Professional Wrestling

Ep. 287: Shawn Marek Returns – WWE Podcast Engineer

Shawn Marek was on this show in late 2018 back when he was a Producer for PodcastOne. At the time, we were both huge professional wrestling dweebs and I thought it was boss that he produced Stone Cold Steve Austin’s Podcast. Well, here we are two and a half years later and Shawn works for…

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Top 5 Favorite Pro Wrestling Spinebusters

Welcome to Top 5 Fun Friday, a regularly-occurring blog feature where I give you a list of extremely specific pointless shit from my life no one asked for. Why? Because the internet is incredibly un-fun in 2020 and I miss blogging. It’s Friday and these will be fun! This week’s list… Top 5 Favorite Pro…

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Ep. 256: Nick Gossert Returns, Creator of Lucha Libre & Laughs

Disclaimer: This was recorded on June 24. As of July 1, the State of Colorado has shut down bars and venues. Any references to the event taking place on July 17 and 18 should be amended to August 21 and 22. Nick Gossert was my guest on Ep. 121 of the show three and a…

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Ep. 248: Scott Keith – Professional Wrestling Writer

What do I say about Scott Keith here? I’ve probably read more of this man’s words on the internet than anyone else. (For the record, second and third place probably belong to Drew Magary and Roger Ebert.) On one of his old websites, he had a feature called “The Rant Crew” that allowed pretty much…

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Ep. 212: Ryzin – Professional Wrestler

(Rob) Ryzin is an independent professional wrestler who I talked to on Episode 59 of this show. A lot has changed in the nearly four years since he appeared last, and we get into all of it here on this week’s show. For starters, Ryzin earned himself an official WWE tryout, which, as he explains…

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First Job: Ryzin

Rob Ryzin (now just going by the name Ryzin) is an independent professional wrestler who last year earned a tryout with the WWE. He was a guest on this show four years ago, and a lot has happened since then including the aforementioned tryout, a complete reinvention of his character, and a new book! You’ll…

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Ep. 59: Rob Ryzin – Professional Wrestler

Rob Ryzin is an independent professional wrestler who currently lives in Orlando, and is pursuing his dream of earning a contract with the WWE. He sits down with Jon Eks, a lifelong pro wrestling fan himself, and talks about his early love of pro wrestling, self teaching himself the craft in high school with friend…

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