Wrestling Life with Ben Veal
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Real talk from real talent: this is the podcast and YouTube interview series that shines the spotlight firmly - and positively - on the professional wrestling industry.
Each and every episode features candid, open, honest and inspiring conversations with special guests, showcasing the talented individuals who defined wrestling's past, influence its present and are shaping its future.
Award-winning communicator, journalist and lifelong wrestling fan Ben Veal invites guests worldwide to tell the stories that need telling.
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For The Love Of Wrestling: What To Expect In 2026
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Dec 08, 2025 |
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Psycho Boy Fodder on "Whirlwind" Indy Wrestling Schedule, Angelina Love, EC3, Bodybuilding
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Dec 01, 2025 |
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Raven On Nevemore Documentary, ECW, Tommy Dreamer, Paul Heyman, Parkinson's Diagnosis
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Nov 24, 2025 |
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Viva La Raza! Celebrating Eddie Guerrero's Wrestling Life And Legacy
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Nov 17, 2025 |
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The Wrestling Life and Legacy of Gorilla Monsoon
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Nov 11, 2025 |
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Ken Shamrock Talks Bret Hart vs Stone Cold, The Rock, Lion's Den, Wrestling Legacy
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Nov 04, 2025 |
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Carl Ouellet on The Creation Of PCO, The Quebecers, Becoming ROH Champ, TNA Monster Battles
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Oct 31, 2025 |
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Rampage: World Wrestling Federation's Invasion of the British Isles
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Oct 29, 2025 |
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Jimmy Wang Yang: Becoming A Cowboy, DDP, Vince McMahon, Eric Bischoff, Final WCW Nitro
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Oct 21, 2025 |
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Dan 'The Beast' Severn Talks Attitude Era, Jim Cornette, Owen Hart, Brawl For All, Walking Away From WWE
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Oct 14, 2025 |
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Remembering Chyna: The Ninth Wonder of the World
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Oct 07, 2025 |
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The Wrestling Classic's Justin Dhillon on Casual Conversations, Sting, Bret Hart, Steve Austin
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Sep 30, 2025 |
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Ernest 'The Cat' Miller on Goldberg's Last Match, The Wrestler, WCW's Demise, Why WWE Run Ended
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Sep 23, 2025 |
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Ross Hart on Stampede Wrestling's Legacy, Bret vs Owen, Nattie Neidhart, Montreal
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Sep 16, 2025 |
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Gone Too Soon Tribute: Brian 'Crush' Adams
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Sep 09, 2025 |
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Killer Kross on Leaving WWE, The WE WANT KROSS Chants, Scarlett Bordeaux, Life Is Fighting
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Sep 01, 2025 |
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Gone Too Soon — Remembering Windham 'Bray Wyatt' Rotunda
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Aug 27, 2025 |
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Sean Mooney Returns! Wrestling’s Golden Era, Leaving In 1993, WWE vs AEW
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Aug 12, 2025 |
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Hulk Hogan Tribute — Marc Mero Remembers Terry Bollea
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Aug 05, 2025 |
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Jacques Rougeau — Hulk Hogan's Legacy, The Mountie Character, Bret Hart, Wrestling Tough Times
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Jul 29, 2025 |
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Joe Coffey — WWE Release, Training with The Rock for WrestleMania XL, Leading Gallus in NXT UK
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Jul 23, 2025 |
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The Dynamite Kid Tom Billington — Wrestling Life Hall of Fame 2025 Induction
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Jul 15, 2025 |
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Steph De Lander — New Autobiography, Matt Cardona, Creative Reinvention, Heel Heat
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Jul 09, 2025 |
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Bushwhacker Luke — Losing Butch, WWE Hall of Fame and Wild Tag Team Memories
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Jul 03, 2025 |
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Kurt Fuller — No Holds Barred: The BEST Bad Movie Ever? Hulk Hogan, Vince McMahon, Stan Hansen
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Jun 30, 2025 |
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Wrestling Legends Gone Too Soon — Yokozuna
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Jun 25, 2025 |
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Marc Mero — Wrestling Life Hall of Fame 2025 Induction
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Jun 17, 2025 |
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Nathan Cruz — First PROGRESS Wrestling Champion, Brian Dixon, AEW's FTR, Overcoming Tough Times
