Wrestling Podcast About Nothing

Pro wrestler "The Kingpin" Brian Milonas and referee Mike Crockett have so many overlooked talents to put over that we had to go back for more! It all started two episodes ago with Hidden Gems Part 1, and now we're continuing our quest to expose the most underappreciated names in the region - and one of New England's most prominent figures, Brian Fury (@xbrianxfuryx), joins us to offer his own picks. Hear all about a good-looking Doink, a forgotten female, the guy with red hair, plus how to avoid Shawn Michaels and more! Also this week, yeeessss, a Promo About Nothing, boyyyy, Hanson houses the dessert table and Milonas lives with Michael Jackson! Promo About Nothing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w20ycicMnJg Get our weekly episodes, our t-shirt and more info on the podcast at TheWPAN.com. Leave a voicemail and be a part of the podcast! Call 401-584-9726. Follow @TheWPAN, @BrianMilonas & @crocksox on Twitter. #WPAN

Pro wrestler "The Kingpin" Brian Milonas and referee Mike Crockett scare up a couple of wrestling's most FRIGHTENING matches and watch them through our fingers so YOU don't have to! We have a "ruff" time getting into the Kennel From Hell match with Al Snow vs. The Big Bossman from WWF Unforgiven 1999. What a dog of a bout! Then we suffer through the torture that is the multi-man Chamber Of Horrors from WCW's Halloween Havoc 1991. Throw the switch (if it hasn't been thrown already) and put us out of our misery! As the ultimate palette cleanser, we'll also be serving up a special edition of the popular game Making Towns Or Made Up Clowns! Plus, it's a true Promo About Nothing, cousin, we share Halloween memories and how does a Fireworks store stay in business? Promo About Nothing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dH799RqKVkQ Get our weekly episodes, our t-shirt and more info on the podcast at TheWPAN.com. Leave a voicemail and be a part of the podcast! Call 401-584-9726. Follow @TheWPAN, @BrianMilonas & @cro

Pro wrestler "The Kingpin" Brian Milonas and referee Mike Crockett look back at some of New England independent wrestling's most unheralded talent over the years, hoping to shine a light on the region's hidden gems. From enhancement talent with more talent than the talent they're enhancing (hold on, I'm dizzy), to New England mainstays who came to prominence in the wrong era, to budding superstars that were just plain overlooked, we'll send you scrambling to YouTube to discover these unsung heroes of the squared circle! Plus, this Promo About Nothing has a silent Nature Boy, Crockett & Milonas catch up and The Kingpin kisses up to Brother Love! Promo About Nothing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chEV5x0AY2U&t= Get our weekly episodes, our t-shirt and more info on the podcast at TheWPAN.com. Leave a voicemail and be a part of the podcast! Call 401-584-9726. Follow @TheWPAN, @BrianMilonas & @crocksox on Twitter. #WPAN

Pro wrestler "The Kingpin" Brian Milonas is in Philadelphia for Ring Of Honor Wrestling, and he's taking the microphone with him! Referee Mike Crockett sets the table from home, but Brian takes the reigns and talks with his ROH tag team partner, the Beer City Bruiser (@bcbwinchester) about their current run - the opportunities they've gotten and the people they've worked with. Plus, they discuss the vibe in the ROH locker room, their wish for next April's Madison Square Garden show and the Hall Of Famer who is their biggest supporter. After schmoozing with the Bruiser, Brian tracks down ROH stalwarts and past WPAN guests Todd Sinclair and Bobby Cruise as well - and look out for random Ring Of Honor wrestler run-ins! Also in this episode, let me tell you something about this Promo About Nothing, Bobby proposes a new format and WE HAVE A WINNER of last week's Today vs. Yesterday argument! Promo About Nothing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4OsU-jX8Jk Get our weekly episodes, our t-shirt and more info on the p

Pro wrestler "The Kingpin" Brian Milonas and referee Mike Crockett have heard all the grumbling about today's wrestling product. It's really unavoidable. But is it really all that terrible, especially in comparison to the past? We are analyzing nine different facets of pro wrestling, contrasting the current landscape with the product we grew up with. Which era wins out in the end? Today or yesterday? We may just need your help on Twitter (@TheWPAN)! Plus, we promise we want to love this Promo About Nothing, more on Silas & The Bouncers vs. The Bullet Club, and reliving agonizing referee injuries! Promo About Nothing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldDuE4rI6rc Get our weekly episodes, our t-shirt and more info on the podcast at TheWPAN.com. Leave a voicemail and be a part of the podcast! Call 401-584-9726. Follow @TheWPAN, @BrianMilonas & @crocksox on Twitter. #WPAN

Pro wrestler "The Kingpin" Brian Milonas and referee Mike Crockett solicited questions all week on social media and, in this episode, embark on the first-ever WPAN AMA - Ask Milonas (or Mike) Anything! Queries came in from all over about Milonas' wrestling wish list, competition for WWE, favorite wrestling memories, the hazards of refereeing, Wine City Wailer origins, the Jim Duggan blender rumor (!), witnessing history, untrue rumors about us, the most cringeworthy TV wrestling moment and in the main event, we recast Seinfeld with professional wrestlers! A really fun show and thanks to the listeners for making it happen! Also this week, a Promo About Nothing without punctuation, feedback from our Ready To Rumble Review last week, Milonas gets nastisized, and the truth about pickle rubbing! Promo About Nothing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3Ej5srh_5k Get our weekly episodes, our t-shirt and more info on the podcast at TheWPAN.com. Leave a voicemail and be a part of the podcast! Call 401-584-9726. Follow @

Pro wrestler "The Kingpin" Brian Milonas has done it! In the aftermath of his recent run-in with David Arquette, he's finally forced referee Mike Crockett to sit through WCW's foray into cinema, 2000's Ready To Rumble! We review the movie from start to finish - all the awful jokes, insulting fan stereotypes, and more! Ever wanted to see Oliver Platt rap? Neither did Crockett, but he watched it all for your (and Brian's) pleasure. Plus, a Promo About Nothing that Bellomos, following up on last week's "Mean Tweets" segment, and Milonas is EGGcited to talk about his return to TV's Inside Edition! Promo About Nothing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Te7Ry9R-gP4 Get our weekly episodes, our t-shirt and more info on the podcast at TheWPAN.com. Leave a voicemail and be a part of the podcast! Call 401-584-9726. Follow @TheWPAN, @BrianMilonas & @crocksox on Twitter. #WPAN

Pro wrestler "The Kingpin" Brian Milonas and referee Mike Crockett are examining the constantly evolving state of the pro wrestling match - where it's been, what it is today, and where it's headed. We break down the basic match structure, how it's been tweaked over time, calling it in the ring vs. calling it in the back, TV vs. indy matches, working to your audience, plus big bumps, false finish overload and SO much more - it's a real jerking back of the curtain as we deep dive into the art of the match. But before all that, The Kingpin is confronted with MEAN TWEETS in a scathing new segment entitled Search & Destroy! Also in this episode, a diseased Promo About Nothing, figuring out Meltzer & Cornette, and Brian hangs with the most infamous WCW World Champion of them all! Promo About Nothing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kREi6DvoR0 Get our weekly episodes, our t-shirt and more info on the podcast at TheWPAN.com. Leave a voicemail and be a part of the podcast! Call 401-584-9726. Follow @TheWPAN,

Pro wrestler "The Kingpin" Brian Milonas and referee Mike Crockett are celebrating the start of football season (or Brian is, and Crockett is being dragged along) by doing the WPAN's second annual draft! This time out, we are drafting the best pro wrestling feuds of all time! Which wrestling rivalries make our lists? There's at least one pick you will NOT see coming! Which feuds would you select? Also, we look back at Milonas' last few weeks participating in CHIKARA's King Of Trios and main eventing for Ring Of Honor at the ECW Arena against the Bullet Club! Plus, a misdirected Promo About Nothing, ALL IN in brief, more talk about wrestling legend Killer Kowalski, and NXT's Keith Lee is a Pinhead! Promo About Nothing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKSiChEuTng Get our weekly episodes, our t-shirt and more info on the podcast at TheWPAN.com. Leave a voicemail and be a part of the podcast! Call 401-584-9726. Follow @TheWPAN, @BrianMilonas & @crocksox on Twitter. #WPAN

Pro wrestler "The Kingpin" Brian Milonas is hitting the highways and biways this Labor Day weekend, leaving referee Mike Crockett to run the show with a guest co-host, For The Pops and Let The Chaos Begin Podcasts' own Jamie Jamitkowski (@ForThePops)! Ironically, Milonas booked this week's guest - his trainer at the Chaotic Training Center, former head trainer for Killer Kowalski's Institute of Professional Wrestling and ex-WWF employee "Coach" Mike Hollow - but we're all friends here, so we can handle it without the big guy. In fact, both Mike and Jamie have great stories about the late Walter "Killer" Kowalski, including an interaction Walter had backstage at WWE with Ric Flair that will leave you in stitches! Mike and Jamie recount the split from Kowalski and the opening of Chaotic Wrestling's school, the eventual reunion with Walter, and the students that have made the big time along the way. Plus, hear about Hollow's humble beginnings with Titan Sports, which includes an infamous spot in 1988 where a WWE

