A positive and introspective spin on professional wrestling from around the world each and every episode. Where we will take two shows/cards/events and pit them against one another to find out who is the champion of each weeks podcast.
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Ep 34: Season 4 Finale: WrestleFest and Fire Pro Wrestling 2nd Bout + Fantasy Booking
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Harry and Shane are recapping thier 1991. They are also picking 2 video games from the year and giving their honest reviews of Wrestlefest and Fire Pro Wrestling 2nd Bout. Also listen in on a twist to thier Fantasy booking as you listen to them draft their rosters. Plus reviewing their picks of the best of 1991 and how it ranks vs. 1996, 2001, and …
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The Chamber of Horrors! Harry and Shane dive into this WCW classic PPV. During an Era when Ric Flair was gone from WCW, and many new faces are coming up. Rick Rude, Steve Austin, Dustin Rhodes and many more! Plus the introduction of the 3rd man to the podcast. DANIEL!
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Harry and Shane are back to Japan, and they're bringing WWF with them. The Rockers, Hart Foundation, Koji Kitao and his love of eyes, Hulk Hogan, Kevin Von Erich, daddy issues, and much more are discussed in this episode.
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This one is like an all you can eat buffet of Darkside of the Ring Episodes. Harry and Shane talk about Herb Abram's UWF's only PPV Beach Brawl. It's about as good as you expect from a show with only one pay per view. The talent roster is great, Bam Bam Bigelow, Dr Death Steve Williams, Gangrel, Terry Gordy, Bob Backlund, Bruno Sammartino and more.…
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Harry and Shane are still in 1991 and now they go to the Tokyo Dome for a rare joint show with WCW and NJPW working together. They talk about the historic Ric Flair vs Tatsumi Fujinami match, Vader, Bam Bam Bigelow, DOOM, Great Muta, Equilizer's wardrobe malfunction and more
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Royal Rumble 1991 (Season 5 Premiere)
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Starting off the new season with the ROYAL RUMBLLLLE. Orient Express and The Rockers start this one off to a pace that the rest of the show cannot keep. Harry and Shane also go in detail of the arrangements between Sherri and Macho Man Randy Savage to try to get a WWF title match from the Ultimate Warrior. Also: Hulk Hogan, Tugboat, Quakers, Von Er…
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Harry and Shane are finished reviewing 1996. In this episode they talk about two video games that came out in 1996, Super Fire Pro Wrestling Premium X and New Japan Pro-Wrestling: Toukon Retsuden 2. They also Book the Territory and fill their dream card with all the top talent of 1996 using WWF, NJPW, WCW, and ECW talent from the time. They also gi…
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Antonio Inoki's World Wrestling Peace Festival
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Antonio Inoki intends to bring world peace through Pro Wrestling. This show is stacked with stars from WCW, NWA, AAA, and CMLL. Harry and Shane talk about the show that got Chris Jericho hired by Eric Bischoff. Harry reveals Shane's secret ethnicity. Negro Casas, Bam Bam Bigelow, El Hijo Del Santo, Rey Mysterio, Ultimo Dragon and more!…
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Back to the Dome as the coproduced NJPW and UWFi inter-promotional show that had influence over the creation of the nWo and creative direction of WCW. Antonio Inoki, Big Van Vader, Shinya Hashimoto, Kingpin, Masahiro Chono, Keiji Mutoh and more are all featured in this episode.
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Harry and Shane are in the ECW arena talking about the pre-PPV days of ECW with Hostile City Showdown. There's lots to talk about and lots of hair holding while walking through the crowd. A great first time match of Sabu vs Rob Van Dam may not be enough to save this show. Also featuring Sandman, Tommy Dreamer, 2 Cold Scorpio, the bWo, and more!…
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Harry and Shane are deep in the peak of the nWo, the birth of Crow Sting, Chris Jericho's path to a shorter career, the debut of the newest character Cuckpin, Harry hates Virgil, Harry Loves Sherri.
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New Season: 1996. Harry and Shane dive right into 1996 with Wrestlemania XII. Featuring the Ironman match with Shawn Michaels and Bret Hart, also the Hollywood Backlot Brawl with Roddy Piper and Golddust. Shane also can't stop talking about Edward James Olmos. And Harry hates HBK.
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2001 Season Finale: WWF Just Bring It vs. Fire Pro Wrestling D
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2001, one of the most historic years in American Pro Wrestling and Harry and Shane have reviewed it all. They recap what they found in 2001, they also talk about two video games that came out that year, Smackdown Just Bring It for the Playstation 2 and Fire Pro Wrestling D for the Dreamcast. And we continue our season Finale tradition of Booking th…
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Harry and Shane review one more show from 2001. The show that possibly inspired Ring of Honor, and truly was the future of professional wrestling gathered for a 2 night tournament. Along with all this Harry and Shane talk about Roland Alexander, Pro Wrestling Iron/APW Split, Super Dragon rubbing people the wrong way, Samhein, Nu Metal, and much mor…
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Harry and Shane are watching the most watched WWE PPV of all time (that wasn't a a Wrestlemania). They talk about the problems of booking a show like this, the disappointment that it caused. They also talk about the 2021 G1, Harry meeting the Hogans, nu metal, dropping plates, Shawn Stasiaks recordings, bra and panties matches, packing the main eve…
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Harry and Shane are reviewing thier first lucha show as they review Triplemania 9. Mini's, mascots, a bunch of guys dressed like KISS, Vipers, and a lot of Cypberpunk 2077 talk. La Parka, Abismo Negro, Pirata Morgan, Hector Garza, and many more of the top luchadores from 2001 are in this one.
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WCW's final Pay Per View before being bought by WWE. Harry and Shane continue their journey through 2001 with WCW's final entry. Harry and Shane spend a lot of time talking about the music that Sean O'haire definitely listened to, and also Dusty Rhodes' muffler. Also KweeWee, Lance Storm, DDP, Scott Steiner and more!…
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NJPW are back for their annual Tokyo Dome show. This time they are holding a tournament to crown a new IWGP Champion. Toshiaki Kawada is making a rare appearance in NJPW. Keiji Mutoh is back from his time as a Juggalo in WCW. And Harry and Shane mostly want to imagine Vince Mcmahon as a pro skater.
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Harry and Shane start Season 3 off with ECW's Final PPV Guilty as Charged. Rob Van Dam returns to take on Jerry Lynn, we get to see the final ECW champion crowned, Harry talks about Seinfeld and Nu Metal for a while, the champion gets to be intimate with Francine, Chris Hammericks questionalble attire, and more!…
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Ep 15: 1989 Season Finale: WWF Wrestlemania(NES) vs. Fire Pro Wrestling Combination Tag (PC Engine)
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Season 2 Season Finale! Shane and Harry take this time to reflect the year of wrestling in 1989, while also having two video games battle it out (spoiler alert, it's a squash match). They also book the territory and fantasy book their own cards. Then they rate and review the shows that they viewed and find out who had the best year in 1989.…
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Hot off the heels of the #CancelShane movement, Harry and Shane are here to talk about WCW's first official PPV WrestleWar. Of course Harry and Shane have many tangents and in this episode they talk about Shotzi Blackhart, Cheddar Biscuits, Jehovah's witness, Virgil's meat sauce, Stings rat tail, Ricky Steamboat vs. Ric Flair, Terry Funk game, Harr…
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Ep 13: WWF Survivor Series 1989 #CancelShane
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a.k.a. The One Where Shane Gets Cancelled. The boys talk about Survivor Series 1989, and Shane shares his halloween costume inspired by this event that has not aged well (Which sends Harry into a fit of laughter for 6 minutes straight). Harry also adds Jacques Rougeau to his Virgil list of wrestlers that he hates. Shane does horrible impressions of…
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Ep12: Season 2 Premiere: NJPW Tokyo Dome 1989
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Season 2 Premiere. We are watching the best (or whatever) from 1989, and first up is the first ever wrestling show in the Tokyo Dome. We get a tournament to crown a new IWGP Heavyweight Champion, Inoki defending his martial arts title, and the debut of Jushin Liger (So you know who's getting best dressed)! Plus: Vader, Victor Zangiev, Benny the Jet…
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Ep 11: NJPW Tokyo Dome Special 2 - Wrestling World 1997 vs. Wrestle Kingdom 2019
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Harry and Shane are going back to the Dome! Will they prefer Hashimoto vs. Choshu or Kenny Omega vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi? Plus: Chono, Muta, Super Liger, Ultimo Dragon, Jericho, Okada, Ospreay, Turtle Talk, Julienne Fries and more!