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Jun 10, 2025 |
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Henry O. Godwinn — The Undertaker's WWE Farewell, Slopping Sunny, The BSK, Career-Ending Injury
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Jun 04, 2025 |
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Demolition — WWE Hall of Fame, Vince McMahon, Andre The Giant, Breaking Tag Team Records
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May 30, 2025 |
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Keith Elliot Greenberg — How WrestleMania III Changed Everything
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May 27, 2025 |
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Wrestling Legends Gone Too Soon — Owen Hart
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May 20, 2025 |
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Buff Bagwell — WL Hall of Fame 2025 Induction
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May 07, 2025 |
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Wrestling Legends Gone Too Soon — Scott Hall
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Apr 30, 2025 |
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Eric Young — Winning TNA Gold, Exiting WWE, Sanity's Downfall and Vinyl Obsession
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Apr 24, 2025 |
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Candice Michelle — WL Hall of Fame 2025 Induction
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Apr 14, 2025 |
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Wrestling Legends Gone Too Soon — 'Mr. Perfect' Curt Hennig
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Apr 09, 2025 |
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Chris Van Vliet — Podcasting With The Undertaker, Meeting DDP, John Cena's Heel Turn, CM Punk's WWE Return
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Apr 02, 2025 |
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Cowboy James Storm — Beer Money, WWE & TNA's Partnership, Beating Kurt Angle, Acting In Movies
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Mar 26, 2025 |
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Lana Rae — The Legs Of Pro Wrestling, WWE Ambitions and Overcoming Setbacks
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Mar 18, 2025 |
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Veteran WWE Referee Mike Chioda — WL Hall of Fame 2025 Induction
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Mar 13, 2025 |
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The British Bulldog Davey Boy Smith — WL Hall of Fame 2025 Induction
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Mar 06, 2025 |
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Jonny Storm — 'Unofficial Legend' Status, Jody Fleisch, Doug Williams, British Wrestling's Revival
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Feb 26, 2025 |
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Nick Dinsmore — The Controversial Eugene Character, Eric Bischoff, Kurt Angle, Training NXT Talent
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Feb 20, 2025 |
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Sean Mooney — The WWF Event Center, Lord Alfred Hayes, Monday Night Raw's Debut, Bobby Heenan
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Feb 12, 2025 |
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Bryan Clark — Adam Bomb, Wrath, KroniK, Leaving WWE For WCW and Wrestling Retirement
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Feb 07, 2025 |
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Alex Wright — Being WCW's Das Wunderkind, His Famous Dance, Backstage Politics and Berlyn
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Jan 22, 2025 |
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Kenny McIntosh — Inside The Ropes, WhatCulture and Interviewing WWE Wrestling Legends
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Jan 15, 2025 |
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Vinny Pacifico — Indy Wrestling Worldwide, Energy Drinks, Bryan Danielson, What's Next
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Jan 08, 2025 |
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Iestyn Rees — WOS Wrestling, Working With Cody Rhodes and Kevin Nash, Being The Alpha Male
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Dec 18, 2024 |
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D-Von Dudley — Faith, Fatherhood, Paul Heyman, TLC and The Next Generation of Wrestling Talent
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Dec 10, 2024 |
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Veteran WWE Referee Mike Chioda — Hell In A Cell 1998, Goldberg vs The Undertaker, Austin vs Rock, John Cena
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Nov 26, 2024 |
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Marc Copani — Being WWE's Muhammad Hassan and The Blurred Lines Between Fiction and Reality in Wrestling
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Nov 13, 2024 |
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Rob Van Dam — Wrestling With Concussion, Being One Of A Kind and Beating John Cena
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Nov 07, 2024 |
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Eric Bischoff — Netflix’s Mr. McMahon Series, Hulk Hogan’s Heel Turn, Bret Hart after Montreal, Starrcade 97 and WCW’s Dying Days
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Oct 30, 2024 |
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Lilian Garcia's SHOCKING Return To WWE - REACTION
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Oct 22, 2024 |
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Lilian Garcia — Making WWE History, Arena Level Confidence and What's Next
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Oct 16, 2024 |
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Candice Michelle — The WWE Women's Revolution, Paving The Way, Emotional Alignment
