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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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167:59

WWE SummerSlam 2020 Review, Brodie Lee MERKS Cody AEW...

DEADLOCK: A Pro Wrestling Podcast ·

2020/08/24

WWE held SummerSlam 2020 in their new THUNDERDOME arena where The Fiend faced off against Braun Strowman in the main event, Drew McIntyre defended his WWE championship against Randy Orton, Mandy Rose faced Sonya Deville in a LOSER LEAVES WWE match, Seth Rollins faced Dominik Mysterio in a Street Fight, and more. Brodie Lee faced Cody for the TNT Championship on AEW Dynamite and completely merked him. The Dark Order followed up with an assault on the Nightmare Family. DEADLOCK is also celebrating

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118:14

Revisiting Hulk Hogan TNA iMPACT Debut, AEW Tag Team...

DEADLOCK: A Pro Wrestling Podcast ·

2020/08/17

TNA was finally making a profit in 2009, their roster was incredibly impressive, & things were finally looking stable. Dixie Carter decided to use that momentum & try to create a massive shift in 2010 by signing Hulk Hogan, Eric Bischoff, and every single former WWE wrestler she could possibly find. This would of course backfire in spectacular fashion, but it's fun (not really) to look back at moments in history like this every once in a while. AEW also held a special tag team appreciate

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125:05

Revisiting TNA iMPACT! First EVER Episode, Jericho &...

DEADLOCK: A Pro Wrestling Podcast ·

2020/08/10

TNA opened in 2002 running weekly PPVs out of Nashville, but in 2004 something big happened - TNA secured a tv deal with FOX Sports & started running shows out of Stage 21 in Universal Resort Orlando; TNA iMPACT! was born! X Division is the main event, Shark Boy is on the show, and AMW is the #1 tag team in the company... what a great time. AEW Dynamite held a SUPER DEBATE between Chris Jericho & Orange Cassidy with Eric Bischoff as the mediator. Jon Moxley also faced off against Darby Allin

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119:09

Revisiting Scott Steiner & Triple H WWE Pose Down...

DEADLOCK: A Pro Wrestling Podcast ·

2020/08/03

WWE Monday Night Raw back in 2003 was in the middle of the "Eric Bischoff Era" also known as the TNN era. Triple H was running roughshod over Raw as World Heavyweight Champion in the middle of his infamous "reign of terror." The 2003 Royal Rumble was coming up & HHH needed someone to face so who better than Scott Steiner? HHH & Scott Steiner spent weeks having contests & challenges against each other that include arm wrestling, bench presses, and the ever remembered POSE DOWN CHALLENGE

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140:18

Revisiting WCW Nitro Goldberg vs Hulk Hogan, Sammy...

DEADLOCK: A Pro Wrestling Podcast ·

2020/07/27

WCW was on fire in 1998 with the nWo & nWo Wolfpac leading the shows, but they also had a secret weapon: Goldberg. Goldberg had just broken 100 wins in his legendary streak when WCW booked a Monday Nitro show in Georgia, Goldberg's home town, in the Georgia Dome. 40,000 people attended this Nitro. Yeah, you read that right. 40,000 people attended a weekly episode of WCW Monday Nitro. With a house this big, WCW decided that it was time to finally let Goldberg get his big chance at the WCW World

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148:55

WWE Extreme Rules 2020 Review, Impact Wrestling...

DEADLOCK: A Pro Wrestling Podcast ·

2020/07/20

WWE held The Horror Show at Extreme Rules 2020 at the WWE Performance Center this past weekend which saw the two marquee matches being Seth Rollins vs Rey Mysterio in an Eye for an Eye match along with The Wyatt Swamp Match between Braun Strowman & Bray Wyatt. Impact Wrestling also held their yearly Slammiversary PPV event which saw a lot of new arrivals in the form of The Good Brothers, Eric Young, Motor City Machine Guns, & more. AEW held their special (not a ppv) event, Fight For The

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108:26

Revisiting All Wheels Wrestling, AEW Fyter Fest 2020...

