Wrestling Podcasts

Decobuzz · 03-01-2014 10:04am

I find the LAW crew produce the best podcasts out there. Pollock and Ting have great chemistry and can be genuinely funny at times. I'm an MLW VIP subscriber and they're beginning to get on my nerves. Court Bauer seems to love the sound of his own voice and Alice Radley is as false as they come.

Decobuzz · 03-01-2014 10:05am

SimonQuinlank wrote: »

Bruno Sammartino is the guest on Cabana's podcast today,really interesting listen.

Did Colt make any unfunny jokes that he usually does?
God if you paid me to listen to Cabana I'd refuse to.

rovert · 03-01-2014 10:47am

Decobuzz wrote: »

I find the LAW crew produce the best podcasts out there. Pollock and Ting have great chemistry and can be genuinely funny at times.

Agreed they are one of the few podcasts that I know of that doesn't breed the old "familiarity breeds contempt" effect among listeners. Every other big Wrestling podcast has had at least some form of a backlash. Citing a show is too formulaic, the hosts have gone up their holes, lost the passion etc.

Decobuzz wrote: »

I'm an MLW VIP subscriber and they're beginning to get on my nerves. Court Bauer seems to love the sound of his own voice and Alice Radley is as false as they come.

I am reading a lot of similar opinions emerge about the MLW stuff. Too many shows, too little content and not enough likeable personalities to carry it.

Decobuzz · 03-01-2014 12:11pm

rovert wrote: »

Agreed they are one of the few podcasts that I know of that doesn't breed the old "familiarity breeds contempt" effect among listeners. Every other big Wrestling podcast has had at least some form of a backlash. Citing a show is too formulaic, the hosts have gone up their holes, lost the passion etc.

I am reading a lot of similar opinions emerge about the MLW stuff. Too many shows, too little content and not enough likeable personalities to carry it.

Yeah Jim Cornette is even getting a little tiresome. If Alice Radley is involved I point blank refuse to download it. From their forums i'm not the only one to do that, yet they seem to be increasing her involvement.

Where have you been reading about MLW rovert?

rovert · 03-01-2014 12:23pm

Decobuzz wrote: »

Yeah Jim Cornette is even getting a little tiresome. If Alice Radley is involved I point blank refuse to download it. From their forums i'm not the only one to do that, yet they seem to be increasing her involvement.

Where have you been reading about MLW rovert?

The Wrestling Observer forum. MSL used to post on it and came across as the same tryhard oddball as he does on podcasts.

From everything myself and others could tell Court didn't really work on Eastbound and Down. It wasn't a credit on IMDB and he doesn't appear on set. He just handled their social media stuff. He spent his last year in WWE arranging travel rather writing TV - something he never mentions.

Not to pick on the woman and it is 2014 but Alice moving to Scotland for her fiancé that apparently she never met previously only to move back a week later sounds really odd.

Some bunch.

Decobuzz · 03-01-2014 12:36pm

rovert wrote: »

The Wrestling Observer forum. MSL used to post on it and came across as the same tryhard oddball as he does on podcasts.

From everything myself and others could tell Court didn't really work on Eastbound and Down. It wasn't a credit on IMDB and he doesn't appear on set. He just handled their social media stuff. He spent his last year in WWE arranging travel rather writing TV - something he never mentions.

Not to pick on the woman and it is 2014 but Alice moving to Scotland for her fiancé that apparently she never met previously only to move back a week later sounds really odd.

Some bunch.

Yeah that Alice story was seriously strange. She didn't even stay a week! She was 20 mins in his apartment and she went straight back to the airport. She also doesn't work as her ex husband pays her.

jaykhunter · 03-01-2014 3:55pm

Woah, was that on a wrestling podcast?

rovert · 03-01-2014 3:59pm

jaykhunter wrote: »

Woah, was that on a wrestling podcast?

I believe so:
http://mlwradio.libsyn.com/group-therapy-with-alice-msl-11

Not personally a member.

jaykhunter · 03-01-2014 4:07pm

aha ok. I thought it was like before talking about this week's impact or something

Sounds like a personal lives podcast.

Any other madness from MLW? I've decreasing time for Court on the LAW so I'd rather hear it from ye.

rovert · 03-01-2014 4:30pm

New RTE Radio 1 documentary on Pro Wrestling available to stream and download:

http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/documentary-podcast-champ-irish-pro-wrestling-sheamus.html

The Champ

Sports people will tell you it's not a real sport and actors will tell you it's not acting, yet pro wrestling requires peak physical fitness and theatrical skills to pull off effectively.

In a journey to find the next Irish superstar of the huge global Wrestling business, this documentary enters the world of Irish pro wrestling and tracks the rise of one of its biggest stars 'Sheamus' from the small community centres around Ireland to global fame entertaining 50,000 people at Madison Square Garden.

We see where it all began for him and find out that many are already following in his footsteps with little support from anyone outside of the tight knit wrestling bubble.

With several Irish men and women signed to America's WWE brand this year, Ireland is now a hotbed of talent and as we meet those who knew our biggest success Sheamus, we journey through the hurdles of agents and promoters to try meet the man himself.

On the way there we find that the USA isn't the only goal for Irish wrestlers as we meet Irishmen who are employed full time in Japan and Europe, and hear how another Irishman Fergal Devitt is a household name in Japan.
We hear how the wrestlers walk the line between sport and theatre, acting and athleticism whilst trying to develop their characters, tell stories and promote themselves to follow their dreams of making it to the next level.
From small shows in a community centre in Dublin's Fatima Mansions to Donegal's Ballyshannon we journey into the wrestlers world, backstage, into the ring and on to the canvas to see who can be the next champ.
Produced and narrated by Brian Kenny
Production Supervision by Sarah Blake
Sound Supervision by Mark Dwyer
This programme was made with the support of the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland.
Photographs courtesy of John Morrissey Photography and Design.
For more info on wrestling in Ireland - www.wrestling.ie, http://mainstagewrestling.net/, http://irishwhipwrestling.com/.
[RTÉ is not responsible for the content of external sites]

Cool stuff indeed

Decobuzz · 03-01-2014 4:59pm

jaykhunter wrote: »

aha ok. I thought it was like before talking about this week's impact or something Sounds like a personal lives podcast.

Any other madness from MLW? I've decreasing time for Court on the LAW so I'd rather hear it from ye.

Let's just say he likes the sound of his own voice. Most of the podcast these days consists of him making "in jokes" to MSL that aren't in the slightest bit funny. You can tell even Jim Cornette sees him as a bit of a joke. Court will mention Google Chrome, his "uncle" Gary Hart and his "mentors" the Wild Samoans at least once on every podcast.

Jay.. You seem to have all your e-mails read out by Pollock and the lads! What do you think of them? Personally i could listen to them all day. They don't take themselves too seriously whereas Court sees himself as the main man in wrestling podcasts

Charisteas · 03-01-2014 5:02pm

RTE Radio 1 wrote:

entertaining 50,000 people at Madison Square Garden.

Oh come on and I get stick for saying that there was 93,173 at Mania 3 :pac:

rovert · 03-01-2014 5:18pm

Solid production I enjoyed that RTE documentary.

I know the piece needed an anchor or point of interest buthe endless Sheamus worship and documenting WWE's refusal to grant an interview for documentary with Sheamus could have been reduced significantly.

Bam Katrazz and Kazza G came across really well. Both are credits to the local scene.

Relatively well researched and cringe free overall for a mainstream outlet covering Pro Wrestling.

Charisteas wrote: »

Oh come on and I get stick for saying that there was 93,173 at Mania 3 :pac:

Reminds me the first minute or so of this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chb8DjmjnCY

That one mistake isn't representative of the whole yoke.

takamichinoku · 03-01-2014 5:36pm

Cornette is fine when he's talking about the past and stuff like that, especially if it's with some other old timer guy but the guy talks some amount of ****e and is a bit of an imbecile sometimes.

Bauer's really arrogant and self serving, he seems to have some good inside knowledge a lot of the time though so I put up with him sometimes.

MSL is irrelevant, unsure what his purpose is.

Konnan is amicable but can be tiresome.

John Pollock is pretty bloody great imo; the guy's very passionate, capable of being objective even when he's not in the mood at all, dedicated to a fault and very modest. Wai complements him brilliantly too, I think it helps that it seems like he was never crazily in love with wrestling to the level a lot of others once were, stops him from hitting a level of cynicism that seems rampant with most places.
The other LAW guys are okay but not my cup of tea really.

