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Headlines, Headlocks, and Hijinks with Gringo Fantastico, Jason Hilton, and Kenny Romero
by Heel Turtleneck, Gringo Fantastico
Retired luchador and indie wrestler, Gringo Fantastico (Fantastico Disasterpiece Theatre; Troma Now!), co-host, former indie wrestler Jason Hilton, and their good pal and voice of reason, Kenny Romero, discuss weekly events in wrestling, take deep dives into past matches, and make ludicrous predictions of upcoming shows.
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129
Just Shut Up and Put Up the Damn Ring
Seriously... just shut up and put the damn ring like everyone else does when they're a rookie ya damn nepo baby! Sorry. Anyway... wrestling happened and the guys are here to bring you all of the love and hate they have for today's product. Back to the original statement, AJ Styles doesn't think his kid should have to put the ring when he's starting out. Sure, Jan. The Saints suspend Scott Steiner's kid for illegal contaminates, and other stories start off the pod. Then, it's on to talk about the week in WWE. Danhausen doesn't seem to be the only one cursing people... seems like Michael Hayes as well. Door Dash and Dom's "chicken tendies" take precedence over Joe Hendry's in ring segment. Several people seem to be irritated with their current booking. Were the regular shows good? Define good? There were some good segments and some bad ones. Solo, finally becoming entertaining and interesting, takes the proverbial Delorian back to 2021. WWE displays AAA in half speed by bringing Laredo Kid to RAW for a tournament match with Penta. Becky Lynch makes the women's title picture interesting again. The Sea Hag helps too! Bron Breakker gets neutered. What a night of Raw... if you are willing to accept mediocrity. AAA was pretty fun. Damien 666 returns to Perros Del Mal. Two of the worst named wrestlers ever (Jack Cartwheel and Noisy Boy) put on a super fast paced and innovative match. We get a really good Dom backstage sit down interview. Can we just review AAA from now on and omit everything from this pod? The guys also answer a few interesting letters from listeners. Check out RecCenterTV.com and watch "Fantastico Disasterpiece Theatre" on Troma Now!
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128
Summerslam and the Human Response
Summerslam happened! Raw happened. Other stuff happened. Most importantly, the guys are all back together again and all is right in their world of wrestling podcasting. Was Summerslam any good? Was Raw tolerable? How about AAA (not the roadside service)? You'll have to listen to the episode to find out what we thought? Expect periods of ranting and raving with strong chances of hot takes!
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127
Fantastico Flies Solo (Not Sikoa)
Oh boy! Tonight is gonna be short and hopefully not a train wreck! "Legendary" luchador, Gringo Fantastico flies solo for this week's episode. Kenny can't drive and pod and Turtleneck's hamster can't run fast enough to power his computer after a huge power outage in his area. Summerslam is this upcoming weekend and Fantastico with his limitless positivity tries to break it down somewhat positively. He briefly recaps AEW Redemption (want a full recap? Listen to the AEW-Some Pod). After one of the worst go-home Monday Night Raw's in recent history, will Summerslam be the usual TKO overbooked crapfest or will their unapologetic use of AI rally us into caring? Who knows? Nick Aldis has his big comeback match after a 3 year hiatus against Gunther and Balor vs Sami should be fun! Will Cody go full-blown Homelander like we all want? Will Seth finally go away after Roman beats him with the help of the entire island of Samoa? Guess we're gonna find out this weekend! Stay tuned next week for a more traditional episode of "Headlines, Headlocks, and Hijinks!" For now though... courage. - "Clerks: The Animated Series"
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126
Oba? Is that you?
It's episode 133 and your goto trio, once you've listened to all the other wrestling pods, is here to bring you the week in wrestling, some MMA, and some Football (Soccer to us Yanks). This week Jason Hilton, Kenny Romero, and "legendary" luchador, Gringo Fantastico (Fantastico Disasterpiece Theatre on Troma Now) bring you the latest and greatest? in the world of wrasslin! With Saturday Night's Main Event on the horizon (this weekend) to give us matches we are on the fence about leading into Summerslam in roughly two weeks, we dissect the build coming from Smackdown and Raw. Oba Femi cuts the best promo of his career that even popped Gringo. Solo Sikoa has a weird face turn, but will it last? Cody Rhodes could be on the verge of going full Homelander Cody, which we've all been clamoring for. Will the Rock flop his way back into the picture after the Moana tank? Will TKO please continue to leave AAA alone and not attempt to incorporate it further onto the main shows? Who's the damn heel? Roman or Seth? Who did Bron Breakker piss off at TK-No? Why is Lyra Valkyria only half a strung out sea hag? Who the hell knows? We sure don't, but we're going to make all of the assessments and bad takes we can to get us there! Oh yeah... We also dissect the first two Season 7 episodes of Dark Side of the Ring. 7 Seasons??? Wow! They're practically a lady! That makes no sense, but f*** it. Who cares? (Check out Fantastico Disasterpiece Theatre on Troma Now and donate to the Season 5 crowdfund on RecCenterTV.com!)
