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Hardly Kayfabe
by The Network
Three pro wrestling fans discuss the week's events from RAW, Smackdown Live and NXT.
Episodes
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Episode 96 - 4 Life
Matt, Johnny and Chris breakdown and reflect on the N.W.O. and it’s effect on the world of pro wrestling in this week’s episode! From the original Outsiders, to the various expansions, the N.W.O. helped make bad guys in wrestling cool, and changed the landscape of the business forever.
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Episode 95 - You Walked Out to That?
Chris, Matt and Johnny come to this episode with their Top 5 worst pro wrestling entrance themes! They certainly learn a ton about each other’s taste in music as the episode unfolds. Listen in!
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Episode 94 - Show Me Your Attitude
Johnny, Chris and Matt discuss the Attitude Era in this week’s episode! They hone in on what made them fans of the era, the good, the bad, and everything in between!
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Episode 93 - Arrogance
Matt, Chris and Johnny do a biopic of Matt’s favorite pro wrestler of all-time, Rick Martel! They run through his career, discuss their perspectives of him and more!
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Episode 92 - Mission Report. Survivor Series. 1997
Welcome back to Hardly Kayfabe. Join Chris Chavez, Johnny Townsend and Matt Johnson each week as they discuss everything pro wrestling: the matches, the story lines and the superstars that make the headlines and keep fans coming back for more. The infamous Survivor Series 1997 pay per view was a...
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Episode 91 - Holy Foley, We're Back!
Welcome back to Hardly Kayfabe. Join Chris Chavez, Johnny Townsend and Matt Johnson each week as they discuss everything pro wrestling: the matches, the story lines and the superstars that make the headlines and keep fans coming back for more. Chris, Johnny and Matt have returned, brother! Under…
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Episode 90 - Time for a Hiatus
Welcome back to Hardly Kayfabe. Join Chris Chavez, Johnny Townsend and Matt Johnson each week as they discuss everything pro wrestling: the matches, the story lines and the superstars that make the headlines and keep fans coming back for more. On this episode, the guys decide to take a break from...
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Episode 89 - Speaking Out
Welcome back to Hardly Kayfabe. Join Chris Chavez, Johnny Townsend and Matt Johnson each week as they discuss everything pro wrestling: the matches, the story lines and the superstars that make the headlines and keep fans coming back for more. On this episode, the guys react to the numerous...
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Episode 88 - Urine Trouble
Welcome back to Hardly Kayfabe. Join Chris Chavez, Johnny Townsend and Matt Johnson each week as they discuss everything pro wrestling: the matches, the story lines and the superstars that make the headlines and keep fans coming back for more. On this episode, Matt and Johnny discuss WWE’s choice...
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Episode 87 - Just Playing Games
Welcome back to Hardly Kayfabe. Join Chris Chavez, Johnny Townsend and Matt Johnson each week as they discuss everything pro wrestling: the matches, the story lines and the superstars that make the headlines and keep fans coming back for more. This week, Matt and Johnny take a look at some of the...
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Episode 86 - Talking with Vince Valor
Welcome back to Hardly Kayfabe. Join Chris Chavez, Johnny Townsend and Matt Johnson each week as they discuss everything pro wrestling: the matches, the story lines and the superstars that make the headlines and keep fans coming back for more. Recorded during Hardly Kayfabe’s first Facebook Live...
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Episode 85 - Looking Back at The Mega Powers
Welcome back to Hardly Kayfabe. Join Chris Chavez, Johnny Townsend and Matt Johnson each week as they discuss everything pro wrestling: the matches, the story lines and the superstars that make the headlines and keep fans coming back for more. On this episode recorded a couple of weeks ago, Chris...
