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DEADLOCK: A Pro Wrestling Podcast

The DEADLOCK Podcast is an off-the-rails retrospective look at pro wrestling"s highest & lowest points hosted by James Darnell & John Blud. Formerly the present, currently the past, sometimes the future - this podcast has seemed to do it all when it comes to the landscape of professional wrestling. If you enjoy wrestling, you"ll like it here. If you don"t enjoy wrestling, you"ll probably like it here even more. The boys are back in town.

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All Episodes

132:27

Bullet Club Forms On AEW Dynamite, NJPW Wrestle...

DEADLOCK: A Pro Wrestling Podcast ·

2021/01/11

The Bullet Club forms on AEW Dynamite! After Kenny Omega defended the AEW World Championship against Rey Fenix in the main event, The Good Brothers INVADED AEW and then they too sweet'd with Kenny Omega & The Young Bucks. NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 15 was also this week with 2 nights of wrestling action right in a row with a 3rd if you wanna count NJPW New Year Dash. James, Tony, & Johnny watched so much wrestling this week it is insane! Now it's time to break everything down before they all break

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138:25

AEW Dynamite Brodie Lee Tribute Episode, Revisiting...

DEADLOCK: A Pro Wrestling Podcast ·

2021/01/04

AEW Dynamite held an absolutely beautiful tribute episode for Brodie Lee which featured some of his co-workers & close friends telling stories of his life including a match booked by his son that main evented the show. Vince McMahon has hired the nWo to inject a lethal dose of poison into his creation, but it looks like the nWo have messed with the wrong man: Stone Cold Steve Austin. Ol Stone Cold retaliates by kidnapping Scott Hall & drinking beer in front of him. Johnny also watches TJPW

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163:24

The 2nd Annual Deadies: 2020 Pro Wrestling Year End...

DEADLOCK: A Pro Wrestling Podcast ·

2020/12/28

The 2nd Annual Deadies Awards are here! Voted by the community, for the community. We find out who wins the awards for categories like Wrestler Of The Year, Tag Team Of The Year, Match Of The Year, & Company Of The Year. All the Deadies awards ballots were voted on by YOU and then the winners were chosen by YOU. AEW held their Holiday Bash episode after a NBA game which kicks off a few weeks that will be followed up by New Year's SMASH. James, Tony, & Johnny also take out DPW, the pro

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171:52

WWE TLC 2020 Review, Revisiting WWF Raw 1997...

DEADLOCK: A Pro Wrestling Podcast ·

2020/12/21

WWE TLC went off the air with Randy Orton hitting his pose & The Fiend presumably dead from being lit on fire. Business is booming, baby! WWF Raw is still trying to find it's new "attitude" towards the end of 1997 as they introduce a new "WARZONE" hour and DX show their buttcheeks on TV a bunch but it's Christmas baby! The very same Christmas where Stone Cold Steve Austin gives a nice lil Stone Cold Stunner to Santa Claus for being a fat piece of trash. James, Tony, & Johnny also discuss

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155:58

Revisiting TNA iMPACT! 2007 Christmas Episode, Sting...

DEADLOCK: A Pro Wrestling Podcast ·

2020/12/14

TNA iMPACT! 2007 Christmas Episode might be the very best Christmas episode from any pro wrestling company in the history of all time, ever. It featured matches such as the Christmas Chaos Cage Match, Double North Pole Match, Santa's Workshop Knockout Street Fight, Silent Night Bloody Night Match, & the Grab The Reindeer Ladder Match. AJ Styles had to wear the turkey outfit on Thanksgiving in 2007 and now he is trying to fight so he doesn't have to wear the reindeer outfit! Sting showed up on

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119:34

STING DEBUTS ON AEW DYNAMITE, Revisiting WWF RAW 2000...

DEADLOCK: A Pro Wrestling Podcast ·

2020/12/07

The Icon Sting made his AEW Dynamite debut this week coming face to face with Cody Rhodes, Arn Anderson, Dustin Rhodes, & DARBY ALLIN. THE SLOW BURN TO STING AND DARBY ALLIN. What a wonderful moment. The time machine gets fired up to head back to WWF RAW 2000. It's Christmas in 2000 and things are kinda crazy as The Rock faces Undertaker in the main event and Stone Cold Steve Austin faces Kane. Surprisingly, this is actually the holiday follow up to the WWF SmackDown! 2000 Thanksgiving episode

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148:05

Revisiting TNA iMPACT! 2006 STING IS COMING, Team Taz...

