Episodes
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Episode 56 - The Rise and Fall of Fanny Pack and The Wrestlers From Reseda
This week, the good ship Fanny Pack rides off into the sunset in its final episode. To bring this three-year journey to a close, we brought the pair that started it all with us, Kaz and Drew. Additionally, to further the bookend concept of our finale, we decided to discuss the other pillar of…
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Episode 55 - I'm Nobody, I'm Outta Here
On this episode, we make our way down under with some fantastic Australian pro wrestling courtesy of Melbourne City Wrestling's Ballroom Brawl 2016. For this, we are joined by returning guests Patrick Swagger and Jerry "JVeezy" Vin. We discuss "unsanctioned" matches, evil stable invasions…
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Episode 54 - Strike A Pose
On a brand new edition of the Fanny Pack, we are joined by guests Ash Snowschu and friend of the show Remishell. With them, we enter the world of Joshi in the form of World Wonder Ring Stardom and their event Gold May 2016. We discuss fun nicknames, our new favourite wrestling stable, their…
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Episode 53 - The UK is The New Philly
On this new Fanny Pack, we are joined by HyperRPG host, podcaster, and all around cool bro Aaron Kirby, as well as friend of the show, the Stormy Sooner, Natalie Serjeant. They are on board to discuss one of the first promotions to host a WWE Global Cruiserweight Series Qualifier, Progress...
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Episode 52 - Best In The Universe
On this new Fanny Pack, we are joined by DKG community member and returning guest Wulfegang (not Wolfgang) and Chaos Buffering's Josh "Joshua Chaos" Hilp on a return trip to the Barrowlands in Glasgow, Scotland. We return for Insane Championship Wrestling's newly-minted marquee event, Barramania…
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Gaiden 8 - Lucha-Based Substance On The Floor
On a new edition of Fanny Pack Gaiden, we are joined by Record Breaker Patrick Swagger for a recap of the action that took place at Austin Warfare during SxSW. Additionally we take a look at our thoughts of Season 2 so far, including the journey of Fenix, the new darker vibe of the Temple, and…
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Episode 51 - Gran Akuma Deserves Better
On this brand new edition of the Fanny Pack, we are joined by cosplayer extraordinaire Remishell and The Offenders' Evan Jones. We talk Pennsylvania promotion Excellence Professional Wrestling's event "Check, Please". We discuss the charm of local indy wrestling, discover some new talent to keep…
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Episode 50 - Wrestling Ring Of Holding
The Fanny Pack is back! After some unforeseen circumstances the ship is sailing again with guests Jerry "Jveezy" Vin and Drew "Drewsipher" Snyder. They're with us as we take a look at another prolific Illinois-based promotion in AAW and the most recent iteration of their annual event "The Chaos...
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Episode 49 - Donovan Dijak's Douchey Face
On this episode of the Fanny Pack, we continue our annual check-ins of rising now-New-England-based promotion, Beyond Wrestling, and this year's Americanrana event. We discuss the rising star of Donovan Dijak's, Deej's shock of seeing Da Hit Squad again, two differing opinions on Matt Tremont vs....
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Gaiden 7 - Referees Should Be Seen Not Heard
After some setbacks, Fanny Pack is back with another Gaiden episode. We take a sojourn into the world of Lucha Libre and discuss the biggest yearly show of the two major prominent Lucha promotions in Mexico, AAA's Triplemania and CMLL's 82nd Anniversary show. We discuss the particulars of...
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Episode 48 - Bryce Remsburg is a Time Lord
This week on the good ship Fanny Pack, we are joined by Drew Snyder and "The Stormy Sooner" Natalie Serjeant as we turn back the clock with some truly classic wrestling. This comes in the form of Olde Wrestling and their 2014 event, "Another Extravaganza of Wrestling Exhibitions. We take a look…
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Episode 47 - We ♥ Tanahashi
This week, we return to Japan and take A3K contributor AW Brawler and the returning Patty Mc$w@gg with us as we discuss New Japan Pro Wrestling recent edition of their annual Dominion event. We fanboy over Hiroshi Tanahashi, we talk about the great charisma of Shinsuka Nakamura, AW finds out what...
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Episode 46 - DJM's Heel Turn
The Fanny Pack is back! Season 5 is here and for our return we decided to go back to one of the promotions that is truly near and dear to our hearts, Chikara Pro Wrestling. We are joined by Jack D Tyler D and Sword Song as they experience "Aniversario: A New Attitude". What did our guests think…
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Gaiden 6 - HE DID THE THING!
