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Starting June 28th - The Stevie Richards Show on YouTube and all podcast platforms will now be the exclusive home of Stevie Richards wrestling content, including the return of Stevie Richards Wrestling Analysis, as well as deep dives and in-depth looks at professional wrestling and the life of a professional wrestler. The first show debuts June 28th - don’t you dare miss it! The Stevie Richards Show on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@StevieRichardsShow
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Legendary wrestler, manager, commentator, producer and booker ”Dirty” Dutch Mantell brings his definitive takes on the latest news in the professional wrestling business as well as the most entertaining stories from years gone by to the podcast airwaves. The Dirty Dutchman from Oil Trough, Texas has worked almost every single major promotion and wrestling territory in the United States over an illustrious 50 year career, including WWE, WWF, WCW, NWA, SMW, TNA, USWA, UWF, OVW, Impact, Georgia ...
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The Stevie Richards Show Episode 47 | Ruthless Aggression - The Lead Up to WWE Unforgiven 2004 The "Ruthless Aggression" era marked a turning point for the WWE, but not all in the way they wanted. What should have been the next big period of wrestling entertainment and the opportunity for those who had been waiting patiently to prove themselves as …
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Get Your First Month of Blue Chew Free Using Promo Code DUTCH at Checkout www.bluechew.com Story Time with Dutch Mantell 135 | What Was Will Ospreay Thinking? Much to discuss and more to think about followiinng another week in the wrestling world. From cancer a cancer diagnosis to a questiioon of hypocrisy. A LONG TERM story being played out on AEW…
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Ask Dutch Anything 74 | Double J's Preferential Treatment Who was the safest worker Dutch ever got in the ring with? Did Jeff Jarrett get special treatment just because he was a promoters son? Should WWE be making a BTS documentary about the creative process? All these questions and more on this week's edition of Ask Dutch Anything! PW Tees Store -…
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The Stevie Richards Show Episode 46 | A Tribute to Sabu This week, the wrestling world mourns the passing of one of it's true innovators. Terry Brunk, better known as Sabu, was an ECW original who truely set a standard for the hardcore style which became his signature from start to finish. Steadfast to a fault when it came to his own gimmick and un…
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Story Time with Dutch Mantell 134 | Sabu Following a week off due to some technical isssues, Dutch mantell is back and on best form to talk about the latest big news in the pro-wrestling world. Firstly, Dutch will talk about the late Sabu and his contributions to the wrestling landscape as well as the controversy surrounding how he managed to perfo…
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The Stevie Richards Show Episode 45 | Your Questions Answered 2: Road Agents Ranked Did you ever wonder why Stevie Richards is called "Stevie Richards"? Did you ever stop to think about just how many movies have been made about pro-wrestling? Did you ever ask yourself, "Who did the best "shoot" interview? Well, some of you have. That's right! Once …
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Ask Dutch anything 73 | Working with Brian Pillman What could be better than spending your Sunday morning kicking back and asking Dutch Mantell questions about love, life and pro-wrestling (but mostly just pro-wrestling)? NOTHING! Thats why we're here to put your questions to the Dutchman himself and get his insight into things like Roman Reigns' p…
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The Stevie Richards Show 44 | Wrestling Fans and Wrestling Scams Wrestling conventions have become huge events around the world. Giving fans the opportunity to meet their favourite wrestlers face to face and give the wrestlers a chance to make a fans day byby speaking to them one on one. But it isn't always the wonderful experience that many people…
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Story Time with Dutch Mantell 133 | Triple H vs The Rock In the big ol' bubble of professional wrestling, there has been quite a lot of comments and decisions in the last week that have simply left peopple scratching their heads: Triple H's comments about fans and podcasters overuse of the word "Pivot", just about EVERYTHING The Rock said when he a…
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Ask Dutch Anything Episode 72 | When Rings Go Wrong Have you ever wondered if wrestlers get to pick the referee for their match? What was the story behind the odd way Dutch mantell and Tommy Rich split up as a tag team? Will Vince McMahon ever be inducted in the WWE Hall of Fame? The answers to these and many other great questions submitted BY YOU …