DEADLOCK: A Pro Wrestling Podcast ·

2020/11/30

TNA iMPACT! was picking up steam to start off 2006 as they just announced that Sting will be coming to the TNA roster and they had just kicked off their new deal with Spike TV. With Christian Cage, Jeff Jarrett, & now Sting to hold down the fort while guys like AJ Styles, Christopher Daniels, Monty Brown, & Samoa Joe were on the come up, how could it go wrong? Well... that's for another episode. AEW Dynamite is currently being held together by Team Taz which is easily the best part of the

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219:35

WWE Survivor Series 2020 Review, Revisiting WWF...

DEADLOCK: A Pro Wrestling Podcast ·

2020/11/23

WWE Survivor Series 2020 is now in the books & Undertaker has officially retired for like the 5th time this year. Taker is shooting for the Terry Funk record! Survivor Series saw Drew McIntyre vs Roman Reigns for the main event as the WWE Champion faced the Universal Champion for BRAND SUPREMECY. BRAND SUPREMECY REIGNS SUPREME. Thanksgiving is coming up so it's time to revisit a Thanksgiving edition of WWF SmackDown which saw Mick Foley & Debra round up some of the WWF superstars & have

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143:34

Revisiting WWE Raw 1997 ECW Invasion, AEW Announces...

DEADLOCK: A Pro Wrestling Podcast ·

2020/11/16

WWE wasn't doing so hot at the start of 1997. Things were very stale on Raw as Nitro was whooping their ass on a regular basis while things like the UFC are picking up steam & ECW is making a roar. WWE thought "hey, what if we did things with those guys?" In comes Ken Shamrock from the UFC & Paul Heyman with his ECW goons. Vince Russo takes over head booking around this time & well, here comes the Attitude Era. AEW announced a new video game partnership with former WWE 2K developer,

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134:53

AEW Full Gear 2020 Review, Darby Allin Face Of TNT,...

DEADLOCK: A Pro Wrestling Podcast ·

2020/11/09

AEW held their PPV AEW Full Gear 2020 this past weekend which saw the main event of Jon Moxley vs Eddie Kingston in an I Quit Match, Young Bucks vs The Revival for the AEW Tag Team Championships, Hikaru Shida vs Nyla Rose for the AEW Women's Championship, & more. Speaking of more, Darby Allin faced Cody for the AEW TNT Championship where he has been touting himself as the Face of TNT lately. James, Johnny, & Tony also talk about the best Triple H theme songs of all time and obviously we all

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148:05

Revisiting WCW Monday Nitro 2000 Vince Russo Wins WCW...

DEADLOCK: A Pro Wrestling Podcast ·

2020/11/02

WCW in the year 2000 is highly regarded as the best time in the company's history! ... okay, maybe not. But Scott Steiner was there & he has to dumb himself down when talking to these white trash & rednecks! Good enough for us. Vince Russo main events with Booker T in a cage match where the WCW Heavyweight Championship is on the line. It's been Vince Russo's dream since he was a kid to win the WCW Championship in a weird New York Giants knockoff jersey. AEW held the Inner Circle Town Hall

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166:27

WWE Hell in a Cell 2020 Review, AEW Le Dinner...

DEADLOCK: A Pro Wrestling Podcast ·

2020/10/26

WWE held WWE Hell in a Cell 2020 in the WWE Thunderdome where the main event saw Randy Orton face Drew McIntyre for the WWE Championship inside the sinister structure, Hell in a Cell. The show also had Sasha Banks vs Bayley in HIAC & Roman Reigns vs Jey Uso in HIAC. Chris Jericho & MJF had a segment on AEW Dynamite called Le Dinner Debonair that seemed to split the wrestling community in two like a piece of lumber. James, Johnny, & Tony also discuss the best Stone Cold Steve Austin theme

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157:03

Revisiting WWE SmackDown Halloween 2008, Cody vs...

DEADLOCK: A Pro Wrestling Podcast ·

2020/10/20

WWE SmackDown 2008 was sort of no man's land, but then again, WWE wasn't exactly on the upswing in 2008. The good thing is: SmackDown had a Halloween episode! It even featured a casket match between Undertaker & Chavo Guerrero as the main event. Vickie Guerrero at the time was SmackDown General Manager & she thought yeah... Chavo vs Undertaker. So that's what we got! Orange Cassidy faced Cody for the AEW TNT Championship on AEW Dynamite this week in a match that went to a time limit draw

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153:23

Revisiting WWE ECW Halloween 2007, Favorite...

