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Squared Circle Pit
by Robert Pasbani
Exploring the intersection between hard rock/metal and pro wrestling, hosted by Robert Pasbani Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
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#139 - Recapping WWE Clash at the Castle with Darren Delgado
Darren Delgado, my co-host from RIP a Livecast, joins me to recap this weekend's major WWE PLE event, Clash at the Castle. We recap all the matches, the positives, the negatives, the controversial finish and we also discuss the WyatSick6 return this past Monday on Raw. Watch this episode on...
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#138 - Cattle Decapitation's Travis Ryan Attends His First Live Wrestling Show
Cattle Decapitation frontman Travis Ryan and Jim from PutrefactioN Management sit in on this edition of Squared Circle Pit. Jim took Travis to his first live wrestling event, AEW Double or Nothing in Las Vegas last week, and we all discuss the experience. Plus, Travis talks about his newly formed...
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#137 - WWE King & Queen of the Ring + AEW Double or Nothing Weekend Review
Rob reviews the major pro wrestling weekend with WWE King & Queen of the Ring last Saturday and the epic AEW Double or Nothing PPV on Sunday. We go through the injuries, the big moments and all the news that you may have missed. What were your thoughts on the shows? Watch this episode on…
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#136 - DDT Pro Wrestler MAO Talks About His Hardcore Band DOS QUATRO
DDT Japanese Pro Wrestling icon MAO sits in on the Squared Circle Pit, with some help from DDT's Ash for translation. Mao talks about his beatdown hardcore band, Dos Quatro, wrestling in no-ring death matches, how he always wanted to be in a band, and balance life as a pro wrestler and rock...
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#135 - WWE's Damian Priest on Which Metal Icon Should Join Judgment Day
WWE superstar and current World Heavyweight Champion Damian Priest steps into the Squared Circle Pit for a very fun discussion. We discuss his epic WrestleMania moment where he cashed in his Money in the Bank briefcase and achieved his lifelong dream of being world champion. We discussed the...
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#134 - WWE Backlash 2024 Recap with 20 Buck Spin's Jason Cantu
20 Buck Spin's Jason Cantu enters the pit and we go over this past weekend's epic WWE Backlash event in France, the surprises, the crazy crowd and Cody Rhodes' first title defense. But Jason talks about how he originally got into pro wrestling and rediscovering his love for sports entertainment…
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#133 - David Penzer on how he became WCW's Ring Announcer, His New Book
Legendary WCW/TNA ring announcer David Penzer steps into the Squared Circle Pit and talks to Rob Pasbani about how he broke into the business, watching pro wrestling in Florida, his passion for broadcasting, lovingly referring to himself as a stooge, being in a room of a murderer's row of...
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#132 - Reviewing AEW Dynasty with Comedian Josh Alba
Comedian Josh Alba re-enters the Squared Circle Pit as we discuss AEW's new PPV, Dynasty. We go through the entire card and talk about our likes and dislikes and spend a good amount of time gushing over Bryan Danielson vs. Will Ospreay. Watch this episode on Youtube. Squared Circle Pit is a...
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#131 - Pro Wrestler Ozzy Kilmeister's Favorite Bands, Training w/Gangrel, Kevin Sullivan
It doesn't take a deep investigation to recognize how pro wrestler Ozzy Kilmeister is the perfect guest for Squared Circle Pit. The Floridian pro wrestler talks about his lifelong love of pro wrestling, how his older brother got him into heavy metal and how he began training with Gangrel,...
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#130 - WrestleMania XL Recap with comedian Peter Angelo
Rob is once again joined by comedian Peter Angelo and the two recap the insane WrestleMania XL weekend, and talk about their favorite moments, some disappointments, Cody Rhodes finishing his story, CM Punk, The Rock being the absolute best and more of our favorite moments. Watch this episode on...
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#129 - Josh Barnett explains how he booked WWE's Shayna Baszler for Bloodsport
Former UFC champion and catch wrestling legend Josh Barnett enters the Squared Circle Pit to talk about his lifelong passion for heavy metal. Josh talks about how he discovered the genre, growing up in the Pacific Northwest, and how he found his favorite band ever, Bolt Thrower. We discuss how...
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#128 - Ranking Every WWE WrestleMania
Host Rob Pasbani offers a very special edition of Squared Circle Pit, where he ranks every WrestleMania ever. Which Manias achieved GOAT status? Which were a total mess? And which were just average? Here's Rob's opinion. What's yours? Watch this episode on Youtube. Squared Circle Pit is a…
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#127 - WWE 2K24's Bryan Williams Talks Wrestlers' Game Scores
WWE 2K24 game producer Bryan Williams steps into the Squared Circle Pit to discuss the new game. We discuss the new game modes and the surprising challenges in creating them that you wouldn't expect. Plus, we discuss how the game determines wrestler rankings. Bryan discusses how he got into pro...