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Episode 84 - Ring Announcer Chris Gullo
Welcome back to Hardly Kayfabe. Join Chris Chavez, Johnny Townsend and Matt Johnson each week as they discuss everything pro wrestling: the matches, the story lines and the superstars that make the headlines and keep fans coming back for more. This week, Chris and Johnny are joined by Empire…
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Episode 83 - Getting Hardcore
Welcome back to Hardly Kayfabe. Join Chris Chavez, Johnny Townsend and Matt Johnson each week as they discuss everything pro wrestling: the matches, the story lines and the superstars that make the headlines and keep fans coming back for more. This week, the guys discuss the rumors that the WWE…
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Episode 82 - No Crowds, Bad Ratings, Wrestler's Fault
Welcome back to Hardly Kayfabe. Join Chris Chavez, Johnny Townsend and Matt Johnson each week as they discuss everything pro wrestling: the matches, the story lines and the superstars that make the headlines and keep fans coming back for more. This week, the guys discuss Vince McMahon’s claim…
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Episode 81 - The Darkest Timeline
Welcome back to Hardly Kayfabe. Join Chris Chavez, Johnny Townsend and Matt Johnson each week as they discuss everything pro wrestling: the matches, the story lines and the superstars that make the headlines and keep fans coming back for more. This week, Johnny and Chris discuss the dark days…
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Episode 80 - Bad Brawls and Sweet Debuts
Welcome back to Hardly Kayfabe. Join Chris Chavez, Johnny Townsend and Matt Johnson each week as they discuss everything pro wrestling: the matches, the story lines and the superstars that make the headlines and keep fans coming back for more. This week, the Johnny and Matt discuss the Brawl for...
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Episode 79 - New Jack, New Promotions, New Draft
Welcome back to Hardly Kayfabe. Join Chris Chavez, Johnny Townsend and Matt Johnson each week as they discuss everything pro wrestling: the matches, the story lines and the superstars that make the headlines and keep fans coming back for more. This week, the guys discuss the future or…
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Episode 78 - The Dark Side of Benoit
Welcome back to Hardly Kayfabe. Join Chris Chavez, Johnny Townsend and Matt Johnson each week as they discuss everything pro wrestling: the matches, the story lines and the superstars that make the headlines and keep fans coming back for more. This week, the guys discuss the first episode of the...
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Episode 77 - The Coronavirus Effect
Welcome back to Hardly Kayfabe. Join Chris Chavez, Johnny Townsend and Matt Johnson each week as they discuss everything pro wrestling: the matches, the story lines and the superstars that make the headlines and keep fans coming back for more. This week, the guys discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic...
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Episode 76 - Redemption Fantasy Booking
Welcome back to Hardly Kayfabe. Join Chris Chavez, Johnny Townsend and Matt Johnson each week as they discuss everything pro wrestling: the matches, the story lines and the superstars that make the headlines and keep fans coming back for more. This week, Matt returns to the mic as he and Chris...
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Episode 75 - Chris and Anthony Just Can't Stop Kayfabe TakeOver
Welcome back to Hardly Kayfabe. Join Chris Chavez, Johnny Townsend and Matt Johnson each week as they discuss everything pro wrestling: the matches, the story lines and the superstars that make the headlines and keep fans coming back for more. This week, Matt is out on assignment and Johnny…
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Episode 74 - Another Fantasy Booking
Welcome back to Hardly Kayfabe. Join Chris Chavez, Johnny Townsend and Matt Johnson each week as they discuss everything pro wrestling: the matches, the story lines and the superstars that make the headlines and keep fans coming back for more. Recorded after the Royal Rumble, Johnny and Chris...
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Episode 73 - That Gimmick Wouldn't Go Over Today
Welcome back to Hardly Kayfabe. Join Chris Chavez, Johnny Townsend and Matt Johnson each week as they discuss everything pro wrestling: the matches, the story lines and the superstars that make the headlines and keep fans coming back for more. Recorded a few weeks back. the guys discuss gimmicks…
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Episode 72 - Getting All Emotional Again
Welcome back to Hardly Kayfabe. Join Chris Chavez, Johnny Townsend and Matt Johnson each week as they discuss everything pro wrestling: the matches, the story lines and the superstars that make the headlines and keep fans coming back for more. This week, the guys each talk about a story line that...
