Ian Riccaboni of Phillies Nation is the guest this week, and surprise surprise, it’s more talk about WrestleMania. It’s not all current though, as we dig into some classic WrestleMania matches and moments, including the legendary blindfold match between Jake Roberts and Rick Martel at WMVII. We also talk about Iron Sheik’s inappropriate boners, Hulk Hogan, the greatness of Cody Rhodes, our excitement levels for WrestleMania this year, the rise of one CM Punk and we even provide five times the daily recommended amount of Brutus Beefcake references. We end talking about what to expect from the Phillies offense this season, and it’s surprisingly optimistic.

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The 1991 Royal Rumble match is discussed by Jason Mann and Scott T. Holland of Star of Savage in this marathon show. They discuss what was going on with many of the cast of characters in the Rumble, including “The Model” Rick Martel, Mr. Perfect, Earthquake, Bret Hart, Saba Simba, Jake Roberts, Davey Boy Smith, Kerry Von Erich, The Undertaker, Jimmy Snuka and many more. They also go into this show built up the mediocre Hulk Hogan v. Sgt. Slaughter feud and the outstanding Randy Savage v. Ultimate Warrior feud.

Download this episode of Wrestlespective. If you had more patience, then you wouldn’t be waiting.

After 42 episodes, Eric Gargiulo of the Camel Clutch Blog is back on the podcast! We kick it off by breaking down WrestleMania. First up is the controversial Chris Jericho promo on CM Punk, going into why we’re not looking forward to the Triple H/Undertaker match (even with an aside on how they’re going to do Hell in a Cell outdoors). We talk about how far The Miz has fallen and how good a guy Daniel Bryan is. There’s reflection on ROH’s 10 years, kind words for Steve Corino and discussion on why CZW seems to get the hot up-and-comers in indie wrestling before ROH does. We put over Adam Cole and talk about the proposed WWE Network Cruiserweight show before finishing on the idea of karma not existing in wrestling.

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The Survivor Series 1993 main event of the All-Americans (Lex Luger, Undertaker, Rick Steiner & Scott Steiner) battling the Foreign Fanatics (Yokozuna, Crush, Jacques Rougeau & Ludvig Borga) is discussed by Jason Mann and Ben Pasco of It’s Raining Meng. They discuss Lex Luger and his dull family, the Undertaker’s track record of patriotism, Yokozuna’s murderous past, Ludvig Borga’s surprising competence, Jay Leno’s awfulness, and more.

Download this episode of Wrestlespective. And decide for yourself whether Hawaii is really part of the United States.

Justin Credible v. Lance Storm at ECW Hardcore Heaven 2000 is discussed by Jason Mann and Joe Drilling. They talk about the merits of Credible’s reign as champion in the last year of ECW (not to mention the merits of his jorts and tights combo), Storm’s strong run in 2000 in ECW and WCW, Tommy Dreamer’s brutal attack on Francine, past and current misogyny in wrestling, and much more. 

Download this episode of Wrestlespective Radio. And check out Joe’s new wrestling podcast, What a Maneuver!, which looks back at every week of the WCW Nitro v. WWF Raw Monday Night War in 1996.