The Golden Age of Grappling

13/02/2022

Welcome one, Welcome ALL! To yet another edition of the Golden Age of Grappling! This week we dive into the world that was El Rey TV in 2016! Dario is back from Jail! Matanza is champion! And Vampiro is JUST AN ANNOUNCER GUYS… he swears! Oh and Matt Striker is still awful.
So join us as we discuss the season premier of season three of Lucha Underground!
https://www.goldenagepodcast.com/show/episode295

Welcome one, Welcome ALL! To yet another edition of the Golden Age of Grappling! This week we dive into the world that was El Rey TV in 2016! Dario is back from Jail! Matanza is champion! And Vampiro is JUST AN ANNOUNCER GUYS… he swears! Oh and Matt Striker is still awful.

29/01/2022

Welcome One, Welcome ALL! To yet another edition of The Golden Age of Grappling! This week its RUMBLE SEASON! The Rockers EXPLODE! Boss man and Bam Bam lay around a bit! Bobby Heenan drools all over the Package! And everyone is going over the top rope! So grab your partner, lean on some ropes and give em a few Brother-Brother Elbows for good measure as we review the ROYAL RUMBLE from 1993!
https://www.goldenagepodcast.com/show/episode294

Welcome One, Welcome ALL! To yet another edition of The Golden Age of Grappling! This week its RUMBLE SEASON! The Rockers EXPLODE! Boss man and Bam Bam lay around a bit! Bobby Heenan drools all over the Package! And everyone is going over the top rope! So grab your partner, lean on some ropes and gi

25/01/2022

Welcome One, Welcome ALL! To another edition of The Golden Age of Grappling! This week we take a swan dive into the 2 inch deep pool that is current indie wrestling! As we get into Royal Rumble season we thought we’d see how some other companies are doing it… We now regret that! Names Vince McMahon would scoff at! Wrestlers just walking away from the match! TERRIBLE Unnamed announcers! And more RUMBLE-MODE than should ever be on display in a single ring!
So join us as we discuss Championship Wrestling From Hollywood’s Red Carpet Rumble from November of 2021!
https://www.goldenagepodcast.com/show/episode293

This week we take a swan dive into the 2 inch deep pool that is current indie wrestling! As we get into Royal Rumble season we thought we’d see how some other companies are doing it… We now regret that! Names Vince McMahon would scoff at! Wrestlers just walking away from the match! TERRIBLE Unna...

12/01/2022

After what feels like years of dark, quiet, nothingness….
Suddenly a Golden light burst forth!
Tis the Return of The Golden Age of Grappling!
A new year, a new era, And a NEW CLASSICLY BAD Wrestling show! A show so narcissistically focused on its promoter that he can’t realize the fans have no interest! Will the skyscrapers re-align? who’s Sexier, Missy Hyatt or Sunny Beach? Did sabretooth kill a Muppet lion? These questions and more will be answered as we reviewed The UWF’s Blackjack Brawl from 1994!
https://www.goldenagepodcast.com/show/episode292

A new year, a new era, And a NEW CLASSICLY BAD Wrestling show! A show so narcissistically focused on its promoter that he can’t realize the fans have no interest! Will the skyscrapers re-align? who’s Sexier, Missy Hyatt or Sunny Beach? Did sabretooth kill a Muppet lion? These questions and more ...

29/12/2021

Golden Age fans the Holiday Hibernation is over and we are bringing in the New Year with Mr. Electricity. DP and Tony G return with a review of UWF Blackjack Brawl from 1994. Stay tuned for this episode to drop in the next few days. Thanks to all of you for listening.

07/12/2021

Welcome One! Welcome ALL! To another edition of The Golden Age of Grappling! This week we dive back to the millennium for a Holiday Stuffed Episode full of Thanksgiving Fun! Undercard Wrestlers all are given WWF Recipe book Recipes to bring to the dinner! The Rock teaches William Regal about the meaning of Thanksgiving! The One Billy Gunn has Gold to be thankful for! And Commissioner Foley is running the show!

https://www.goldenagepodcast.com/show/episode291

This week we dive back to the millennium for a Holiday Stuffed Episode full of Thanksgiving Fun! Undercard Wrestlers all are given WWF Recipe book Recipes to bring to the dinner! The Rock teaches William Regal about the meaning of Thanksgiving! The One Billy Gunn has Gold to be thankful for! And Co

27/11/2021

Welcome One, Welcome All! To yet another fantastic edition of The Golden Age of Grappling! This week we dive back to the early days of the Monday Night Wars when Nitro was just becoming a teenager! Johnny B Badd is in a Badd Mood! Hulk Hogan wants to be Best Friends Forever with Sting and Lex! The All-Japan women put on a clinic! And Macho Man "Estatically" wants to go on a Reign of Terror!
All this and so much more as we reviewed WCW Monday Nitro, Episode 13, from November 27 1995!
https://www.goldenagepodcast.com/show/episode290

Welcome One, Welcome All! To yet another fantastic edition of The Golden Age of Grappling! This week we dive back to the early days of the Monday Night Wars when Nitro was just becoming a teenager! Johnny B Badd is in a Badd Mood! Hulk Hogan wants to be Best Friends Forever with Sting and Lex! The A

23/11/2021

Welcome One, Welcome ALL! To another edition of The Golden Age of Grappling! This week we dive back to the days of "The Powers That Be" in World Championship Wrestling! Witness the technical prowess that was Goldberg vs Sid! The (not) Retirement of Curt Hennig! The arrival of Tony Marinara! The tornado of terrible that was David Flair vs Kimberly Page! And More run-ins than you can shake a disembodied arm reaching into camera frame's finger at! And during the DISH we break down the entire AEW Full Gear PPV!
So join us as we reviewed WCW's Mayhem from November of 1999!
https://www.goldenagepodcast.com/show/episode289

This week we dive back to the days of "The Powers That Be" in World Championship Wrestling! Witness the technical prowess that was Goldberg vs Sid! The (not) Retirement of Curt Hennig! The arrival of Tony Marinara! The tornado of terrible that was David Flair vs Kimberly Page! And More run

13/11/2021

Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys, Girls, Babyfaces, Heels, and Exoticos ALL ARE WELCOME! To another fantastic edition of the Golden Age of Grappling! This week we dive back to the days when Bundy-Mania was… Not exactly running wild! Macho Man defends the honor of Miss Elizabeth in the face of the Dastardly Harts! And Main-Event-Hercules gets promo time!
Plus we cover NXT’s Halloween Havoc, the week that was in AEW And ROH shuttering its doors for a bit! So join us as we reviewed WWF’s Saturday Nights Main Event #13 from November of 1987!
https://www.goldenagepodcast.com/show/episode288

This week we dive back to the days when Bundy-Mania was… Not exactly running wild! Macho Man defends the honor of Miss Elizabet in the face of the Dastardly Harts! And Main-Event-Hercules gets promo time! Plus we cover NXT’s Halloween Havoc, the week that was in AEW And ROH shuttering its doors ...

01/11/2021

Welcome One, Welcome ALL! To another over-stuffed edition of The Golden Age of Grappling! This week the Ghouls and Goblins come out for another night of Spooky Promos, Scary Matches, and Scintillating Segments filled with the verbosity of Cowboy Bill Watts! Will the Steves co-exist and win the Tag Titles? Who will Rick Rude choose as his personal Referee? WILL THE JUDGES halt the match with an Injunction?!?
All these answers and more as we discussed World Championship Wrestling’s 4th annual Halloween Havoc Pay Per View from 1992!

https://www.goldenagepodcast.com/show/episode287

This week the Ghouls and Goblins come out for another night of Spooky Promos, Scary Matches, and Scintillating Segments filled with the verbosity of Cowboy Bill Watts! Will the Steves co-exist and win the Tag Titles? Who will Rick Rude choose as his personal Referee? WILL THE JUDGES halt the match w

