DEADLOCK: A Pro Wrestling Podcast

DEADLOCK: A Pro Wrestling Podcast

The DEADLOCK Podcast is an off-the-rails retrospective look at pro wrestling's highest & lowest points hosted by James Darnell, Anthony Douglas, & John Blud. Formerly the present, currently the past, sometimes the future - this podcast has seemed to do it all when it comes to the landscape of professional wrestling. If you enjoy wrestling, you'll like it here. If you don't enjoy wrestling, you'll probably like it here even more. The boys are back in town.

Episodes

December 21, 2025 97 mins
Ho-Ho-Ho! Ol' Saint Mick Foley is here to bring us this festive edition of WWE SmackDown from November 29th, 2011. Yes, a November Christmas episode. Mick Foley is here to run the show, just because it's Christmas time, and he's Santa Claus. Foley sets up some matches on this show, including a World Heavyweight Title STEEL CAGE Match between Mark Henry & Daniel Bryan. There will be an "All I Want For Christmas" Battle Royal wit...
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The TNA Impact Wrestling episode from July 18th, 2013 is a special edition of Destination X! Chris Sabin uses “Option C” to challenge Bully Ray for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship. After winning the X-Division Championship, Sabin had the opportunity to trade it in for a shot at the TNA World Championship at Destination X. Tonight, he does exactly that as he faces Bully Ray in the main event! Speaking of Bully Ray, he and Ace...
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The June 27th, 2002 episode of WWE SmackDown! is a historic one, as it features the WWE debut of John Cena! Kurt Angle is introduced by Mr. McMahon. Kurt still has his fake hair from losing it in a match against Edge! He takes it off and says he is tired of being made fun of. He then challenges any wrestler in the back that he has never faced to a match right now! A new kid named John Cena comes out, tells Kurt that he has “Ruthles...
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It’s ECW Hardcore TV from October 31st, 1995, featuring a huge main event with The Sandman defending the ECW World Heavyweight Championship against Mikey Whipwreck! This is a ladder match but with different rules. The winner must defeat their opponent by pinfall or submission. Before we get to that match, Mikey Whipwreck has one last “Hoodie Training Session” with The Public Enemy. They meet in complete darkness at Central Park in ...
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It’s November 25th, 2010 on Thanksgiving for this special episode of TNA Wrestling iMPACT! There is no Turkey Bowl, but we do get a Thanksgiving Party with Immortal. Matt Morgan is the current #1 contender for Jeff Hardy’s TNA World Championship. Because he beat Ric Flair, he gets to choose a special guest referee for their match at the Final Resolution PPV. We don’t find out who his referee is going to be tonight, but he does get ...
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November 12th was Johnny’s birthday, so he decided to pick an episode of WCW Thunder from November 12th, 1998 to celebrate! The show opens with Glacier complaining that people are stealing his finishing move, the Cryonic Kick, which is a superkick. That leads to a match with Gentleman Chris Adams, who is credited as the creator of the superkick. Also on WCW Nitro, Hulk Hogan announced that he is going to be running for President of...
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WWF Survivor Series 1997 is known for one thing: The Montreal Screwjob. This was the case where Bret Hart was leaving the WWF to join the WCW. At the time, Bret was the WWF Champion, but he didn’t want to lose the WWF Championship in Canada. Especially to Shawn Michaels. During the match, Michaels put Bret Hart in the Sharpshooter. Vince McMahon, who was ringside, ordered referee Earl Hebner to ring the bell even though Bret hadn’t...
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The Inaugural WWF Draft just happened and this is the final WWF SmackDown! before the roster splits up into two brands. On the March 28th, 2002 episode Kevin Nash, Scott Hall, and X-Pac team up to take on Hulk Hogan, The Rock, and Kane. A huge match that features an iconic Kane promo where he starts talking like Hulkamania. Triple H is teaming with Ric Flair for the very first time as both Kurt Angle and Mr. McMahon want to settle ...
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It’s the special WWF Saturday Night’s Main Event #3 Halloween Edition that aired on November 2nd, 1985. All the wrestlers are dressed up for a Halloween Party and there is even going to be a Halloween Party Competition. In the first round we have a pie eating contest, followed by a pumpkin dunking contest, and finally in the third round there will be the pumpkin pass! Plus speaking of Halloween we get a special look inside the home...
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September 26th, 2005 is the final WWE Monday Night RAW on Spike TV. Spike had a few rules on this episode, do not talk bad about Spike TV and don’t mention USA Network. Next week WWE is doing a huge 3 hour episode of WWE RAW Homecoming on USA. Mr. McMahon comes out to open the show and thanks Spike TV for being good partners and promotes the next episode on USA! Spike TV producers didn’t like WWE mentioning USA on air so much that ...
