Main Event Marks

Won't you be our sweet Valen-Marks? This was the 27th and final In Your House event from February of 1999. Stone Cold Steve Austin took on Mr. McMahon in a Steel Cage match event match, Ken Shamrock puts his Intercontinental Title on the line against Val Venis because Val's been porking Ken's little sister, Al Snow and Bob (not yet Hardcore) Holly battle it out literally to the Mississippi River for the vacant Hardcore Title, and Mankind puts his WWF World Title on the line against The Rock in a Last Man Standing match after defeating "The Corporate Champion" on Halftime Heat! Oh...there's also a BIG surprise that will SHOW the world where his allegiances lie from the moment he debuts.SUBSCRIBE TO FUBOTV: fubo.tv/welcome?irad=34GET YOUR SPORTS SWAG ON FANATICS: fanatics.ncw6.net/jxzKMLISTEN EVERY WEDNESDAY AT 8PM EST: unhingedsn.com/FOLLOW US ON TWITTER & INSTAGRAM: @MainEvent_MarksFOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK: facebook.com/maineventmarkspodCHECK OUT OUR MERCHANDISE: MainEventMarks.redbubble.comEMAIL US AT: maineventmarkspod@gmail.comSEARCH FOR US ON YOUTUBE AT: Main Event Marks--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/appSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mainevent-marks/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In honor of Super Bowl LV where the Kansas City Chiefs meet the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, we're watchin' some retro rasslin'! We're going all the way back to Super Bowl 33 for this one as the Rock defends his WWF World Heavyweight Title against Mankind on Halftime Heat, which aired during the halftime of that Super Bowl. This is our first watch-along bonus show and we hope you fire up the WWE Network with us this weekend to watch the Sport of Kings!LISTEN EVERY WEDNESDAY AT 8PM EST: unhingedsn.com/FOLLOW US ON TWITTER & INSTAGRAM: @MainEvent_MarksFOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK: facebook.com/maineventmarkspodCHECK OUT OUR MERCHANDISE: MainEventMarks.redbubble.comEMAIL US AT: maineventmarkspod@gmail.comSEARCH FOR US ON YOUTUBE AT: Main Event Marks--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/appSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mainevent-marks/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Let's tell you a story about WCW in 1993... Big Van Vader was apparently living in a cave in the Rocky Mountains that he called the White Castle of Fear. Sting was on his way to this White Castle of Fear to have a strap match against Vader. However, once they get ready to do this match in the video...we're suddenly back in the arena and actually having the match in the ring. Keeping up with all this, kids? Also on this card, Ric Flair returns from the WWF, the Great Muta defends his NWA (yes, NWA) World Title against Barry Windham, the Heavenly Bodies (this time, it's Stan Lane & Tom Prichard) take on the Rock 'n' Roll Express, and much more! Also...why was Johnny B. Badd a host and dressed like a riverboat captain?SUBSCRIBE TO FUBOTV: fubo.tv/welcome?irad=34GET YOUR SPORTS SWAG ON FANATICS: fanatics.ncw6.net/jxzKMLISTEN EVERY WEDNESDAY AT 8PM EST: unhingedsn.com/FOLLOW US ON TWITTER & INSTAGRAM: @MainEvent_MarksFOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK: facebook.com/maineventmarkspodCHECK OUT OUR MERCHANDISE: MainEventMarks.redbubble.comEMAIL US AT: maineventmarkspod@gmail.comSEARCH FOR US ON YOUTUBE AT: Main Event Marks--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/appSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mainevent-marks/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's co-host Greg's least favorite thing in the world: Extreme Championship Wrestling. Co-host Troy hand-picked this show because of how big of a fan he is of Taz and Shane Douglas, and this show honestly got better marks from the Marks than any previous ECW show they've reviewed. Yoshihiro Tajiri takes on Super Crazy for the first (of 1,000) time, Lance Storm fills in for Jerry Lynn to take on Rob Van Dam, Justin Credible and Tommy Dreamer battle it out in a Stairway to Hell match, and a ton more craziness goes on at Guilty as Charged 1999!SUBSCRIBE TO FUBOTV: fubo.tv/welcome?irad=34GET YOUR SPORTS SWAG ON FANATICS: fanatics.ncw6.net/jxzKMLISTEN EVERY WEDNESDAY AT 8PM EST: unhingedsn.com/FOLLOW US ON TWITTER & INSTAGRAM: @MainEvent_MarksFOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK: facebook.com/maineventmarkspodEMAIL US AT: maineventmarkspod@gmail.comSEARCH FOR US ON YOUTUBE AT: Main Event Marks--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/appSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mainevent-marks/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's bonus show time again, and Jacob Grondy, from Curtain Jerkin' on WrestlingWithWrestling.com is back! It was the first official Royal Rumble in WWE history. It was on USA Network; not on pay-per-view, the Royal Rumble match was a 20-man match, and it was made entirely to counter-program the NWA's Bunkhouse Stampede pay-per-view. The Rumble match wasn't even the marquee thing at the event; Hulk Hogan and Andre the Giant's contract signing for the WWF Title match at Saturday Night's Main Event was THE big segment on the show. On top of this, the show was held in Ontario, Canada while half the roster was in British Columbia on the other side of the country, holding a house show. Get a deep dive into this moment in history, 33 years ago!SPONSORED BY: FuboTV (fubo.tv/welcome?irad=34) and Fanatics (http://fanatics.ncw6.net/jxzKM)LISTEN EVERY WEDNESDAY AT 8PM EST: unhingedsn.com/FOLLOW US