This week, we put a final bow on Season 4 of Fanny Pack as Petey and DJM sit down to have a further one-on-one about all the goings-on over Wrestlemania weekend in the Bay Area. We talked out our fears for the state of Indy Wrestling going forward, we spell out hopes for the state of Wrestling as…
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Episode 45 - See (Almost) All The Wrestling!
It's JuRYMania time! On the finale of Season 4 of Fanny Pack Wrestling, Petey is joined by Justin Robert Young, Rick Foster, and Chris "Mitzula" Minton to recap their weekend of Indy Wrestling excitement. We talked about how much we missed DJM, the amazing Nikki Storm, the equally amazing So Cal...
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Episode 44 - Delightfully Scottish
This week, Fanny Pack goes Scottish with one of the U.K.'s flagship wrestling properties and their massive event, Fear and Loathing VII. We are joined by guests Jerry Vin and "Stormy Sooner" Natalie Serjeant for this adventure. We discuss the rising star of homegrown talent Grado, the talented…
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Episode 43 - El Hijo Del Reckless Youth?
This week on the Fanny Pack thrill ride, we dive into a young promising Chicago promotion, Freelance Wrestling, and their recent event The Uprising. We talk about how much we love Suge D, how we can't believe Robert Anthony didn't stay signed, some great character work from Four Star Heroes, If...
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Episode 42 - The Ghost of AR Fox
This week, we introduce of a pair of brand new guests, Anime3000's Jack D and dkgWELP community member "Wulfegang" Shane C, to the fantastic world of Pro Wrestling Guerrilla with their recent event Untitled II. We talk about the guys that should be signed by now, the guys that probably are signed...
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Episode 41 - This Resistance Is Not Futile
This week, we revisit a promotion from our third ever episode in Chicago-based Billy Corgan passion project, Resistance Pro and their event "And Justice For All". For this, we are joined by two fantastic guests in Petey's Hallyujuku co-host Brandon Cooper a.k.a. KingKaz and the incomparable host…
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Episode 40 - Matt Cross #x3E; Undertaker
This week on the Fanny Pack we are joined by returning champ, JVeezy, and AnimeWorldOrder's Daryl Surat. Together, we are talking about a promotion hailing from Ontario, Canada called Smash Wrestling and their event Super Showdown 2. We talk Matt Cross, streaks, The Young Bucks, superkicks, The...
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Gaiden 5 - I'll do the はい. You do the ラリアット.
On this special Gaiden episode, DJM and Petey sit down to discuss the hotly-anticipated and buzzed-about latest edition of the traditional "January 4th Tokyo Dome Show", New Japan Pro Wrestling's Wrestle Kingdom 9. The guys talk about JR and Matt Striker on commentary, Shinsuke Nakamura's...
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Episode 39 - She's a Ladies' Grappler
This week, we are talking a buzzed-about women's wrestling promotion based out of Florida, Shine Wrestling and their event Shine 23. For this discussion, we are joined by guests we have previously had on to talk women's wrestling in "StormySooner" Natalie Serjeant and "Patty Mc$w@gg" Patrick...
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Episode 38 - Gotta Have Faith
This week, we are joined by Anime3000.com's Sean Russel and returning guest Rick Foster as we break from our usual norm and cover something from the evil empire. Specifically, we're discussing NXT Takeover: R-Evolution. We talk Sami Zayn's love of ska & punk, Kevin Owens' impactful debut, the...
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Episode 37 - 志田 光: 戦士プリンセス (Hikaru Shida: Warrior Princess)
On this episode of the Fanny Pack, we pulled from the front of our rolodex and brought back the classic combo of Kaz and Drew to talk about Shimmer's iPPV offering for 2014 Wrestlemania weekend in Shimmer Vol. 62. We discuss Blue Pants, Athena, Hikaru Shida, Japanese RPGs, some ladies that need…
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Episode 36 - Detectives Cortez & Cisco, Lucha Crimes Division
This week on the Fanny Pack we take a look at a much-buzzed-about new wrestling property, the Robert Rodriguez/Mark Burnett produced AAA offshoot, Lucha Underground. Joining us are "Nightwolf" Armando Martinez and "Stormy Sooner" Natalie Serjeant on this Lucha adventure. We discuss Dario Cueto,...
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Episode 35 - I Used To Be A Referee, Until...