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The Stevie Richards Show Episode 43 | Is The Rock Ruining WWE? Of all the great many stories, rumors and news in the fallout from Wrestlemania 41, The Rock's appearance on the Pat McAfee Show has to be the most...eyebrow raising (nailed it) of them all. What did he say? Did he even say anything at all? Is he just making stuff up as he goes? Is he p…
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Story Time with Dutch Mantell 132 | WrestleMania 41 Fallout We know what you're thinking and we agree. Wrestlemania season is not truly over until we get the reaction from the grizzliest of vets, "Dirty" Dutch Mantell. Well your wait is over as the Dutchman is here to give his thoughts on WrestleMania 41 and the BIGGEST stories coming out of the ev…
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The Stevie Richards Show: WrestleMania Special EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/bwo Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! Stevie Richards links: Recommended Brands: https://linktr.ee/stevierichardsfitness Website: https://www.stevierichardsfitness.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@StevieRichardsFitness WSI Networ…
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Ask Dutch Anything 71 | Vice Mcmahon vs The Territories So many questions and hardly enough time ot answer them. But we will do our best to wade through all of the questions that come to us and picjk the best for the show. This week: Did gunther consider a move to AEW? Who came up with the Kamala gimmick? Why wasn';t Chavo Guerrero a bigger star li…
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The Stevie Richards Show Episode 42 | WrestleMania XIX If you were one of the people who were outraged by Stevie and James NOT discussing the plans Tommy Dreamer had for himself and Paul Heyman at WrestleMania X-Seven, then rest assured as they will tackle that topic IN DEPTH on todays episode. Then, the guys move on to WrestleMania XIX as they twi…
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Story Time with Dutch Mantell 131 | Just Not Credible Another week of weird and wonderful news from the wrestling world. Dutch Mantell is here ot talk to us about who is trolling the fans on social media, who is puking in the ring and who will be inducting who into the WWE Hall of Fame. All this and more in this weeks edition of Story Time with Dut…
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Ask Dutch Anything 70 | My Heat with Alundra Blaze In this week's edition of Ask Dutch Anything... What is Dutch's opinion of Toni Storm? Should Ric Flair get involved in the WrestleMania 41 main event? Why does Dutch have heat with Alundra Blaze? All this and more when you Ask Dutch Anything? PW Tees Store - https://www.prowrestlingtees.com/dutchm…
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The Stevie Richards Show Episode 41 | Behind the Scenes of WWE WretleMania X-Seven As Wrestlemania 41 looms, Stevie and James are taking some time to discuss what many believe to be the greatest WrestleManias of all time, WrestleMania X-Seven. Although many look on this event fondly, you can hear how it wasn't Stevie's most enjoyable PPV he was apa…
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Story Time with Dutch Mantell 130 | Booker T vs Swerve Strickland Much to discuss following AEW Dynasty with Swerve Stickland losing to Jon Moxley thanks to the returning Young Bucks (for some reason) after which, Swerve decided to speak about representation and take a shot at a WWE Hall of Famer for good measure. Elsewhere, as we get closer to Wre…
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Ask Dutch Anything 69 | Ranking The Worst Sons of Wrestlers You can literally Ask Dutch Anything and he will (mostly) answer anything with an honest opinion, a great story or he might even trail off and start talking about something else entirely. That's what makes it great! PW Tees Store - https://www.prowrestlingtees.com/dutchmantell https://www.…
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This week, Stevie Richards talks about the fallout of WWECW: Disember to Dismember 2006. A PPV that speled the end for ECW as a separate brand for the WWE. An end so bitter that it caused Paul Heyman to quit the company alll together. Also, Stevie speaks to the recent comments made by Justin Credible after he appeared on Maven Huffman's YouTube cha…
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Things are heating up on the road to Wrestlemania and Dutch Mantell is here to talk about it! Cody Rhodes and John Cena finally get physical on WWE RAW as Cena is left looking at the lights and Gunther beats Jimmy Uso to a bloody pulp as his rivalry with "Main Event" Jey Uso picks up some steam. Speaking of main events, during one of the most drawn…