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Oct 08, 2024 |
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Netflix's Mr. McMahon Documentary Misses The Mark
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Sep 26, 2024 |
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'Chainsaw Queen' Paige Collett — Wrestling With CRPS, Fighting Out of a Wheelchair, What’s Next
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Sep 26, 2024 |
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Mick Foley — Making A Difference With Childfund, 25 Years Since Have A Nice Day!, One More Match, MJF
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Sep 12, 2024 |
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This is Wrestling Life with Ben Veal: Real Talk from Real Talent
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Sep 03, 2024 |
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Eric Bischoff — Being Grateful, Taking Risks, Returning To WWE, Learning From Failure
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Sep 01, 2024 |
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Charles Wright — Being The Godfather, What Happened to Papa Shango, The BSK, Living The High Life
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Aug 28, 2024 |
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Bronwyne Billington — The Dynamite Kid's Legacy, Calgary Wrestling, Blazing Her Own Trail
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Aug 14, 2024 |
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Dylan Postl — Being Hornswoggle, WeeLC, DX, Standing Tall As A Dad
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Aug 02, 2024 |
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Big Vito LoGrasso — Being The Don, WCW Hardcore Matches, Wrestling In A Dress, Putting Family First
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Jul 18, 2024 |
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Chad 'Gunner' Lail — Leaving Wrestling Behind, TNA, NXT, Finding Renewed Purpose In Law Enforcement
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Jul 12, 2024 |
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Barry Darsow — Demolition, Being The Repo Man, Enjoying Retirement, WWE Hall of Fame?
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Jul 01, 2024 |
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Ripped Reed — Chasing Dreams, Training With Tajiri, Growing As A Wrestler
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Jun 19, 2024 |
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The Blue Meanie — ECW's Extreme Legacy, Comedy In Wrestling, The Influence of Paul Heyman
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Jun 04, 2024 |
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Lex Luger — Wrestling Dark Times, Finding Faith, The Lex Express, Making WCW Nitro History
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May 21, 2024 |
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Angelina Love & Psycho Boy Fodder — Married Life and The Art of Wrestling Storytelling
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May 08, 2024 |
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Wrestling Life 017 | 'Big Wavy' Roy Johnson
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Apr 29, 2024 |
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NITRO author Guy Evans on The Untold Story of WCW's Decline
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Apr 28, 2024 |
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Why Did Eric Bischoff Return to WWE in 2019?
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Apr 26, 2024 |
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"No Continuity" - Why WCW Couldn't Turn Around Its Fortunes
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Apr 25, 2024 |
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"He Was Very Honest" - Guy Evans on Working With Eric Bischoff
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Apr 22, 2024 |
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Wrestling Life 016 | Guy Evans
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Apr 21, 2024 |
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"I Had Genuine Curiosity" - Author Guy Evans on Why He Wrote NITRO
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Apr 20, 2024 |
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"My Proudest Achievement" - Kurt Angle on Winning the Olympic Gold Medal
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Apr 18, 2024 |
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"I Had Fun With It" - Kurt Angle on Going Viral With The Thousand Yard Stare Meme
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Apr 16, 2024 |
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"The Funnest Time" - Kurt Angle on Creating Comedy Gold with Stone Cold Steve Austin
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Apr 15, 2024 |
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"I Wanted To Wrestle" - Kurt Angle on Final WWE Run
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Apr 15, 2024 |
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Wrestling Life 015 | Kurt Angle
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Apr 11, 2024 |
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"I Had Goosebumps" - Mike Chioda on The Rock vs Hulk Hogan
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Apr 04, 2024 |
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"He Opened The Doors" - Mike Chioda on Cody Rhodes
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Apr 01, 2024 |
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"It Was A Shock" - Mike Chioda on WWE Release in 2020
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Mar 29, 2024 |
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014 | Mike Chioda on 35 Years as a Referee, Iconic WWE Moments and The Future
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Mar 27, 2024 |
