Main Event Marks

Dedicated to the memory or "Da Bad Guy" Scott Hall. This was one of the Marks' most favorite WrestleManias of all time! It was the final run for Hollywood Hogan in the New World Order and it was the symbolic "passing of the torch" from Hogan to Rock, smack dab in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Also on this show, the Undertaker took on "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair in Flair's first real "return to form." Trish Stratus and Lita both attempt to dethrone Jazz as Women's Champion. The Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley and Triple H feud reaches a peak as Chris Jericho (with Stephanie in his corner) defends the Undisputed Title against Triple H. Stone Cold does battle with Scott Hall, who has Kevin Nash watching his back. Edge and Booker T also feud over a Japanese shampoo commercial. That part wasn't great, but what are you gonna do? There's also a ton of big news and "looking ahead" on this show!ALL PODCAST, SOCIAL MEDIA, & MERCHANDISE LINKS: linktr.ee/MainEventMarksCHECK OUT OUR MERCHANDISE: MainEventMarks.redbubble.com & bonfire.com/store/maineventmarksGET YOUR SPORTS SWAG ON FANATICS: fanatics.ncw6.net/jxzKMORDER FROM SWIFT LIFESTYLES: SwiftLifestyles.com, use PROMO CODE: MainEventMarks at checkout for 15% offLISTEN EVERY WEDNESDAY AT 9PM EST: tikilive.com/channel/BURNS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This was better than '95 and '96, but what's that really saying? All in all, the history of WCW's Uncensored pay-per-views have been completely crap. This one was no different. However, the Marks (Troy & Greg) make this one friggin' fun, which is more than we can say about WCW's bookers. Eric Bischoff already took off for an extended vacation, Kevin Nash and Hulk Hogan were basically booking things, and the company was already circling the drain while WWF was riding high. On the card, Scott Steiner put his TV Title on the line against Booker T and Hollywood Hogan put the WCW Title on the line against Ric Flair (if Flair wins, he becomes President for life, but if he loses, he retires) in a Barbed Wire Steel Cage First Blood match. Yeah, it was a mess. On a positive note, we've got a boat load of news to bring you before we review the event! Remind us...why was this the WCW PPV competition to WrestleMania?ALL PODCAST, SOCIAL MEDIA, & MERCHANDISE LINKS: linktr.ee/MainEventMarksCHECK OUT OUR MERCHANDISE: MainEventMarks.redbubble.com & bonfire.com/store/maineventmarksGET YOUR SPORTS SWAG ON FANATICS: fanatics.ncw6.net/jxzKMORDER FROM SWIFT LIFESTYLES: SwiftLifestyles.com, use PROMO CODE: MainEventMarks at checkout for 15% offLISTEN EVERY WEDNESDAY AT 9PM EST: tikilive.com/channel/BURNS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bigger! Better! Badder! Live from the Pontiac Silverdome (BROTHER!!!), WrestleMania III broke indoor attendance records as the Irresistible Force met the Immovable Object! The immortal Hulk Hogan put his WWF World Heavyweight Title on the line against the legendary Andre the Giant! In the words of Gorilla Monsoon, it was a happening! The rest of the card was just kind of okay except for one other match on the card which is one of the greatest in WrestleMania history: "The Macho Man" Randy Savage vs. Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat for the WWF Intercontinental Title! The Marks (Troy & Greg) run down what happened at this gigantic event as well as all the news leading up to it, what Uncle Dave Meltzer thought of it all, and what the hell was going on with Jim Crockett Promotions at this time.ALL PODCAST, SOCIAL MEDIA, & MERCHANDISE LINKS: linktr.ee/MainEventMarksCHECK OUT OUR MERCHANDISE: MainEventMarks.redbubble.com & bonfire.com/store/maineventmarksGET YOUR SPORTS SWAG ON FANATICS: fanatics.ncw6.net/jxzKMORDER FROM SWIFT LIFESTYLES: SwiftLifestyles.com, use PROMO CODE: MainEventMarks at checkout for 15% offLISTEN EVERY WEDNESDAY AT 9PM EST: tikilive.com/channel/BURNS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For the 20th In Your House event, there was No Way Out of Texas! The main event was supposed to be the team of