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Ep10: WrestleMania 2 vs. Starcade '86 The Night of the Skywalkers
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We go back to 1986 and compare WWF and NWA/JCP's Starcade '86 The Night of the Skywalkers. Both shows feature multiple venues, cage matches, and both have their highlights, and their lowlights. Shane and Harry both bring their terrible impressions of various personality's and also talk about: Gene Mean, Fire Pro Wrestling, Ballerinos, Jesse Ventura…
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Ep9: 2002 Toryumon vs. T2P vs. 2020 Dragon Gate
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Harry and Shane are comparing Toryumon Japan Absoltamente - 9/8/2002 vs. Dragon Gate - Gate of Destiny 2020 - 11/3/2020. DragonGate would form out of Toryumon, but Toryumon's biggest show was a show competing against its first offspring: T2P (Toryumon 2000 Project). In this episode Harry and Shane have a hard time find negatives things to say about…
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Ep8: ECW Barely Legal 97 vs. All In
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Harry and Shane take two inaugural PPV's as they are watching the first ECW PPV and seeing how it stacks up with the future AEW's All In. Harry also tries to get Shane to play All Star Pro Wrestling (to little avail). Harry blows everyone's ear drums with his Bill Alfonzo impression. Both shows having timing issues. Wrestling Nerds. BWO. Michinoku …
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Ep 7: Tokyo Dome Special 2 - NJPW 1992 vs. NJPW 2012
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Harry and Shane are back in the tokyo dome again. Struggling for bad impressions, we have to settle for Larry Zbyszko and Bill Alfonso. The podcast almost ends when Shane doesn't like Sting/Muta vs. Steiner Bros. Shane gets bored and googles Ludvig Borga (and regrets it). We also are treated to some great matches featuring Antonio Inoki, Minoru Suz…
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Ep6: Royal Rumble 92 vs Halloween Havoc 92
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Harry and Shane put arguably the best Royal Rumble ever against a Coal Miners glove match. Harry and Shane talk about Owens Ska pants, Ric Flairs incredible performance, Snake the Deal, Jameson, Bill Watts' WCW, what should Harry's finisher be? and so much more.
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Ep5: WWF Badd Blood vs WCW Halloween Havoc '97
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Harry and Shane roll into Shane's favorite year pitting WWF and WCW's October PPV's. We will hear about 2 world class matches, the similarities between the shows, Stone Cold Steve Austin, Brian Pillman's death and WWF's immediate reaction, The King of Spades vs Steve Cold, Randy Savage's insane double axe handle, Mongo's Footwork, "Cut That Part Ou…
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Ep4: WWF/SWS Super Wrestle vs WCW/NJPW Collision in Korea
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The wheel has landed on America in the East. WWF and WCW both had various attempts at running shows in the east, and collaborating with Japanese companies, these two shows are highlights of those collaborations. Harry and Shane talk about WWF joining with SWS and putting on a show that is highlighted with Hulk Hogan vs Genichiro Tenryu (#SadTenryu)…
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Ep3: Wrestlemania VII vs Starcade 91
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Harry and Shane sit down this week and watch the Wrestlemania Shane was at, vs the Starcade that Harry watches regularly. Slaughter/Hulk Hogan vs. Battlebowl. Shane shares his first hand experiences of attending the event, Harry shares a memorable story about meeting Virgil, Firebreaker Chip, Sting, Tassle Thongs, sleeping through the main event, A…
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Ep2: Tokyo Dome Special: 1990 SuperFight vs 2003 Wrestling World
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Harry and Shane are back and this one is a little bit of something they love and a little bit of something they hate as they visit two era's of the Tokyo Dome. They talk Inokiism, Japanese Richard Simmons, Jushin Thunder Liger, Stan Hansen vs Vader, Vaders Eye, Masahiro Chono's weird breathing, guy's in their 30's being the "Young Generation", the …
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Ep 1: The First WCW Nitro vs. That Weeks (Prior) Raw
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The inaugural episode of Harry and Shane's Wrestling Podcast. We tackle some low hanging fruit and go to the start of the Monday Night Wars, pitting the first Monday Night Nitro (September 4, 1995) vs. the prior week's Monday Night Raw (August 28, 1995). We get to the bottom of "how did Harry get his start"? Who is the coolest guy in the 90's, Dies…
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