09/09/2021

Welcome One, Welcome All! To another edition of The Golden Age of Grappling! Witness the land of Extreme in the summer of 1996! Jericho is on his way out, The Franchise has recently returned, and JT Smith gets cut from the VHS release yet again! Louie Spicolli faces Davey Boy’s kayfabe brother John! Raven shows off his newest child-shield in Sandman’s son! The Dudleys are civil war’ing! And RVD and Sabu have a 20 plus minute stretcher match!
We reviewed ECW’s The Doctor Is In from August of 1996!
https://www.goldenagepodcast.com/show/episode284

Witness the land of Extreme in the summer of 1996! Jericho is on his way out, The Franchise has recently returned, and JT Smith gets cut from the VHS release yet again! Louie Spicolli faces Davey Boy’s kayfabe brother John! Raven shows off his newest child-shield in Sandman’s son! The Dudleys ar...

27/08/2021

Welcome One! Welcome ALL! To another edition of the Golden Age of Grappling! This week we’re chock full of broken arms and sub sandwiches! Find out what R-E-S-P-E-C-T means to CM Punk! One of seemingly hundreds of WWE’s Attempts to Heat-Up The Big Show! Witness Team Hell No in their Meet-cute before therapy! Gentlemanly Good-Guy Sheamus! One of the All-Time worst musical live performances! Oh, and the cops are here asking about a missing women’s division?!?
So join us as we discuss CM Punk’s return to wrestling, WWE’s failure of a counter-punch, AND of course we review WWE’s SummerSlam from 2012!
https://www.goldenagepodcast.com/show/episode283

This week we’re chock full of broken arms and sub sandwiches! Find out what R-E-S-P-E-C-T means to CM Punk! One of seemingly hundreds of WWE’s Attempts to Heat-Up The Big Show! Witness Team Hell No in their Meet-cute before therapy! Gentlemanly Good-Guy Sheamus! One of the All-Time worst musical...

10/08/2021

Welcome One, Welcome ALL! To another edition of The Golden Age of Grappling! This week the fellas dive back to “the good times” of Dubya C Dubya! Summer of 1998! The NWO has officially split into two factions now warring against one another! Toddler Scott Hall wants to be known as the Nash-Killa! Witness the dancing prowess of the fools as they fight in tag team action! The Verbal skills of one Stevie Ray! Meng is on the prowl! And Bret Hart wants his belt back from Nitro the same week!
We reviewed WCW Thunder episode #27 from August 13th of 1998!
https://www.goldenagepodcast.com/show/episode280

This week the fellas dive back to “the good times” of Dubya C Dubya! Summer of 1998! The NWO has officially split into two factions now warring against one another! Toddler Scott Hall wants to be known as the Nash-Killa! Witness the dancing prowess of the fools as they fight in tag team action! ...

06/08/2021

Join DP and Tony G for a trip to the 80's. Always a lot of fun looking back at the world of GLOW. We review episodes 3 and 4 from season 3.
https://www.goldenagepodcast.com/show/episode279

This week we once again trip back to the land of the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling (Or Original Ladies of Wrestling if your on Tubi)! Where we will witness the high IQ’d Zelda measure the Aroma power levels of Stinky! Watch as RichGirl good-guys mock the poor and foreign and get cheered yet again f...

15/07/2021

Join DP and Tony G for a trip to 1989. Brainbusters vs Demolition in a 2/3 falls title match and so much more. It's Saturday Night's Main Event #22 from July 1989 and it's available NOW.
https://www.goldenagepodcast.com/show/episode277

This week we discuss NO HOLDS BARRED era of the WWF! Can an Elvis knock-off defeat Hulk Hogan for the WWF Championship? Will Macho Man grill the worlds largest hot dog? Is Samoa Joe currently playing the role of Referee Ronny Garvin? And How fun was the return of fans to AEW?

12/07/2021

Join DP and Tony G for a trip to the early 2000's. In the wake of WCW and ECW closing a new company entered the battlefield. MLW Underground 24 featuring Mike Awesome vs Samoa Joe is available now.
https://www.goldenagepodcast.com/show/episode276

Its the Post-Wrestling-War Era of startups! Who can fill the void left behind the shuttering of WCW and ECW? Witness the Hoss Battle you didn’t know you wanted between a very young Samoa Joe and a No-Longer-Thrilling-Fat-Chicks Mike Awesome! See a Motivated Juventud Guerrera! And learn how countin...