Stone Cold Steve Austin, Owen Hart, Cactus Jack, & Chainsaw Charlie (Terry Funk) taking on Shawn Michaels, Triple H, and the New Age Outlaws. But after Shawn Michaels injured his back at the Royal Rumble, he's out until WrestleMania 14. Someone else has to step in...and let's just say...the reveal is less than impressive. Also on this card, we see Kane and Vader do battle, The Nation of Domination try to stop from imploding, the NWA stable try to stay relevant with Jeff Jarrett leading the way, the Light Heavyweights in action, Marc Mero attempt to stop Sable from always stealing his spotlight, and Goldust just get weirder and weirder. This was a show sandwiched between two great pay-per-views and it wasn't blowing the doors off anything, but this certainly wasn't bad.ALL PODCAST, SOCIAL MEDIA, & MERCHANDISE LINKS: linktr.ee/MainEventMarksCHECK OUT OUR MERCHANDISE: MainEventMarks.redbubble.com & bonfire.com/store/maineventmarksGET YOUR SPORTS SWAG ON FANATICS: fanatics.ncw6.net/jxzKMORDER FROM SWIFT LIFESTYLES: SwiftLifestyles.com, use PROMO CODE: MainEventMarks at checkout for 15% offLISTEN EVERY WEDNESDAY AT 9PM EST: tikilive.com/channel/BURNS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dubbed "Royal Rumble Raw," this was the 1st ever 2-hour edition of Raw and featured the fallout from the 1997 Royal Rumble! Stone Cold Steve Austin was heating up, Sycho Sid was more over than he'd ever been, Bret Hart was hell-bent on getting the WWF Title back, the Undertaker and Mankind were in a blood feud, and Ahmed Johnson was looking for revenge against Faarooq and the Nation of Domination. WWF Champion Shawn Michaels was about to "lose his smile" the next Thursday and surrender the title, but that wasn't known here. Everyone is on a collision course for In Your House: Final Four! Join Troy & Greg as they review this big Raw from the Toronto Sky Dome and run down all the news and notes from the time!ALL PODCAST, SOCIAL MEDIA, & MERCHANDISE LINKS: linktr.ee/MainEventMarksCHECK OUT OUR MERCHANDISE: MainEventMarks.redbubble.com & bonfire.com/store/maineventmarksGET YOUR SPORTS SWAG ON FANATICS: fanatics.ncw6.net/jxzKMORDER FROM SWIFT LIFESTYLES: SwiftLifestyles.com, use PROMO CODE: MainEventMarks at checkout for 15% offLISTEN EVERY WEDNESDAY AT 9PM EST: tikilive.com/channel/BURNS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

At the beginning of 1996, WCW was riding high, WWF was coming back from their worst year to date, and ECW was only beginning to get extreme. To be blunt, this entire show was a damn mess. Most "matches" on this show lasted only a minute or two, there were quite a few messy segments, tons of swearing, Brian Pillman surprising everyone and threatening to urinate in the ring, and only one or two decent matches on this entire show. Dive head first into this one with the Marks (Troy & Greg) and see what the wrestling world was like in February of 1996.ALL PODCAST, SOCIAL MEDIA, & MERCHANDISE LINKS: linktr.ee/MainEventMarksCHECK OUT OUR MERCHANDISE: MainEventMarks.redbubble.com & bonfire.com/store/maineventmarksGET YOUR SPORTS SWAG ON FANATICS: fanatics.ncw6.net/jxzKMORDER FROM SWIFT LIFESTYLES: SwiftLifestyles.com, use PROMO CODE: MainEventMarks at checkout for 15% offLISTEN EVERY WEDNESDAY AT 9PM EST: tikilive.com/channel/BURNS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After last month's Final Resolution PPV, Christian Cage is set to defend the NWA World Title against Kurt Angle in the main event. Scott Steiner just returned to the company and is backing Christian up along with Tomko and AJ Styles. That's not the only "big" story on this card, however, as Sting continues his crusade against James Mitchell in an attempt to "save" Abyss from the clutches of the devil himself. In yet another goofy freaking match, these two battle in a Prison Yard match where you have to lock your opponent in a shark cage to win. Besides that, we see AJ Styles and Rhino continue their feud, Jerry Lynn is still on a mission to prove he's not an old geezer as he takes on Chris Sabin for the X-Division Title, Team 3D battles it out with LAX in a Little Italy Street Fight, all-star