Scramble matches are amazing and I will hear no other opinion. Indy spotfests are fun, and ROH is really leaning into it with this show. On top of this, we have further developments with the faction of The Prophecy, as it ge…
Is Rhino in the building?! Probably. Raven vs Abyss on top for the NWA Title in a DOG COLLAR MATCH. Brutal stuff. Lots of great X-Division on this show, including a MOTY contender in AJ Styles vs X-Pac. No, really. An amazin…
The debut of CM Punk! Also the debut of Homicide stabbing people with forks! A star-studded show including Bryan Danielson vs AJ Styles, Paul London vs Amazing Red, and an appearance from Tommy Dreamer! A very influential sh…
It's time for the FIRST-EVER Slammiversary! TNA celebrates it's 3rd anniversary with the debut of Samoa Joe, and King of the Mountain main event, and Monty Sopp. We discuss the transition period this was for TNA, their devel…
Time for the birth of a Ring of Honor staple, Glory By Honor! So much to get into with this future tent pole event for ROH, including the beginning of Homicide as a singles superstar, the debut of Samoa Joe in a BRUTAL match…
Tito Ortiz! If this was TNA in May 2005, that would be the extent of this description. Because that it almost completely what they relied on to build this show. Even though we get an amazing moment with AJ Styles in the main…
The inaugural ROH Tag Team Champions are crowned! Paul London vs Michael Shane in a MOTY-worthy street fight! A major ROH Title match! Christopher Street Connection and their bananas! This show clearly has it all. We also se…
Nobody in! Nobody out! Nobody getting over! If you're checking out this episode because you want to relive the insanity and chaos that was TNA in mid-2005.....you've come to the right place. The FIRST EVER Lockdown PPV in t…
Take a drink every time one of the commentators says “Beantown” on this show….yikes. But other than that, we got your favorite old school Ring of Honor shenanigans for you on this episode! Some of the company’s best matches …
Have you been itching to do a deep-dive into Trytan? Or "The Outlaw" Billy Gunn? Or the battle to become the secretary of Dusty Rhodes? No? WELL THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GETTING WITH THIS EPISODE. Destination X 2005 is a classic r…
A landmark show for the company of Ring of Honor, and a landmark episode of The Apron Bump! As always, watching 2002 ROH is quite the experience; we get to take a journey through some of ROH's growing pains, while also getti…
Do you want Jeff Jarrett? Do you want a car-crash ladder match with Abyss and Jeff Hardy? Do you want to see a NASCAR commentator wrestle? Well THIS IS THE EPISODE FOR YOU. As per usual, TNA delivers with some great matches,…
Sixteen men. One title. Jerry Lynn. One banana. All of these plots get resolved on this show, and boy howdy is it a fun one! JD from the RedLeaf Retrocast joins me in getting to check out one of the first AJ Styles vs Christ…
There may not be anything more fun than watching peak TNA; and that's what we got for ya today! We'll (attempt to) ignore the nonsense with Johnny Fairplay and focus on some of the gold we're given on this show: A classic ma…
Time for a couple of Asians to talk reminisce about Ring of Honor! Charlie from GetCho Podcast joins The Hardest Part of the Ring for this episode and we have way too much fun talking about ROH's third ever show! This promot…