23/06/2021

Join DP and Tony G for a trip to the beach. There are Slim Jims, Baywatch models, and dangerous sand. It's Bash at the Beach 1995 and it's available NOW.
https://www.goldenagepodcast.com/show/episode275

This week we grab the SPF 35, swim trunks, and flip flops as we head to the beach! Featuring the classic wrestling masterclasses such as Jim Duggan Vs Kamala! Dave Sullivan vs DDP! And the worlds most infamous Double-Turn match of Paul Orndorff vs The Renegade! Also see no-name Baywatch extras! Free

17/06/2021

Join DP and Tony G for a trip to ROH in 2012. Kevin Steen is your new champion and Jim Cornette has vowed to do everything he can to take it away. Its ROH TV from June 23, 2012 and it's available now.
https://www.goldenagepodcast.com/show/episode274

Welcome One, Welcome ALL! To another fantastic edition of The Golden Age of Grappling! This week we dive back to the world that was Ring of Honor in 2012! Witness the The Restaurant Wars continue as Brutal Bob Evans is in Action! Jay Lethal has recently arrived from TNA! Jim Cornette’s in charge, ...

10/06/2021

Join DP and Tony G for a trip back to NXT in 2015. Takeover Brooklyn is on the horizon and the yellow and black brand is on the verge of breaking out. Charlotte challenges NXT Womens Champion Sasha Banks in this weeks main event.
https://www.goldenagepodcast.com/show/episode273

This week we go back six years and watch an NXT Episode with tons of interesting connections to todays wrestling world! Fin Balor just won in Japan! Sami Zayne is injured, but predicts 12 more years of Sami Vs Kevin! Samoa Joe’s Music is AWFUL! And the Women’s Revolution TM has just officially b...

14/05/2021

Join DP and Tony G for night two of the 2010 Chikara King of Trios. International stars from Big Japan, Osaka Pro, and Perro Del Mal have all advanced and look to continue their runs against the best Chikara has to offer.
https://www.goldenagepodcast.com/show/episode270

This week we dive back into the world of Chikara with a show packed with modern day wrestling stars! And this time there’s room for some Non-Trios matches between tournament bouts! Can the incoming star Christopher Daniels beat the Home-grown hero Hallowicked? What’s Johnny Gargano doing? And ho...

07/05/2021

Join DP and Tony G for a trip to 1992 for Vince McMahon's World Body Building Federation. It's got stunt men, musical numbers, and lots of body oil.
https://www.goldenagepodcast.com/show/episode269

Welcome One Welcome All To another edition of The Golden Age of Grappling! This week we look at Vince McMahon’s failed attempt to create a new Bodybuilding League! It’s Year 2 and we’ve gone full theatrical! Listen as Vince Groans and Moans his way through 2 hours of oiled up men flexing! Bobb...

27/04/2021

Join DP and Tony G for a trip to 2006 when a tag team match featured GOD. It's WWE Backlash 2006 and it's available now.
https://www.goldenagepodcast.com/show/episode268

Welcome One Welcome All! To a Miraculous Edition of The Golden Age of Grappling! This week witness one of the many miracles performed by the messiah of McMahonism! The first time Red Lights tortured a wrestler in WWE! A Technical Wrestling Clinic from Kane and Big Show! And a symposium on Bo**er Eat

13/04/2021

Join DP and Tony G for a Wrestlemania celebration. We go back to 1997 where the booking was complicated and the path was bumpy. We discuss how the WWF navigated its way toward Wrestlemania 13.
https://www.goldenagepodcast.com/show/episode266

This week we gear up for WRESTLEMANIA season by covering a show with the Highest of Highs, and well maybe not the Lowest of Lows, but a good number of lows. See legendary Tag Teams like The New Blackjacks and Furnas and Lefon! Early, All-I-Do-Is-Glare Chyna! The Greatness that was THE SULTAN! and of

