Synopsis
Four idiots discussing everything wrestling! From WWE, Impact, NJPW, ROH, Lucha Underground, SMASH!, WrestlePro, Beyond Wrestling, Tier 1, and more. Its wrestling talk... and talk about wrestling!
Episodes
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Episode 738: Put It On Your Back
22/04/2025 Duration: 02h30minWrestlemania 41 has come and gone, we are joined by Kyle from the Apron Bump Podcast to react to the biggest wrestling show of the year. John Cena has captured his 17th World Championship with the help of Travis Scott, Cena set out to ruin wrestling, did he accomplish that? The crew weights in on this match & all things Wrestlemania 41. We talk some NXT Stand & Deliver, Hall of Fame & WWE buying AAA. Back from the break, we talk do a Polaco Watch, talk some Dark Side of the Ring, Preview TNA Rebellion, the Jeff Cobb/TJP saga and of course we do Tony's homework. We watch some UCB sketch & then AEW All Out 2020 The Tooth and Nail Match as Britt Baker takes on Big Swole. Plus Brundo assigns us some Homework as we go back to WCW 1998, Slamboree as we watch the battle royal & the match that immediately follows. You can watch the match on Peacock Remember to Subscribe, leave a review and support The Shining Wizards
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Episode 737: Mania & The Maniac
15/04/2025 Duration: 03h02minIt's the biggest week in wrestling and the Shining Wizards have you covered. The big reveal of Polaco Watch & It's what everyone expected but we get all the details from HK Matt watched NWA's 200th Episode of Powerrr and shares his thoughts as KJG attempted to watch but couldn't get into it. The boys are joined by Northeast Independent Wrestling Legend, "The Maniac" Glen Osbourne. Glen shares with us his insights on his career, the guys he worked with, the impact he had on the wrestling industry and his excitement heading into TWA One and Done & Rasslecon on May 3rd at the 2300 Arena in PhiladelphiaBack from a quick break the boys jump into AEW. Dynamite and Collision had some great wrestling, but Matt is still hung up on the story telling. He has issues with the Learning Tree segment and the Hurt Syndicate segment, continues to harp on records and just wants the Death Riders to end. We also talk about running at Globe Life and why it's only set up for 18,000.Talk turns to the WWE and It's Wrestlemani
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Episode 736: The Greater of the Good
08/04/2025 Duration: 02h20minThe Shining Wizards Return for another week of wrestling talk and talk about wrestling. It's time to pay up for punishment for losing last year's picks. So its puppet time. Each Wizard has his own Puppet & Tony calls the shots on when the puppets chop it up. Its complete hilarity as the show kicks off and we turn our discussion to picks and a quick rundown of AEW Dynasty. We are then joined by our favorite Finnish wrestler Mikko Maestro to talk about the latest episode of Dark Side of the Ring on Ludvig Borga We are less then a week away from the big MAW Show & the potential showdown between HK & PJ Polaco, so we do a quick Polaco Watch We talk some WWE & Wrestlemania before jumping into KJG's homework as we go back to TNA Turning Point 2009 & talk Homicide vs Amazing Red Matt assigns the group homework for next week, as we are watching Tiger Mask vs Dynamite Kid from April 1983 Here is the link https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=209703080357774We wrap up talking some 70/80'
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Episode 735: Johnny Hot Butter
01/04/2025 Duration: 02h41minThe Shining Wizards Return with a jam packed show. Maven sat down with PJ Polaco, so we have tons to talk about with Polaco Watch. We are then joined by Bay Ragni AKA Chubby Dudley to talk about the upcoming Rasselcon at the 2300 Arena & TWA One and Done. Is AEW out to get the TWA? Check in with Bay & have a few laughs along the way Back from our break we are talking WWE, Wrestlemania 41, CM Punk, Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins, Naomi, Monday Night Raw and much more. Its Mania season and we are jacked up We turn our attention to AEW, as they have Dynasty coming this weekend. Good week of TV, we discuss a variety of topics, from Mercedes Mone & Athena, to who turns in Rated FTR.We get a run in from Tony before we cover Brundo's Homework last week. We go back to ROH, 2005 for the infamous Samoa Joe vs Kenta Kobashi match. Then KJG assigns us some TNA Turning Point 2009, Homicide vs Amazing Redhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hH8EWya-ogkBefore we pull the train into the station we talk some Dark Side
