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Feel free to check out my pocast with my friend Brayton. He lives in Illinois, USA, I live in the Czech Republic. We have created the world's only trans-continental wrestling podcast.
The argument that
"wrestling isn't real"
is so obtuse, so dull to the point at hand, so willfully ignorant of the concept of reality.
What's so real about any game?
What is real in any way about putting men in bizarre clothes, giving them an oblong ball, and asking them to run it across a line for 60 minutes?
Worse yet, what's real about paying them millions of dollars to do it?
The Intercontinental Podcast Episode 24: He’s Gonna Kick Out
We invite long time friend John Ugolini back to share some cherished memories of watching wrestling with friends. We avoid as best we can the topic of this years WM, and instead focus on the interactions that come from enjoying things like WrestleMania with friends or family.
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(Source: coreygravess, via awrestlingtumblr)
The Intercontinental Podcast Episode 23: You Can’t Wrestle
In a triumphant return to podcasting, we get right into the WrestleMania discussion… but not before we side step and talk a little about marriage equality and what it means to the narrative within the WWE. Since the WWE may be purposefully late in the game with this Tea Party angle, when will they be ready to take on issues with homosexuality within storyline?
From there, we talk a little about Cena and the Rock, CM Punk, and newcomers within WrestleMania vs Part-Timers within WrestleMania.
It’s good to be back!
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Such a beautiful thing.
(Source: wewatchwrestling)
The Intercontinental Podcast, Episode 21: The Make a Wish, Brought to You by Pepsi
This week we talk about JR as a storytelling tool, blood and Brock, repeating things and somehow making them better, Fahhhn… dahhnnn… goooooo, and the LOD
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The Intercontinental Podcast Episode 19: G v E
This week Brayton and Paul mostly focus on Elimination Chamber and where it fits in with Wrestlemania season. We have some good discussion on the quality of Del Rio’s protagonist character, emotional bonds among characters in WWE today, and America’s self loathing / what you can take from Jack Swaggers character turn, his new manager and Antonio Cesaro.
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The Intercontinental Podcast Episode 18: Happy National Pro Wrestling Day!
Brayton and Paul air so many grievances today, you’d think it was Festivus. Paul laments the tragic loss of Team Rhodes Scholars. Brayton is disappointed that so many young stars are being passed over in favor of past stars returning and being whisked right into a main event story.
We both brighten things up by talking about National Pro Wrestling Day, and the stacked card of known to lesser-known independent talent.
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Rock Beating Punk: Worse Than Being Shot In The Eye
At least, 77 year old Thomas Dotterer seems to think so (skip to around 1:23 for proof you’re never too old to love wrestling).
Easily the best part of this video is the newscaster pointing to the television screen photos of Punk and The Rock like they are weather patterns during a forecast report.
I put this video together a while ago but never did anything with it. This is the weeks leading to Money in the Bank 2011, featuring CM Punk’s “Pipe Bomb,” an omission of the Cena/McMahon promo from the week he was suspended (I just left the WWE video package for that week), and Punk’s return promo and live contract signing. Roughly 50 minutes from that year.
Unfortunately, it does not include CM Punk making snow angels in the middle of the ring.
(click to watch on dropbox, or right click/save as)
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