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#126 - Jake Something on His Favorite Nu-Metal Bands
TNA Wrestling star and current DFW tag champion Jake Something enters the pit. Jake talks about his lifelong fandom of Slipknot and how he recently befriended Sid Wilson. We discussed Jake's early memories of pro wrestling, his favorites growing up, his favorite nu-metal bands, and why he chose…
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#125 - AEW Revolution 2024 Recap with Pro Wrestling Potluck's MisterGreenMist
Rob Pasbani welcomes Scotland Green aka MisterGreenMist of the weekly streaming series Pro Wrestling Potluck to go through this weekend's monumental AEW Revolution event. We go through the card match by match and gush about what a perfect retirement it was for Sting. Watch this episode on…
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#124 - WWE Elimination Chamber Review with Hath's Frank Albanese
Hath frontman Frank Albanese steps into the pit to discuss this past weekend's WWE Elimination Chamber premium live event. We recap all the matches, and Frank tells me a bit about his own wrestling fandom, and how he channels the Ultimate Warrior onstage while performing with Hath. Watch this...
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#123 - Flesh & Blood Robot guitarist Nick Miller on The Rock's Return Promo & WWE Attitude Era Talk
Nick Miller, guitarist of the recently reunited Flesh & Blood Robot joins the show to discuss the band's recent ressurection, mathcore, his favorite era of wrestling, which is the "Attitude Era," why he preferred WWF to WCW, and how he recently started paying attention again with the return of…
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#122 - T2T Academy Owner Tom Frazier on How Punk & Wrestling Are Similar
Tom Fraizer, the owner of the Technique 2 Training Wrestling Academy in Brooklyn, NY enters the pit this week. Tom talks about his unique path into the wrestling business through a radio show, his philosophy on wrestling, similarities between promoting wrestling shows and punk bands, and his...
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#121 - Former WWE writer Milly Tamarez on Backlash from Fans, Lita, Real Housewives
Comedian and former WWE writer Milly Tamarez enters the pit. She talks about some of her early concert experiences and growing up a wrestling fan. Milly also discusses how she got on the radar of WWE to be hired as a writer on the creative team, and the intense backlash from fans after she made…
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#120 CM Punk Is Like Metallica?? - Seattle DJ Kevin Diers on Squared Circle Pit
Kevin Diers, DJ on Seattle's 99.9 KISW, steps into the pit with @RobPasbani this week to discuss the crazy week in wrestling, including the Royal Rumble, the truly insane allegations against Vince McMahon and the incredibly disappointing week for CM Punk. Watch this episode on Youtube. For more…
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#119 - Former Pitchfork Editor Evan Minsker on the Kayfabe of Music Journalism
Host Rob Pasbani is joined by Evan Minsker, the former Associate News Director at the recently gutted esteemed music publication Pitchfork. Evan and Rob discuss the similarities between music and wrestling journalism, how the Pitchfork restructuring statement felt like it used wrestling lingo...
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#118 - Graphic Designer JuanOFTHEDEAD Talks Wrestling Designs, Favorite Metal and Fonts
You might not be familiar with Juan OFTHEDEAD's face, but you've definitely seen his work in AEW and on the pro wrestling indies. Juan is also a metalhead. Rob talks to Juan about how he got into wrestling and metal, how he fell into graphic design after being in a band, how he got his start and...
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#117 - THE RED CHORD's Guy Kozowyk on 90s Wrestling + New Music
The Red Chord frontman Guy Kozowyk joins Rob Pasbani on the Squared Circle Pit to talk all things 90s wrestling. Guy talks about getting into the golden era of wrestling as a kid, watching Hulk Hogan, Ultimate Warrior and Andre the Giant and then rediscovering pro wrestling in the late 90s with…
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#116 - The Rock Returns to WWE + AEW Worlds End Review w/Jordan Olds
The final week of 2023 and the first week of 2024 turned out to be quite eventful in the world of pro wrestling. Rob Pasbani is joined by KNITRO co-host Jordan Olds aka Gwarsenio Hall of Two Minutes to Late Night to discuss the Rock's shocking return, plus a full review of the final AEW PPV of...
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#115 - Best Wrestling Matches of 2023
Join Rob as he counts down his favorite matches of the year and offers some opinions on them, including stars like Cody Rhodes, Kenny Omega, Bryan Danielson, Roman Reigns, CM Punk, Mercedes Moné, Charlotte Flair, MJF, Adam Page, Vikingo and more. Watch this episode on Youtube. Squared Circle Pit…
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#114 - David Vincent on Being Ric Flair's Neighbor, ECW + 90s Wrestling
Former Morbid Angel frontman, David Vincent, currently of I Am Morbid and Vltimas, talks about his love of pro wrestling from childhood. David reveals that he grew up in Charlotte and shares stories of being neighbors with Ric Flair. He discusses his love for old school wrestling, seeing ECW for...