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Episode 734: One and Done
25/03/2025 Duration: 02h43minThe Shining Wizards Return with a ton of wrestling talk and talk about wrestling We are down 2 men, and Matt is flustered with the videos, but once we get past that we are on to busting HK's chops about the homework he assigned us. One of the Wizards reset their clock, and looking at who was on the show tonight, it shouldn't be hard to figure out. We are joined by TWA Promoter Joel Goodhart to talk about the upcoming TWA One and Done & Rasslecon taking place May 3rd at the 2300 Arena. We talk about the TWA, gimmick matches, Tod Gordon, ECW, Tessa Blanchard and more. It's a fantastic interview and for any wrestling historian, it's important to know Joel Goodhart and the role he played in the wrestling business. Back from the break we have an update in the Death Pool. Then its onto the Road to Wrestlemania and WWE. We discuss the Women's Title Picture for Wrestlemania, John Cena's latest promo, the triple threat match between Punk/Rollins/Roman, and what Wrestlemania 41 looks like at the moment. Things get
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Episode 733: Salmon for Dinner
18/03/2025 Duration: 02h22minA rare Monday where Monday Night Raw is over before our episode starts. We are joined by Kyle from The Apron Bump Podcast to talk about WWE Raw from Brussels. We talk about John Cena's 1st Promo since The Elimination Chamber, some of us love it, some of us hated it. We talk some Penta, the Tag Team scene, Rey Fenix, Raw from MSG, Wrestlemania & more. Back from break we do our Polaco watch & ponder if he will show up in Minnesota. We talk some AEW & get a run in from Magenta. Then we hit on this question from the discord, what is the bigger flop, WWECW or AEW-ROH. Then its onto our homework. Back to 1985, hair vs hair match from All Japan Women- Dump Matsumoto vs Chigusa Nagayo. The reactions are incredible & its a must see match. Then HK drops this on us for homework, its not a match but a Youtube documentary on Buck Zumhofe called Rock The Cradle. Here is the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pJDaBMOTjk
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Episode 732: Wet Dates
11/03/2025 Duration: 02h16minWhile Matt chills at Monday Night Raw at the Garden, the other Wizards get together for another amazing episode!Discussion opens with a recap of AEW Revolution and ppv picks, where all the guys wind up with the same 10-2 record. This leads to HK and Tony leading the charge to a B&P title for the ladies.After a brief Polaco Watch where KJG reads Twitter comments, the guys are joined by Jimmy Jacobs to discuss his illustrious career and fruits.After a break the guys discuss the ongoings and title changes in WWE, including the Cody promo, the Naomi turn, the IYO Sky and LA Knight title changes, and some NXT/TNA crossover.Once again, women's wrestling leads the discussion as another all-women ppv is contemplated.The guys surprisingly discuss Turd Tongs and etiquette behind the curtain in wrestling, as well as working the ring crew.There's homework to discuss as Tony introduces Mr. T vs Kevin Sullivan from Superbrawl 1994. Finally, a video from Matt introduces his homework: Chigusa Nagayo vs. Dump Mats
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Episode 731: Hole in the Fence
04/03/2025 Duration: 02h20minThe Shining Wizards Return with a jam packed episode. Hot off of the Elimination Chamber, they are joined by Kate from Fightful to talk about the John Cena heel turn and what it means for the Road To Wrestlemania. The boys also break down Elimination Chamber, update PPV picks and talk about Facebook Death Match Groups. Back from the break, they preview AEW Revolution, talk a little AEW and then recap the weekend. Kevin talks about his trip to WrestlePro, Brundo & Tony give us the full rundown of Maccabiah Mania 3. Stories galore Then its time for KJG vs Brundo in Can You Beat That, which of course is full of controversy Then it's homework time as we go back to Armageddon 2006 for the 4 Way Tag Team Ladder Match for the WWE Tag Team Titles And Tony gives us Homework for next week, as we will be watching and talking about Starrcade 1994, Mr T vs Kevin Sullivan.
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Episode 730: Holes and Souls
25/02/2025 Duration: 02h09minKyle from the Apron Bump joined HK and KJG for another exciting episode.The show opens with talk about The Rock and his promo to Cody Rhodes, wanting to take Cody's soul. There's a lot of mixed reaction here.There's some talk about Andre Chase not looking like a wrestler, which leads to talk of Tessa Blanchard and Jeff Hardy regarding who deserves to be forgiven. When Tony joins in, the room is pretty split.Kevin hits the guys with a Top 5 of Worthless Group members which leads to an interesting conversation as to which member of the Dangerous Alliance could be eliminated.Then it's time for homework from HK, as the guys discuss Hogan vs Michaels from SummerSlam 2005.This week's homework from KJG is from Armageddon 2006 (on the Peacock, for sure) Fatal 4-Way Ladder Match, where Paul London and Brian Kendrick (c) defend the WWE Tag Titles against William Regal and Dave Taylor, MNM and The Hardys.
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Episode 729: Barbarian Descent
18/02/2025 Duration: 02h26minA absolutely stacked show Kyle from the Apron Bump Podcast joins us for his monthly segment HJC. We talk about Ricky Starks arriving in NXT & the reaction from the wrestling community. We transition that conversation into NXT Vengeance Day & our thoughts on the show. We are then joined by the King of Kingsport, author, wrestler, promoter and podcaster Beau James. We talk about the independents, the outlaws, his upcoming book & much more. Beau is Professional Wrestling & this is a must listen to interview. We drop a clip from our latest Patreon show, then are joined by T Donk who missed the 1st half of the show. We catch up with HK about his weekend at Midwest All Star Wrestling, getting beat up by a woman & taking a stunner. We also catch up with Brundo about his trip to the Jersey J Cup Night 2. We then cap it of with an update on the Polaco Watch. We talk a little bit about Wrestling Rings & Toni Storm winning the AEW Women's Title in Australia. We talk about Michelle McCool goin
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Episode 728: Backstage Dogs
11/02/2025 Duration: 02h23minA really fun episode of the Shining Wizards Wrestling Podcast.Matt has a fun story about his weekend, Tony is peeing Wing Stop & Sexxxy Eddy joins the Wizards for a wild talk.Sexxxy Eddy tells us about his famous "viral" video from his time in CZW, sharing the ring with Kevin Steen & El Generico for the 1st time in the United States, his dogs, hot sauce and much more. It's a wild & fun time with Eddy, and worth checking out.We dive into the worlds of WWE, AEW & TNA, even spend a little time talk about MLW. We talk some Elimination Chamber, Charlotte picking her opponent, Raw, Smackdown, Dynamite, & CollisionThen it's time for Homework as we go back to 2007 ROH and talk Ladder Wars, The Briscoe Brothers vs Kevin Steen & El Generico.Plus Brundo drops us Homework for next week, as we go back to WCW Uncensored 96 for the Doomsday Cage MatchClick the link below to follow the Wizards on all forms of social mediahttps://t.co/JxBwhzKl9E
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Episode 727: Meat Sticks
04/02/2025 Duration: 02h21minThe Shining Wizards Return with a huge episode It's week 1 of the Polaco Watch, as we follow along to see if he wants it to Minnesota in April We are joined by Kate from Fightful to talk about the 2025 Royal Rumble, did the Rumble live up to expectations & are we happy with the winners? From Kate we go to Pro Wrestler/Comedian Dan Barry to talk about his retirement tour from wrestling, not giving a shit, comedy, SSCW and attacking wrestlers at merch stands. Back from the break we finish our talk about the Rumble,PPV Picks and Punishments, the winners and losers. Triple H in the Hall of Fame & Demolition back on WWE.com Brudno is heated about AEW Dynamite, and we voice our frustrations about AEW Dynamite and Collision. We talk about the upcoming season of Dark Side of the Ring and what episodes we are looking forward too. Then it's time for our Homework as we go back to Wrestlemania 7 & talk Blind Fold Match- Jake "the Snake" Roberts vs Rick" the Model"Martel. HK
