Wrestling is Life is Wrestling with Cody Deaner

Jesse Scott was a charismatic, creative, energetic, and powerful positive force in the professional wrestling world. He wrestled for over 2 decades under the names JT Playa, and later, Tiberious King. He was the founder of NEO Wrestling, a company that helped launch the careers of many professional wrestlers who currently wrestle on television for the biggest wrestling companies in the world.

On May 7, 2024, at the age of 43, Jes...

On May 7, 2024, at the age of 43, Jesse Scott left this life. Jesse succumbed to a rare form of cancer, which he bravely faced for more than a year.

Jesse was a powerful and positive force in the professional wrestling world. He wrestled for over 2 decades under the names JT Playa, and later, Tiberious King. He was the founder of NEO Wrestling, a company that helped launch the careers of many professional wrestlers who currently ...

Sami Callihan returns to continue telling the saga that is his life journey in professional wrestling. Sami again sits down with Cody to discuss his life in professional wrestling and the lessons he’s learned along the way. Never before has Sami publicly gone into this much detail about his life & career.

In Part 2 of this 2-part series, Sami discusses what led to his first WWE tryout, his PC tryout experience, being in the fir...

Sami Callihan has a story to tell. Over the next 2 weeks, Sami sits down with Cody to tell the detailed journey of his life in professional wrestling and the lessons he’s learned along the way. Sami himself says that he’s never gone into this much detail about his career before publicly.

In Part 1 of this 2-part series, Sami discusses his family, his childhood love for wrestling, his backyard wrestling days, his initial pro wrestli...

David Penzer returns! David Penzer was the voice of WCW as its ring announcer at the height of the WWF/WCW Monday Night Wars in the 1990’s.

In Part 2 of this two-part conversation, Cody and Penzer discuss working with the legends of the wrestling world, the lessons he learned from some of the greatest minds in the industry, and how he decided to get involved in television production, talent relations, or any aspect of the business ...

David Penzer has been in the wrestling business for well over three decades. At the height of the WWF/WCW Monday Night Wars, David Penzer was the voice of World Championship Wrestling. He announced multiple legends to the ring at the height of their careers – men like Hulk Hogan, Ric Flair, Randy Savage, Roddy Piper, The NWO, The Four Horsemen… a who is who of the wrestling business of the 1990’s.

He also rode down the roads with t...

The Skeleton Crew returns!

Cody Deaner sits down for part 2 of this enlightening chat with Rest When Dead sponsored athletes and TNA wrestlers Crazzy Steve, Jake Something, and Jody Threat. The Skelton Crew continue where they left off last week and the conversation continues to get deep and real as they discuss what they are truly passionate about and the legacy they all want to leave behind before their careers are over.

Follow R...

The Skeleton Crew!

Cody Deaner sits down for his first multi-person conversation with the entire Rest When Dead Skeleton Crew. RWD sponsored athletes Crazzy Steve, Jake Something, and Jody Threat join the show to discuss all things wrestling and all things life.

This conversation gets deep. It gets unique. It gets real. All from the perspective of 4 very different wrestlers who have their own unique entry points into the world of p...

THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN!

On this special edition of the show… the power is in the hands of the PEOPLE. The topics aren’t Cody’s choice… they are the PEOPLE’S Choice!

Cody answers questions from fans on this special LIVE edition of the podcast. He discusses how intimidating it’s been to evolve and change his character over the years, his charity work, the quality of Ontario independent wrestling, his favourite opponents over the year...

Gail Kim returns! We return for Part 2 of this 2-part conversation with the 7x TNA Knockout champion, former WWE Women’s Champion, and TNA Hall of Famer to discuss more of her journey in the wild world of professional wrestling.

Gail has always been a risk-taker. Both in and out of the ring. When she was unhappy with how she was treated and being portrayed on WWE television, she took a risk, bet on herself, and left. In TNA Wrestli...

Gail Kim is one of the most influential women’s wrestlers of her generation. She’s a record-setting 7x TNA Knockout Champion, former TNA Knockout Tag-Team Champion, former WWE Women’s Champion, TNA Hall of Famer, and listed in WWE’s top 50 female performers of all time. And she’s got a story to tell!

Non-wrestling fans might know her from her time as a contestant on Amazing Race Canada. Or, you perhaps witnessed her marriage to wor...

Tyler Tirva returns! Tyler Tirva is “The Saturday Night Delight.” He is Mr. Young, Fit & Stupid Pretty. He is the best unsigned talent in professional wrestling today. Oh… and he’s Cody Deaner’s “road wife.”

Cody has spent more time on the road with Tyler Tirva than any other wrestler. And they’ve had countless “life conversations” while travelling down the road. Take a seat in the backseat for Part 2 of this conversation and s...

Tyler Tirva is one of the best professional wrestlers on the planet today. If talent was the defining factor in a professional wrestler having a contract and wrestling on TV, Tyler Tirva would have been on TV the last 10 years. But, unfortunately… that hasn’t been the case. That doesn’t mean that it shouldn’t be the case. And doesn’t mean we can’t all learn from the journey Tyler Tirva has taken in the pro wrestling industry (which...

ODB returns! Jessie Kresa – aka ODB – One Dirty Bitch - is a trendsetter in the professional wrestling world. In a world that told her she had to look, act, and talk a certain way… ODB took those ideals and told the rule makers to shove it up their ass!

In Part 2 of this 2-part conversation, ODB and Cody continue discussing their time working together in TNA and why it was so meaningful and special for both of them. ODB was a part ...

ODB is an originator. During a time when women in the professional wrestling industry were expected to be stereotypical blonde “Barbie” look-a-likes who’s in-ring talent was secondary to how they looked in a swimsuit… ODB drank from a flask, kicked ass in the ring, and told the world she was ONE DIRTY BITCH!

As a member of the ORIGINAL “Women’s Revolution” in TNA Wrestling, ODB was a part of a special roster of TNA Knockouts that b...

Sinn Bodhi returns! “The Warlord of Weird” has worked for the WWE & TNA Wrestling, ran his own wrestling company, travelled the world working in circus-freakshows, ran his own wrestling school, makes his own custom-made LJN action figures, has been mentored by Jake “The Snake” Roberts, and lives on a farm with pet chickens and goats. It’s safe to say that Sinn is one of the most unique & creative professional wrestlers in t...

Sinn Bodhi is quite possibly the most unique and creative professional wrestler in the business today… maybe ever. His mentor Jake “The Snake” Roberts even told the “Warlord of Weird” that he’s operating on another level when it comes to his mind for the pro wrestling business.

Cody and Sinn have been friends for over 20 years; both growing up in the business on the Ontario, Canada independent wrestling scene. In Part 1 of this 2-p...

Jimmy Jacobs RETURNS! Jimmy Jacobs currently works for AEW on the creative team. He’s worked either as a wrestler or on the creative team for all of the biggest wrestling companies in the world: All Elite Wrestling, Ring of Honor, TNA Wrestling, and World Wrestling Entertainment - WWE.

For Part 2 of this 2-part conversation, Cody and Jimmy discuss Jimmy’s past drug addiction, his current role in AEW, the inherent value of life, t...

Jimmy Jacobs currently works for AEW on the creative team. That’s where he’s landed after a near 25-year career in the professional wrestling business as a 5-time world tag-team champion at Ring of Honor, a former Impact Wrestling creative team member, and former writer at WWE.

This week’s conversation is like none other on the show before. Cody Deaner and Jimmy Jacobs do a deep dive on societal patterns, the stories we tell oursel...