Timothy Hackman Podcasts

As we say farewell to the name "All The WrestleManias," another icon of the wrestling business is saying farewell. Though we talked for almost 2 hours, we barely scratched the surface of the story of the man that is George Pantas. You may not have heard of George, but everyone that you have heard of has heard of him. George is the source of some of…

It is our pleasure to give to you this interview of wrestling royalty. David Crockett is the son of Jim Crockett, Sr. who created an entertainment empire in the south, but is most famous for running the "Charlotte" territory in wrestling, better known as Mid-Atlantic Wrestling/Jim Crockett Promotions/NWA/World Championship Wrestling. He came to us …

With the new year upon us, we felt it was time for a fresh coat of paint, so to speak. Our scope has expanded so much from just covering WrestleManias that the name is feeling restrictive. Starting in the 2024, we will become known as "The Wrestling Archives!" We discuss why we're making this change and some of the great content we have coming soon…

This week we sit down with the other half of the VCW tag team champs, the man hailing from a gated community within a gated community, Logan Easton Laroux. Logan is hanging it up, leaving his boots in the ring, and walking away from the business (well, unless a large contract comes his way). He may only be 33 years old, but he's been working the sq…

We hop in the time machine and drive up I-95 to 2300 South Swanson Street in Philadelphia to bear witness to 1997's ECW Barely Legal, Extreme Championship Wrestling's first Pay-Per-View. We are treated to some of the bloodiest, and most violent action we've watched on this podcast. We had to watch through our fingers a few times! But we meet young …

In a very special episode, we are joined by the head of talent relations AND current co-holder of the Virginia Championship Wrestling Tag Championship, Jonathan "The Reason" Elliott. We talk about a whole lot of stuff, but definitely about VCW's upcoming events in Norfolk and in Alexandria, Virginia. October 7th is the Nightmare on Granby Street an…

If you paid for WrestleMania 28 due to the tag line, "Once in a Lifetime" you may be owed compensation. In a huge case of deja vu, we're confronted with John Cena vs. The Rock from the Meadowlands, just outside of New York City in swampy New Jersey (everything's legal in New Jersey). Not far from where Aaron Burr shot Alexander Hamilton, Chris Chri…

When Tim is away, Rich will play! While Tim enjoys the Dutch tropics, Rich toils away endlessly for content to entertain the masses. Rich comes back to you with another episode of Classical Music and Professional Wrestling. This time, Rich digs into circus music, film scores about the founding of Israel, and post-modern American music. Mix in a spr…

Virginia Championship Wrestling's former World Tag Team champs, the Golden Pinky Society stop by to talk about the upcoming VCW Show on September 2 at Hampton High School. We dive deep into their disgust with friend of the show and VCW Director of Operations, Jerry Stephanitsis. We also talk a little bit about anime and the art of cosplaying, wrest…

"Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more," as Henry V says in the Shakespeare play. Tim and Rich charge back into the quixotic quest with the the nearly 4-hour bloat that is WrestleMania 28 from sunny Miami, Florida. Ironically given the tag line, "Once in a lifetime," we are greeted by a WrestleMania tradition - a squash match! We have …

We hop in the ol' WrestleMania Time Machine and warp back to Madison Square Garden on the night of December 17, 1979. We find a strange, mysterious WWF that we're not familiar with; a WWF not owned by Vince K. McMahon dominating the pro wrestling landscape, but a northeastern territory owned by Vincent J. McMahon that has packed the most famous are…

This week, we have the VCW Director of Operations, Jerry Stephanitsis on the show in advance of his big match for the VCW World Tag Team Championship at the Liberty Lottery on July 29. He regales us with tales of being trained by Lou Thesz and how much of a shooter he is, but Rich isn't having any of it and things get a little heated to the point t…

This week we welcomed Dr. Marc Ouellette (pronounced Well-ette), associate professor of English from Old Dominion University, to the show. Dr. Marc is a life-long wrestling fan and has published on all bits of pop culture, from video games to professional wrestling and how they intertwine with gender relations and studies. We talked about his 2016 …

Tim and Rich hop on to YouTube to get back to 1985 and the SuperClash 1985 from Chicago's Comiskey Park. SuperClash, the NWA/AWA/WCCW's response to the first WrestleMania has a star-studded lineup, a big, hot crowd, and some subpar presentation issues. Larry Nelson calls the whole show himself. He barrels through classics like Candi Divine vs Sherr…

In another installment of the "I Was There" series, we time travel to November of 1995, when Rich attended the Survivor Series. There's discussion of the Kliq, The Bone Street Krew, waiting in line at Ticketmaster at Hechts and not to mention a beautifully violent main event of Diesel (Kevin Nash) vs. Bret "The Hitman" Hart and the first time a wre…

On this very special episode, we sit down with Mr. Xcellence himself, Brandon Scott. We talk all things wrestling from storytelling and influences to how to deal with the flippy-style guys. He talks what it was like to work with WWE and how does one get called to work as enhancement talent. He shares stories about Arn Anderson, Road Dogg, Billy Gun…

