Immovable Objects: A Classic Wrestling Podcast

It's 1996! Bret Hart is the world champion, Shawn Michaels is the ascendant babyface, Undertaker and Diesel are also around doin stuff, Mankind debuting soon. It's a busy time! And we're here to tell you all about it as we jump back into the build to Wrestlemania XII!

NEXT EPISODE: In Your House 6

WE MADE IT. And this run of utter garbage is capped off by. . .some really entertaining stuff! But we're both glad it's over. Listen as we recap the last half of Wrestlemania, AND quickly run down our awards for this strange but also extremely boring run of wrestling shows!

NEXT WEEK (or whenever we get around to it): We begin in earnest our sojourn through 1996 WWF.

We finally made it to the big one! The grandaddy of 'em all, the showcase of the immortals, the. . .fourth in a series of mostly very boring WWF shows from Madison Square Garden but at least this is easily the most historically noteworthy of them. And before we get to the first half of Wrestlemania, we discuss the utter dreck episode of SNL from the night before, hosted by Mr. T and Hulk Hogan, plus we share some overall SNL memories.

NEXT WEEK: The second half of Wrestlemania, plus awards!

It was nice of them to make the second half of the show a whole lot better! No particularly great matches, but lots of stars, an excellent angle, and some other fun/weird stuff!

NEXT WEEK: SNL from 3/30/85 and the first half of the first ever Wrestlemania!

These WWF MSG shows continue to be desperately boring!

It's the holiday season folks, so we're taking a little break from the mid-eighties WWF shows to watch some mid-nineties WWF shows! First a romp through the WWF VHS strategy guide for Wrestlemania: The Arcade Game. Next, Raw from 1/22/96, featuring a classic angle with Vader and Gorilla Monsoon, and then we discuss some modern wrestling running down our favorite stuff from 2021.

Not sure when the next show is gonna be, but when it comes we'll be reviewing War to Settle the Score, that's for sure!

Moolah vs. Richter was really bad!

NEXT WEEK: A holiday grab bag! Featuring Monday Night Raw from January 22, 1996 and whatever thing Manflurry ends up deciding on!

The first ever road to Wrestlemania barrels ever onward with a whole bunch of house show matches! Eventually this nearly three hour show got chopped up into a thirty minute broadcast for MTV and we still aren't sure if we'll be seeing any of the MTV stuff, or just the MSG Network stuff. Tune in next week to find out in part two I guess!

Man! It sure is a good thing Hulk Hogan came along when he did because everyone else on this show is extremely fucking boring! Enjoy!

NEXT WEEK: The Brawl to End It All

If you've ever wanted to know why it was so easy for Vince McMahon to put these promotions out of business, well, we have some answers for you on this week's episode! We could honest to goodness only handle one week of this so next time, as an act of catharsis, we'll begin our journey through what's generally credited with beginning the death spiral of territorial wrestling: The onset of a pair of Manias.

NEXT WEEK: WWF Madison Square Garden, January 23, 1984 headlined by Hulk Hogan challenging The Iron Sheik for the WWF Championship.

Hello, and welcome to the inaugural edition of Irresistable Forces: A Modern Wrestling Podcast. We decided to do a quick little rundown of the AEW show from this weekend. It was really good! For more details listen to this here minisode!

Next week, brace yourselves for some truly interesting and also very boring stuff from World Class, Mid-South, and Mid-Atlantic!

After a briefish run through early 1991, we have come to the end of Immovable Objects Season Two. Who were the highest of highs and lowest of lows? PLUS! Enjoy a perhaps slightly meandering discussion about what we decide to watch next.

Also, golly gosh we'd love it if you could follow @IOWrestlePod on twitter! Enjoy!

What will happen in the star-studded second half of Wrestlemania VII? Will Hulk Hogan save America from Sgt. Slaughter? Will the Million Dollar Man see his comeuppance at the hands of Virgil? What of Greg the Hammer Valentine? Questions abound as we journey into the dregs of the 1991 WWF midcard. O say can u see.

WRESTLEMANIA VII IS UPON US and we're here to tell you all about the first half of it! The headline act is Savage vs. Warrior and the legendary angle that followed it, but we've also got a bunch of mediocre matches, a cute dog, the Wrestlemania debut of the Undertaker and also Regis Philbin and Mean Gene being absolutely precious. ENJOY! We'll have part two for you probably next week I dunno!

Remember how last week we talked about how boring the first half of this PPV was? The second half was also boring in parts, but it ended with a classic main event and some other good stuff here and there, so please enjoy as we dive into the latter half of this lopsided show!

Next week, hoo boy, it's part one of our Wrestlemania VII review!

Ever wanted to watch a bunch of matches where almost nobody is over? And where the most talented wrestlers are booked to have extremely boring matches because they don't want them to overshadow the stuff on top? Well friends, check out the first half of WCW WrestleWar 91! A treat of a show, if you only watch the last three matches (which we will not be reviewing this week)!

Join us next week for the far more enjoyable, but still far from perfect second half.

