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Kings of the Ring

Mana Sports Media

To most, WWE is your only exposure to pro-wrestling, but did you know up until 30 years ago, pro-wrestling was more like the Mafia than a sports league? Did you know that in the 80’s, while wrestling presented a show literally designed for children, that behind the curtain was the most Rated R, sexual, drug addled, sexified, violent, and cutthroat world imaginable? It was a sex, drugs, and muscles world while a nationwide SUCCESSION-like corporate war for national supremacy waged. In this crazy

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All Episodes

28:18

Season 7 "Blood In Blood Out" #66

Kings of the Ring ·

2025/11/01

linktr.ee/KingsOTRThis episode features Guest Voice Actors: Doc Gallows Hollyhood Haley J Previously on Kings of the Ring, The Hawkins family has become a business institution in Charlotte over decades, while Daniel has taken steps to make the former CWA the dominant face of the Alliance. Vladimir Rykoff successfully got Dmitry to jump from the WWA to the Empire and Julian was unimpressed, while Julian already began planning for Empire-Mania 4. Burt Ironside made Criss Stanley the official

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30:36

Season 7 "It's All About Family" #65

Kings of the Ring ·

2025/10/01

linktr.ee/KingsOTRThis episode features Guest Voice Actors: Doc Gallows Previously on Kings of the Ring, Peyton Thomas broke Burt Ironside's heart by quitting as his Booker to join the Empire, and a hesitant Dmitry Rykoff joined the EWF as well to reunite with "brother" Vladimir. Apollo Sampson feeling compelled to wrestle again after his confrontation with Vance Armstrong, reached out to Jesse James who Books for Sal Spinelli in Puerto Rico. Daniel Daybreak is targeting revenge against Thor

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40:17

Season 7 "Stepping Up" #64

Kings of the Ring ·

2025/09/01

linktr.ee/KingsOTRThis episode features Guest Voice Actors: Doc Gallows Hollyhood Haley J Previously on Kings of the Ring, Hercules Harris and Corporal Punishment were brought into the WWA by new boss Nigel Davies, much to the chagrin of reluctant Booker, Brutal Bob Walker (Doc Gallows), who is also dealing with his pregnant daughter Miss Kitty, who left wrestling and was dumped by husband Beautiful Barry Lovelace. After having a rough time with her opponent Ma Baker, Terri Blaze (Haley J)

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33:10

Season 7 "New Beginnings" #63

Kings of the Ring ·

2025/08/01

linktr.ee/KingsOTRThis episode features Guest Voice Actors: Doc Gallows Hollyhood Haley J Lanny Poffo Previously on Kings of the Ring, Lifetime villain Killian Kavanagh ended up becoming an incredible babyface as a Booking audible at Empire-Mania 3 when M'Butu Zulu quit the EWF before his match. Tommy Aloha has been the best worker in the EWF as Intercontinental champion validating his jump from the Alliance, while Leroy Brown avoided knee surgery after pressure from Julian Cain

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41:04

Season 7 "Return of the Brit" #62 [Season Premiere]

Kings of the Ring ·

2025/07/04

At the end of 1983, the 7 major territories collectively known as the World Wrestling Alliance had brought wrestling to its peak. Each kingdom ruling a different territory of the country with their own wrestlers, fans, and shows. And then the patriarch of the Alliance and owner of the New York territory, Jonathan Cain died. His genius, but obsessive and borderline psychotic son Julian Cain took over New York, with a mission to turn the Empire State, into an Empire. A wrestling league that would

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07:17

Story So Far... (Primer for Season 7)

Kings of the Ring ·

2025/06/18

New to the show? Not ready to binge Seasons 1-6 first? Worried you'll get lost jumping in with Season 7? Old fan, but it's been a while since you last heard Seasons 1-6? Listen to this 7-minute primer to get caught up to speed as we continue with the Final Season of the KINGS OF THE RING saga: 1987... Kick off any Season with the Story So Far series: Story So Far (Season 5) Story So Far (Season 4) Story So Far (Season 3) KingsOTR.com