baseball players participate in Basebrawl (real thing), and Robert Roode tries to take control of Eric Young's contract. That and much more in the news & notes from February of 2007!ALL PODCAST, SOCIAL MEDIA, & MERCHANDISE LINKS: linktr.ee/MainEventMarksCHECK OUT OUR MERCHANDISE: MainEventMarks.redbubble.com & bonfire.com/store/maineventmarksGET YOUR SPORTS SWAG ON FANATICS: fanatics.ncw6.net/jxzKMORDER FROM SWIFT LIFESTYLES: SwiftLifestyles.com, use PROMO CODE: MainEventMarks at checkout for 15% offLISTEN EVERY WEDNESDAY AT 9PM EST: tikilive.com/channel/BURNS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Rowdy" Roddy Piper was in WCW for one reason: To take the WCW Title off of Hollywood Hogan. But do Hogan and the New World Order have an ace card up their sleeves? At this event, (which Main Event Mark, Greg, was at live) he got that opportunity. Because the show took place at the Cow Palace in San Francisco, Piper decided to "get into the right headspace" by spending a week in the abandoned Alcatraz prison off the shores of SF. Also on the card, The Giant goes at it alone against The Outsiders, Kevin Sullivan and Chris Benoit went to war, Eddie Guerrero and Chris Jericho do battle for the US Title, Syxx attempts to win Dean Malenko's Cruiserweight Title, and much more! Also, in the news, we discuss Shawn Michaels losing his smile and surrendering the WWF Title, Ted Turner possibly being on Nitro, Thunder on its way to TV, Rocky Maiavia being pushed too hard and too fast, ECW on Monday Night Raw, Ken Shamrock maybe going to AJPW, and TONS more!ALL PODCAST, SOCIAL MEDIA, & MERCHANDISE LINKS: linktr.ee/MainEventMarksCHECK OUT OUR MERCHANDISE: MainEventMarks.redbubble.com & bonfire.com/store/maineventmarksGET YOUR SPORTS SWAG ON FANATICS: fanatics.ncw6.net/jxzKMORDER FROM SWIFT LIFESTYLES: SwiftLifestyles.com, use PROMO CODE: MainEventMarks at checkout for 15% offLISTEN EVERY WEDNESDAY AT 9PM EST: tikilive.com/channel/BURNS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This was the one where Drew Carey entered the Royal Rumble. Yup... Other than that, though, it was a great show! On that fateful night in Louisiana, Kurt Angle defended his WWF Title against Triple H, the biggest wrestling stars in the world (Stone Cold, The Rock, Undertaker, Kane, etc.) entered the 30-man Royal Rumble match, Edge & Christian defended their Tag Titles against those damn Dudleyz, and much more. In January of 2001 was also when WCW and ECW were tanking and about to close their doors forever, so the Marks (Troy & Greg) discuss this at length in the news and notes segment for this episode.ALL PODCAST, SOCIAL MEDIA, & MERCHANDISE LINKS: linktr.ee/MainEventMarksCHECK OUT OUR MERCHANDISE: MainEventMarks.redbubble.com & bonfire.com/store/maineventmarksGET YOUR SPORTS SWAG ON FANATICS: fanatics.ncw6.net/jxzKMORDER FROM SWIFT LIFESTYLES: SwiftLifestyles.com, use PROMO CODE: MainEventMarks at checkout for 15% offLISTEN EVERY WEDNESDAY AT 9PM EST: tikilive.com/channel/BURNS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

THEY...ARE TAKING...OVER!!! No, not really. They were cool for a second, started falling apart within a month, and then were held together by chewing gum, duct tape, and safety pins for a few more months. Either way, it was considered a YUGE deal when the New World Order (Hollywood Hogan, Kevin Nash, & Scott Hall) all made their return to the WWE in early 2002. They instantly went after company top dogs, Stone Cold Steve Austin and The Rock. The Marks (Troy & Greg) discuss the contract negotiations, the "will they?" "won't they?" rumors, the backstage drama, and all the highlights and lowlights of the NWO's time in World Wrestling Entertainment.CHECK OUT OUR MERCHANDISE: MainEventMarks.redbubble.com & bonfire.com/store/maineventmarksGET YOUR SPORTS SWAG ON FANATICS: fanatics.ncw6.net/jxzKMORDER FROM SWIFT LIFESTYLES: SwiftLifestyles.com, use PROMO CODE: MainEventMarks at checkout for 15% offLISTEN EVERY WEDNESDAY AT 8PM EST: unhingedsn.airtime.proALL PODCAST, SOCIAL MEDIA, & MERCHANDISE LINKS: linktr.ee/MainEventMarks Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices