PWTCAST

Welcome to Episode Zero of the PWTcast! Meet host Scrump, and his cohost Dave, as they talk about who they are and what listeners can expect from the official podcast of Pro Wrestling Tees. 

Comedian, mop commercial actor, and host of the Marty and Sarah Love Wrestling Podcast Marty DeRosa talks with Scrump about his personal experiences with being a life long consumer and now producer of wrestling merchandise. Hear Marty and Scrump talk about the first time their encounters with Kazuchika Okada, Marty's love of wrestling figures, and what he thinks is the coolest wrestling shirt of all time. Also, Scrump and Stank talk about their issues with Kickstarter not letting them start a $75 fund, Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, how to get into the Pro Wrestling Tees VIP Facebook group, and how to win a FREE shirt courtesy of Pro Wrestling Tees.   Sponsors: https://www.freelancewrestling.com

Founder of Freelance Wrestling Matt Knicks stops by the PWTCAST as the first member of the PWT cast to be on the show. Matt Knicks talks to Scrump and Stank about what it's like running Chicago's best independent wrestling promotion, why he had the Penis Druid win the Halloween Battle Royale, and his affiliation to the satanic church.   Also, Scrump and Stank give a spoiler free review of the Amazon series "The Boys", talk about their favorite Quentin Tarantino movies, discuss the upcoming Labor Day sale, answer some fan mail, and announce the winner of the FIRST t-shirt give away.   Sponsors: http://www.freelancewrestling.com

Friend of the show and one half of Marty and Sarah Love Wrestling, Sarah Joy Shockey talks with Scrump about David Arquette asking her to draw him tattoos, what it's like getting into wrestling later than most people do and her thought process into designing show logos and artwork for her podcast in this GIANT sized episode of the PWTCAST. Sarah and Scrump trade stories about the weird nuances of their nephews, becoming friends with wrestlers, and introducing new people into independent wrestling. Also, Scrump and Stank announce this weeks winner of the PWT Give Away, talk about what #StupidMichael did this week, they read some fan emails, and introduce their new segment: Fan of the Week. Sponsors: https://www.freelancewrestling.com

Friend of the show and President of Pro Wrestling Tees World Wide Operations, Frank Spahic joins Scrump and Dave on this weeks episode to talk about his 10 years with the company, seeing it grow from One Hour Tees to Pro Wrestling Tees, and the time he worked 36 hours straight. Frank talks about the rapid growth of Pro Wrestling Crate now compared to when the company was first bought, growing up with owner of Pro Wrestling Tees Ryan Barkan, what he does for the company and how much "work" #StupidMichael actually gets done on a daily basis. Also, Scrump and Stank talk about friend of the show Brendan Fraser, What We Do In The Shadows , the new Fanny Devito fanny pack available from The Cryptic Closet, announce the winner of the weeks t-shirt give away, and talk about the ugly divorce of Marvel and Sony which leads to Scrump comparing Sony being as shady as Don Omar was to Romeo Santos in the 2005 Reggaeton hit, "Ella y Yo" by Aventura featuring Don Omar. Use promo code: pwtcast to save 25% on your "Fanny Devito" fanny pack at www.thecrypticcloset.com Sponsors: https://www.freelancewrestling.com

Friends of the show and founders of POST Wrestling, John Pollock and "Cowboy" Wai Ting joined Scrump during Summerslam weekend to talk about the intricisies of starting up their network of podcasts from scratch after the disbandment of the LAW. John and Wai talk about what it's like running their own store, how they manage to record up to five different shows weekly, their thoughts on the current state of wrestling, and what they look forward to from the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Also; Scrump and Stank talk about their experiences from All Out weekend which includes meeting various Friends of the Show, which matches stood out the most from the pay per view, their thoughts on GLOW, announce next weeks guest, and introduce a brand new outro for the show featuring an ELITE guest... Special thanks to Kenny Omega. Sponsors:https://www.freelancewrestling.com

Friend of the show and owner of The Cryptic Closet, Vinny Malave joins Scrump and Stank to talk about the struggles of running his own t shirt company and how it's led to him running his own horror themed pop up shop: The Horror House. Vinny talks about working for Lisa Marie Varon (formerly known as Victoria in WWE), the role Marty DeRosa had in him being hired at Pro Wrestling Tees, who the better Pennywise is between Bill Skarsgard and Tim Curry, what he ultimately hopes to accomplish with The Horror House, and drops a MAJOR surprise for the listeners of the PWTCAST! Also, Scrump and Stank talk about Sony "closing the door" on Spider-Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, a spoiler free review of IT: Chapter 2, how their first month of podcasting has been, the gift that keeps on giving known as Chris Jericho, and they react to the MAJOR surprise that Vinny dropped on them! Special thanks to Kenny Omega. Sponsors: https://www.freelancewrestling.com, https://www.thecrytpiccloset.com 

Friend of the show and host of the UpNXT podcast, Braden Herrington joined Scrump during Summerslam weekend to talk about a litany of things that include meeting through internet, getting in trouble for wearing wrestling shirts, and who's the better actor between Nicholas Cage and Brendan Fraser. Braden talks about how his love for comic books led to his love for wrestling, a good wrestling design vs a bad one, and wanting to teach a college course on the various similarities between the world of rap music and the world of wrestling. Also, Scrump and Stank talk about the Pro Wrestling Tees Pizza Party, Scrump's top secret San Diego trip, Steve Harvey being on the board of directors for Impact Wrestling, what Halloween is like for them now as opposed to when they were younger, the history on Lord Voldemort, and whether Scrump prefers Full Metal Alchemist or Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood. Special thanks to Kenny Omega for the outro. Sponsors: https://www.freelancewrestling.com, https://www.thecrytpiccloset.com, https://www.prowrestlingtees.com 

Friend of the show and owner of Wrestling Tattoos, Chris Stonecipher joined Scrump and Stank during All Out weekend to talk about his experiences in tattooing for the last 15 years and the similarities of wrestling and tattooing in that their roots are deeply ingrained in the carny culture Chris talks about the wrestlers that he's tattooed, what the weirdest tattoo he's ever done has been, what his children think of him being a tattoo artist, what it was like growing up with an old school biker as a dad, and which tattoos he's itching to do on people. Also, Scrump and Stank talk about the week that was in wrestling on this GIANT SIZED episode along with congratulating friends of the show Marty DeRosa for his debut comedy album reaching number one as well as Braden Herrington and Davie Portman for launching their Patreon as well as bonus interviews with various guests who they had the pleasure of speaking with during All Out weekend. Some of the guests include Fat Ass Masa, Charles Brugnolotti, Dennis Day Jr, MJF, and Marty Scurll. Special thanks to Marty Scurll and Kenny Omega. Sponsors: https://www.freelancewrestling.com https://www.thecrypticcloset.com https://www.prowrestlingtees.com    

Friend of the show, head designer at Pro Wrestling Tees, and cohost of the podcast, David "Stank" Stenken is this week's guest! Stank tells Scrump the origin story of him coming to work at Pro Wrestling Tees, the uncertainty of leaving an old job for a new and promising career, as well as his philosophy when designing shirts.   Also, Scrump and Stank talk about finally having their own t shirt store, wanting to perform with Three 6 Mafia, going to see Freelance Wrestling, a new sponsor of the show, their love for Darth Maul and how you can win the opportunity to be feature on the show. Plus the guest for their live show on October 12th is announced. Special thanks to Kenny Omega for the outro. Get your own PWTCAST shirt now at: https://www.prowrestlingtees.com/pwtcast Sponsors: https://www.freelancewrestling.com https://www.thecrypticcloset.com

Friend of the show, member of the PWT cast, and comic book artist Julio Guerra joins Scrump and Stank on this week's GIANT SIZED episode to talk about a variety of things that include his grandmother introducing him into wrestling, being in a band, and working for Marvel comics. Julio talks about getting into the world of comics at a later age than most and what it took for him to finally achieve his life long goal of writing comics. He talks about the common misconception of comic books being for children, not being afraid to put yourself out there to achieve a goal, and how he introduced his mother to independent wrestling. Also, Scrump and Stank talk about the purchase of a taxidermy mouse, a spoiler free review of the new Joker movie, Sid Haig, Ocean's 11, the Wednesday Night Wars between AEW and NXT, along with their first live show which will be this weekend and The Horror House! Tickets available at https://thehorrorhouseshop.ticketleap.com/thehorrorhousepopup/ Special thanks to Kenny Omega for the outro. T-shirts available at https://www.prowrestlingtees.com/pwtcast  Sponsors: https://www.freelancewrestling.com https://www.thecrytpiccloset.com  