Time marches on! Tim and Rich sit down to watch WrestleMania 27, which came from Atlanta, Ga in 2011. John Cena, The Miz, Undertaker, HHH, CM Punk, Heath Slater, Jerry Lawler, Randy Orton, and other favorites come together to put on a spectacularly mediocre show. It's the driest of the dry. But, hey! PeeWee Herman is there, so it can't be all that …

Since Rich took the fam on vacay and Tim has been crazy busy with work stuff, we didn't get to sit down and watch an old show for you, so we thought we'd talk some wrestling news, like the new WWE Heavyweight Championship, the WWE Draft and give a rundown on our thoughts of what to expect at Backlash. Thanks for downloading! Support the boys: http:…

Some people just like to watch the world burn. This week, we continue our Hulk Hogan retrospective and warp back to July 7, 1996. Rich's 16th birthday. A lackluster card of a pay-per-view from WCW turns into one of the most dramatic and unthinkable moments of professional wrestling history. A meteoric shift happens and we're not talking about Disco…

On this very special episode of All The WrestleManias, we sit down with the one and only Virginia Championship Wrestling Heavyweight Champion, Boar! The dude is a walking encyclopedia and shares his story with us. We could have talked with this guy all night. He may be Rich's new best friend. Sorry Tim. Thanks for listening! Check out their show in…

We are amped up for this weekend's WrestleMania 39 from Hollywood, CA! We talk this year's hall of Fame class, then dive into the action! Brock Lesner vs. Omos, Seth Freakin' Rollins vs. Logan Paul. Bianca Belair vs Asuka, Charlotte Flair vs Rhea Ripley. Is this the end of the Bloodline's dominance of the men's wrestling world? Can Sami and Kevin t…

We finally, after a year, finish the Steamboat vs. Flair trilogy, and we think we saved the best one for last! There's other matches on this show but, really, that's the one that counts. It's exciting, it's relentless, it's exhausting. It's a stunning masterclass of professional wrestling. This show aired the same night as Hulk Hogan vs. Macho Man …

We continue our exploration of the rise of the phenomenon of Hulkamania. We flash back to St. Paul, Minnesota on April 24, 1983 to the AWA Super Sunday and Hulk Hogan challenging Nick Bockwinkel for the AWA World Championship and how this pivotal match sets in motion the meteoric rise of the Hulkster and the WWF. While Hogan vs. Bockwinkel may be t…

We finally lured Andy and Geoff from the Turtle Wars podcast into our studio. All it took was Hulk Hogan, Andre the Giant, using the name Luscious, and some bean dip! We explore little person wrestling, the tragedy of Adrian Adonis, Ricky Steamboat and Macho Man putting on a show for the ages, and how the WWF has lied to the audience forever, and t…

We climb into our time machine (Peacock streaming service) and go back to Madison Square Garden on the evening of January 23, 1984. The atmosphere is electric for The Masked Superstar vs Chief Jay Strongbow...or maybe for Ivan Putski vs Sgt. Slaughter, or maybe it's this match of a young guy named Hulk Hogan taking on the evil champion, The Iron Sh…

We sit down and talk about our thoughts and predictions on this year's Royal Rumble! Who will win? Who will be left? What's going on with WWE's advertising? What children's programming is driving Rich nuts? What are the good restaurants in LA Knight's home town? Plus much more!! Be sure to click subscribe and leave us a review! Support the boys and…

We return to the main plot line of our quest to watch and review All the WrestleManias. This time, we're watching number 26 from Phoenix, Arizona. Was it good, was it bad? We can't quite decide. Take a listen and let us know what you think! Thank you, we'll miss you.By Richard F. Sigwald & Timothy Hackman

With the shattering news of a possible sale of WWE to a Saudi investment fund, Rich thought it would be a great time to put a short episode together covering the history of WWE, from Vince McMahon's grandfather to the news of this morning! It's a heck of a ride! Thanks for listening!By Richard F. Sigwald & Timothy Hackman

We decided on this Friday, we'd look at Tuesdays! The first two of WWE's Tuesday Pay-Per-View experiments. We have get to watch the unfolding of the long-forgotten Undertaker/Hulk Hogan feud, and the equally forgotten gem of a cage match between Randy Orton and Ric Flair. Plus, baby vomit! Happy New Year and thanks for listening! Remember to subscr…

It's been a year of podcasts! A time to grapple, a time to chop A time to pin, a time to tap A time to face, a time to heel A time to cheer, a time to boo! Join us as we talk about the favorite things we watched and things we didn't like so much. We also talk about things to come and the year that was pro wrestling. Thanks for downloading and happy…

We were inspired by WWE reviving the War Games match so we decided to find a good one to watch. One with violence and blood, and Wrestle War '91 did NOT disappoint! Plus, we get blessed with matches featuring Doom, Bobby Eaton, members of the Armstrong family, and some talented Japanese women. Our ears and brains are tickled by the wits of Dusty Rh…