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36:00

Season 6 "Ghosts Part Two" #60b [Season Finale]

Kings of the Ring ·

2024/11/08

Today's DELETED SCENE was the Alliance reacting to Julian Cain's acquisition of AMW. If you did not hear that scene, then you're listening to the Theatrical Version of KINGS OF THE RING, and we invite you to Patreon.com/KingsOTR where you can hear the Extended Version of the entire 60 episode run with all Deleted and Expanded Scenes. Previously on Kings of the Ring, Julian Cain has struggled his entire life with father issues and in recent years found father figures in other people, but he's been

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31:39

Season 6 "Ghosts Part One" #60a [Season Finale]

Kings of the Ring ·

2024/11/01

The Season Finale so big and major we had to break it into two parts! Previously on Kings of the Ring, Julian Cain showed up at Empire-Mania 3 with a busted up face and no front teeth! Nelly Gotch has been a mess since his father died and is running AMW down the tubes and is being strong-armed by Julian to sell AMW! Empire-Mania 3 was a runaway success with over 100,000 people in the building, and Thor Hansen emerged as King of the world! Would be main eventer Vance Armstrong was run out of the

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42:10

Season 6 "Empire-Mania 3" #59

Kings of the Ring ·

2024/10/01

Order your official merchandise from Pro-Wrestling Tees! https://www.prowrestlingtees.com/kingsotr In today's SPECIAL EWF EXCLUSIVE EPISODE, everyone gets the full extended edition with Deleted Scenes included!!! Previously on Kings of the Ring, After the heat Julian Cain got for putting Empire-Mania 2 in Milwaukee to taunt Charlie Gotch, Julian proclaimed EM3 would be from the 100,000 seat LA Olympic Coliseum. After months of struggling to find or create a main event to fill this stadium, Julian

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35:35

Season 6 "One Million Dollars" #58

Kings of the Ring ·

2024/09/01

Order your official merchandise from Pro-Wrestling Tees! https://www.prowrestlingtees.com/kingsotr Previously on Kings of the Ring, Miss Kitty has been M.I.A. since the blowup in the locker room and being dumped by Beautiful Barry Lovelace, while Daniel Hawkins lost the legal right to change the name of his territory to the "WWA". After finding out about what happened with Kitty and Daniel, Jesse James quit and was eventually replaced by Brutal Bob Walker. Goliath threatened Thor Hansen refusing to

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35:37

Season 6: "Taking Over" #57

Kings of the Ring ·

2024/08/01

Order an official KINGS OF THE RING T-shirt from Pro-Wrestling Tees! https://www.prowrestlingtees.com/kingsotr Previously on Kings of the Ring, Julian's been acting quite bizarre in front of Nigel and Louie, ever since learning Charlie Gotch was his biological father, while Nelly Gotch has been a mess since Charlie died. All-American Dan Sanders was greenlit to pass the top guy babyface torch to Corporal Punishment and began booking their program designed to get CPL over as a huge star. Krusher

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38:35

Season 6: "Blood Brothers" #56

Kings of the Ring ·

2024/07/01

Order your official merchandise from Pro-Wrestling Tees! https://www.prowrestlingtees.com/kingsotr Previously on Kings of the Ring, Julian Cain dropped all nationwide touring to focus on driving AMW out of business in the Midwest and Dan Sanders turned heel to set up a final run against Corporal Punishment. Diamond Donny Gold found out about Miss Kitty sleeping with Daniel Hawkins and went into a funk, Jesse James did, told off Daniel Hawkins and quit as Booker! Meanwhile Miss Kitty and Beautiful

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39:58

Season 6 "Deals with the Devil" #55

Kings of the Ring ·

2024/06/01

Previously on Kings of the Ring, AMW Champion Dan Sanders convinced Nelly Gotch to let him book his retirement program against Corporal Punishment, and Julian Cain ordered Louie the Greek to begin a quick angle to turn M'Butu Zulu babyface. Since Michael Angel returned from a near death overdose and came back to All-South and the family, he's been acting out Burt's delusion that he's no longer gay, which is frustrating his brother Gabriel who doesn't see this ending well. Luke St. Pierre long