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125
CM Punked
With Turtleneck at a concert, Episode 132 is being helmed by Kenny Romero and "legendary" luchador, Gringo Fantastico. It was a weak week of wrestling with CM Punk getting a Chicago made TKO t-shirt selling title shot against the 9 day champion of Sami Zayn. We have reservations about this booking decision, brother. The guys stay fairly wrestling focused discussing the upcoming Summerslam card, the Aldis/Gunther/Pierce love triangle, the week in wrestling including TNA, AEW, and WWE. This week's Dynamite will shape what's to come with AEW's flagship PPV, All In... if you didn't already have it beat into your skull it's at Wembley. Will Jericho beat Ciampa and will Kenny Omega win the AEW World Heavyweight Championship from MJF? We don't know but we'll make assessments. TNA had an interesting 6 man X-Division #1 contender's match featuring Fabian Aichner (Giovanni Vinci), while Nic Nemeth shows his true colors to KC Navarro. Maxine Dupree is finally interesting making a championship impact on RAW. Why wasn't Lyra on Raw again after pummeling Bayley. Who knows? I know TKO has no clue. Anywho, check our hot takes and hope Gringo doesn't have a damn heart attack from the hate stress.
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124
A Slightly Inconvenient Door and a 1pm of Champions
After a week hiatus so they could all actually be in the same place at the same time, the guys are back with more hot takes, stupid humor, and wild tangents! Night of Champions and Forbidden Door happened this weekend alongside Slammiversary, AAA, MLW, the second coming of King Harley Race in the form of the spectacular Trevor Murdoch in NWA. The Saudis finally got the champion they've been clamoring for in Sami Zayn, while Will Ospreay and Swerve Strickland decided to break out the blades. There was a crazy 6 on 6 cage match on Forbidden Door while WWE gave us... two King of the Ring victories that were completely pointless in the end and some young talent taking the L's for no logical reason. AEW served up several spectacular matches that ran just under two hours prior to the witching hour. (Make your matches shorter, Tony! Some of us are old!) All in all, not a bad weekend of wrestling and our pal Nic Nemeth got to shine becoming the new TNA World Champ! Anywho, there's a lot of headlines, quite a few headlocks, and infinite hijinks on this week's episode!
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123
Unintentional Comedy Writing
It's Episode 130 and your trio of Jason Hilton, Kenny Romero, and "legendary" luchador Gringo Fantastico (Fantastico Disasterpiece Theatre on Troma Now and Rec Center TV) are back with a vengeance just like Die Hard 3! It was a bit of a lackluster week in wrestling and the guys are here to talk about movies along with the wrestling to fill the void. King of the Ring's booking mixed with writing so terrible it has become comical (unintentionally) and difficult to even be angry with. Liv is in a tournament to fight herself. The only thing that could've made it interesting was nixed for another rematch that no one really cares about... especially the live RAW crowd who literally were dead... but piped in audio from the production team made us think differently. Roman Reigns talks for entirely too long after standing and doing nothing for entirely too long. LA Knight gets snubbed again because... JEY USO! Please make it stop! Join the guys for another week of ridiculous! It'll get better, right? At least AAA and MLW exist. AEW also. TOURNAMENTS MEAN NOTHING IF THEY AREN'T DONE ON THE SAME DAMN NIGHT!!!!
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122
A Not So Grande Week in Wrestling
Kenny Romero, Jason Hilton, and "legendary" jaded luchador, Gringo Fantastico (Fantastico Disasterpiece Theatre on RecCenterTV.com and Troma Now) are back this week a little later than usual because Gringo decided to take his family on vacation. Wrestling happened. Smackdown was the normal. Raw was worse than normal. MLW and AEW were great! AAA fumbled to capitalize on one of the greatest wrestling events of the past 25 years. Fantastico is shocked by Jason's hatred for Andrade's new gimmicky saying. He apparently does not "know." The team talks the week's headlines in wrestling while Gringo continuously mourns mainstream professional wrestling. It is what it is and it's Headlines, Headlocks, and Hijinks. Check us out on Instagram: hhandhpodcast and email us for your letter to be read on the show at [email protected]
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121
El Grande Weekend of Wrestling!
It's episode 128 and time for your pals Kenny Romero, Jason Hilton, and "legendary" luchador, Gringo Fantastico (Fantastico Disasterpiece Theatre on Troma Now and Rec Center TV) to break down the ridiculously expansive weekend full of wrestling. From MLW to a Clash in Italy to one of the best events with one of the best matches of the past two decades south of the border (AAA's Noche de los Grandes) and Monday Night Raw, the trio covers as much as they care to. Gringo goes on several rants about gremlins, backdoors, obsessions, and whatever the hell crazy noise fills his brain. The guys also answer fan mail, give their bar fight group choices, talk all kinds of hijinks and deliver the headlines of the week! It's ridiculous. It's over the top. It's Headlines, Headlocks, and Hijinks! Email us at [email protected] and have yours read on the show!