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Episode 726: Guttin' the Goose
28/01/2025 Duration: 02h39minThe Shining Wizards Return with a jam packed episode The boys do the usual catching up, HK joined a Costco so that's a big talking point, plus we are now on Polaco Watch as HK is due to work with the Man O War and maybe find out where his money went. We talk a little TNA Wrestling before we are joined by our guest. Excitement is in the air with the Joe Hendry/NXT era beginning. We are then joined by Death Match Wrestler Dr Redacted. We talk about his journey for being a Beetle to being the Dr. We talk Disney, traveling to Japan, deodorant, pants shitting and so much more. If you aren't familiar with Dr Redacted this is a great way to introduce yourself to him. Back from break we talk some WWE, as we rave over Saturday Night's Main Event and discuss the Royal Rumble and ponder if the WWE can make Gunther's title as important as Cody's and discuss the amount of potential Rumble Winners. We talk a little bit about AEW as well, the return of Kenny Omega, smaller arena's, the Death Rid
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Episode 725: Return of the Maccabee
21/01/2025 Duration: 02h27minThe Wizards have a huge show as they kick things off with the man himself, The Mighty Maccabee, Jeff Bukantz. They talk about The Mighty Maccabee's Farewell Match on March 2nd at Livingston High School against Crowbar. They also discuss the popularity of The Mighty Maccabee and how it came to be. It's a fantastic interview & a must listen to conversation We are then joined by Kyle from the Apron Bump Podcast for HJC to talk Penta's debut on Raw, the idea of replacing Rey Mysterio & a bunch of nonsense. Always a good time when Kyle joins the Wizards. After a quick break the boys are back to talk some more WWE, The Wyatt Six, Cody/Kevin Owens, Fatu, WWE & TNA working together, TNA Genesis, The People vs GCW, WrestlePro, DPW & more. We then dive into KJG's homework from last week as we talk TNA vs GFW 2015 Lethal Lockdown. HK assigns us some Homework for next week, as we go back to November 20, 1993 for WCW Battle Bowl. We will cover the Main Event that starts at the 2:16:00 ma
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Episode 724: Open That Bitch Up
14/01/2025 Duration: 02h26minThe Shining Wizards Return with a jam packed show. David Penzer & Emil Jay join the Wizards We kick things off with a Death Pool Updated as unfortunately Black Bart has passed away We are then joined by David Penzer to talk about Sitting Ringside Volume 2, which you can find at the links below. We talk about the new book, Brian Knobbs, Cope and GCW After Mr Penzer we talk about the debut RAW Netflix show a little, Hulk Hogan, The Bloodline, NXT New Years Evil and some MLW. Back from the break we talk a little GCW before being joined by the voice of GCW Emil Jay. We do a deep dive on The People vs GCW, the matches, the stories, the success of GCW and much more. After Emil we quickly talk some AEW before jumping into last week's homework. We talk Masato Tanaka vs Mike Awesome from ECW One Night Stand, the brutality of the match, the Gunther introduction on the Vault, Joey Styles being heated, JBL Camera cuts and much more. Plus KJG gives us our homework for next week https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-
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Episode 723: Down Period
07/01/2025 Duration: 02h22minThe Wizards kick off the 2025 with a full show as they chat with GCW Star & 1/2 of the Gahbage Daddies "The Northeast Beast" Alec Price ahead of The People vs GCW & the big tag title match against Violence is Forever. They are also joined by Kate from Fightful for Kate's Corner as they talk some Wrestle Kingdom 19 & Wrestle Dynasty The boys also talk some WWE, Smackdown & AEW They then go over last week's homework from Matt, as they talk ECW Heatwave 96- Chris Jericho vs 2 Cold Scorpio vs Shane Douglas vs Pitbull #2 Brundo assigns us homework for next week, as the Hammerstein Ballroom was a hot topic, its Masato Tanaka vs Mike Awesome from ECW One Night Stand June 12, 2005 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ahHouvNgZo Follow Alec Price on Social Media https://x.com/theprizecityog?lang=bn Follow and Support The Shining Wizards https://t.co/JxBwhzKl9E