It's time for that Thanksgiving tradition! Not just Survivor Series, but talking about controversial things with the people you love. This week we are giving the Survivor Series 97 and it's amazeballs ending the JFK/Oliver Stone treatment...back...and to the left. Was it the best wrestling finish ever? was it real? What even is real? Also, we talk …

She's back! Dr. Jess joins us to talk WrestleMania 25! The Silver Anniversary, if you're bad at math! We talk about wrestling aiding our vocabulary development and the WWE modifying the historical records. We don't understand the placement of the Kid Rock segment, or its length, or its existence. We have a 25-woman battle royal that is won by a man…

Slim Jim presents: Halloween Havoc 1997! We get into the dated main event, the rickety cage, and Styrofoam tombstones, and all the advertising! Wowza! Rich also talks about his fun at CelebFest 5 and the juicy gossip he got out of Bret Hart and the incredible stories from Jimmy Hart. Tim has a few too many beers and Rich sings to show off his new m…

This week, we are uncooked, uncut, and uncensored! The shows that started it all! We talk how Raw is the template for the modern wrestling presentation. We are baffled by the choice of having Rob Bartlett in the roll of offensive commentary. We marvel at how even from the beginning, the matches didn't matter. We enjoyed Doink making children cry an…

It's another We Were There episode!! This time, Tim attended the 2011 event Capital Punishment from the then Verizon Center in Washington, DC. We continue to not like Edge. We note that CM Punk and Rey Mysterio steal the show. We complain whenever possible about Michael Cole who is now heel??? Rich also shares the tales of his military service (sic…

We take the plunge into the beautiful world of High-Definition television! Tim has COVID and in true show fashion, caught it at an indie-wrestling show. We talk John Legend and Jesus Christ Superstar. We discuss Harry Potter a little bit, and how much of a hellhole Orlando can be. Also, we talk about WrestleMania 24. There's a discussion of Edge's …

BONUS EPISODE! Here we go, we decide to talk a little bit about current wrestling and give our best guesses as to what we think will happen this Sunday at AEW's All Out from Chicago! FIGHT FOREVER!!By Richard F. Sigwald & Timothy Hackman

We have a special episode this week! Dr. Jessica Krenek joined us in studio to discuss her work in studying non-male wrestling fans and topics surrounding that, such as gatekeeping and inter-gender wrestling. Dr. Jess then sticks around to break down the action of the 1996 Royal Rumble. We probe deep into the contradictory messaging the WWF was pre…

Tim and Rich get into all the gory details of Starrcade '85! Rich and Tim appreciate the honesty in Abdullah's approach to violence. Rich compares JJ Dillon to classic American art and the auditory delights of a microphone pounding on Magnum TA's skull. Tim and Rich both revel in the production differences between this and the first WrestleMania. A…

By listener request, we get into possibly the greatest Royal Rumble of all time! We marvel again at the abilities and stamina of Ric Flair as he styles and profiles his way into the WWF Championship. We are blinded by Owen Hart's wrestling gear and grossed out at the scars across the foreheads of the Bushwhackers. Thanks for downloading!…

We decided it was time to get back to our roots. It was time to get into the first WrestleMania from 1985. We acknowledge the singing genius of Gene Okerlund, the terrified looks of Alfred Hayes, and compare this event to the shelling of Fort Sumter. We calculate the rate of inflation and gasp at Andre the Giant body slamming Big John Studd. We rev…

Take a listen to what's to come on this week's episode!By Richard F. Sigwald & Timothy Hackman

Tim and Rich explore WrestleMania 23. They complain about it taking almost four hours to present eight matches, the decline of the Intercontinental Title, and the appearance of a former President. Tim explores Greek Mythology and Rich vents about rude concertgoers. There's discussion of how the WWE product has become sterile, audiences don't follow…

Check out a snip of what's coming up on this week's episode!By Richard F. Sigwald & Timothy Hackman

This week, Tim and Rich dash to jolly old England for a 1991 WWF show at Royal Albert Hall. Tim gets worked up about Bob Dylan. Rich is fired up about British royals and French organists. They both got all hot for Ric Flair vs Tito Santana. They also talk about just what exactly is a Samovar? Could the British Bulldog replace Hulk Hogan? Thanks for…

A sampling of what is to come this Friday!By Richard F. Sigwald & Timothy Hackman

We're back with a "Not Just WrestleManias" show all about WCW Super Brawl III, coming to you from Asheville, NC, February 21, 1993. Vader and Sting venture into the White Castle of Fear, located on the highway out next to the Chik Fil A of Anxiety and the Burger King of Trepidation. Plus, Cactus Jack chases Paul "Mr. Wonderful" Orndorff with a poop…

Check out what's coming up on our next episode!By Richard F. Sigwald & Timothy Hackman

It's another "Not Just WrestleManias," another barn burner of a WCW show, and another all-time classic Flair vs. Steamboat match! Rich and Tim gawk at Ricky's chubby cowboy baby, wonder about the profitability of waxing salons on Bad Street, USA, test out some new nicknames for Michael "P.S." Hayes, and ask, "What the hell's the Iron Sheik doing he…