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120
The Winds of Change
AEW Double or Nothing took us to the "magic of the moment." Does that signify that the "winds of change" are coming? Maybe, maybe not. But one could say that arena was on fire... not quite like a Great White concert. Most people who just read that joke would See Red, but regardless of what us Damn Yankees think, there was a lot of wrestling to talk about from this past weekend. From the aforementioned Double or Nothing to Saturday Night's Main Event to AAA and NWA and the following Monday Night Raw, things are getting busy for professional wrestling. Jason Hilton, Kenny Romero, and "legendary" luchador, Gringo Fantastico (Fantastico Disasterpiece Theatre on Troma Now and Rec Center TV) discuss the crazy Memorial Day weekend of wrestling and the upcoming next crazy weekend of wrestling. Double or Nothing was fantastic. Saturday Night's Main Event was okay. AAA was great. NWA was a lot of fun. The trio dives into all of it for yours and their own venting pleasures and give their picks on the upcoming AAA Noche de Los Grandes, Clash in Italy, and the fallout of Double or Nothing! Don't forget to rate, review, and subscribe!
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119
Do Turkish Hairplugs Grow Back? (That sounds like a Giallo film)
Episode 126! Jason Hilton, Kenny Romero, and "legendary" luchador, Gringo Fantastico (Fantastico Disaterpiece Theatre on Troma Now and RecCenterTV.com) are here to bring you the ins and outs of the week in wrestling and the VERY long next two weekends to come! AAA is on the horizon with one of its most interesting matches that RAW can't handle. Double or Nothing is coming up this weekend! Will Jericho's team fight in a football stadium or is it just a ceremonial name? WWE is holding Saturday Night's Main Event this Saturday and Clash in Italy next Saturday. There's wrestling all around which means the Headlines, Headlocks, and Hijinks are here to give you all the hot and terrible takes you can handle. Will MJF keep his hairplugs? Will Darby Allin survive? (No, Seriously. We are legitimately concerned about his well-being.) Will Saturday Night's Main Event be worth our time? We hope so. All in all it's going to be a fun weekend of wrestling from both promotions! Yay! Wrasslin!
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118
Chris Nolan Sucks... Did Backlash?
It's episode 125! Kenny Romero and "legendary" luchador Gringo Fantastico are here to bring you up to speed on WWE Backlash, Smackdown, and Monday Night Raw. Backlash was apparently so boring to him, our partner Jason Hilton still hasn't woken up to join us for this week's antics. Fantastico keeps his promise of not purchasing ESPN Unlimited as he refused to watch the PPV, but watched the highlights on social media! Raw was decent. Smackdown was not... the typical weekly dynamic. Jacob Fatu goes super unhinged and guys actually get so bored they start talking movies. Gringo rings out his distaste for filmmaker Christopher Nolan. It's unhinged because Jason wasn't here to keep it reeled in. Don't forget to rate, review, and subscribe! Email us your questions at [email protected] and follow us on Instagram at HHandHPodcast to send us a message there!
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117
Oh Lord! Gimme the strength!
It's episode 124 and your trio of jaded wrestling nerds consisting of Jason Hilton, Kenny Romero, and "legendary" luchador and horror host, Gringo Fantastico (Fantastico Disasterpiece Theatre on Troma Now and RecCenterTV.com) are here to bring you the weekly news for Wrestling throughout the US and sometimes outside of it as well. More releases happened. Some forced. Some requested. Can't blame them. Demands for talent to take massive pay cuts. No renewing of contracts. What the Hell is going on in the wrestling industry? We discuss the present and future of the business, this weekend's Backlash PPV, Monday Night Raw, Smackdown, NWA, AAA, and whatever else pops into our heads. Email the band at [email protected] Don't forget to rate, review, and subscribe!
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116
Releases? We Don't Need No Stinkin' Releases!
This week, TKO proved, once again, that they inhale vigorously. What did they do you ask? Well, they fired half the damn roster! If you didn't know about it, no worries. Jason Hilton, Kenny Romero, and "Legendary" luchador Gringo Fantastico are here to fill you in on more bad decisions and they'll break down where they think people are going to go post WWE. Smackdown was mid (as the kids say), while RAW was actually a solid show. However, none of them can compare with what AAA had to offer this past weekend. Fantastico starts "Fantastico's Tech Corner" part of the show, while also pointing out his disdain for the majority of "dirt sheet" writers. It's a little less depressing than last week's post Wrestlemania woes. It's Headlines, Headlocks, and Hijinks. (That was cheesy as hell.) Don't forget to rate, review, and subscribe! Email us your questions and comments to [email protected] and follow us on Instagram at hhandhpodcast!
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115
Wrestle-lessMania!
It's post-Wrestlemania and if you didn't watch it, your HHH Podcast trio of Kenny Romero, Jason Hilton, and "legendary" Luchador, Gringo Fantastico, are going to save you about 3 hours of ad watching to give their takes on what used to be the most spectacular night of wrestling of the year. In the span of 8 hours, over 2 nights, there were more ads and entrances than there was actual matches! Danhausen's p***s punching little people were the highlight of both nights along with a solid match between Balor's Demon and Dominick Mysterio. Oba Femi becomes the one dimensional Bill Goldberg you all asked for. The main event was pretty good as well. Monday Night Raw made up for it with slightly less ads, more wrestling, and better surprises. It was a night of greed and terrible storytelling that would have managed to get Fantastico an F in his screenwriting MFA! Maybe next week we'll just talk about MLW and NWA. Who knows? At least Ethan Page is allowed to do Ethan Page things. Check out our sarcastic, comedic, and hot takes about the biggest week in wrestling.
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114
Wrestlemania and The Darby Allin Equation
It's episode 121, Turtleneck is taking the night off, but Kenny Romero and Gringo Fantastico are here to deliver all the Wrestlemania and Dynasty goods you can handle! Is Pat McAfee in the right? Is Cody Rhodes in the right? Is Randy Orton in the right? Does anyone care? Kenny christens the scenario that will forever be known as the Darby Allin Equation. What are the guys predictions for Wrestlemania? Will Oba Femi defeat Brock Lesnar to make his initial run on the main roster be boring or will they do the right thing and give him a proper hero's journey. Gringo finds a way to once again rant about hating influencers. Find out what the guys think and more on this very wrestling filled episode!
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113
What is it that we're doing here?
Kenny Romero, Jason Hilton, and "legendary" luchador, Gringo Fantastico are here this week with a very important question for the whomever is making decisions (*cough, cough* Ari whatever your name is) at WWE? Wrestlemania is only two and half weeks aways and the majority of the stories have been convoluted, misdirected, and uninspired. From McAfee showing up to be the Rock for, ruining another main event to a United States Championship match without one of the best workers you have (Ilya Dragunov), to legit injuries spreading widely, to mediocre storytelling on both of the shows, to the talent being finally fed up and doing shoot promos against the owners of the companies, your trio tries to make heads or tails out of whatever the hell is going on. Meanwhile, on the flip side, AEW is amping up for another PPV (Dynasty), this weekend, that may or may not make sense narratively, but at least the matches will be entertaining. Wrestling is weird now and the guys do their best to try to care enough to analyze it for your entertainment. Also, Gringo, Kenny, and Jason answer fan mail!
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112
How to Unify the IWC and Influence People!
The trio of Kenny Romero, Jason Hilton, and a energy drink infused "legendary" luchador, Gringo Fantastico ("Fantastico Disasterpiece Theatre" on TROMA NOW) are back with another week of in-depth wrestling analytics, superb reporting, and objective criticisms! (It was difficult keeping a straight face typing that!) Gringo talks about his visit to the Squared Circle Expo and his really fun time meeting wrestlers. (Gringo says "The NWA guys were super rad!) The week in wrestling happened. The card for Wrestlemania is coming to fruition and it's looking much better than the last couple of attempts. Oba and Brock had a confrontation that made us care. Danhausen continues to be the most entertaining variable. Stephanie McMahon returns for whatever reason. Penta makes a dumb declaration. Liv and Stephanie Vaquer scuffled. Randy Orton heard another Who. More celebrities get excessive and undeserved air time. There was quite a bit to talk about on this episode with only a little over two weeks before the biggest wrestling event of the year, but they managed to still talk about things that had nothing to do with anything. We guess that's why you listen. Email your questions, if you have them, to [email protected] and we'll try to answer them on the show!
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111
Another Bloody Bloodline, Darby's Wild Ride, and Oba's First Dance
The trio of Kenny Romero, Jason Hilton, and "legendary" luchador, Gringo Fantastico (Fantastico Disasterpiece Theatre on TROMA NOW) are here to bring you the week in wrestling, headlines, and a lot of hijinks. Gringo is leaning heel with his Wrestlemania picks. Randy Orton's heel turn is discussed along with Oba's Wrestlemania chances. Steph and Liv finally make us care, while an actual decent Bullet Club gathering could be looming on the horizon. Jason holds disdain for this past week's pointless AEW Dynamite, while Kenny holds disdain for anything and everything "Speedball" Mike Bailey. The group pays homage to Chuck Norris and Dennis Condrey.
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110
Randy Orton Hears a Who? Andrade and Bandito have a Pants off Dance off!
Kenny Romero, Jason Hilton, and "legendary" luchador and horror host, Gringo Fantastico (Fantastico Disasterpiece Theatre on TROMA NOW) are back this week to talk AEW Revolution resolutions, WWE's weekly shows, and complete and utter randomness involving the Oscars. Gringo finally agrees to give Sinner's a shot because he marks out for Delroy Lindo on every other movie he's in. Randy Orton goes full blow heel on Cody Rhodes for whatever reason. That was... a choice. Smackdown was lackluster, while Monday Night Raw had a few good matches. Meanwhile, on the AEW side, Adam Page gets stabbed through the mouth, we have several major comebacks, and Gringo admits that the FTR/Bucks match was pretty damn good, but not as good as Andrade versus Bandito! Don't forget to rate, comment, and subscribe!
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109
AEW Revolution Predictions, Greatest Streaks, and Favorite Matches
Jason Hilton, Kenny Romero, and horror host, "Legendary" luchador, Gringo Fantastico (Fantastico Disasterpiece Theatre on Troma Now) are here to bring you their takes on the week in wrestling. The trio gives their predictions for this Sunday's AEW Revolution, their thoughts on the new head writer of WWE, and answer email from the listeners. Who made their lists for the "favorite winning streak of all time" and their choice for the "greatest match for a wrestler of their choosing!" Also, they weigh in on a Rusev's weird podcast chat? Don't forget to rate, review, and subscribe! Email your questions to the guys at [email protected] and they'll tackle it on an episode!
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108
Elimination Chamberhausen
Your weekly podcast with your favorite trio consisting of Kenny Romero, Jason Hilton, and horror host and retired "legendary" luchador, Gringo Fantastico (Fantastico Disasterpiece Theatre on Troma Now) is here. This week we discuss this past weekend's Elimination Chamberhausen including Seth Rollinshausen's big return, Rhea Ripleyhausen's huge Chamber win. AJ Leehausen toppling Becky Lynchausen for the IC title. And of course Danhausen's debut which had some people confusedhausen, some ecstatichausen, and some angryhausen with the way they handled it (That was Gringohausen, by the way!). Monday Night Raw had a couple bangers for matches with Dragon Lee vs Gunther and Dominic Mysterio vs Pentahausen. We also answer listener email. If you'd like to write in to the pod, you can do so at [email protected]! Thanks for listening and thanks for the continued supporthausen! That's gonna get annoying. We don't do it againhausen. Damn. Sorry. Don't forget to rate, comment, and subscribe!
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107
Calling Elimination Chamber and Wrestlemania Audibles
Oh boy! What a week! From Vince McMahon legit trying to buy back the WWE from Endeavor with Saudi backers to Shelly Martinez's take on the Janel Grant craziness and being completely taken out of context, this has been a crazy week. Bronson Reed is out indefinitely. Who do you replace the Brons with... Ricky Saints? Ethan Page? Royce Keys? The booking plans have clearly been turned upside down and the trio consisting of horror host and retired indie wrestler, "legendary" luchador, Gringo Fantastico (Fantastico Disasterpiece Theatre on TROMA NOW), Jason Hilton, and Kenny Romero are here to give their takes (Gringo's are mostly hot takes) on what's to come as we roll into the two biggest nights of the year for professional wrestling. If you want to give your takes as to who will join the Vision or who should buy the WWE just email us at [email protected]! We know... it's a long, weird email, but it's ours and we champion the weird.
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106
Elimination Chamber Choices
Jason Hilton, Kenny Romero, and "legendary" luchador, Gringo Fantastico are at it again this week to talk wrestling. The Elimination Chamber is lurking in the distance future and choices were made. Not ones we would necessarily make, but what do we know? We also discuss the 30th anniversary of the debut of Don Frye in the UFC as well as the week in wrestling, consisting of AEW, WWE, and beyond. Fantastico defends his choice to pay homage to Robert Duvall by watching "Gone in 60 Seconds." The trio gives their top 5 WWE Films produced flicks.
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105
It's Smiley the Luchador!
In this very to the point and aptly named episode, Jason Hilton, Kenny Romero, and "Legendary" luchador, Gringo Fantastico are joined by the most psycho of all luchadors, Smiley! The guys grill him about his career and talk a little about the week in wrestling. Headlines are discussed. The Stuporbowl (Yes, I spelled that incorrectly on purpose) is discussed. With Smiley on board, we dive into the indie wrestling world to discuss fun stories, meaningful occurrences, and how one super rad luchador (that doesn't detest Fantastico... yet) brings it to the table!
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104
Royal Rumble Grumble
Well... the Royal Rumble happened. "Legendary" luchador, Gringo Fantastico, Jason Hilton, and Kenny Romero give their takes on what could possibly the worst Rumble in history on this three hour episode of the pod. A lack of surprises (aside from Royce Keys and Brie Bella) mixed with empty seats and numb crowd responses didn't help, but neither did the booking (except for Mr. Iguana and La Parka). Fantastico manages to curb his nuclear anger (for the most part), while Jason and Kenny provide calm articulate takes on what went down in Saudi Arabia. Monday Night Raw started off strong, but managed to go downhill quickly. This weekend and Monday was like the end of Empire Strikes Back.
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103
The 2026 Royal Rumble Prediction Show
It's Royal Rumble week and the trio of horror host, "Legendary" luchador, Gringo Fantastico (Fantastico Disasterpiece Theatre on Troma Now), Kenny Romero, and Jason Hilton are here to bring you their predictions for the big event taking place this Saturday, January 31st in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. How weird? The guys break down their picks to win it all, their favorite past Royal Rumble moments, their predictions for the actual final four versus their dream final four! Will Gringo's wish for Karrion Kross' return come true? Will Cody Rhodes finally flip his lid and become the evil Homelander Cody we all want and deserve? Find out on this week's episode. It's crazy. It's stupid. But, at least, it's informative. Don't forget to subscribe and rate us! If you want us to read your email to us on air, just throw it to us at [email protected]! We love getting them!
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102
Samoan Dynasty w/special guest Ophidian the Cobra
On episode 109 of "Headlines, Headlocks, and Hijinks," former indie wrestling superstar and Fantastico's arch nemesis, the master of Snake Style, Ophidian the Cobra (Chikara and more) stops by for a chat. The group of Jason Hilton, Kenny Romero, and horror host, "legendary" luchador, Gringo Fantastico (Fantastico Disasterpiece Theatre on Troma Now) discusses the current state of wrestling, the upcoming Royal Rumble, Darby Allin's version of Death Wish, and the week in WWE! They answer listener mail and dive into the ins and outs of the Samoan dynasty in wrestling, while Gringo adds in all Pacific Islanders for inclusivity! You'll pay for the whole seat but you'll only need the edge!!!!
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101
Road to the Royal Rumble
The sleep deprived Jason Hilton, Kenny Romero, and "legendary" luchador and horror host, Gringo Fantastico ("Fantastico Disasterpiece Theatre" on Troma Now) are here for another ridiculous episode of analyzing the week in wrestling! With Gringo's favorite event of the year, the Royal Rumble, coming up soon, he begins is assessments of what should and shouldn't be done... with much disdain. The guys briefly discuss luchadors, the NFL Playoffs, and factions! They debate the state of the women's division in wrestling and the effect on the Rumble. Most importantly, they break down the WWE events of the week, beginning with a shockingly decent Smackdown that continued into a mild and mediocre Monday Night Raw! Thank you for the continued support! Please rate and subscribe!
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100
The Top 20 of 2025!
The trio is reunited as Jason Hilton, Kenny Romero, and "legendary" luchador and horror host Gringo Fantastico (Troma NOW's "Fantastico Disasterpiece Theatre") bring you their top 20 wrestlers of 2025 lists! The first Monday Night Raw of 2026 is discussed. Is there a lot of left turns about movies and other sports? What do you think? Please rate, comment, and subscribe!
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99
Head Trauma, a World's End, and a New Year
It's episode 106! The trio is flying as a duo on this end of year episode of the pod. Jason Hilton is out for a night of debauchery, so fortunately (or unfortunately, depending on how you look at it) "Legendary" luchador Gringo Fantastico is at the helm along with the always hilarious Kenny Romero to keep him grounded. The guys discuss this past Saturday's AEW World's End PPV, what the future holds for WWE, Joe Hendry's hopeful escape from joke booking bubble, and how you will now have to deal with YouTube's ads and BS to get your classic WWE content. After a scary bump by Kyle Fletcher at World's End, the guys touch on the head trauma debate that has been brought to the forefront by many wrestlers on social media after a heartfelt and concerned tweet from William Regal.
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98
The Last Time is Over! Whose Time is it Now?
On this very special episode, Kenny finds out that we can see John Cena after all. Jason is the catalyst of a love scuffle between Nikki Bella, Stephanie Vaquer, and Raquel Rodriguez, and Gringo learns the true meaning of Christmas. In reality, the trio tackles and analyzes Saturday Night's Main Event to include what's next for Oba Femi, who's going to take that title off of Cody Rhodes, and will Gunther become the new legend killer? Gringo puts Kyle Fletcher on a very high pedestal. The RAW anniversary and the Royal Rumble are discussed. Surprisingly, they stayed on topic for the majority of this! It's an early Christmas miracle!!!
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97
Saturday Night's Main Event Again aka Writer's Rooms Suck
After a week off due to technical issues, your trio of crazy unhinged wrestling analysts are back. Kenny Romero, Jason Hilton, and "legendary" luchador, Gringo Fantastico, talk about the chore of watching WWE programming. Fantastico talks about his time at the December 3rd episode of AEW Dynamite, comparing it to attending WWE events. The guys give their takes about writer's rooms controlling the current product along with controlling entities lack of knowledge of the history of the business. Saturday Night's Main Event is coming up in a few days, so they chat about that as well as who the hell is behind the masks for the vision. It's ridiculous... it's informative... and as always it's unhinged.
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96
The Uso Inference
(SPOILER ALERT for this Friday's Smackdown) Your favorite unhinged wrestling podcast with your slightly imbalanced trio of Jason Hilton, Kenny Romero, and "Legendary" luchador Gringo Fantastico (Fantastico Disasterpiece Theatre on Troma Now) is back with a new episode! Gringo has wild theories about how this weekend's Survivor Series: Wargames is going to go down! Jason and Kenny attempt to ground him and bring him back to reality. AEW Full Gear results are discussed as the guys deliver their favorite and least favorite matches of the night. This past week's Monday Night Raw and Smackdown are dissected as well as this Friday's pre-taped Smackdown. What do the guys think will happen on this Saturday's event? The only way you're gonna find out is listening to this freaking pod! Don't forget to rate and subscribe!
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95
Shifting Into Full Gear for WarGames
It's episode 102 and your imbalanced trio of podcast pals, Kenny Romero, Jason Hilton, and "legendary" luchador and horror host Gringo Fantastico (Fantastico Disasterpiece Theatre on TROMA NOW) are here to lay it down with their hot takes for the sake of cheap laughs. It seems like AEW's Full Gear might be stuck in First Gear while WarGames is shaping up to be... interesting. Fantastico still tries to answer the baffling questions we all want an answer to... "Why are we still seeing Nikki Bella on our television?," "Why are we watching Hangman and Samoa Joe AGAIN?," and "Why are having huge secret entrants into the John Cena's 'Last Time is Now' tournament just to have them job out to people with the subquestion of why aren't they using their current personas?" Aside from that, more AEW, Monday Night Raw, Smackdown, TNA, and NWA are discussed along with a viral video featuring Mercedes Moné that has the guys cracking up! Please rate and subscribe for more ridiculousness!