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Episode 722: Perse-Phone
31/12/2024 Duration: 02h30minThe Shining Wizards close out 2024 with a really fun show. The boys catch up on Christmas before talking a little bit about AEW Worlds End. Not a lot of time to talk about the PPV, but we cover a little, nothing crazy. We are then joined by wrestling journey man Chuck Coates. Unfortunately we have a bad connection with Chuck so we have to reschedule, but we only scratched the surface with him. We preview Wrestle Kingdom and Wrestle Dynasty before talking about the NWA & MLW Back from the break we jump into Tony's Homework from last week .Tito/Brundo vs Savage/Adonis in a cage from MSG. Matt then hands out his homework, going back to ECW in 1996, Heatwave 96 4 Way Dance for the ECW TV Title https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1nE411P7hd?spm_id_from=333.788.videopod.episodes&p=9 Match stars at the 1:08:05 Mark Then something new for 2025. We do the Shining Wizards Death Pool Draft, we each pick 10 wrestling personalities who we think may pass in 2025. We ARE NOT wishing harm on these people. Reme
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'Twas the Night Before Christmas by Mick Foley
24/12/2024 Duration: 04minCelebrate the holidays with this rendition of the holiday classic by the Hardcore Legend, Mick Foley. Merry Christmas! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-shining-wizards/support
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Episode 721: Dress Like a Dreidel
24/12/2024 Duration: 02h32minIt's a huge Christmas Celebration of The Shining Wizards Wrestling Podcast Tony has internet issues from go & he loses his mind, then Brundo tees up Matt to get annoyed with Twitter/X. We get that out of the way and head into talking about Ring of Honor's Final Battle. Matt can't get his head around it being called ROH and rants & raves about the few matches he saw & the go home show from Watch ROH. We are then joined by Alex Reiman, the Pro Wrestling Magic Heavyweight Champion. He minces no words when talking about his big match this weekend with Shawn Donavan, & how it's past the point of personal. Alex is intense when talking about Shawn, but we get a few laughs out of him when we reveal that Tony was also trained by Gino Caruso, we talk about mutual friends, shitting of pants and much more. If you're not familiar with Alex, this is a great introduction. We put a bow on the ROH Final Battle talk before taking a commercial break. Back form the break we talk some WWE, as we have new Raw Ta
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Episode 720: Truth Bee Told with B Brian Blair
17/12/2024 Duration: 02h37minThe Wizards bring you a jam packed show this week. Kyle from The Apron Bump Podcast joins the boys to talk about the return of Saturday Night's Main Event, his favorite match, moment & what is going on in the world of the Apron Bump We are then joined by Wrestling Legend B Brian Blair to talk about his book The Truth Bee Told, The Killer Bees, Paul Orndorff & he shares a ton of stories. We haven't even scratched the surface with Brian, so expect to see him back in the future. After our break we put a bow on Saturday Night's Main Event & move onto AEW Matt is beyond frustrated with a lot of what is going on in AEW, from the same finishes in back to back matches, to Toni Storm having a return match on Rampage to Okada just being another dude & FTR not having a problem with The Death Riders. It's some ranting and raving that wasn't expected, oh & Toni Storm has amnesia We talk a little bit about TNA Final Resolution, Eddie Edwards and Tessa Blanchard Then we talk about Handsome Kevin's H