Wrestling Is Gross

After years of threats, we've finally done it. An entire episode for the gay homies only. No straights allowed. If you listen to this podcast it will turn you gay. You have been warned. Happy Pride and Happy Listening. Matches discussed~ Adrian Street vs. Jim Breaks (Joint Promotions 2/12/1972) Lufisto vs. Mercedes Martinez (nCw Femmes Fatales 11/03/12) Pat Patterson vs. Bob Backlund (WWWF 9/24/1979) Kagetsu vs. Asuka (Hana Kimura Memorial 5/23/21) Kanyon vs. Raven vs. Saturn (WCW 8/8/1998) Miss Atlanta Lively & Jimmy Valiant vs. The Midnight Express (JCP 11/28/1985) Mariah May vs. Toni Storm (AEW 3/9/25) Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, follow us on X app,  Bluesky,  TikTok,  Instagram,  YouTube, and send us an email at wrestlingisgross@gmail.com and tell us something really weird! (You can also send us nice emails. The nice ones are really appreciated!) 

Sabu died. You might have heard some people talking about it. Now you can hear us talk about the legend Sa fuckin Bu for over four hours. And in a Sabu-esque maneuver, we decided to botch parts of the recording, on purpose!   Matches discussed~   Sabu vs. The Lightning Kid (NWA Grandslam, 4/17/1993) Sabu vs. 2 Cold Scorpio (ECW, 4/17/1996) Sabu vs. Rob Van Dam (AJPW, 5/31/1997) Sabu vs. Terry Funk (XPW, 7/22/2000) Sabu vs. Devon Storm (WWA, 4/12/2002) Sabu vs. Abyss (TNA, 12/11/2005) SSabu vs. The Big Show (ECW, 8/22/2006) Sabu vs. Joey Janela (GCW, 4/18/2025)   Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, follow us on X app,  Bluesky,  TikTok,  Instagram,  YouTube, and send us an email at wrestlingisgross@gmail.com and tell us something really weird! (You can also send us nice emails. The nice ones are really appreciated!) 

We're celebrating Siobhan's 99th birthday, and taking a moment to ask a few questions: How can Zeus move like that? Is that actually Larry Sweeney's sister? Does Masato Tanaka look good bald? And where are Nishimura's shoes?   Matches discussed~ Eddie Kingston vs. Larry Sweeney (Society Backyard Wrestling ??/??/07) Naoya Nomura vs. Zeus (AJPW 9/17/2018) Minowaman vs. Necro Butcher (IGF 2/22/2010) Toshiaki Kawada vs. Osamu Nishimura (AJPW 9/3/2004) Shinya Hashimoto vs. Masato Tanaka (ZERO-ONE 3/2/2002) Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, follow us on X app,  Bluesky,  TikTok,  Instagram,  YouTube, and send us an email at wrestlingisgross@gmail.com and tell us something really weird! (You can also send us nice emails. The nice ones are really appreciated!) 

In the year 2010, one young man sharing an apartment with his mom decided to start watching wrestling for the first time in 5 years and posting on message boards again. That young man was me. This is my story. Matches discussed~ Brandon Cutler & Dustin Cutler vs. El Generico & Paul London vs. Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson (PWG 7/30/2010) Yoshihito Sasaki vs. Takashi Sasaki (BJW 6/27/2010) Takashi Sugiura vs. Yoshihiro Takayama (NOAH 7/10/2010) CM Punk vs. John Cena (WWE 7/17/2011) Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, follow us on X app,  Bluesky,  TikTok,  Instagram,  YouTube, and send us an email at wrestlingisgross@gmail.com and tell us something really weird! (You can also send us nice emails. The nice ones are really appreciated!) 