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Episode 71 - They Had Quite a Year
Welcome back to Hardly Kayfabe. Join Chris Chavez, Johnny Townsend and Matt Johnson each week as they discuss everything pro wrestling: the matches, the story lines and the superstars that make the headlines and keep fans coming back for more. This week, the guys look back at the wrestlers who…
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Episode 70 - The Ups and Downs of 2019
Welcome back to Hardly Kayfabe. Join Chris Chavez, Johnny Townsend and Matt Johnson each week as they discuss everything pro wrestling: the matches, the story lines and the superstars that make the headlines and keep fans coming back for more. This week, Chris and Matt discuss some of the high...
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Episode 69 - The Importance of First Impressions
Welcome back to Hardly Kayfabe. Join Chris Chavez, Johnny Townsend and Matt Johnson each week as they discuss everything pro wrestling: the matches, the story lines and the superstars that make the headlines and keep fans coming back for more. This week, Chris and Johnny discuss the arrival of...
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Episode 68 - The Art of the Promo
Welcome back to Hardly Kayfabe. Join Chris Chavez, Johnny Townsend and Matt Johnson each week as they discuss everything pro wrestling: the matches, the story lines and the superstars that make the headlines and keep fans coming back for more. This week, Chris and Matt discuss one of the most...
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Episode 67 - The First Words That Come to Mind
Welcome back to Hardly Kayfabe. Join Chris Chavez, Johnny Townsend and Matt Johnson each week as they discuss everything pro wrestling: the matches, the story lines and the superstars that make the headlines and keep fans coming back for more. On this episode, the guys discuss Dave Batista’s...
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Episode 66 - Ready For War
Welcome back to Hardly Kayfabe. Join Chris Chavez, Johnny Townsend and Matt Johnson each week as they discuss everything pro wrestling: the matches, the story lines and the superstars that make the headlines and keep fans coming back for more. On this episode, Johnny and Chris discuss the changes...
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Episode 65 - The Prodigal Son Returns
Welcome back to Hardly Kayfabe. Join Chris Chavez, Johnny Townsend and Matt Johnson each week as they discuss everything pro wrestling: the matches, the story lines and the superstars that make the headlines and keep fans coming back for more. On this episode, Chris and Matt discuss the return of...
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Episode 64 - Getting All Emotional
Welcome back to Hardly Kayfabe. Join Chris Chavez, Johnny Townsend and Matt Johnson each week as they discuss everything pro wrestling: the matches, the story lines and the superstars that make the headlines and keep fans coming back for more. On this episode, Matt and Johnny talk about some of…
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Episode 63 - Nobody Leaves This Country
Welcome back to Hardly Kayfabe. Join Chris Chavez, Johnny Townsend and Matt Johnson each week as they discuss everything pro wrestling: the matches, the story lines and the superstars that make the headlines and keep fans coming back for more. On this episode, Chris and Johnny discuss the history...
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Episode 62 - Twitter Books a Better Show
Welcome back to Hardly Kayfabe. Join Chris Chavez, Johnny Townsend and Matt Johnson each week as they discuss everything pro wrestling: the matches, the story lines and the superstars that make the headlines and keep fans coming back for more. On this episode, the guys mess around with a Twitter...
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Episode 61 - Those Are Some Ridiculous Moves
Welcome back to Hardly Kayfabe. Join Chris Chavez, Johnny Townsend and Matt Johnson each week as they discuss everything pro wrestling: the matches, the story lines and the superstars that make the headlines and keep fans coming back for more. On this episode, the guys take a look at some of the...
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Episode 60 - What If... Squared Circle Edition
Welcome back to Hardly Kayfabe. Join Chris Chavez, Johnny Townsend and Matt Johnson each week as they discuss everything pro wrestling: the matches, the story lines and the superstars that make the headlines and keep fans coming back for more. On this episode, Matt and Johnny go Freebird as they...
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Episode 59 - What the Hell in a Cell Was That?!
Welcome back to Hardly Kayfabe. Join Chris Chavez, Johnny Townsend and Matt Johnson each week as they discuss everything pro wrestling: the matches, the story lines and the superstars that make the headlines and keep fans coming back for more. On this episode, the guys are joined by guest Joe...