Friend of the show and Senior Buyer for Hot Topic, Joe Enriquez joined Scrump and Stank during All Out weekend to talk about various topics including the story about going to Wrestlemania 31 and how it led to New Japan, the Elite, and now AEW shirts being sold at Hot Topic. Joe talks approaching Ryan Barkan about getting wresting shirts into Hot Topic, meeting The Young Bucks, having gone to every Marvel movie premier, gifting Stone Cold his favorite beer for breakfast, and joining the company answering phones and making his way up to Senior Buyer Also, Scrump and Stank talk about meeting their weekend at The Horror House Pop Up Shop including the fallout of their first LIVE show! Scrump tells the story about hanging out with Cash Allen, Teenage Correspondent for the Marty and Sarah Love Wrestling podcast, his father Wes Allen, and director of the independent film POWERBOMB, Zach Schildwachter and staying up late podcasting with them. Stank talks about the brand new sponsor of the show, rumors of twins for the Wanda-Vision show on Disney Plus, along with more of the famous Taxidermy Mouse. Special thanks to Kenny Omega for the outro. T-shirts available at https://www.prowrestlingtees.com/pwtcast  Sponsors: https://www.freelancewrestling.com https://www.thecrytpiccloset.com

Friend of the show and Impact Wrestling superstar, "All Ego" Ethan Page joins Scrump and Stank to talk about various topics including his approach to forming the Monster Mafia/The North tag team with Josh Alexander, which Marvel movie he thinks is the best, and how he almost wrestled the Green/White Power Ranger aka Tommy Oliver aka Jason David Frank. Ethan talks about his approach to designing his own merchandise when he first started and how it's changed as he's becoming more of a veteran in the world of wrestling. He talks about what advice Colt Cabana gave to him when presenting your merchandise to at shows and how he tries to pass that on to up and coming wrestlers. Ethan also gets into which direction he would like to see the Marvel Cinematic Universe going into with the recent Phase 4 line up of movies and shows announced.   Also, Scrump and Stank talk about the BRAND NEW theme song courtesy of Sarah Shockey(host of Marty and Sarah Love Wrestling) and Braden Herrington(host of UpNXT), attending the red carpet premier of CM Punk's debut film "Girl on the Third Floor", they discuss Halloween movies, rumors of an Inhumans reboot, Jared Leto being out as the Joker, and much more. Special thanks to Kenny Omega for the outro.   Merchandise available at: http://www.prowrestlingtees.com/pwtcast Follow us on social media   Twitter Instagram Sponsors: https://www.freelancewrestling.com    

Friends of the show and stars of Jay and Silent Bob Reboot, Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes join Scrump this during the Chicago screening of Jay and Silent Bob Reboot to talk about getting involved in the world of wrestling through Kevin's friendship with Chris Jericho and wanting to become wrestlers! Kevin and Jason talk about their experience at the first episode of AEW Dynamite, casting Chris Jericho as a bad guy in movies, living near wrestlers as kids, being told by WWE that they weren't needed at the FOX premier for Smackdown. Also, Scrump and Stank talk about the Chicago screening of Jay and Silent Bob Reboot, Seth Rollin's comments about Kenny Omega, AEW booking Rick and Morty, the "Kevin Smith High", and Jeff Loeb being replaced by Kevin Feige as head of Marvel TV. Special thanks to Kenny Omega for the outro.  Interview starts at 17:06 Merchandise Twitter Instagram Sponsors: Freelance Wrestling  

Friend of the show and former WWE Superstar, Swoggle joins Scrump and Stank to talk about various topics including his favorite Muppet, failing Choir in college, his favorite pieces of merchandise and how he feels about the word "midget". Swoggle talks about his son slowly getting involved into the world of wrestling and helping him do things such as selling merchandise, helping set up the ring, and even critiquing Swoggle's matches. He also gets into his initial feelings in having to wrestle Marko Stunt and how it led to him having one of his favorite matches. Swoggle also talks about the experience in writing a book and having two of his best friends in Curt Hawkins and Kofi Kingston write the forward for the book without ever having seen what they wrote. Also, Scrump and Stank get into a litany of topics that include Scrump "technically" winning the Freelance Halloween Battle Royale again, WWE wrestlers stuck in Saudi Arabia, Fred Phoenix and the story of Beautiful Jim Keys, the life and death of John Witherspoon, Paul Rudd in Living With Yourself, Joe Rogan, and another edition of "Scrump and Stank's Movie Corner" in which they discuss "3 From Hell" and "Jay and Silent Bob Reboot". Special thanks to Kenny Omega for the outro. Merchandise Follow us on social media: Twitter Instagram Sponsors: Freelance Wrestling

