top stars backstage and are...

In Episode 7 Stu, Jonny, and a tired James who had a late night watching Summerslam live talk about Summerslam 2022 and discuss the positives and negatives they took away from the event. The lads move on to talk about all the current news and rumors surrounding the pro wrestling world, Including Ric Flair's retirement match and potential matches for WWE clash at the castle! The usual topics are all here too! This episode's top 3s are the worst storylines in wrestling and the greatest money in the bank cash in..... Our sponsors 3 Count merchandise offer an amazing variety of wrestling...