ON TWITTER & INSTAGRAM: @MainEvent_MarksFOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK: facebook.com/maineventmarkspodFOLLOW JACOB ON TWITTER: @JGProWrestlingSEARCH FOR US ON YOUTUBE AT: Main Event Marks--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/appSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mainevent-marks/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The new millennium gets the pay-per-view lineup kicked off by the World Wrestling Federation with the Royal Rumble 2000! And boy, the WWF brought the heat with this one! Last week, we told you how WCW kicked off the new year with Souled Out. Needless to say, this show was 100-times better and much less chaotic. Triple H battled Cactus Jack in a Street Fight for the WWF Title, the New Age Outlaws defend the WWF Tag Titles against the Acolytes, and the Rock tries to establish himself as the top babyface ahead of WrestleMania XVI as Stone Cold Steve Austin is out with a neck injury. This may be the best pay-per-view of the year and was certainly one of the greatest Royal Rumbles in history. Obviously, most of the news revolves around WCW on their death march, but there's much more than that going on.LISTEN EVERY WEDNESDAY AT 8PM EST: unhingedsn.com/FOLLOW US ON TWITTER & INSTAGRAM: @MainEvent_MarksFOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK: facebook.com/maineventmarkspodEMAIL US AT: maineventmarkspod@gmail.comSEARCH FOR US ON YOUTUBE AT: Main Event Marks--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/appSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mainevent-marks/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This was the very last WCW Souled Out event (thank God) before being replaced with the infamous Sin pay-per-view. Oddly enough, Sid Vicious headlined both this show and Sin, and Sin would mark the end of his in-ring career. However, on this show, it would mark the beginning of Chris Benoit's WCW Title reign and also the last match of his WCW career. Want to find out how and why? The Marks discuss this in great detail, the show being a complete mess due to injuries, Bret Hart and Jeff Jarrett both being forced to stay home with concussions (those injuries I just mentioned), Billy Kidman competing in THREE MATCHES in one night, Kevin Nash killing an old man in a Hardcore match, and so much more! Listen in to hear about WCW circling the drain in January of 2000.FOLLOW US ON TWITTER & INSTAGRAM: @MainEvent_MarksFOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK: facebook.com/maineventmarkspodEMAIL US AT: maineventmarkspod@gmail.comSEARCH FOR US ON YOUTUBE AT: Main Event Marks--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/appSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mainevent-marks/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

IT'S EVERY MAN FOR HIMSELF! Co-host Greg's little Hulkamaniac heart was racing for this one as Hulk Hogan came face-to-face with the Ultimate Warrior for the first time in the Royal Rumble match! This show was building up to the historic WrestleMania VI where those two clashed in Toronto. Andre the Giant made his final Royal Rumble appearance. Someone gets their hair cut by "The F'n Barber" that wasn't supposed to get their hair cut. The Macho King also keeps his rivalry going with The American Dream. And at the end, HOGAN MUST POSE, PAL!!! The show itself wasn't amazing, but it was historic. Plenty for the Marks to dive into on this blast from the past!FOLLOW US ON TWITTER & INSTAGRAM: @MainEvent_MarksFOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK: facebook.com/maineventmarkspodEMAIL US AT: maineventmarkspod@gmail.comSEARCH FOR US ON YOUTUBE AT: Main Event Marks--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/appSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mainevent-marks/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It was the last one. That's about all we can really say about it. Starrcade 2000 seemed more like a 3-hour, commercial free edition of Nitro from that same year...which wasn't a good watch. However, there is plenty to poke fun at, laugh at, and think about in retrospect. There's not much to enjoy on the pay-per-view, however, there's plenty to enjoy on this 20-year lookback on the podcast!FOLLOW US ON TWITTER & INSTAGRAM: @MainEvent_MarksFOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK: facebook.com/maineventmarkspodEMAIL US AT: maineventmarkspod@gmail.comSEARCH FOR US ON YOUTUBE AT: Main Event Marks--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/appSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mainevent-marks/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This was a first watch for both of the Marks, Troy & Greg. The show itself wasn't really good, but it was certainly a time capsule into the dying territories of 1988. What could possibly go wrong when multiple rival territories hold a super show with all their talents taking each other on in worked wrestling matches? Listen and you'll find out. It's also discussed how Vince McMahon tried to kneecap the event before it ever even happened, even thought AWA and WCCW were nowhere near the level of the WWF (or even the NWA/WCW) at this time.FOLLOW US ON TWITTER & INSTAGRAM: @MainEvent_MarksFOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK: facebook.com/maineventmarkspodEMAIL US AT: maineventmarkspod@gmail.comSEARCH FOR US ON YOUTUBE AT: Main Event Marks--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/appSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mainevent-marks/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices