Shining Wizards Wrestlng Podcast

Fresh off of the Thanksgiving Holiday the boys are back to serve up some wrestling talk....and some talk about wrestling.  Handsome Kevin is on 4th mic, and Matt attempts to throw him under the bus for his Thanksgiving tradition, and boy does that blow up in his face. Matt is in the barrel.  Our guest, Rolando Freeman joins us to talk NWA, the Spectaculars and more, but the connection isn't the best, so after a few tries, everyone thinks its best to try again in the future. Don't worry, we will get him on as a guest.  The Boys then turn their attention to WWE Survivor Series WARGAMES!!! They cover the show, the Bloodline and much more.  Then we are joined by David Henry Bauer the 3rd, who picked tonight's Wizards Rewind. We go back to WCW Uncensored 95. Relive this shit show with us, as we have a blast talking about old WCW.  Remember to rate, review and subscribe. Plus don't miss our Wizards After Dark vehicle exclusively on Youtube  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.f

Kate the Great & Handsome Kevin host The Shining Wizards 11th Anniversary Show  Show is full of lots of laughs, trips down memory lane and tons of guests who pop in to celebrate with the boys.  They are also joined by Darryl Sammartino and Larry Richert to talk about the Bruno Sammartino documentary.  It's a celebration of the Wizards.  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-shining-wizards/support

It's Monday and you know what that means, the boys are back talking all things wrestling from the past week.  After quickly catching up we talk some Tales of the Territory before diving into the NWA. It's been a week for the NWA and it's fans. Hot off of Hard Times 3, the boys recap the Billy/Nick Aldis saga, talk about Hard Times 3, and ponder the decision to make Tyrus the NWA World Champion. The Wizards come up with a scenario that would make all this worth it, find out what that is.  After being down about the NWA, we gotta pick ourselves up, so we bring in our guest, Sal Rinauro. Sal addresses the elephant in the room, and gives us some great insight for someone who works for the NWA. We talk about Sal's journey in the NWA, going from May Valentines best friend to Gaagz the Gimps...partner? His TNA appearance, action figures, new members and what to expect from Sal in 2023. It's a real fun listen and Sal is really the pick us up needed.  Coming back from a quick break we are covering a ton

No Guest No Rules  The boys are back and its absolute chaos. Matt is fired up from missing last week's show. Kevin can't get over Tony having a Tootsie Roll in his Top 5 last week and Tony is ready to talk AEW.  We do some catching up, before talking a little Tales from the Territories. Florida, Stampede, picking up women, Bret Hart, No Class Bobby Bass and much more.  We talk picks, Crown Jewel, Logan Paul, Buckshot Lariat and quickly run down the Crown Jewel event. We then speculate on who is going to be in the Survivor Series War Games match, while also somehow talking relationship advice. We talk a little bit about the Sasha Banks Instagram post and of course, to get Tony fired up, we present him with the Smackdown World Cup.  To keep Tony annoyed we jump into AEW, where things get a little heated. After talking about the World Title Eliminator Tournament, the Full Gear Card, and Jeff Jarrett, we stumble into a talk about Tony Khan and if trying to run AEW & ROH was too much for hi

The Two Man Army celebrates Halloween with stories of candies and trick or treating. Tony opens with a rant on how bad technology treated him the past couple of days, but then turns around with an on-the-spot Top 5 favorite candies. Kevin isn't thrilled with some of the entries on the list, but agrees that it's hard to say no to any candy. After Tony discusses what he was disappointed in and what he enjoyed in wrestling for the week, Kevin happily changes the tide of the show and jumps right in with numerous Top 5s. His thoughts lead to discussions of the 24/7 title, strange characters, and participation entrances. The boys also discuss Shinsuke Nakamura and his upcoming match with the Great Muta, as well as this weekend's Crown Jewel. By the time the show starts wrapping, Matt does a run in. He almost missed it with a case of the bubble guts, but managed to help close the show with plugs and tales of Crowbar wrestling for New Japan. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-shining-wizards/supp

In this week's episode the boys start the show with an interesting conversation. Matt just watched the Jeff Hardy ROH Debut from 2003, and that sends the boys down a rabbit hole of Jeff Hardy, and Matt Hardy. It's an unscheduled down the aisle to kick off the show.  They transition over to the Karl Anderson WWE/NJPW situation. We ponder on if it's a work or not, go over some of the Crown Jewel card, talk a little about the Triple H era so far before jumping over to picks & NXT Halloween Havoc. Somewhere along the way, Tony has to deal with his dryer, and this leads to a very strange conversation about how the Wizards do the laundry. This ate up a lot of time, that we can't get back.  We are then joined by Former MLW National Openweight Champion and Leader of the Bomaye Fight Club Alex Kane. The Suplex Assassin talks with us about a variety of subjects, from Crybaby Calvin, to working with Davey Richards, sharting, the PWI 500, BW 500 and MORE. If you aren't familiar with Alex Kane, this is the i

The Wizards are back with another jam packed episode  We quickly catch up and decide if we are picking NXT's Halloween Havoc. Tony needs to hear the card, and Matt of course butchers some of the names. This transitions into the breaking news from last week, the return of the Good Brothers to RAW, and what that means for NJPW. We ponder the possibilities, and this brings us to the NJPW TV Title. We go over the field, the design of the belt, and the rules.  We cover the recent happenings in AEW, a few big returns and debuts on Rampage, plus Orange Cassidy winning the All Atlantic Title. Guess who didn't like it? This leads us to a conversation about the NWA and Question Mark 2. We cover some NWA, and how the Hard Times PPV continues to shape up. Is Homicide due to drop the title to Kerry Morton? What story is Tony over?  We are then joined by Super Thunderfrog. He comes in 100 miles per hour, and is honestly an amazing interview. We talk about wrestling in the mall of America, teaming with Big O

On this week's show the boys come in hot on a conversation about Jeans. How often does Matt wash his, and what do they smell like? How many pairs of jeans do we own? We catch up with each other about the weekend, Kevin ran into someone he knew at a wrestling show, but didn't realize it, Tony rubs in the Mets loss to Matt & Kevin has something going on with his hair. Plus we talk about Columbus Day and Pizza We transition into some wrestling talk, leading things off with the Vice Tales From the Territories debut show on the Memphis territory. We talk about what we liked about it, and the prospect of some of the upcoming shows, Portland, Mid South and Texas. Vice is also dropping a Vince McMahon 2 Hour Special in a week, so we spitball about that before heading into NWA Territory. Tony really enjoyed NWA USA over NWA Power, so we talk about each shows from the past week, EC3, and we run down the current NWA Hard Times 3 PPV in November  We then head into AEW Land, and talk about the backstage fight bet

On the Mothership Edition of the Shining Wizards, the boys discuss the life and career of Antonio Inoki. They are soon joined by friend of the show PCO to discuss his move to Impact, Honor No More, Vincent, and his upcoming opportunity in the Call Your Shot Gauntlet at Bound for Glory. After some discussion of the NWA and Impact, Matt leaves to celebrate his Anniversary. The Two Man Army hold down the fort with not one, not two, but THREE (!) rounds of Kevin's Top 5. It was a lot of fun and the chat was more than willing to help Tony get the right answers. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-shining-wizards/support

This week the boys bring you an amazing interview with BLK JEEZ.  Topics covered with BLK JEEZ include being in the NWA, BLKOUT, Tyrus challenging for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship, being a mentor and a wrestler, Promos and much more. It's a great interview with a lot of excellent insight and laughs  After speaking with BLK JEEZ, Matt recounts his trip to Queens for AEW Grand Slam. We talk about the card, the trip, the crowd, and what Tony is gonna dress up as for the Full Gear PPV.  After a quick break Tony plays us another video from the committee, announcing who the next challenger is, and what the plans are heading towards the 11th Anniversary Show. Matt is not happy We talk a little Impact, Victory Road, and the newest member of the Impact Hall of Fame. A quick gloss over of what's going on in NJPW before heading Down the Aisle  We head back to ROH 2005 for a fun and exciting trip down the aisle.  It's an action packed fun show, and if you are enjoying it, we encourage y

The boys are back with the latest episode of The Shining Wizards Podcast  The crew jumps right into it with Matt talking about how he is going to yell at anyone wearing CM Punk gear at Grand Slam, and this leads them down an AEW conversation. Did Hangman go into business for himself? Are we happy to have Punk back in wrestling? How does Tony Khan deal with this? And of course we run down the Grand Slam card, Tony is super excited.  We talk about the exciting news of War Games returning at Survivor Series. Thankful that it won't be for brand supremacy and we speculate what the 5 vs 5 teams would be. We also talk about the Crown Jewel Main Event and our thoughts on Logan Paul being in the main event.  We are then joined by LA Dojo, Big 4 member Clark Connors. The Wild Rhino talks to the boys about a variety of topics, from being in the original LA Dojo Class, Best of the Super Juniors, Horsemeat, his injury recovery, pants pooping and much more. If you don't know who Clark Connors is, this is the

It's Monday Night and the boys are back at it again.  Tony is running a bit behind because of "work"  Matt and Kevin kick off the show with some history information, catch up on the week they had, then dive right into the AEW saga. They touch on CM Punk's injury, Tony Khan, Malakai Black, Trios Titles, Grand Slam and more. Kevin has some internet issues, so Matt has to go it alone for a few minutes, putting over the latest Inside the Ropes Magazine and the Almanac that cover 1989-1990. Upon Kevin's return the boys put a bow on the AEW talk, and briefly touch on the NWA before being joined by our guest.  Landon Hale joins us to talk about being trained by Robert Gibson, going from Kentucky to Massachusetts, being a Chiropractor, his first match, Chaotic Wrestling and much more. It's a fun conversation and a great introduction to Landon if you aren't familiar with him.  Tony joins us during the interview, and once Landon exits, we are joined by the Can You Beat That Champion, Christian Rocco

The Boys are back with another episode  Happy Labor Day  The crew catches up with each other after a busy week. Tony saw Clerks 3, Kevin watched all the wrestling shows Live and Matt worked.  They jump right into the AEW drama. We should be talking about the show and the matches, but all the buzz is the backstage drama from the Media Scrum. We talk about the reports of punches thrown, chairs thrown, biting, hair pulling, Colt Cabana and Tony Kahn. We really should be talking about the show but this nonsense is the lead. Matt compares it to WCW, what do you think?  We are then joined by one of the hottest competitors in the NWA. "Magic" Jake Dumas. He's been on a roll lately, and we catch up with him. We talk about the similarities in magic and wrestling, magic tricks, who he'd like to face, pants shitting, and a huge announcement about what he's doing in the NWA.  After a quick break we pick our monthly Patreon winner, then get back in to AEW All Out. Someone went 15-0 with their pick

It's Monday and your favorite podcast has returned.  It's not a normal show, as Matt & Kevin have been tasked with putting together a Roast of Shining Wizards Tony as punishment for losing the Pay Per View Picks last year.  It's a show full of laughs, great roasters and a few surprise guests. Big O Possum, Original G.L.O.W. Hollywood and our dear good friend Crowbar just to name a few. Remember if you enjoy the show, please, Rate, Review and Subscribe.  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-shining-wizards/support

The boys are back with another loaded show  Tony is back from Wildwood, Kevin is back from Boston & Matt is right where we left him last week.  We are joined by the Pale Pro Champion "The Young Gun" Chandler Hopkins to talk about his upcoming defense against Mysterious Q, his time in AEW, the upcoming CYN event, being in a relationship with a wrestler and much more. This is a great interview with Chandler and if you're not familiar with him, this is a great introduction. Get to know him, he's going to be a star in this business.  After Chandler we talk a little about 1995 WWF, The Headshrinkers & Man Mountain Rock before jumping into the NWA. We are on the road to NWA 74. Tim Storm gets gifted a title shot, Tony is a bit annoyed with Powerrr and we talk about Billy's comments about Empowered. Plus we run down the NWA 74 Card.  We jump around to a variety of topics, the AEW Trio's Tournament, Kenny Omega, the WWE Women's Tag Tournament, the NXT Women's Tag Champs, Clash at the Castl