Meltzer's Meltzer but he's jaded as hell and quite Rain Man-like on the air too.

Alvarez is pretty goofy, find it hard to get past that.

Keller's a good interviewer and seems pretty competent at the journalism side of things but he's a terrible producer. Powell always comes across well too but I don't really know him.

Wait, why am I listing all these out?

rovert · 03-01-2014 5:45pm

takamichinoku wrote: »

Meltzer's Meltzer but he's jaded as hell and quite Rain Man-like on the air too.

Ah here you can't call Melty jaded the eve of

jaykhunter · 03-01-2014 11:48pm

Decobuzz wrote: »

Jay.. You seem to have all your e-mails read out by Pollock and the lads! What do you think of them? Personally i could listen to them all day. They don't take themselves too seriously whereas Court sees himself as the main man in wrestling podcasts

Aha, today I learnt MSL is a person and not a podcast! Is his name actually Mister? I'll pass on MLW so. I'm a big fan of John & Wai. They're the reason I started my own show! They've tremendous chemistry, they're friends, good guys and have such fantastic discussion & break down of the various feuds/news of the week. John's quite polished as a host as well, how he can off-the-cuff discuss things and naturally bring in information and tie it all together/give you a good grounding (especially on review-a-wai dealing with old PPVs) is really impressive. Lovely guys too. No idea how you can do that stuff in one take so easily. They even recorded a video liner for our show which was one of my goals

On a side note I quite like Mouth, and love his taste in music & frame of reference is usually 80s or earlier! I've stopped listening to the LAW because Jason Agnew's "I'm a heel character" to drive interest is just frustrating. I don't want to listen to someone playing an internet character has to say.

I have a lot of time for Bryan & Vinny. There's some really interesting points and fun recaps (although not the best information-wise, you'd need to watch the TV show to fully get what happened) but you can tell the two are longtime friends, and it really benefits the show. So many shows don't have that (it's more two people who separately wanted to start a podcast) so it's great when you have it.

Definitely regular podcasts, you've really got to like the person or value the show to keep listening.

Mick Murdock · 04-01-2014 3:04pm

Agree with a lot of what has been said in the last few pages..

John Pollock and Wai Ting are the only two guys that have never become tiresome to me and I have been listening to them longer than anybody else.

Have also subscribed to MLW VIP.. Have never liked Mr Saint Laurent but he's become unbearable recently.

Court Bauer - not really sure about him, he seems to know a lot of people in the industry which I guess gives him a certain credibility. He also has as much backstage info as any of the journalists as far as I can see (Meltzer is probably the only exception). Comes across like a complete w*nker a lot of the time though, not funny and way too sure of himself, despite having done f*ck all as far as I can see. MLW? Wasn't it a handful of Ring of Honor level shows? You'd think he took on Vince McMahon the way he talks about it.

Konnan - Still a fan but he needs to shut the f*ck up about Juventud and handjobs.. In fairness I thought Dexter was a great name for Meltzer. I guess it's just inevitable that you run out of things to talk about when you're talking to the same people for hours on end every week.

Interviewing/Reviewing is a better format in that sense.

Cornette - Can also be a bit irritating, but found his show with Kenny Bolin hilarious so giving him a pass for the moment. It's putting him with MSL, Bauer and that incredibly annoying bird that drags him down mostly. If Cornette honestly thinks her voice is 'sexy' he needs to see an ENT!! So grating and false. Also her stories about the weirdo in Scotland and Atheism have pretty much guaranteed that I will never listen to anything she is on again.

takamichinoku · 04-01-2014 3:13pm

Man, everyone's making me super curious about this Scottish guy, what's the deal?

IIRC, MLW was always a loss making exercise bankrolled by his parents or some ****? Very few of the former writers come across that well in general though, do they?

Mick Murdock · 05-01-2014 1:26am

A short as possible summation..

She has her own wrestling podcast.. Got hooked up with MLW some how.

Her ex-husband is a multi millionaire who has agreed to look after her for the rest of her life. Fair enough.

She met a Scottish fella on Facebook about a year ago and they cyber dated, talked on Skype etc. he's 10 years younger apparently.

