Dorkside of the Ring

Hey Yo! This week on the show we are trucking towards the 2002 Unforgiven PPV where we will see Brock Lesnar defend his shiny new Undisputed Championship against The Undertaker. We also hit on all the normal segments you know and love. Cheers!

Hey Yo! This week on the show we spend a fair amount of time talking about the amazing All In show that AEW just put on. It sure seems like a defining moment as the company crowned eight new champions at the event as well gave us a high profile return and debut. The history segment is a little bare, but it is what it is. In Smackdown land, we keep leading up to the Unforgiven PPV and we got a proposal. Cheers!

Hey Yo! This week on the show we are spending a good chunk of time covering SummerSlam 2002. It was a really good show. HBK coming out of retirement in an absolute banger was something that I didn't see coming. We also cover some stuff from the recent WWE, AEW and Dork Side of the RIng. Cheers!

Hey Yo! This week on the show we covered the go home Smackdown to the 2002 SummerSlam PPV where Brock Lesnar & The Rock will battle for the WWE Undisputed Championship. We also have a ton of SummerSlam to talk about in the history segment. As far as the current day stuff, we hit on the latest from WWE including some great Smackdown segments and give our thoughts on how the Continental Cup is shaking out in AEW. Cheers!

Hey Yo! This week on the show we are tip toeing around some music licensing issues so we're a little bare bones, but it's the same show you know and (hopefully) love! We are on our way to SummerSlam 2002 on the retro side of things, so we spend some time on that. We also chat about all sorts of other topics including some live ACW action and the latest offerings from WWE and AEW. Cheers!

Hey Yo! This week on the show we spent some time chatting about the buildup to the 2002 SummerSlam as well as what we thought about the 2026 offering from the WWE. We also hit briefly on the latest Dynamite, Collision and the Dark Side of the Ring, featuring The Renegade. Cheers!

Hey Yo! This week on the show we chat about the recent AEW Redemption PPV and touch on the upcoming SummerSlam show, but honestly, like usual we spend a good chunk of the show talking about where we are in our 2002 timeline. It's just been so fun to see this play out for the first time for both Adam and I. We also hit on the latest Dark Side of the Ring featuring The Big Boss Man as well as some other random bits. Cheers!

Hey Yo! This week on the show we get right into things with the history segment before diving deep into the Smackdown that followed. It's the beginning of the Stephanie McMahon GM era and she is bringing the heat! We also talk about the latest Dark Side of the Ring featuring the epic match between Samoa Joe and Necro Butcher. All that and a ton more!

Hey Yo! This week on the show we are gearing up for the 2002 Vengeance PPV and not only are we ushering in the Ruthless Aggression Era, but hot on the heels of that, Vince McMahon has announced General Managers for the brands for the first time ever. In the Stu, we chat a bit about the recent NJPW G1 Climax show that took place right down the road in Hoffman Estates, as well as a ton of other stuff. Cheers!

Hey Yo! This week on the show we spend quite a bit of time with the history and retro segments. We do hit a smidge on the current stuff as we obviously have a new WWE champion, but neither of us are thrilled about it. Check back next week for a boots on the ground review of night 1 of the NJPW G1 Climax tournament! Cheers!

Hey Yo! This week on the show we chat about some new tag team champions on the retro side of things as well as run down the past week's amazing Forbidden Door show! We also get into all sorts of other topics. Cheers!

Hey Yo! This week on the show we kick things off with a mostly uneventful history segment. From there, we look at the SD episode that followed the 2002 King of the Ring. Lots of moving parts there as we have a quick pit stop before SummerSlam. On the current front, we hit on the latest offerings from AEW, WWE and more. Cheers!

Hey Yo! This week on the show we chat about the latest offerings from AEW and WWE but before that, we have some history and a retro SmackDown to talk through. We are checking out the go home show to King of the Ring 2002 where RVD and Brock Lesnar have punched their tickets on the Raw side of things. Cheers!

Hey Yo! Programming note: We started our annual bags league this week so things may get a little spicy! We have a wonderful history segment that took a unique turn. From there we are heading towards the 2002 King of the Ring. We also took a look at some current day stuff including the latest offerings from AEW, WWE and GCW. Cheers!

Hey Yo! This week on the show we took a look at a pretty good episode of Smackdown as we are starting to build to the KOTR PPV and so much more!

Hey Yo! This week on the show we took a look at the recent Double or Nothing show from AEW, played a clip from one of the most memorable moments in wrestling history and hit all the wonderful segments you know and love. Cheers!

Hey Yo! This week on the show we spent some time reminiscing about the glory days of GCW while we talked about Mox vs. Gage from back in 2021. It was a great time for the company. On the retro side of things we have gotten past the 2002 Judgement Day show where we saw a new Undisputed Champion crowned as The Undertaker won the strap from Hulk Hogan, who tried to hang it up after, but Vince McMahon had other plans. Cheers!

