Kings of the Ring
To most, WWE is your only exposure to pro-wrestling, but did you know up until 30 years ago, pro-wrestling was more like the Mafia than a sports league? Did you know that in the 80’s, while wrestling presented a show literally designed for children, that behind the curtain was the most Rated R, sexual, drug addled, sexified, violent, and cutthroat world imaginable? It was a sex, drugs, and muscles world while a nationwide SUCCESSION-like corporate war for national supremacy waged. In this crazy world of 80’s wrestling, ALL these things happened: A wrestler bit a man’s nose off in a bar, a promoter offered a rival’s wrestler $500k to jump leagues with the rival’s title belt, wrestlers were killed for gambling debt with the Mafia, arch-enemies in the ring arrested for drugs WITH each other, a Hollywood actor was slapped on a late night talk show, wrestlers tried to form a union, a wrestler broke his back in an airplane crash to become the greatest wrestler ever, backstage brawls with guys almost killing each other with scissors, guys wrestling a match while an orchestra played music to match the action, a Black wrestler given the character of an African savage animal, a legendary wrestler pulled a ‘57 Magnum on the most famous wrestler in the world, while a fan held off a group of bad guy wrestlers at gunpoint at ringside, and wrestlers were given World title reigns in exchange for sex! These are just some of the building blocks of KINGS OF THE RING, a fictional soap opera that re-creates all the crazy, unbelievable, and outrageous tales of the real world of 80’s wrestling! In the 1980’s, anything went and wrestlers lived a life much wilder than the hardest partying rock stars, because fans then believed that wrestling was 100% real, and the wrestlers went to incredible lengths to protect this illusion. Often at the cost of their own souls... The characters will seem familiar to you, but never exactly the same as real people, and the stories will blow your mind, as you listen knowing that everything is based on the truth! It’s wrestling... it’s the 1980’s ... it’s sex, drugs, and muscles, baby... welcome to the Kings of the Ring.
Episodes
At the end of 1983, the 7 major territories collectively known as the World Wrestling Alliance had brought wrestling to its peak. Each kingdom ruling a different territory of the country with their own wrestlers, fans, and shows. And then the patriarch of the Alliance and owner of the New York territory, Jonathan Cain died. His genius, but obsessive and borderline psychotic son Julian Cain took over New York, with a mission to turn...
New to the show? Not ready to binge Seasons 1-6 first? Worried you'll get lost jumping in with Season 7? Old fan, but it's been a while since you last heard Seasons 1-6? Listen to this 7-minute primer to get caught up to speed as we continue with the Final Season of the KINGS OF THE RING saga: 1987...
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Today's DELETED SCENE was the Alliance reacting to the big AMW news with Julian Cain. If you did not hear that scene, then you're listening to the Theatrical Version of KINGS OF THE RING, and we invite you to Patreon.com/KingsOTR where you can hear the Extended Version of the entire 60 episode run with all Deleted and Expanded Scenes.
Previously on Kings of the Ring,
Julian Cain has struggled his entire life with father issues and ...
The Season Finale so big and major we had to break it into two parts!
Previously on Kings of the Ring,
Julian Cain showed up at Empire-Mania 3 with a busted up face and no front teeth! Nelly Gotch has been a mess since his father died and is running AMW down the tubes and is being strong-armed by Julian to sell AMW!
Empire-Mania 3 was a runaway success with over 100,000 people in the building, and Thor Hansen emerged as King of the...
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In today's SPECIAL EWF EXCLUSIVE EPISODE, everyone gets the full extended edition with Deleted Scenes included!!!
Previously on Kings of the Ring,
After the heat Julian Cain got for putting Empire-Mania 2 in Milwaukee to taunt Charlie Gotch, Julian proclaimed EM3 would be from the 100,000 seat LA Olympic Coliseum. After months of stru...
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Previously on Kings of the Ring,
Miss Kitty has been M.I.A. since the blowup in the locker room and being dumped by Beautiful Barry Lovelace, while Daniel Hawkins lost the legal right to change the name of his territory to the "WWA". After finding out about what happened with Kitty and Daniel, Jesse James quit and was eventually repla...
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Previously on Kings of the Ring,
Julian's been acting quite bizarre in front of Nigel and Louie, ever since learning Charlie Gotch was his biological father, while Nelly Gotch has been a mess since Charlie died.
All-American Dan Sanders was greenlit to pass the top guy babyface torch to Corporal Punishment and began bookin...
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Previously on Kings of the Ring,
Julian Cain dropped all nationwide touring to focus on driving AMW out of business in the Midwest and Dan Sanders turned heel to set up a final run against Corporal Punishment. Diamond Donny Gold found out about Miss Kitty sleeping with Daniel Hawkins and went into a funk, Jesse James did, told off ...
Previously on Kings of the Ring,
AMW Champion Dan Sanders convinced Nelly Gotch to let him book his retirement program against Corporal Punishment, and Julian Cain ordered Louie the Greek to begin a quick angle to turn M'Butu Zulu babyface.
Since Michael Angel returned from a near death overdose and came back to All-South and the family, he's been acting out Burt's delusion that he's no longer gay, which is frustrating his brother ...
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Previously on Kings of the Ring...
The most impactful season ever continues in the newest episode as Julian’s lost it for Vance Armstrong after Thor Hansen psyched out his would be...
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Previously on Kings of the Ring,
Jesse James, brought down the entire Meat Machine to Georgia to train with Prince Abdullah and Brutal Bob Walker, and then split them all up throug...
The bombshells continue in a second consecutive Jumbo-sized episode!
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Previously on Kings of the Ring,
The Rock'n'Rollers have emerged as the hottest heartthrob tag team in wrestlin...
Welcome to KINGS OF THE RING, the one and only BILL APTER! Yes the most recognizable journalist in pro-wrestling history will be playing the part of the All-American Dan Sanders in Season 6!!!
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New to the show? Not ready to binge Seasons 1-5 first? Worried you'll get lost jumping in with Season 6? Old fan, but it's been a while since you last heard Seasons 1-5?
Listen to this 8-minute primer to get caught up to speed as we continue with Year 3 of the KINGS OF THE RING saga: 1986...
To commemorate 50 monumental episodes, Writer and Lead Voice, Steve Te Tai, will dive in and finally reveal the inspirations for the characters of KINGS OF THE RING and how the voices are constructed! SEASON 6 PREMIERE NEXT MONTH 2024!!! Happy Holidays!
Here is is folks, the big 50th episode! It'll be worth it!
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Previously on Kings of the Ring,
Thor's new manager Daniel Daybreak promised Thor a special project after possibly botchi...
Hear the first 3 minutes of EP50 "The Night It Call Changed" but first we must review the Charlie & Julian saga culminating in the final scene of 8-year Julian Cain visiting the basement, and the full reveal of what happened that sparked Julian's venomous hatred of Charlie Gotch!
Kings of the Ring is intended for mature audiences. This episode would be rated MA for profanity, violence, and intense sexual content.
Featuring scen...
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Previously on Kings of the Ring,
Diamond Donny Gold not only returned to the ring after an absence of almost a year, but betrayed Jesse James in the first match against the Russian...
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Previously on Kings of the Ring,
The Rock'n'Rollers vs. Willie Dean & Kenny West have been stealing the show on the latest SCW run, and Jesse James seems ready to walk right ou...
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Previously on Kings of the Ring,
Jesse James and Donny Gold have seemingly formed an "alliance" to deal with the Russian threat, while Beautiful Barry Lovelace has been riding high...
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