It's Monday Night and you know what that means, another episode from your favorite podcast.  We are without Tony tonight, so our good friend and fellow podcaster Kevin Rouge from the Year of Pod sits in on 3rd Mic.  The boys catch up with what they have been up to this weekend, and Matt gets super annoyed as he has to figure out how to play a video from Tony, with the committee's announcement on the next Can You Beat That Challenger.  After Matt loses his mind, they transition into the return on Dexter Lumas, the direction the WWE is going, College athletes vs Indie talent, and Vince McMahon in NXT.  We are then joined by The GutterSnake Izzy James ahead of his Texas Bullrope match against Kaun for Pale Pro Wrestling. We talk about the wrestling landscape in Dallas, Jeff Jarrett, his move set, The Misfits, Kiss, & much more. It's a great conversation and an excellent introduction to Izzy James if you are not familiar with him.  After a quick break the boys talk some AEW Quake at t

Episode 597 The boys are joined by Kyle Hessler, booker and promoter of Pale Pro Wrestling in the Dallas Fort Worth Area. They discuss a variety of topics, the transition from MMA Fighter to Promoter, scouting talent, championship reigns and more. Pale Pro has a show coming up on September 3rd, be sure to check it out. PalePro.com for tickets and more info  After Kyle exits, Tony brings up the Sasha Banks photo saga from the weekend. Matt has some off the wall takes, and may even be stretching it with his argument. We get breaking news that Rocky Jones had passed away, so we spend sometime talking about him & ECPW.  We end up talking about the WWE in a positive light, something we haven't done in a very long time. Kross's return, who should take the title from Roman, HHH already improving the product, Women's Tag Title Tournament and more. Tony hates AEW and the Trios Title, we talk some Quake on the Lake, AEW Fight Forever and some more. We bounce around with some NWA & Impact talk, the Lex

It's Monday Night and You Know What That Means Another episode of your favorite wrestling podcast.  The boys quickly catch up with each other & talk some NWA. Tony gives us his top 3 from the weekend in the world of NWA. Matt is hot about Billy and the move to put Tyrus in the main event. Tony is disgusted by the amount of titles in the NWA. So the boys discuss, how many titles is too much?  We are then joined by one of our longest friends and independent wrestlers CPA. We discuss a variety of topics from working AEW against Paul Wight, the CPA character and the Dungeon of Doom among other things  After CPA we get into some SummerSlam talk and picks before taking a quick break  Upon our return, we jump right into the Can You Beat That Challenge. The Champion Christian Rocco defends his title against Brendan Heaney in an unbelievable battle. Did Christian retain? Do we have a new champ? Listen to find out  We wrap up with some talk about Ric Flair's Last Match If you are a wrestli

It's Monday Night and You Know What That Means  We are back with a lot of news, wrestling talk, picks, Down the Aisle and a great guest.  Erik Watts joins us to talk about a variety of topics, from being the son of Bill Watts, why he went from football to wrestling, WCW, Tekno Team 2000 & much more.  After a break, we are joined by Tony to talk a variety of subject, Vince McMahon, HHH head of creative, Ring of Honor Death Before Dishonor, NWA, MLW, Impact, XPW & more  Plus in honor of our guest, we head Down The Aisle back to USAW 1995  If you enjoy the show, please remember to Rate, Review and Subscribe.  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-shining-wizards/support

It's Monday Night and You Know What That Means  The boys are back to talk all things wrestling. Tony Play's a Thunderfrog liner AGAIN, to kick off the show, and the boys are disappointed. So we decide to play a bunch of liners to see what could have been played instead of Thunderfrog.  From there we catch up with each other, Tony's got a new bathroom with a toilet as high as a tennis judges chair, Matt has a new deck and Kevin has a bunch of questions.  We jump right into the Ric Flair match announcement. Raw reportedly going to TV 14, does this mean a new era for wrestling?  Tony brings up Mick Foley signing a new Legacy deal, and we ponder on if the Vince McMahon headlines will have any impact.  We hit on MLW Fusion's last episode of the year, a jam packed show with Hammerstone vs Holiday  We talk some AEW, and finally get to the root of why Tony isn't the biggest fan of AEW. We hit on some Dynamite and Rampage, plus some ROH Death Before Dishonor.  We wrap up the 1st half