Hey Yo! This week on the show we keep on trucking toward the 2002 Judgement Day PPV. Things are looking to be at a boiling point between Hulk Hogan and Vince McMahon. We also see what appears to be Edge's first foray into the main event scene. From there we talk about the latest offerings from WWE and AEW including Backlash and Fairway to Hell, which on paper was Taylormade for Matty. Cheers!

Hey Yo! This week on the show we are all over the place, but it was a ton of fun. We have a lot of great stuff in the history segment and it continues from there! We hope you enjoy the show. Cheers!

Hey Yo! This week on the show we had a look at the recent offerings from AEW and WWE. Adam did a great job with the recaps as I was out of town for the weekend. So, the notes were minimal, but I crammed in what I could! We also kept the Smackdown 2002 train rolling as they are heading into Judgement Day in a couple of weeks with Hulk Hogan as the Undisputed Champion. Speaking of Hogan, we chat a little about the recent Netflix documentary, as well as hit briefly on the releases made by the WWE. As always, thanks for spending a little time with us each week. We appreciate it so much. Cheers!

Hey Yo! This week on the show we thought that we would have a whole lot of stuff to talk about surrounding the WrestleMania weekend, but we had a flood here in our little neck of the woods that threw a wrench in all of our plans. We did get together to watch both nights of WrestleMania and a few other things. Oh. And Darby Allin won the AEW World Championship! Cheers!

Hey Yo! This week on the show we chat about the recent Dynasty PPV from AEW. Spoiler alert: It was really good. We also checked out the Smackdown before Backlash 2002 where things are heating up between Triple H and The Hulkster! We hope you all have a wonderful WrestleMania weekend and please hit us up and let us know how you are celebrating. Cheers!

Hey Yo! This week on the show we get off on some random tangents, which we have been told many of you enjoy. We do get into the latest from AEW as they build up to Dynasty and all the WWE stuff as they build to WrestleMania weekend as well as a ton of other topics. Cheers!

Hey Yo. First and foremost, my apologies for the coughing, but I have been down bad for a few days, but Adam and I are back on our regularly scheduled BS as always for you fantastic listeners. Lots of WrestleMania in the history segment and from there we get into a new era of Smackdown as the draft has split the roster in half. We then tread water to the finish, but what are you gonna do? Cheers!

Hey Yo! This week on the show we are thankfully still in business for the Smackdown Symposium, which is great because it was such a fun episode. It happens to be the last time (for a bit) that both the Smackdown and Raw rosters will intermingle. The history segment was also fun and took a strange turn at the end. From there we took a look at an absolute bloodbath of a Texas Death Match from TNA and spent a little time on the current stuff. Cheers!

Hey gang! This week on the show we have a little lackluster history segment to kick things off. From there, we take a look at the Smackdown that followed WrestleMania 18. As it turns out, it may be the last Symposium as there has been a new development in the Peacock department. Then we spent the rest of the show chatting about Raw, and the AEW Revolution show, which was an absolute banger! Cheers!

Hey gang! This week on the show we took a detailed look at the go home Smackdown to WrrestleMania X8. But first we kicked things off with some history and a surprise birthday phone call to one of our favorites. From there we continued on our path down the Kings Road as we watched a pivotal match between Misawa and Jumbo. Then we wrapped things up with some current AEW and WWE chatter. Cheers!

Hey Yo. This week on the show we kick things off with the usual history segment. It's pretty tame this week, not gonna lie. After that we check out the 3/7/02 Smackdown as they are just one show away from WrestleMania X8. In the Stu we talk about the WWE Elimination chamber where we saw the debut of Danhausen and the reveal of the mysterious masked man, and much more. Cheers!

Hey Yo! This week on the show we are ramping up the road to WrestleMania X8 in Toronto as we took a look at a crazy Smackdown. We had (almost) 100% less death in the history segment so that is a move in the right direction. We also recapped the latest JWA show and touched on the latest offerings from WWE, AEW and MLW. Cheers!

Hey Yo. This week on the show we kick things off with a somber edition of the history seg. It was a dark day. We also took a look at the No Way Out 2002 show that saw the introduction of the NWO to the WWE, and the Smackdown that followed. They are definitely making their presence felt. In the Stu we chat mainly about AEW's Dynamite and Grand Slam: Sydney, but hit on some other stuff as well. Cheers!

Hey gang! this week on the show we spent a lot of time on the go home show to the 2002 No Way Out show. There was a lot to cover in that Smackdown as we are in full on soap opera mode with this Stephanie/HHH thing. Not too much to note in the history seg and The Stu focused primarily on the latest offerings from WWE & AEW. We did have some WWE Vault on in the background that may have been mentioned a few times, lol.

Hey Yo! This week on the program we have an abbreviated version of the history before getting into the Smackdown Symposium where we are just days away from the NWO arriving in the WWF. From there we get into the main event of the show, which was the Royal Rumble watch party with none other than Kevin Nash. It was a memorable time and we did our best to tell the whole tale. Cheers!

Hey gang! Its a special week here on the program. We randomly draw our numbers for the annual tattoo royal rumble. Stick around until the end of the show for that. We also have a great time talking about random things in the history segment and ask several pressing questions to Google Gemini. Cheers!