Friend of the show and professional wrestler, Killer Kross sat down during the weekend of the Horror House Pop Up to talk with Scrump and Stank about various topics that include which movie villains he's modeled his career after and how he's taken the feedback of his audience throughout the years to help create his current character. He talks about growing up with immigrant grandparents, going to Block Buster and choosing movies based on how good the cover art for the VHS boxes was, whether he was a Marvel Comics or DC Comics fan growing up, and a very...special message to Stupid Michael. Also, Scrump and Stank talk more movies and tv, most notably how Scrump hasn't been able to watch Watchmen or The Terminator movies due to his internet being down. They talk about The Revival losing the tag belts to the New Day, The Shining/Stanley Kubrick, the X-Men movies, and the Loki Disney+ show connecting to the new Doctor Strange movie. Special thanks to Kenny Omega for the outro. Sponsors: Freelance Wrestling Merchandise   Twitter Instagram

Scrump and Stank take a break from the regular format of the show to have their first annual post Stanksgiving episode. In it the boys talk about many things that include how Stanksgiving went and who showed up, their history with The Watchmen tv show and movie, Doctor Sleep, the Mandalorian, Disney +, the new release dates for some Marvel movies, the return of CM Punk to the WWE, Secret Santa, the Black Friday Sale and much more! Special thanks to Kenny Omega for the outro. Sponsors: Freelance Wrestling Merchandise Twitter Instagram

Friend of the show; member of the PWT cast, founder of M3Toys, Michael Heredia aka Stupid Michael, joins Scrump and Stank this week to talk about Juke Legend "DJ MIC", almost working with GFW/Jeff Jarrett, and the struggles of managing the website for Pro Wrestling Tees along with his own toy company. Michael also talks about a variety of topics that include the rise and fall of Funko Pops, getting a pair of glasses from Bret Hart, who he thinks would win a Hunger Games style fight between everyone at work, and what his favorite Micro Brawlers have been so far.   Also, Scrump and Stank talk about the black Friday sale, The Mandalorian, and bring on another member of the PWT cast in Chris Castro to read this week's Fan of the Week, as well as OG Friend of the Show Trevor Outlaw lets us know his feelings before and after his professional wrestling debut at Freelance Wrestling. Special thanks to Kenny Omega.    

Friends of the show; WWE Superstars, and hosts of The Major Wrestling Figure Podcast, Zack Ryder and Curt Hawkins(aka Matt Cardona and Brian Myers) join the boys this week before their live show to talk with Scrump and Stank about various topics that include wether or not they unbox their Funko Pops, asking for autographs at the airport, and which toys the consider their "white whales". Zack and Curt talk about their thoughts on wrestler autographs, asking fellow wrestlers for pictures and being able to recapture your childhood through toys. Also, Scrump and Stank talk about Friend of the show Matt Knicks making his AEW debut, meeting friends of the show throughout the weekend, JoJo Rabbit, the Box Lunch cutie, and the debut of the Pro Wrestling Tees documentary: Behind The Merch. Special thanks to Kenny Omega for the outro. Sponsors: Freelance Wrestling Merchandise Twitter Instagram

Friends of the show and cast of the independent film Powerbomb talked with Scrump back in October the weekend of the Horror House pop up shop to talk about various things that include making movies, Kevin Smith, road trips, what "Chicago Style Pizza" truly is and the correlation between break ups and shitty tattoos. They get in depth about subjects such as film making, mental health, parenting, and the core message about the movie and how it pertains to the toxic fandom within the wrestling community. Also, Scrump and Stank talk about the progress of the Black Friday sale, their theories on the season finale of The Watchmen, DaBaby, the new Taxidermy Mouse, and the schedule for the rest of December. Special thanks to Kenny Omega for the outro. Sponsors: Use promo code PWTCAST at m3toys to get 10% off any in stock or preorder Funko Pops Freelance Wrestling Merchandise Twitter Instagram