Pro wrestler "The Kingpin" Brian Milonas and referee Mike Crockett have done a few podcasts highlighting the "founding fathers" of New England pro wrestling and this time, just a few days before the 10-year anniversary of his passing, we focus on the nucleus of the local wrestling landscape and an all-time legend, Walter "Killer" Kowalski! We both had the opportunity to be around Walter in his later years, and we share some memories of meeting the man, visiting the old school in Malden, Massachusetts, his vegetarian lifestyle, his favorite stories, our understanding of the origin of the nickname "Killer" and more. Then, New England Championship Wrestling promoter and noted wrestling historian Sheldon Goldberg (@necw) joins the show to school us on Kowalski's unreal in-ring career, Walter's friendship with WWWF promoter Abe Ford, Killer Kowalski's Institute Of Pro Wrestling (one of the nation's first wrestling training facilities), the birth of his promotion, the IWF, and why those sold shows went away, his st

Pro wrestler "The Kingpin" Brian Milonas and referee Mike Crockett check in on WWE's third brand, NXT, after seeing it live in lovely Lowell, Massachusetts and then watching NXT Takeover Brooklyn 4 this past Saturday night on the WWE Network! Are we in the midst of their second "golden era" on the back of some of New England's best exports? The Lowell house show was proof of that, and our... "special correspondent" gives his thoughts on the entire night and what it meant to him. Then, it's on to Brooklyn where we rank our favorite moments, matches and more from another great Takeover card!  Also this week, a spirited Promo About Nothing, The Kingpin returns to Inside Edition, and he and his pals get a golden opportunity at The Bullet Club! Promo About Nothing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojdllB492h8 Get our weekly episodes, our t-shirt and more info on the podcast at TheWPAN.com. Leave a voicemail and be a part of the podcast! Call 401-584-9726. Follow @TheWPAN, @BrianMilonas & @crocksox on Twitter. #

Pro wrestler "The Kingpin" Brian Milonas and referee Mike Crockett take a look this week at pro wrestling's place in the world. We all seem to have accepted that it's not sport, but why is it still the most disrespected brand of entertainment? Why do people still ask if it's fake? Why won't people give a wrestling performance the same weight as they would a performance in a movie, play, or TV show? Why do those that claim to be fans of wrestling sometimes have just as negative a view as the outsiders? And can anything be done to improve wrestling's profile? It's a much different take on the Summer Of Negativity this time out, and we really want to get your thoughts on this one! Plus, maybe the Dingo ate your Promo About Nothing, the G1 Supercard sellout at Madison Square Garden, and The Kingpin's gonna sit on more shit for your viewing pleasure! Promo About Nothing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVPduIVlQqM Get our weekly episodes, our t-shirt and more info on the podcast at TheWPAN.com. Leave a voicemail a

Pro wrestler "The Kingpin" Brian Milonas and referee Mike Crockett embark on the most anticipated reunion since Foreigner, and it's URGENT that we talk about the slew of news that's been breaking over the past month - not the least of which is a new additon to the Crockett family! But we are a wrestling podcast after all, so we'll also share opinions on WWE Evolution, more wrestling Twitter silliness with Bliss & Brock, Tommaso Ciampa reaching the top of the NXT mountain, WWE hoarding talent, and we'll reveal what Brian Milonas is doing instead of Matt Riddle! Also, we continue the WPAN's Summer of Negativity by revealing the Worst Day we (or someone we know) had in wrestling - we're talking stolen cars, destroyed hotels, arrests and more! Plus, a pearl of a Promo About Nothing, Milonas is ALL OUT and the Buffet Brothers are hungry! Promo About Nothing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gp-74P5D7o Get our weekly episodes, our t-shirt and more info on the podcast at TheWPAN.com. Leave a voicemail and be a p

Pro wrestler "The Kingpin" Brian Milonas is BACK, baby, but referee Mike Crockett is preoccupied with other duties (doodies?), leaving Brian to call backup in the form of Joe Marotta & Michael Quinn from Our Vantage Point, the Retro Wrestling Podcast (@ovppodcast)! For two weeks straight, we've looked at the WORST of wrestling, so the Summer of Negativity continues as we review three of the worst matches in WWE, TNA and WCW history. Hear us gag over Chris Nowinski & Jackie Gayda vs. Bradshaw & Trish Stratus! Listen in horror as we break down Sharmell vs. Jenna Morasca (who?)! Get dizzy as we attempt to make sense of the Mega Powers vs. EVERYONE in the Doomsday Triple Cage Match! Plus, a Promo About Nothing with not-so-honest Abe, Brian's first thoughts on Ring Of Honor in Madison Square Garden, and Hey Hey, it's Brian's second favorite podcast duo! Promo About Nothing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiJqneZmxIM Get our weekly episodes, our t-shirt and more info on the podcast at TheWPAN.com. Leav

With pro wrestler "The Kingpin" Brian Milonas again away on wrestling business, referee Mike Crockett has recruited as co-host this week the guy behind Booking The Territory, the UNprofessional Wrestling Podcast (@BTT_Podcast), Mike Mills - and it's the perfect topic for an old school wrestling fan like him. He's salivating to run down the Worst Gimmicks of the 1980s with a list of WWF gimmicks a mile long - but don't worry, we spread the love around. From African Dreams in the Northeast, to time traveling teams in the territories down South, this list has it all! What's your pick for the most awful character of wrestling's golden era? Also in this episode, a flocking great Promo About Nothing, Mike Mills weighs in on recent Ring Of Honor happenings, and you MUST hear the worst idea HE'S ever heard from his time in wrestling! Promo About Nothing: https://youtu.be/tjVIjvL50iE?t=2m1s Get our weekly episodes, our t-shirt and more info on the podcast at TheWPAN.com. Leave a voicemail and be a part of the podcast!

Pro wrestler "The Kingpin" Brian Milonas is out on assignment, so referee Mike Crockett has again enlisted the services of the permanent guest host of the WPAN, owner of both Chaotic Wrestling and the New England Pro Wrestling Academy, Brian Fury (@xbrianxfuryx)! We reflect on some of the WORST ideas we've ever heard - booking plans, characters, production ideas and much more, including the humble beginnings of an NXT favorite. But before that, it's the return of a new bit to the podcast, Making Towns or Made Up Clowns, where you have to decide whether these strange, stupid or outlandish independent wrestling results are real or fake! Plus, a Promo About Nothing with a dull Razor, checking in on RAW, and Ring Of Honor confirmed for Madison Square Garden! Promo About Nothing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Zmpqvvryq4 Get our weekly episodes, our t-shirt and more info on the podcast at TheWPAN.com. Leave a voicemail and be a part of the podcast! Call 401-584-9726. Follow @TheWPAN, @BrianMilonas & @crockso

Pro wrestler "The Kingpin" Brian Milonas and referee Mike Crockett have the EXCLUSIVE first interview with the latest wrestler to go viral, Brian's old tag team partner Ace Romero (@The AceyBaby)! If you've been anywhere near wrestling Twitter in the past week, you've seen the big guy launching an unfortunate soul from the ring into the seventeenth row with a mighty pounce - that's Acey Baby, a guy who met Milonas on day one of his training! We talk about the genesis of the spot, did it go as planned, who did his opponent land on and is either of them still living, plus the reaction to it from fans to indy workers to people in WWE! Listen in as we discuss the role of social media in today's business from an independent wrestler who is benefitting from it in a big way. And also this week, a laugh-riot of a Promo About Nothing, Dijak in NXT and chat me up about bad audio! Promo About Nothing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WimBQC2kxZ8 Get our weekly episodes, our t-shirt and more info on the podcast at TheWPAN

Pro wrestler "The Kingpin" Brian Milonas and referee Mike Crockett dive into the world of the Gorgeous Ladies Of Wrestling by recapping season 1 of GLOW on Netflix, just a couple days after the new season is released. Helping us with this GLOW Primer is our next door neighbor, the host of the Greetings From Allentown podcast (@GFAllentownPod), Peter Winson! PW is not only a fan of the new series, but reviewed the pilot episode of the original GLOW series from 1985 on his show last week, so he's got an insight that few do. Actually, that statement is true whether he watched that weird-ass TV show or not. Hear us talk about the origins of the series, Back To The Future, Marc Maron as Marc Maron, craft beer, 80s-style nudity, 80s-style moonsaults, Mad Men, Alex Riley boning, racism in wrestling then and now, Cousin Oliver, incest, Man On The Moon, and everything else you need to know before you start binging GLOW season 2! Plus, an intimidating Promo About Nothing, Kingpin's vague thoughts on his match this week

Pro wrestler "The Kingpin" Brian Milonas and referee Mike Crockett talk about the recent passing of one of wrestling's best superheavyweights, Leon White AKA Big Van Vader, and that leads to a discussion of the best big men in history! "Fat guys" in the business have come a long way from Haystacks Calhoun, and we'll take you through years with our picks for the best of the big guys! Get Brian's insights on working like a big man, who he's emulated in his career and who has captured his attention on the scene today! Plus, an unaired Promo About Nothing that should've stayed that way, Kingpin's thoughts on the recent Ring Of Honor/Madison Square Garden happenings, and the DEATH of BDA Radio?!?! Promo About Nothing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WT35XUMM6sA&feature=youtu.be&t=38m36s Get our weekly episodes, our t-shirt and more info on the podcast at TheWPAN.com. Leave a voicemail and be a part of the podcast! Call 401-584-9726. Follow @TheWPAN, @BrianMilonas & @crocksox on Twitter. #WPAN