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33:03

Season 6: "Miss Kitty" #54

Kings of the Ring ·

2024/04/30

Welcome to the Kings of the Ring! The most impactful season ever continues in the newest episode as Julian’s lost it for Vance Armstrong after Thor Hansen psyched out his would be successor, AMW is spiraling, the Alliance Civil War continues behind the scenes, Gabriel Angel worries about Michael, Jesse James had to make adjustments after Vladimir Rykoff accidentally broke pal Beau Riggs’ ribs, Beautiful Barry Lovelace dispenses unsolicited wrestling advice, Dan Sanders falsely accused Corporal

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36:37

Season 6 "Thor Hansen vs. Vance Armstrong" #53

Kings of the Ring ·

2024/04/01

Welcome to the Kings of the Ring! And the impact from the penultimate episode #50 continues! Previously on Kings of the Ring, Jesse James, brought down the entire Meat Machine to Georgia to train with Prince Abdullah and Brutal Bob Walker, and then split them all up throughout the Alliance, but all with the promise of coming back to work for him eventually. Bitter at Jesse James' broken World title promise, a distracted Vladimir Rykoff inadvertently broke Beau Riggs' ribs in an angle designed to set

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42:54

Season 6 "The Funeral" #52

Kings of the Ring ·

2024/03/01

Welcome to the Kings of the Ring! The bombshells continue in a second consecutive Jumbo-sized episode! Previously on Kings of the Ring, The Rock'n'Rollers have emerged as the hottest heartthrob tag team in wrestling, but were screwed out of the WWA World Tag Team titles by "Pretty Boy" Willie Dean and "The Best" Kenny West. Failing to sell the Superteam USA pilot on his own, superagent Daniel Daybreak hopes bringing Thor Hansen to the pitch meetings will close the deal. Feeling mistreated by Charlie

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42:07

Season 6 "The Bombshell" #51 [SEASON PREMIERE]

Kings of the Ring ·

2024/02/01

Welcome BACK to the Kings of the Ring! The fallout begins from the monumental finish of Season 5! Previously on Kings of the Ring, Thor leaked to Hollywood Buddy Melrose of Buddy's plan to launch a union for pro-wrestlers, endearing Thor to Julian and getting the union shut down before it could start by firing Buddy. Outlaw Jesse James seemingly regained the World Heavyweight title from Diamond Donny Gold before 30,000 at Wrestle America in Charlotte, but the pinfall was erased when the original ref

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08:44

Story So Far...(Prep for Season 6)

Kings of the Ring ·

2024/01/19

New to the show? Not ready to binge Seasons 1-5 first? Worried you'll get lost jumping in with Season 6? Old fan, but it's been a while since you last heard Seasons 1-5? Listen to this 8-minute primer to get caught up to speed as we continue with Year 3 of the KINGS OF THE RING saga: 1986...

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21:57

Voices & Characters of the Kingsverse!

Kings of the Ring ·

2023/12/15

To commemorate 50 monumental episodes, Writer and Lead Voice, Steve Te Tai, will dive in and finally reveal the inspirations for the characters of KINGS OF THE RING and how the voices are constructed! SEASON 6 PREMIERE NEXT MONTH 2024!!! Happy Holidays!

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47:20

Season 5 ”The Night It All Changed” #50 [SEASON 5...

Kings of the Ring ·

2023/09/30

Check out A.I. renderings of the Kingsverse! KingsOTR.com/characters How bout the NOVELS! https: KingsOTR.com/book Become a Patron and hear the full Extended Edition episodes from the entire season, plus hear new episodes 2 weeks before regular people! Patreon.com/KingsOTR Previously on Kings of the Ring, Thor's new manager Daniel Daybreak promised Thor a special project after possibly botching Thor's chance to be in Predator, while Daniel Hawkins declared war on the rest of the World Wrestling

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