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Got a question for Dutch Mantell? Email it to: [email protected] Ask Dutch Anything 68 | You ask the questions. Dutch answers the questions? That's how it works on Ask Dutch Anything. It's a simple premise but it works. This week, Dutch will discuss the the likes of Ron Starr, giving WWE Divas advice after his success with the TNA Knockou…
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Ask Dutch Anything 66 | The Bitterness of Ole Anderson (The Lost Audio Episode) This is the missing audio version of Ask Dutch Anything 66 that I some how forgot to upload. I apologize to our audio listeners and promise it will not happen again - Editor Chris When did Jerry Lawler become "The King" of Memphis? What is the most matches Dutch has wre…
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Story Time with Dutch Mantell 128 | Cena vs Cody: Is The Feud Working? Story Time with Dutch Mantell is NOW ON WEDNESDAYS! What do the Boomtown Rats, Garfield and Dutch Mantell have in common? None of them like Mondays. So, from now on, rather than making you wait until the end of the week for your Dutch fix, and so we can bring you the best versio…
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Ask Dutch Anything 67 | Paul Bearer Memories Once more into the inbox! Another week and another round of questions for the Dutchman. When will enough be enough for crazy wrestling spots? When did Dutch meet Paul Bearer? Why couldn't Brad Armstrong be himself infront of a wrestling crowd? All these questions and more answered on this weeks' edition …
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This week, Dutch and James explore the various goings on among wrestling landscape, the highlights and lowlifes, the good, the bad and the downright bewildering. Vince Russo and Ric Flair at going at each other (although Russo doesn't seem to know why), Ricochet finds himself in another go awful AEW segment and Jake "The Snake" Roberts has an inter…
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tory Time with Dutch Mantell 126 Welcome back to Story Time with Dutch Mantell! Dutch is here to talk about the latest stories in the wrestling world and the biggest story in a long time is John Cena's heel turn at Elimination Chamber 2025. Cody Rhodes vs John Cena for the Undisputed WWE Championship now has an interesting layer to the story and gi…
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The Stevie Richards Show Episode 36 | John Cena Turns Heel (So Does Travis Scott) & More News EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/bwo Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! "Human sacrifice! Dogs and Cats living togehter! Mass hysteria!" Yes, John Cena has turned heel and the world may never be the same again. This week, …
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The Stevie Richards Show Episode 35 | YOUR Questions Answered Better late than never! Still a little rough around the edges (the edit, not Stevie). We asked you for your questions to Stevie and you did not dissapoint. Literally hundreds and hundreds of questions came in and we have enough for hundreds of episodes worth of fan question episodes. So …
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Ask Dutch Anything 65 | Getting Ribbed by Bradshaw The WSI team recently took a trip to local wrestling con and were able to ask a live question to WWE legend John "Bradshaw" Layfield and he told a hilarious story about the time he ribbed Dutch Mantell. You can hear the story and Dutch's response here on this episode. Also, we're back answering YOU…
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Got a question for Dutch Mantell? Email it to: [email protected] PW Tees Store - https://www.prowrestlingtees.com/dutchmantell https://www.youtube.com/@ShaneDouglasOfficial https://www.youtube.com/@WSI https://www.facebook.com/storytimewithdutchmantell Email questions to: [email protected] Email for signed merch: dirtydutchmante…
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The Stevie Richards Show Episode 34 ECW Barely Legal Part 2 In the last of our series on ECW Barely Legal PPV, Stevie Richards will talk about the goings on in front of the camera and backstage at the seminal extreme PPV. Pitbull#1, Rick Rude, Taz vs Sabu and Raven vs Terry Funk. Amazing matches, legendary feuds and icons of hardcore all discussed …
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The Stevie Richards Show Episode 33 | ECW Barely Legal Pt1 Despite being postponed numerous times and at risk of being cancelled all together, in 1997, ECW did put out their first PPV. Stevie Richards was there and he will share his thoughts on what was going on at the time and the people around him who made the PPV happen. Including: The one man c…