It's the 2024 Wrestling Is Gross Awards, aka The Grossies~! From A-to-Z, Macuarro to Makabe, we cover it all. Planes may be falling from the sky, but this podcast is landing safely and smoothly. Tell your friends! Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, follow us on X app,  Bluesky,  TikTok,  Instagram,  YouTube, and send us an email at wrestlingisgross@gmail.com and tell us something really weird! (You can also send us nice emails. The nice ones are really appreciated!)  Our lists are linked below. Don't click these until after listening to the show!   ***SPOILERS*** Siobhan's 2024 MOTY List ***SPOILERS***    ***SPOILERS*** Bucky's 2024 MOTY List ***SPOILERS***

So here we are again, forcing our friend The Wrestling Genius to watch more IWA Deep South. And we're going to do it every Christmas until one of us dies. Happy Holidays. IWA Deep South King of the Deathmatches 2005 (10/22/05, aborted show, cancelled by the police)starts at 1hr47min IWA Deep South King of the Deathmatches 2005 (12/3/05) PART ONE IWA Deep South King of the Deathmatches 2005 (12/3/05)  PART TWO Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, follow us on X app,  Bluesky,  TikTok,  Instagram,  YouTube, and send us an email at wrestlingisgross@gmail.com and tell us something really weird! (You can also send us nice emails. The nice ones are really appreciated!) 

It's Thanksgiving in America so we're doing an episode about wrestlers who have bird names. That's it. That's the joke. Please tell your extended family about this podcast. Play it for them at the dinner table. Thank you. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, follow us on X app,  Bluesky,  TikTok,  Instagram,  YouTube, and send us an email at wrestlingisgross@gmail.com and tell us something really weird! (You can also send us nice emails. The nice ones are really appreciated!)  Buy the shirts! LA Park Cat! Super Porky! The Rough & Ready shirt! The Wrestling Is Gross logo shirt! All drawn by my wonderful wife, who decided to no longer listen to the show!

Who will be the 47th WWF Hardcore Champion? Smack down your vote! If you're still in line, stay in line! Every vote matters!     Matches discussed~ Crash Holly vs. Al Snow (SmackDown, 6/29/00) Steve Blackman vs. Crash Holly (SmackDown, 7/13/00) Steve Blackman vs. Al Snow (SmackDown, 7/20/00) Steve Blackman vs. X-Pac (SmackDown, 7/27/00) Steve Blackman vs. Shane McMahon (RAW, 8/21/00) Steve Blackman vs. Shane McMahon (SummerSlam, 8/27/00) Steve Blackman vs. Perry Saturn (SmackDown, 9/12/00) Steve Blackman vs. Al Snow (SmackDown, 9/19/00) Steve Blackman vs. Funaki vs. Crash Holly vs. Perry Saturn vs. Al Snow vs. Test (Unforgiven, 9/24/00) Steve Blackman vs. Road Dogg (SmackDown, 9/26/00) Steve Blackman vs. Raven (SmackDown, 12/21/00) Steve Blackman vs. Hardcore Holly vs. Raven (RAW, 12/25/00) ~~~ Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, follow us on X app,  Bluesky,  TikTok,  Instagram,  YouTube, and send us an email at wrestlingisgross@gmail.com and tell us something really weird! (You can also send us nice emails. The nice ones are really appreciated!)  Buy the shirts! LA Park Cat! Super Porky! The Rough & Ready shirt! The Wrestling Is Gross logo shirt! All drawn by my wonderful wife, who decided to no longer listen to the show!

What do you mean you're Slutty Freddie Blassie. What do you mean you're Thicc Rikidozan. What do you mean you're Ultra Mantis Blackface.   Matches discussed~ Rikidozan vs. Fred Blassie (WWA 3/28/1962) Nightmare Freddy vs. UltraMantis Black (AIW 7/30/2022) Jason The Terrible vs. New Jason The Terrible (IWA Japan 7/14/1994) Los Thundercats vs. Trio Fantasia (Monterey 12/8/1991) Slash Venom vs. Ricky Banderas (IWA Puerto Rico 10/18/2003) Abyss vs. Sabu vs. Jeff Hardy vs. Rhino (TNA 10/23/2005) ~~~ Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, follow us on X app,  Bluesky,  TikTok,  Instagram,  YouTube, and send us an email at wrestlingisgross@gmail.com and tell us something really weird! (You can also send us nice emails. The nice ones are really appreciated!)  Buy the shirts! LA Park Cat! Super Porky! The Rough & Ready shirt! The Wrestling Is Gross logo shirt! All drawn by my wonderful wife, who decided to no longer listen to the show!