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94
Booking Wargames and Human Response:
It's episode 101 and Veteran's Day! Jason Hilton, Kenny Romero and "legendary" luchador, Gringo Fantastico are here to fantasy book Wargames and the John Cena Tournament of Champions (That's what it's called right?). Who are the mystery entrants in the tournament? Hell, who's going to be the mystery partners for Wargames. We're two weeks away and there's no solidified card for one of WWE's Big 4. The trio discusses the Women's PWI 250 and why it's not even close to being reasonable as well as the weird move by a former WWE talent with their AEW endeavors. Smackdown was... a show, but RAW went all out. The guys have takes whether you want them or not, but if you're reading this you probably do! Oh yeah, brace yourself for some NFL and MMA talk. Don't forget to Rate and Subscribe!
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93
100 Episodes of Hijinks!
It's Episode 100 (obviously) and the hijinks are at the forefront. The trio bring you their takes from Saturday Night's Main Event and Monday Night Raw! The John Cena Last Time is Now or whatever it's called tournament has been announced and there's speculation all around about the match ups and who might show up! Fantastico is concerned about the lack of booking announcements for Survivor Series: Wargames. The Wyatt Sicks and the MFTs are at the fore front for the Men's Wargames, but is there enough excitement for it? The guys bring their lists for the Top 10 wrestling movies of all time! It's fun. It's ridiculous. It's what you'd expect after listening to 100 episodes.
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92
Saturday Night's Main Event Jey Uso? or CM Punk?
Kenny Romero and "Legendary" luchador, Gringo Fantastico are flying sans Jason "Turtleneck" Hilton on this informative episode that stays light on the hijinks, hard hitting on the headlines, and heavier on the headlocks. WWE uses Aleister Black and Zelina Vega (not their fault) to give Karrion Kross one hell of a shoot middle finger. There has to be specific victors at this Saturday Night's Main Event to inject life into current WWE narratives. The duo talks about the past 7 days of wrestling and speculates about possible War Games scenarios. Gringo lays down an interesting Chris Jericho return scenario. We love you Mike Rotunda and rest in piece Sir Mo, Bobby Horne.
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91
Waxing Nostalgic with Troy Miller
Episode 98 - Kenny Romero, Jason Hilton, and "legendary" luchador, Gringo Fantastico (Troma's Fantastico Disasterpiece Theatre) welcome the man who brought Fantastico into the business, a legend in Indiana Indie Wrestling and DJ extraordinaire, Troy Miller to the pod to talk about his views on the current landscape of the wrestling biz. He and Gringo wax nostalgic, while Kenny and Jason pick his brain. The quad squad chat about this past week's AEW Wrestledream, Smackdown, and Monday Night Raw! The crew give their assessments about the controversial aquarium spot involving Darby Allin and Jon Moxley. Jason laments about the Baltimore Ravens, while Fantastico fawns over the Colts' surprisingly good season.
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90
Nic Nemeth Enters the Hijinks!
(Special Guest: TNA's Nic Nemeth): Fantastico (horror host, Fantastico Disasterpiece Theatre on TROMA NOW) twists Nic Nemeth's arm in a Fujiwara Armbar to have him join in on this week's episode. Nemeth chats with Jason Hilton, Kenny Romero, and Fantastico about his career, his memorable matches, Bound for Glory, the current feel of today's wrestling industry, and some of his favorite flicks! The trio tackles Crown Jewel, Raw, NXT, and Smackdown and previews the upcoming Wrestledream PPV via AEW! It's a crazy fun episode with one of the best to have ever graced the squared circle.
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89
TK-NO!
Kenny Romero, Jason "Turtleneck" Hilton, and "legendary" luchador, Gringo Fantastico are back for another "fun" filled episode. TKO has priced out the fans. WWE's booking is like watching a sloth chase a dumpster fire down a hill filled with potholes. AEW is trying, but they have their own problems. Fantastico's solution. Talk about something else other than wrestling. Unfortunately, they can't do that as much as he'd like. Maybe next week will be better after the 8am ET, $30 a month Crown Jewel PPV which has no match with any stakes or point (aside from the Kabuki Warriors vs Iyo and Rhea... so she can perform in Australia.) Ugh! When is this s**t going to get any better? #WeStillWantKross, but at least NXT and TNA are somewhat interesting.
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88
Old Man Gringo
Fantastico has just come off of a grueling (just kidding!) two week shoot for Season 4 of "Fantastico Disasterpiece Theatre." He's exhausted. He's bitter. He's angry about the world of wrestling. Luckily, Kenny Romero and Jason "Turtleneck" Hilton are here to put him in his place. The trio talk about everything wrestling from that past two weeks! Join the guys as they come back with a vengeance from a week off to talk about AEW and WWE!