DEADLOCK: A Pro Wrestling Podcast ·

2020/10/12

The good ol' world of WWE ECW. It is October 30th, 2007 & WWE ECW is in the Halloween spirit! The show is main evented by a Monster Mash Battle Royal between Mark Henry, Great Khali, Kane, & Big Daddy V. The only person actually on the WWE ECW roster at that time was Big Daddy V! One of the Patreon $5 Q&A questions this week also asked us to name our favorite spooky/horror themed wrestlers, man October is really dope. This week on AEW Dynamite, Cody faced Brodie Lee for the AEW TNT

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122:53

Revisiting WWE SmackDown 2002 Halloween Party,...

DEADLOCK: A Pro Wrestling Podcast ·

2020/10/05

WWE SmackDown 2002 was knee deep in what fans refer to as the "SmackDown Six Era." During that era, WWE also held a special Halloween episode of SmackDown literally on Halloween - October 31st! It featured John Cena as Vanilla Ice, Eddie Guerrero as Zorro, & Kurt Angle as Ghostface. A lot of crazy stuff happened! On AEW this week, Butcher ended up facing Jon Moxley in the main event for the AEW Worlds Championship. Along with that, Cody Rhodes returned to cut one of the most bizarre promos in a

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114:44

WWE Clash of Champions 2020 Review, Revisiting...

DEADLOCK: A Pro Wrestling Podcast ·

2020/09/28

WWE held Clash of Champions 2020 live in the Thunderdome which saw Roman Reigns face Jey Uso in a WWE Universal Championship match along with other matches like Sami Zayn vs AJ Styles vs Jeff Hardy in a triple threat ladder match for the WWE Intercontinental Championship & Randy Orton vs Drew McIntyre in an Ambulance match. Christian Cage made his TNA iMPACT! debut on Spike TV back in 2005 as we revisit an episode that also saw Abyss vs Rhino with a pretty nasty gore. Also, Serpentico is David

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161:22

Revisiting Mr America Lie Detector Test WWE SmackDown...

DEADLOCK: A Pro Wrestling Podcast ·

2020/09/21

WWE SmackDown has really taken a turn for the better in 2003 as Paul Heyman & co turned the SmackDown Six into a really well rounded show. Hulk Hogan is back as Mr America & is a thorn in Vince McMahon's shoes. Vince McMahon makes Mr America take a lie detector test to determine if he is really Hulk Hogan or not & it turns into one of the most memorable segments of all time. Vampiro's new documentary, Nail in the Coffin: The Fall & Rise of Vampiro is out now which goes over his

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130:55

Revisiting WWF Monday Night Raw 1999, Miro AEW Debut,...

DEADLOCK: A Pro Wrestling Podcast ·

2020/09/15

WWF is on the road to WrestleMania 15 and the Attitude Era is in full swing. Stone Cold Steve Austin & The Rock are preparing to go to war, but at the same time, the Big Show has become the newest member of the Corporation. It's causing a rift between The Rock & Vince McMahon. Tony & Johnny revisit an episode of RAW from 1999, where The Undertaker & The Ministry of Darkness sacrifice The Big Boss Man, and Kane shoots a fireball! Also Miro, formerly known as Rusev, makes his AEW

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136:34

AEW All Out 2020 Review, You Cannot Kill David...

DEADLOCK: A Pro Wrestling Podcast ·

2020/09/07

AEW held one of their flagship PPVs, AEW All Out 2020! The show was main evented by Jon Moxley vs MJF, also featuring Chris Jericho vs Orange Cassidy in a Mimosa Mayhem match, FTR vs Kenny Omega & Hangman Page, Hikaru Shida vs Thunder Rosa, & more. David Arquette released a wrestling based documentary named 'You Cannot Kill David Arquette' that featured his return to pro wrestling against the likes of Nick Gage, Ken Anderson, & some backyarder dudes. Jon Moxley also faced a lawyer by the

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91:26

WWE Payback 2020 Review, AEW Dark Order Casket Meme,...

DEADLOCK: A Pro Wrestling Podcast ·

2020/08/31

One week after WWE SummerSlam 2020, WWE decided to hold their next PPV, WWE Payback! The main event was a returning Roman Reigns facing off against The Fiend & Braun Strowman in a triple threat match where Roman Reigns can do whatever he wants cause hes the big dawg, baby! The Dark Order comes out with a Nightmare Casket just like the dancing casket meme after Brodie Lee straight up merked Cody last week to win the TNT Championship. Also in our $5 Q&A, we were asked how did we come up with

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