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The first time ever looking at WWF Wrestling Challenge and today we are taking it back to January 12th, 1992. Rumors have been swirling all over the place, even WWF Magazine, about what is going on with Shawn Michaels and Marty Janetty. The Rockers relationship is a very rocky one indeed. Brutus “The Barber” Beefcake invited both of them to come to The Barbershop and get to the bottom of the drama. Marty thinks that Shawn is only l...
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January 14th, 2010 is the second ever episode of TNA Wrestling Impact under the Eric Bischoff Hulk Hogan regime. They follow up on the historic Monday Night Impact in this episode entitled “The Band!” The Young Bucks open the show making their debut as Generation Me against the Motor City Machine Guns. During that match we see Scott Hall, Kevin Nash, and Sean Waltman, The Band, arriving to the building. The Nasty Boys trash Team 3D...
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January 4th, 1986 is the 4th episode of WWF Saturday Night's Main Event! The show opens in beautiful Florida at a water park. Hulk Hogan and Mene Gene are making Hulkamania Powered Protein Shakes in preparation for his big WWF Championship match against Terry Funk tonight! Throughout the night we keep coming back to the water park to see various superstars enjoy time pool side. We even get a waterslide contest between Jimmy Hart an...
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March 3rd, 1999 is the go home show to WWF Wrestlemania 15 and site of the infamous Stone Cold Steve Austin “Beer Bath!” The show opens with The Corporation coming out to promote WrestleMania this Sunday. It’s The Rock vs Stone Cold Steve Austin for the WWF Championship. Mankind will take on The Big Show at the PPV and the winner will ref the championship match! Tonight we will have Stone Cold Steve Austin battle The Big Show Paul ...
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September 11th, 1995 is the second ever episode of WCW Nitro! Lex Luger just made his debut and is here to challenge Hulk Hogan for the WCW Championship. Hogan is preparing for his War Games match this Sunday and is down a member Vader is unable to make the PPV. Who will join Team Hogan to take on The Dungeon of Doom? This is also the first time that Nitro and RAW go head to head in the Monday night ratings war. Plus, Sabu makes hi...
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August 27th, 1999 WWF Monday Night RAW featured the biggest ratings segment in the history of pro wrestling when Mick Foley,, as Mankind threw a celebration for The Rock! WWF Unforgiven 1999 had just happened last night and major fallout from the PPV is happening. Triple H gloats about becoming WWF Champion after winning the vacant title in a Six-pack challenge. Big Show, British Bulldog, Kane, Mankind and The Rock were all unsucce...
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It’s April 27th, 2000 and we are 72 hours away from WWF Backlash! The Rock says he is ready for his match at the PPV! DX and The McMahon Helmsley Regime arrive and give The Rock the night off ahead of his PPV match with Triple H! The Rock then guarantees that Stone Cold Steve Austin will be here tonight. The entire night revolves around Triple H and crew finding different Stone Cold “traps” around the building. Foam fingers, a room...
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It’s August 23rd, 2012 and it's Open Fight Night in TNA Impact Wrestling! Any wrestler can challenge any other wrestlers to a match that night! The show opens with a group of TNA stars in the ring led by Sting. They have all come together to fight against the evil group known as Aces & Eights! They are a motorcycle gang of unknown identities who are trying to destroy Impact Wrestling. At the end of the night, Sting and his grou...
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The January 15th, 2001 episode of WCW Nitro features fallout from the WCW Sin 2001 PPV. That show featured a No Disqualification Tag Team Match between Totally Buffed, Buff Bagwell and Lex Luger, and DeWayne Bruce and Goldberg! Goldberg’s team ended up losing. Since he lost, Goldberg was forced to leave WCW. Now on WCW Monday Nitro, we proceed to have “The Funeral of Bill Goldberg!” They bring out a casket with a spear, a jackhamme...
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Justin Credible vacated the ECW Tag Team Championships with Lance Storm after he became ECW World Champion. Thus, on the September 1st, 2000 episode of ECW on TNN they held a ECW Tag Team Title tournament. Emanating from the historic Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City, this episode would feature 4 tournament matches. Rhino and Justin Credible vs. Sandman and Chilly Willy, Simon Diamond and Johnny Swinger vs. Roadkill and Danny D...
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