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#113 - Pro Wrestler Matt Cross on how Punk Got Him Into ECW
Journeyman pro wrestler Matt Cross aka M-Dogg 20 talks about his 25 year career in the pro wrestling business, getting into punk and ska as a teenager and how that led him to ECW and his passion for pro wrestling. Matt also discusses his time in Wrestling Society X and Lucha Underground and his...
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#112 - Pro Wrestler Matthew Justice Talks Metallica Inspiration, Death Match Wrestling
MLW Tag Team Champion and Circle6 World Champion Matthew Justice steps into the Squared Circle Pit this week. Matt talks about his love for Metallica, how ECW got him into pro wrestling, his favorite pro wrestlers, deciding to be a wrestler in high school and his journey over the last 20 years,...
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#111 - WWE Survivor Series / CM Punk Return Recap with Pete Angelo
Squared Circle Pit offers a full review of one of the most talked about events of the year. Comedian Pete Angelo joins host Rob Pasbani to through all the matches, including the men's and women's War Games matches, PLUS our reaction to the shocking return of CM Punk. How should Punk be presented...
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#110 - AEW Full Gear review with comedian Katie Rose Leon
Comedian Katie Rose Leon joins host Rob Pasbani to recap this weekend's controversial AEW Full Gear PPV. Did Hangman and Swerve go too far with their Texas death match? How was the MJF angle recieved? A full recap of the show, as well as some fun stories from Katie on how she got into wrestling…
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#109 - Comedian Earl Skakel shares great rock + wrestling stories
Comedian Earl Skakel enters the pit this week and he's the ideal guest for exploring the intersection between rock and pro wrestling. Earl talks about getting into pro wrestling at a young age, and by chance finding himself backstage at a WWF house show when he was 15 and how meeting Kamala…
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#108 - Most Metal Entrance Themes in Wrestling History
Host Rob Pasbani is solo this week to count down the top 20 most metal entrance themes in pro wrestling history. Which entrance makes it to number 1? Do Rob's picks match your own? Let us know in the comments. Watch this episode on Youtube. Squared Circle Pit is a podcast hosted by Rob Pasbani...
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#107 - The Most Metal Women in Wrestling w/Queen of the Ring
Host Rob Pasbani is joined by Alex Lajas, aka @QueenoftheRing and they have a really fun discussion about the most metal women in pro wrestling, past and present. Lots of love for legends like Chyna, Luna Vachon, Lita, Bull Nakano, Aja Kong, Abadon, Rhea Ripley, Madusa, "The Fallen Angel" Nancy...
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#106 - Best Halloween Havoc Matches
Steve from @Wrestling.Sucks joins host Rob Pasbani on this very special edition of the show, where we offer a mixtape of fun WCW Halloween Havoc matches to get in the spirit of spooky season. While we obstain from including Rey Mysterio Jr. vs Eddie Guerrero on our list (since it's been talked...
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#105 - Vinnie Massaro Talks Wrestling His Idols & Inventing Finishing Moves
Host Rob Pasbani welcomes indie wrestling legend Vinnie Massaro to the Squared Circle Pit to talk about his over 25 year career in pro wrestling. Vinnie discusses his first exposure to pro wrestling, growing up in Italy, and how it inspired the type of wrestler he ended up being. Vinnie discusses...
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#104 - Power Hour's Josh Bernstein talks Intersection between Rock & Pro Wrestling
We talk to Power Hour co-host Josh Bernstein on all things pro wrestling. We discuss how he's a casual hardcore fan, and what that means. Josh discusses getting his two daughters into pro wrestling and who their favorites are. Josh also offers tips on how to get your friends or your kids'…
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Squared Circle Pit #103 - Fozzy's Rich Ward Talks Playing Wembley, WCW Cameos in Stuck Mojo Video
"The Duke" himself, Rich Ward, guitarist of Fozzy, steps into the Squared Circle Pit and jokes he "owns some property" at the intersection of rock and pro wrestling. We jump right in to discussing Stuck Mojo's WCW crossover back in the day, his love of wrestling and metal as a kid, how he picked…
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Squared Circle Pit #102 - Eat The Turnbuckle Combines Ultraviolent Wrestling with Heavy Metal
Squared Circle Pit is about the intersection of rock and pro wrestling, and at that intersection, Eat the Turnbuckle is putting somebody through the table. Guitarist Shlak and drummer Mike Beer join host Rob Pasbani to discuss how the concept of the band came up, their association with Bad Luck…
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Squared Circle Pit #101 - Taking Back Sunday's Shaun Cooper Talks Pro Wrestling & BJJ
Taking Back Sunday bassist Shaun Cooper talks about his longtime wrestling fandom on the latest Squared Circle Pit. Shaun recalls memories from watching in his youth to host Rob Pasbani. Cooper reveals it was Every Time I Die's Andy Williams, aka AEW wrestler The Butcher who got him back into pro...