Stabbed in Tokyo by gaijin. Harassed by a junkie in Bayamon. Fat man bullied me in Bremen. Flew to Philly to fuck with the King, then rode to hell (L.A.) for retribution. Do you think I like Hulk Hogan. Hell no.   Matches discussed~ Terry Funk & Dory Funk Jr. vs. Abdullah the Butcher & The Sheik (AJPW 12/9/1978) Los Hermanos Funk vs. The Road Warriors (WWC 9/20/1987) Terry Funk vs. Otto Wanz (CWA 12/22/1990) Terry Funk vs. Jerry Lawler (3PW 5/3/2003) Legends Battle Royal (PWG 1/29/2011) Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, follow us on X app,  Bluesky,  TikTok,  Instagram,  YouTube, and send us an email at wrestlingisgross@gmail.com and tell us something really weird! (You can also send us nice emails. The nice ones are really appreciated!)  Buy the shirts! LA Park Cat! Super Porky! The Rough & Ready shirt! The Wrestling Is Gross logo shirt! All drawn by my wonderful wife, who decided to no longer listen to the show!  

One hundred episodes. We did it. We did it one hundred times. Aren't you proud of us. Can you even believe it. How you gon' go and make one hundred episodes of a damn wrestling podcast. Folks   Thank you so much for listening. The next hundred will be even better. Tell your friends!!!   Matches discussed~ Low Ki vs. Necro Butcher (IWA Mid-South 4/1/2006) Daisuke Sekimoto & Yoshihito Sasaki vs. Jun Kasai & Jaki Numazawa (BJW 11/22/2010) John Rare vs. Spidar Boodrow (IWA Deep South 2/26/2011) Yumiko Hotta vs. Shinobu Kandori (LLPW 3/10/1999) LA Park vs. Dr. Wagner Jr. (TXT 5/11/2013) Terry Funk, Tommy Dreamer & Beulah McGillicutty vs. Mick Foley, Edge & Lita (WWECW 6/11/2006) Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, follow us on X app,  Bluesky,  TikTok,  Instagram,  YouTube, and send us an email at wrestlingisgross@gmail.com and tell us something really weird! (You can also send us nice emails. The nice ones are really appreciated!)  Buy the shirts! LA Park Cat! Super Porky! The Rough & Ready shirt! The Wrestling Is Gross logo shirt! All drawn by my wonderful wife, who decided to no longer listen to the show!  

It's the 2015 Nick Gage Parole Tour! We finally pulled our friend Max @maxtothemax away from his console television for long enough to record a podcast about The Man, The King, The God Of This Shit.       The Matches~ Nick Gage vs. Drew Gulak (CZW 5/9/15) Nick Gage vs. John Wayne Murdoch (IWA Mid-South 6/27/15) Nick Gage vs. Tim Donst (AIW 7/10/15) Nick Gage vs. Scot Summers (OPW 8/29/15) Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, follow us on X app,  Bluesky,  TikTok,  Instagram,  YouTube, and send us an email at wrestlingisgross@gmail.com and tell us something really weird! (You can also send us nice emails. The nice ones are really appreciated!)  Buy the shirts! LA Park Cat! Super Porky! The Rough & Ready shirt! The Wrestling Is Gross logo shirt! All drawn by my wonderful wife, who decided to no longer listen to the show!