DEADLOCK: A Pro Wrestling Podcast ·

2020/07/13

Back in 2011, TNA tried creating a wrestling product for Speed TV by the name of All Wheels Wrestling. A crossover between pro wrestling & racing! It featured Jay Lethal, Sonjay Dutt, The Human Cyclone, & Shawn Daivari. Of course, Daivari had to be named Dubai. Pro wrestling really can't stop itself sometimes. AEW held Fyter Fest Week 2 which was main evented by Orange Cassidy vs Chris Jericho. Fyter Fest also saw Taz introduce the FTW Championship crowning Brian Cage the FTW Champion while

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141:23

Revisiting TNA iMPACT 2009, AEW Fyter Fest 2020 Week...

DEADLOCK: A Pro Wrestling Podcast ·

2020/07/06

Back in the beginning of 2009, TNA iMPACT was still running strong. The Main Event Mafia was headlining the shows while the TNA Frontline tried to take them down themselves. This particular episode of TNA iMPACT, the Main Event Mafia took over the show completely! They produced the show themselves down to the commentators & ring announcer (Scott Steiner is ring announcing - it's fantastic). The famous Black Snow & Chet Lemon! IM BLACK SNOOOOOOW! AEW held their first week of Fyter Fest which

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138:22

Revisiting WWE SmackDown 2004, Orange Cassidy & Chris...

DEADLOCK: A Pro Wrestling Podcast ·

2020/06/29

SmackDown 2004 was an interesting year for WWE: Brock Lesnar is gone, Eddie Guerrero has stepped up to take that spot that Brock left & a lot of guys are beat up & injured. John Cena is starting to get mega over, but isn't all the way there yet. Kurt Angle is the general manager & Big Show is out for blood. Also on AEW Dynamite this week, Orange Cassidy confronts Chris Jericho before their big match at AEW Fyter Fest which includes Orange Cassidy bleedin' again, baby! James, Tony, &

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122:11

Revisiting WCW Monday Nitro 1999, Best Wrestler...

DEADLOCK: A Pro Wrestling Podcast ·

2020/06/22

WCW Monday Nitro was still going strong in 1999. While they were losing to WWE Raw more often than before, the show was still pulling strong ratings with the nWo & nWo Wolfpac leading the way. James, Tony, & Johnny take a look at the infamous episode of WCW Monday Nitro where the entire first hour had ZERO wrestling. Hell, they didn't even get into the arena till hour 2! The boys also discuss the best wrestler gimmicks that could be turned into movies. Ricky Starks also makes his AEW

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125:26

The Greatest Wrestling Podcast Ever, WWE Backlash...

DEADLOCK: A Pro Wrestling Podcast ·

2020/06/15

WWE holds The Greatest Wrestling Match Ever at WWE Backlash 2020 with Edge vs Randy Orton in the main event where they went damn near close to 45 minutes. Drew McIntyre also faced Bobby Lashley & there was a Super Giant Ninja appearance. Tony Hawk also made his AEW debut with Darby Allin where Darby decided he was going to do a sick drop-in off a ladder. James, Tony, & Johnny break down this week in wrestling! Deadlock Discord: https://discord.gg/E4BvR4W Deadlock Shop:

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148:29

Revisiting WWE Raw 1999, In Your House, AEW Britt...

DEADLOCK: A Pro Wrestling Podcast ·

2020/06/08

WWE is deep into the Attitude Era in 1999; Characters like Val Venis, Mr Ass Billy Gunn, The Rock, & Stone Cold Steve Austin have taken over television sets across the world & things have gotten edgy. James, Tony, & Johnny revisit an episode of Raw from 1999 where The Rock tosses Stone Cold Steve Austin off a bridge right before their match at WWE Backlash 1999. In Your House features some good matches. Britt Baker is the "Roll Model" of AEW Dynamite complete with her own "Role's Royce"

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139:18

Revisiting Kurt Angle TNA Debut, AEW Inner Circle Pep...

DEADLOCK: A Pro Wrestling Podcast ·

2020/06/01

TNA in the year 2006 had a lot of steam: SpikeTV had offered them a primetime slot on television, Christian Cage was now in TNA, and Kurt Angle would make his debut on TNA iMPACT right before their biggest show of the year, Bound For Glory. James, Tony, & Johnny discuss the go-home show to BFG 2006 where Kurt Angle made his TNA iMPACT debut going head to head with Samoa Joe. The Inner Circle held a pep rally after their crushing defeat in the Stadium Stampede match on AEW Dynamite. The boys also

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164:37

AEW Double Or Nothing 2020 Review, Owen Hart...