This week, we take the Awesome Series to Japan to talk New Japan Pro Wrestling's annual extravaganza known as King of Pro-Wrestling 2014. We are joined by multi-time guest "King Kaz" Brandon Cooper and first-time guest Zac Rodrayguns to talk such topics as the similarity of many New Japan…
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Episode 34 - Can't Have Enough Chikara
We officially return to our Awesome Series with special guests Cody Anderson and Mike "Icewarm" Boyd to discuss one of the prime editions of Chikara's annual staple, King Of Trios 2011. We talk about some of our favourite Chikara regulars and how different they can look over a scant three years...
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Episode 33 - (Almost) Everything Is Awesome!
This week on Fanny Pack, it's just Deej and Petey as we technically take a break from the Awesome Series and talking about a recent event. That event being Chikara's 2014 edition of the King Of Trios event weekend. We talk about Shynron's amazing career rise, Thunderkitty's impressive toughness,...
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Episode 32 - The ECW-ROH Venn Diagram
This time on the Fanny Pack, Petey shares a piece of his wrestling fandom history with Deej and special guests Hawkeye Jefferson and Patrick Swagger to discuss Major League Wrestling's freshly-released-to-YouTube 2003 event Summer Apocalypse 2K3. We talk about early Indy Wrestling nostalgia,...
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Episode 31 - The KENTA Hype Is Real
This week, the Awesome Series continues with special guest Rick Foster and Ring Of Honor's seminal 2007 PPV "Driven". We'll discuss all the great forming talent that was witnessed at the event, all the amazing possibilities available to NXT at the moment, seeing wrestlers with different amounts…
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Episode 30 - Wrestling Fans Secretly Love Hanson
This week we bring back Kaz and Drew for their third experience with Beyond Wrestling and their latest event Americanrana '14. They managed to #SellOutFete, but did they manage to sell the guys on their brand of professional wrestling? Hit play and find out!
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Episode 29 - The Awesome Series Begins
We're back and better than ever! The Fanny Pack has returned with the beginning of the Awesome Series and a pair of awesome guests. We take a look at PWG's Mystery Vortex with Night Attack's Justin Robert Young and Drunk Kids Gaming's Brian Curley. Did the guys feel the awesome? Hit play and find...
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Episode 28 - We Open Gates Not Rulebooks Here
On this episode of the Fanny Pack we revisit the land of Puroresu with guests JVeezy and Ash Snowschu to discuss Dragon Gate and their event Dragon Gate USA. We revisit our rant on memorable characters in Wrestling, we talk about Yosuke Santa Maria's sports bra, we chronicle Cima's injuries and...
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Episode 27 - Stupid Sexy Ricochet
On this episode of the Fanny Pack, we delve deeper into the Sapolskyverse with Evovle 26. Along for the ride are Heather "Kid Cadet" Reicher and Serena Magnetta. We discuss many things including the wrestling clinic between Chuck Taylor and Maxwell Chicago, Uhaa Nation's overall freakishness, Jon...
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Gaiden 4 - Everybody's Got A Price, But We've Got A Bryce
On this special Gaiden episode of the Fanny Pack, we have our very first ever interview. Our special guest is none other than Chikara Senior Official, referee extraordinaire, and all-around good guy, Bryce Remsburg! We discuss time travel, crossing dimensions, sketch comedy, Chikara, and more!...
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Episode 26 - 力のリターン (The Return of Chikara)
On this fine episode of the Fanny Pack, we are joined by Pa#y Mc$w@gg to discuss National Pro Wrestling Day 2014. We discuss the fantastic wrestling, Gavin Loudspeaker's pale arms, Swagg's agreement with DJM's thoughts on Drew Gulak, our love of the Baltic Siege, our love of Los Ice Creams, and...
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Episode 25 - Fat Dudes In Singlets
This time on Fanny Pack Wrestling, we gather the smooth-voiced Jerry Vinn, and Hallyujuku/Two Nerdy Black Guys co-host and Mid-Atlantic native Brandon Cooper a.k.a. King Kaz to talk Mid-Atlantic wrestling. Namely a promotion that made a big splash at National Pro-Wrestling Day 2013 in CWF...
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Episode 24 - Ezavel Sueña de Barrio Estraña
We're back! After a short break we return triumphantly with returning guest Hawkeye Jefferson and new guest, Stormy Sooner herself, Natalie Serjeant. They join us to discuss Women Superstars Uncensored's feature iPPV, "Uncensored Rumble VI". We discuss Nasty Tactics and the Chicks who Use them…
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Episode 23 - ¿Donde Está The Baby?