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"I'm The King" - RJ Singh on Making The DDT Mean Something Again
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Mar 26, 2024 |
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013 | RJ Singh on Being The DDT King, Dad Life and Making Memories
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Mar 20, 2024 |
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012 | Lisa Marie Varon on Life With ADHD, Meeting Wrestling Fans and the WWE Women's Revolution
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Mar 07, 2024 |
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"I Was A Rookie" - Lisa Marie Varon on Getting Hardcore with Trish Stratus
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Mar 06, 2024 |
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"He Believed In Me" - Lisa Marie Varon on Stevie Richards
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Mar 05, 2024 |
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011 | WCW's LODI on Heart Bypass Surgery, Team Fearless and Raven's Flock
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Feb 27, 2024 |
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"He'll Take Every Opportunity" - Doug Williams on Nick Aldis as Smackdown GM
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Feb 25, 2024 |
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"A Tough Locker Room" - Buff Bagwell on WCW Friendships
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Feb 23, 2024 |
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"It's Not A Bad Match!" - Buff Bagwell on Infamous WWF RAW Clash with Booker T
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Feb 21, 2024 |
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"I Lost 20 Years" - Buff Bagwell talks Addiction and Recovery
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Feb 19, 2024 |
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010 | Buff Bagwell on Sobriety Journey and The NWO's Insane Popularity
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Feb 13, 2024 |
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"Dusty was my mentor" - Marc Mero on Dusty Rhodes' creation of Johnny B Badd
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Feb 05, 2024 |
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"It was a tough time" - Marc Mero on how guaranteed WWF contract hurt his career
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Feb 04, 2024 |
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"What Is A Wildman?!" - Marc Mero on why his WWF Character Failed
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Feb 03, 2024 |
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#009 | Marc Mero on Finding Purpose and Inspiring Others
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Feb 02, 2024 |
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"He's so competitive!" - Marc Mero on Diamond Dallas Page
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Feb 01, 2024 |
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#008 | Doug Williams on retiring from wrestling after 30 incredible years
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Jan 19, 2024 |
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#007 | Ross Hart on The Hart Family Wrestling Legacy, Bret v Owen, Summerslam 1992 and The Dungeon
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Jan 04, 2024 |
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Brock Anderson Reveals Why He Hated His AEW TV Debut
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Dec 29, 2023 |
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Summerslam 1992: What Makes Hitman vs Bulldog an All-Time Classic?
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Dec 20, 2023 |
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Shawn Michaels vs The Undertaker: The Greatest WrestleMania Match of All Time?
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Dec 18, 2023 |
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#006 | Brock Anderson on Leaving AEW and The Next Chapter
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Dec 14, 2023 |
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#005 | John Skyler: TNA Dream Matches and Being A Good Hand
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Dec 01, 2023 |
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#004 | Rishi Ghosh: Acting the Villain and Retiring from Wrestling
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Nov 22, 2023 |
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"NXT UK was really under-appreciated" - Sha Samuels on the WWE's UK brand and coaching young talent
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Nov 16, 2023 |
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#003 | Sha Samuels: WWE NXT UK Memories and Pro Wrestling Passion
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Nov 14, 2023 |
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"A magical, crazy time" - FPW's Matt Burden on the resurgence of British wrestling
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Nov 07, 2023 |
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#002 | FPW's Matt Burden: Running a Wrestling Promotion and Building Community
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Nov 02, 2023 |
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"I came so close to my WWE dream" - Nathan Cruz on failing WWE medical and not getting signed to NXT
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Oct 30, 2023 |
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Nathan Cruz - What went wrong with ITV's WOS wrestling reboot?
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Oct 27, 2023 |
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#001 | 'Second II None' Nathan Cruz: Wrestling for WWE, Missing Out on NXT UK and Locker Room Friendships
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Oct 19, 2023 |