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Squared Circle Pit #100 - Death Match King Casanova Valentine on Storytelling Through Violence
New York City death match legend Casanova Valentine enters the pit to talk about the performance art of death matches, the first death match he remembers seeing, the huge influence ECW had on his life, what he hopes to achieve as a death match wrestler, his New York City promotion New Fear City....
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Squared Circle Pit #99 - Metal Comedian Pete Angelo talks Death Matches & Saving His Mosh
Comedian Pete Angelo enters the pit to talk about being a gay, metal loving wrestling fan. We talk about death matches, how Pete is saving his mosh for only certain bands, how Pete got into wrestling, his favorite type of matches, which wrestlers are "his guys," coming out and how it affected his...
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Squared Circle Pit #98 - CM Punk Jack Perry Backstage Fight Timeline
AEW's biggest event ever, All In London was this weekend and all anybody can talk about is the very real backstage fight between CM Punk and "Jungle Boy" Jack Perry that happened just as All In was going live worldwide, almost causing the entire show to be delayed. Host Rob Pasbani takes you...
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Squared Circle Pit #97 - Shawn "The Butcher" on Getting Into Metal via WWE
SiriusXM Liquid Metal and Ozzy's Boneyard voice Shawn "The Butcher" Winkler sits in on this edition of Squared Circle Pit. Shawn and Rob reminiss about the golden age of pro wrestling in the eighties and how our lives were upgraded in the 90s with the cable hot boxes. Shawn realizes that WWE was...
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Squared Circle Pit #96 - Lions at the Gate's Diego V. talks going to Lucha Libre shows as a kid
Lions at the Gate guitarist R Diego Verduzco enters the pit with host Rob Pasbani to discuss his love of pro wrestling, from watching it with his relatives as a child to getting back into WWE as an adult, and attending an AEW show live. Diego also shares some wild memories of attending AAA shows…
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Squared Circle Pit #95 - Recapping WWE SummerSlam 2023 + NJPW G1 Climax 33 with Mister Green Mist
Host Rob Pasbani is joined by online wrestling personality Scotland Green a.k.a. Mister Green Mist to discuss the biggest events of the summer in WWE and New Japan Pro Wrestling. First, we go through all the action of WWE SummerSlam including the controversial ending in the Roman Reigns vs. Jey…
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Squared Circle Pit #94 - Kevin Blackwood talks AFI, Knocked Loose & The Indie Wrestling Lifestyle
Indie star Kevin Blackwood talks about how he got into rock and how he got into pro wrestling with Ultimate Warrior and watching Saturday morning recap shows of WWF. Kevin talks about how Dragonball Z bootlegs got him into nu-metal, and how that led him to AFI, which got him inot all these genres...
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Squared Circle Pit #93 - Mecha Wolf talks being NWA Tag Champ + His Metal Band
Mecho Wolf is the embodiment of what we're about here at Squared Circle Pit – the intersection of rock and pro wrestling. Not only is he one-half of the longest reigning NWA Tag Team Champions, with Bestia 666, but he also fronts a kick ass thrash band called MONSTER WOLF. Mecha talks about the...
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Squared Circle Pit #92 - Artist Manager Jon King Compares Life of a Pro Wrestler & Musician
Jonathan King, artist manager at Shelter Music Group, enters the pit and really does a great job talking about the similarities between the life of a wrestler and a touring artist. Jon talks about his lifelong fandom of pro wrestling, how he got into the music business working at Loudside.com…
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Squared Circle Pit #91 - Money in the Bank 2023 Recap + SummerSlam Predictions
Host Rob Pasbani is joined by comedian and writer Pat Driscoll to recap this past weekend's WWE Money in the Bank premium live event. We go through each match to offer analysis of the storylines and the results and we take a peek at the direction WWE is taking heading into SummerSlam next month....
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Squared Circle Pit #90 - Outer Heaven's Zak Carter: Fozzy Got Me Obsessed with Iron Maiden
Outer Heaven' guitarist Zak Carter talks about getting into pro wrestling from a young age and how it influenced his music tastes, being an ECW guy and his love of Cactus Jack and Terry Funk. He talks about how Fozzy was his gateway to hearing Iron Maiden, which is his favorite band ever, stories...
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