DEADLOCK: A Pro Wrestling Podcast ·

2020/05/25

AEW Double Or Nothing 2020 went down this past weekend which saw the event headlined by the Stadium Stampede match between The Elite & The Inner Circle where so much crazy stuff happened including Hangman Page on a horse, Matt Hardy changing gimmicks underwater, a 20ft fall One Winged Angel & so much more, but also co-main evented by Jon Moxley vs Brodie Lee for the AEW Worlds Championship. VICE released their final Dark Side of the Ring episode for Season 2 named The Last Days of Owen Hart,

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131:00

Revisiting WWE ECW 2006, Chris Jericho DESTROYS...

DEADLOCK: A Pro Wrestling Podcast ·

2020/05/18

WWE launched WWE ECW after the success of ECW One Night Stand 2005 with WWE ECW on SyFy. James, Tony, & Johnny go back in time to revisit the WWE ECW episode BEFORE ECW One Night Stand 2006 where WWE is trying to get all their viewers to check out the ECW on SyFy show - sorta the very first WWE ECW episode. Chris Jericho destroyed Vanguard 1 with the Inner Circle on AEW Dynamite. One of the last VICE Dark Side of the Ring documentaries of season 2 was released - The Last Ride of The Road

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186:35

WWE Money in the Bank 2020 Review, AEW Dynamite...

DEADLOCK: A Pro Wrestling Podcast ·

2020/05/11

WWE held their most recent PPV, Money in the Bank, where the men's & women's MITB matches were held at the same time in WWE's headquarters, Titan Towers. WWE Superstars started at the bottom of the tower & had to work up to the top to grab the briefcase. AEW held a street fight on a live episode of AEW Dynamite where Chris Jericho & Sammy Guevara faced off against Kenny Omega & Matt Hardy which turned out to be an amazing match full of surprises. James & Tony also breakdown the

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187:45

Revisiting Booker T vs Stone Cold, WWE Writer Pitches...

DEADLOCK: A Pro Wrestling Podcast ·

2020/05/04

James, Tony, & Johnny revisit the end of WWF 2001 where Booker T & Stone Cold Steve Austin were feuding with each other more specifically the RAW where they go to the church. New information came out that a WWE writer pitched Vince McMahon a story about taking Hornswoggle, stuffing him in a pillow case, and then throwing him off a bridge to his death. VERY GOOD PRO WRESTLING. The boys also breakdown the most recent VICE Dark Side of the Ring episode about "Dr D" David Schultz. Deadlock

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171:34

WWE Triple H 25th Anniversary, Revisiting WWE...

DEADLOCK: A Pro Wrestling Podcast ·

2020/04/27

Triple H celebrates his 25th wrestling anniversary on WWE SmackDown this week with Vince McMahon coming out to call him a big dumb idiot & releasing a bunch of Triple H socks on WWE Shop, James & Johnny take a look back at a few episodes of SmackDown in 2003 that center around Brock Lesnar & Kurt Angle at the time, and the boys briefly discuss some of their memories of Wrestling Society X, a small wrestling show that was featured on MTV for like one month. Deadlock Shop:

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194:58

WWE MITB In Titan Towers, WWE Releases 60+ People...

DEADLOCK: A Pro Wrestling Podcast ·

2020/04/20

WWE has announced that Money In The Bank is still happening, but the MITB itself will happen in Titan Towers offices and they will fight from the bottom of the building to the top, ala DDT. WWE releases 60+ people, probably more into the hundreds, right smack dab in the middle of the COVID-19 outbreak when these people can't work. James takes the boys back to a SmackDown in 2005 where Kurt Angle says that he wants to have sexual relations with Booker T's wife. Deadlock Shop:

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192:22

WWE NXT Beats AEW In Ratings War, Brawl For All Vice...

DEADLOCK: A Pro Wrestling Podcast ·

2020/04/13

WWE NXT gets a small boost in ratings post Wrestlemania with a solid card & finally gets a win over AEW in the Wednesday Night Ratings War. Vice released a new Dark Side of the Ring documentary this week on the infamous Brawl For All where Bart Gunn won when WWE very obviously wanted Dr Death Steve Williams to win. Also in the gossip mill, WWE 2K21 possibly cancelled? Justin Leeper, former WWE SmackDown vs RAW developer, weighs in from a reliable source that a DIFFERENT WWE game could be coming

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