She agreed to move to Glasgow to live with him without having met him in person. Arrived in Glasgow. He didn't have enough money for a taxi from the airport? They got back to his apartment, she realised he was a weirdo and left within a couple of hours and returned to LA.

She came across as bad if not worse..

Find it hard to believe Konnan/Cornette take her seriously behind it all..

Mick Murdock · 05-01-2014 1:55am

jaykhunter wrote: »

John's quite polished as a host as well, how he can off-the-cuff discuss things and naturally bring in information and tie it all together/give you a good grounding (especially on review-a-wai dealing with old PPVs) is really impressive.

+1

This is an under appreciated part of the shows. JP is a walking MMA/Wrestling Encyclopaedia. His MMA Report show is brilliant and as good as anything I've heard sports radio wise.

Given his work ethic it wouldn't surprise me if he records each show ten times over, but he does a great job either way. He's a natural talker.

Decobuzz · 05-01-2014 9:13pm

Mick Murdock wrote: »

A short as possible summation..

She has her own wrestling podcast.. Got hooked up with MLW some how.

Her ex-husband is a multi millionaire who has agreed to look after her for the rest of her life. Fair enough.

She met a Scottish fella on Facebook about a year ago and they cyber dated, talked on Skype etc. he's 10 years younger apparently.

She agreed to move to Glasgow to live with him without having met him in person. Arrived in Glasgow. He didn't have enough money for a taxi from the airport? They got back to his apartment, she realised he was a weirdo and left within a couple of hours and returned to LA.

She came across as bad if not worse..

Find it hard to believe Konnan/Cornette take her seriously behind it all..

Yeah I find it hard to believe that Konnan in particular takes her seriously.
Cornette keeps saying she has a "sexy voice" Personally I find her voice so false and put on. From reading the MLW forum and on Twitter a lot of people seem to dislike her yet MLW have increased the amount of podcasts she's on. They're driving away listeners.

rovert · 07-01-2014 5:30pm

Nothing of interest on Austin's newest show unless you like RV talk.

Working on the Undertaker as a guest - he doesn't have Taker's contact info!

"It is what it is" with the Rock and the Rock being busy.

He hopes to interview Triple H this week.

Austin says Bret and Flair are coming back. Bret wants to discuss Wrestlemania 13.

rovert · 12-01-2014 10:54pm

After my looonnnng exchange with Konnan and Court Baurer on Twitter on Thursday the MLW podcast released this statement:

The feedback pertaining to Konnan's conversation about a past domestic issue from episode 109 is appreciated as are the concerns regarding homophobic comments.

No one at MLW condones violence towards women and homophobia or derogatory terms targeted the L/G/B/T community.

We strive for a comfortable, honest conversation on the podcasts but never at the cost of targeting one's sexual orientation or promoting violence towards women. Domestic abuse and homophobia are two very real issues that unfortunately too many are subjected to on a daily basis. We will not contribute to those efforts. We want MLW to be an enjoyable experience for everyone and not a place where hate or violence towards women is gratified.

We will internally discuss how to better demonstrate this in the shows we put out and apologize but also thank you the candid talk on the board about this.

Tramps Like Us · 12-01-2014 11:47pm

Best thing about Cornette (who I really like) is that if yer one is annoying him (I imagine she is) or anyone else associated with the podcast he will eventually explode and give us an epic rant like he did about Greg the office boy on the breaking kayfabe interview recently

Decobuzz · 13-01-2014 8:45am

rovert wrote: »

After my looonnnng exchange with Konnan and Court Baurer on Twitter on Thursday the MLW podcast released this statement:

What did they say to you?

rovert · 13-01-2014 9:23am

Decobuzz wrote: »

What did they say to you?

Essentially Konnan said he wasn't going to change how talks because he is street yo. Court acted a maggot via his various Twitter accounts.

gimmick · 13-01-2014 10:30am

Links?

I wont listen to the pods with Konnan anymore. He is a very unpleasant individual.

Decobuzz · 13-01-2014 10:40am

gimmick wrote: »

Links?

I wont listen to the pods with Konnan anymore. He is a very unpleasant individual.

Agreed. I used to be a big MLW fan but with Alice Radley there and Konnan becoming increasingly arrogant i'm switching off.

rovert · 13-01-2014 10:48am

gimmick wrote: »

Links?

I wont listen to the pods with Konnan anymore. He is a very unpleasant individual.