We're joined by our dear friend Precious Paul @schmozboi to revive one of the finest podcasts in history for one night only. A lyrical, magnificent episode about a wonderful, unique man. You're next! And you're dead! Tom Tomoser - Daddy We Go Fly The Matches~ (all are on Peacock) Goldberg vs. Sid Vicious (WCW 10/24/1999) Goldberg vs. Chris Jericho (WWE 6/15/2003) Goldberg vs. Brock Lesnar (WWE 4/2/2017) Goldberg vs. Bobby Lashley (WWE 10/21/2021) Goldberg vs. Scott Steiner (WCW 9/17/2000) The Official Ranking of Every nWo Member Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, follow us on X app,  Bluesky,  TikTok,  Instagram,  YouTube, and send us an email at wrestlingisgross@gmail.com and tell us something really weird! (You can also send us nice emails. The nice ones are really appreciated!)  Buy the shirts! LA Park Cat! Super Porky! The Rough & Ready shirt! The Wrestling Is Gross logo shirt! All drawn by my wonderful wife, who decided to no longer listen to the show!

Do not stand by his grave and weep. He is not there, he does not sleep. He is the thousand winds that blow. Reach for the sky boy.   Almost a year to the day since our Jay Briscoe tribute episode, we're back to discuss him again, along with his weird little brother.    RIP JAMIN DALE PUGH~ The Briscoe Brothers vs. Johnny Kashmere & Justice Pain (CZW 7/28/2001) The Briscoe Brothers vs. Ricky Marvin & Kotaro Suzuki (NOAH 7/15/2007) The Briscoe Brothers vs. The All-Night Express (ROH 9/17/11) The Briscoe Brothers vs. FTR Bald & FTR Hair (ROH 12/10/2022) Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, follow us on X app,  Bluesky,  TikTok,  Instagram,  YouTube, and send us an email at wrestlingisgross@gmail.com and tell us something really weird! (You can also send us nice emails. The nice ones are really appreciated!)  Buy the shirts! LA Park Cat! Super Porky! The Rough & Ready shirt! The Wrestling Is Gross logo shirt! All drawn by my wonderful wife, who decided to no longer listen to the show!

On this show, we respect the elderly. Sure they might be hateful, bigoted, narrow-minded. But how great is it when a couple of them decide to try and beat each other up WRINKLY OLD BALLS TWO Tommy Gilbert vs. Eddie Marlin (Memphis 4/4/1988) plus (set-up angle from 4/2/1988) Kantaro Hoshino vs. Gedo (NJPW 12/22/2008) Villano IV vs. LA Park (AAA 4/30/2022) Bill Watts & Stagger Lee vs. The Midnight Express (Mid-South 4/22/1984) Giant Baba & Rusher Kimura vs. Stan Hansen & Genichiro Tenryu (AJPW 11/29/1989)   Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts, follow us on X app,  Bluesky,  TikTok,  Instagram,  YouTube, and send us an email at wrestlingisgross@gmail.com and tell us something really weird! (You can also send us nice emails. The nice ones are really appreciated!)  Buy the shirts! LA Park Cat! Super Porky! The Rough & Ready shirt! The Wrestling Is Gross logo shirt! All drawn by my wonderful wife, who decided to no longer listen to the show!  

Proto-Britwres? A different style fight? Two women stabbing each other with a big stick? In the words of Tracy Smothers, Fear is false evidence appearing real. Amen. And a Happy Belated Birthday to the Ace.   Matches discussed~ Takehiro Murahama vs. Naohiro Hoshikawa (Osaka Pro 3/25/2000) Aja Kong vs. KAORU (GAEA 2/13/2000) Tracy Smothers vs. Bull Pain (IWA Mid-South 10/5/2002) Jody Fleisch vs. Jonny Storm (CZW 6/8/2002) Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts, follow us on X app, Bluesky, TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, and send us an email at wrestlingisgross@gmail.com and tell us something really weird! (You can also send us nice emails. The nice ones are really appreciated!)  Buy the shirts! LA Park Cat! Super Porky! The Rough & Ready shirt! The Wrestling Is Gross logo shirt! All drawn by my wonderful wife, who decided to no longer listen to the show!  