On this Intergalactic edition of the Fanny Pack, we bring back podcaster extraordinaire Roberto Villegas along with new guest Ash Snowschu to enter the wild and wacky world of Kaiju Big Battel. What do our guests have to say upon being made privy to the everlasting fighto between good and evil?...
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Episode 22 - Jon Davis Is A Big Stupid Meanie-Pants
On this episode, DJM's longtime friend, Sean aka EvilMog, joins us for a discussion of the center of the Sapolskyverse, Dragon Gate USA. We review their Wrestlecon offering, Mercury Rising 2013. We discuss the amazing Young Bucks, the promising UHAA Nation, the insanely awe-inspiring Ricochet…
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Gaiden 3 - Human Tornado Shoulda Been A Legend
In this Gaiden episode of the Fanny Pack, Petey and the Deej sit down to reflect on what was and what could've been with Wrestling Society X. We marvel at the stacked line-up and lament that such a big stage for lesser-known talent had to be so short-lived. We also take a look at what might've…
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Episode 21 - Receiving A Black Man
On this episode of the Fanny Pack, we revisit Pro Wrestling Guerrilla with a couple of fresh perspectives. We are joined by the returning Brett Hibbard and the self-professed "High Holiday" wrestling fan, Chris Minton, to talk about PWG's anniversary show, "Ten". We discuss the Willie Mack's...
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Episode 20 - The Mendoza Line Of Indy Wrestling
On this episode of Fanny Pack Wrestling, we bring in our buddy, Brett Hibbard to talk about a company that piqued Petey's interest while browsing Smart Mark Video, Dreamwave Wrestling. The Event: No Way Out No Escape 2013. We talk about some wrestling that hapenned. Pretty much that's it. There's...
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Episode 19 - I Wish My Brother Sugar Were Here
On this episode, we bring back the duo of Kaz and Drew to revisit a promotion by the name of Beyond Wrestling. Namely their recently released to DVD/VOD event, Americanrana. We discuss the great production value, how awesome tag team wrestling is, we posit which prominent 90's metal singer Masada...
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Episode 18 - The Moustache Spot
This week, we bring back the team of Jerry Vin and Hawk Jefferson to delve into the unique world of Montreal Independent Wrestling. Namely, we discuss Inter-Species Wrestling and their recent event, Summer Slam-Tasia! We discuss moustaches, Pandas, Italian chefs, pork chops, Petey Rave's…
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Fanny Pack Wrestling Gaiden 2 - LIVE! From Atlanta, Florida!
So DJM decided, on a whim, to join Petey Rave in Atlanta for DragonCon, giving the guys the unprecedented opportunity to be in the same physical space. They seized this opportunity by commandeering The NSFW Show's Justin Robert Young and brought him into a hotel room to discuss the keystone to…
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Episode 17 - Petey Wasn't Creepy!
On the first episode of Season 2 of Fanny Pack Wrestling, we bring in Jackie Hern and Patrick Swagger to discuss Shimmer Women Athletes,Volume 53 at Wrestlecon to be exact, and we manage to not be creepy about it and almost exclusively talk about the wrestling. And what amazing wrestling it is.…
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Episode 16 - Somebody Gave Tracy Smothers A Microphone...
On this new episode, we discuss the Ohio-based Absolute Intense Wrestling's JT Lightning Invitational Tournament with returning guests Chris Ronin and Drew Snyder. We discuss Kimber Lee's impressive performance, ACH and Biff Busick's show stealing match, a little more of Michael Elgin and his...
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Episode 15 - Never Forget The Latvian Proudoak
On this episode of Fanny Pack Wrestling, we discuss another Wrestling Is promotion in the wake of Chikara's apparent dissolution. This time, we talk about Wrestling Is Art with King Kaz and Patty Mc$w@gg. Specifically, their show "Impression" from Greenwich, RI. We discuss the antics of the…
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Episode 14 - CZW Fears Chipotle
On this opinionated episode of Fanny Pack Wrestling, we bring in the returning JVeezy and wrestling podcaster Hawk Jefferson to talk about Combat Zone Wrestling's event from Wrestlecon earlier this year. We discuss high flying, ultra-violence, Greg Excellent, and Petey goes on a rant. Can this...
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