Probably doesn't make the most sense:
https://twitter.com/search?q=Konnan5150%20SoDuTw%20&src=typd&f=realtime

LOTD · 13-01-2014 10:19pm

I've only started to listen to MLW recently so I'm not really bored or tiring of people's attitudes at the moment, though that story of Alice going to Scotland to hook up with the guy on a whim and returned to the States later that day. Then has the gall to call him a weirdo, give me a break . Listening to it today, all Konnan wanted Samoa Joe to do was talk smack about TNA, which I found it a bit disrespectful considering Joe is employed there at the moment. It came across as he was undermining Joe's career plus you can tell Joe takes a lot of pride in the work he does.

rovert · 13-01-2014 11:16pm

Recap:

TNA Star Samoa Joe was interviewed by MLW Radio on tons of subjects including comments made to Joe early in his career by Jim Ross,

On the Infamous Kidnapping angle and Vince Russo:

"You want me to break the silence on that? I don't like getting verbal spats with people who I don't think are worth my time or my effort and a dude in particular is Vince Russo. This cat, I don't have a problem with Vince Russo. When he left i just told him, It is what it is. He always had 22 million reasons for making the decisions that he made. But when Hogan and Bischoff came in they said 'Oh we have this great idea. We are going to do this thing and take you off of TV and re-brand you. Do all this other stuff. We do this kidnapping thing and you come back as a psychopath.' I was cool with it.

I sat at home for 3 months on a bitching ass vacation. I had one of the best vacations in the history of vacations. Paid vacation. Getting ready so i call them back Week after Week 'What do you guys need me to do'. They would say 'We are still coming up with something'. Vince Russo with his infinite ridiculousness just said, we are short on babyfaces and so i get a call saying 'Joe we need to bring you back to TV'.

So I asked him, So how is it that you are going to bring me back. He said, I don't know how just yet but we need to bring you in. So the dude couldn't write his way out of a kidnapping. The only reason why I bring this up is because he has the audacity to blame all of his silliness on other people. And by the way wrestlers, Pro wrestlers all over the world and people in the business. Stop whoring yourself out to shoot interviews. This man couldn't write his way out of a kidnapping. That's how much respect he had for the product, how much respect he had for the fans and that is indicative of his style of what he did. He was the head writer at the time and this is the way he felt that was admissible. Now i know this little bitch is going to go back on a shoot and talk all of this ****."

GTR63 · 14-01-2014 12:09am

Joe enjoyed that vacation a bit too much aswell

Mick Murdock · 18-01-2014 12:57pm

I'm amazed Konnan bothers replying to you. He obviously has as much time on his hand as you do.

Woman beating and calling people fags.. The horror.

rovert · 18-01-2014 1:07pm

Mick Murdock wrote: »

I'm amazed Konnan bothers replying to you. He obviously has as much time on his hand as you do.

Woman beating and calling people fags.. The horror.

Got out of the wrong side of the bed today, Mick?

SimonQuinlank · 18-01-2014 6:34pm

Mick Murdock wrote: »

I'm amazed Konnan bothers replying to you. He obviously has as much time on his hand as you do.

Woman beating and calling people fags.. The horror.

Yes actually.

Mick Murdock · 19-01-2014 1:22am

SimonQuinlank wrote: »

Yes actually.

As mentioned on another thread I wasn't in the best of form this morning when I posted the above and regretted doing so afterwards.

If people are genuinely offended by it, I take it back. I read it as people trying to be offended.

He has been using the f word since the beginning, and this is the first complaint I have seen here. I don't think there is any maliciousness behind it.

I don't believe he is a homophobe - he has spoken at length on previous podcasts on the subject. Insults in general have little substance. It's not a word I would use personally, but I hear it all the time.

As for woman beating, at least he is honest. I personally think in a world of equals women shouldn't be treated differently to men.

It's all down to circumstances. In my opinion, hitting a man is no more acceptable than hitting a woman if the circumstances are the same.

I suppose that's not 'pc'.

I am not a violent person. I have never hit a woman in my life.

Konnan has become increasinly irritating recently though and the addition of yer wan isn't helping,

On my phone, it's Saturday night..

duuuaaaane · 23-01-2014 11:23am

Hey lads,

I've relaunched Wrestling Voice Radio and kicked it off with an interview with Jim Cornette I conducted this week.