15/03/2021

Join DP and Tony G as they get ready for Fastlane 2020 by taking a look back at Fastlane 2016. Brock Lesnar vs Roman Reigns vs Dean Ambrose...Who will face HHH at Wrestlemania?
https://www.goldenagepodcast.com/show/episode263

lets discuss a show that had LOW expectations and at the time lots of repetition, but that is actually a pretty fun watch today! So Witness Brie Bella cosplaying D-bry while attempting to de-throne the Queen! A VERY long raw segment promoting the EDGE AND CHRISTIAN Show! and of course the greatest t

02/03/2021

Join DP and Tony G for a trip to the 2010 Indie wrestling scene. We'll discuss stars like Ricochet, Johnny Gargano, and Orange Cassidy in the early stages of their careers. Its Chikara King of Trios 2010 and it's available now.
https://www.goldenagepodcast.com/show/episode262

This week we venture into the lore-heavy, comic book villain laden world of Chikara! Names like Chuck Taylor, Matt Classic, Suge D, Arik Cannon, Johnny Gargano, and the Colony prove to be high points in a night full of high points! So join us as we discuss night one of the Chikara KING OF TRIOS Tou

20/02/2021

Join DP and Tony G for a special Vengeance Day celebration. We take a look back at Ruthless Aggression and all the good and awful that comes with it. It's Vengeance 2005 and it's available now.
https://www.goldenagepodcast.com/show/episode260

We talk... HBK Vs Kurt Angle part deux! So much of that classic WWE™ Mistreatment of Women™! HHH takes a break from grooming his handlebar mustache on his way to fancy Christmas parties in June to put on another classic Hell in a Cell performance! Another Kane match you probably forgot happened!...

30/01/2021

Join DP and Tony G for a trip to 1997. The wrestling landscape is rapidly changing and new stars are beginning to emerge. It's Royal Rumble 1997 and it's available now.
https://www.goldenagepodcast.com/show/episode257

This week we look to the muppet babies of the attitude era, As Stone Cold, Mankind, The Rock are all here, but… like, the Baby Groot versions of themselves. Witness the rapping prowess of PG-13! Another Great Sycho Sid appearance! The Kneepad-Powered Rage of Ahmed Johnson! The VERY STRAIGHT Goldus...

21/01/2021

Join DP and Tony G for a trip to 2003 WWE. We take a look at everyone's favorite C show VELOCITY! See Daniel Bryan and former ROH Champion Xavier in action...plus a Smackdown recap about Torrie Wilson and Dawn Marie.
https://www.goldenagepodcast.com/show/episode254

The American Dragon Brian Danielson in ring! Brian Kendrick under a mask gets a pin on Shannon Moore! And Chuck Palumbo is… here… Also Al Wilson has recently died and recently Widowed Dawn Wilson isn’t happy with her step-daughter! The Big Show looks like a CRTL-T Enlargement of Big Bubba Roge...

05/01/2021

It's never too late to celebrate Christmas. Join DP and Tony G for a TNA Christmas spectacular. Featuring a night full of crazy gimmick matches and Eric Young preparing for the arrival of Santa Claus.
https://www.goldenagepodcast.com/show/episode253

We are blessed by the memory of that lil Nashville company that could, Total Nonstop Action! We trip back to 2007 And all of our favorite things that 2007 TNA brings with it are here! Outdated sexual references! A half dozen new match stipulations! Unreached potential! AND SOOO much Christmas!

17/12/2020

Join DP and Tony G for WAR! What could be better then a battle royal? Well WCW thought 3 rings and 60 men. It's WCW World War 3 1996 and its available now.
https://www.goldenagepodcast.com/show/episode251

The NWO has arrived! Uncle Eric has revealed himself to be evil! And Hulk Hogan WANTS TO SEE THE HIP, BROTHER! Ultimo Dragon Vs Rey Mysterio Jr! Nick Patrick vs Jericho in an One-arm-tied-behind-my-back match! And even an intergender brawl between Sister Sherri and Colonel Parker! What more could yo