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87
Predict-a-palooza!
It's time for another dual promotion, dual PPV (or PLE) weekend! AEW All Out happens just a few hours before WWE's pop up PLE with the terrible name (although it was taken from ECW) Wrestlepalooza. Jason Hilton, Kenny Romero, and "Legendary" luchador, Gringo Fantastico are here to break down both cards and also talk about a bunch of stuff that has nothing to do with anything... and they throw some headlines in there as well. Will AEW's, more than likely, ultra violent PPV stand up to WWE's counter-programming. I guess we're gonna find out!
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86
Wrestling's So Quirky!
Jason "Turtleneck" Hilton, Kenny Romero, and "legendary" luchador, Gringo Fantastico are back for another fun filled episode of quirkiness. The trio discusses the week in wrestling. Matt Riddle is an "interesting" character. Fantastico doesn't understand the AJ Lee hype. The women's division on both WWE and AEW are discussed. Fantastico discusses his disgust with the current climate of pro wrestling. World's Collide, Wrestlepalooza, and All Out are on the horizon and the touch the tip of the iceberg on the cards! It's ranty. It's crazy... and it's quirky!
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85
Becky Lynch and AJ Lee
Episode 92: Kenny, Turtleneck, and Fantastico are back again for more ridiculousness and takes on this past weekend's WWE Clash in Paris. From Becky Lynch doing her best work in years, will AJ Lee show up to defend CM Punk? Find out right here! Fantastico goes on a ridiculous nuclear rant about wrestling writers abruptly ending storylines with no resolution and compares it to his most hated movie of all time. Listen up for hot takes about wrestling and crazy takes about other stuff!
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84
Raja Jackson Incident and Gatekeeping Wrestling
Episode 91 - Gringo Fantastico (Fantastico Disasterpiece Theatre on Troma Now), Jason Hilton, and Kenny Romero are back again this week to talk about the huge story of Raja Jackson's alleged attempted murder and alleged premeditated assault on Syko Stu at KnokxPro Wrestling. Should Swerve Strickland's statement on social media about wrestling needing to have gatekeeping be brought to fruition? One would say YES! The trio talks Forbidden Door and other news headlines.
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Episode 90 - #WeStillWantKross... and more Triplemania!
Jason Hilton, Kenny Romero, and horror host luchador Gringo Fantastico (Fantastico Disasterpiece Theatre on Troma Now) are back to talk more ridiculousness about wrestling, movies, music, and whatever else their squirrel brains bounce to next. Fantastico discusses how to and not to take certain bumps in the Indies. Kenny brings up great questions about entrance music. Turtlenecks praises Triplemania while giving the proverbial middle finger to the lack of decent booking on Friday nights. The trio discusses their thoughts on Hangman Adam Page's and Cody Rhodes' promo skills. Fantastico believes the Kross thing is a swerve and Killer Kross is about to kick everyone's ass in WWE.
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Episode 89 - #WeWantKross
Jason Hilton, Kenny Romero, and Gringo Fantastico are back this week with more headlines, some wrestling, and a ridiculous amount of hijinks. First and foremost, Karrion Kross is discussed. Is it a work? We don't know. Fantastico decides to sell out indie wrestler Sugar Dunkerton to Skynet by asking about where he is now to ChatGPT while Kenny furthers his disdain for Speedball Mike Bailey. Jason tries to keep the train from completely derailing!
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Episode 88 - Punching Jellyroll and the Human Response
Oh Boy! Summerslam happened for two very long nights. We had a cash-in from a fake injury, a return no one really asked for or wanted, balls that were dropped (Not like that, don't be gross!), numerous identical spots, a zip-tie malfunction, bad camera angles, celebrity beatings, post event denial and failed redirection, and Cardi B being the only person near or around WWE that doesn't enjoy breaking Kayfabe. Was Summerslam good? Some of it! Find out what we liked and what we loathed on the new Post Summerslam episode of the pod!
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Episode 87 - Summerslam Supercomputer
Jason Hilton, Kenny Romero, and horror host luchador Gringo Fantastico (Fantastico Disasterpiece Theatre on Troma Now) are here to discuss many o' things. Hulk Hogan's death sent shockwave across wrestling and socials. The trio predicts Summerslam and asks ChatGPT to give its predictions as well. We'll see who knows wrestling better! The wrestling nerds or the Supercomputer. Also, if Drew McIntyre can't make it back for his match with YouTube and Pop Stars and Randy Orton, who the hell can they get to take his place (Please not The Miz). Is Seth Rollins' injury a work? And if so, will he cash in on the winner of Punk and Gunther or is this another Freebird Rules with the briefcase. This episode is full of all the feels, the anger, and the hot takes.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Retired luchador and indie wrestler, Gringo Fantastico (Fantastico Disasterpiece Theatre; Troma Now!), co-host, former indie wrestler Jason Hilton, and their good pal and voice of reason, Kenny Romero, discuss weekly events in wrestling, take deep dives into past matches, and make ludicrous predictions of upcoming shows.
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Heel Turtleneck, Gringo Fantastico
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