Going to be running shows more frequently now so make sure to subscribe on iTunes & Stitcher.

Got some cool interviews coming up: Bret Hart & DDP return and will also be talking to Hulk Hogan, Eric Bischoff, Scott Hall and hope to get the likes of Joey Ryan, Trent?, Chris Hero, The Young Bucks on soon also.

http://www.wrestlingvoiceradio.com/interview/jim-cornette-interview-january-2014/

Cheers!

rovert · 23-01-2014 12:41pm

Really enjoyed Part 2 of Austin's podcast with Roddy Piper. At parts it sounded like they were going to fall into each others arms and break down in tears.

Dean Ambrose is on the Art of Wrestling this week. Not sure what to make of it. It is largely him being grumpy about his time on the indies on a non-specfic basis with little if at all WWE/NXT talk. For a WWE contracted talent he swears up a storm too.

duuuaaaane · 23-01-2014 8:52pm

Back again - not an interview but a Royal Rumble Preview Show + More! Have a listen and if you enjoy subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher please!

http://www.wrestlingvoiceradio.com/2014/01/wrestling-voice-radio-royal-rumble-preview-23rd-january-2014/

SimonQuinlank · 29-01-2014 12:47am

Steve Austin has Jim Johnston on his latest podcast,really fascinating chat with a guy who I've always wanted to hear interviewed.

jaykhunter · 29-01-2014 1:16am

SimonQuinlank wrote: »

Steve Austin has Jim Johnston on his latest podcast,really fascinating chat with a guy who I've always wanted to hear interviewed.

Link to the show!

rovert · 29-01-2014 3:16pm

SimonQuinlank wrote: »

Steve Austin has Jim Johnston on his latest podcast,really fascinating chat with a guy who I've always wanted to hear interviewed.

Him breaking down Austin's theme was great listening. The stuff Austin didn't know about the theme that made him millions.

Chip Whitley · 29-01-2014 5:53pm

What's the sound quality like on the interview with Jim Johnston? I've been trying to listen to a few of Austin's podcasts lately, but sometimes the audio of the guest is so poor it puts me off. Especially the last one I listened to, the Taz one.

gerTheGreat · 29-01-2014 6:02pm

Johnson is on the phone. It's not great when he tries to play Austin's theme on an acoustic guitar but otherwise, fine.

duuuaaaane · 31-01-2014 7:17pm

Latest edition of Wrestling Voice Radio

http://www.wrestlingvoiceradio.com/2014/01/wrestling-voice-radio-state-of-the-wwe-address-30th-january-2014/

Also on Stitcher & iTunes

In this episode we review the Royal Rumble, give a State of the WWE Address following CM Punk's departure and book our own WrestleMania card - we also take a musical journey back to SummerSlam 2002.

rovert · 07-02-2014 10:46pm

Tramps Like Us · 08-02-2014 12:13am

Jerichos last two with chavo are good, lots about Eddie and Benoit

bigron2109 · 08-02-2014 11:32am

Have only started to Listen to Austins and its Gas.

Its Gas when he starts plugging his sponsors.

Manning3000 · 08-02-2014 11:58am

Looking forward to JR's one coming out soon, hopefully he will be very blunt. Turnbuckle throwbacks is a very good podcast, they just done one on bruiser brody good stuff.

Mick Murdock · 08-02-2014 1:17pm

bigron2109 wrote: »

Have only started to Listen to Austins and its Gas.

Its Gas when he starts plugging his sponsors.

Trust me, you won't be long tiring of that.. :pac:

It was great to hear a Jim Johnston interview, but I think he'd have been better suited to the Jericho podcast as the questions would be more insightful than Austin's - some of them were ridiculous!! He at least understands the basics of playing/writing music.

He did a job good screening the callers the other day as they were easily the least cringe worthy I've ever heard on a wrestling show.

The fat Texican comedian was awful though. AVOID AVOID AVOID.

Austin seems to be universally liked in the industry, have never heard anybody talk sh*t about him, which is a pretty unique??

Despite his redneck Republican tendencies he seems like a genuinely decent fella and I'm enjoying his show more than ever.

Kudos to him for being outspoken about Bryan/HHH/Vince etc. too.

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