On today's show, we celebrate the art of getting hit in the nuts, read the blurb from the back of an old VHS box, and take a warm bath in trash juice. Fellas is it gay to kiss your opponent on the lips     The Matches~   Randy Savage vs. Hulk Hogan (WWF 4/2/89) Roddy Piper vs. Goldust (WWF 3/31/1996) Chris Benoit vs. Kevin Sullivan (WCW 6/16/1996) Rob Van Dam vs. Jerry Lynn (ECW 5/16/1999) Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts, follow us on X app, Bluesky, TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, and send us an email at wrestlingisgross@gmail.com and tell us something really weird!  Buy the shirts! LA Park Cat! Super Porky! The Rough & Ready shirt! The Wrestling Is Gross logo shirt! All drawn by my wonderful wife, who decided to no longer listen to the show!    

Most know him as Riki Choshu. But to others, he's simply known as Big Dick Rick. Sometimes a lariat is just a lariat. Not this lariat. 🍆 Join us on our trek through Riki Choshu's Ishin Gundan and their 1985 invasion of All Japan Pro Wrestling! This is an episode we've wanted to do for a long time. The matches are all on YouTube and included in a playlist below.  The Matches~~ Riki Choshu & Masa Saito vs. Genichiro Tenryu & Jumbo Tsuruta (AJPW 2/5/85) Riki Choshu vs. Genichiro Tenryu (AJPW 6/21/85) Riki Choshu vs. Killer Khan (AJPW 7/31/86) Riki Choshu vs. Terry Funk (AJPW 10/21/86) Riki Choshu & Yoshiaki Yatsu vs. Genichiro Tenryu & Jumbo Tsuruta (AJPW 1/28/86) Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts, follow us on X app, Bluesky, TikTok, Instagram, YouTube(?), and send us an email at wrestlingisgross@gmail.com and tell us something really weird!  Buy the shirts! LA Park Cat! Super Porky! The Rough & Ready shirt! The Wrestling Is Gross logo shirt! All drawn by my wonderful wife, who decided to no longer listen to the show!   RIP Aaron Bushnell 

I pledge allegiance to The Boss, and to the Combat Zone for which He stands: One locker room under Zandig, indivisible, with liberty and justice pain for all. Amen. Happy 25th Birthday CZW! Here's to 25 more! Matches discussed~ Nick Mondo vs. Adam Flash vs. Nick Berk (CZW 12/15/01) Sami Callihan vs. Danny Havoc (CZW 9/12/09) JC Bailey vs. Nick Gage vs. John Zandig (CZW 7/??/05) DJ Hyde vs. Thumbtack Jack (CZW 6/6/09) John Zandig vs. Lobo (CZW 7/13/02) Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts, follow us on X app, Bluesky, TikTok, Instagram, YouTube(?), and send us an email at wrestlingisgross@gmail.com and tell us something really weird!  Buy the shirts! LA Park Cat! Super Porky! The Rough & Ready shirt! The Wrestling Is Gross logo shirt! All drawn by my wonderful wife, who decided to no longer listen to the show!

It's the 2023 Wrestling Is Gross Awards aka The Grossies! Also the Fifth Anniversary of the podcast? Pretty weird! It's a great episode and everyone should listen. Tell your friends!   Thank you all so much for listening to the podcast in 2023! We finished the year strong and are looking forward to having our best year yet in 2024!    we've only just begun   Our lists are linked below. Don't click these until after listening to the show!   ***SPOILERS*** Siobhan's 2023 MOTY List ***SPOILERS***    ***SPOILERS*** Bucky's 2023 MOTY List ***SPOILERS*** Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts, follow us on X app, Bluesky, TikTok, Instagram, YouTube(?), and send us an email at wrestlingisgross@gmail.com and tell us something really weird!  Buy the shirts! LA Park Cat! Super Porky! The Rough & Ready shirt! The Wrestling Is Gross logo shirt! All drawn by my wonderful wife, who decided to no longer listen to the show!