You got war propaganda in my wrestling show!

You got wrestling show in my war propaganda!

Two bad tastes taste bad together.

As we continue our journey through 1991 pro wrestling, Dusty Rhodes has gone from WWF upper-midcarder to WCW booker/commentator and lemme tell ya, the dude has some OPINIONS about Desert Storm. Oof.

BUT! This show also features Sid squashing a dweeb, the sexiest wrestler contest, RHUBARB JONES, the redemption of the Renegade Warriors, and so very much else. Enjoy!

NEXT WEEK: We review WWF Main Event 5 and the first half of WCW WrestleWar 91

We finally did it! We've made the jump from the dreary doldrums of WCW, to the outlandish tackiness of the World Wrestling Federation in January of 1991. Folks, Saddam Hussein has invaded Kuwait and Hulk Hogan is NOT having it. Plus one very very good match and a few very very good angles! Plus a boring Rumble! Wow! What more could you ask for??!?!

NEXT WEEK: Clash of the Champions 14: Dixie Dynamite

What was the best, worst, and bestworst of WCW in the latter half of 1990? What's next for Immovable Objects? Listen and find out!

A meaningless tag team tournament? A gigantic laptop computer? The payoff (if you can call it that) of one of the worst storylines of all time? PLUS yet another crowded field of contenders for the Classy Freddy Blassie Hollywood Fashion Plate Award for Sartorial Savvy. What a treat. Enjoy it folks! We'll see you next week for our overall awards for this run of mid/late 1990 WCW shows.

Folks, we've finally made it to the very worst show of 1990, as voted by the readers of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, and what a treat it is! Some truly fabulous fashion, an all-time classic bad match, and Ric Flair vs. Butch Reed but somehow it's not that good. Enjoy!

These Ole Anderson booked shows are not getting any better! Enjoy our review of NWA/WCW Halloween Havoc 1990: Terror Rules the Ring!

As we continue our journey through 1990 NWA/WCW, we come to Clash of the Champions XII: Mountain Madness/Fall Brawl, where we get our first glimpse of the ignominious entity known as the Black Scorpion! Plus the introduction of several truly dreadful big lug tag teams, the continued adventures of the Wormball, and so very much more!

TIMESTAMPS

Intro and historical Observer notes – 0:00

Southern Boys vs. Freebirds – 24:30

Wormball Buddy Landel vs. Captain Mike Rotunda – 43:45

Master Blasters vs. Lightning Express – 58:40

Nasty Boys vs. Jackie Fulton and Terry Taylor – 1:13:22

Tommy Rich vs. Bill Irwin – 1:18:38

Susan Sexton vs. Bambi – 1:23:50

Steiner Bros. vs. Maximum Overdrive – 1:30:00

Stan Hansen vs. Z-Man – 1:39:15

Lex Luger vs. Ric Flair – 1:45:00

Sting vs. Black Scorpion – 1:52:25

A look back at the worst shows of 1990 – 2:09:50

Alliterations – 2:12:55

Awards – 2:17:40

Come and join us as we review NWA/WCW's Great American Bash 1990! Featuring a great US tag title match! A great world title match! The debut of Big Van Vader! The sheer, unbridled majesty of El Gigante, and so very much else! Enjoy!

I didn't do timestamps for this one, sorry!

In this very first episode of Immovable Objects, we review NWA/WCW's  Capitol Combat 1990, a show most (in)famous for the highly promoted but  disappointingly brief appearance of Robocop. We cover every match, every promo, the context in which the show took place, Dave Meltzer's live  and in-person thoughts from ancient Observer issues, and so much else, as we go on many unrelated tangents! Enjoy!

*****The first ten episodes of this show were recorded WELL in  advance, so please disregard and/or be amused by references to stuff like how it's snowing out or whatever was going on in the real world at the time*****

TIMESTAMPS:

Intro – 2:11

Robocop, context of Capitol Combat – 8:00

LOD and Norman vs. Foley Bam Bam and Sullivan - 12:50

Ruminations on quality announcing – 21:00

Johnny Ace vs. Mean Mark – 29:30

Samoan SWAT Team vs. Tommy Rich and Mike Rotunda – 46:00

Paul Ellering vs. Teddy Long hair match – 56:50

Midnight Express vs. Flyin Brian and the Z-Man - 1:07:36

ROBOCOP ANGLE – 1:17:00

Rock n Roll Express vs. Fabulous Freebirds strap match – 1:27:30

Doom vs. Steiners – 1:45:40

Lex Luger vs. Ric Flair – 2:13:50

Mount Rushmore of Championship Belts – 2:20:30

Back to Luger vs. Flair – 2:27:10

Preview of next week’s show (Clash 11) – 2:57:30

A rambling denouement – 3:03:30-end

This is the zero episode of the Immovable Objects: A Classic Wrestling  Podcast, where you get to know the noxious rapscallions Kramine and  Manflurry, If you already know who we are, skip ahead to episode 1! If  not, wow! It's just too good, baby!