David Arquette is arguably the best champion in the history of professional wrestling. So to celebrate, the boys kick back and watch the "not so-" classic WCW Triple Cage Match from Slamboree 2000 in this off-season special!
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It's the first episode of the off season! The boys loosen their ties and take aim at a list of wrestling tropes that we might be better off without... Then, the hat games return to a massive pop, as we swap the gimmicks of WWE Superstars in a game inspired by the Ultra Mega 1996 Box Office Smash Hit, "The Island of Dr. Moreau."
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It's finale time again at TIA so that means the booth expands from three men to four. Joaquin, Frank, Chuck and Producer Tom gather together to reflect on what they've learned in the second leg of their informal research project with zero methodology.
Also, in a first for This Is Awesome, your boys are joined by cartoonist, illustrator and professional wrestler Andy Belanger aka Bob "The Animal" Anger! They talk Andy's origins as a pro wrestler, his philosophy in the ring, and the importance of character inside the squared circle.
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This week, your boys head across the pond to the Electric Ballroom in Camden and watch a No Disqualification match for the PROGRESS Championship as the extraordinary Will Ospreay challenges the maniacal Jimmy Havoc.
Joaquin, Frank and Chuck ask the big questions for the final match of the season. Questions like: Why is a British guy willingly drinking a Budweiser? How many AFI songs is enough AFI songs? And does using an axe raise or lower the technicality of a match?
Crashing the party this week to help your boys make sense of the insanity is TV's Jason Gibbs!
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This week, your boys are celebrating Billy Zane month by watching a match from his favorite Halloween Havoc Pay-Per-View.
It's title vs mask for the WCW Cruiserweight Championship as Rey Misterio Jr and Eddy Guerrero throw down! So grab a purple La Croix and your Phantom skull rings and join your boys Joaqiun, Frank and Chuck as they Slam Evil and break down all of the action.
Running in this week to chat wrestling is graphic designer and denizen of the internet, Matt James!
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It's Sports Entertainment at its most Sports Entertainmentiest!
This week Joaqiun, Frank and Chuck are checking out Dude Love vs Steve Austin for the WWF Championship with Vince McMahon as the special guest referee from Over the Edge 1998. Come for the wrestling, stay for the stooges, blimps and Undertakers. And don't forget to write down the number to the Briscoe Bros body shop because this one is a car wreck.
Descending from the internet to join your boys is Dreamworks storyboard artist Bryan Mann.
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Put on your red shoes but don't dance the blues because in this episode Joaquin, Chuck and Frank are watching another full-blown Hoss match all the way from New Japan Pro Wrestling. It's Tomohiro Ishii vs Tomoaki Honma for the vacant NEVER Openweight Championship.
And helping your boys understand the Mania of Honma-Mania this week is Buzzfeed Creative Producer Mike Price!
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Japanese athletes competing in a Lucha-rules match in front of an American audience. How very cosmopolitan.
This week your boys Joaquin, Frank and Chuck are checking out a five-star spectacle from Dragon Gate by way of Ring of Honor. It's Do Fixer (Dragon Kid, Ryo Saito & Genki Horiguchi) taking on Blood Generation (Cima, Naruki Doi & Masato Yoshino) in a glorious display of high-flying and tag team wrestling that will leave you breathless.
Joining your boys this week is illustrator, cartoonist and animator Leigh Luna!
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The following match is rated TV-MA for disturbing Dad screams and unsettling use of bloody furniture. Viewer discretion is advised.
If you're still on board, join your boys as they dive into the deep end of NWA closed-circuit broadcasts. It's the I-Quit-Cage-Match to end all I-Quit-Cage-Matches. Tully Blanchard with his lovely Baby Doll takes on Magnum TA with the United States Heavyweight Championship on the line! Expect blood, robes, mustaches and a few fantastic Earl Hebner bumps.
Joining in this week to make sense of the carnage is TV writer Mary Oliver Masi!
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Back at it again with some delicious wrestling pizza for your ear mouths (that will make sense after you listen), your boys are talking the instant classic from last year's WrestleMania weekend: Shinsuke Nakamura vs Sami Zayn. Like two incredibly charismatic ships passing in the night, these two match up for the first time and tear the house down. Dope entrances, stellar commentary and chants on chants on chants...what more could anyone ask for?
Joining Joaquin, Frank and Chuck this week is Bleacher Report's very own C.J. Toledano!
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Watch Great Wrestling is a podcast from Los Angeles-based wrestling crew Muscle Temple.
Formerly known as This Is Awesome? WGW is an informal research project with little to no methodology.
Your hosts watch the best wrestling matches of all time, suggested by you, and share them with their friends.
To submit a match please tweet at us OR e-mail us
Your host boys are Joaqs Poblete, Frank Gibson & Charlie (Chuck) Antosca.
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