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Episode 58 - You're Outta Here!
Welcome back to Hardly Kayfabe. Join Chris Chavez, Johnny Townsend and Matt Johnson each week as they discuss everything pro wrestling: the matches, the story lines and the superstars that make the headlines and keep fans coming back for more. This week, the guys quickly discuss the week in...
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Episode 57 - Honky Tonk
Welcome back to Hardly Kayfabe. Join Chris Chavez, Johnny Townsend and Matt Johnson each week as they discuss everything pro wrestling: the matches, the story lines and the superstars that make the headlines and keep fans coming back for more. On this episode, Matt gets snatched up by The Fiend...
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Episode 56 - It's Good to Be King, Supposedly
Welcome back to Hardly Kayfabe. Join Chris Chavez, Johnny Townsend and Matt Johnson each week as they discuss everything pro wrestling: the matches, the story lines and the superstars that make the headlines and keep fans coming back for more. This week, Matt and Chris are on location at TedFest…
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Episode 55 - Need a Boost, Go Heel
Welcome back to Hardly Kayfabe. Join Chris Chavez, Johnny Townsend and Matt Johnson each week as they discuss everything pro wrestling: the matches, the story lines and the superstars that make the headlines and keep fans coming back for more. This week, the guys discuss the build up to Clash of...
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Episode 54 - Looking Forward to All Out
Welcome back to Hardly Kayfabe. Join Chris Chavez, Johnny Townsend and Matt Johnson each week as they discuss everything pro wrestling: the matches, the story lines and the superstars that make the headlines and keep fans coming back for more. This week, the guys talk about AEW’s All Out card and...
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Episode 53 - The Birth of Wednesday Night Wars
Welcome back to Hardly Kayfabe. Join Chris Chavez, Johnny Townsend and Matt Johnson each week as they discuss everything pro wrestling: the matches, the story lines and the superstars that make the headlines and keep fans coming back for more. This week, the guys discuss WWE’s announcement of a…
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Episode 52 - Hardly 10 Bell Pod
Welcome back to Hardly Kayfabe. Join Chris Chavez, Johnny Townsend and Matt Johnson each week as they discuss everything pro wrestling: the matches, the story lines and the superstars that make the headlines and keep fans coming back for more. This week, Matt and Johnny are joined by stand up...
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Episode 51 - The Magic of 5 Dollar Wrestling
Welcome back to Hardly Kayfabe. Join Chris Chavez, Johnny Townsend and Matt Johnson each week as they discuss everything pro wrestling: the matches, the story lines and the superstars that make the headlines and keep fans coming back for more. This week, Matt and Johnny fly “solo” Freebird-style…
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Episode 50 - Empire State of Mind
Welcome back to Hardly Kayfabe. Join Chris Chavez, Johnny Townsend and Matt Johnson each week as they discuss everything pro wrestling: the matches, the story lines and the superstars that make the headlines and keep fans coming back for more. This week, Johnny and Chris discuss the rumors that…
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Episode 49 - WWE, AEW and CM Punk
Welcome back to Hardly Kayfabe. Join Chris Chavez, Johnny Townsend and Matt Johnson each week as they discuss everything pro wrestling: the matches, the story lines and the superstars that make the headlines and keep fans coming back for more. This week, Matt, Chris and Johnny discuss the news…
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Episode 48 - The Chair Shot Heard Around the World
Welcome back to Hardly Kayfabe. Join Chris Chavez, Johnny Townsend and Matt Johnson each week as they discuss everything pro wrestling: the matches, the story lines and the superstars that make the headlines and keep fans coming back for more. This week, Matt and Johnny discuss the Seth...
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Episode 47 - If We Booked It
Welcome back to Hardly Kayfabe. Join Chris Chavez, Johnny Townsend and Matt Johnson each week as they discuss everything pro wrestling: the matches, the story lines and the superstars that make the headlines and keep fans coming back for more. On this episode, with Matt out on assignment, Johnny...
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Three pro wrestling fans discuss the week's events from RAW, Smackdown Live and NXT.
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Hardly Kayfabe is created and hosted by The Network.
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