We could probably have a month of Roadtrip Music posts each week discussing the various memorable themes Keiji Mutoh has had over the years. It took a little while to decide, but we have gone with “Trans Magic,” one of the killer tunes he used in All Japan Pro Wrestling. It was also his 59th birthday recently (December 23), so […]
This Tuesday the Roadshow stops in Texas! It’s 1991 and The Undertaker is WWF Champion after a controversial Survivor Series. Can Hulk Hogan regain what he’ll argue he never lost? Macho Man Randy Savage returns to action to tackle Jake The Snake Roberts. Featuring the 12th Man references, hot takes on modern wrestling and random joshi tangents you’ve come to […]
Uhhh…. what? Yes, Bob “Hardcore” Holly once used this as entrance music. Prior to becoming a race car driver (he once did actually have a shoot job as a mechanic), Bombastic Bob was “Hollywood” Bob Holly. He used the “Hollywood” moniker while wrestling as a heel for Roadshow-darling Smoky Mountain Wrestling when it started in 1991. The character was obviously […]
December 8 will be Chigusa Nagayo’s 57th birthday and as we’ve just taken a look at Lioness Asuka’s WWF appearance at Survivor Series 1995 on the podcast – what better time than to do a Crush Gals music post? If you listened to the podcast you would know I’m a fan of the pair and Chigusa in particular. The Crush […]
It’s the end of year tradition, as The Wrestling Roadshow takes on the Survivor Series! Join your team captains as we take a look at the annual Thanksgiving tradition from 1995! Articles mentioned; Trashing the Competition (December 18, 1995) Roadtrip Music: The Bogatyr Gates (In the Capital of Kiev) by Modest Mussorgsky (Jerry Lawler)
Right from the start of the Monday Night War – which began on September 4, 1995 with the debut of Nitro – Eric Bischoff made his intentions felt. He knew he had to be aggressive in order to compete with the well established WWF and their flagship programme, Monday Night Raw. If Lex Luger’s unexpected return to the company on […]
This week (tomorrow as of writing) wrestling legend Jerry “The King” Lawler will be celebrating his 72nd birthday. A wrestler reaching 72 is unfortunately a little rare given the rigours of the trade, but Lawler is an exceptional case in that he’s still wrestling and is still in reasonably good shape. Lawler made his debut in 1970, which means this […]
Twenty five years ago saw the debut of a gimmick that Joey Styles said at One Night Stand 2005, ‘If any gimmick never deserved to make a dime and made a boatload of cash, this is it!’ He also added wryly and no doubt with more than a hint of relish, ‘…And the best part is that they (WCW) couldn’t […]
The roadshow pulls into the modern era and we’re joined by a guest! Shane from the (upcoming) Game Surgeons podcast! The three-man booth takes a look at AEW’s Full Gear PPV and a little bit of cowboy shit.
Note: This was written prior to AEW Full Gear – this is not a spoiler. Today is AEW’s last PPV event for 2021, Full Gear. It may mark the culmination of Hangman Page’s two year journey to claim the World title, or it may be yet another chapter in that book. In the main event of Full Gear, Page takes […]
