Grapple City Rewind

Send us a text or voicemail Johnny Largemeat has entered the Firefly Fun House. For this Halloween bonus episode, Bradley and Aaron revisit John Cena vs. "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt from WrestleMania 36, a bizarre, pandemic-era nightmare that takes Cena through his own wrestling history. From Ruthless Aggression and the Doctor of Thuganomics to Hulk Hogan, the nWo, and the muscle-bound Johnny Largemeat, the guys explore WWE's strangest attempt at psychological warfare. But first, they're fresh of...

Send us a text or voicemail Fifty wrestlers. Four matches. One pilgrim hat. And a whole lot of sweaty men standing around waiting for their turn. Brad and Aaron head back to Thanksgiving 1987 for the very first WWF Survivor Series, where Hulk Hogan and André the Giant continue their WrestleMania III rivalry, Randy Savage leads an all-star team against the Honky Tonk Man, and the ring apron gets dangerously overcrowded. Along the way, we've got Jesse Ventura in head-to-toe snakeskin, Jimmy Ha...

Send us a text or voicemail Before Chelsea Green became WWE's Hot Mess, she was Reklusa, a sinister, spider-inspired character in Lucha Underground. And in 2018, she went one-on-one with Pentagon Dark, better known today as Penta. In this bonus episode of Grapple City Rewind, Brad and Aaron revisit this wild intergender match from Lucha Underground Season 4. We're talking Canadian Destroyers, high-flying offense, brutal kicks, thumbtacks, gasoline, and a version of Chelsea Green that might s...

Send us a text or voicemail Brad and Aaron head back to October 22, 2006 for their first full TNA show: Bound For Glory 2006. It’s peak six-sided-ring TNA, with a ridiculously stacked roster featuring Sting, Jeff Jarrett, Christian Cage, Samoa Joe, Kurt Angle, AJ Styles, Christopher Daniels, LAX, Chris Sabin, Senshi, Rhino, Abyss, Team 3D and more. The show ranges from chaotic X Division action and Monster’s Ball insanity to a title-vs.-career main event between Sting and Jeff Jarrett.  ...

Send us a text or voicemail It’s spooky season at Grapple City Rewind, so we’re heading into the Temple for one of Lucha Underground’s most brutal matches: Mil Muertes vs. Fénix in the first-ever Grave Consequences match. The Man of a Thousand Deaths meets the Man of a Thousand Lives in a bloody, chaotic fight involving a coffin, concrete stairs, torn masks, busted-open faces, and one of the wildest atmospheres Lucha Underground ever created. Brad and Aaron break down the match, the bizarre ...