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Barely Legal was the inaugural PPV held by ECW. It took place on April 13, 1997, from the ECW Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. BUt it almost didn't happen. And when it did, some asked if it even should have. In this episode, Stevie Richards begins his deep dive into ECW Barely Legal. He will talk about The Mass Transit Incident, his acount of w…
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The Stevie Richards Show Epsiode 31 | My Spine Infection - 2 Years On Exactly 2 on from his life changing spinal infection, Stevie Richards gives us a detailed account of the whole story from start to finish. How the symptoms began, how they changed and the excruciating pain he suffered when the symptoms were at their worst. Difficulties in finding…
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The Stevie Richards Show Epsiode 30 | Becoming Dr. Stevie This week's episode of The Stevie Richards Show: Becoming Dr. Stevie. Part one of a series discussing Stevie's move to TNA following his release from WWE in 2008. Stevie talks about how he came up with the idea for the character of Dr Stevie and where he took inspiration, who was involved in…
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The Stevie Richards Show Episode 29 | Video Games 2 Stevie Richards loves video games. He makes no secret about it. But did you know Stevie once almost (some say he should've) won $1 Million dollars by pitching a perfect game on MLB 2K11? In this extention of the original video games episode of the Stevie Richards Show, Stevie will also talk about …
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Ask Dutch Anything 64 | Ric Flair Will Never Learn | Rick Martel, Honky Tonk Man & Austin Idol Another trip to the inbox and your questions for the Dutchman are posed to the man himself on Ask Dutch Anything. Will we ever get Dutch Audiobooks? What was Main Event Championship Wrestling? Will Ric Flair have one last last match ever? These and many m…
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The Stevie Richards Show Episode 28 | WWE Raw Netflix Debut Reviewed WWE moving it's flagship show, RAW from Cable TV to streaming is a huge change which has been hyped for weeks and months. There has been a lot of rumor and speculation about what to expect from the progamme with the move: A different style of content? Harsher language and violence…
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Story Time with Dutch Mantell 124 | Special Guest Kurt Angle Olympic hero and wrestling legend, Kurt Angle is on the show this week!. Dutch and Kurt talk about his Amateur wrestling career and his gold medal win at the 1996 Games in Atlanta, his transition to WWE and some of the trails and tribulations of breaking in as an established athlete and h…
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Ask Dutch Anything 63 | John Cena's Final Year How Would Dutch Book John Cena's Farewell Tour? What Was the WILDEST Item Sold at the Merch Table? Was Gino Hernandez REALLY Murdered? You want the answers? Youhave to watch this edition of Ask Dutch Anything! Got a question for Dutch Mantell? Email it to: [email protected] PW Tees Store - ht…
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Happy New Year! We're back from the break over the holidays and there is lots to talk about! Before WWE's Netflix era is about to begin and CM Punk and Seth Rollins is the big match to look forward to. Especially after the epic promo battle from this past RAW. Ric Flair has been hitting social media hard again and is getting into it with Cary Silki…
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Ask Dutch Anything 62 The Undertaker's First Wedding | Ric Flairs Robe, Bill Apter on Memphis Are you fed up of not getting a reply from Santa at Christmas after you send him a letter every year? Well, maybe you should send an email to Dutch Matell instead! A question, a comment, a stupid indie mud show botch you've seen online. They're all welcome…
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Do you remeber when a DDT was the most devastating finishing move ever seen? Do you remember a time when you might only see ONE superkick in a match? Do you remember when a wrester would tap out of a submission hold? Stevie Richards remembers. And you're abut to hear about it. Stevie Richards links: Recommended Brands: https://linktr.ee/steviericha…
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Got a question for Dutch Mantell? Email it to: [email protected] PW Tees Store - https://www.prowrestlingtees.com/dutchmantell https://www.youtube.com/@ShaneDouglasOfficial https://www.youtube.com/@WSI https://www.facebook.com/storytimewithdutchmantell Email questions to: [email protected] Email for signed merch: dirtydutchmante…
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