Hey gang! This week on the show we spent a little more time than usual on the Smackdown Symposium because, while it was strange, it contained a big moment. We had a lot of Royal Rumble talk in the history segment, and in the Stu, we talked about a variety of things including JCW Lunacy, AEW and WWE. Cheers!

Hey Yo! This week on the show we chat about the go home Smackdown to the 2002 Royal Rumble, as well as some good stuff in the history segment. As far as current action goes, it was pretty AEW heavy as WWE tipped their hand with what was going on before we could watch. Also, an old lady gives Mat advice on life. Cheers!

Hey gang! This week on the show things start off a little rocky. Mat is under the weather, and we are coming off a couple weeks of the schedule getting shuffled around. We had to show up for 300 though! We talked about the loss of one of our own as well as our attempt to watch NJPW Wrestle Kingdom live. On the retro side of things, we are marching towards the 2002 Royal Rumble and finish the show with a five-year-old Cameo from Nick F'n Gage. Cheers!

Hey gang! We hope you are having the best holiday season. We sat down a day early to bring you one last show before we kick 2025 to the curb! It was quite the year and we finished with a trip to the Now Arena in suburban Chicago to check out AEW's Worlds End PPV live. It was a great time and we can't wait to have more "boots on the ground" moments in 2026. Cheers!

Hey gang! We were a bit strapped for time this week and with some scheduling issues we had to record a day early. I don't really think we mailed it in, but you can judge for yourselves... just like Adam judged my social activities, lol. But seriously, thank you all for the support over the last five years. We have no plans of slowing down, in fact, 2025 has been our most successful year yet and that doesn't happen without you wonderful listeners!

Hey gang! This week on the show we chat about all the things that are going on in the wrestling world! John Cena's last match, the NXT botch, AEW Continental Classic, all of it. Thank you all so much for all the support as we keep on trucking to #300 and beyond!

Hey gang! This week on the show we talk about this masked man fiasco that is happening in the WWE and how we think the last Cena match will go. We also run down the 2001 Vengeance show and the Smackdown that followed as well as all of the normal segments you know and love. Cheers!

Hey Gang! This week we are back to our normal format after a tremendous crossover episode last week. We hit on all of the normal segments and chat about last week's JWA Thanksgiving Throwdown show as well as a ton of other stuff. Cheers!

Hey gang! This week on the show we have a very special episode for you! We got the pleasure of doing a crossover with Vince Averill of the We Watch Wrestling Podcast and to say it was a great time would be an understatement. Aside from hitting on the history segment we just rolled with the rest. We hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving and we will see you back here for our regularly scheduled programming next week. Cheers!

Hey gang! This week on the show we are coming off the heels of an absolutely insane Blood & Guts show put on by AEW this past week. On the retro side of thing we are coming off the 2001 Survivor Series where the WWF was victorious, but there are a lot of moving parts coming out of that. We also touch on the latest JCW show, the WWF Vault and so much more. Cheers!

Hey gang! This week on the show we talked about the go home Smackdown heading into Survivor Series 2001 as the WWF will take on The Alliance for control of the company, while the other side will be without a job. We also chat about the latest offerings from JCW, AEW and a ton more. Please do us a favor and give the show a review and five stars! If you would like to get in touch with us, you can drop us an email at [email protected]. Cheers!

Hey gang! This week on the show we took a look at an abysmal episode as they are still building to the 2001 Survivor Series where The Alliance takes on Team WWF. We also talked about the WWE's Saturday Night's Main Event, AEW and Adam brought some JCW to the table. Cheers!

Hey Gang! This week on the show we open things with some new (to this podcast) intro music before jumping into the history segment featuring the 40th anniversary of the famous "Hard Times" promo from Dusty Rhodes. From there we have some Halloween Havoc in the history too and talk about the latest offering from NXT as well as a ton of other stuff. On our Smackdown timeline we are building towards the 2001 Survivor Series. The teams have been set in the battle for brand supremacy, but things are looking dire for the federation.

Hey gang! This week on the show we chat about the recent AEW WrestleDream show, which was very good. On the retro side of things we are headed toward The Alliance vs. The WWF at the Survivor Series with the power really starting to tip in the favor of the federation. And as a special treat, we got a vote of confidence from beyond the grave from none other than the American Dream, Dusty Rhodes!

Hey gang! This week on the show we are building to the 2001 No Mercy PPV and cover a double dose of Dynamite. We also got a lot of yuks in, so I hope you enjoy. Cheers!

Hey gang! This week we spent a lot of time chatting about the new developments happening in NXT with the influx of the TNA roster as they head towards the big Invasio... er, Showdown show happening next Tuesday. On the retro side of thing they are building to a No Mercy PPV. We also run down the history and all the segments you know and love. Cheers!

Hey gang! This week on the show we have a Mondo Lucha report from Adam, who was there for one of the most fun shows of the year. We take a little time to talk about All Out, but honestly, we didn't talk too much about either of the shows that took place over the weekend. We did have a blast, though! Cheers!